Conference Session

Best Practices in Research & Assessment Tools for Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25223Measuring Fidelity of Implementation in a Large-Scale Research Study (RTP)Dr. Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston Cathy Lachapelle leads the EiE team responsible for assessment and evaluation of our curricula. This includes the design and field-testing of assessment instruments and research on how children use EiE materials. Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded experiences with disciplinary practices help children learn science, math, and engineering. Her work on other STEM education research projects includes the national Women’s Experiences in College

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University, Goodwin College of Professional Studies, Engineering Technology Program

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Engineering Technology

energy conversion systems, as one described in the Figure 1.Engineering and engineering technology programs must offer a relevant and validatedcurriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success. Courses that cover traditional Page 22.201.2subject matter in mathematics, the sciences, materials, engineering economics and related topicsprovide the foundation of knowledge upon which specific skill sets are added depending onemphasis. However, it is critical for engineering technology to transition from theoretical workin the classroom to learning through experimental hand-on activities based on applications oftechnology and design

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, NC State University; Landon Drew LaPorte, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Bottomley was selected for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Mentoring by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and by the Educational Activities Board of the IEEE for an Informal Education Award. She was also inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women in 2008 for her contributions to eliminating racism and empowering women and was selected as the 2011 Woman of the Year by the RTP chapter of Women in Transportation. In 2013 she was named one of 125 Transformational Women by NC State University. In her role as director of The Engineering Place at NC State, Dr. Bottomley and her colleagues reach more than 10,000 students, 2000 teachers and 1500 parents each year. The

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Labs in Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Shameel Abdulla, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., Texas A&M Univeristy at Qatar

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

complemented by a workshop hosted by GeneralElectric (GE) at Qatar Science and Technology Park, where students received a hands-on trainingsession on regular maintenance work carried out on aircraft engines.IntroductionThe jet engine is a marvelous piece of engineering that encompasses many fundamentalengineering principles. Model jet engines have been used in laboratory setting to enhance students’learning experience (1). The primary objective of this project was to help the students understandthe challenges and requirements to design an experiment. The students were asked to work on twodifferent aspects of the jet engine: Its performance characterization and its vibration analysis. Asthe semester progressed, they were able to gain in-depth knowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

solve problems similarlyto engineers, but their goal is usually to explain, model or understand how the world worksaround them. Engineers, on the other hand, may solve problems with a pragmatic picture inmind. Their perceived value of discovery and information is encoded in the systems they buildrather than in scientific laws or facts.21 Engineering students frequently solve large systems withthe “big picture” in mind. Many young students in science deal with small-scale, detailedexperiments and may not be able to translate their findings into a solution with far-reachingimplications. Or, these science students may be more skeptical of what science can do for theworld than their engineering peers. These ideas may explain our measurement that

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Cabezas, Universidad de San Buenaventura; Eileen Webb, Accreditation Preparation

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #25343Teaching and Assessing Sustainability Based on the Karlskrona ManifestoDr. Ing. Ivan Cabezas, Universidad de San Buenaventura Ivan Cabezas was born in Colombia in 1973. He received the B. Eng. in Computer Science and the Engineering Ph. D. degrees from Universidad del Valle, in 2004 and 2013, respectively. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE. Engineering education and sustainability concerns during the software engineering design process are among his research interests. He has been working as a full-time professor in the Soft- ware Systems Engineering program at the Engineering School of the Universidad de San

Conference Session

Global and Intercultural Competency

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Daniel, Swinburne University of Technology; Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia

Tagged Divisions

International

. These projects cover a range of topics, including designing prosthetic hands for less than $5, researching low cost building materials in Cambodia and developing ways to provide cooking fuel and stoves to refugees all around the world. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The impact of the EWB Design Summit on the professional social responsibility attitudes of participantsAbstractThe Engineers without Borders (EWB) Design Summit is an international educational studytour primarily for Australian undergraduate engineering students. Since its inception in 2015,almost 1000 participants have experienced the two-week program, learning about human-centred design, working

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Ahmed Abdalwhab Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

paper describes how Makerspaces help cultivate students’ communities ofpractice (CoP). We interviewed 19 engineering students with different participation levels in theMakerspace, from different engineering disciplines to understand how they became participantsin the makers’ community of practice at the Richard L’Abbé Makerspace. We found that theMakerspace provided engineering students with a platform for forming a CoP that shares acommon interest in making, by providing them with access to equipment, workshops,competitions, and by connecting engineering students from various disciplines to work on hands-on engineering projects that allowed them to translate theories learned in classroom to practice.The paper also describes the lessons learned

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Roe

on our process will assist other developers who are working to enrich theeducational resources available to high school science and mathematics instructors and theirstudents.IntroductionThe High School Technology Initiative (HSTI) was formed to develop materials to supplementhigh school science and mathematics curriculum that convey methods of solving modern Page 8.319.1technological problems and emphasize how technology affects students’ lives. By providing“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”these students

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

opportunity because Arizona State University was one of 13school that received a five-year block grant in 2003 from NACME to increase the number ofunderrepresented minority students who receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering orComputer Science.1 The students were selected for the program based on their application. Thestudent needed to have at least a 3.0 GPA, be enrolled in engineering or computer science (alsohoused in the Futon School of Engineering), have financial need as determined by a FAFSA, bea US or permanent resident, be an underrepresented minority student (African American, NativeAmerican, or Hispanic/Latino), and submit a statement of purpose and two letters ofrecommendation, at least one from an academic instructor. The students

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Pinar Menguc, University of Kentucky; Ellie Hawes, University of Kentucky; Jane Jensen, University of Kentucky; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

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Liberal Education

College of Education 4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, USAIntroductionEngineering is based on hard sciences. It is not possible to build a bridge, a car, acomputer, a refrigerator, or anything considered sophisticated, without a good grasp ofphysics, chemistry, mathematics, or even biology. While based on the hard sciences,engineering can be considered as art, as a process of creative problem solving.The concept of engineering as an art stems from two central ideas. First, hard sciences donot provide a complete closure of scientific facts, equations and material properties thatwill be required to make a piece of machinery

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Dayna Lee Martínez, Northeastern University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

teaching a wide array of toolssuch as data analytics, statistics, operations research, and logistics among others with the main goal ofdevising efficient systems that integrate people, machines, materials, and information to make a product orservice. One of the advantages of these tools is that they can be applied to a wide range of areas andindustries like finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Statistics is an important area in IE since “the need for statistical thinking arises often in the solutionof engineering problems” [2]. Statistics is the science of data, and as engineers we are always needing tomake sense of data by summarizing and analyzing it. The field of statistics encompasses not only theanalysis of data but also the

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Isabella Huang; Qianwen Zhao, Stevens Institute of Technology; Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Long Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

togethermath, physics, cognitive science, computer science, electrical engineering, and mechanicalengineering. A robotics education in high school fulfills this acute need of preparing students toengage in diverse fundamental STEM concepts, in math, physics, engineering, computerprograming, and industry design [4,5].The current challenge to implementing robotics curriculums in K-12 education is the lack ofsuitable hands-on projects for starters. In this project, we designed and developed an open-source,low-cost, and lightweight robot manipulator that can be easily adopted and replicated by highschool students who are interested in exploring and learning engineering and robotics in college.Through the particular project described in this work, in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole D. Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Students are evenmore engaged and connected to the subject when content is relevant and meaningful. TheDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina and alocal school, Beaufort Middle School, have forged an educational partnership aimed atdeveloping and implementing problem-based hands-on activities that can be incorporated withinmiddle school science classes to 1) enhance student learning, 2) increase critical thinking andproblem solving skills, and 3) raise student and teacher awareness of engineering issues andcareers. The goal of this paper is to discuss this partnership and the transfer of a pedagogicalapproach, called EFFECTs, from the collegiate engineering environment to middle schoolscience.What

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Decision Making, Problem-Based Projects, Role-Play, and a Nontraditional Project Theme

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

of information. He is often preoccupied with issues of surveillance and newlimits on privacy due to technology.References[1] C. E. Harris Jr., M. Davis, M. S. Pritchard, and M. J. Rabins, “Engineering Ethics: What? Why? How? And When?,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 93–96, 1996, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1996.tb00216.x.[2] B. Newberry, “The dilemma of ethics in engineering education,” SCI ENG ETHICS, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 343–351, Jun. 2004, doi: 10.1007/s11948-004-0030-8.[3] C. Fiesler, N. Garrett, and N. Beard, “What Do We Teach When We Teach Tech Ethics?: A Syllabi Analysis,” in Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Portland OR USA, Feb. 2020, pp. 289–295. doi

Conference Session

Engineering Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Norman Love, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Please see Bishop & Verleger 6 for moredetails.Aiming towards exploring different methods and scenarios for effective flipped classroomsetting, this paper explores the impact of traditional classroom and flipped classroom in anengineering laboratory on student learning effectiveness. The later sections of this paper explainthe objective and perceived student learning outcome of the flipped engineering laboratory , apart of Green Energy Materials and Manufacturing course developed as a deliverable of DoEd-Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP)Grant for fostering 21stcentury Hispanic sustainability leaders. Framework used for analyzing student learningeffectiveness is then explained in detail which includes how students

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne E. Keilson; Randall Jones; Lester Coyle; Elliot King; Duane Shelton

Web-based educational modules. The materialsare integrated into a Web site, http://isi.loyola.edu., the Internet Science Institute (ISI).Educational materials developed on the pilot grant are summarized. The topic of the firstmodule developed was pendulum motion. It has been discussed elsewhere.To add lab experience to Web learning, the Interactive Web Board (IWB-1) was developed. TheIWB-1 has data acquisition via the audio port of a standard PC, which allows the computer tomonitor all activity performed on the board, thereby serving as an "instructor". The IWB is abreadboard that may be used to construct electronic circuits. It is also possible to use it as ageneral data collection device for science experiments.An example of a new module

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

languageTable 2. Simplified Breakdown of Primary School Curriculum in the Arab Gulf States Page 8.887.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Courses’ contents are old material, often irrelevant, and improperly sequenced • Poor text books • Insufficient recitation and lab periods • Very little, if any, hands-on laboratory experiments • Technical terms, symbols, and notations should be presented in English, side by side with Arabic • No help sessions on regular

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

of rural schools needassistance in the following areas: (1) appropriate education materials to stimulate and challengestudents; (2) strategies to enhance problem-solving ability in students; (3) means to conductinquiry teaching; and (4) ways to foster cooperation between mathematics and scienceeducation. Engineering and education faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville hadconceived an approach and a plan to address the above needs and to foster teachers’professional development. As pointed out in a recent report by the National Commission onMathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century [3], teachers' competence is pivotal forimproving quality of education in U.S. schools. One of the seven recommended strategies fromthat

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nicolas Ali Libre; Jeff Jennings; Amy Skyles

a Mechanics ofMaterials class to better grasp the concepts and to do so in deeper and more meaningful way. Thestudy involving engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology in aMechanics of Materials course assessed the active learning strategies used to better engagestudents in discussion, peer instruction and problem solving during class. One strategy in thestudy used multiple choice quizzing during class with the goal of helping students to learn bypracticing difficult problem-solving while the instructor and peers were available for assistance.In addition to having instructor and peer support during the problem-solving process, studentsalso benefit from answering not just correctly, but also by answering

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah J. Christian, Carnegie Mellon University; Chad Hershock, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Cameron Melville, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

structural engineer and building envelope engineer in Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh. She previously served as a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Sarah teaches courses in Structural Engineering, Materials, Soil Mechanics, and Design. Her current research focuses on course design to improve student engagement and agency as well as to prepare students to be innovative problem solvers and leaders in their field of engineering.Dr. Chad Hershock, Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDr. Michael Cameron Melville, Carnegie Mellon University Michael Melville works as a Data Science Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Kander

technological problems in a real-world context (with an appreciation of economic,social, political, and legal constraints), and communicate and work productively with individualsfrom a variety of disciplines. The use of the computer as a problem-solving tool is a centralfeature of the curriculum, along with an emphasis on the collaborative (team) approach toproblem solving. The ISAT Program is specifically designed to engage students in studying thesciences and technology, lead students through examples of the practice of science, and help themlearn the underlying methods and principles. Scientific theory is thus combined with hands-onexperience designed to motivate and stimulate interest as well as impart learning. While not an engineering

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Information Systems

AC 2010-1150: ONLINE VS. ON-PAPER EXAMSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia. Page 15.927.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Online vs. On-Paper ExamsAbstractAs information and education continue to migrate to an online format, on

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Yanan Wang P.E., School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Junior Nomani JN, Deakin University; Qiang Zhao; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Bernard Rolfe, Deakin University

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International Forum

simply designing experiments in authentic learning environments. Integrating design andtechnology tools into science education provides students with dynamic learning opportunities toactively investigate and construct innovative design solutions.7 A design-based learning environmentassists the curriculum to move into the twenty-first century with students being hands-on in their work,in addition to using problem solving skills, engaging in collaborative teamwork, creating innovativedesigns, learning actively, and engaging with real-world problems.8, 9The collaborative teaching in undergraduate engineering education has a number of features:  A design-based learning curriculum approach in teaching and learning,  Student projects

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

representative assignments will be discussed. Because our University's job fair comes early in fall semester, our first few lectures arecentered on resume development. The next round of topics covers learning styles and teachingstyles to help students find methodologies that may help them learn material more effectively.Following sessions highlight student leadership opportunities, how to take college exams, how towork in teams, time management skills, dealing with personal conflicts, and resources on campusfor finding information. The second semester covers topics that include algorithms and their usein engineering education, consensus building, presentation skills, interviewing tips, graduateschool and how to prepare for admission, research

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

A. J. Baker; Z. Chambers; M. B. Taylor

. TheEngineering Science program at UTK has developed and taught the first level graduate course inthis area, specifically tailored for students majoring in computational mechanics. It has provenhighly useful as well in addressing students across engineering disciplines, and the naturalsciences, with an interest in using scientific simulation in thesis or dissertation projects.Developing a hands-on practical computing environment has been a course focus, with softwaresystem growth leading to ever broader applications capability. One outcome of this process wasthe introductory textbook Finite Elements 1-2-31, published in 1991 and containing a PC code ona 5.25” floppy disc (how ancient!). Developments since then have led to utilization of

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum Univeristy of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

supplement the theoretical lectures in mechanical and production technologies. Thisallows those students coming from a non-technical background to gain a greater understanding ofthe materials and processes involved in, e.g. the production of parts. English language coursesalso begin in the 2nd semester.In the 4th, 5th and 6th semesters, students follow an interdisciplinary professional program inautomotive/railway engineering. The 4th semester contains subjects that are relevant for bothspecializations such as transmission design and construction as well as piston, and internalcombustion engine design and construction. In the 5th semester students finally decide on aspecialization (whereby the railway specialization is only run if a minimum of five

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers plan to use two or three experiments andthe ETK in their classes, while 70% of Middle and High School teachers will use only one ortwo and the ETK. The written material provided for all the experiments was rated as veryhelpful. Suggestions for improvement include: funds, materials, more preparation time, follow-up worksheets to copy and hand out to students, and lists for materials (including suppliers).IntroductionUniversidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning committed to first-class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide rangeof academic disciplines including economics, business administration, the physical and socialsciences, engineering, humanities, and the arts. UDLAP

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

the third-week enrollment of studentsin each class that took the survey. Enrollment ranged from 1 to 430. The mean was 32.7, with astandard deviation of 42.7. The surveys were completed by 13,441 students in those classes(76% response rate). The mean response was 24.9 with a standard deviation of 27.8.For each participating class, its academic college was also noted to determine the distribution ofengagement score (ES) across disciplines. The colleges were coded as follows: 1, Agriculture; 2,Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; 3, Business Administration; 4, Engineering andArchitecture; 5, Human Development and Education; 6, Pharmacy; and 7, Science andMathematics.The ES was obtained by summing the 14 responses on the survey (with question

Conference Session

Student Self-assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Isabella Fiorini, University of California, San Diego; Edward Zhou Yang Yu, University of California, San Diego; Richard Eugene Vallejo Jr, University of California, San Diego; Zongnan Wang, University of California, San Diego; Trevor Keoki Oshiro, University of California, San Diego; Changkai Chen, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

. Richard assists with concept generation and manufacturing for inquiry-based learning activity models and demonstrations. In addition, Richard is an instructional assistant for Introduction to Mechanical Design at UCSD, leading a lab section through basic CAD, workshop, and technical report and presentation techniques. He plans on pursuing a future career in engineering education at the high school level. His hobbies also include spending time with friends, visiting national parks, and creating small robotics projects.Zongnan Wang, University of California, San Diego Zongnan is currently a 3rd-year undergraduate student with a major in mechanical engineering and minor in Data Science. He has been assisting Dr. Huihui Qi