Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Valerie Fuchs, Michigan Technological University

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International

humanitarian issues:education, poverty, environment, health, human rights, disaster relief and hunger topped the list. Thislist provides clues to alleviating the above problems – the Millennial Generation wants to make adifference in the world (Gordon 2007).Since 1997 University X has created opportunities to engage engineering (and other) students in the Page 13.403.2solution to problems confronting people who have not historically been well-served by engineering.Over the course of the past decade, six distinct programs have been created to provide multiple 1opportunities and pathways through

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

all at once. Therefore students need guidance and focus on breaking problems into small pieces and solving the pieces one at a time. 2. When students do break the robotic mission into smaller pieces, they typically do not “get” the idea of modularization. Left to themselves, the typical solution of a problem is a long series of movement commands with little or no feedback from sensors or control elements. 3. Club activities of <30 minutes are ineffective due to set up and take down times. Teachers need allocation of at lest 45 min to one hour a few times a week to have effective progress on problem solving. 4. Family members are strongly supportive of exposing students to the possibility of

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

females, arebeginning to recognize that biomedical engineering, defined as using traditional engineeringprincipals to solve problems in biology and medicine provides for an overall enhancement ofhealth care, which of course is an effective way to help people and improve society23.The new robotic curriculum, Medibotics: The Merging of Medicine, Robotics and InformationTechnology, incorporates grade-appropriate prototypes of robotic surgeries developed forbiomedical engineering students at NJIT24 into the pre-engineering curriculum previouslydeveloped for the Pre-Engineering Instructional Outreach Program using LEGO™ MindstormsKits for Schools and Robolab software. For example, degenerative disk disease is a medicalcondition in which the spinal

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krisztian Dancs, University of North Florida; Vanja Gadzic, University of North Florida; Tyler Dao, University of North Florida; Truong Nguyen, University of North Florida; Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

, digital system design, electromagnetics, signals and systems, circuit analysis, and others. His research interests include microcontroller-based system design, computational algorithms for controls, and control theory. Dr. Choi is a registered Professional Engineer (Florida). Page 11.139.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Vehicle Drivable by a Laptop PCAbstractThis paper describes the details of converting a regular vehicle into a vehicle that is drivable by alaptop PC. The work was done as a design project in the first controls course in our curriculum.The students applied

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eddie Jacobs P.E., University of Memphis; Amy L. de Jongh Curry, University of Memphis; Carmen Astorne-Figari, University of Memphis; Russell J. Deaton, University of Memphis; Wesam M. Salem, University of Memphis; Yonghong Jade Xu, University of Memphis; Shelby G. Roberts, University of Memphis

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

opportunities to demonstrate anddevelop empathy within engineering as a whole in order to address what Cech has referred to as a"culture of disengagement"[5]. This is essentially addressing the structural issues mentionedabove in the work of Fox. Examples would include Walther’s development of a synthesis anddesign studio for an environmental engineering course[6]. However, as cited earlier,environmental engineering is a discipline in which gender equity exists.Our research specifically addresses how empathy affects women and is aimed at understandingthe differences we observe in the representation of women in various engineering disciplines. Inthis respect, our research is in line with the recent work by Verdín in which the attitudes and goalsof women

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Kramer P.E., Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

neuroscience, growth mindset, engi- neering ethics, and race and gender in engineering. In general, she is always excited to learn new things and work with motivated individuals from diverse backgrounds to improve the experiences of people at any level in engineering education.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Ohio State and earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the intersection between motivation and identity of undergraduate and graduate students, first-year

Conference Session

MET and Mechatronics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith S. Pate, University of Southern Indiana; Joseph David Marx; Abdallah A. Chehade; Farid Breidi, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

miniatureexcavator arm built almost entirely of 3-D printed components and utilizes electronic servomotors to transfer fluid power to the arm to develop a more controllable system [4] [5]. Manyof such technological tools used in education are made from opaque materials ranging fromplastic, 3D printed parts, and steel components. While these tools are still very usefully inteaching concepts, work is currently being done to expand the possibilities of using transparentmaterials, such as Lexan, to improve on and expand the possibilities available for physicaltechnological tools.Excavator Arm DesignTo enhance courses involving technical applications of machinery, a hydraulic/pneumaticminiature excavator arm was developed as a technological tool to teach

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrizi-Sani , Washington State University; Chen-Ching Liu, Washington State University; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

local WSU students as well as allied community colleges and localuniversities through our established communication means, e.g., WSU outreach and ourrepresentatives and recruiters at these colleges. the scholarships are offered to students based on TABLE I. S TUDENT SELECTION RUBRIC Category Criteria Documents Citizenship status As indicated by NSF; must be met to be eligible • Appropriate immigra- for the award tion documents Academic merit • 35%: ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS : • Letters of recommenda- grades and GPA in previous courses

Conference Session

Robotics, Automation, and Product Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Steely Earl Varon Falar, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

as process control technology development companies. Since 2010, he has been with UHD where he teaches university courses in process control, modeling and simulation, process design and operation, applied thermodynamics and heat transfer, and numerical methods. Dr. Tzouanas’ research interests include process modeling, simulation and design, process control, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Tzouanas is an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) for Engineering and Engineering Technology programs. He is also member of AIChE and ASEE.Steely Earl Varon Falar, University of Houston, Downtown Mr. Steely Falar is a senior student in the Controls and Instrumentation Engineering Technology Program at the University of Houston

Conference Session

Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavan Meadati, Southern Polytechnic State University; Parminder Juneja, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

of Technology (IIT) Delhi; and Bachelors of Architecture from Chandigarh College of Architecture, India. Before joining Southern Polytechnic State University (now known as Kennesaw State University) in Fall 2014, she possessed 15 years of multi-industry, multi- disciplinary, and international professional experience. As a result, she brings a holistic and integrative perspective to approaching and solving problems, which is a key to success in today’s complex and trans- forming education, work environment. In addition, she has been involved in many professional develop- ment activities including ENGAGE in Engineering. She attended the reputed National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) Workshop on Active Learning

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

cousin to literary studies in Englishdepartments [and eventually attains] eminence” (p. 173). In sum, the field has advanced, but thecircumstances of many of the faculty who teach technical writing have not improved, especiallywith regard to professional status and opportunities for advancement. In contrast to teachers ofjournalism, who moved to their own departments or schools, teachers of technical writing,whether housed in colleges and schools of engineering or in English departments, still typicallyhave peripheral positions2 (p. 148).There are many historical and structural reasons why this should be the case, including the factthat the advancements that have occurred within the field of technical communication have beenvery hard to

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystel Castillo P.E., The University of Texas - San Antonio; Mauricio Cabrera-Rios, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Michael W. Persans, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Hudson R. DeYoe, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, 1990, p.13–26.8. Brown, P. J. (2010). Process-oriented Guided-inquiry Learning in an Introductory Anatomy and Physiology Course with a Diverse Student Population. Advances in physiology education, 34(3), 150-155.9. Armbruster P, Patel M, Johnson E, Weiss M. Active Learning and Student-centered Pedagogy Improve Students Attitudes and Performance in Introductory Biology. CBE Life Sci Educ 8, 203–213, 2009.10. Udovic D, Morris D, Dickman A, Postlethwait J, Wetherwax P. Workshop Biology: Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Active Learning in an Introductory Biology Course. Bioscience 52, 272–281, 2002.11. Rasmussen C, Kwon O. An Inquiry Oriented Approach to Undergraduate Mathematics. J Math Behav 26, 189–194

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 9: Pedagogical Tools

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Thiago Fernandes Leao, Purdue University Northwest; Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Jinyuan Zhai, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

reasons above, Microsoft Excel was the platform consideredfor development of PNW-SLOPE.Another important subject that has increasingly been considered in geotechnicalengineering is the inclusion of uncertainty in the formulation of the problems.Probability-based approaches for slope stability analysis have been a topic of research forabout 50 years, but now they are more widely spread. Designing standards and codeshave tried to evolve and include reliability in every pertinent engineering situation. Thesefacts gave students and professional an urge to improve their background in probabilityand statistics. It is important to know what the uncertainties are and what effect they willhave on the results.In geotechnical engineering, the application of

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Aggarwal, Alabama A&M University; Benjamin Penn, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center; Ravindra Lal, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the Sciences/National Research Council. At NASA/MSFC he did pioneer work on the effects of radiation on thermal© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 control coatings used for Apollo and other spacecrafts under the leadership NASA/MSFC director Dr. Werner Von Braun. He was selected for one year from 2004 to 2005 as a NASA’s Administrator’s Fellow to work in the Exploration Science and Technology Division of NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. While at AAMU he was chosen by NASA in 1978 as a principal investigator for a Space Shuttle experiment on the maiden flight of the Spacelab-3 mission in 1985. The crystal growth experiment for growing triglycine

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa; MD salim, University of Northern Iowa; Ali Kashef, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Kenan Baltaci

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

enhance graduate studies in our Department, the geospatial technologieshave also been included in several graduate courses. For example, Global PositioningSystem (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) are introduced in two courses:Wireless Networks, and Industrial Technology Seminar. The responses from students arevery positive and efforts are under way to introduce the geospatial technologies inconstruction planning, and technology education /management courses.The overall objectives of this research project are as follows: Enhance faculty skills and knowledge in utilizing GIS, and geospatial technologies in graduate courses, and research projects (three faculty members with diverse background working on this

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Long; Kevin Sutterer; Frederick Berry

fundamental to our students’ education. Pedagogically, learning in theaffective and social domains is enhanced by such activities, helping improve cognitive learning.Although our emphasis on outreach is a top-down initiative, newcomers to the RHIT communityhave always been surprised by how unselfishly the staff, students and faculty rally to be a part ofcommunity outreach.Terre Haute, Indiana, the home city of Rose-Hulman, is also a regional center for most of theWabash River valley in west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. Much of RHIT’s outreachis to Wabash Valley residents. RHIT’s EXPLORE ENGINEERING is a science and engineeringprogram for Wabash Valley middle and high school students. This program is offered everyother Tuesday night

Conference Session

Computer Science-related Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; G.B. Cazes, Cyber Innovation Center; JoAnn M. Marshall, Cyber Innovation Center

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

25.867.5student changed her major from pre-med to biomedical engineering. Another male studentdecided to major in mechanical engineering and then pursue a masters in electrical engineeringafter exploring engineering concepts at Cyber Discovery Camp.The impact on the teachers who have participated in the Cyber Discovery model over the lastfew years is equally as significant. Those teachers have become the leaders of their schools fordeveloping new curricula in cyberspace. Several have integrated science into English courses,while others have developed STEM-specific courses that integrate with social studies or history[3]. Many of these teachers have sought out additional professional development opportunitiesthrough Louisiana Tech University and the Cyber

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Butler, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

professional organizations call for engineering graduates to appreciate the importanceof sustainable development and its relationship to sustainable engineering. Methods forintegrating sustainable engineering into existing courses and curricula are needed in order forstudents to develop these skills. In this study, students in an introductory science andengineering course were introduced to the concepts of sustainable development and sustainableengineering through assigned reading, class lectures, and group activities. Comparison of theresults of a survey administered before and after these activities suggests that they led toincreased familiarity with basic concepts of sustainable engineering such as life cycleassessment, as well as an increased in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Lin

. structures Figure 1. The Architecture of UF Data WarehouseData Flow from Source System to End User DesktopTo drive the business requirements effectively, we analyzed the key factors of eachsource data file to determine and translate the data into design considerations. Wediscussed data flow of the input and output with each administrative unit, taking intoconsideration who has the information, what is the information, to which end user andwhat end-results are expected. We then defined demand, verified the business analysisand priority, and reviewed the design of the data structure with our customers.By now, we understood how raw data is extracted from various source systems, and howthat data is driven to the warehouse. The raw

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

to a hole in the student’s education with respect to the process of errorevaluation. With this hole, the process of error estimation within the undergraduate teachinglaboratory is often left to attributing everything to ’human error’. Students do have a fundamentalunderstanding of the error within an instrument impacting the overall error of a calculation;however, they do not necessarily know how to mathematically account for the error in theresulting calculation. It is the approach of the authors to look at the impact of the tolerance errorwithin an instrument to determine the overall effect on the final experimental value. The authorsutilize a multivariate calculus approach instead of the more conventional statistical approach.The authors

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Wagner

relations, opening up bidding to all qualified suppliersproduced dramatic results. The competition to win contracts resulted in favorable double-digitprice cuts, quality improvements, and technological innovations for GM. Simply put, all vendorsnow needed to provide world-class quality, service, and price. In addition, first-tier suppliers arerequired to obtain QS-9000 certification to continue participating in the worldwide sourcingprocess [3]. Consequentially, in-house suppliers saw their parts become a commodity whichcould be procured throughout the world at prevailing market prices. A number of observations can be drawn from the impact of this purchasing strategy onsuppliers: Products must be competitively priced to maintain, or gain

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Willamette Valley (currently a waste product); and 4) A non-woven wool productcurrently sold as a disaster-relief blanket. Activities were developed for a wide range of skill levels todemonstrate the effectiveness of the different technologies, as well as the economics and efficacy ofdeployment of these technologies in the Gulf Coast region (e.g., could the current fishing fleet bedeployed to use these technologies, and how could that be done).Material Presented in this PaperThe format we have chosen to present the material is in the form of two laboratory experiments (oractivities as they are called in K-12) for two distinct grade levels. One is an activity that has been used inthe First Year Engineering Orientation course at Oregon State

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

often, are taking concurrently with their first circuits course. Researchers inphysics education, Edward Redish3 and Carl Wieman4, have found that, for the overwhelmingmajority of students, this is not the case. After a brief mention of moving charge, the averagefirst circuits course moves quickly to mathematical equations. This can have the effect ofconveying the idea that the equations actually drive electrical phenomena. When asked whysomething happens, beginning students (and sometimes even more advanced students) willanswer, “Because the equations say so.” One of the participants in this study, a senior electricalengineering (EE) major at a small western research university was asked how she understoodelectrical phenomena. She responded

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Patterson, University of Alabama; Nicholas A. Kraft, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

developed over time in response to emergingtechnologies such as nanometer-scale technology, manufacturing science, magnetic andbiomaterial interfaces, and microelectomechanical systems (MEMS).II. MotivationThe annual symposium continues to be a highlight for the AVS. Held each fall, this symposiumhas grown to approximately 1,000 participants. Sessions are sponsored by the various divisionsand technical groups and several are co-sponsored due to the interdisciplinary nature of manytopics. Education of the community at large about vacuum techniques is an important mission ofthe AVS. The society has an Education committee that oversees both the Short CourseExecutive Committee and the History Committee. In the past, holding short courses on

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

liable to become dissatisfied and look elsewhere for a more reliable product. c. Since most commercial software has an extended life, it will likely go through several modifications to remove hidden errors, alleviate shortcomings, or add improvements in terms of the performance, functionality or ease of use. It must be clearly documented at each point in the life of the software what the software must do. d. There is usually a limited budget for software development, and there isn't enough time or money to solve the wrong problem, or fail to meet the customer's needs. e. The software will respond somehow to every conceivable variation of

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Janice Singleton

challenge is complicated due to an agingworkforce and tighter tolerances that hand methods of manufacture can no longer provide. Theaverage age of manufacturing personnel in the military aircraft industry is from the late forties tothe early fifties. When these workers start to retire they will take with them a tremendous amountof institutional knowledge and experience. In addition, part of the customer requirements is for amore cost effective product that may be delivered at a faster rate. This product is already one ofthe most technically advanced products in our economy and is growing more sophisticated anddemanding with each evolution in design. In order to cope with these pressures Northrop Grumman has embarked on a course ofsharpening

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #6081The Five Year Evolution of a MESA ProgramDr. Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College Dr. Dan G. Dimitriu has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses con- currently for over 20 years. He has been involved with several engineering societies, most recently as vice-president of the SPE-Central Texas Section. He has been the coordinator of the Engineering Pro- gram at San Antonio College since 2001. His research interests are: alternative fuels, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education.Prof. Jerry O’Connor, San Antonio College Jerry O’Connor has been teaching physics (and a

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mark N. Valesey; Teresa L. Noto

average commute in the UnitedStates is has been determined to be 40 miles or less per day. The vehicle could bedriven just on electricity for most days of the week. Going past the charge rangewould merely result in the engine starting to complete the journeyeeds AwarenessWhile determining course content, audience needs must be considered.Engineers, engineering technologists, enthusiasts, sales people, technicians, andthose who will be operating these vehicles will all have specific areas of interest.According to Automotive Engineering magazine, “the electrification of thevehicle is boosting demand for engineers with new competencies and skill sets.”Educating engineers is an important step in the right direction. In the samearticle, JB Staubel

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Leslie Chandrakantha

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Learning ANOVA Concepts Using Simulation Leslie Chandrakantha Abstract: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is an City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA. (phone:important topic in introductory statistics. Many students 212-237-8835,email:lchandra@jjay.cuny.edu).struggle to understand the ANOVA concepts. Statistical Their evaluation of the simulation suggests that it provided anconcepts are important in engineering education. In this effective supplement to book and lecture based methods ofpaper, we describe

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Priscilla C. Fonseca; Riley Popp

phase. Since users of the application number of times [3], [4], [5], [6], but the underlying code provide a wealth of information about each image, the app is is often unavailable, or in situations of freely available code, well-positioned for incorporation into AI training and further improvements. The majority of the functions used in this app multiple software packages are usually needed to achieve are open, and so students can better understand how the tool the desired results. For example, Multispec [7], [8], can works, subsequently tinker with the tool, and hopefully build be used with the ECHO Classifier algorithm to digitally stronger understandings with coding and AI. This app can be