Conference Session

Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, and worked as a Structural Engineer. Dr. Batista’s research focuses on understanding the response of metal structures under extreme conditions, such as elevated temperatures during a fire, or lateral loads due to wind. He uses experimental work and computational models to evaluate structures and subsequently develop analysis-based design recommendations and methods. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Engineering Epic Finale – An authentic alternative assessment method for final examsAbstractInspired by an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2015 titled “Final Exams or

Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Roman Taraban; Arne Weigold; Edward E. Anderson; M. P. Sharma

., Anderson, E.E., Sharma, M.P., and Weigold, A., “Developing a Model of Students’ Navigations in Computer Modules for Introductory Thermodynamics,” ASEE Annual Conf. and Exp., Nashville, TN, 2003.2. Anderson, E. E., Taraban, R., & Sharma, M. P. (in press). Implementing and Assessing Computer- Based Active Learning Materials In Introductory Thermodynamics. International Journal of Engineering Education. Also in on-line version at http://www.ijee.dit.ie/OnlinePapers/Interactive_Papers.html3. Cengel, Y. A. and Boles, M. A., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 4th Edition, McGraw- Hill, Boston, MA, 2001.4. Taraban, R., Rynearson, K., and Kerr, M., “College Students’ Academic Performance and Self-Reports of

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

processing and power systems courses, training for graduate teaching assistants, and mentoring of under-represented students in ECE.Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Juan Alvarez joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois faculty in Spring 2011 and is currently a Teaching Assistant Professor. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University, Canada, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chemical Physics Theory Group at the University of Toronto, Canada, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Saskatchewan. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. from the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 2: Instruction

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haoyong Lan, University of Louisville; Weiling Liu, University of Louisville

Paper ID #36692Using a Knowledge Mapping Tool in EngineeringInformation Literacy Instruction: A First ExperimentHaoyong Lan (Engineering & Data Librarian) Haoyong Lan is the Engineering & Data Librarian at the University of Louisville, where he provides information literacy instruction, research assistance, data support, and collection development services to engineering students, faculty, and staff. He received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's degree in Library and Information Science both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Assorted Topics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Paper ID #36700Multi-Material Optimization of a Simplified Railcar TruckStandRaghu Echempati (Professor) Raghu Echempati is a senior professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, Flint, MI with expertise in Mechanisms Design, Applied FEA, Mechanical Engineering Design, Metal Forming Simulation and Automotive Lightweighting and Joining Technologies. He has over 3 decades of academic teaching, industrial consulting and applied research in the areas of expertise mentioned earlier. He worked as a faculty intern at Bosch, General Motors and GEMA (Chrysler Div). He established several study abroad

Conference Session

Labs and Demonstrations in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University; Michelle Stasik, The Ohio State University

chemical processing industry, heat exchanger experiments areoften found in Unit Operations Laboratories. At The Ohio State University, a new pilot-scalePlate Heat Exchanger (PHX) experiment was designed and constructed in the Unit OperationsLaboratory during the summer of 2021.A particularly challenging aspect of developing new experimental apparatus for Unit OperationsLaboratories is operating pilot-scale or commercial-scale equipment with laboratory-scaleutilities and flows. While it is desirable for students to work with authentic industrial equipment,the operation of large-scale units may be unrealistic if the available utilities and flow rates areundersized. As shipped from the manufacturer, the heat exchanger used in the PHX experiment

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hao Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

Utilization at MIT. She is a Radcliffe Institute Fellow and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Her research interests include fluid mechanics, bioinspired design and locomotion, with a focus on optimization of crawling gastropods, digging bivalves, swimming microorganisms and soft robotics. Prof. Hosoi is also an avid mountain biker and her passion for sports has led her to create MIT Sports Lab, a program that is designed to build an interconnected community of faculty, students, industry partners, alums and athletes who are dedicated to applying their technical expertise to advance the state-of-the-art in sports. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 An Approach to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyung S Kang, Marian University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #38924Board 75: Work-in-Progress: Instructor and Student Reflections onFirst-year Engineering DesignDr. Kyung S Kang, Marian University Kyung Kang has served as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Marian University since 2022. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work-In-Progress: Instructor and Student Reflections on First-year Engineering DesignAbstractThis work-in-progress paper summarizes how engineering faculty tried to make the betterlearning environment for the first-year engineering students by minimizing instructorinvolvement. In the

Conference Session

COED: Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Dillon, Morgan State University; Theodore Wimberly Jr.; Mariah McMichael; Lauren Brown, Morgan State University; Abigail Dina; Krystal L. Williams, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

for funding by NSF. He has also con- ducted a Faculty in Residency at Google during the summer of 2018 to learn more about this company’s culture, practices, and to understand the expectations for candidates (e.g. aspiring CS majors) who pursue career opportunities at this company and related prominent companies in tech.Theodore Wimberly Jr.Mariah McMichaelMiss Lauren Brown, Morgan State University Lauren Brown is a Morgan State University Research Assistant majoring in Computer Science.Abigail DinaKrystal L. Williams, University of Georgia ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Examining Psychological and Social Factors that Impact the Experiences and Representation of Black Women in

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

areeffective and welcomed. These strategies can be tailored to other engineering courses. There have been various pedagogical approaches specifically designed for probability andstatistics courses for engineering students. For example, the use of technology was discussed in[1], where the author also illustrated the helpfulness of laboratory-like exercises through computersimulations in a probability and statistics course in Texas A&M University. A set of constructivistexercises have been developed in teaching probability and statistics in the University of SouthFlorida [2] to promote realistic mathematics education and inquiry-oriented teaching and learning.These exercises encourage students to work in teams, create their own knowledge, and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Ryan Barb; George Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #32773Teaching First-order Systems to Electrical Engineering Students UsingVisual and Intuitive ExamplesDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Raviv is a Professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. In December 2009 he was named Assistant Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. With more than 30 years of combined experience in the high-tech industry, government and academia Dr. Raviv developed fundamentally different approaches to ”out-of-the-box” thinking and a breakthrough methodology known as ”Eight Keys to Innovation.” He has been

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; Maria Javaid, Indiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, and grading criteria in the semester before the pandemic (pre-) withthose of the semester during the pandemic (post-). The data is obtained from the Faculty ActivityDatabase for each instructor at Indiana State University. The null hypothesis is that there existsno difference between the course grade outcomes of pre- and post- pandemic. The hypothesis hasbeen tested using Chi-square goodness of fit test [14]. Numbers of students earning specificgrades of the pre- have been considered as expected frequencies. These have been converted tothe respective probabilities. For the post-pandemic enrollment number (n), observed frequenciesfor different grades have been recorded from the University database. With the expectedprobabilities already

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Grace Sangalang Ng, Biola University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #34107Providing an Enriching Learning Experience for Underresourced AcademicPrograms Through MOOCIBLStanley Shie Ng, Biola University Stanley Ng received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from University of California Irvine and MS in Biomedical Diagnostics from Arizona State University. He serves as faculty and director of engineering programs at Biola University. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering and STEM Education at North Dakota State University.Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University Ryan Striker is a life-long learner. Ryan has over a decade of professional experience designing embed

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Yiyin Shen

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

detailed analysis ofthe existing survey data. Furthemore, we will do follow up interviews to identify the factors thatcould influence the gender differences. Finally, we will promote UDL in our institution and theawareness of SWD's needs among our engineering faculty, especially new instructors.Acknowledgements: Our work was funded by a 2020 grant from the Strategic InstructionalInnovations Program at the University of Illinois. The human subject study was permitted by anIRB #21183. ClassTranscribe and associated research is supported in part by a gift fromMicrosoft Corporation, as part of the Illinois Accessibility Lighthouse Program and Institute ofEducation Sciences, U.S. Department of Education through Grant R305A180211 to the Board ofTrustees

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Topics

FYEE Division - Paper Submission

were applied. Standardized courseand results have been presented. The overwhelming majority objectives were compared between the three offerings toof these studies present a positive response by students analyze the efficacy of each method. To analyze studenttowards some form of “flipping” [5]-[7]. One of the many attitudes, student evaluations conducted by the university atdifferent theoretical frameworks used in flipping a classroom the end of the semester were accessed.that have been developed over the past two decades [8] is the The goals of the study were the following:ICAP framework [9] – [13]. The framework describes a 1) To evaluate how the flipped classroom whenmovement of the

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

benefits of active learning, the nextquestion may be, “How do engineering faculty incorporate active learning in the classroom giventhe constraints of time and the amount of material that needs to be covered?” One potentialanswer to this question is the flipped or inverted classroom. The flipped or inverted classroomcan be defined as one where students obtain content from technology and apply that content withhelp from the instructor in class (Margulieux et al. 2014). The flipped classroom provides ameans of enabling the same amount of material to be covered by having students first interactwith the content outside of the classroom and then spend class time actively engaging with thematerial they were introduced to prior to attending class.With

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

are responding well to the assigned reading assignments.The author plans to collect anonymous data at the end of the current semester and plans toexpand this study to other courses in multiple majors taught by fellow faculty of theCooperative Engineering Program of the Missouri State University.The author has reduced the number of the reading assignment and reduced the size of each ofthem. Additionally, the first couple of weeks instead of simply giving pop-quizzes, the authorhas started asking students individually to share their opinion about the assigned topic withthe class without penalizing students for not completing the reading assignment. Studentswho did not complete the reading assignment or did it with cursory scans were not able

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Christa L. Taylor

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, University of Connecticut Arash E. Zaghi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his PhD in 2009 from the University of Nevada, Reno, and contin- ued there as a Research Scientist. His latest research endeavor is on creativity and engineering education, with a focus on the unique potential of students with ADHD. Supported by multiple grants from the Na- tional Science Foundation, his research was highlighted the American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism Magazine. He received a CAREER Award in 2016 to study the significance of neurodiversity in developing a creative engineering workforce.Ms. Christa L. Taylor

Conference Session

Laboratories in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; N.M. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

merely a discussion of an idea presented in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom in hisTaxonomy.1 Bloom identified three types of learning, one of which is the cognitive domain.Within his cognitive domain he identified six levels that most educators think of when referringto Bloom’s Taxonomy. As a quick review, the six levels of Bloom’s cognitive domain arepresented in Figure 1.0 below. Figure 1.0, Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive LearningEducators are very familiar with the concept presented in Bloom’s Taxonomy. The idea thatstudents can learn at different levels is a driving force in how educators develop and constructtheir lessons. We know that students can learn at a lower level where all they are able to do isrecognize the material; at a higher level

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin

, andapplying of the material that has been taught, the knowledge and ideals and arts that have been communicated. Drawing from over twenty five years of experience in engineering education, the author discusses eachlaw, making application of each to engineering education in the present time. A set of "rules" is definedassociated with each law to make clear its proper application, and common violations of each are discussed. This paper, which is based upon Dr. Gregory's book, should be of interest to all engineering educators,but particularly to young faculty, as it describes with clarity and simplicity the fundamentals of teaching. Toquote from the introduction to Dr. Gregory's book, "The first object of teaching, then, is to stimulate in

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York; Jamil Lacourt, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Construction

used.Further, buildings are a major source of the pollution that causes urban air qualityproblems, and the pollutants that contribute to climate change. They account for 49percent of sulfur dioxide emissions, 25 percent nitrous oxide emissions, and 10 percent ofparticulate emissions, all of which damage urban air quality. Buildings produce 35percent of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions – the chief pollutant for climate change(1).A team of a student and a faculty member from ----------------- department of ----------------- evaluated some of the representative floors (building were chosen at random based onaccessibility) according to the following green building characteristics againstCommercial Interior (CI) standards of US Green Building

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

fascinating book by Seebauer and Berry that develops anentire engineering ethics approach using virtue ethics9. The first author is presenting anotherpaper at the A.S.E.E. 2006 conference that recommends using a virtue ethics approach inteaching engineering ethics10.Table 12 below shows the correlations for the approach suggested by Geisler. Page 11.562.12 Table 12 Correlation between Alternative Ethical Systems and cheating 2005 Results Students believing in Graded Conflicting Unqualified Situationism Generalism Antinomianism

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Susan Marie Engelhardt, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

course, camp,workshop, professional development, and other STEM related offerings. One of the programsoffers camp opportunities to rising 8th, 9th and 10th graders during a residential summer scienceexperience that last for a full week (>30 hours of learning activities). Camp courses vary fromadvanced 3-D printing and design to astrophysics, pre-med and others. This paper focuses on“The Tour of Engineering”, one of the camps offered every summer. The course is targetingrising 8th and 9th graders and introduces students to several engineering disciplines. This paperwill describe the course, how the course was executed, both quantitative and qualitative results ofstudent perceptions and learning outcomes and give recommendations for future

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zakaria Mahmud, Lake Superior State University; Paul J. Weber, Lake Superior State University; Joseph P. Moening, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

how he/she compares to all of the other users.Leaderboards can be based on the user’s XP or other measures such as course grade. They can beanonymous or display the user’s true name. Leaderboards are designed to encourage competitionamongst the users by displaying their status. Discussion boards provide a means for users to helpeach other by asking and answering questions.Given the ever-increasing demands on a faculty members’ time, it is important to make theimplementation of gamification as automated as possible. As such, using a learning managementsystem such as Moodle is desirable. Ideally, educational activities should be designed to beachievable, allow students to have multiple attempts, increase the difficulty as the studentprogresses

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #17899Improving Student Confidence and Retention using an Introductory Com-puter Engineering CourseDr. Daniel W. Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Daniel W. Chang is an Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is the faculty advisor for the student chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and the ECE honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN). His interests include computer architecture, digital systems, memory systems, and engineering education. c American Society

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

freshmen engineering students within two years.Students selected for the program participate for one week in a course heavily linked to theIntroduction to Engineering Design course (ENGR 100), which is required for all incomingfreshmen engineering students. The course is offered the week before the start of the fallsemester and students reside in their assigned dorm room for the upcoming semester. Studentsattend lectures by engineering and math faculty members, complete homework assignments andexams, as well as work on a team to complete a design challenge. Each day, students attend oneengineering lecture and lab session as well as two math lectures and two math study sessions. Inaddition to course work, students attend skill sessions, which are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Gage Stout, Computing Research Association; Neslihan Burcin Tamer, Computing Research Association

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

asmathematics and engineering, than women. 6, 32 The existence of this belief system makes sense, giventhat students’ peer group and faculty role models in quantitative disciplines are indeed predominantlymen. 19, 20 The danger in this beliefs system is that it can bleed into women’s self-concept, leadingwomen to question their own aptitude and “fit” in quantitative fields. 6, 7, 18, 32 Given the dearth ofwomen in quantitative fields and the importance of diversity for creativity in innovative endeavors, 13, 34it is troubling to think that talented and motivated women may be shying away from quantitative fieldsdue to their endorsement of cultural stereotypes.We focus on three self-conceptions in computing, all of which are linked to persistence and

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Jai P Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Naveen Kumar Koyi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hassan Abdullah Alibrahim, Purdue University Calumet; Mohammad Almenaies, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #16205Embedded System Design Based on Beaglebone Black with Embedded LinuxProf. Omer Farook, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Omer Farook is a member of the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, Calumet. Farook received the diploma of licentiate in mechanical engineering and B.S.M.E. in 1970 and 1972, respectively. He further received B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. in 1978 and 1983, respec- tively, from Illinois Institute of Technology. Farook’s current interests are in the areas of embedded system design, hardware-software interfacing, digital communication

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lokesh P Padhye, The University of Auckland

Tagged Topics

International Forum

active learning activities and other small group activities for instructors. Hence,the project was designed as a service not only to students but also to class instructors.In addition to online quizzes, we also introduced industry guest lecturing component forhelping students learn importance of practical aspects of learning chemistry forenvironmental engineering careers. Although engineering academics have expertise inteaching and research, they often are not at the forefront of implementation of state of the artengineering solutions for solving real world problems. As demonstrated by D’Este andPerkmann (2011)21, faculty members benefit from the influx of corporate expertise, andstudents gain knowledge about high-throughput technology and

Conference Session

Dynamic Pedagogies for Engineering Dynamics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #23580Work in Progress: Connections Between First-Order and Second-Order Dy-namic Systems – Lessons in Limit BehaviorDr. Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Vincent Prantil earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He has worked as a senior member of technical staff in the Applied Mechanics and Materials Modeling Directorates at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California where he was a co-recipient of the R&D100 Award for development of Microstructure-Property Model Software in 2000. He has published 31 peer-reviewed journal