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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Abayomi Joseph Ajayi-Majebi P.E., Central State University

, heavy duty box cars, buses, draw bridges, hydraulic lifts,cylinders, hoists, stage lifts, material handling elevators, loading platforms, railroad crossoverbridges Figure 1: Areal view of the Frontage of the MARMAC Company in Xenia, Ohio, designer and manufacturer of the Jet Engine Lift for the Pratt and Whitney Company in Morgantown, West Virginia and the Ontario, CanadaFigure 2: Three Jet Engine Lift manufactured in Xenia, Ohio for the Pratt and Whitney Company Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright @ American Society for Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Tyler John Seelnacht; Zachary Owen Dickinson

(DFPL) technique [1]-[9] based on sensor nodes set up as radiotransceivers to transmit and receive radio frequency signals within the wireless sensor network(WSN). The images of the objects or entities (also called targets or obstructions) are formed fromthe attenuation in received signal strength (RSS) of the radio frequency signal along the path orlink between each transmitting sensor node and each of the receiver nodes. The presence ofstationary or non-stationary entities within the radio frequency network leads to changes in themeasured RSS levels at the receiver nodes in the network. Radio frequency signals can travelthrough physical obstructions, but unlike x-rays, introduce significant non-line-of-sight ormultipath propagation. In indoor

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Varun K Kasaraneni, Gannon University; Lindsay Nicole Steis, Gannon University's Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS); Brady Johnson, Gannon University SEECS; Kaitlin Sidare; Tyler John Seelnacht, Gannon University; Hunter Telford, Gannon University ; Jacqueline Marie Sandquist; Scott Lee Fennell Jr.

Disease and Dementia Lindsay 1 Steis , Brady 1 Johnson , Hunter 2 Telford , Jacqueline Tyler 2 Sandquist

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Patrick Connolly, Robert Morris University; Madyson Orlando-Jepsen , Robert Morris University

materials and manufacturing engineering, she is well versed in 3D printing processes and enjoys learning about other machining operations. Madyson is a dedicated rower with her school’s Division 1 team and is always up for a challenging brain teaser. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Survey of Educational Robotics Applications in Secondary Education Madyson Orlando-Jepsen, Patrick Connolly Department of Engineering Robert Morris University Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108 Email: mdost166@mail.rmu.edu, pfcst149

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Paul Holloway, Ohio Northern University; Lee Fricke; Grant Allen Crites; Kevin Neil McLane

effective for the establishment.The rack will be placed outside, meaning that it needs to be weatherproof, and it needs to be outof the way of major traffic going in and out of the building. The rack also needs to have theability to secure the boards. The rack cannot be permanently fixed to one spot.After constraining the problem, metrics were created in order to evaluate the effectiveness of thelongboard rack. Shown below in Figure 1 are the results collected from a survey sent out to thecollege of engineering by the team. The survey will be discussed in more detail in thebackground section of the report. The results shown are in response to the question, “What timedo you longboard to class?” Figure 1: Frequency of longboarders

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Amy Voss Farris, Pennsylvania State University; Anna Eunji Kim, Pennsylvania State University

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contexts in which machine learning operates. We report the connections theysaw and discuss the relevance of machine learning as an example of reasoning about complexengineered systems for young students and for teachers.IntroductionHumans are frequently embedded in contexts in which machines learn from their everydayactions. However, constructing explanations about the underlying causal mechanisms of amachine learning system (such as predictive text when texting a friend, or image recognition incollections of photographs) requires individuals to examine an engineered system in ways thatconsider parts of the system and the relationships among multiple parts of that system [1], [2].These reasoning abilities are germane to engineering disciplines

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Daniel Blessner, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

difference in these purecircular motion problems versus one-dimensional motion along the x or y axes is that theresultant acceleration vector will have two components.In addition, an angle will need to be calculated between these two acceleration components.There will be no formulas that contain standard rotational variables such as ω and α.Also, a new notation for the introduction of time will be introduced. For example, with an initialvelocity of 1 m/s and a given tangential acceleration how long will it take (t) to reach a finalvelocity of 4m/s? The notation will be as follows (1m/s, 0s) and (4m/s,ts)This alternative method eliminates the need for plotting variables in a two-dimensional graphwith time on the horizontal axis. Except for the

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gennady Gor, New Jersey Institute of Technology

forengineers focus on languages other than Python.I developed and taught a new course “Python for Chemical Engineering calculations”, which wasoffered in Spring 2021 as a 3-credit undergraduate elective 1 . The goal of this course is tointroduce undergraduate chemical engineering students to Python (including the numerical andscientific modules, NumPy and SciPy) and demonstrate how it can be used for solving a spectrumof chemical engineering problems. The example problems were taken from the undergraduatechemical engineering curriculum, e.g., from such courses as Chemical EngineeringThermodynamics, Fluid Flow, Kinetics and Reactor Design, etc. Lectures and practical sessionswere complemented by six guest lectures delivered by engineers working in

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sourabh Dadapure, Sacred Heart University

., and createsnodes for each word to find commonalities between those nodes. The focus of this paper is to helpgraduate and Ph.D. students pick a course that they will like based on features from their previouscourses and their likes using the recommendation engine. It generates nodes with the highest AdamicAdar Coefficient which will result in the courses that are close in characteristics to the currently viewedcourse by a student.Adamic Adar Coefficient: ● If I and J are two nodes, the Adamic Adar Coefficient of I and J would be calculated as ○ 𝐴𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐𝐴𝑑𝑎𝑟(i , j) = ∑ 1 k𝑢∈𝑁(i)∩𝑁(j) 𝑙𝑜𝑔

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald H Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mark R O’Shea, California State University Monterey Bay

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Department of Biomedical Engineering. Previous to that he served as Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies for the Newark College of Engineering of NJIT. His re- search in industry was in the area of pacemakers and defibrillation, and his research at Medtronic Inc led to five patents. He was a principal investigator for a three year, $1 million NSF grant entitled Medibotics: The merging of medicine, robotics and IT, and was a co-principal investigator for a $2.5 million grant on pre-engineering workforce enhancement from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, as well as a principal investigator for a Whitaker Foundation grant. His current research was in biological signal processing, related to cardiovascular

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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(STEM) field. Involvingundergraduate students in research will make them take more interest in studies and motivate them topursue graduate degrees. The undergraduate students at Pennsylvania State University where I teach getinvolved in research usually conducted in the summer period for an 8-week or 10-week duration. Thename of the program is “Multi-campus Research Experience for Undergraduates” (MC-REU) and it isadministered by the College of Engineering at Penn State.Similarly, there are many academic institutions in the United States that got involved with researchundertaken by undergraduate students. The goals of the undergraduate research programs are (1) topromote undergraduate students participating in research early in their academic

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kathleen M. Hill, Pennsylvania State University; Somayeh Asadi, Penn State ; Matthew M Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Tiffany M. Lewis

year.IntroductionSchools and school buildings are critical instruments for advancing knowledgeabout sustainability. Active research, teaching, and outreach activities insustainability-focused topics offer a strategic and innovative approach to cultivatea new generation of STEM leaders. To leverage these facilities, we established aBuilding Education Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program. This RET site waspursued as a regenerative strategy for developing unique teacher-led research in their schoolfacilities to: (1) engage teachers and students in the use of data collection and managementpractices related to building performance and occupant health; (2) provide a tangible andsustainability-focused context for science and math education; and (3) involve

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Cesar Bandera, NJIT MTSM; Regina S. Collins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

(codified) or undocumented (tacit). They then present an “individual–opportunitynexus” with two dimensions: the entrepreneur’s prior knowledge of an opportunity and the tacitnature of the opportunity (Figure 1). The nexus defines a 2-D map of opportunity discoverystrategies, the top left being the strategy most often used in entrepreneurship education: usingprior knowledge to find tacit opportunities. Attribute of Entrepreneur’s Knowledge Prior Knowledge No Prior Knowledge Opportunity Attribute of Tacit Discovery Unworkable Codified

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rajpal S Sodhi, NJIT

handling. When youphotocopy a page from your text (almost all books are copyrighted), are you breaking thelaw? Generally the question arises, what to do and what not to do under differentcircumstances. What is legal and what is ethical? In this paper, the role of professionalethics in teaching engineering design is discussed. The material presented here is part oftopics which are taught in a two course sequence of Mechanical Systems Design at NJITand is considered in detail in my forthcoming book [1] titled, ”Mechanical Design:Fundamentals to Capstone “ being published soon by NJIT.Engineers are responsible to build things, make them perform better, create solutions toproblems facing the society and also train other engineers. Engineers have

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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success in anengineering degree program [1-4]. Students with low spatial visualization skills (SVS) are morelikely to leave engineering. Since women and underrepresented groups are disproportionatelyaffected by low SVS, providing students with the opportunity to train and practice their spatialskills is vital to maintaining diversity in engineering [4-7].The Purdue Spatial Visualization Test of Rotations (PSVT:R) is a standardized test commonlyused to assess spatial ability [8]. A score of 70% or higher is considered passing. Students whoscore below 70% are identified as having low SVS and at-risk for leaving the engineeringprogram. These students are usually encouraged or required to participate in a spatial skillstraining program to improve

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bradley J. Sottile, Pennsylvania State University; Laura E Cruz, Penn State ; Kris McLain, Pennsylvania State University

statistical link between time management strategies and student success. Britton and Tesser[1], for example, identified a direct correlation between self-reported time management strategiesand both standardized test scores and four-year grade point averages. A study from Macan et al.[2] with 165 undergraduate students confirmed a similar linkage, while also suggesting thatproficiency in time management may also be positively correlated with lower levels of stress, aninsight that has been affirmed in numerous subsequent studies [3, 4]. Prior research has further established that the phenomenon of poor time management waswidespread in higher education well before the pandemic. Indeed, an influential 1992 studyconcluded that as high as 70% of

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rajpal S Sodhi, NJIT

sectionsummarizes the curriculum of seven modules in the areas of machines and energy; workand power, simple machines and laws of motion[1,2]. The module on design ofmechanisms and robotics is presented in greater detail.1. Introduction to Engineering2. Engineering Design3. Simple Machines4. Gears5. Complex Machines6. Work and Power7. Energy8. Mechanisms and Robots1. Introduction to Engineering: This module deals with what is science and engineering. What is an engineer’s day-to-day work like ? What abilities are important for an engineer to be successful ? What are some of the major benefits to be had from an engineering education? Engineering is defined as the art of applying science and mathematical principles and using

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Nadir Yilmaz P.E., Howard University; Hyung D. Bae , Howard University

Mechanical Engineering curriculum offers Introduction to CAD(Computer Aided Design) as a first-year course, along with Computer Aided Engineering, athird-year course that teaches advanced CAD with the inclusion of generative design andtopology optimization - widely considered as advanced design techniques. These courses teachstudents how to use commercially available Computer Aided Engineering software formultidisciplinary system design and optimization [1-5]. With such acquired skills, studentsconceptualize complex engineering design problems in virtual spaces and solve those by usingCAE software (i.e., Autodesk Fusion 360). Generative design and optimization, along withstructural and thermal analysis, are covered in the course with real-world

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Heydi L Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Technological Student’s self perception of their REFERENCES Self-efficacy2 capabilities to utilize technology (tools 1. McGee, J. E., Peterson, M., Mueller, S. L., & Sequeira, J. M. (2009

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Nian Zhang; Wagdy H Mahmoud P.E., University of the District of Columbia; Tewodros Mekbib Mamo, University of the District of Columbia

-layout simulation, physicallayout, post-layout simulation results are demonstrated with detailed snapshots. Moreover, the designlayout is wired to a 40-pin MOSIS Tiny Chip pad-frame. The ALU circuit is then simulated along with thepad-frame and the simulation results are analyzed. Universities and designers around the world will find itan invaluable document, which ensures an efficient and fast VLSI design, verification and fabrication usingthe latest Cadence Virtuoso software.1. Introduction1.1 MotivationAlthough the Cadence Virtuoso has been widely used in many universities, there is lack of a shareablepublication or tutorial on the very large-scale integration (VLSI) design, verification and fabrication. Fewonline tutorials or tutoring

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Jeffrey Phillips, Hanover College

gradesand student course evaluations, the paper will also share examples of the POGIL exercises worked on bythe student teams.Introduction: What is POGIL and Why Use It?According to the website of the POGIL Project, POGIL is “a student-centered, group-learninginstructional strategy and philosophy developed through research on how students learn best”.1 Thepedagogy revolves around students working in groups of three or four to discuss and solve problemsspecifically designed to mimic “the processes of research and discovery”.2POGIL has two principal goals: “improve content mastery” and “helping students develop important lifeand learning skills”.3 The latter goal is part of the “process-oriented” approach.In their small groups, which take place

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Jackson Otto, Purdue University; Greg J Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36095innovation capabilities as well as the motivation for learning which can be critical now as manyquestion the value of higher education.While the benefits of CL and transdisciplinary learning have been discussed, the importance ofsuch skills should be addressed. 21st century skills have been promoted thoroughly and there aremany reasons for why they are crucial in the modern world. Kay and Greenhill (2010) identifiedthree main shifts that have inspired the movement for these skills as 1) changes in the economyand society that have reshaped the way we live, 2) an increase in global competitiveness hasUnited States students struggling to keep up

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Brooks Michael Leftwich, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

couldoffer unique opportunities for instructors to adapt their current ethics content or create new,revitalized content that uses perspective-taking as a process to achieve the learning goals ofunderstanding the global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts of engineeringsolutions. Index Terms: ABET Accreditation Criteria, Engineering, Ethical development, Literaturereview, Perspective-takingIntroductionSeveral engineering organizations state that engineering professionals need to act ethically, asseen in [1]–[3]. Specifically, the National Society of Professional Engineers’ (NSPE) sixthFundamental Canon in [1, p. 3] says that engineers need to “conduct themselves honorably,responsibly, ethically, and lawfully…”. However, there seems

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Vajih Khan, Sam Houston State University; Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Michelle Boyd

initial evaluation of classroom educational tools for the Metaverse. Keywords classroom technology, Metaverse, VR, virtual learning, Horizon Workrooms. Introduction Over the last decade we have seen a rapid rise in online education and with this rise we have seen a whole host of new technology tools for education delivery.1 In universities, colleges and high schools two of the most common learning platforms used to enhance the online educational experience are Blackboard and Canvas.2 Blackboard and Canvas come loaded with a wide vari- ety of functionality and features to manage course content, students, evaluation, and other items

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Pranav Bhounsule, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Cynthia Lima, University of Texas at San Antonio

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35749 Coding Camp for Middle School Girls Helps Improve Awareness of Science/Engineering Careers and Pathways Pranav A. Bhounsule* Lorena Claeys, Belinda Harmon, 842 W. Taylor St. Cynthia Lima, Emily Young University of Illinois at Chicago, 1 UTSA Circle, Chicago, IL, USA 60525 The University of Texas at San Antonio pranav@uic.edu San Antonio, TX, USA 78249AbstractAlthough jobs and career opportunities in computer science continue to grow rapidly, womenconstitute only 28% of the

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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Hongli luo, Purdue University Fort Wayne

build a variety of Internetof Things application such as smart home, monitoring, health care and smart manufacturing inthe future.1. IntroductionInternet of Things (IoT) [5] technology has been widely used in industries, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, field mobility, distribution, and transportation logistics. Data communication andnetworking is a core course for the Computer Engineering Technology (CPET) program in ourschool. The course introduces the networking layered model and covers technology at each layerin a bottom-up approach. Teaching latest technologies of data communication and networkingwith hands-on experience is critical to the CPET curriculum. To address this need, we havedesigned a sequence of lab activities for this course

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

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La'Tonia Stiner-Jones, The Ohio State University

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presented both nationally and internationally. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36104 Work in Progress: Effectiveness of a REU SITE at Preparing Students for Graduate School La’Tonia Stiner-Jones* The Ohio State University stiner-jones.1@osu.eduAbstractThis is a follow-up to our initial study of our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)SITE program focused on preparing students to pursue graduate degrees in Biomechanics andMechanobiology (BMMB). Our