Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Earl Hilton Martin

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Minorities in Engineering

capable of supporting advanced life’s growth and survival foran extended period of time in an extraterrestrial environment, and 2) identify various shieldingmethods for the model which will inhibit radiation exposure from impacting the BLSS. In thismodule we used numerical integration computer software to simulate our model. Throughmathematical modeling students were able to better define exposure limits within a BLSS withdifferent types of radiation shielding and countermeasures. Results from the model show the rateat which DNA damage occurs with and without shielding. Our model BLSS also integrates theenergy flow components occupying the system including human and plant life. In conclusion,through this module, students were able to design an

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Statics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Janet H Murray, Georgia Tech; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

attempts to remedy this by leveraging computer animations to explicitly show students Page 22.935.2how statics is tied to everyday life and everyday situations they may encounter. One of theadvantages of computer animations is that they provide an important opportunity for students tomanipulate objects and tools – something that is often lacking, especially for women and URMswho are typically not taught or encouraged to take apart machines as they grow up. Anotheradvantage of computer animations is that they effectively scaffold students' efforts at modelbuilding and connect abstract problems with multiple real world applications – for example

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

literacyand interest in engineering.Year 1 – Computer engineering? -- More Like Multimedia Design Determined that engineering and technology would be valuable to an elementarycurriculum, in 2003 I set out to find a school that I could partner with. I was turned down by twoschools before I found a Principal that was interested. As the Principal of Canyon CrestElementary School and I began to discuss what it was I wanted, I naturally turned to definingtechnology and engineering. He listened politely, but suggested that their new iMac computerlab would be a great place to focus. Before accepting the role of teaching computers andinformation technologies, I made one more plug to teach other technical systems likemanufacturing, transportation

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu; H. Misak; W. Khan

Recycling Gemstone RecyclingThe most of the devices, such as TVs, cellular phones, computers, laptops and music playerscurrently end up in landfills. In addition to valuable metals, such as aluminum, cupper, gold,silver, platinum and stainless steel, these devices often contain hazardous toxic materials (e.g.,mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, etc.). The toxic materials can contaminate air, soil and watereven at smaller quantities and can cause severe environmental and health problems. Table 2gives some of the toxic materials often used in electric, electronic, communication, printing andcopying and computer devices or their manufacturing [1-3,16].Table 2: Some of the harmful materials and their applications in

Collection

2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

Authors

Bosco Yu, McMaster University; Hatem S. Zurob, McMaster University; Mymoon Wahid Bhuiyan Mr., McMaster; Andrew Lucentini

pandemic are applied inthe future to ensure high quality teaching, learning and assessment [5]. Virtual and simulator-basedlaboratories and experimentation can serve a valuable role in developing practical skills andbuilding familiarity with operating procedures, in a cost-effective manner that supports distance-learning. Leading educational institutions have appreciated the potential of remotely accessiblereal-world laboratory experiments well before the COVID-19 pandemic [5,6]. In this study, we will present two of the ongoing pedagogical developments for ourengineering students regarding virtual materials science laboratories: i) Virtual Reality apps andii) Scientific Emulators. Note that many educational simulations and science

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rhonda Lee; Vincent R. Capece; John Baker

student's employability to have obtainedsome exposure to a CFD software package.FEA courses are now often included as required courses, or at least as electives, inengineering curricula (particularly in ME curricula), and these courses often include useof commercial FEA codes. For example, a recent article by Miner and Link4, outlines theuse of SDRC I-DEAS5 software to perform static finite element analysis as part of thedesign process for a bracket in a Computer Aided Design course at the U.S. NavalAcademy. I-DEAS is one example of a commercial code capable of performing finiteelement analysis. Such codes, which have become much more sophisticated and user-friendly over recent years, can now be used effectively to illustrate concepts encounteredin

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

Society for Engineering Education• A young faculty member came into the FIC, sat down and sighed. “I lecture too much and I know the students can do more.” This faculty member was experiencing what educational research is suggesting - students need to be active in their learning. She needed student-centered strategies and techniques to introduce into her repertoire. She also needed a sounding board, someone to listen when she made changes that didn’t always register instant success. Together, we wrote a proposal to the Hewlett-Packard Corporation and received a grant for 60 handheld computer devices. The handhelds enabled the professor to solicit real-time student feedback. With more information on what students knew

Conference Session

Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; Nicole Joy Sweeney, Complexly

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

growth of learning tools distributed through the internet has led to a dramatic increasein the number of freely available instructional tools applicable to both formal and informal learningsystems. These include experimental module demonstrations, comics, and educational videos. Ofparticular note are the videos produced by Crash Course, which have created 38 series of YouTubevideos, each focusing on individual subjects such as chemistry, history, or theater. The videosutilize animation to help highlight applications and theory, and have accumulated over 1.10 billionviews since the first series was launched. Crash Course: Engineering was a video series developed by Crash Course in associationwith PBS Digital, covering all fields of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

simulation and animation on students’metacognitive knowledge and strategies in engineering dynamics, a foundational yet difficultundergraduate engineering course. The project team designed the following two research Page 26.99.5questions: What metacognitive knowledge do students use in solving engineering dynamicsproblems with a computer simulation and animation module? How do computer simulation andanimation modules affect the metacognitive knowledge and skills of students in solvingengineering dynamics problems? The REU students applied qualitative research methodology toanswer these research questions.Project 3 aims to identify student-oriented

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Deeksha Seth, Villanova University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

the museum’s snake, “Jake.” Charlotte had a similar idea:"One idea is to pair it [the snake jaw robot] with a live feeding of one of our snakes. That is anice, easy one to do.” Marissa echoed this idea, “So I was thinking we could add that to when wedo our live animal presentation as part of that. If we use a snake we can the snake jaw there tokind of talk about how they work together.” The staff tried the live snake demonstration, whichwas met with a lot of enthusiasm from guests (see Figure 3). Ultimately, having a live snake andthe snake jaw robot at the same presentation could expand guests’ understanding of how snakeseat, their anatomy, and other topics. Figure 3. Live Snake Demonstration.Multiple people

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

software simulations of physical entities, suchas electronic circuits, denies the user a chance to physically handle the circuit components orconstruct the circuit.3 On the other hand, simulation has another major advantage in that asimulation is task- and learner-neutral; it models an object/system construction and operation orlearning situation. Within simulation functionality, there are no restrictions on the student’sactions. Thus, the advantages of simulation outnumber its disadvantages. In the areas ofelectrical and electronics engineering and technology and manufacturing technology, there arenumerous uses for simulation, starting from simulation of electric circuits to complex tasks suchas electromagnetic fields, networking, computer

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

programmable logic controller (PLC) related topics such as instructions, analog I/O,PID control, PLC languages, and factory communication3. However, these courses focusprimarily on PLCs. Pena et al. describe a new undergraduate degree program in controlengineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil4. This program isoriented toward meeting industry needs and includes some automation courses, but has a heavyemphasis on control theory.There have also been many attempts to teach enabling skills that underlie system integrationskills, such as web sites or computer-based instruction that present introductory informationabout programmable logic controllers. One notable example is The Learning Pit’s LogixPro,which employs

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

L. Massa; P. Jha

in class aids the students inunderstanding new concepts. Previous research1,2 has shown that students who learned fromteachings supplemented by animations performed better than those who learned through the text-only technique. Using graphics, simulations, animations of concepts and their applications hasthe potential to explain concepts more clearly and in a shorter time when compared to theconventional lecture-only approach. On the other hand, scientific computing allows the analysisof large, complex engineering problems, involving, for example the solution of coupled non- Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris

students determined that the sequence of motion in thescript needed to be the same for each molecular animation and a standard was added to thedesign guidelines of the project. The content coordinator met with the client to have the contentapproved. The molecular structures were simplified after the meeting with the client, and thecontent coordinator assigned molecular structures to the team.Figure 2. Organic chemistry script sampleSetting:The video will be viewed either inside of a Web browser or as a stand-alone program on a computer screen. It willhave a white background without any border, a 640*480 screen size, and 24 fps.The Characters:Black text in the Lithograph fontBlue gradient circular carbon atomsRed gradient circular hydrogen atomsTwo

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junior Anthony Bennett, Purdue University; Jason Morphew, Purdue University; Michele W. McColgan, Siena College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

Environment in STEM Education Junior A. Bennett1, Jason W. Morphew1, & Michele McColgan2 1 School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2 Department of Physics, Siena College, Loudonville, NYAbstractStudents struggle with developing conceptual understanding of abstract concepts in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses. Two-dimensional (2D) figures arecommonly used during instruction in textbooks and multi-media presentations such as PowerPoint,or in computer animation. The use of 2D visualizations during instructions lacks opportunities forstudents to meaningfully explore these concepts by rotating three

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Obregon; Kevin Hall

& Johnson, 2000). Whether there is an interest in designing a part, learning anew surgical procedure, or simulating planetary systems, computer graphics allow us to see andunderstand more clearly than by any other technique. Figure 1 illustrates a web-basedapplication, Microsoft Terraserver, used to deliver topographical or aerial photo information tothe user. With this, the user can visualize places within the United States that normally would notbe as accessible. Figure 1. Web-Based Aerial Photo of Chicago O’Hare Airport (www.microsoft-terraserver.com) Page 10.1462.2 “Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

X. Chang Li, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

instructionaltechniques. Qualitative feedback on this technology obtained from both a questionnaireadministered by the instructor and an evaluation conducted by an independent evaluator wasreported. Huang and Gramoll7 described the development, implementation, and functionality ofan interactive multimedia online eBook designed to enhance the learning experience of studentsin studying basic concepts of engineering thermodynamics. The eBook was comprised of 42case problems and each case covered a specific concept in engineering thermodynamics. Thestudents could learn from each case the required concepts, procedures to solve the case problem,and variation of the problem through simulation. Graphics, diagrams, animations, sounds, andhypertext were used to exhibit

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

often avoid creativesolutions that might prove embarrassing in a public load test. Designs rarely result from asystematic process. Students derive structural concepts from photos or from vague notions ofwhat bridges ought to look like. Designs, if they are developed at all, are seldom informed bymath or science. Even the design criterion—maximum strength-to-weight ratio—is unrealistic.Actual bridges are designed to carry code-specified loads safely, at minimum cost. Actualbridges are never designed to maximize strength-to-weight ratio.These inadequacies led us to use computer simulation in lieu of a physical model-buildingproject. This decision is consistent with the work of Harmon and Chung, who havedemonstrated that simulation can be used to

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

well as, anecdotalevidences and informal observations by the project advisor substantiate that the desired goalswere positively impacted.Subsequent to completion of the project, during a middle school outreach effort that the projectadvisor co-directs, the movie of the animation assembly sequence was utilized to assist middleschool student teams to perform similar assembly tasks with considerable success.The extension possibilities of the project include: (i) Exploring other capabilities of the ProEngineer environment. (ii) Learning Not Quite C and JAVA for implementation on Lego Robots. (iii) Exploring other renewable energy sources such as fuel cell, wind power etc. (iv) Improving animation sequencing and movie file of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Madeleine Bodin, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; David Tarboton, Utah State University; Madeline Frances Merck, Utah State University; David J Farnham, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

System," 18th WorldIMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, ed. R. S. Anderssen, R. D.Braddock and L. T. H. Newham, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and InternationalAssociation for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009, p.988-994,http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim09/C4/tarboton_C4.pdf.2. Tarboton, D. G., D. R. Maidment, I. Zaslavsky, , D. P. Ames, J. Goodall, and J. S. Horsburgh (2010), CUAHSIHydrologic Information System 2010 Status Report, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of HydrologicScience, Inc, 34 p, http://his.cuahsi.org/documents/CUAHSIHIS2010 StatusReport.pdf. [PDF; 1.27MB; 34 pages]3. Gupta, V. K. (WEB Chair), 2001: Hydrology

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mandeep Thukral; Kurt Gramoll

and interesting teaching methods are being developed andimplemented almost monthly due to the versatility of the Internet. In particular, the Internetallows convenient collaboration between students [1] for both engineering education and design[2]. Computers and electronic media can also be used to supplement traditional methods ofinstruction, such as lectures and textbooks, with simulations, animations and even on-demandvideo [3]. It would be hard to say that these new media types and networks are not useful in Page 7.1308.1teaching engineering education or for technical training. However, to use the Internet or Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Ninteman; John Natzke

electrical and mechanical concentrations was initiatedat George Fox University, and with it a new freshman experience was developed entitledEngineering Principles I & II. The new course incorporated the computer programming courseand a separate engineering graphics course. The latter was previously taken at the sophomore orjunior level and had not yet utilized computer aided engineering tools. The new course was to bemuch more than simply a training venue for programming and graphics, however, as this paperwill show.The new two-course Engineering Principles sequence is structured around two broad goals: 1. To expose the freshman engineering student to the work of engineering through hands- on activities and projects in engineering problem

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Schneeweis, University of Illinois-Chicago; J Hetling, University of Illinois-Chicago; Patrick Rousche, University of Illinois-Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

neural engineering begin their track by taking two foundationalneuroscience courses offered by the Biological Sciences Department. These courses, BioS286:Biology of the Brain and BioS 484:Neuroscience I provide much of the core contentessential for understanding and working with the nervous system. The core of the neuralengineering track consists of three neural engineering courses taught by BioE faculty(Fig. 1). BioE 472:Models of the Nervous System is a quantitative neurobiology coursefocusing on fairly classical topics in the domains of membrane physiology, signaling inexcitable cells, and synaptic communication. BioE:475:Neural Engineering 1 (NE1) is aseminar style course where students explore current issues in neural engineering by

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

project). Withinthis environment for the PID study, a predefined GPS coordinate path may be implemented asthe desired flight path, or what is called a Virtual Leader. From this a follower aircraft, which isrepresented by the derived nonlinear aircraft model, tries to stay with the Virtual Leader on itsflight path. This simulation environment also allows for the control system to autonomouslyinject maneuvers on the control surfaces during the simulation, similar to those performed inactual flight. This simulation also has a three-dimensional visualization environment, (using theSimulink 3D Animation® tool), which visually represents the YF-22 aircraft behavior. Figure 13shows a sample from a flight simulation of this environment

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Is This Real? Reaching Students with Virtual and Augmented Reality

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayatollah Yehia, University of Virginia; Jacqueline Chao, University of Virginia; Connor Lyons, University of Virginia; Mehrdad Shafiei Dizaji, University of Virginia; Devin Harris, University of Virginia

Paper ID #37783A Case Study on Leveraging Augmented Reality forVisualization in Structural DesignAyatollah Yehia Ayatollah (Aya) Yehia is a Ph.D. student (Systems Engineering) in the i-S²EE Lab. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the American University of Sharjah in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and a MSc in Civil Engineering (concentration: Transportation Engineering) from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She is currently working on building a digital twin that utilizes data from multiple sensors for more holistic modeling and simulations for structural health

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise Deitrick, Codio; Maura Lyons, Codio; Joshua Richard Coughlin Stowell Ball, Codio

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

Fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Breaking the Textbook Paradigm: Increasing Access by Removing WordsAbstractTextbooks are an anachronistic element of education in the 21st century which previous researchshows students do not read despite reading assignments. For over a decade, computing educationhas evolved from textbooks to ebooks to interactive learning experiences with animations,built-in IDEs, and autograders. More recent work has shown that many of these innovations suchas paired programming, code visualizers, and Parsons problems have positive educationaloutcomes such as student engagement, retention, and increased learning gains

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Kyle Hoermann, Texas A&M University

institutions lack the full range of resources needed tohelp students to become proficient with PLC programming. In addition, high faculty-studentratios and limitations in availability of equipment and lab time make it difficult for students tospend enough time with the equipment to become proficient.This paper will describe activities and findings related to an ongoing NSF-funded project todesign, develop, and evaluate Virtual PLC, a system that integrates multiple instructionaltechnologies and techniques into a single Web-based learning system that is comprehensive in itstreatment of PLC topics, motivational, and always available. Virtual PLC includes animations,interactive case studies, a ladder logic toolkit, and intelligent tutoring systems. In

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guenter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Thomas Singraber B.Sc., Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Christian J. Steinmann, HM&S IT-Consulting; Marton Szabo-Kass B.Sc., Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Stefan Woerndl B.Sc., Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Mathematics

advantage of thecontinuum limit of a chain of masses connected by springs is that it is easily comprehensiblefor students and, in addition, many materials respond to small perturbations just as if theywere a system of coupled oscillators. This harmonic oscillator response to perturbations leadsin a continuum model to the appearance of wave phenomena.For the visualization of such wave phenomena, a computer program that simulates a two-dimensional spring-mass system has been developed within an undergraduate student project.The model consists of a rectangular lattice of regularly spaced point masses connected to eachother and to the rigid boundary by a network of massless springs. The force on each mass iscomputed due to its spring connections with

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

and D.R. O'hallaron, Introducing Computer Systems from a Programmer's Perspective, in Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education. 2001, ACM: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. p. 90-94.7. I. Branovic, R. Giorgi, and E. Martinelli, Webmips: A New Web-Based Mips Simulation Environment for Computer Architecture Education, in Proceedings of the 2004 workshop on Computer architecture education: held in conjunction with the 31st International Symposium on Computer Architecture. 2004, ACM: Munich, Germany. p. 19.8. Ravi. Available from: http://ls12-www.cs.tu-dortmund.de/de/teaching/download/ravi/index.html.9. M. Brorsson, Mipsit: A Simulation and

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shaundra Bryant; David Cavallo; Arnan Sipitakiat; Anindita Basu

of the environment, although they are not fullyrepresentative as they were a sample of initial work and do not include computational elements. All students workedon a variety of projects using a variety of materials (computational, mechanical, and crafts), simultaneously. Manywere purely computer-based, such as creating animations, making games, building simulations, managing stockportfolios, etc. Many projects were based upon Lego robotics. Some were challenges such as the above (e.g. gettingweight across a divide, of throwing objects over barriers which proved especially compelling to adjudicated youth),while others involved more complex control structures using programming and sensing (e.g. locating objects andmoving them to specified