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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Longyin Sun; Christian Bach

to update our mind ceaselessly in order to catch up with thedevelopment of the outside world. Once we lag behind, we will [6] Donohue, Joan M, & Fox, Jeremy B. (2000). A multi-method evaluationsuffer from what is called “failure”. In this world where human of journals in the decision and management sciences by US academics. Omega, 28(1), 17-36.resource is the most important resource, we have to take full [7] Duhaime, Irene M, & Schwenk, Charles R. (1985). Conjectures onadvantage of our talents and make decisions that fit us

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Mohamed Ben Haj Frej; Christian Bach

advantages and drawbacks from the quality perspective. Also, Abstract— the overall performance of mobile nodes is mainly using a cross-layer approach, a fast handoff framework whichaffected by the relatively considerable time spent in the handoff is in concordance with many applications’ requirements wasprocess. Most of the time spent is mainly consumed during the introduced [1].authentication process. This process could be even longer The Wireless networks that are based on the IEEE 802.11especially when the Access Points (AP’s) are busy, which results protocols are, nowadays, becoming ubiquitous and are offeredin delays and/or packets loss. Many handoff

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ruzanna Davtyan

the meters in the in this part ofenforcement, and revenue. As a case study the City of Stamford the city.was used. It uses two sources of data: (1) historical data aboutparking meter performance for a period of over twenty years, B. Hypothesis:1965-1986; (2) a survey of selected on-street parking meter sitesin downtown Stamford. It shows that an increased enforcement Before collecting any data, our hypothesis were theand penalties reduce illegal parking, while an increase in the following:value of walking and searching time will increase this activity

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Andrew Martin; Christian Bach

@bridgeport.edu anmartin@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract— In this paper we present an idea for a graphene antigens in bodily fluids and hopefully provide unprecedentedbiosensor to detect cancer antigens in human bodily fluids. By early detection of cancer in the human body.electro spinning a solution of poly-vinyl alcohol, graphene andsilk onto a printed circuit board then seeding it with cancer The biosensor technology we propose to use as a startingantibodies we plan to create a sensing platform that will detect point for our device already exists and was designed and builtthe presence of cancer antigens in bodily fluids such as saliva. It by Mannoor and company to detect bacteria in the saliva (fig 1)will

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Sukainah Al Hajji; Christian Bach

order to cure some critical diseases. In fact, the regenerative[1]. In developing stem cells that can differentiate into all medicine is based on the embryonic stem cells illuminates totypes of cells and cultured in vitro theses cells are called the substantial behavior of these cells for reducing numerous(Pluripotent cells). The great potential of the pluripotent stem of diseases such as Parkinson disease, different types ofcells will make a revolution in medical therapy for most cancer, damaged tissues and organs, and transplant organs [4,critical diseases today. The characteristics of stem cells give 5].them the ability to differentiate and transform artificially intospecialized cell types

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Yuanxiong Luo; Jeremy Li

benefits.Companies upload automatic lines to control cost and increaseproducing efficiency. Now more companies are looking formore cost-effective way to enlarge business. That brings high-speed automation into industry[2][3]. This paper develop anewly method for a company to insert copper wire into plastic Fig. 1: Whole System Overviewblock. Rapidly inserting the copper wire into the block III. UNTWISTING WIRE MECHANISMhole(diameter: 0.5mm) requires accurate pitching system.Materials are given. The copper wire, at first, twists around Below there are six red wheels which are fixed to the endthe wire cylinder. Plastic blocks are disorder. We, however, of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Zhan Su; Qian Wang P.E.; Huanzi Wang

: qian.wang@manhattan.edu; Tel: 718-862-7469 Abstract—This paper presents a study of structural Settlement study of bridge structures and foundations hasperformance of highway bridges under given foundation been performed for a long time [1-5]. However, the study ofsettlements. The ultimate objective of this research is to analyze bridge foundation settlements has been primarily focused onand develop acceptable levels of bridge foundation settlements approach slabs in the literature [2-5]. Bridge settlement criteriaunder ultimate and service limit states, which are not adequately are not adequately addressed in the current bridge designaddressed in current bridge design standards. In order to design

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Nicholas J. Macedo; Tracie L. Ferreira

aimed to optimize RNA isolation from samples of limited size using TRIzol® reagent. Investigated werethe effects of certain variables, especially the amount of TRIzol® reagent used in homogenization of samples andexposure to freezing conditions, on total RNA isolation from vertebrate tissue. Initially, it was possible to optimizethe amount of TRIzol® used for the initial homogenization of amputated zebrafish caudal fin tissue. Samples werethen prepared in three groups; RNA was isolated immediately following homogenization (0 hour) and after 1 hourand 24 hours of being snap- frozen in a -80°C freezer. Lastly, since extraction of RNA in the aqueous phase involveselution with 24:1 chloroform/ isoamyl alcohol after the initial homogenization step

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Adedamola Akinsanya; Christian Bach

proponents [1-10] of period. This time period can be very short, as in a nursery tale,the importance of narratives in qualitative research. A or very long, as in some novels and epics. Narratives are verynarrative is a story that contains a sequence of events that take important in the culture of human beings as they tend toplace over a time period. It mostly follows a chronological showcase the values being taught by our culture, and ourorder and usually contains a link to the present on the form of culture as a whole, in a less formal and more enjoyablea lesson learnt by the narrator. Narrative analysis seeks to find manner. Schank (1990) classifies narratives into:the link by analyzing and evaluating various

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Shamshad Rahman Lubna

menopause in women can be a risk factor in heart diseases. INTRODUCTION The risk factors were divided into 4 main segments; behavior, gender, condition and age. Each factor contained 2 or moreOver the past decade coronary heart disease (CHD), also sub-divisions.known as ischemic heart disease or atherosclerotic heartdisease, has been the leading cause of death in both developedand developing nations with persistently rising incidence [1, 2]. GoalThe majority of the burden is tilted towards low and middle- Evaluating both

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

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Barbara E. Mizdail

supporting thatdiscipline. The following questions can then be posed to the students.1. What is the technical society all about?2. Tell about a meeting/conference/or event that the society is holding that would be of interestto you.3. What are membership benefits?4. What is the cost to join as a student, and will you consider joining?As was previously stated, the students were provided with a list of potential subjects forengineering projects, and encouraged to suggest others. The subjects suggested have includedprojects connected to active student engineering clubs; involvement with member companies ofthe IAC, Industry Advisory Council; and other campus activities. The following Table 1contains a list of subjects chosen by students for their

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Akram Abu-aisheh; Omar Hassan; A. Y. Al-Zoubi

RFID DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION Faculty Paper Multidisciplinary Research Akram Abu-aisheh1, Omar Hassan2, and A. Y. Al-Zoubi2 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hartford, USA 2 Department of Communication, Princes Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan abuaisheh@hartford.eduAbstractManufactures, retailers, and government agencies are tracking, securing and managingsupplies from the time they are raw materials through the entire life of the product. Theycommonly use Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) to identify pallets, containers,vehicles, tools and other

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Marlon Jost; Umme Hani Bootwala; Don Heiman; Haridas Kumuraku

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Unlock the Mystery: Puzzle Box Marlon Jost1,3, Umme Hani Bootwala1,2, Don Heiman1 and Haridas Kumuraku1 1 Department of Physics, 2Department of Chemical Engineering, 3Khoury College of Computer Science Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 USA Abstract—This project develops an interactive are needed to power the chip, while the other legs are set to be anpuzzle box with an electronic locking mechanism to engage input or output

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Steven Bercik; Mehmet Furkan Baylan; Ansa Brew-Smith; Don Heiman; Bala Maheswaran; Haridas Kumarakuru

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Learning Through Logic: An Educational Digital Guessing Game with LED FeedbackSteven Bercik1, Mehmet Furkan Baylan1, Ansa Brew-Smith1, Don Heiman1, Bala Maheswaran2, Haridas Kumarakuru1 1 Department of Physics, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 USA Abstract—This project introduces a digital guessing game, engaging, and fun, fostering an overall deeper understandingwhere player-1, the guesser, attempts to deduce a correct and appreciation of

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Christopher Brown; Sumith Yesudasan

essential for providing long-term power inserviced, they need to be able to withstand the stressors caused space missions, particularly on planets with limited solarby the launch, docking, travel, and landing sequences of the energy, such as Mars [1]. As critical power systems, thesespacecraft that they are being transported on. It is also units must withstand various impact forces during launch,extremely important to remember that MMRTGs house landing, and operation on extraterrestrial terrains. Theradioactive materials; therefore, their resilience is crucial notonly to the success of the space mission, but also to the safety of MMRTG faces the

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Kristina Riesco; Yuna Ukawa; Pauline Alfreh; Eman Abdelfattah

Fairfield, CT Fairfield, CT riescok@sacredheart.edu ukaway@sacredheart.edu alfrehb@sacredheart.edu abdelfattahe@sacredheart.edu Abstract—Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a Answering this question will provide a more comprehensiveneurodevelopmental condition that presents diagnostic and accurate approach to diagnosis.challenges. This study examines a dataset that includesdemographic, medical, and familial variables, in addition to This study involves data [1] from 292 participants,responses to the 10-item Autism Spectrum Questionnaire for incorporating both demographic and behavioral information.Children aged 4-11 years old (AQ-10

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Karen Garza; Nhat Pham; Junling Hu

centers as shown in Fig. 1, chilledComputational fluid analysis (CFD) was used to predict the flow air from the computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units ischaracteristics in a data center for 12 designs. The CFD simulation blown into the underfloor plenum, which then enters the roomresults were further used to assess the data center performance through the perforated floor tiles. After taking away the heatand energy consumption metrics, such as rack cooling index generated by rack servers, the air leaves the room through(RCI), index of mixing (IOM), beta index (β), and energy ceiling plenum and returns to the CRAC to be chilled [5].utilization

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Dinh Cuong Nguyen; Dan Tenney

@my.bridgeport.edu dtenney@bridgeport.edu I. INTRODUCTION Abstract—Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is essential for Electric vehicles (EV) adoption plays a crucial role in theadvancing sustainable transportation, yet understanding how global transition toward sustainable [1] . EVs are essential inconsumer behavior shapes adoption outcomes remain a complex reducing greenhouse gas emissions, decreasing reliance onchallenge. Consumer EV adoption rates have not met vehicle fossil fuels, and combating climate change [2

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Joseph P. Duszak; John F. Drazan; Cynthia A. Bautista

clinical simulation is a fundamental aspect types of immersive clinical training experiences at a lowerof undergraduate nursing training. It allows for student nurses to cost than traditional Sim-Labs (Fig. 1.)experience close to real scenarios in a controlled environment.However, clinical simulation spaces require a large investment tobuild and maintain, making it inaccessible in lower resourceinstitutions. Virtual reality in nursing education has seenincreased implementation in curriculum within the last decade.The purpose of this scoping review is to examine the currentliterature surrounding virtual reality head-mounted displays innurse training. Of 31 articles examined, current implementationsof virtual reality primarily focus on

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Shalini Jada; Xingguo Xiong; Ahmed El-Sayed; Navarun Gupta

of wildfire hotspots [14].societal challenge, with their frequency and intensity • AI-Driven Classification: The use of CNNs allows forescalating due to climate change and human activities [1]. the automatic extraction of spatial features from satelliteThese uncontrolled fires cause devastating impacts, including and drone images, improving the accuracy of wildfirethe destruction of vast ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, air detection compared to manual or

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Alexander Puttre; Vinh V. Vu; Mark Walsh; Brian Wadell; Douglas E. Dow

device production, pharmaceuticals,concentration is the handheld light scattering airborne particlecounter (LSAPC). These devices use light scattering techniques and food packaging [1]. Thus, these operations areto count and size particles while they are still airborne, performed in cleanrooms. Cleanrooms are areas designed toallowing improved throughput over static analysis techniques. filter out and regulate environmental variables, such asThese instruments tend to be expensive and are not capable of airborne particulate matter (PM), humidity, and temperature.measuring other physical properties of the particles, such as They accomplish this

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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SUPARSHYA BABU SUKHAVASI; Thanu Sri Gandham; Susrutha Babu Sukhavasi; Meruva Veera Venkata Bhargav

to its three outputs. The input vector is denoted as I (A, B, C),potential to minimize power consumption and enhance while the output vector is represented as O (P, Q, R). Thecomputational efficiency. Numerous studies have examined relationship between the inputs and outputs follows specificthe role of reversible logic gates in the development of logical operations: P = A, Q = A ⊕ B (XOR operation), andenergy-efficient sequential circuits, leading to remarkable R = (A ⋅ B) ⊕ C (AND followed by XOR). Since the Peresprogress in digital circuit design. gate is reversible, it preserves information, making it highly In [1

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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SUPARSHYA BABU SUKHAVASI; Sriphanindra Perali; Susrutha Babu Sukhavasi; Sneha Gundeboyena; Marisha Rawlins

for energy-constrained applications [1], [2]. Traditional full addersdesign achieves improved power efficiency and reduced are typically implemented using Complementary Metal-Oxide-delays compared to conventional gate-based adders. Semiconductor (CMOS) logic, pass transistor logic (PTL), andMultiplexers offer superior area efficiency, reduced transistor transmission gates. In Ripple Carry Adders (RCAs), the sequentialcount, and simplified logic implementation, making them nature of carry propagation results in significant delays, making themideal for low-power and high-performance applications in unsuitable for high-speed applications [3]. Additionally, dynamicVLSI systems

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Gowtham Raj Vuppari; Navarun Gupta; Ahmed El-Sayed; Xingguo Xiong

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Wildfire Detection Using Vision Transformer with the Wildfire Dataset Gowtham Raj Vuppari[1], Navarun Gupta[2], Ahmed El-Sayed[2], Xingguo Xiong[2] [1] Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 126 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA. [2] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 126 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Gabriel Grant; Djedjiga Belfadel; David Haessig

octocopter’s design, assembly, and tuning process aredetailed, incorporating advanced PID optimization and filteringstrategies. Experimental flight tests validate the system’sefficiency in maintaining stability, responding to obstacles, andexecuting waypoint navigation with high precision. The resultsdemonstrate the feasibility of multi-sensor fusion in enhancingUAV autonomy, reliability, and safety for heavy-lift applications. Keywords— UAV, heavy-lift drones, multi-sensor fusion,INAV, obstacle avoidance, flight control, PID tuning I. INTRODUCTION (Heading 1) UAVs have become essential tools in various industries, Figure 1: X8 octocopter named "Buck X"including aerial surveying, logistics, disaster response

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Zebin Pepin; Douglas E. Dow

The virtual queue system requires reliable internetsubstantial visitor dissatisfaction, as lengthy wait times and connectivity, which may not always be available in certaininaccurate estimates of queue duration contribute to areas. Additionally, these systems may struggle to maintainfrustration. Additionally, queue violations such as line-cutting fairness if visitors are not present when their turn arrives or ifundermine the perceived fairness of the system. they manipulate the system by joining multiple queues simultaneously [1, 7]. A fourth method that is suitable, GPS- Traditional queue management solutions, including

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Safeena Khanam

BARTtraining data lacks depth in a particular domain, it may struggle variant specifically optimized for news summarization. It isto generate relevant responses (1). Similarly, a study from the designed to generate concise and coherent summaries whileMIT Media Lab emphasizes that the opacity of training datasets retaining key information from the input text. And Thiscan affect an AI model (2). A review in Cognitive Computation model is widely used for applications requiring automaticdiscusses how the effectiveness of LLMs is directly tied to the text summarization.quality and scope of their training data, which can lead tolimitations when addressing domain-specific queries (3). These III. METHODOLOGICAL

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Bushra Rayyan Qadri; Arthur McAdams; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney; Ali Baker

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Aligning University Education with Industry Needs Through Cross-Functional Teamwork Bushra Rayyan Qadri1, Arthur McAdams1,2, Peter Cavanaugh1,2, Dan Tenney1,2, Ali Baker2 1 School of Engineering and Technology 2 Ernest C. Trefz School of Business University of Bridgeport Bridgeport

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Lorenzo Govoni; Coleman Hayes; Colin Jennings; Mia Lattin; Saara Sheth; Meghna Sridhar; Bala Maheswaran

traditional braille printers 5. Arduino and control board (Fig 6, visible with motors andare often out of reach. Furthermore, the technology could be solenoid connected in Fig 5)adapted for use in diverse cultural and economic contexts, 5.1. Arduino code: receives G-code from computer,helping to bridge the accessibility gap faced by visually actuates motorsimpaired individuals across the world, in both education and 5.2. 2x DRV2285: allows Arduino to control high-communication. current stepper motors. Utilizes 1/16 micro stepping

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Saddam Alkhamaiesh; Peter Cavanugh

gas (GHG) emissions, educational institutions, and private sector entities.accounting for approximately 29% of total emissions in theU.S. [1]. The U.S. government has introduced policies and This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on EVfunding programs to accelerate EV adoption, including the workforce development by outlining effective policies andBipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which allocates $7.5 training strategies that align with federal and state-levelbillion to support EV charging infrastructure development and objectives. By identifying thematic patterns from stakeholderworkforce training [2]. The National Electric Vehicle interviews, the study