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Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ha Thu Le, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Paper ID #27861Bringing students to real-world training environment through service-learningsenior capstone projects with K-12 outreach activitiesDr. Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Jenny Zhen Yu received her Ph.D. (2006) from University of California, Irvine (with Prof. Peter Burke). In 2006 she became a Lead Nanofabrication Engineer at RF Nano Corporation. She was one of the First Employees for this leading carbon nanotube company, which was co-founded by doctoral advisor Peter Burke, to commercialize her Ph.D. thesis work, this thesis formed the core basis of the company technology. She

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John Y Oliver, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cassidy Elwell, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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school level welcoming to students with a variety of interests beyond computer skills? Isthe environment welcoming to students who are new to cybersecurity?Furthermore, we should also recognize that many of the competitors of cybersecuritycompetitions will not pursue cybersecurity in post-secondary school. Therefore, understandingthe characteristics of these students would also be helpful in building a pipeline to cybersecuritycareers from K-12 schools.We believe that if cybersecurity competitions, especially at the high school level, could addressthese observations, not only would the students who are currently “good cybersecuritycompetitors” benefit through the cultivation of a broader set of skills, but the competitions wouldopen new pathways

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Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Ricardo Jesus Colin, San Francisco State University; Alex David, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Danny Daneth Ceron Garcia

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Paper ID #27836Introducing Emerging Computer Engineering Research to Community Col-lege Students through a Summer Internship Project on Development of a Mo-bile Gesture Recognition SystemDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Xiaorong Zhang received the B.S. degree in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2006, the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island, Kingston, in 2009 and 2013 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University. Her research interests include

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Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Maciek Czyz

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studentresponses to problems where a decision (would you approve this mission?) followed acalculation. High intuition was indicated by making the correct decision through accuratereasoning. Our previous work suggests that engineering intuition may be best discernible through“stretch” problems. A “stretch” problem is one that requires information beyond the problemstatement but is related to prior knowledge which is easily found by other resources such as theinternet or a textbook [7]-[9]. We have not performed a study to determine if this tool willenhance student’s learning, but previous studies on virtual experiments have shown learninggains [10]-[13].Issues with developing intuition often first arise in the decision regarding what problem to use

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Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly; Enrica Lovaglio Costello, CalPoly; Aaron W Keen, California Polytechnic State University; Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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.           Bibliography:    1. C. Alvarado  and Z. Dodds, “Women in CS: an evaluation of three promising practices,” in  Proceedings of  the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education , 2010, pp. 57–61.    2. W. Bares and B. Manaris and R. McCauley, “Gender equity in computer science through computing in the  arts – a six­year longitudinal study”, in  Computer Science Education , 28:3, 2018, pp. 191­210.    3. Barker, L. J., Garvin­Doxas, K., & Roberts, E. (2005), “What can computer science learn from a fine arts  approach to teaching?”, in  Proceeding of the 36th ACM technical

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and run a program that randomly selects a prize (see Figure 1).Figure 1: The random prize generator for Team Battle winners developed by the author. One representative fromeach winning team pushes the “Click me for a prize” button, which randomly selects one of four prizes from the left.The prize is given to each member of the team.After class, students are given a week to complete 2–3 homework problems for each topic, whichare submitted through Blackboard upon completion. The homework requires students to applythe concepts learned during the week to solve more challenging problems.The author used Camtasia Studio, Excel, and PowerPoint to create 42 videos that cover all topicsin the course. An additional 10 one-minute introductory videos

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Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University; Fang Lei, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Delbert D Willie, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Chrysler, Northern Arizona University; Liangbo Xie, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University

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the challenges are summarized, and some future development plans are addressed.IntroductionOver the last two decades as the economy of China expands, there has been an increase in thedesire of Chinese parents to expose their children to international education opportunities. In thecurrent job market in China, an overseas study experience can greatly increase a student’s abilityto obtain good employment after graduation. It offers students an option to begin a careersoutside China after graduation, possibly even remaining there permanently. Since the cost of atypical four-year undergraduate program in many western countries are very high and beyond thecapability of many middle-class families in China, collaborative programs jointly run by

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Forrest Mobley, Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 VM High-Performance Computing for Undergraduate Engineering ProjectsINTRODUCTION Parallelized processing, or the process of solving multiple parts of a single problemsimultaneously through the use of many processors (see Fig. 1), is essential for many engineeringand scientific disciplines as projects and mathematical models continue to reach beyond thescope of what can be done by hand. From their inception in the 1960’s, these grid computing (orsupercomputing) systems have advanced so as to come in a variety of sizes

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Michael Gee, Canada College; Anthony Akash Lal; Alex E Hercules; Tyler Sheaves, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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determined and motivated as they progress through their educational pathways.1. Introduction Background: With funding from the Department of Education, Canada community college and San Francisco Sate University have collaborated to offer research internship experience to the under-represented community college students. This program has been conducted for several yearsnow and every year it impacts close to 20 community college students. The community collegestudents are selected for this program based on criteria of diversity, technical background, and fit.The program covers four disciplines of Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering.In each discipline, there is a faculty research advisor at San Francisco State University who

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Jim Kuo, California State University, Los Angeles; Justin Moon, California State University Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

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learning habits beyond theclassroom. These multitudes of challenges often mean weaker academic preparation, which haveunfavorably compounded as they progress through their studies. One particular observation isthat students often rely on internet sources such as Chegg, YouTube, and discussion forums astheir first source of information rather than textbooks, class notes, and instructors. However,there is significant variability in reliability as well as relevance of these online resources inrelation to the contents taught in the classroom4.On the other hand, engineering students are usually tech-savvy, and many already have beenusing online videos to supplement their learning. Past work on using videos to enhance studentlearning are plentiful and

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Farbod Khoshnoud; Dario Robinson; Bruno Marco Quadrelli; Clarence W De Silva

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skills. Close collaborations between the industry,communities and the universities in design/make activities can help students to understand thetheoretical aspect of the subjects at the university when applying them to real-world applications.Students who are trained to carry out research, particularly in emerging and cutting-edgetechnologies, are desirable in the industry. Therefore, a solution to prepare a large group of studentswith the skills required for the 21st century challenges may be found by a research-informedapproach which is further enriched through industry, and community service driven goals, for bothundergraduate and graduate levels. The applied aspect of the research activity due to the servicecomponent can guarantee positive

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He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Jane Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles

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classes: is it effective? Chem Educ Res Pract. 2015;16(1):179-186.11. Tomory A, Watson SL. Flipped classrooms for advanced science courses. J Sci Educ Technol. 2015;24(6):875-887.12. Leo J, Puzio K. Flipped instruction in a high school science classroom. J Sci Educ Technol. 2016;25(5):775-781.13. Olakanmi EE. The effects of a flipped classroom model of instruction on students’ performance and attitudes towards chemistry. J Sci Educ Technol. 2017;26(1):127-137.14. Roehl A, Reddy SL, Shannon GJ. The flipped classroom: An opportunity to engage millennial students through active learning strategies. J Fam Consum Sci. 2013;105(2):44- 49.15. Baepler P, Walker JD, Driessen M. It’s not about seat time: Blending

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Mohammad N Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Shatha Jawad Jawad, National University

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underway and will be used for real practical applications [13-46]. Quantumcomputers will never be a replacement of current computers, but it offers a new innovativemethod of computation to solve many large and complex problems in the areas of science,medicine, communications, business, socioeconomics, and much more [8]. This will lead to arevolutionary expansion in technology and will have significant impacts worldwide. Quantumcomputers are able to solve complex problems that are beyond the capabilities of classicalcomputers. In July 10, 2017 Forbes Magazine published an article which stated “Quantumcomputers will disrupt every industry. They will change the way we do business and the securitywe have in place to safeguard data, how we fight