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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Keith M. Gardiner
sample of research papers produced: 1. Alicandú-Thurman, M. G., “Anti-reflecting (thin film) Materials & Nanotechnology” 2. Almeida, T. A., “The Cleaning of In Situ LPCVD Polysilicon and Silicon Nitride Tubes Using High Purity Nitrogen Trifluoride.” 3. Berquist, S., and Pritom, R. (u-g’s), “Electronic Entertainment Technology, Systems and Manufacturing.” 4. Brooks, J., “Lithium Ion Batteries and Ultra Capacitors.” 5. Carre, K., “Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): Technical Challenges and Limitations - Advantages/Disadvantages.” 6. Gomez, J. R., “Investigation and Deposition of Low Stress Silicon Nitride Thin Films.” 7. Hughes, R. “Silver Nanotechnology (Nano-Silver) - A Medical Approach.” 8. Lenio
Collection
2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Alfred A. Scalza
learning going throughexperience, reflection, conceptualizing, action and on to further experience. We set forth a process forrecording continuous professional development, by capturing, recording and implementing learning. Thestudent who understands the material rather than memorizes or temporarily captures it, will gain profoundinsight into that material and all its relevant associated materials.What exactly is “Organizational Behavior” and how does it apply to the college classroom?“Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups andstructure have on behavior within an organization” 1. This field addresses the impact of motivation,leader (teacher) behavior, dynamic learning, attitudes and
Collection
2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Betsy Calhoun
storage into living space; a Trombe wall collecting heat behind a glass wall andreleasing the heat at night; or a sunroom that allows heat to move into living space behind orabove it. (Images) Given good exposure to the winter sun, all of these systems work passively.They also lend themselves to refinements of control and monitoring assisted by currenttechnology.The second most effective way to use the sun’s energy directly, after passive heating of abuilding, is to heat water. A black surface absorbs heat while a white one reflects heat. A hotwater collector can be as simple as a black plastic bag overhead that releases hot water onto aperson by gravity. Using this principle on a larger scale, I can imagine a series of black tanks on1 Strong
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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Keith M. Gardiner
perfect student output is regarded as preferable to late and looking a little prettier, classgrading regimes reflect this.Key ethical matters that are brought before the students involve communication and diversity. Aquick personality test is administered to alert them to the vagaries of working on teams withdifferent individuals [10]. There are usually students from different cultures, and also from manydifferent parts of the US, there are loud-mouthed ‘expressives,’ highly motivated directed andinsistent ‘drivers’ (both the latter being characterized as ‘poor listeners’), the all- important‘amiables,’ and the ‘analyticals’ that never have sufficient data to reach a decision. They are allmade aware that ‘it takes all kinds’ to make an effective
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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
LeeRoy Bronner; JERRY-DARYL FLETCHER
Software Engineering: Concepts and Techniques. In: Dutoit A, McCall R, Mistrik I, Paech (eds.) Rationale Management in Software Engineering, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp.1-48[8] Fischer G, McCall R, Morch A (1989) Design Environments for Constructive and Argumentative Design. In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Wings for the mind, New York, NY, US, pp. 269-275[9] MacLean A, Young RM, Bellotti VME, Moran T (1996) Questions, Options and Criteria. In: Moran TP, Carroll JM (eds.) Design Rationale, Concepts, Techniques and Use, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, pp. 53-106[10] Schön D (1983) The reflective practitioner. How professionals think in action
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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Frank Lanzer
Attracting Girls to Technology: Reach Them Before High School Frank Lanzer Anne Arundel Community CollegeAbstractToday, a technology company may “feel good” if 30% of their employees are women butmost will not be engineers. This reflects the facts provided by the National ScienceFoundation showing 35% of the undergraduates in science and math majors are women,while only 10% are in engineering. It’s no wonder that many girls and young womenperceive these fields as “for men”. Recent research shows attitudes and perceptions beingdeveloped early in the secondary education process.During this discussion, current statistics and research with
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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Elif Kongar; Tarek Sobh
goals are achieved attheir corresponding aspiration levels. This also implies that embedding Eq. 15 into the model is notrequired since the results would remain unchanged.5. Conclusions and Future ResearchThe proposed paper attempts to find “best” solutions to factors that would ensure sustainability of theSchool of Engineering at the University Bridgeport. In this regard, a Preemptive Goal Programmingmodel is applied to the first five goals of the School. Even though it is mathematically cumbersome toformularize the relationships between the goals and model variables given that the model reflects reality,it provides interesting results depicting the effects of various goals on the remaining system variables andgoals. Hence, the model can also
Collection
2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos
facilitated in learning the material 70 Performing the experiment via on CL has facilitated in learning the material 80The equity between remote labs and software simulation reflects the fact that remote labs need moreenhancements in terms of the hardware and software used to develop the remote labs environment shouldthe remote labs be able to relinquish software simulation and be at the same time a substitute for realphysical labs. Segment 4- Questions Set 4 Result (%) The experiments procedures and purpose was clearly understood using RL. 75 The experiments procedures and purpose was clearly understood using SS. 67.5 The
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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis
demonstrated by students’ performance on standardizedachievement tests poses a special challenge due to the rigid instructional schedules that are often used intoday’s classrooms. Career imprinting will require teachers to have more latitude in their dailyinstructional schedules so that they can guiltlessly deviate from “test-prep or time on task driven” agendasto “capitalizing on teachable moments” and “student interest-driven” agendas which will afford learnersthe opportunity to reflect on what they are learning. This will not only make it possible for them to puttheir newly acquired knowledge into the context of what they already know but will also motivate them to 7think outside of the
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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh
other invited speakers at society-sponsored events reflect the diverse membership of thesociety5.Industry also has a responsibility to accelerate readiness of the female workforce, which will helpalleviate skills availability issues, and bridge the communication gap between IT functional jobs andbusiness leaders’ vision with academic institutions.Honorary societies, funding agencies - including federal agencies and foundations, along with thecongress, should take the necessary steps to encourage adequate enforcement of female workforcedevelopment.Women are well positioned to make major advances in interdisciplinary research. They like to integrateacross various academic fields and use multi-pronged, multi-disciplinary approaches. They work well
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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
John Hartke; Robert Kewley; Greg Kilby; Greg Schwarz; Gunnar Tamm
engineering solutions included moving to more eye safe wavelengths for the laser, includinga power control mechanism so that the laser emits the minimum power required to accomplish themission, and developing a system that allows the operator to know if any off-axis reflected light becomesblinding to those in the area.[5] These solutions were fed back to the engineering teams for integrationinto the system as a whole. Once the engineers on this project completed their component designs, systems decision processsupported assessment of the relative value of these designs in order to make a recommendation to theclient. Figure 4 shows the results of this analysis for each of the design alternatives
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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference
Authors
Deepti Suri; Eric Durant
aspects of good requirements, which are exercised throughout the class.Completeness of requirements presents special challenge to experienced professionals, so it is notnecessarily a poor outcome that students are more tentative in their self-evaluation of this area. Itis interesting that the smallest bias of self-success over course aid occurred for objective 6 (0.16),while the largest occurred for objective 8 (0.63). This may reflect the students’ confidence inpresenting technical material from several previous courses.7. Summary and Future DirectionsIn summary, requirements in general, and the authors’ project approach in particular, emphasizedifferent skills than those with which most engineers have the greatest comfort. The emphasis
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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference
Authors
William E. Howard; Joseph C. Musto; William C. Farrow
specified as driving dimensions, so thatthey do not define the position of the linkage, but simply reflect the values of these dimensionsas link 2 is dragged to a new position. In addition to determining the values of the limitingpositions, the students can see that these positions exist when links 2 and 3 are collinear. Figure 4 Finding Limiting Position of Link 4 Figure 5 Linkage with θ2 DefinedThe last part of the problem is solved by changing the dimension defining θ2 to a drivingdimension, as shown in Figure 5. Although the linkage is now fully defined, any of the drivingdimensions (any of the lengths or the angle θ2) may be changed by double-clicking its value andentering a new value. For example
Collection
2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Bradley A. Hyatt
of ASC Member Programs.” International Proceedings of the 44th AnnualConference of Associated Construction Schools.Jones S. A., et al. (2009) The Business Value of BIM: Getting Building Information Modeling tothe Bottom Line.Montoya, M. A., Kelting, S. D., Hauck, A. J. (2008). “Pilot Study of an Integrated ConstructionManagement Curriculum.” International Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conferenc ofAssociated Construction Schools.O’Brien, W., Soibelman, L., and Elvin, G. (2003). “Collaborative Design Processes: An Active-and Reflective-Learning Course in Multidisciplinary Collaboration.” Journal of ConstructionEducation, 8(2), 78-93.Padmanabhan, G., and Katti, D. (2002). “Using Community-Based Projects in Civil EngineeringCapstone Courses
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Xiaomin Jin; Dennis Derickson; Simeon Trieu; Samuel O. Agbo
letters (Focus Issue Nano Photics), vol.6, no. 10, pp. 788-790, 2008. [5] X. Jin, B. Zhang, T. Dai, and G. Zhang, “Effects of Transverse Mode Coupling and Optical Confinement Factor on Gallium Nitride-Based Laser Diode” The Institute of Physics: Chinese Physics vol 17, no.4, pp-1274-1278, April 2008.[6] X. Jin, B. Zhang, L. Chen, and G. Zhang, "The Optimization of Gallium Nitride-Based Laser Diode through Transverse Modes Analysis", OSA Journal: Chinese Optics letters vol.5, no. 10, pp. 588-590, 2007.[7] S. Trieu, X. Jin, B. Zhang, T. Dai, K. Bao, X. N. Kang and G. Y. Zhang, “Light Extraction Improvement of GaN-based Light-emitting Diodes using Patterned Undoped GaN Bottom Reflection Gratings”, the SPIE International
Collection
2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Estelle M. Eke
attached to mini servo High and low power IR LEDs  IR Detector tubing used to block IR reflection from table  Figure 4. Boe-Bot #2 that detects and retrieves balls and Figure 5. Schematic Diagram for Boe-Bot #2 drops the balls in designated hole.on the right-hand side are used to navigate to the hole after ball capture. The schematic diagramfor Boe- Bot #2 is shown in Figure 5.Project#2 Spring 2008: Test-tube RetrieverThis project was inspired by a robot workcell that consists of two robots Puma 560 and IBM7575, and a conveyer system found at Professor Harry Cheng’s(6) Integration EngineeringLaboratory at the University of
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Kate Disney; John Krupczak
a number of campuses have begun to offer technological literacycourses for non-science majoring students 4. There are four standard models of technologicalliteracy courses as explained by John Krupczak and Dave Ollis: 5 1. The Technology Survey course. 2. The Technology Focus Course that focuses on a particular technology area. 3. The Technology Creation Course (a course with design emphasis). 4. The Technology Course that Critiques, Assesses, Reflects, and/or ConnectsHope College and Mission College both offer Type-1, the Technology Survey Course designedfor non-science majors. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Said Shakerin
C D Figure 4 – Snap shots of colors in motion toy # 2. Figure 5 – Dynamics of froth life displaying stretching, break off, and bumping. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 318Sand Painting Toy – This novelty toy is also a modified HS cell, two glass plates with avery small gap (less than a millimeter) containing colored fine sand (black and green) andsand dust. The sand roughly fills one third of the space in the toy with the rest filled byair. Small amount of tiny reflective confetti added to the sand enhances
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Yusuf Ozturk; Emrah Orhun; Chris Bowerman
. Social networking tools including myspace type facilities, wikis,blogs, user groups and forums will be used for collaboration and reflection as part of thelearning landscape as well as for preparing students for study abroad. A particularattention will be paid to utilizing existing digital libraries such as National Science DigitalLibrary and MERLOT that have collections relevant to CS for shared repositories oflearning materials.3.2 Development of Institutional Frameworks for MobilityThe commitment and the formal administrative arrangements for the project were stated inthe Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was signed by all partners in advance.According to MoU, exchange students will be expected to pay the appropriate tuitionrelevant to
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Bruno Osorno
. Another study performed by Keeton [5] found out that instructionalstrategies that promote an environment of learning, supports and encourages inquiry, broadensthe experience of the subject matter and elicit active and critical reflection by learners is areasonable expectation for teaching a class online or not. In our case most of the argumentsgiven by [4] and [5] were accomplished. Simply put, we came to the realization that a projectoriented course in engineering is not a bad idea, group work was mandated and encouraged anddefinitely we had a great level of interaction online. Data analysis was by default the mostimportant aspect of the course because of the nature of the class.However, Bonk [6] found out in a survey that between 23 to 45
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader
colorfulvisualizations, animated graphics, and interactive application (8). The creation of VBIslandin NUCRI’s CyberEdWorld, reflects NSF’s virtual learning vision and advances the notionof a collaborative work environment for an interdisciplinary education, outreach andtraining pipeline for the next generation scientists, engineers, and 21st century workforce.The Institute also is developing a complementary MAGNA (Multimedia Access GridNetworking, Achievement) Charter School Resource Network in CyberEdWorld for studentengagement, discovery, and knowledge-sharing. It is a networked world that will focus on amotivational paradigm where many can contribute collaboratively to shaping educationalreform and promoting student achievement. The overarching goal is to
Conference Session
Track 6: Technical Session 6: An Exploratory Analysis of Cultural Capital Among Black Engineering Students at Minority Serving Institutions
Collection
2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)
Authors
Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston - COE; Cheery Chukwukelu, University of Houston; David Horton Jr., University of Houston
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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity
iscrucial for non-Black faculty to adopt anti-deficit approaches to effectively educatestudents of color.The bi-directional nature of capital is reflected in mentees harnessing and building theircapital in the same way mentors may be supporting their own cultural wealth.Previous studies (Tolbert Smith, 2022; Samuelson & Litzler, 2016) have recognized that akey motivator for students to persist in engineering is the idea that they may be able tohelp the future generation do better in engineering. This manifests in creation of mentor-mentee relationships and continued peer support. These relationships exhibit overlaps ofsocial, aspirational, and navigational capital.Student organizations like NSBE are great hubs for Black students to come
Conference Session
Track 1: Technical Session 1: Fostering Tomorrow's Black STEM Entrepreneurs: Insights from an Innovative STEM Program Promoting Equity-Centered Entrepreneurship
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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)
Authors
Ebony Omotola McGee, The Johns Hopkins University; Shelly Engelman, The Johns Hopkins University; Binh Chi Bui, The Johns Hopkins University
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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity
student noted, “I don’t have a personal connection with a role model.However, my interest in entrepreneurship is driven by a problem I faced; I want to provide productsto people who look like me.” This response highlights a commitment to addressing disparitiesthrough entrepreneurial endeavors. Similarly, another student stated, “No connections at thismoment. But living in food deserts has motivated me to pursue a degree in Agriculture to make apositive change in my own environment.” These statements reflect a broader theme of leveragingentrepreneurship to foster community equity and improve local conditions. Overall, the thematicanalysis reveals that while these students may lack personal role models, their entrepreneurialaspirations are deeply
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Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Technological University
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Professional Papers
initially identified through the cause-and-effect diagram, others usedit to explore additional issues. This dual approach allowed for deeper reflection, enablingstudents to identify root causes behind their struggles and think critically about potentialsolutions.When using the 5Whys methodology in response to the prompt, “Use the 5Whys method toidentify the root cause of a daily life problem by completing the chart,” students initiallyidentified academic challenges and time and life management as primary effect categories.However, when using the 5Whys method, the proportion of issues related to time and lifemanagement rose to 29%, making it equally significant as academic challenges, as illustrated inFigure 3 and Table 2. Notably, the health and
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Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University
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Professional Papers
approaches work.) ●​ We need to teach when and why to use a formula, not what the formula is (which will forevermore be something they can look up.) ●​ We need to teach solution evaluation. (How will they know if the computer is correct?) ●​ We need to ask students to reflect on their priorities. ●​ We need to teach study skills, goal setting, and delayed gratification. Explicitly.Engineers have two basic jobs: build something so it doesn’t break and figure out why it broke. Wemust understand the thought processes which good engineers take to do those two jobs. Engineeringeducation is at an exciting (or terrifying) inflection point. We can look at advances like AI asamazing new techniques which free us to do more exciting stuff in the
Conference Session
Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
Eva Singleton, The Citadel Military College
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Professional Papers
emotions and use emotions to enhance thinking including the ability to perceive emotions,to assess and generate emotions to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotionalknowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotion as to promote emotional and intellectual growth[2], [10], [11]. EI is the ability to understand, manage, and use one’s emotions and the emotionsof others to accomplish goals, navigate complexity, or make informed decisions [3][10].EI as a FoundationThere are four skills, known as the four branches, which are the abilities to perceive emotions,use emotions to facilitate thought, understand emotions, and manage emotions [9]. Perceivingemotions is the foundation of the branches because if emotions cannot be recognized, then
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Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
Vivek Singhal, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin - Stout
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Professional Papers
challenges. Journal responses and hands-on learning centers,advocated by Finlayson [5], promote active learning and personal reflection, enhancingstudents' engagement and understanding. Additionally, virtual and anonymousplatforms for quantitative literacy, emphasized by Latiolais [3], provide alternativeavenues for student participation, particularly benefiting those uncomfortable intraditional classroom settings. These strategies collectively contribute to fostering asupportive and inclusive learning environment that encourages both academic growthand personal development.This study focuses on implementing two easily applied assessment-based strategies in anumerical methods course. The rationale for both these strategies is supported
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Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
Adaline M. Buerck, Mercer University
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Professional Papers
get a better idea of what social marketing work would be like in practice.”Other aspects of the class that were mentioned were guest speakers and case studies that werediscussed through the semester as they provided practical examples of how social marketing isbeing used. The main drawbacks or things students would change focused on the project being agroup assignment and having a hard time meeting with their group indicating to change some ofthe group assignments to individual assignments or provide more group work time in class.Conclusion & RecommendationsResponses to the pre-post survey indicate that the eight learning objectives for the course weremet. However, based on this instructor reflection and student feedback multiple updates
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Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
JuEun Lee, Humboldt State University; Joshua Paul Steimel, Humboldt State University
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Diversity, Professional Papers
, only 28% of first-year students persistedthrough to their fourth year, a rate reflective of typical trends in mechanical engineeringprograms. However, the first cohort completing the advising pilot program exhibited a retentionrate of 76%—a substantial improvement that highlights the importance of early intervention andconsistent faculty-student engagement throughout the academic journey. This data was onlycollected for the control group and the first cohort of the new advising model as there have onlybeen four years of data collection. It will be very informative to measure the 4-year, 5,-yuear,and 6-year graduation rates of the cohort and that data will be available in the coming years but itappears to be strongly correlated with retention
Conference Session
Professional Papers
Collection
2025 ASEE Southeast Conference
Authors
Vivek Singhal, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin - Stout
Tagged Topics
Diversity, Professional Papers
environment also helps students build essential communication and teamworkskills, which are critical for success in industry settings.By reflecting on two years of course implementation, this paper provides practical insights intohow strategic partnerships with industry experts can enhance student learning and ensure therelevance of course content. The findings demonstrate that meaningful courses that extendbeyond the expertise of a single instructor can be created through collaboration with industryprofessionals. This paper aims to serve as a guide for educators interested in developing similarcollaborative courses, offering a model for bridging the gap between academic theory andindustry practice. Through dedication and strategic partnerships, even