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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Durfee

deliverables, a betterapproach would be to develop the product internally or to contract with an independent marketresearch or product development firm. Initial goals are set for the project early in the Fall Quarter.Based upon past experience, project directions and goals often change after new information islearned from the market or new technology is developed. This is a normal part of the productdevelopment process and projects which follow best practices will have the flexibility to changedirection without endangering the project mission.III. Confidentiality and Intellectual Property AgreementsThe confidentiality part of the agreement between students, faculty and the sponsoring companyobligates the signers to prevent disclosure of confidential

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Loren Lutes; James T. P. Yao

levels are higher than in the past givesinconclusive evidence about the need for an increase in the engineering educational program.Another set of practical difficulties which should be considered are the problems which willarise if a large number of students enroll in pre-engineering programs, then are denied admissioninto the professional master’s program because they do not meet the requirements for a graduatedegree. At least initially it should be expected that this might lead to considerable public andpolitical pressure to lower the standards for admission to graduate study because of concern forthe plight of an individual who faces denial of an engineering degree after spending foursuccessful years in pre-engineering. In addition, the fact

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1999 Annual Conference

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James Kang; HonShing Wu; Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; Hans Soelaeman

the two objectives forthis PE&MC laboratory. The methodology we use in trying to achieve these two objectives ispresented in this paper. The initial impression from students is unanimously good. They like theidea of building the circuits themselves especially using the PCB circuit board prototypingmachine. They also enjoy the PWM DC Motor speed control experiment and the LabView’s VIprogramming. They have a better understanding of how a speed control or any other controlloops are implemented using actual power electronic circuits. Based on students’ responses, webelieve the PE&MC is on the right track to achieve those two objectives: hand-on experience andsystem approach of motion control application. The limited number of

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1999 Annual Conference

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Qiuli Sun; Michael A. Mooney; Kurt C. Gramoll

students choose their own learning paces and inexplaining the concepts, theory and applications. Furthermore, immediate feedback canbe given in an interactive learning environment, which can deepen the students’understanding of basic concepts and theory. Students are also able to enroll in coursesthat are offered anywhere in the world instead of just on their own campus. The web-based learning environment also has the advantage of being accessible on most allcomputer platforms so the make or model of a particular computer will not prohibit theuser from learning.Sooner City and the WebSooner city is a program initiated at the University of Oklahoma in 1998. The studentsinvolved in the program are asked to build certain segments of a virtual city

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1999 Annual Conference

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Howard A. Smolleck; Nadipuram Prasad; Barbara Powell; Bhargava Jayanti; Shakir Manshad; Sashadry Divakaria; Paul Arellanes

Research, Vol. 25, No. 3 (1992), pp.199-206.9. H. A. Smolleck, "Development of microcomputer-based instructional aids for introductory technology courses: a newapproach and initial work" (invited paper), presented at the NSF/ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference, Washington,D.C., November 21-23, 1997.10. H. A. Smolleck, "Development of Microcomputer-based instructional aids for introductory technology courses: initialaccomplishments." Proc. of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf., Tempe, AZ, Nov. 4-7, 1998 .HOWARD A. SMOLLECK received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Arlington. From 1974-79 he was on the faculty of Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, and since 1979 has been with theDepartment (now the Klipsch School

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1999 Annual Conference

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S. M. Miner; R. E. Link

basics of partmodeling, building an assembly, and performing a mechanism analysis.I-DEAS is used for the bulk of the design and analysis of the four-bar mechanism project. SinceI-DEAS has no facility for the mechanism synthesis, Mathematica is used to synthesize themechanism parameters initially. With the link lengths in hand from the synthesis, the student canproceed to develop solid models of each piece of the mechanism in I-DEAS, build up theassembly of parts, add joints to create a mechanism, specify external forces and the requiredmotion, and solve for the resulting mechanism motion and the joint forces. The mechanismoperation can be animated within I-DEAS to verify that the mechanism meets the designspecifications. Engineering drawings are

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Evelyn Hanna

representapproximately twenty seven percent of applicants, thirty percent of admitted students,and only twenty two percent of the school population1 (see Table 1). In accordance withthese figures, the Engineering Workforce Commission reported that in the fall of 1998,women represented a mere twenty percent of the undergraduate engineering population2.If the initial interest to pursue technical careers is not present, young women entering Page 5.609.1institutions of higher learning will not choose to major in engineering, science, ormathematics. Why do women lack interest in the fields of engineering, science, andmathematics and how can we, as program administrators

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas G. Schmucker

Study: Text, Section 4.3 - 4.4Although one might initially think a high level objective that requires synthesis and evaluationskills belongs only in upper division undergraduate courses, research suggests otherwise4,5,6.Indeed, much of undergraduate engineering education is focused on the Knowledge,Comprehension, and Application levels. If it is desired to develop students’ critical thinkingskills (and this always seems to be a worthwhile goal), then students should be motivated,inspired, and led at the earliest undergraduate levels to learn how to think at the highest levelsin Bloom’s Taxonomy. One way in which to do this is to write learning objectives at all ofBloom’s levels in each and every course.IV. Course and Program

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

work.Some other disciplines that have used peer evaluations for enhancing team work includeJournalism [2], Business [3] and English [4]. Johnson [2] had a junior level advertising classwork in teams to develop an extensive quantitative team evaluation form. The students listed thefollowing categories as the most important: Attendance, Time on Project, Quality of Work,Communication with Team, Team Player, and Shows Initiative. Holter [3] develops a peerevaluation method for implementing a formal method to remove irresponsible team membersfrom a team. Singh-Gupta and Troutt-Ervin [4] review literature on collaborative writing anddiscuss how peer review techniques can be used in group writing projects

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Goreham; Jack V. Matson

serves as a goal or target rather than an adopted practice or strategy. As a goal, ZED performsthe essential function of focusing and motivating quality improvement efforts’.ZED is the ultimate in sustainable development from an environmental standpoint, because itsimplementation results in no negative impacts. Buzzelli,’ commenting on the business ofenvironment, delineated six steps to sustainable industrial development:1. Foster a company culture of sustainability2. Initiate voluntary performance improvements3. Apply eco-efficiency concepts4. Seek opportunities for sustainable business growth Invest in creativity and innovation for the future2: Reward employer commitment and actionEco-efficiency in terms of process

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Randal S. Martin; Clinton P. Richardson

. Eighty percent of the responding graduates found initial employment within theenvironmental engineering field, and 78% of the original respondents remain employed within thefield. Sixty-four percent (64.1%) of the total responding graduates have sought or obtained sometype of professional certification. A slightly higher percentage (72.4%) of those within theenvironmental engineering field sought or obtained certification. The bulk of the registrationsconsisted of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE, formerly EIT) or Professional Engineering (PE)certifications.Figure 3 shows the division of the environmentally-employed graduates among the regulatory,industrial, consulting, and other (e.g. civilian military employees, graduate school

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schacterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

proposing solutions to problems. Typically the list of action items is addressed during the following year(s). • Faculty meetings: The RBE faculty meets as a group every week during the academic year. A variety of issues are discussed, including research, ongoing and planned activities, staffing, new courses, and changes to regulations. • Faculty Evaluations: Every year each faculty member prepares an activity report about research, teaching and service for that year and delivers it to his/her Department Head, and subsequently the Provost, for their evaluation. The Department Head provides an evaluation of the faculty member, and discusses strengths, weaknesses and plans with them.4. Assessment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

the engineering of wireless sensor networks (Table 1). As wedeveloped the content, and during the course offering, we planned two improvements: betterintegration of systems thinking, and experiential learning [10,11,12]. Assessment results fromthe initial offering of the course in Fall 2008 highlighted the need for an experiential learningcomponent to the course. Students felt that providing a hands-on project based aspect to thecourse would greatly increase their engagement in the content. Many felt that the hybrid natureof the class would have worked better if hands-on opportunities were provided during class time.In focus group interviews and on course surveys, students expressed the desire “to work withtheir hands” and to have the

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill M. Diong, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #8036Work-in-Progress: Videos and Video Podcasts - What Engineering EducatorsOught to KnowDr. Bill M. Diong, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Bill Diong received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He gained valuable practical experience as a Senior Research Engineer with Sundstrand Aerospace (now UTC Aerospace) before returning to academia. He is currently an associate professor at Southern Polytechnic State University, in Marietta, GA. His research and teaching interests include power electronic systems, advanced power and

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9537Peer Assessment of Design Reports in a First-Year Introduction to Engineer-ing CourseDr. Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville Angela Thompson, PhD, PE, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering. She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Louisville in 2011. She currently teaches Introduction to Engineering and Engineering Analysis courses. Her research interests include biomechanics of pediatric injury and undergraduate engineering education

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon, California State University, Northridge; Gurveen Kaur, California State University, Northridge; Neha Chawla; Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #9255Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Modeling and Effect onthe Smart Grid from the Classroom Point of ViewMr. Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon, California State University, Northridge I am a graduate student at Calfornia State University Northridge in the area of Electric Power Systems. My research interests are Power Electronics and Renewable Energy. I am concentrating on residential energy storage and E2G (electric vehicle to grid).Mrs. Gurveen Kaur, California State University Born in India in 1986, I received my Bachelors in Science (Electrical Engineering) & Masters of Business Administration

Conference Session

Active Learning in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay A. Weitzen, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Erin Isabel Webster, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #8806UML Laboratory in a box, a new way of teching ECE labsProf. jay a weitzen, University of Massachusetts Lowell Jay Weitzen has been at University of Massachusetts Lowell for 27 years. He has strong interests in both wireless communication research and in providing students with high quality hands on design experiences. He teachs the first year intro to ECE course and also serves as chair of the College of Engineering First Year Education Committee and serves on the Capstone design committee. Recently he has been working with Analog Devices to beta test their new discovery module which is a complete laboratory

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jarvis Brewer T, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Alberto G De La Cruz, Savannah State University; Faraz Muhammad Yousuf, 3D Imaging Developer

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Instrumentation

. http://www.abet.org accessed Dec 2012. 10. Dana Britt Lundell, Jeanne L. Higbee, and Susan Hipp, editors; Robert Copeland, “Building Bridges for Access and Success from High School to College: Proceedings of the Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium’s Developmental Education Initiative,” Associate Editor, Co-sponsored by General College and the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/crdeu, accessed Dec 2012. Page 23.1372.11

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Zina Ebrahim; Abdelrahman Awawdeh; Marc Maguire

identify which parts the students struggled with. Some examples of formativeassessment tools include a concept application activity where at the end of covering a specificconcept, the students are given a problem or a particular situation and asked to apply what theylearned to solve it. The students were given a specific time to work on the activity and could workwith their classmates to reflect and discuss their progress. During that time, the instructor keptchecking on the students and initiated conversations with them to clarify some concepts.The course also incorporated some clicker activities for formative assessment. Plickers cardsactivity which is provided by an online platform [10], was used to check students' understandingof key concepts

Conference Session

ME Division 7: Making it Matter: Projects and Communication

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

initiated by buckling rather than reachingthe material's yield strength. This is evident, as none of the four tests reached the 37,700 psi yield strengthof the 3104-H19 aluminum used to manufacture the cans, as shown in Figures 19 and 20.Figure 18: Standard 12 oz. can (left) and 12 oz Coors can (right) von Mises stress at buckling loadperformed through SolidWorks Simulation FEA nonlinear analysis. Figure 1 9 : 16 oz. can (left) and 12 oz slim can (right) von Mises stress at buckling load performed through SolidWorks Simulation FEA nonlinear analysis..Key Findings: • Force requirements were significantly reduced by pre-buckling. • Simulation data aligned closely with experimental results, highlighting the efficiency of pre

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 9: Hands-On Foundations - Building Confidence, Belonging, and Engagement in First-Year Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leendert Schrader, Saint Louis University; Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

Paper ID #47811Novel Mechatronics as a Multidisciplinary Introduction to Engineering FundamentalsLeendert Schrader, Saint Louis UniversityDr. Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University Dr. Danahe Marmolejo, an Assistant Professor in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering since 2022, specializes in Thermodynamics and Process Systems Engineering. With a background in Chemical Engineering, she teaches engineering courses, primarily for first—and second-year students. Her current research focuses on improving engineering education and fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Nancy Ortins Savage; Samuel Daniels; Michael A. Collura P.E.

7.87 g/cm3. At 1000 °Cthe crystal structure changes to FCC ( γ-iron). Calculate the new density given that iron in eitherphase still has a molar mass of 55.85 g/mol and atomic radius = 0.124 nm. (Hint: calculate thelattice parameter first.)a. 6.6 g/cm3b. 7.6 g/cm3c. 8.6 g/cm3d. 9.6 g/cm33. You would like to produce a 1 cm thick sheet of unalloyed oxygen-free copper that has yieldstrength of approximately 40,000 psi. What is the required initial thickness of the sheet?a. 0.5 cmb. 1.5 cmc. 2.0 cmd. 2.5 cm 50.0% 40.0% Fall 08 Sec01 % of students 30.0% Fall 09 Sec50 20.0% 10.0

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

A. Ieta; R. Manseur; M. Hromalik

include traditional stand-alone instruments as well as sets of computer-based laboratory equipment. Thefirst ECE courses offered at the outset of the new ECE program consist of introductory Electrical Circuits andjunior-level Microprocessor Applications. Both courses are developed as prototypes and offered for the first time instudio format. Student reactions and faculty experiences with both the development process and these first courseofferings provide valuable feedback for other courses scheduled for the following term, including Signals andSystems and introductory Digital Design, offered in studio-format as well. This article reports the initial experienceswith studio teaching for two major core courses in the ECE curriculum, including

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

  • Concept  of  mass  and  energy  balances   • Scholarly  research:     • Concept  of  sustainability   o Searching  technical  journal  articles     • Problem  solving   o Reading  and  analyzing  technical  articles   • Data  collection  and  analysis       5. Non-­‐technical  skills  involved

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Grace Mack

enrichment program. Figure2: Math Placement score results for 2003-2008 The results prove that if students are given the opportunity to review their math conceptsproperly, and they take the initiative to do so, they can do extremely well on their placementexams. It also means that they have a higher chance of graduating in 4-5 years. The results arevery significant for the school of engineering because the majority of the students who graduatein 4 to 5 years start out in either Math-241 or Math-141. Therefore, one way we can improve thegraduation rate of engineering students is by expanding summer enrichment programs such asFOM and PACE, so that the majority of the students place in either Math-241 or Math141.Analysis of the

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Daren R. Wilcox; Gerd W. Wostenkuhler

VHDL in an Introductory Digital Electronics Course Daren R. Wilcox Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, Georgia 30060-2896, USA +1 678-915-7269 dwilcox@spsu.edu Gerd W. Wöstenkühler Hochschule Harz (University of Applied Studies and Research) Friedrichstraße 57-59 D

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Ryan Milcarek; Ryan Falkenstein-Smith; Jeongmin Ahn

- Fuel Ration Manipulation - System Integration After the midterm exam, students participated in a three day lectures series coveringtopics such as fuel cell manufacturing, current industry practices of fuel cell technology, and fuelcell system design. Each lecture not only engaged students through open ended questions andkey talking points, but also served as an introduction to other sections of the course. The fuel cellmanufacturing lecture, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs), led by a practiced research engineer,discussed various SOFC fabrication methods. Students would later experience these techniques 3 Proceedings of 2015 St

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

. 5 © American Society for Engineering Education 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)3. SurveyA survey was held two times per term as before and after, in order to assess the results ofeducational methods in ArchE2103. An initial survey was performed before the PBL activity andthe second survey was performed after the completion of the scaled models. The surveyquestions shown in Table 2 focused on the educational value of the variety blocks of the course1,3 . Questions are grouped in Table 3 and the number of questions is increased to 15 in spring 2015semester. The students rated the statements in the survey

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lucie Alidieres-Dumonceaud; Chantal Charnet

final aims ofthe training.Because of these obstacles, the idea presented by Decamps et al. (2009)1 of the coursemanagement, which describes how each player carries out a particular role in the learningenvironment, is well-suited to this context. That is why we are committed to workingalongside the IDEFI project run by the University of Paul-Valéry Montpellier and morespecifically through an initiative entitled “Publics Empêchés”, whose objective is toencourage success in first-year university students, though customized methods of teachingand learning, within a learning environment with no Internet access.A Situated Learning Approach without Internet AccessBecause of the lack of Internet access as well as other constraints within the French

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Chaohui Ren, Auburn University; Cheryl Seals, Auburn University; Karen Nix, Auburn University

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Professional Papers

degree in Computer Science with a concentration of Software Development from Columbus State University. She works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Auburn University and recently began work for the City of Opelika, AL in the IT department as Assistant CIO. Her research interests include digital learning, UI/UX, web development, cybersecurity, web accessibility. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Teacher-Guided Project-Based Coding Practice Enhances High-Level Programming Language LearningAbstractJava is a required course for many undergraduate computer science programs and is widely re-garded as a challenging programming language due to its complexity and