Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Mechanical Engineering

the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University

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Students Constituent Committee

, working with an advisor, andpublishing in addition to some more specific scenarios like teaching a course, landing a summerinternship, and dealing with the cancellation of a research project. For each topic presented, Iextrapolate valuable pieces of advice that have enriched my grad school experience in thecontext of personal stories and life lessons learned culminating with the opinion that althoughgraduate school is hard, it is manageable and has the potential to be some of the most rewardingyears of your life where you can learn and grow into the professional you want to be.IntroductionSimilar to the pages of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book for kids, the graduate schoolexperience is a virtual cornucopia of decisions, opportunities, and

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wenjuan Lu; Mahala Shillingford; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; Guangming Chen

Session 2651Environmental Impact and Economic Assessments of Brownfield Sites in Park Heights Baltimore. Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein1, Mahala Shillingford1, Wenjuan Lu2, Guangming Chen2 1 Department of Civil Engineering / 2Department of Industrial, Information and Manufacturing Engineering Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland 21251Abstract:This paper presents a collaborative research project that cuts across discipline (Civil engineeringand Industrial, Information and manufacturing engineering) involving

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Shirley

executives. However, it has been adapted successfully toteaching the end-to-end process of engineering to college students. The paper describes theCreative System which is the basis of Managing Creativity, outlines the class structure andsubjects covered, and describes the overall process. Positive student evaluations and continueddemand for the course are used for assessment. The course covers all aspects of a creativeenterprise, from assembling a creative team, to generating original ideas, to alignment of theteam and its customers and suppliers, to planning, design, risk management, production, anddeployment into the market or operational environment. All classes include business planningand a hands-on engineering project (usually designing and

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, University of Florida; Tonika Jones; Jodi Angela Doher; Kurtis Gurley, University of Florida; Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, University of Florida; Adrienne Leigh Provost, University of Florida

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Diversity

STEMTank 2023, a high school summerprogram sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. SF and UF have jointly offered theaward-winning STEMTank program for four consecutive summers, providing pre-college accessexperiences for high school students from North-Central Florida’s under-resourced communities.The program’s hallmark is giving participants a taste of an engineering college experience throughunique, open-ended design / build / test projects grounded in contemporary real-world engineeringproblems that include 1) analytical modeling to guide the design process, 2) prototype performancemeasurement with redesign / retest opportunities to improve performance, and 3) presentation ofresults by student participants to panels of subject matter

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

technologies to enhance Drexel’s Engineering Tech- nology course offerings. Eric is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Engineering at Drexel, and is an author of several technical papers in the field of Engineering Technology Education. Page 24.1091.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Imaging of Solar Cells:A Gateway to Teaching STEM DisciplinesAbstractIn this project, we are using image processing (both visible, near infrared, and farinfrared) to study various aspects of solar cells including their materials, deviceoperation, defects, variability, and reliability. Laboratory projects

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

misfortunes with frequentfailures and limited success. Regrettably, most of these ancient tools and technologies were lostover time simply decomposing back into dust. Technological change has accelerated rapidly to apoint where what is new today is obsolete tomorrow. No longer are products repaired for futureuse as they were for centuries, they are simply thrown away and replaced with new models withmore features. This is especially true for technological artifacts from the past hundred or soyears. The artifacts remaining were often left in attics, basements, sheds, closets, and otheroverlooked spaces. They were hidden from sight, simply forgotten gathering dust, eventuallydiscarded, and ended up in a dump or landfill. Twelve years ago a project was

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

and Techniques for Improving Students Learning6.1 Real-life Examples and ExperimentsSeveral real-life examples, hands-on experiments and projects have been constructed and used tohelp students in tackling thermodynamics concepts and principles, and to connect abstract ideasto accrual hardwere.38- 44 Flotterud et al.38 for example described a micro-combined heat andpower system sized for residential distributed power generation. The system has been used as alaboratory experiments in which students take measurements to complete an energy balance andperform second-law analysis. The real-life experiment enhanced students learning of somethermodynamics principles. Li and Zhou39 described a thermodynamics project in whichstudents had to select a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; William Church

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

-designingtheir curricula to support students learning how to use generative AI, it is important to attend tothe existing relationships the students have with generative AI coming out of K-12 education,and support them to develop the relationships as they become engineers.This study is based on an introductory engineering course for first-year engineering that is hands-on and project-based. Students create and document engineering designs using a LEGO-basedrobotics platform. In the fall semester of 2023, students were encouraged to use generative AI tosupport the production of their projects, and provided with tools built with generative AI to assistthem in programming. The course adopted a tinkering mentality where both the instructors andthe students

Conference Session

Engineering Equity: Challenging Paradigms and Cultivating Inclusion in Technical Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kiana Alexa Ramos; Isabella Stuopis, Boston College; Emanuel Joseph Louime; Peyton Elise Carter; Caitlyn Hancock; Avneet Hira, Boston College

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

offer support for schools in which engineeringcourses can not be implemented thoroughly due to lack of engineering education professionals orresources [10, p. 21]. However, in this framework the relationship between engineering designand technology with societal impact is framed under the concept of professionalism, referring toengineering ethics. The framework goes so far to state that, “technology by itself is neutral anddoes not affect people or the environment. However, it is the way in which people develop anduse technology that determines if it is helpful or harmful” [10, p. 74]. Such a statement removesresponsibility of harm from the engineers by displacing impact onto the users. In this project, we are working to integrate youth

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Inclusive Engineering Consortium & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; John C. Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; Stephen M Goodnick, Arizona State University; Miguel Velez-Reyes, University of Texas at El Paso; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. ; Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University; Florida State University; Shayla Sawyer; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; David Zubia, University of Texas at El Paso; Milford Muskett

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

IEC Core MSI faculty release time andresearch expenses so that their student cohort could begin their research experience at their homeinstitution. Faculty from UCSD and the student’s home institution co-advised the students for theentire year of the project. This helped the students be prepared to make optimal use of their timeat UCSD. In addition, faculty at the IEC Core MSI schools were able to build their local researchactivities and develop collaborations with UCSD faculty. Students were encouraged to attendgraduate school and provided additional preparation by participating in an internship trainingexperience at UCSD. The two IEC Core MSI schools participating were one HBCU FAMU andone HSI UTEP. Students were also encouraged to apply

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Ashland O. Brown

analysis. However, no fatigue analysis is presented, nor is any actual FEanalysis used for determining fatigue life. In regard to the use of commercial FE software withfatigue capabilities, Hagigat24 states, “…from an educational point of view, it is recommendedthat these capabilities not be used initially. After a student understands the concepts by goingthrough the steps in this article, he/she can then use the additional capabilities of the softwarecorrectly. A lack of knowledge of the theory behind the more advanced capabilities of thesoftware can lead to the incorrect use of the software.” Still no direct computation of fatigue lifewas carried out using FE software.Educational Goals and ObjectivesThis work is part of a larger scale project to

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak; Gül E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan E. Esparragoza

ofEngineering graduates. In fact, the lack of professional skills in pedagogical initiatives.project teams has been identified as one of the top contributors tothe high failure rate of complex engineering projects. As a Beard et al. [3] suggest that an assessment plan to evaluateresponse, academic programs have incorporated professional curricular efforts that aim to integrate professional skills intoskills in their curricula, which led to the challenge of assessing the programs should include standardized rubrics for targetedrelevant student development appropriately. This paper proposes courses in addition to comprehensive exit

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mauro J. Caputi

discussthe multiple-section Project Lab and the associated Design Projects. Part Three will discuss howthe Lecture and Project Lab build towards the last half of the semester with the Grand DesignChallenge project and competition.THE PREVIOUS COURSE Prior to Fall 2005, Hofstra Engineering required First-Year students to take ENGG 9A -Introduction to Engineering, a 2 credit lecture-only course meeting twice a week. The maincomponents were the typical subjects taught over the past two decades, namely engineeringproblem solving, introductory information outlining the various types of Engineering majors,along with overview material on a variety of topics such as ethics, design, statistics, computerprogramming, plotting, and report writing. Two or

Conference Session

Track 2: Technical Session 5: From Barriers to Bridges: The GEES Program's Impact on Low-Income Master's Students' Success and Professional Development

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Ximing Li, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh; Keith Trahan, University of Pittsburgh; Tagbo Herman Roland Niepa, Carnegie Mellon University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

includes a three-semester MS track (30credits) or a two-semester certificate track (15 credits), both of which are infused with career-focused learning. Within their programs, GEES scholars engage in real-world projects,industry-based internships, and networking with professionals. This structure is designed toequip them not only with technical skills but also with the ability to navigate complexworkplace environments.GEES goes beyond classroom education by integrating co-curricular activities that fosterprofessional skills. For example, students participate in workshops on job search strategies,interview techniques, and negotiation skills, helping them navigate the professional worldwith confidence. Each student is also matched with an industry

Collection

2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Dobrowski

topics (snow and wind loads, steel joists, steel decking, etc.). Following this,the students are put onto groups and then work on a semester project for the remainder of theschool year. Because the semester project is so big, following the indeterminate structure lessonsand exam, I give the students the option of starting on the semester project and simply reviewingthe miscellaneous lectures on their own and asking any questions they might have as they goalong (this is necessary because in order to finish the semester project, they will need to use themiscellaneous lectures). So, because of this, the grading of the course is accomplished byhomework (10%) and the accompanying exam (40%) on indeterminate structures, and thesemester project (50

Conference Session

Technical Session 5 - Paper 3: Enhancing Participation of Underrepresented Student Populations and Women in Engineering and Computer Science – An Experience Report

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Tamsyn Nicole Carey, Florida Atlantic University-College of Engineering and Computer Science

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Institution STEM Articulation grant ($4.4 million) from the USDepartment of Education. This ongoing project which serves as a STEM pipeline is incollaboration with two local state/community colleges. Collaborating with BrowardCollege and Palm Beach State College, the three institutions are promoting therecruitment of Hispanic and low-income students who matriculate from the statecolleges where they complete their AA degree and then enter FAU to complete a BSdegree in computer science and related fields. This project assists students at everylevel as they transition from state college to FAU so as to ensure a more diversifiedand successful technological workforce

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M. McAlister, The State University of New York, Buffalo; Sarah Catherine Lilly, California State University, Channel Islands

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

“active learning.” We chose to limit the scope of this review to studies thatspecifically focus on social justice, but want to recognize that additional empirical work is beingdone, and, although not included in this review, that work also informs the implementation ofsocial justice work in our engineering classrooms.Literature examining courses that integrate social and technical aspects of engineeringMost of the papers we reviewed did not mention the use of a framework in the design of thecourse or in the evaluation of student outcomes (e.g., [1], [28]–[30]). Those that did used avariety of different frameworks. Specifically, Chen et al. [31] used Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning (e.g., [32]), Leydens et al. [13] and Reynante [33] used

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulina Robles, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gabrielle Rose Favro, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Abby Lentz

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Urbana-Champaign (2012-2015), Tufts University (2015-2016), and Cal Poly - SLO (2016- present). She has a BS in civil engineering and BA in Spanish language and literature from North Carolina State University, and a MS/PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Abby Lentz Abby Lentz, P.E. is a project engineer at Studio Prime Engineering with six years of industry experience. She specializes in timber construction and enjoys the never-ending problem solving of the engineering profession. In addition to her full-time engineering responsibilities, she is a part time lecturer at Cal Poly teaching Timber Design in the Architectural Engineering Department. While in school, she graduated in

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Juhyun Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Plomin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Heather Ruth Arnett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu, I-STEM, (Illinois Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Education Initiative; Joshua Rovey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

[4]. Therefore, these engaging, accessible, and affordable courses and challenge problemshave been and will continue to be developed to reach more students throughout the state, and inthe future, the country.SLI’s goal is to increase the number of students and enhance the education of students pursuingcareers in space. The objective is to create an integrated set of educational resources, implementthem strategically in undergraduate classrooms, K-12 classrooms, outreach events, andworkshops, and assess their efficacy in achieving our goal. The public benefit of the project isexpanded opportunities, materials, and resources for enhancing K-12, undergraduate,teacher/professor, and public knowledge and understanding of space science and

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eve Klopf, High Point University; Matthew Thomas Costantino

Paper ID #36216Evaluating the Use of MicroPython and the Raspberry Pi Pico inLaboratory Activities for Undergraduate Classes in EngineeringElectromagneticsDr. Eve Klopf, High Point University I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at High Point Uni- versity. I earned my PhD in Electrical Engineering at Colorado State University in 2011; my PhD work focused on computational electromagnetics. As faculty, my interests and active projects are in the areas of computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering and engineering education.Mr. Matthew Thomas Costantino I am an

Conference Session

Innovation In Teaching - II

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Amin Malek, California State University, Bakersfield; Robert Hernandez

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission, Diversity

c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Factors Affecting Motivation and Concentration of Engineering Students in ClassroomsIntroductionThis paper examines and presents the factors affecting the motivation and concentration span ofengineering students in classrooms. Our work carries out most of the recommendations of theprevious works but also deviates in the sense that it is studying the motivation of the studentsrather than their concentration span. This project also was conducted pre-pandemic and a long-term goal of this study is to be used to get a better understanding of engineering students in anall-virtual learning system like the one implemented during the pandemic. This project examinesthe

Conference Session

K-12 and Outreach

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Suren Jayasuriya, Arizona State University; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Kimberlee Ann Swisher, Arizona State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Pittsburgh in 2012. His research interests are in computational imaging and photography, computer vision and graphics, sen- sors, and education.Dr. Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia Ramana Pidaparti, is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UGA. Dr. Pidaparti received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette. He has taught pre- viously at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Purdue University campus in Indianapolis (IUPUI). He has taught several courses in design, mechanics of materials, optimization, and directed many in- terdisciplinary projects related to design. Dr. Pidaparti’s research interests are in the broad areas of multi-disciplinary

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 1: Innovative Approaches to Teaching Energy-Related Concepts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, University of Georgia; Jacob Lancaster, University of Georgia

configurations made toimprove air flow is presented. The perspectives for students and faculty from the University ofGeorgia are presented. The student main engineer took the lead to formulate this paper. Fiveother students that worked on the project were unable to engage in writing the paper.Introduction The Formula SAE activities at the University of Georgia are recognized as a platform thatprovides experiential learning to its undergraduate students. Most of the students in the FormulaSAE program come from engineering disciplines. Students range from Freshmen to Seniors.Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors participate as non-capstone members. Senior studentsmostly participate as cap-stone members. Regardless of one’s category, the students design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Erika Dejonghe; Amar Raheja; Fang Tang; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Methodist University-Dallas, TX. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. His research interests include Digital Signal Processing and Digital Image Processing applications, Communication Systems, and Robotics. He is an author of numerous research papers and presentations in these areas. He has worked on undergraduate education projects focused on increasing student learning, academic success, and retention in critical freshman and sophomore level gateway STEM courses. Dr. Aliyazicioglu is a member of the IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and ASEE. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Lee, University of California, Santa Cruz; Dustin Palea, University of California, Santa Cruz

Paper ID #38422Lightweight, Scalable, and Relational Learning Experiencesas an Approach to Overcoming System-Level Challenges inEducationDavid Lee © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Lightweight, Scalable, and Relational Learning Experiences as an Approach to Overcoming System-Level Challenges in EducationAbstractIn this paper, we report on a series of research projects that together motivate a larger idea: thedesign of lightweight, scalable, and relational learning experiences for overcoming system-levelchallenges in education. We start by discussing Exploratory Reading Groups, a

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Kathir, George Mason University

Paper ID #37759Design and Fabrication of an Accelerated CorrosionChamber for Naval ApplicationsNathan M. Kathir (Associate Professor and Director of Senior Projects) Nathan M. Kathir, Ph.D., P.E.(CO), F.ASCE Director of Senior Design (Capstone), Dept of Mechanical Eng., George Mason Univ. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comDesign and Fabrication of an Accelerated Corrosion Chamber for Naval applicationsAbstractAn improvement in capability to better manage and reduce degradation of materials in theDepartment of Navy (DON)’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Nadia Kellam, Arizona State University; Susannah Davis, University of New Mexico

ways that structuraland normative power relations tend to be reproduced [13-16]. In this paper, we investigate aresearch question: • How and over what/whom do faculty engaged in departmental change efforts express agency in this process, with attention to structural, cultural, normative, and interpersonal power relations?Our aim is to characterize hallmarks of consequential agency in change-makers’ talk. This studybrings together efforts from three NSF EEC-funded projects representing five grants, drawingtogether methods and theories across these projects.Theoretical frameworkWe bring together theory on framing agency and intersectional power to support our study aims.First, an intersectional approach to understanding power

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Stein, Bethel University; Grace Riermann

Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com A Low-Cost, Portable, Smartphone Schlieren Imaging SystemAbstract We introduce a smartphone schlieren imaging system for application in theundergraduate fluid mechanics laboratory. This system provides a low-cost schlieren imagingalternative for project-based learning and is based on a single-mirror setup, with the smartphoneflash serving as the light source and the smartphone camera as the detector. Adjustable mountsfor the smartphone and mirror are 3D printed and secured to a common base, allowing for theapparatus to be relocated as a single, portable system. Situations involving refractive indexvariations, such as

Conference Session

ETD - STEM Issues in ET I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton; Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Kayla Nulph, University of Dayton

external partners. Equitable internet quality and physical surroundings conducive forlearning are two major interdisciplinary challenges [3]. Institutions were faced with overhaulinggrading systems, revamping and streamlining their communication techniques, and reducing theiroverall expectations of student workload as waves of students left campuses. In terms ofengineering courses, institutions like the University of Georgia encouraged professors to shift their“instructional focus from difficulty to compassion” [4]. This shift suggested student-centric ideassuch as less time-restricted assignments and exams, allowing multiple attempts at assignmentswhen applicable, and continuously accepting and responding to feedback [4]. Group projects suchas