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Robert Carrillo; Ricky Perez; Alex Sanchez; Ray Long; Okan Caglayan

Project Volta: Senior Capstone Design of a Remote Management System for Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery Storage Robert Carrillo, Ricky Perez, Alex Sanchez, Ray Long, and Okan Caglayan, Ph.D. University of the Incarnate Word Department of Engineering San Antonio, TX, USA Extended AbstractThis paper presents a senior capstone research experience in developing a remote Lithium Polymer(LiPo) battery management system for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). LiPo batteries arerechargeable batteries of lithium-ion technology using a polymer electrolyte instead of a liquidelectrolyte

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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

2018 NSF CAREER awardee inengineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; thisincludes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided byinteractive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices,scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing tolearn.SUNG “PIL” KANGDr. Sung “Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academicinterests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may bereached at pilkang@unm.eduHEATHER CANAVANDr. Heather Canavan is a Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological

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

Operations experiments, and incorporating Design throughout the ChemicalEngineering curriculum. She currently works as a freelance Engineering Education Consultant andChemical Engineer. She is the Project Manager for NSF grant #1623105, IUSE/PFE:RED:FACETS: Formation of Accomplished Chemical Engineers for Transforming Society, for which sheis advising and coordinating assessment.VANESSA SVIHLADr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico inthe Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical & BiologicalEngineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, andis currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and

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

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 5EEEN 3422 Electronics II b, c, k * * * Design Methodology & c, d, f, g, h,EEEN 4311 * * * * * * * Project Management i, j c, d, f, g, h,ASEE 4311 Assessment III

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Andrea Turcatti; Terrell Bennett

beingfamiliar with the design process. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 6 Figure 5: Survey results for Fall 2019 related to student’s preparedness to work on real-world problems Figure 6: Survey results for Fall 2019 related to student’s familiarity with the design processConclusionsFrom the data collected, we can see that the UTDesign EPICS program is not only giving studentshands on experience, but UTDesign EPICS is also effectively preparing students for working

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Roy Issa; Reinhard Puffing; Emad Manla

West Texas A&M University AbstractAt West Texas A&M University, students in the engineering programs are actively engaged inresearch projects designed to get them involved in global collaboration through problem solving.The project was initiated when a group of 13 senior engineering students from the Aviation Instituteat FH JOANNEUM in Graz, Austria were commissioned in fall 2018 to conceptually design anagricultural spraying drone. The project was continued in spring 2019 by a group of 5 seniormechanical engineering students from West Texas A&M University. The students from theAviation Institute were divided into three groups and were asked to deliver their conceptual designsof the

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Cynthia Fry; Zachary Steudel

. “On Secure and Usable Program Obfuscation: A Survey.” Computing Research Repository abs/1710.01139 (October 3, 2017): 1–2. http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.01139.CYNTHIA C. FRYProfessor Fry is currently a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science at Baylor University. She worked at NASA’s MarshallSpace Flight Center as a Senior Project Engineer, a Crew Training Manager, and the Science Operations Director forSTS-46. She was an Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Navy (IRR), and worked with the Naval MaritimeIntelligence Center as a Scientific/Technical Intelligence Analyst. She was the owner and chief systems engineer forSystems Engineering Services (SES), a computer systems design, development, and consultation firm. She joined thefaculty of the

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Jeff Cunion; Brigitte Barbier

covered. Product yield, cost per unit, and quality productivity ratios are presented. Statistical Process P-charts, C-charts, X-bar charts, and R-charts are constructed. Control Product Design Concurrent engineering, reliability measures, design for manufacture, and quality function deployment are included topics. Process and Project, batch, mass, and continuous methods are covered along with Technology breakeven analysis. Manufacturing technologies such as Computer Aided Design the Internet of Things, and Product Lifecycle Management are defined. Capacity and Lead, lag, and average

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Cynthia Fry; Gennie Mansi; Kevin Kulda

1A Sophomore-Level Reverse Software Engineering Project in Computer Systems Cynthia C. Fry Department of Computer Science Baylor University Gennie Mansi Senior, Statistics, Honors Program Baylor University Kevin Kulda Senior, Baylor Business Fellow, Management Information Systems Baylor University Abstract On your first day on the job with a new company, you are

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Kenneth Van Treuren

-face social interaction, basic skills needed for success in the workplace. Thispaper will examine the trends seen in the literature, reflect on the iGen students entering theuniversity, and attempt to understand their circumstances and culture. This paper will then offersome suggestions on how engineering programs can add value to the students, helping them mature.By helping iGen students mature, the students will become productive members of society, able tofunction in today’s changing world and find joy in their work. IntroductionMake no mistake, there is a mental health crisis facing the university. The American College HealthAssociation in their Spring 2018 report states that 63 % of college

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Ahmed Hasan; Tariq Khraishi

, material science, biomechanics, controls, dynamics and vibrations, and manufacturing) ➢ distinguish mechanical engineering from other types of engineering; ➢ demonstrate mechanical engineering design and management; ➢ utilize engineering measurements and tools, units, and conversions; ➢ perform data analysis and graphical display of information; ➢ describe the different types of forces, motion and machine components; ➢ demonstrate understanding of various types of mechanical energy and the nexus between energy-water-environment Class Design The class offers non-traditional education experience to the students, where more than 80% of theclass time is spent on conducting

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Amir Karimi; Randall Manteufel

equivalent) of a combination of college-level (some with experimental experience) mathematics and basic sciences with appropriate to the discipline experimental experience appropriate to the programb. one and one-half years of engineering b. a minimum of 45 semester credit hours (or topics, consisting of engineering equivalent) of engineering topics appropriate sciences and engineering design to the program, consisting of engineering appropriate to the student's field of sciences and engineering design, and utilizing study modern engineering

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Diana de la Rosa-Pohl; Catherine Horn

only financial, but also academic and social. These studentsoften arrive on college campuses lacking adequate support structures to help them navigate a veryrigorous and sometimes confusing curriculum in an unfamiliar environment. Therefore, supportprograms designed to assist these students should address not only their financial needs, but alsoother gaps in their professional knowledge, academic preparedness and social support structures.The goal of the Endeavour S-STEM Program at the University of Houston has been to investigatethe impact of a holistic approach to student support for STEM undergraduates across two colleges.Support services in both the College of Engineering and the College of Natural Science andMathematics (NSM) have been

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Cody Crosby; Anita Patrick; Margo Cousins; Laura Suggs; Mia Markey

investigator’sresearch interest; “dry” laboratory settings focused on computation and optics, while “wet”laboratory settings focused on biomaterial design and synthesis, tissue engineering, and drugdevelopment. In the biomedical engineering department, the research areas are divided as follows:imaging/instrumentation (Track 1), cellular and molecular engineering (Track 2), computationalengineering (Track 3), and biomechanics (Track 4). It is important to note that research in theselaboratories often involves multiple tracks but are assigned a single identifier. From a pool ofparticipating laboratories and available graduate mentors, 2, 7, 2, and 1 student were assigned toeach track, respectively.The visiting scholars also participated in three pre-program boot

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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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Aleksandr Sergeyev; Spencer Thompson; Larry Stambeck; Andy Posa; Paniz Hazaveh

important to understand the entire systemand its purpose. After the topology is completed the communication connections is next. This willprovide an accurate representation of what new modules and chassis are needed. Lastly, the I/Oconnections should be drawn and done with precision, for one misplaced wire could lead tomassive faults. Precision is crucial for the entire documentation of the project and must be donewithout error.4. Software Conversion and DocumentationFollowing the hardware designs and updates is the software section upgrade. The first step inupgrading the software and ladder logic is to determine the current program and edition as well asthe program you are upgrading too. For the purposes of this paper, we are going to be

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Ulan Dakeev; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Yildiz; Ali Aljaroudi PhD

promote AR-based renewable energy applications for engineering andtechnology students in different institutions. IntroductionEmergency management of natural disasters is an essential role of government. Emergencymanagement was organized in 1979 with the creation of the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency (FEMA). Since that time, many states and local cities have changed the names of theirorganizations to include the words: emergency management. There are four phases of emergencymanagement: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Mitigation includes activities thatprevent an emergency or reduce the damaging effects of unavoidable hazards. Preparedness phaseincludes developing plans for what to do

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David J. Ewing

implementing peer instruction toenhance the student’s ability to solve practically applied problems, while appealing to the largestbase of students possible. Specifically, this course aims to enhance the student’s ability to solveengineering problems and formulate practical engineering computer programs. The class allowsstudents concurrently enrolled in Pre-Calculus and above to be enrolled. The influence this classhas had on student success as well as retention has been explored in previous works [1-6], to greateffect.This course has included many resources to aid student success [1-6]. Some of these resources hasbeen implemented into the classroom, such as the SCALE-Up pedagogical style, peer studentteaching assistants, and problem-based activities