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Kenneth Leitch; Erick Benjamin Butler

Collaboration between a Civil Engineering and an Environmental Engineering Program: Better Together Kenneth R. Leitch and Erick B. Butler College of Engineering West Texas A&M University AbstractThe civil engineering and environmental engineering programs at West Texas A&M University(WTAMU) (a mid-sized regional institution in the Texas A&M University System and located inthe Amarillo, TX region) are collaborating on curriculum and senior design capstone projects inorder to strengthen one another and boost student enrollments in shared courses and in themajors

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Roy Issa; Reinhard Puffing; Emad Manla

Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright ã 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2international research activities with FH JOANNEUM (FHJ) in Graz, Austria creating a focus onaeronautics within the undergraduate mechanical engineering and graduate engineering programs atWTAMU. This international collaboration between the Mechanical Engineering program atWTAMU and the Aviation Institute at FHJ will strengthen the curriculum and research efforts inboth undergraduate and graduate programs at WTAMU and FHJ by providing resources foradvancing learning, understanding, discovery in the fields of

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Abhaya Datye; Marina Miletic; Jamie Gomez; Eva Chi; Sang M. Han; Catherine Hubka; Yan Chen; Vanessa Svihla; Sung Kang; Heather Canavan

, graduate student, or industry professional to learn more about their career. They produce promotional brochures that the UNM CBE Department can use to recruit new students to chemical engineering. Design challenges in second year courses (CBE 251: Chemical Process Calculations and CBE 302: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics) build on the teamwork and technical skills students Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2 established in the first year and introduce greater theory

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Cynthia Fry; Zachary Steudel

Copyright ã 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2Hardening can also refer to practices that make the original source code of an application moredifficult to understand. This is generally defined as code obfuscation. The practice of codeobfuscation in modern software engineering dates back to the 1980’s, with small competitions heldto transform simple C code into confusing, abstract puzzles difficult for humans to parse andunderstand5.Since the 1980’s, literature on code-level obfuscation has been consistent but generally sparse. Thisfield of research is relatively small, with no more than three or four papers published each year sincethe early 1990’s. With the growth of cloud

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Marina Miletic; Vanessa Svihla; Eva Chi; Jamie Gomez; Abhaya Datye; Pil Kang; Yan Chen; Sang Han

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2Outstanding Team Member, Outstanding Oral Presentation, and Outstanding Writing badges areearned by faculty review and evaluation of student work (including current and prior CATME peerevaluation). A panel of three faculty evaluate the Teamwork, Oral Presentation, and Writingperformance of current seniors across the previous three years of their academic career. Badges areawarded based on outstanding performance according to course and project rubrics which identifyexceptional skills in

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Jeff Cunion; Brigitte Barbier

educational institutions have incorporated SAP into primarily theirbusiness school curriculums. Not all implementations have been successful, however, and thereis little information in the literature regarding the use of ERP systems in Engineering Technologyprograms and the outcomes. This case study describes our reasons for implementing SAP intoEngineering Technology courses and the challenges encountered during the first-time delivery inan 8-week online Manufacturing Management course. It also describes the self-reported studentknowledge outcomes determined by comparison of a pre-course and post-course survey. It wasexpected that students would have learned basic SAP navigation and input skills and gained anappreciation for how ERP systems are an

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Kenneth Van Treuren

1 Helping iGen Engineering Students Prepare for the Real World Kenneth W. Van Treuren Mechanical Engineering Department Baylor University AbstractA recent suicide of an engineering student at Baylor has caused the engineering faculty to askquestions about students entering higher education today, the iGeneration (iGen) or GenZ.“Legacy” professors (such as the author) who did not grow up under the same circumstances find ithard to relate to the pressures that have shaped iGen lives. Dr Jean Twenge, author of iGen: WhyToday's Super

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Roli Varma

. technology sector, AsianIndian engineers differ significantly in their working conditions and socio-economic experiences.The paper is based on both primary data and secondary sources. Primary data comes from aNational Science Foundation (NSF) funded study on return migration of Asian Indian engineersfrom the United States. IntroductionSince World War II, foreign-born population in science and engineering (S&E) has beenincreasing in the United States. In 2015, foreign-born accounted for almost 30% of college-educated workers employed in S&E occupations in the United States1. This is an outcome ofmajor alterations in the U.S. immigration policies in 1952, 1965 and 1990. Among otherchanges, immigration

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Ryan Campbell; Danny Reible; Roman Taraban; Jeong-Hee Kim

defined, and under-constrained sociotechnical engineering problems. DREAM is an interdisciplinary collaboration offaculty and staff at Texas Tech University from the fields of engineering, education, cognitivepsychology, studio art, media/communication, and the museum. The project began under an internalseed grant and is now supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Innovationsin Graduate Education (IGE) Program. DREAM fosters the holistic development of engineeringstudents and uses distinctive approaches to cultivate reflective habits and critical thinking skills thatare essential for engineering practice today and tomorrow. To do this, we integrate the arts andhumanities as well as group-discussion and reflective writing to

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AHMED HUSSAIN; Nizar Tayem; Jamal Nayfeh; Samir El-Nakla

collaboration.  Include students from other disciplines/departments in the EE senior design teams. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 14 Table 9: Outcome (e) assessment data for EE coursesOutcome (e): An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. Fall 2015-16 Spring 2016 Course Title and Code Average % > 2.5 % <

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Maryamsadat Shokrekhodaei; Annatoma Arif; Robert Christopher Roberts

. Introduction The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering(Olin College) have enjoyed a sustained collaboration to share innovative engineering pedagogies [1].One of these efforts included translating a hands-on laboratory-centered introduction to engineeringcourse from Olin College to UTEP [2, 3]. In order to stimulate students, and encourage self-efficacyand learning empowerment, each student performs laboratory modules using a USB-based instrument(Digilent Inc., Analog Discovery 2) that replaces many of the functions of a traditional electronics testbench [4]. Each laboratory module is designed around an electronic sensor, and students apply theirengineering problem solving skills to interface it

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Julie Ford; Robinson Ford; Dominic Gallegos; Casper Huang

Engineering Education.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN., 2014.3. Rose, A., and Miller, A. 2009, “A Collaborative Approach to Offering Summer Engineering Camps for Middle School Students,” Proceedings of the 39th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX, Session T2H. 2009.4. Leonard, K., and Blevins, E., 2008.“Gearing Up for Transportation Engineering: A Summer Institute for Under- Represented Middle School Students,” Proceedings of the 38th ASEE/IEEE Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2008.5. Matkins, J., McLaughlin, J., Brown, E., Hardinge, G., West, N., Stiegler, R., Jenne, K., 2008. “Evaluating a Comprehensive Middle School Outreach Program- The

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Andrea Turcatti; Terrell Bennett

1 The Effectiveness of Service-Learning Based Projects in Improving the Understanding of the Design Process and the Self-Efficacy of Students in Engineering Terrell R. Bennett, PhD and Andrea Turcatti The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science The University of Texas at DallasAbstractEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) is an innovative service-learning programthat blends community service, undergraduate education, and engineering design by pairing teamsof undergraduate students with non-profit organizations to collaboratively address human,community

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John Carrell; Joshua Cruz; Stephanie Kuzmack

628 Sochacka, N.W., K.W. Guyotte, and J. Walther, 2016, "Learning Together: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Exploration of STEAM (STEM + the Arts) Education," Journal of Engineering Education, 105(1), pp. 15-4229 Strobel, J., et al., 2013, "Empathy and care within engineering: qualitative perspectives from engineering faculty and practicing engineers," Engineering Studies, 5(2), pp. 137-15930 Baillie, C. and G. Catalano, 2009, "Engineering and Society: Working Towards Social Justice, Part I: Engineering and Society," Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society, 4(1), pp. 1-11431 Zoltowski, C.B., W.C. Oakes, and M.E. Cardella, 2012, "Students' Ways of Experiencing Human-Centered

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Amir Karimi; Randall Manteufel

forevaluation of program educational objectives for criterion 4, and linking of student outcomes tothe curriculum for criterion 5. In addition, the definitions of the terminologies used in thegeneral criteria are expanded. The implementation of the new changes began during the 2019-2020 ABET evaluation cycle. This paper is an update of a paper presented in the ASEE-GSWsection in 2017 and explains how the proposed changes may affect the ABET-EAC assessmentprocess in criterion 4. IntroductionAll engineering programs requesting accreditation for the first time or seeking re-accreditationby ABET- Engineering Commission’s (EAC) are required to demonstrate that the program meetsa set of criteria that include both the

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Iftekhar Basith; Jeremy England; Lance Sebesta

built prototype. Then the working theoryof a full adder is analyzed, truth table and logic equation simplified, different combination of logicgates are simulated to find the optimal design using NOR gates. For full-adder design 2N3904 NPN Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education (a) NOT gate (b) OR gate (c) NOR Gate (d) AND Gate (e) NAND gate (f) XOR gate (g) XNOR Gate (h) Built Prototype Figure 1: Different Logic

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David J. Ewing

The Effects of Specialized Section Groupings on Success Rates in a Freshman Problem Solving Course David J. Ewing The University of Texas at Arlington ABSTRACTThe University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) created a first year engineering course using theStudent Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies (SCALE-Up)method in order to reinforce the student’s ability to solve engineering related problems. This classis called Engineering Problem Solving and teaches proper problem solving methodology andprogramming in an active and collaborative environment, shown to benefit the even the

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Olga Lavrova; Satish Ranade

Student Recruitment, Retention and Employment Placement at New Mexico State University for the Future Power Systems Workforce. Olga Lavrova1, Member IEEE, Satish Ranade1, Member IEEE, 1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003 Abstract: The Electric Utility Management Program (EUMP) at II. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION APPROACHthe New Mexico State University (NMSU) is in its 51st year ofoperation. Its mission is to educate power

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Chadia Affane Aji; M. Javed Khan

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright ã 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2An important aspect of improving US students’ performance is firing up student interest in STEM.The decline in interest in STEM was been reported by Potvin and Hasni4 who surveyed almost1900 students from 5th through 11th grades. They noted that students preferred arts and physicaleducation as compared to science and technology. They also observed that interest in science andtechnology reduced with increasing age, although this seemed to be the case for all subjects. Asnoted in another survey5, the percentage of 13-17 years old male students interested in STEM hasdropped from 36% to

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Diana de la Rosa-Pohl; Catherine Horn

1 Session XXXX Endeavour S-STEM: Supporting High-Achieving Underserved Students in STEM Diana de la Rosa Pohl Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Houston Catherine Horn Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies University of HoustonAbstractStudents from underserved populations face many obstacles in their endeavor to obtain a bachelor’sdegree in STEM. The challenges are not

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Aleksandr Sergeyev; John Irwin; Adrienne Minerick

Technological University Houghton, Michigan John L. Irwin, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology College of Engineering, Michigan Technological University Houghton, MichiganAbstractMechatronics is an essential foundation for the expected growth in automation andmanufacturing. There is a demand for graduate education in Mechatronics as the landscape ofengineering programs has changed in the past decade, shifting from traditional degrees leadingdirectly to closely aligned positions in industry, to preparing individuals with advanced technicalcompetencies

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Chadia Affane Aji; M. Javed Khan

indicate that the US education enterprise is unable to respond to this labor-reinstatement need. The Smithsonian Science Education Center projected that over 2 million STEMjobs will go unfulfilled in US in 20183.According to the latest report by the National Science Board (2019), not much has changed on thenational Science and Engineering (S&E) landscape since 1995, especially in case of underrepresentedminorities (https://nsf.gov/nsb/sei/edTool/explore.html). In 1995, 32.4% of all freshmen entering a 4-year college intended to pursue STEM. By 2012, a 13% increase was registered in the number ofprimarily non-African American freshmen intending to pursue STEM. However, this numberremained flat at around 36% from 1995 to 2012 for African