Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

material …to become competent on job skills -0.3 1.3 …to balance workload between …to miss important deadlines in one -1.1 classes area because other areas are hectic 0.1 …to let the professor drive the Typical Engineers take 1.4 learning responsibility to learn new skillsTable 2. Parallel questions rated on five point Lickert scale by students.The student ratings showed a marked difference between what was considered acceptable for astudent versus a professional engineer. The aggregate responses indicate the class considered itacceptable for students to individually choose their effort level

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

terms of reflective thinkingbased on logic, rationality and synthesis was discussed with a conclusion that critical thinkingmust be hands-on while the theory of critical thinking can be taught4. In a 2015 Newsweekarticle addressing the high school education, the necessities of “rote memorization, deadeningrepetition and humility before intellects greater than your own” were emphasized for the criticalthinking mandate because “one cannot think critically without quite a bit of knowledge”5.Memory traditionally has been classified into long term memory, short term information storagememory, and short term working memory for the manipulation of information, together withimplicit memory for performing a procedural task6. Brain studies have

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 11.1131.12theory topics, such as winding details, to applications of the technology. As discussed by Li and 4Challoo , this shift in focus is particularly true in an electrical machinery course which doesn’thave the same student appeal as some other technical areas. Engineering education needs to 7connect with today’s video generation . While simulation software applications may helpaddress the learning styles of incoming students who have spent many hours playing computergames, they still need a laboratory with hands-on activities.Simulation activities could be used to empower the student to investigate applications ofelectrical machines without the costs and safety considerations of a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

, American Society for Engineering Educationand students use a text as guide, but include current resources to keep the course up withthe state of the industry.The authors approach this topic from the viewpoint of a number of years of recentindustrial experience along with 2 years of teaching introductory networking courses toComputer Science and IT students. The course described is currently being taught andsome feedback from earlier experience is provided. The importance of hands-onexperience cannot be over emphasized.This paper is organized as follows: First, we describe the fundamental concepts that arethe core of the curriculum. Second, we present our desired outcomes along with somebackground that guided our thinking about curriculum. Next, we

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE); Rabiatu Bonku; Mercy Fash; Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Alesia Ferguson

studentsto stay motivated and complete STEM course requirements. Findings inform future research, aswell as lessons and best practices for improved STEM student and institutional adaptability andresiliency. These will minimize disruptions to student functioning and performance, reduceattrition, and strengthen progression into the STEM workforce during high-risk conditions suchas pandemics. With caution, findings may be extended to non-STEM and non-studentpopulations. Future studies will focus on long term impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on STEMperformance.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF-RAPID)program under Grant No. (NSF 2028811). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions

Conference Session

Assessment, Course, and Curricular Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Austin Carrig, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Touching Water: Exploring Thermodynamic Properties with Clausius AppThe effect of pressure and temperature on the properties of water is a critical concept withinengineering curriculum. Instructors spend considerable effort training students to use referencedatabases; traditionally in tabulated forms or more recently with use of computer-aidedreferences. The reliance on tables however, places undue emphasis on the property values overproperty relationships. Understanding thermodynamic relationships and the trends are of greatervalue from a student learning perspective than the numeric value of the properties. This aspect ishighlighted by the practice of

Conference Session

ERM: Instruction and Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gibrán Sayeg-SÁNchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Cecilia Nuñez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

Paper ID #37189Improving learning experience and student engagement in aMathematics Course through real time interactivepresentations and anonymous collaborationGibrán Sayeg-Sánchez Dr. Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez is professor – consultant in the Science Department in Tecnologico de Monterrey, Puebla campus. He studied a PhD in Financial Science in EGADE Business School (2016), a MSc in Industrial Engineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2011), and a BEng in Industrial and Systems Engineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey (2006). Dr. Sayeg-Sánchez has more than 11 years of experience in teaching statistics, mathematics, and

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Mustafa Akbas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Philip Craiger

science majors, one software engineering major, two homeland security majors, and two unmanned aircraft systems majors • One Freshman, four Juniors, and four Seniors • The average cumulative GPA was 3.46 with a range from 3.274-3.771 • Seven ROTC participants, two non-ROTC participants • None of the students had participated in non-course related research during the academic year prior to this research • 1 student had participated in non-course related research during the summerWhile ONR sponsored the program and preferred students to also be participating in ROTC,there was no requirement that students be affiliated with the military. Students were recruited inlate August and early September via email from the ROTC

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Tapper

relationships1.This paper establishes the ground rules for creating and keeping industrial partnerships alive andviable. If the ideas presented here are implemented appropriately, this relationship can prosperfor many years to come with some additional positive side effects; continued industrial support.By taking advantage of these partnerships, colleges can gain access to new state-of-the-artequipment for their laboratories. In fact, most companies are more than willing to help if askedproperly.I. IntroductionThere are many reasons why the education establishment should align themselves with industrialpartners. One of the principal reasons is to gain assistance in the form of materials needed toteach state-of-the-art technologies to their students. For

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Surbhi Lipkin-Moore; Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Nathalie Lavoine, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Lucian Lucia, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Murat Tiryakioglu, Jacksonville University; Justin Hall, Jacksonville University; Ron Edelen, Jacksonville University; Jeffery Plumblee, VentureWell

science, indigenous studies,agriculture, and circular economy.The SUSE program has a common first year, which consists of 10 courses in mathematics,sciences, computing, engineering principles, communications, and design. A design backbonethroughout the program will form critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and provideopportunities to interact with local industry and researchers in many different fields of study.Most courses have hands-on experiential laboratory sessions to reinforce concepts taught inlectures. Leadership development is fostered through open-ended projects and group work.Students will be able to focus on one of four themes in their last year: sustainable systems forcities and communities, for energy and resources, for

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Moore, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

criticalimportance to students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics,for it represents an accumulation of the body of knowledge of the discipline. Research showsthat educational institutions facilitate the development of critical thinking when they incorporatean active learning style in their instructions and laboratory experiences. Experiential learningmodels presents us with the four modes on which learning styles are based – concreteexperience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. Studiesconducted on knowledge retention, found that using these learning modes, individually and inpair wise combination, from twenty –to- sixty percent increase in retention has been achieved.However

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2007-1160: A SPREADSHEET-BASED SIMULATION OF CPU INSTRUCTIONEXECUTIONRichard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul Dr. Richard E. Smith is an assistant professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He has over 30 years of experience in computing systems, almost half of which has focused on information security. Dr. Smith has published two books in addition to numerous articles on information security. Dr. Smith earned a BS in engineering from Boston University, and an MS and PhD in computer science from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the ACM, the ASEE, and a senior member of the IEEE

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Ricardo R Lopez P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Ernesto Luis Diaz MEM, Puerto Rico Climate Change Council

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

member of the teams for damage evaluation caused by earthquakes in Mexico City, Mexico; California, USA; Puerto Plata, RD; and Chile. He has conducted research projects supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), among others. He is member of the Earthquake Engineer- ing research Institute (EERI), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and is secretary of the Earthquake Commission of the Engineer’s Professional Association of PR.Ernesto Luis Diaz MEM, Puerto Rico Climate Change Council Coastal and Marine scientist. Director of the Puerto Rico Coastal Management Program and coordi

Conference Session

Online and Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University; Frederick Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Paper ID #29544Global Business Management Education to Industry Professionals: A Decadeof Experiences from a Professional Graduate ProgramDr. Bharani Nagarathnam, Texas A&M University Dr. Bharani Nagarathnam is an Instructional Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Master of Industrial Distribution at the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Industrial Distribution and man- ages the Master of Industrial Distribution (MID) program, one of the largest distance education graduate programs at Texas A&M

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Williams Trost, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

designed to assist those with visualimpairments fall into two main categories, ambient assistance and active assistance. Ambientassistance technology passively monitors the user’s environment and adds information orguidance when needed. Active assistance devices, on the other hand, are those that are explicitlyactivated by the user to perform a specific task and are subsequently turned off again. Ambient assistive technology has the benefit of always being on, so it can fit seamlesslyinto the user’s environment. An example of this type of assistive technology was tested byGowda, Hajare, and Pavan [7] in which a body camera took continuous pictures of theenvironment in front of a visually impaired walker and alerted the walker through an

Conference Session

Studies of Shifting In-person Courses to Online and Students' Online Behavior

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bhavya Bhavya, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rob Kooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Yun Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and search for video content. The tool collected detailedtimestamped student behavioral data from 1,894 students across 25 engineering courses thatincluded what individual students searched for and when. A previous analysis, published inASEE 2020 [1], found that using ClassTranscribe caption search significantly predictedimprovement in final exam scores in a computer science course. In this paper we present howstudents used the search functionality based on a more detailed analysis of the log data.ClassTranscribe automatically created captions and transcripts for all lecture videos using anAzure speech-to-text system that was supplemented with crowd-sourced editing to fix captioningerrors. The search functionality used the timestamped caption

Conference Session

Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick S. Harkness, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Joshua Marquit, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in their educationinto participative ones by encouraging them to engage with the course material and exercise theircritical thinking skills6. Active learning enables students to be physically, emotionally,cognitively, and psychologically involved in constructing their own knowledge andunderstanding of course material1. In other words, active learning “allows students to customizetheir own pursuit of learning” and, thus, to stay connected to the knowledge they seek to use andcreate7. Active learning puts the control of understanding into the hands of the students, whereknowledge becomes less abstract and more tangible. Active learning is considered to be moreeffective in educating diverse classrooms and also to improve the retention in STEM

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

nuances of communication, learning, interactivity, etc., that can prove helpful in your understanding of the learning dynamics in the particular lab. 7. To evaluate your own intuition and lab design skills, you might design and write a detailed lab on your own. Record comments of your logic or intent for the various procedures. Set this design aside to compare later your design results with the results of the students. Having your written design on hand will help you improve your own insight and skill in preparing lab procedures for students in your other labs. Page

Conference Session

ERM: Mentoring for Everyone! And Let's talk about Graduate Students

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Jensen; Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Deepthi Suresh

Paper ID #37196Perceptions of shared experiences in mentoring relationships:a collaborative autoethnographyJulie Martin Julie P. Martin is a Fellow of ASEE and an associate professor of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Julie’s professional mission is to create environments that elevate and expand the research community. She is the editor- in-chief of Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, where her vision is to create a culture of constructive peer review in academic publishing. Julie is a former NSF program director for engineering education and frequently works with

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Christopher Lawrence Norve, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

- terests are biomedical signals and image processing, telemedicine, medical robotics and BME education. Dr. Krishnan has co-edited the text ”Advances in Cardiac Signal Processing”, and published numer- ous papers in conference proceedings, journal papers and book chapters. He has been developing novel models in BME curriculum design, labs, interdisciplinary project-based learning, co-ops, internships and undergraduate research. Recently he served on the NSF Advisory Committee on Virtual Communities of Practice. He keeps active memberships in AAMI, ASEE, ASME, BMES, IEEE, BMES, IFMBE, and ASME. He was selected to join Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected as a

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Piliouras, Technical Consulting & Research, Inc. ; Mengqian Wu, Technical Consulting Research, Inc. ; Steffi N. Crasto, Center for Advanced and Emerging Technologies (CARET); Pui Lam (Raymond) Yu, Technical Consulting & Research, Inc.; Navarun Gupta, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Paper ID #38614An Evidence-Based Approach for Deeper Understanding of Student, Teacher,and Learning DynamicsDr. Teresa Piliouras, Technical Consulting & Research, Inc. Dr. Teresa Piliouras is CEO and founder of Technical Consulting & Research. She is an IT consultant, educator, inventor, and author. Previously, she was an industry professor of Computer Science and Man- agement of Technology at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, and a visiting Professor of Computer Science at Iona College. She held senior management and technical positions at Accenture, Boehringer Ingelheim, PepsiCo, Pitney Bowes, and

Conference Session

Energy Laboratory Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

learningtool, according to the students. They reported that their knowledge of the Rankine cycle (and itsassociated thermodynamic concepts) increased. They found discussing and using the RC morevaluable than performing calculations with the data. In addition, the level of the material wasappropriately challenging for upper-level engineering students.The survey results were also compared from university-to-university (LTU vs. UE). Theseresults are useful for two reasons. First, the thermodynamics courses and thermal-sciencelaboratory courses have different formats between LTU and UE. One of the goals for the UEthermal-science laboratory is for the students to perform a preliminary theoretical predictionexercise for the equipment. This allows the

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Kali Furman, Oregon State University; Qwo-Li Driskill, Oregon State University; Rebecca L. Warner, Oregon State University; Susan M. Shaw, Oregon State University; H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Faculty

learning practice are presented and discussed,and transformative outcomes that can be linked to seminar participation presented.IntroductionWomen have historically been underrepresented within the ranks of tenured or tenure-trackfaculty with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines [1]. This isespecially so at higher academic ranks. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognizedthis issue and has been funding Institutional Transformation (IT) projects geared towardsremedying this shortcoming. In fall 2014 Oregon State University (OSU) received such anaward, created OREGON STATE ADVANCE, and established its overarching goal to serve as acatalyst for advancing the study and practice of equity, inclusion, and social

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Skromme, Arizona State University; Dan Robinson

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Addressing Barriers to Learning in Linear Circuit AnalysisAbstractSome possible barriers to student success in introductory linear circuit analysis courses areanalyzed, particularly for DC circuits and general circuit topology issues. We argue that certainconcepts actually needed to solve circuit problems are often not taught as explicit principles, andthat conventional instruction often fails to address typical conceptual misunderstandings. Inparticular, we discuss the concepts of hinged circuits, redundant circuit elements, and voltageand current-splittability of circuit problems, the replacement theorem, iterative calculations, andthe several types of problems to which one can actually

Conference Session

Technology and Manufacturing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis S. Tenney, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

industry to secure the necessary equipment to provide students withexpected hands-on AM industry skills. A direct need for advanced technical engineering in thelocal community and industry drove Green College’s AM program development. A GreenCollege faculty member explained this program framing needed to be quick for students tocomplete the program in time to meet pressing local industry’s hiring needs. During this time,program leaders from Green College collaborated with the Florida Department of Education toestablish specific engineering technology frameworks. In addition, at this time the Green Collegeleaders also aligned their AM curriculum with the FLATE curriculum recommendations.Green College has a small AM faculty with two full-time

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jon J. Smith; Sima Noghanian

most EM simulation tools have a drawback. Most of theseprograms focus on the design and simulation of the single elements and do not offer an efficientsimulation tool to include the array geometry and array signal processing together in onepackage. If an engineer desires to develop a certain array pattern and array processing algorithmthat work together to acquire incident signals when arriving from certain angles, the engineerwould have to completely design the entire array (i.e. specify its geometry, material composition,surrounding material environment, EM environment, etc). The problem can be arranged bycopying and repeating the antenna element into structure a number of times. For every change inthe array arrangement or feed arrangement a

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Biester; Ian Stewart; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Rada Mihalcea; Sara Pozzi

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

use, e.g., using abusivelanguage to describe an instructor [17]. In addition to the personal harm done to instructors, biascan derail the careers of minority-group instructors as course evaluations often play an large rolein determining tenure and promotion [18, 19]. Our case study builds on the well-establishednotion of bias in student evaluations, and we investigate how much bias exists in writtenevaluations and whether that bias changed when courses switched to virtual format in 2020.3 Methods3.1 Data CollectionOur new data set, henceforth CCE for “COVID-19 Course Evaluations,” comes from a publicuniversity in the U.S. Midwest. The university’s registrar provided 23,882 course evaluationsfrom the College of Engineering collected over six

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ranjan K. Sen; Pradip Peter Dey

 communicate to the processors.  An  algorithm  is  a  high  level  representation  of  a  program.  It  consists  of  steps  of  statements  that  is unambiguous  and  may  be  interpreted  by  a  computer.  An  algorithm  must  terminate.  An  algorithm  is  Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 347used  to  reason  about  a  specific  recipe  to  solve  a  problem  using  a  computer.  It  is  implemented  as  a program using programming language.    A  programming  language  is  one  that  can  express  an  algorithm  and  may  be  compiled  into  a  low

Conference Session

Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Richard Y Chiou, Drexel University; Tzu-liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

, project-based learning, and practicum-based assessment. Dr. Ertekin serves as the faculty advisor for the student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (S058). Involved in research, Ertekin has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), private foundations, and industry. His research has focused on the improvement of manufacturing laboratories and curricula and the adoption of process simulation into machining and additive manufacturing practices. His areas of expertise are in CAD/CAM, manufacturing processes, machine and process design with CAE methods, additive and subtractive manufacturing, quality control and lean manufacturing.Dr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou is

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

ourdevelopment phase. We realized early on that maintaining fresh data would be justas challenging as creating a new website.This career exploration site needed to reflect that manufacturing is dynamic – thattechnologies evolve; companies figure out new ways to tackle problems; new productsare developed that require new materials or different ways to make existing productsbetter – which means that if students want to understand a complete picture, the websitecontent must be dynamic to keep students interested. The best scenario is when studentswant to “come back” because they have a variety of ways to explore the information andit’s evident that a site’s content changes and continues to grow.So our idea of a web portal to address this project embodied a