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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heydi Han, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Hector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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will transfer to their future career. We compared these results with the work doneby Keshwani and Keshwani [3], performed before the COVID-19 pandemic, where responsesdescribed the community as “Shared time and location”, “Common goal and interest”, and“Knowing people”. In a post-pandemic time, participants valued relationship building andefforts beyond “Sharing time and location”.In a prior study, responses also linked community with “knowing people” [3] ; thus we askedstudents what activities helped them to meet new people. Figure 2.b., shows that in-classactivities and the laboratory helped them meet new people the most, providing in-personinteractions in small groups. During the laboratory meetings, students worked with the sameassigned

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Strategies and/or Approaches to Engage Students in Agricultural, Biological, or Similarly Named Programs

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University ; Roger L. Tormoehlen, Purdue University

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2021 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (Long Beach), Washington, DC, 2021.[11] G. L. Baldwin, V. Booth Womack, S. E. LaRose, C. S. Stwalley and R. M. Stwalley III, "Value of experiential experiences for diverse student populations within engineering disciplines: a work in progress," in ASEE Annual Summer Conference (Long Beach), Washington, DC, 2021.[12] L. W. Anderson, D. R. Krathwohl and B. S. Bloom, A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives, New York, NY: Longman, 2001.[13] B. S. Bloom, Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals : Handbook I, Cognitive domain, New York, NY: McKay, 1969.[14

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Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Amy Millmier Schmidt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Mara Zelt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bethany Zelt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Andrew Stiven Ortiz Balsero, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Maria Jose Oviedo Ventura, Cornell University

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Microbiology Literacy (and More): an Opportunity for a Paradigm Change in Teaching,” Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1128/jmbe.00019-23.[7] B. Appiah et al., “The impact of antimicrobial resistance awareness interventions involving schoolchildren, development of an animation and parents engagements: a pilot study,” Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, vol. 11, no. 1, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01062-6.[8] A. Molnar and I. Molnar, “Learning Theories in games that Teach Responsible Antibiotic Use: A Literature review,” Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 4643, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.3390/su15054643.[9] D. Scalas et al., “The

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Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cody Prince, East Tennessee State University; PAMELA MIMS, East Tennessee State University; Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University; Eric Jorgenson, East Tennessee State University

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synthetic biology,” Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021.[26] J. K. Jung, B. J. Rasor, G. A. Rybnicky, A. D. Silverman, J. Standeven, R. Kuhn, T. Granito, H. M. Ekas, B. M. Wang, A. S. Karim, J. B. Lucks, and M. C. Jewett, “At-home cell-free synthetic biology education modules for transcriptional regulation and environmental water quality monitoring,” ACS Synth. Biol., vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 2909–2921, September 2023.[27] K. Watts and W. Richardson, “Inclusive pedagogy strategies to introduce high schoolers to systems biology,” Biomedical Engineering Education, October 2023.[28] L. Johnson, “Niswonger foundation improving education in the area,” Online, November 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.wjhl.com/news

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Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niroj Aryal, North Carolina A&T State University; Scott Osborn, University of Arkansas

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-semester evaluations of the course by students was positive and studentsexpressed appreciation for the hands-on learning assignments and a desire for more suchactivities. In addition to the semester long project and the laboratory exercises, the course alsoincluded a poster presentation on applications of ecological engineering and field visits to theweather station, wetlands, and stormwater BMPs in all years. A B C b

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Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Blessing Isoyiza ADEIKA, Morgan State University; Adedayo Ariyibi, Morgan State University

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: 10.1187/cbe.16-06-0181.[11] B. I.,Adeika, A., Ariyibi, A. Oni, O. A., Owolabi, A. I., Olude, S. K., Pramanik, and K. BistaIncreasing Student Motivation and Learning by Adopting the Experiment-Centric Pedagogy: A Case of Undergraduates in Biology. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. (2023, June).[12] P. R. Pintrich, “A manual for the use of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ).,” 1980.[13] J. Freeman et al., “Engaging underrepresented groups in high school introductory computing through computational remixing with EarSketch,” in Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, Atlanta Georgia USA: ACM, Mar. 2014, pp. 85– 90. doi: 10.1145

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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-2-- 30982.[7] J. Wierer, “Standards-based grading for signals and systems,” in Proc. ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo., Tampa, FL, June 2019, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.18260/1-2--33282.[8] S. A. Atwood, M. T. Siniawski, and A. R. Carberry, “Using standards-based grading to effectively assess project-based design courses,” in Proc. ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo., Indianapolis, IN, June 15-18, 2014, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.18260/1-2--23278[9] M. Price, K. Handley, J. Millar, and B. O’Donovan, “Feedback: all that effort, but what is the effect?,” Assess. Eval. High. Educ., vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 277–289, May 2010, doi: 10.1080/02602930903541007.[10] H. A. Diefes-Dux and H. Ebrahiminejad, “Standards-based grading derived data to

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Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deepak R Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Logan Ryan Newman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Rachel Ibach, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Taryn King, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Paper ID #41517A Department-wide Approach to Student Success Based on Ecological ValidationDr. Deepak R Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Deepak Keshwani is an associate professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also serves as a Faculty Fellow for Student Success in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. In addition to teaching and advising both undergraduate and graduate students, Deepak the AG futures learning community in leadership, service, and civic engagement.Dr. Jennifer Keshwani

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Thomas Dalton Stephenson Jr.

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Paper ID #39123A survey of biological and agricultural engineering students and facultylearning preferencesDr. Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at RaleighThomas Dalton Stephenson Jr. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A survey of Biological and Agricultural Engineering students and faculty learning preferences (WIP)IntroductionWhile all individuals can learn using different modes of receiving and processing information[1]–[3] most learners exhibit preferences in the way they receive and process information [4]–[6], called learning preferences or learning styles

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Merton Stwalley III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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. Stwalley III, "Value of experiential experiences for diverse student populations within engineering disciplines: a work in progress," in ASEE Annual Summer Conference (Long Beach), Washington, DC, 2021, archived @ https://strategy.asee.org/38008.[10] B. S. Bloom, Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals : Handbook I, Cognitive domain, New York, NY: McKay, 1969, ISBN 978-0582280106.[11] L. W. Anderson, D. R. Krathwohl and B. S. Bloom, A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives, New York, NY: Longman, 2001, ISBN 978-0801319037.[12] R. M. Stwalley III, "Assessing improvement and professional career skill in senior capstone

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Lubina, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Paper ID #39664Self-learning Sandbox to Emulate Biological SystemsMr. Benjamin Lubina, Gannon University I am currently an undergrad in Cybersecurity at Gannon University, I run the school Cyber Defense Club, represented Gannon in challenges and competitions, and published a prior paper in the field of machine learning. I have 3 years of experience with software development, cyber risk assurance, and data analysis.Dr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University Dr. Sundaram is a Professor in the Electrical and Cyber Engineering Department at Gannon University. His areas of research include computational architectures for

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Carey Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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63 100 51 Footnotes: Lecture/Lab < Studio (p<0.015) Lecture/Lab < Studio (p<0.001) a c b Var Lecture/Lab ≠ Var Studio (p<0.0001) b Var Lecture/Lab ≠ Var Studio (p<0.0002)Table 1 summarizes the ANOVA data for the site engineering and urban hydrology courses. Astandard F-test was used to determine that heteroscedasticity of model variances existed betweenthe lecture/lab and studio versions of both classes (pg 126 of [27]). A one-sided test (H0:lecture/lab PS

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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future, the project team plans to conductexperiments with other variations of photoperiod. General observation of the trial indicated thatthe longer photoperiod helped the peanut plants to grow more vigorously with the increasedphotoperiod. The seed inoculation was randomized for each zone in Figures 3a and 3b, locationsdesignated as A indicates inoculated seeds, and B indicate non-inoculated seeds. For both trials,gypsum was added to the soil after the flowering of the plants. The peanuts were hand harvestedroughly five and a half months after planting for both FarmBot beds (April/May –September/October timeframe). The harvest from each plant was counted and weighed.4.0 Harvest Data AnalysisIrrigation was discontinued two weeks before the

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Strategies and/or Approaches to Engage Students in Agricultural, Biological, or Similarly Named Programs

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University

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Updates and Developments in Saudi Arabia and the US,” IJHE, vol. 10, no. 6, p. 57, Jun. 2021, doi: 10.5430/ijhe.v10n6p57.[4] A. Robins, J. Rountree, and N. Rountree, “Learning and teaching programming: A review and discussion,” Computer science education, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 137–172, 2003.[5] J. Figueiredo and F. J. García-Peñalvo, “Increasing student motivation in computer programming with gamification,” in 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), IEEE, 2020, pp. 997–1000.[6] B. D. Jones, “Motivating students to engage in learning: the MUSIC model of academic motivation.,” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 272–285, 2009.[7] J. M. Keller, “Development and

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Strategies and/or Approaches to Engage Students in Agricultural, Biological, or Similarly Named Programs

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryam Bigonah, Auburn University; Fatemeh Jamshidi, Auburn University; Aparana Pant, Auburn University; Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University

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learning preferences and support interactive andcollaborative learning activities.In anticipation, the integration of these state-of-the-art technologies holds the promise oftransforming the educational landscape. Since AR and VR continue to advance, theircapacity to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical application in agricultural learningbecomes increasingly evident.References[1] K. Benke and B. Tomkins, "Future food-production systems: vertical farming and controlled-environment agriculture," Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 13–26, 2017.[2] A.C. True, "A history of agricultural education in the United States, 1785-1925," US Government Printing Office, 1929.[3] W.D. Rasmussen, "Taking the

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Strategies and/or Approaches to Engage Students in Agricultural, Biological, or Similarly Named Programs

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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projects that leverage robotic agriculture andFarmBots to address the specific needs of communities. Initiatives such as community-led urbanfarming projects, training programs, and cooperative models are being considered to enhance thesecollaborations and empower communities at large.1.D. ObjectivesThe following educational objectives for the students participating in the experiential learninginclude: a) To foster a comprehensive understanding of the interconnectedness of agriculture and broader societal issues through experiential learning by weaving together the scientific exploration of crops with the historical and social context, b) To gain insight into the integration of technology within farming/agriculture, including the

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Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heydi Han, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Juan Carlos Ramos Tanchez, Cornell University; Boanerges Elias Bamaca, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Paper ID #43894Language Fusion in the Lab: Unveiling the Translanguaging Strategies ofSpanish-Speaking Students in Biosystem Engineering Technology and ScienceHector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln H´ector de Jes´us Palala Mart´ınez is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum Studies and new technologies in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. H´ector teaches courses related to the integration of technology for future high school teachers as well as bilingual education, and in all his classes, he promotes justice, dignity, and human rights. Previously, he was a

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Kelly Green, Salt Lake Community College; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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forcing intopiping or channels to introduce fresh air into the structure, and to the south side of the structureto allow for adequate capture of light to stimulate the bioreaction. With proper monitoring of thebioreactor using various sensors, the reactors could actively monitor and harvest the growth ofalgae. This could remove excess buildup and deposit it for use in a fermenting tank to produceethanol for the building energy needs, with the flue gasses being collected and introduced intothe bioreactors.IntroductionWhat is a bioreactor? A bioreactor is a device or system that uses biological organisms to complete a specificchemical or biological process. For the purpose of this paper, the organism will be algae. As itcan be grown in the

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Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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require fundamental courses in mathematics,physics, and science. These often include calculus, chemistry, physics, differential equations,statistics, and many others. While some students begin to take these courses in high school, manyengineering students spend the majority of their first and second years fulfilling theserequirements. The learning from these courses is critical since many engineering topics buildupon the concepts covered. This paper focuses on how students apply learning frommathematics, science, and physics courses to engineering courses using the lens of learningtransfer. Learning transfer refers to the application of learning from one context in a new context.For example, it may be important for students to apply concepts from

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Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trisha Moore, Kansas State University; James Randall Etheridge; Glenn Thomas Dale; Sara Winnike McMillan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Niroj Aryal; David Austin; Theresa Thompson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #44392An Ecological Engineering (EcoE) Body of Knowledge to Support UndergraduateEcoE EducationDr. Trisha Moore, Kansas State UniversityDr. James Randall EtheridgeGlenn Thomas DaleSara Winnike McMillan, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyDr. Niroj Aryal Dr. Niroj Aryal is an associate professor of Biological Engineering at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design at the North Carolina A&T State University. His academic background includes a bachelorˆa C™s in Agricultural EngineeringDavid AustinTheresa Thompson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Woongbin Park, Purdue University; Yunjin Lim, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation; Jung Han, Purdue University; Hyeree Cho, Purdue University; Seokyoung Kwon; Juhyun Kim, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education

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Secondary school technology teacher for 19 years.Juhyun Kim, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Educational Researcher ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Development of SMART Farm Kit for Experiencing STEM Integrated Education in Biotechnology and AgricultureAbstract Smart farming is a transformative technology addressing food crises in urbanizedsocieties. The SMART farm kit was created to incorporate this concept into education as apractical tool that effectively integrates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) with agriculture and biotechnology. The SMART farm kit, designed using single-board microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators, enables