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1998 Annual Conference

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Vijay K. Arora

wideprofits. Students analyze customer’s perception of value, design package of benefits addressingtrue value, and how whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. They show how to eliminateroot causes of problems to reach goals by common sense that can often be uncommon.The topics that are emphasized during this learning process are: Networking, Ethical Decision-making, Leadership, Project Management, and others. For ethical cases, we use a video seriesentitled Ethics in Professional Life used at Carnegie-Mellon University. The assignments askthem to analyze ethical cases based on a VCR framework that includes: Values and Virtues,Consequences and Contingencies, and Rights and Responsibilities. Weekly assignments includeessays on topics such as

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Thomas J. Crowe; Herman Budiman; Elin M. Wicks

professionals during the College of Engineering’s annualEngineers’ Week Lab Tour open-house at the University of Missouri - Columbia. The prototypesystem has been widely demonstrated and has been very well received.During the first year of this project, several opportunities arose to present our prototype system topotential users and customers. The interest level and feedback received from thesedemonstrations was most enthusiastic. Examples of this interest include: Cincinnati Milacron,Inc., University of Missouri System Outreach and Extension, McGraw-Hill, Inc., fouruniversities, and one trade-school. All of which requested more information about eitheracquiring a CD-ROM version of the final product or about accessing the final product via theinternet

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James C. Wood

, 1993.5. Roedel, R, et.al. An Integrated Project-based, Introductory Course in Calculus, Physics, English and Engineering, FIE Conference 1995.6. Barrow, D, et al., An Integrated Freshman Engineering Curriculum, Why You Need It and How to Design It, ASEE Annual Conference 1996.7. Waintraub, J. L., Mecomtronics Engineering Technology – Educating Technicians for 21st Century, ASEE Annual Conference 1996.8. Sehi, G., NSF supported Engineering Technology Programs and Institutional Changes, ASEE Annual Conference 1997.9. Felder, Richard," Matter of Style " ASEE Prism December 1996.10. Gardner, H., The Mind's New Science: A History of Cognitive Revolution, Basic Books, New York 1987.11. .Brown, Buck F. Sr. and Brown B. (1997) Problem

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Gary A. Ybarra

Page 3.379.5 In addition to the 14 new “stationary” laboratory stations, a mobile laboratory sta-tion called Mobilab has also been constructed. Mobilab contains an identical set of digitaltest and measurement instruments and personal computer system as the other stations.Mobilab is used to demonstrate measurement techniques including virtual instrumentationand computer simulations during the lecture in the classroom. Graphical output from thecomputer is projected onto a screen using an nVIEW projector. A diagram of Mobilab isshown in Figure 6. Mobilab (Complete Lab Station on Wheels)Figure 6: MOBILAB: Mobile laboratory environment use for in-class demonstrations ofphysical and virtual instrumentation and circuit

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1997 Annual Conference

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Stephen A. Raper; Susan L. Murray

Manufacturing Management) Production/Operations Management Operations Research Project Management Quality ControlThere are also common courses that are electives or preferences in many of the universities.These are shown in table 3.Table 3. CURRICULUM OVERLAP Computer Integrated Mfg. Cost Accounting Facility Layout/Location Linear Programming Logistics Safety Scheduling Statistical Quality Control Technical Writing Total Quality Management Work MeasurementConclusionsIn many ways Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management are very similar. IndustrialEngineers are faculty members in Engineering

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

control set-up, and will build the eccentric loading test set-up. Work on this project already exists in the form of some limited exercises in dynamics,automatic controls and digital signal processing, and the authors are working on the integrationof these exercises to create the vertical learning environment. The School recently obtained aTau Delta motion control unit which is the only existing experimental set-up that truly integratesdynamics and automatic controls. The rest of the equipment is being requested through grantssubmitted to the National Science Foundation. ConclusionsThis paper presents an innovative multipurpose laboratory environment that aims at integratinglearning for students. The focus

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J. W. Stevens; A.A. Jalalzadeh-Azar; B.K. Hodge

. Experiences and ConclusionsThe basis of the module was developed in the Spring 1996 offering of the MSU air conditioningcourse. A two-week segment on desiccant dehumidification was incorporated into the courseschedule. This segment included an introduction and discussion of applications, explanation ofperformance indices, and consideration of selection and specifications of desiccant devices. Acase study was used in the class, and a design project was assigned to the students. Softwarefrom a desiccant system manufacturer to predict performance of a desiccant device based on inlet Page 2.11.4conditions of the process and regeneration air was made

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1997 Annual Conference

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

possible to provide one or two lecture sequences in applying fuzzy logic to theareas of reasoning, control, databases and information retrieval, diagnosis, image recognition andsegmentation, expert systems, and adaptive systems and neural networksIn many cases this is the first introduction most students have to these topical areas so they see avariety of applications. The scope of the course can be broadened further by having the studentsteach themselves. (Which is useful in its own right.) By requiring a research project into anapplication of fuzzy sets the students find any number of interesting uses for the theory they've Page 2.422.2just been

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1997 Annual Conference

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Michael Mahler; Jon Szafranski; Dawn Werner; Karl Smith

problem-solving groups typically consist of two to four members. Group Page 2.328.1membership is randomly selected and typically changes with each assignment. Problem-solvinggroup work follows a format such as:1. Groups formulate and solve problems. Each group will place its formulation and solution on an overhead transparency or on paper.2. Randomly selected students will present their group's model and solution.3. Discussion of formulation and solution. All members of the class will be expected to discuss and question all models.4. Each group will prepare and submit a project report, and process its effectiveness as a

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1998 Annual Conference

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Chong Chen

Op-Amp amplifiers. With the high voltage gain of the software and hardware, results similar to thoseshown in Figure 5 were obtained.Measuring dynamic stress with LabVIEWAnother project, developed in our lab to make use of LabVIEW, was that of measuring dynamicstress. Figure 6 shows the sensing circuit for stress measurement. A strain gage, applied to acantilever beam, is in one branch of the Wheatstore bridge. The change in the strain gage’sresistance affects the circuit’s output voltage, which is monitored by a VI. Figure 7 shows theblock diagram of the stress measurement and analysis VI. When a weight was added to the end ofthe cantilever beam. it caused the beam to vibrate. The stress variation in the beam was recordedby the VI and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Gary B. Randolph; Dennis O. Owen

-date and relevant to class work. The HotBot search engine is especially good at findingthose case studies by typing: "Case Study" +technology name. This assignment involvedcomprehension, analysis, and application.Technology Report – This assignment was given in an Information Technology Architecturecourse. Students were assigned a topic relevant to technologies studied in the course. Thestudents researched the topic and generated a written report explaining the topic, its relevance tothe course and its importance and impact on the industry. This assignment incorporated theknowledge, comprehension and evaluation areas as defined in Bloom.Network Analysis and Design Project - Students in a Data Communications course were givenan actual business

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Zenaida O. Keil; Harriet Hartman; Kauser Jahan

is also a major problem in academic institutions both inBangladesh and the USA. While this country is currently focussing on mentor programs,workshops, seminars etc. to help female engineering students, very little is being done inBangladesh. Recently BUET has taken a small step by introducing a Gender StrategyComponent with the University of Alberta Linkage project. This program was originally startedin 1988 to train highly skilled engineers, both men and women, for the oil and gas industry inBangladesh. Historically BUET has been free of gender bias in all its policies. The increasingnumber of women in all academic programs and teaching faculty clearly indicates

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1999 Annual Conference

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Ilya Levin

Session 2532 Design of Control Systems as a Learning Activity Ilya Levin School of Education, Tel Aviv University Abstract Logical control design provides an excellent project-based learning activity inengineering education. It opens a way to teach the fundamentals of synthesis, analysisand decision-making using one and the same environment. In the Computer Engineering curricula, there is a chain of courses dealing with thelogical control design. These courses are “Switching Theory and Logic Design“,“Advanced Switching Theory”, “Digital Systems”, “Computer Architecture”, “VLSIDesign”, “Computer

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1999 Annual Conference

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Willie Ofosu

to complement classroom exercises which may be based on student projects. A referencemanual effectively completes the supporting documentation, providing detailed information onthe analytical methods used.III. Examples of Utilization in Support of Course ContentComponents of the Wireless Systems course deal with transmission lines, RF amplifiers andantennas. Some of the examples treated in the section on transmission lines are the wire pair, thetwisted pair and the coaxial cable. Various experiments can be performed to give the students ahands-on experience, such as an experiment on characteristic impedance. While all these are stillin use, the planar format is mostly used on circuit boards. In microwave applications, edge-coupled microstrip

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1999 Annual Conference

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Juan Lucena; Gary Lee Downey

; Reich1991). Engineering Cultures takes a small step in this direction by striving to enable engineeringstudents to understand themselves as holding perspectives by systematically challenging them torecognize and explore perspectives other than their own.The course emerged from a research project sponsored by the Ethics and Values Studies program(now Societal Dimensions of Science and Technology) at the National Science Foundation. Aftercompleting undergraduate degrees in engineering, both authors went on to conduct ethnographicand historical work in the social studies of technology and engineering (e.g., Downey 1998a;Downey and Lucena 1994, 1998; Lucena 1996). With NSF support, we conducted a three-yearethnographic study of how engineering

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Carlos Ortiz

Page 4.243.5 46 PROJECT PRESENTATIONThe proposed syllabi presented in this document are currently being tested, and would beevaluated within a year to assess their effectiveness in achieving the specific learning outcomesoutlined for each of the courses. Specific forms, without a grade value that could influence theevaluation, are currently being prepared to assess learning outcomes.Bibliography1. Southern College of Technology. General Catalog, 1996-1998. Marietta, Georgia.2. Southern Polytechnic State University. General Catalog, 1998-1999. Marietta, GeorgiaCARLOS A. ORTIZCarlos A. Ortiz is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology for the College of Technology atSouthern Polytechnic State University. Dr. Ortiz is a

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Sivasubramaniam Krishnan; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

. Page 4.13.8Conclusions A 4-point beam bending experiment was developed for use in a classroom setting.Students work in teams, and are able to measure the load deflection characteristics of a beam andcalculate the modulus of elasticity for different materials.Acknowledgement The authors would like to thank the National Science Foundation for their supportthrough the Foundation Coalition, Director Karen Friar, University of Alabama. Project No. NSFEEC-9221460Bibliography1 Malave, C.,"Teaming in the Integrated Curriculum of the Foundation Coalition at Texas A&M," ASEE NationalConference, Washington, D.C., June 1996.2 Griffin, R. B., Ragupathi, P., Johnson, E., “Development of a Thermal Conductivity Experiment for Use in Class

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1998 Annual Conference

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J.P. Uyemura; J.A. Buck; H. Owen; D.J. Blumenthal; C.M. Verber

of the design lab, in which the point-to-point linkexperiment in the prerequisite fiber lab was improved upon.The transmitter and receiver units were Laser Diode Inc. models TL-1165 and RT-1554,respectively. The TL-1165 requires either ECL or PECL inputs, and generates opticaldata at 1.55 micrometers. The RT-1554 detects the optical signal and generates a PECLelectronic output. In using these units, it has not been necessary to involve the studentswith laser drive circuitry, or with the details of receiver design, although this may benecessary at later evolutionary stages. A data rate of 5OMHz was established as the goalfor this stage in the project. The resulting circuitry tested well at 20MHz, but exhibitedproblems at higher frequencies.An

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Michael R. Kozak

, reproducible, clean, efficient, responsive, and a productivecomponent of the US industrial supply chain. Continuous improvement will be a way of life.Customers will receive a consistent supply of reliable products that satisfy all requirements.New products will be introduced from technology platforms with a significant reduction inintroduction cycle time. To achieve this projection, technical and business leaders state thatindustry should work with academe in order to exploit the potential of process science andengineering technology.1To some extent, industry does work with academe. Many engineering technology departmentslook to their industrial advisory boards for guidance on staying competitive. However, membersof these councils can do more than

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Shelton L. Houston; Kamal S. Ali

sense thepresence of cars and act accordingly. To design an intelligent traffic light with 8 inputsand 8 outputs, the design process had to be automated. Even with the design processcomplete, the implementation phase could not be completed without the use of FPGAs.The reason for this being that the circuit required the use of over 20 flip-flops, two timersplus discrete logic. Although this experiment was done previously, it has always beentreated as a project in which students were allowed to work in-groups and were allowedup to four weeks to complete the circuit. Again, using FPGAs the traffic light controlleris now an experiment that each student has to complete individually in the span of twolab sessions.The only drawback to using FPGAs in

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Elliot Rothkopf

andengineering community is emphasized. Accuracy and precision is discussed. Physicalmeasurements and electrical measurements are performed using appropriate instrumentation.Sometimes the same measurements are performed using different instruments so that the studentsget an appreciation for the limitations of the equipment. Students are taught how to write properlab reports with graphical results when appropriate.ENT 110, Engineering Graphics, is a 2 credit, 5 hour course in Computer Aided Design, CAD.Students are taught the basics of graphics from the three view projections to electrical symbolsand simple schematics using CAD. This course is also required for Engineering Sciencestudents.These courses replace more curricular specific courses such as

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1998 Annual Conference

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Lance Schachterle

different levels. Pursuing such suggested strategies should also enable I-VSS to work with their colleagues in otherdisciplines to articulate appropriate missions for our disciplines. Hopefully such exercises will be salutaryfor our programs, as well as a good example of the accreditation process at its best--continuousimprovement through continuous self-assessment.LANCE SCHACHTERLE joined WPI as an assistant professor of English in 1970, and served from 1984 to1993 as chair of Interdisciplinary Studies, overseeing WPI’S unique Interactive Qualifying Project programwith its extensive experimentation in global education. Schachterle was appointed an Assistant Provost in1993, and co-chairs the committee preparing WPI for ABET review under the new

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cristian Saavedra-Acuna, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Danilo Alberto Gomez Correa, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile

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engagement projects, evaluation tools and technology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179Ms. Danilo Alberto Gomez Correa, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile Danilo G´omez is an assistant professor at the School of Engineering at the Andr´es Bello University in Concepci´on, Chile. He has a Master’s degree in applied statistics and Industrial engineering. In addition, Danilo has certifications in data science, machine learning, and big data. In his role as a teacher, Danilo specializes in teaching industrial engineering students and carries out academic management activities. His main research areas can be reviewed at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-7832

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Sustainability and Student Health in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sepehr Khorshid, The University of Alabama; Raissa Seichi Marchiori, The University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama

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may pose a challengefor newly employed engineers, construction team members, and workers due to the significantcontrast in environment compared to academia. Furthermore, miscommunication arising fromthis diversity can lead to project delays and diminished work quality [11]. It has been suggestedthat four common reasons lead construction workers to avoid seeking help: “Shame and Stigma”,Fear of Judgment by Peers”, “Fear of Negative Job Consequences”, and “Uncertainty about Howto Access Care” [12]. Therefore, there is a pressing need for future engineers in this field todevelop their skills in effectively communicating with workers. Following our Work in Progress (WIP) study, which was the initial step in addressing theimportance of need

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Meet at Springfield Middle: Where Engineering Meets Education, Woozle Wuzzle!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida; Olivia Lancaster, University of Florida; Areesha Razi, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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development cycle provided the framework to stage activities in asequence that supported the development of students’ fundamental understanding ofprogramming adjusted to their previous experiences, which segued to engagement in inquirythrough engineering design to build new programming and engineering skills. The engineeringdesign projects, micro:bit pet and technical design challenge, were framed using the StanfordDesign Model [17]. During these activities, students completed a full design thinkingdevelopment cycle to develop products based on other user feedback.To research the short-term and long-term impacts of the GGEE summer programs on students, astudy was designed to collect pre-, post-, and daily surveys during participation in the

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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Joseph McCusker, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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marginalized groups [6]. Engineering isone of the fastest growing career paths in the United States and will require the appropriateeducation of a diverse population to fulfill those needs [7]. As the U.S. population keepsdiversifying [8], it is critical we ensure that students from different backgrounds have the supportthey need to transition to a successful path in engineering and other STEM areas.ContextThis evidence-based innovation project is taking place at the University at Buffalo, where thefirst-year engineering seminar EAS199: Engineering Principles takes place. The inception of thecourse re-design was previously reported [11] with the intention of enhancing retention ofstudents at the first year. The overall goal is to provide a better

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia; David Emory Stooksbury, University of Georgia; Sonia J Garcia, University of Georgia

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Paper ID #43309Board 181: Work in Progress: Language-based Dual Degree EngineeringProgram: Increasing Women in Engineering?Dr. Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia Dr. Rodriguez serves as the industry capstone project coordinator for the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He is a faculty member of the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.David Emory Stooksbury, University of Georgia I am an atmospheric scientist with a background in agriculture, astrophysics, and applied statistics that turned up in an engineering program. My major engineering education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Mo Zhang, Educational Testing Service; Amy Jensen Ko, University of Washington; CHEN Li, Educational Testing Service

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item difficulty can belargely confirmed by empirical evidence and only one programming task potentially favored themen group (i.e., the dominant student population in CS education) as opposed to the non-mengroup. Time spent on task analysis and efforts spent on code review, code revision or debugginghave positive relations to programming proficiency. We are also developing a pipeline to extractmeaningful process features from the keystroke logs. We plan to present analyses results at theconference as they become available in the near future.DiscussionIn summary, this project aims to advance our understanding of the cognitive processes underlyingprogramming and inform ways to better teach, learn, and assess programming skills for alllearners

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Advancing Diversity in Engineering Education: Insights and Perspectives from Underrepresented Communities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Delu Louis Zhao; Meghana Gopannagari, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Xiuhao Ding, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Alan Tao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sujit Varadhan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chrysafis Vogiatzis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; David Dalpiaz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yun Huang; Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Robert Dignan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Bobbi Lee Battleson Hardy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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: movedeadlines back, rolling deadlines, and dropped assignments.01/17/2024, #5 “UDL & Accessibility Highlights from Fall 2023”For the first week of the spring semester, we highlighted the topics covered over the previousfour nuggets: Flexible Deadlines, Recorded Lectures, Use of Captions, and ClassTranscribeand I-Note tools.01/27/2024, #6 “Survey”We requested feedback from our subscribers on their experience with the nuggets.01/28/2024, “Campus Newsletter”The weekly campus newsletter ran an announcement about our subscription-based UDLnuggets. It highlighted our research project, linked to our subscription sign-up page, and ourresearch website.01/30/2024, #7 “Use Onboarding Forms to Understand Your Students Needs”We provided an example of a semester

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Morphew, Purdue University; Amirreza Mehrabi, Purdue Engineering Education; Ben Van Dusen, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Jayson Nissen

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project, which is funded by European Unions (1M $ European Union & 7 Iranian Universities) which focus on TEL and students as well as professors’ adoption of technology(modern Education technology). Moreover, I cooperated with Dr. Taheri to write the ”R application in Engineering statistics” (an attachment of his new book ”Engineering probability and statistics.”)Ben Van Dusen, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyJayson Nissen ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Computer Adaptive Testing in LASSO platform for classroom assessment and self- assessmentJason W. Morphew1, Amirreza Mehrabi1, Ben Van Dusen2, Jayson Nissen3, & Hua Hua Chang4