Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Rogelio Casas Jr, Texas A&M University; David Anthony Cervantes; Justin Raymond Comer; Brielle Roxanne De Anda; Landon James Ledbetter, Oncor Electric Delivery; Andres Fly; Erika L. Davila, Texas A&M University; Grace E Tsai, Texas A&M University

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Ocean and Marine

paper, a small-scaleunderwater robot developed for underwater archaeological applications through an EngineeringTechnology Capstone project is presented. This underwater vehicle can measure temperature,pH, dissolved oxygen, pressure, and salinity levels. Moreover, it can collect water samples forfurther lab testing during the conservation process.I. IntroductionNautical archaeologists explore waters around the world to survey for wrecks and artifacts.When worthy sites are discovered, they dive in them and proceed to extract the artifacts. Divinginto unfamiliar conditions introduces potential risks especially if environmental factors gounchecked, and currently no method to conveniently track the chemical composition of the waterin dive sites

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merrick Haller, Oregon State University; Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health & Science University

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Ocean and Marine

ongoing effort to develop coastal ocean observing assets for the integratedobservation of the estuaries and shorelines of the Pacific Northwest. The project is activelybuilding nowcast and predictive capabilities for this environment, as well as interactiveaccess to archival data, real-time data, and selected forecasts. In addition to the potentialbenefits accrued to the many sectors that depend upon the coastal waters of the PacificNorthwest, there are a number of education opportunities related to ocean observatoriesinvolving undergraduate and graduate institutions, K-12 schools and adult literacy programs.In this work, we describe some ocean technology applications of the NANOOS-Pilot andfocus on the educational use of the system in a senior

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill M. Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center

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Ocean and Marine

. Page 22.1043.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 MATE ROV Competitions: Providing Pathways to the Ocean STEM WorkforceIntroductionThe Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center organizes international andregional underwater robotics (remotely operated vehicle or ROV) competitions for students ingrades 5-16 from around the world. The competitions use ROVs as a platform to excite, engage,and instruct students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and demonstratehow these disciplines are applied in the real world. The competitions include mission tasks thatare based on practical problems from the ocean STEM workplace as well as

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Jayson Durham, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific)

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Ocean and Marine

, when they change parameters, they can immediately see the effects byrunning the simulation again. The students can in this way compare the effects of parametermanipulation in the simulation outcome. The students are introduced to topics in the freshmanyear that actually use material from various courses most of which they have not taken yet.Students at the senior level start to follow and understand at least in one way how variouscourses during their undergraduate curriculum fit together supporting the analysis and control ofmore advanced concepts or applications based on real-world data and models. The organizationof this paper is as follows: A summary of the AUV Workbench Simulator is presented in Section2. The Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Edward Paquette, US Coast Guard; Thomas Robert Cogley; Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Aaron Peder Dahlen, USCG; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

LPIDcontroller coefficients while testing the vessel. The LPID controller would be updated inMATLAB® from (1) and (2) via a real time data collection while testing the vessel.ConclusionsThis paper introduced the architecture of an autonomous floating vessel for real time headingcontrol. A centralize database was chosen that allows multi-user application in the present case,to access, query, and write data simultaneously without closing connections. This permits thesystem components to retain their autonomy. A Printed circuit board (PCB) was used to controlthe motors thrust by a computer. The controller outputs were combined and normalized by thecomputer before being sent to the PCB. An AIRMAR PB200 WeatherStation sensor was used tocollect vessel data

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoonjeong Lee, Texas A&M University, Galveston; Baukje Bee Kothuis, Delft University of Technology; Antonia Sebastian, Texas A&M University, Galveston; Sam Brody

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

authenticproblem is shared by a team of students, and the goal of the course is to solve the problem collectively(Donnelly, 2006; Friedman & Deek, 2002). A central premise of PBL is linking theoretical knowledge topractical application through the use of collaborative groups in which students are responsible fordeciding what is to be learned. The rationale for instructional strategies that encourage cooperationamong learners is that such strategies more closely approximate the real world than traditional didacticapproaches (Cockrell, Caplow, & Donaldson, 2000; Gallagher & Gallagher, 2013). Research on PBL hasindicated that collaborative groups are associated with higher levels of student learning and criticalreasoning capabilities. PBL

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Wood, Florida Tech; Brian Howell, Western Carolina University

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Ocean and Marine

EDUCATION AND TRAININGAbstractCombining teaching, research, and engagement has always been a goal of EngineeringTechnology faculty. Finding “real world” applications which can be implemented at theundergraduate level has always proved challenging as well. One method of achieving thisis to define an application area which can be managed by responsible faculty and whichcan be broken into small enough tasks to be suitable for completion by succeeding yearsof undergraduate students in their capstone design activity.At Western Carolina University and Florida Institute of Technology, a project has beenundertaken which is achieving many of these goals. The Kamikaze AutonomousUnderwater Vehicle (AUV) is currently under continuous

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

. Compared with existing real-time automatic waterenvironment monitoring systems, WSNs-based water environment monitoring system hasstrongpoint as follows3, 5-7: 1) Less effect of the system on ecological environment: nodestransmit water environment parameters to base station by low power and low radiation wirelesschannel and multi-hop communication protocol. Marine wireless sensor networks offer anunmatched option to a wide range of different domains. The significance of the aforementionedresearch lies in the fact that it opens the door for a variety of applications as well as new areas ofrelevant research in wireless networks. The possibility of having hundreds of thousands of sensornodes diving in the ocean collecting data about the different

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Engineering Division: Best Paper Technical Session

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

maritime engineers even as the industry evolves. Low-cost programs will becritical to enable institutions to explore these high-tech programs and develop experience beforethe industry needs become clear.Education with autonomy is difficult to get started in. Firstly, most autonomous vehicleprograms are directed toward those with a coding or computer science background. For example,the majority of these programs are written for Linux. This means that both students and,sometimes, instructors must learn not only new coding skills and new programs, but also a newoperating system. Once these software challenges are overcome, moving to real-world hardwarecan also be challenging. Purchasing a platform to test these new autonomy algorithms can beexpensive

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Barkyoumb, NSWC Carderock Division; Steven Ouimette, NSWC Carderock Division

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Ocean and Marine

ship, surface/sub-surface unmanned vehicle and submarine design.The CISD activities in support of these tasks are focused on the concept of the Innovation Cell.An Innovation Cell team is typically comprised of 2-4 multidisciplinary undergraduate and/orgraduate student interns focused on exploring innovative ship designs and techniques.Generally, teams are tasked with developing concepts or solutions to real-world current orperceived military requirements for which there is no suitable current or planned solution andfor which the act of design or research will provide a unique educational opportunity forinnovative design. The instruction for the students is that their task is to develop a concept,provide a design, or perform analyses that will

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

-Capacitor (RLC) circuit to the standard 2nd order system transfer function incontrol course. This laboratory also teaches students about an application of standard 2nd ordertransfer function that they would see in their career. Students determine the 2nd order modelingfor a linear time invariant system. They exercise how the location of poles can be changed basedon the variation of damping ratio and natural frequency parameters. These responses illustrate asover damped, under damped, undamped, and critically damped. They learn about the impact ofdamping ratio and natural frequency responses on the step and the frequency responseperformances. In the second part of this laboratory students estimate the system parameters froma given time domain

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose E. Sanchez P.E., Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

dynamics. He has also served as a consultant and as technical advisor in several international research efforts. S´anchez received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute. He is a registered professional engineer in Mississippi and a member of the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) and the Transportation Research Board. He is founder of the Mississippi Professional Chap- ter, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and has authored or co-authored numerous publications. He has received the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Conference’s Civil

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

sensor nodes,have the capabilities of sensing, computation, communication and an expected low-cost, lowmaintenance and power requirements. A WSN is a “smart” system that can accomplish variedmonitoring tasks, according to different environment conditions. Monitoring of water or airenvironment are ones of its typical WSN applications. Compared with existing real-timeautomatic water environment monitoring systems, WSNs-based marine monitoring has strongpoint as follows3, 5-7: 1) Less effect of the system on ecological environment: nodes transmitwater environment parameters to base station by low power and low radiation wireless channeland multi-hop communication protocol. WSNs offer an unmatched option to a wide range ofapplications. The

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Miranda II, Florida Atlantic University

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Ocean and Marine

effectiveness of an engineering curriculum is measured by how well studentscan apply and integrate their technical knowledge to solve real life problems. The currentengineering curriculum has been designed to only to provide the theory, however, it doesn’tprovide the integration of how this knowledge can be applied. The courses that are taken aspreparation for system engineering students include standard mechanical studies such asstatics, dynamics, and structural analysis, but also, computer software and hardwarecourses that study C programming, circuit analysis and electronics. These types ofcollegiate engineering classes that are taken on a general level in all system engineeringdisciplines, are supposed to provide the theory that is needed to build

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Paul Moses; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University

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Ocean and Marine

Fluid Power Systems Lab (2016).Shipyard and ship tour planned.Required Course Textbook: Maintenance Engineering Handbook, Eight Edition [8]. Coursematerial supplemented with instructor material.Students apply knowledge gained through course to 4 real-world case studies.Students are assessed of their course knowledge and understanding based on homeworkassignments, quizzes, and comprehensive final exam.PEDAGOGYFaculty integrate technology, hands-on learning, individual research and professional developmentin the marine engineering minor courses. Faculty include assignments where students useadvanced design software tools used in industry, which are accessible to students using OldDominion University’s virtual computer lab so students can access

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Ocean and Marine

wholesystem. This requires the students to become literate in other areas of engineering so they caneffectively interact with their colleagues in the team, thus preparing them for real-world careerswhere team efforts are the norm. The ROV competition plays yet another important role inexposing students to ocean and marine engineering careers. In order to best realize these andother benefits it is important that the students be given the proper advice and oversight by theROV team’s faculty advisor. College students live in a different world than high school ormiddle school students and their advising needs are substantially different. Time management inparticular is an important issue with undergraduate engineers (who constitute the bulk of college

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Ocean and Marine

Engineering Division and is a senior member of IEEE. Page 24.7.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Simulation and Control of an Unmanned Surface VehicleAbstractAcademic exercises that demonstrate the theory give students an understanding of the conceptsbut generally without “real world” concerns and constraints. Problem based learning (PBL) hasbeen shown to excite students and get them more involved in discussions and the course.Students generally become excited when they design solutions for “real world” or “realistic”problems that are based upon applications and problems as

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Ocean and Marine

University of Texas at Austin. She earned an M.S. degree in Bioengineering and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. She is currently an associate professor in the School of Engineering and Com- puting Sciences at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She is interested in multidisciplinary research in imaging applications using a variety of imaging modalities, including thermal imaging, hyperspec- tral imaging, and other digital imaging that engage targeted sensors, spatial and spectral data processing, pattern recognition and classification. She has a special interest in energy generation and real-world ap- plications, as well as pedagogical methods in teaching and learning

Conference Session

Microsoft Teams, Deep Learning, and Classroom Flipping

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College; Alexandru Belu

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Ocean and Marine

), based on the practice of solving problems [23-27]provides a contextual environment that is making learning exciting and relevant to modernindustries. Projects are providing opportunities for students to explore real-world problems froma system-level perspective, developing an appreciation for the inter-connectedness ofengineering principles and concepts, in which project requirements must be optimized to reachdesired system performances and functions. Moreover the project inclusion in any engineeringcourse can compensate, in part for the lack of adequate experimental infrastructure, as the case ofour university. Traditionally, the educational process involves students first learning thefundamentals and then utilizing “total recall” to apply

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Brown, Virginia Tech; Owen Hughes, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Neu, Virginia Tech; Betsy Tretola, Teaching and Learning,

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Ocean and Marine

dates with their Supervisor to avoid foreseeable problems. The exams are longer thanquizzes and the problems are usually more challenging. Thus, to avoid the requirement ofrevealing the principal steps, as done on quizzes, the students do the entire exam by hand and faxthe pages to the instructor. A special live class is scheduled prior to the final exam as aconcluding interactive review and question/answer session for students.All quizzes and exams are open book. In a Distance Learning environment, even with aUniversity-wide honor code, open book appear the most realistic approach. This also more Page 12.554.7closely emulates the real world

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Giver, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; Stephen Michetti, NSWCCD

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Ocean and Marine

, engineers and architects havethe opportunity to accomplish the real world task of assessing the performance of their vehicle ascompared to the competition. Some evaluate how they can tweak their design to perform evenbetter in the future while others must consider whether a total redesign is necessary. There arelife lessons as well as technical lessons that are learned where the rubber meets the road or in thiscase, where the propellers meet the water.During oral presentation to clients/judges on competition day, students participate in a realisticexperience that cannot be achieved in a traditional school environment. The clients are poised toprovide positive feedback and to ask questions that stimulate students to elaborate on designmethods used

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shyam Aravamudhan, North Carolina A&T State University; Diedrich A. Schmidt, North Carolina A&T State University; Hany Nakhla, North Carolina A&T State University

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Ocean and Marine

, assembly and demonstration project named Perseus II, sponsored by the Office of theSecretary of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO). The goal of this challenge-based engineering project was to explore if a team (a) with just a general background inengineering (role filled by undergraduate students), (b) modest resourcing and (c) in a relativelyshort period of time, could assemble an underwater vehicle to perform a specified mission. Theproject culminated with the operational demonstration of the underwater vehicle in a dive lagoonand the acquired engineering skills. Ultimately, we believe this project uniquely exposedundergraduate students, including minorities, to challenging real-world ocean engineeringproblems so as prepare or

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deidre Sullivan, Marine Advanced Technology Education Center; Jill Marie Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education Center

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Ocean and Marine

Page 22.1479.4challenge students to apply the physics, math, electronics, and engineering skills they arelearning in the classroom to solve practical problems from the marine workplace (seewww.youtube.com/watch?v=TeFctnv5vVI). Through the process, students develop projectmanagement, technical writing, communication, and teamwork skills as they prepare technicalreports, poster displays, and engineering presentations that are delivered to marine professionals,solidifying the connection to real-world industry practices. Students who participate in theseactivities go on to enter the workforce in a variety of ways – as technicians, engineers, scientists,computer programmers, and educators. Our experience has shown that, because of the differentways

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Delorme, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Michael Giglia; Ethan Hayon; Joseph Huyett; Donald Montemarano; Mark Siembab

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

,locating, and collecting information on objects that are potentially unexploded ordnance(UXO).” The students had two semesters and a budget of $15,000 to go from this statement to afield demonstration of their solution in Key West, FL.This project’s multi-disciplinary nature, broadly defined real world problem, engaged andthoughtful sponsor, and unique advising requirement produced student outcomes that covermost if not all of the ABET student outcomes criteria. This paper will cover the project fromconcept to final successful demonstration including; team forming, academic advising, missionplanning, project planning, research, development, fabrication, sensor development, sensorintegration, testing, demonstration, reporting, assessment and

Conference Session

OMCED Topics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University

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Ocean and Marine

observation from these responses is that while the students might have learned an adequate level of math and science at school they have not yet gathered enough insights and intuition into how they can apply their knowledge to solving real-world problems. This suggests that teaching the students very complex math and science concepts alone in an isolated framework does not appear to adequately promote their interests in math and science. Rather, it is the application of science in terms of interesting, problem-solving projects that captures the students’ interests in math and science. We believe that once we have captured their interests, the effect is perpetuating. In terms of teaching, the effectiveness of the

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moustapha Diab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Uche Ezechi, University of Delaware; Mohamad Dyab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Ocean and Marine

incorporated in theSAMPLE platform include temperature, pH, salinity, and dissolved oxygen. SAMPLE is easy touse and transport. It offers a cost-effective way of monitoring selected geo-located water qualityvariables to provide insight into coastal ecosystems. It is also an excellent platform to involveengineering students in a comprehensive real-world design experience integrating electro-mechanical design, sensors & instrumentation, structured programming, and control systems.The SAMPLE platform was designed and developed by engineering students at University ofMaryland Eastern Shore. The engineering students have also demonstrated and trained MarineBotany (Biol 202) students at the university to collect and map water quality data in lakes

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Billy L. Clark, The Citadel; Robert Hudson Imhoff IV; Luiz Dos Reis

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Ocean and Marine

is shown in Figure 12. Using this method, the students recorded video, correlatedpixel spacing to real-world coordinates using a ruler placed in the frame, and determined thedistance traveled by a particle between frames, which corresponds to a known amount of time.Using this method, the students determined that the average flow speed reached 0.262 m/s at amedium pump flow rate setting. Measurement of higher flow rates was rendered impossible dueto the limited frame rate of the available recording devices. Figure 11: Completed final prototype Figure 12: Sample image from flow testing of the water tunnelLearning Outcomes and Future ConsiderationsThe development of this water tunnel prototype up to

Conference Session

Best Paper, Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Deborah Marshall, Norfolk Public Schools Career & Technical Education Dept.; Jeff Warren Larson Jr.; Abdul Rahman Badawi, Old Dominion University; Neil R. StClair, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University; Michael Anthony Crespo, Granby High School, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

program introduced the girls to basicengineering aspects by having them design, build, and troubleshoot an underwater RemoteOperated Vehicle (ROV). This activity allowed the girls to enter their first robot in the MarineAdvanced Technology Education (MATE) ROV competition in April 2013 [17]. Through theMATE ROV competition, the girls were challenged with a real-world situation. The MATE 2Center uses underwater robots – also known as remotely operated vehicles or ROVs – to teachscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and prepare students for technical careers. Figure 1: Girls in Engineering participated in various hands-on activities while designing, building, testing and

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Novick, Sandia National Labs

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Ocean and Marine

thatpart of a team can work on the vision system in air in the lab while the rest of the team is gettingthe vehicle assembled and working, allowing them a faster path to success. Finally, since weneed to use venues with clear water for other reasons (particularly to keep the event interesting tothe audience), the limitations of vision in real-world applications do not apply in the competition.Therefore, we embraced vision as a sensing modality, and added tasks to the missions thatexploit the students' substantial capabilities in this arena. The first such task (in the fifth year)required students to read 2-foot-wide bar codes printed on structures on the bottom of the arenaand report back the height of each specific structure off of the bottom. In

Conference Session

Best Paper, Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams University

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Ocean and Marine

communityengagement projects, have gained popularity for their documented ability to improvecommunication and collaboration skills, while challenging the students to apply their engineeringknowledge in a real-world setting [6], [7], [8], [9]. While the ability to travel for inter-universitydesign competitions and meet face-to-face with community partners are challenged by thecurrent pandemic, creative measures are being employed such as virtual competitions and onlinecollaboration.Inside the classroom, the same challenges exist to implementing successful experiential learningactivities, especially when those classrooms are remote or hybrid. Project-based learning (PBL)is frequently employed in first-year survey courses as well as senior capstone courses, for