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Abu Bakar Siddique; Tariq Khraishi

1 Session XXXX A dislocation near a cylindrical hole: A numerical treatment Abu B Siddique, Tariq A Khraishi Department of Mechanical Engineering University of New Mexico AbstractAnalytical solutions for a dislocation inside an infinite medium of matter need to be adjusted withcorrection terms to ensure zero traction on internal free surfaces, i.e. voids or holes. The current articleproposes a numerical approach to calculate this correction

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induces deflection due to a difference in the thermal coefficient of thetwo layers. Equation 1 shows the radius of curvature (r), measure of deflection as a function ofchange in temperature (𝚫T) and Thermal expansion coefficient (⍺). 1 = 𝛽⍺𝛥𝑇 Equation 1 𝑟 Design and SimulationsCOMSOL Multiphysics was used to perform finite element modelling (FEM) simulations (Figure1) to evaluate the resonance frequency of cantilevers with different beam lengths and thicknesses.Also, displacements were evaluated as a function of voltage. A B

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steady, cruising flight at various altitudes3-4. According to Figure 1(a), as altitudeincreases so does the thrust required for a given wing loading. Keeping in mind that lower altitudesare more ideal for planetary exploration, an altitude of 5km was chosen for further analysis. Figure1(b) presents the constraint analysis and solution space of the system at an altitude of 5 km. Thesolution space in Figure 1(b) provides the wing loading necessary for flight to be 30N/m2. Throughanalysis of the weight distributions of various gliders with similar flight capabilities trying to beachieved such as the AAI RQ-7 Shadow [3], the estimated total weight of the drone is 30 N, with astructural, equipment, and fuel weight of 135 N, 67.5 N, and 67.5 N

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Kristine Denman; Joel Robinson; Tariq Khraishi

1 A Study of the Impact of a NSF Internship and Conference Participation Program on Student Success Kristine Denman, Joel Robinson New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center University of New Mexico Tariq Khraishi Mechanical Engineering Department University of New Mexico AbstractA NSF program supporting internships and conference participations for undergraduateengineering/computer science students was performed at the

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

1 Session ETDA Novel Augmented Reality Application For A Mobile Renewable Trailer As An Emergency Response Ulan Dakeev, Reg Pecen, Faruk Yildiz, Ali Aljaroudi PhD Engineering Technology Department Sam Houston State University AbstractThe number of hurricanes and storms in the last decade have steadily increased in Texas leavingresidents without water, electricity, and medical care. Electricity needed for emergency medicalequipment is crucial to save victims

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Roy Issa; Reinhard Puffing; Emad Manla

rather than the main body frame.Again, this was seen as a negative factor in the drone design. The upper part of the main bodyframe also appeared to be difficult to manufacture. Figure 3. FHJ Aviation Students’ Design by Figure 4. FHJ Aviation Students’ Design by Team B Team C Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright ã 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 4 Project Completion at West Texas A&M UniversityAfter selecting the most appropriate design

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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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interval with endpoints a and b.A function that is positive on the interval (a, b) would be written as f(x) > 0 for a < x < b.The area between the x-axis and a positive function f(x) above the horizontal interval (a, b) could bbe written as A{f(x); a, b } = ∫a f(x)dx.Global properties of the curve pertain to the entire curve and are not limited to an interval. Thefollowing table compares these properties. Point property A curve rises at the point a0 if the slope of the tangent line at a0 is positive. Global property A curve such as y = e x is monotonic if it rises at every point, x, < –∞ < x < ∞. Interval property A wiggling curve that rises from a low at x = a to

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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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), pp. 1515 Cohen, B.R., J.S. Rossmann, and K.S. Bernhardt, 2014, "Introducing engineering as a socio-technical process,"16 Singer, K.P., et al., 2015, "Investigating The ExtentThat An Integrative Learning Module Broadens The Perception Of First-YearStudents About The Engineering Profession," American Journal of Engineering Education, 6(2), pp. 1317 Stengel, R.F., 2001, "From the Earth to the Moon: A Freshman Seminar," Journal of Engineering Education, 90(2), pp. 173-17818 Mikic, B. and D. Grasso, 2002, "Socially-Relevant Design: The TOYtech Project at Smith College," Journal of Engineering Education, 91(3), pp. 319-32619 DiBiasio, D., et al., 2017, "The Theatre of Humanitarian Engineering," 124th ASEE Annual

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

degradationand increase the reliability of LiPo batteries [1-4,7].The main objective of this senior capstone was to maximize the efficiency of UAV flight time withpayload by developing battery management procedures and a remote monitoring application basedon environmental conditions for safety. The project overview is shown in Figure 1 (a). a. b. Figure 1. (a) Project overview, (b) Environmental Monitoring Application (E.M.A.)The remote monitoring system was implemented by integrating the Arduino microcontroller [5]with Internet of Things (IoT) ThingSpeak [6] platforms. A prototype was developed and built byusing a tactical ammo can with Phase Change Material (PCM) [8] in order to

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

student outcome obtained from direct assessment methods foreach academic year are reported separately later in this report. Each outcome table includesperformance indicators and educational strategies that provide students an opportunity todemonstrate the indicator. For each KPI whose score is below the benchmark (2.5), an action plan isprepared for improving student performance. Table 1: Student Outcomes (a) to (k) and their KPIsOutcome a: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.a.1 Apply mathematics to solve engineering problemsa.2 Apply probability and statistics to solve engineering problemsa.3 Apply concepts and theories of science and engineeringOutcome b: An ability to design and

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Siavash Nikravesh; Donghyeon Ryu; Yu-Lin Shen

to cases involvingnonlinear film/substrate systems with various plasticity, damage, and delamination models. a c b Figure 1. Representative numerical results of deformed configurations associated with (a) surface wrinkling (b) global buckling, and (c) 3D simulation of uniaxial wrinkling. Summary and ConclusionsOur current numerical approach based on embedded imperfections is able to directly simulatewrinkling and buckling instabilities displayed by the thin film-thick compliant substrate structures.The technique is robust, easy to implement, and it overcomes the

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

graduate students in the School of Art. Incorporating aspects of thearts and humanities to complement engineering thought and action is a critical component of ourwork, which we describe as developing reflective engineers through artful methods. The objective ofour course is to develop engineers with reflective habits and skills so they are better able to: (a)understand and address the complexities of modern real-world challenges, (b) make better ethicaldecisions, and (c) serve the public not only with technical engineering skills but with mindfulness of Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright  2020

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, defined asreceiving an A, B, or C in the course. Further, this paper will compare student groups between Fall2018 and Fall 2019, broken down by Calculus ready, Pre-Calculus students in non-specializedsections as a control group, and Pre-Calculus students in these specialized sections. This paper willshow that this separation favorably affects the student success rates, for both the Pre-Calculusstudents as well as the Calculus I or above students. INTRODUCTIONOver four years ago, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) created a new course that utilizesa highly active and collaborative environment, calling it Engineering Problem Solving (ENGR1250). This course uses active learning methodologies while

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Krista Nicklaus; Daniel Puperi; Patricia Clayton

Copyright  2020, American Society for Engineering Education 4 Figure 1: Instrumentation Active Learning Activities. A) The worksheet was developed by the student-teacher with fields for students to take notes of important concepts and equations throughout the class as well as practice problems that were first completed individually, then reviewed as a class. B) The student-teacher also demonstrated constructing a bandpass filter on a circuit board using the online TinkerCad (Autodesk, San Rafael, CA, tinkercad.com) platform.The overall goal of the biomedical informatics unit is to introduce students to the field of biomedicalinformatics and provide an opportunity for students to develop

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Erika Louviere; Gholam Massiha

1 Design and Develop of a Mechanism to Minimize Musculoskeletal Stress on Crawfish Farmers Erika Louviere Industrial Technology Department, South Louisiana Community College Lafayette, LA 70506 E-mail: erika.louviere@solacc.edu G. H. Massiha University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Industrial Technology, Lafayette, LA 70504 E-mail: massiha@louisiana.edu

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

assigned mentor. These opinions were sometimes conflicting but could be broadly categorized into two perspectives: a. Lab Exploration: this group of students wished to see a description of each lab’s research and have an opportunity to interact with the PI and graduate students before lab assignment and mentor selection. These students were in the minority and acknowledged that this model might be difficult to implement, considering the REU’s narrow timeframe (10 weeks). b. Pre-lab Assignment: this group of students pushed for the publishing of an overview of each lab on the current REU site and to have an opportunity to rank the labs in order of their

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Elsa Castillo; Joel Robinson; Kristine Denman; Anyssa Choy; Tariq Khraishi

References(1) Boatman, A.; Long, B. T. Does Financial Aid Impact College Student Engagement? Evidence from the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Res. High. Educ. 2016, 57, 653–681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-015-9402-y.(2) Kane, T. J. A Quasi-Experimental Estimate of the Impact of Financial Aid on College-Going. Natl. Bur. Econ. Res. Work. Pap. Ser. 2003, No. 9703, 67. https://doi.org/10.3386/w9703.(3) Trigwell, K. Evidence of the Impact of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Purposes. Teach. Learn. Inq. 2013, 1 (1), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.1.1.95.(4) Dynarski. Hope for Whom? Natl. Tax J. 2000, 3 (3), 2000 Part 2. https://doi.org/10.3386/w7756.(5) Chen, R.; DesJardins, S. L. Investigating

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. Jonassen, David H. Learning to solve problems: An instructional design guide. Vol. 6. John Wiley & Sons, 2004.3. Schon, D. A. (1983). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. New York, NY, USA: Basic Books Inc.4. Turns, J. A., Sattler, B., Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J. L., & Atman, C. J. (2014). Integrating reflection into Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education engineering education. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA: ASEE. https://peer.asee.org

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Brett Johnston; Danny Logan; Shuza Binzaid; John Attia; Warsame Ali

separated solids from acidified dairy cow manure Bioresour. Technol., 114 (2012), pp. 195-200[2] A. Agostini, F. Battini, M. Padella, J. Giuntoli, D. Baxter, L. Marelli, S. Amaducci Economics of GHG emissions mitigation via biogas production from Sorghum, maize and dairy farm manure digestion in the Po valley Biomass Bioenergy, 89 (2016), pp. 58-66[3] M. Huber-Humer, J. Gebert, H. Hilger Biotic systems to mitigate landfill methane emissions Waste Manag. Res., 26 (2008), pp. 33-46 https://extension.psu.edu/carbon-methane-emissions-and-the-dairy- cow, Accessed 22nd Dec 2017[4] Y. Liu, B. Ni, K.R. Sharma, Z. Yuan Methane emission from sewers Sci. Total Environ., 524–525 (2015), pp. 40

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Martha Mitchell; Paola Bandini

1 Development of a one-on-one mentoring model for undergraduate students at a Minority Serving Institution Martha C. Mitchell Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering New Mexico State University Paola Bandini Department of Civil Engineering New Mexico State University AbstractThis paper describes the one-on-one mentoring model that was developed and implemented in aprogram for an ongoing cohort of 28

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Cynthia Fry; Zachary Steudel

1 Code Hardening: Development of a Reverse Software Engineering Project Cynthia C. Fry, Zachary Steudel Department of Computer Science Baylor University AbstractIn CSI 2334, “Introduction to Computer Systems,” we introduce a group project to the studentswhose purpose is to simulate a team project on the job. Group projects are used very frequently toprovide a similar learning environment which capitalizes on the benefits of peer-to-peer instruction,or cooperative learning. In this group project, students

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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

1 Session XXXX Design Challenges as a Spine to Engineering Courses Abhaya Datye,* Marina Miletic,* Jamie Gomez,* Eva Chi,* Sang M. Han,* Catherine Hubka,* Yan Chen,* Vanessa Svihla,* ** Sung Kang,** Heather Canavan* *Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering **Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences University of New Mexico Abstract The undergraduate Chemical Engineering program at the University of New Mexico

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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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Ahmed Hasan; Tariq Khraishi

1 “An Introduction to Modern Mechanical Engineering” A New Course to Introduce Students to the Dynamic and Evolving Engineering Disciplines. Ahmed Hasan, Tariq Khraishi Mechanical Engineering Department University of New Mexico Abstract The Mechanical Engineering Department at the School of Engineering, University of NewMexico offered a new class in the spring of 2019 titled “An Introduction of Modern MechanicalEngineering”. The class aims to offer hands-on activities and interactive research projects onmodern and varied

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

1 SEGURANCA – SAFETY IN YOUR HANDS Maryam Karage, Jeremy Fitzpatrick, Brian La, Taylor Gehring, Gokul Venugopal, Mequanint Moges Engineering Technology Department University of Houston AbstractIn today's day and age, parents, and guardians often find themselves preoccupied due to the fast paceof our everyday routines. Absent-mindedness can lead to neglect for the safety of children and thosein need of constant supervision. According to the FBI, the total number of missing children hasremained at nearly half a million over

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Zachary Brounstein; Elizabeth Armistead; Murali Duggina; Pallavi Sharma; Nathan Jackson

(FEM)simulation images are shown in Figure 1. The simulations evaluate displacement, where blue regionsare those that do not experience displacement and red regions (and regions transitioning to red) arethose that experience greater displacement. Besides fabricating fully working devices, anotherobjective was to observe and record the output of the actuators. 25um (a) (b) (c) 2mm Cold Arm Hot Arm 400um (Flexure arm) Figure 1: The electro-thermal actuator (a) design, (b) FEM

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taking up the liquidmethane and storing it within a receptacle; however, the long extension tube is impractical, as itwould hinder soil sampling processes, and could be damaged from dragging on the ground.Shortening the extension tube would improve the functioning of the drone, but the drone will requirewaterproofing and airtight manufacturing to prevent damage to the drones' electronic components. The researchers in the University of Porto, have developed a syringe mechanism for the intake ofwater in sampling drones (see Fig. 1(b)) [2]. This mechanism is designed to hold a 5mL syringe anduses a gear-track to operate the syringe with the use of a servo mechanism. The 3D printed device is 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest

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within the ML constituent. SAM can reduce the strain thresholdto widen application of multifunctional MLO as a self-powered strain sensor as well as a mechanical-electrical energy harvester. Methods and DiscussionFirst conceptual design of a functional building block was drafted for SAM as shown in Figure 1(a).Global-to-local strain amplification of the designed building block was validated using COMSOLMultiphysicsâ in Figure 1(b). The ML constituent was modeled as pure PDMS and the connectingpieces modeled as acrylic plastic. One end piece was fixed in space, as the acrylic is relatively rigidcompared to PDMS, this is considered a reasonable assumption. A mesh convergence was done usingCOMSOL’s predefined