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Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 4displayed in the following charts. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 5 v A matrix is used to gauge the success of ME150 in retaining students in the engineeringprogram, especially mechanical engineering. Tables 1 and 2 show the enrollment list of 29 studentswho took ME150 class in spring and fall of 2019. The tables show students who

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seen in Spring 2019 when asked about how familiar the students are with thedesign process. The results for this survey can be seen in Figure 4. While ~55% of the students feltvery familiar/familiar with the design process at the beginning of the semester, ~89% of thestudents felt that way by the end of the semester. We also see that no students selected that theyare not familiar at all (option 1) with the design process after the semester. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 5

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labmodules showing class performance before and after the format change was implemented. In Fall2019, three quarters of report grades are more than 90 and one quarter between 80 and 90, while gradeswere ranged between 50 and 100 in Spring 2019. The results indicate better performance of studentsin Fall 2019 owing to redesigned lab modules. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 3 95

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Angela Attia; Sierra Johnson; Shuza Binzaid; John Attia; Yusuf Isa-Yusuf; Warsame Ali

limit the minimum voltage of discharging the battery and also to limit themaximum voltage of charging battery through solar photovoltaic panel. Figure 4 show thetransmitter in the Electrical Engineering Building for the Peer-to-Peer Communication Summary and ConclusionsA Bluetooth hardware/software system using Arduino for smart charge controller was built.Furthermore, Arduino-based Peer-to-Peer Wireless Network was designed and built. In the field Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education

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. George, Albert L. and Don Gooch. System for Harvesting Crustaceans. United States of America: Patent 4,944,108. 31 July 1990. Document.12. Hipp, James. Mechanical Engineer Erika Louviere. 19 June 2019.13. Intsel Steel Distributors. Intsel Steel Metals and Reference Guide. n.d. Document. 24 July 2019. .14. Labor, U.S. Bureau of. "Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses." Annual. 2003-2017.15. Lebeouf, Lance. Crawfish Harvester Erika Louviere. 5 July 2019.16. Leblanc, Rick. "Sustainable Businesses - Metal Recycling." 25 June 2019. The Balance Small Business. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

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Gokul Venugopal; Mequanint A. Moges; Brian La; Jeremy Fitzpatrick; Maryam Karage; Taylor Gehring

using radio, Bluetooth or global positioning system technology help ease anxiety for parents of children who wander.” ScienceDaily, 2017, May 4. [Online]. Available: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504083122.htm [Accessed: 16-Ma-2019] Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 3MEQUANINT MOGESDr. Moges serves as the Chair of the College of Technology, University of Houston. He is also a professor of ElectricalPower Engineering Technology department. His research topics

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., 2015 - Call Center Productivity Over 6 Months Following a Standing Desk Intervention - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21577323.2016.11835343. Castaneda, R., Miller, A. M., 2019 — The Benefits of Using a Standing Desk - https://health.usnews.com/wellness/articles/the-benefits-of-using-a-standing-desk Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 3MEQUANINT MOGESDr. Moges serves as the Chair of the

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of grading the exams in both sections. Each instructor Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Educationgraded the same problem on the exams for both sections. The first section having 90 students wastaught by instructor C, yielded a 66% passing rate (grades of A, B, and C). The second section had47 students and was taught by instructor B. The passing rate in section 2 was 55%. In spring 2018neither section employed the instructor-initiated drop policy. The same two instructors taught thetwo sections of Thermodynamics-I offered in spring 2019. Both

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Course: First Time Students Versus Transfer Students”, 2017 PIVETS Conference, Texas A&M University, April 5-7, 2017.3. Ewing, D.J., 2017, “Creating a First Year Engineering Course Utilizing the SCALE-Up Method”, Embry Riddle University, July 6-8, 2017.4. Ewing, D.J., 2018, “The Effects of a First Year Engineering Class Using the SCALE-Up Method on Student Retention and Subsequent Student Pass Rates”, Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, University of Texas, April 4-6, 2018.5. Ewing, D.J., Unite, C., Miller, C., Shelby, C., 2019, “Supplemental Instruction and Just-in-Time Tutoring: The Who, When, and Why Students Attend in a First Year Engineering Course”, Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf

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Gokul Venugopal; Moges Mequanint; Gabriella Rodriguez; Jenniffer Rodriguez; Valerie Cua; Maria Gloria Obono

pursuing a master’s degree in Computer Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering,University of Houston.GABRIELLA RODRIGUEZMs. Rodriguez is a 2019 graduate of the College of Technology, University of Houston with a degree in ComputerEngineering Technology.JENNIFFER RODRIGUEZMs. Rodriguez is a 2019 graduate of the College of Technology, University of Houston with a degree in ComputerEngineering Technology.VALERIE CUAMs. Cua is a 2019 graduate of the College of Technology, University of Houston with a degree in Computer EngineeringTechnology.MARIA GLORIA OBONOMs. Obono is a 2019 graduate of the College of Technology, University of Houston with a degree in ComputerEngineering Technology. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE

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goals of 150 students forecast in 2003. Thecivil engineering program began in 2010 and has gone through two ABET accreditation cyclessince the first graduates in 2013. The environmental engineering program launched with its firststudents in 2014 and graduated its first students in 2018, which triggered its first ABET self-study submission in 2019.WTAMU is a Hispanic serving institution [2] with about 50% of its incoming students eithertransfer students from partner universities or junior colleges and/or are first generation universitystudents in their immediate families. Favorable tuition rates for instate and students from other Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Randall Manteufel; Amir Karimi; Pranav Bhounsule

2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 3 Figure 1: Problem from Thermodynamics Exam in Fall 2019 uploaded to Chegg.After searching through the exams, a match was found and is shown in Figure 2. It is uncertain howlong it takes before a solution in Chegg is available to other Chegg subscribers. It appears therequestor gets a solution within minutes with notification on the phone as advertised on the Cheggwebpage. If an instructor is searching for evidence of cheating, it may take a few days before asolution pops-up in the Chegg database. Hence

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todevelop a meaningful relationship with at least one faculty member in the College of Engineering.The mentoring in this program was derived from a model of one-on-one mentoring for junior facultymembers at NMSU. There was no expectation or requirement of undergraduate research with thefaculty mentor, or research project outcomes from the mentor pairing. This was a new model forfaculty in the College of Engineering. The faculty who volunteered as mentors had significantexperience mentoring students in undergraduate research experiences. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society

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

-the-plc/, n.d. (accessed November2019) Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 6[3] Anon, “PLC Timeline,” http://www.plcdev.com/plc_timeline, n.d. (accessed November 2019)[4] Anon, “Allen-Bradley PLC-5 Migration,” https://www.controlassemblies.com/plc-5-allen-bradley-migration/,2016, (accessed November 2019)[5] Anon, “History of Allen-Bradley PLC,” https://theautomization.com/history-of-allenbradley/, 2017, (accessedNovember 2019)[6] Allen-Bradley. “Converting PLC-5 or SLC 500 Logic to

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friction drag”, Journal of Thermal Biology, 84, pp. 292-310, 2019. 2. Hassanalian, M., Pellerito, V., Sedaghat, A., Sabri, F., Borvayeh, L. and Sadeghi, S., “Aerodynamics loads variations of wings with novel heating of top surface: bioinspiration and experimental study”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 109, p.109884, 2019 3. Balog, I., Spinelli, F., Grigioni, P., Caputo, G., Napoli, G. and De Silvestri, L., “Estimation of Direct Normal Irradiance at Antarctica for Concentrated Solar Technology” Applied System Innovation, 2(3), p.21, 2019. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico

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, published Nov 5, 2019, accessed on Jan 11, 2020.11. DeStefano, L., 2019, “Meet GenZ: The Self-Proclaimed Hardest-Working, Anxiously Optimistic Workforce of the Future,” The KRONOS Workforce Institute, published Jun 3, 2019, https://www.kronos.com/about- us/newsroom/meet-gen-z-self-proclaimed-hardest-working-anxiously-optimistic-workforce-future , accessed on Jan Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 12 11, 2020.12. Wiest, B., 2019, “Experts Say Gen Z Isn’t Prepared for the

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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; Gennie Mansi; Kevin Kulda

determine whether the file is an old game, a piece of malicious code, or both. • Once the nature of the binary file is known, students will 1. Modify game play, 2. Quarantine the malicious code, or 3. Both. • Formulate a final report and presentation to be made to a panel of experts. This paper will document the process conducted by one of the student teams from the Spring 2019 semester, and the methods of assessment used to evaluate each team’s results. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright 2020, c American Society for Engineering Education 1

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Siavash Nikravesh; Donghyeon Ryu; Yu-Lin Shen

Approach. Frontiers in Materials 6, 214 (2019). Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education

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Ian Gravagne

prevailing business practices drive design in a particulardirection? (After all, no one has a job if the product isn’t profitable.) How can a concept like humanflourishing be usefully defined or assessed – especially when modern technology design ofteninvolves dozens or hundreds of people, none of whom know or see the entire result? If unintendedconsequences are, by extension, unforeseen, how can one intentionally design to mitigate oreliminate them? Who is responsible for how a technology is ultimately used, the designer or theuser? Although thought (and action) in relation to these questions is in its nascent stages, I add onesuggestion than can perhaps serve to frame the discussion. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf

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; Silliman, S. E. (2012). Factors relating to engineering identity. Global Journal of Engineering Education, 14(1), 119-13121. Morelock, J. R. (2017). A systematic literature review of engineering identity: Definitions, factors, and interventions affecting development, and means of measurement. European Journal of Engineering Education, 1-23. doi:10.1080/03043797.2017.128766422. Choe, N. H., Martins, L. L., Borrego, M. & Kendall, M. R. (2019). Professional Aspects of Engineering: Improving Prediction of Undergraduates’ Engineering Identity. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 145, Issue 3 (July 2019)23. Godwin, A. (2016). The Development of a Measure of Engineering Identity. ASEE 123rd Annual

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Julie Ford; Robinson Ford; Dominic Gallegos; Casper Huang

STEM outreach program evenwhen broader support structures aren’t yet in place. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2 New Mexico Tech/Cottonwood Valley Charter School Soapbox Derby ProgramIn the summer of 2018, a rising 6th grade student at Cottonwood Valley Charter School (CVCS) inSocorro, NM sought permission from his principal to permit an afterschool club focused on buildinggravity-powered cars. In addition, this student presented to staff at New Mexico Tech (NMT) toshare his vision

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

., & Kim, J.-H. (2018). Fostering Reflective Engineers: Outcomes of an Arts- and Humanities-Infused Graduate Course. In Proceedings of the 2018 World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC) (p. 6). Albuquerque, NM, USA: IEEE8. Kim, J.-H., Campbell, R. C., Nguyen, N. T. T., Taraban, R., Reible, D., & Na, C. (2019). Exploring Ways to Develop Reflective Engineers: Toward Phronesis-Centered Engineering Education. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference (p. 21). Tampa, Florida, USA: ASEE.9. Kim, J.-H., Nguyen, N. T. T., Campbell, R. C., Taraban, R., Reible, D., Chongzheng, N., & Yoo, S. (forthcoming). Would Eisner Be Happy with Us

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Diana de la Rosa-Pohl; Catherine Horn

remained stable (all on a Likertscale of 1-4) between the fall and spring semesters. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 6Table 2: First-Year Behavioral Engagement Indicators for FTFT Program Participants, 2018-2019(Likert Scale range = 1-4) Fall Spring Likert Scale: 1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Most of the Time, 4=Always 1. How regularly are you attending class? 3.6 3.6 2. How often are

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

apply their existing technical knowledge, improve their time management, communicationskills, and work as a team on a real-world problem. Project Volta with its own challenges, suchtime management, was a successful capstone experience for the students. References1. Pezeshki, C., & Leachman, J. W., & Richey, M. (2016, June), “A Tale of Three UAVs - or Design Lessons inEducation for Projects Demanding Cross-Disciplinary Integration”, 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition,New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.264622. Hatfield, M.C., Monahan, J. and Vanderwaal, S., “UAS design in active learning,” Proceeding of the 123rd ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, June, 2016, Paper

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Solar Power Gen3 Demonstration Roadmap. United States. doi:10.2172/1338899.2. Sarbu, I., Sebarchievici, C., 2018, —A Comprehensive Review of Thermal Energy Storage, “MDPI Sustainability,” January 10, 2018.3. DOE, 2019, —Concentrating Solar Power, 4. DOE, 2018, — Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems (Gen3 CSP), Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 3JESUS D. ORTEGAJesus is a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate at the University of New Mexico where he is

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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

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leaders of technology giants, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and AmericanCompetitiveness Alliance argue that H-1B visas help the U.S. maintain its competitiveness in the Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright@2020, American Society for Engineering Educationglobal market by providing a steady flow of highly skilled workers who are currently in a shortsupply in the country.In the debate over H-1B visas, working and socio-economic experiences of foreign-bornengineers are overlooked. This paper focuses on engineers from India because they areoverwhelmingly present in the U.S. technology companies. India has been taking over half of

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Zakreya Mahamud; Kamaluddin Hussein; Ali Warsame; John Attia; Ali Husainat; Shuza Binzaid

the Solar Panel test bench (Figure 2), we used this for an individual experimentwhich was to show the correlation between temperature and output voltage. The Smart-gridworkbench (Figure 3) was another fixture that was used in this research. The Smart-gridworkbench was used to run a program known as SCADA, which was used for data acquisitionand control. The final fixture we used was the live solar panel (Figure 4) which we conductedprimarily experiments and comparisons involving angles and inclinations. There are four goals ofthis work and they are given as follows: Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque