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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Valmiki Sooklal, Kennesaw State University; Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University

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Paper ID #45445Impact of an Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Project on First Year StudentsDr. Valmiki Sooklal, Kennesaw State University Research interests are focused primarily in laser/material interaction, sustainable housing and engineering education.Dr. Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University Sandip Das is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Kennesaw State University. Dr. Das received his Ph.D. and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of South Carolina, Columbia, in 2014 and 2012 respectively. ©American Society for

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Brett Freidkes, University of South Florida

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Professional Papers

Paper ID #45543Programming Projects for First-Time Coders: Using Visualization to LearnLogicDr. Brett Freidkes, University of South Florida Dr. Brett Freidkes is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Freidkes completed his Ph.D. at the University of Florida, where he specialized in the design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for aerodynamic applications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Programming Projects for First-Time Coders: Using Visualization to Learn

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Thomas Goddard; Konstantin Litovskiy; Nathan Nichols-Roy; Matthew Reed; Igor Shvartser; Nicholas Smith; David Zeppa; Linda Werner; Julia E. Rice; Hans W. Horn; Amanda C. Engler

1 ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Dynamics of a Cross-disciplinary Corporate-Sponsored Undergraduate Computer Science Project Thomas Goddard, Konstantin Litovskiy, Nathan Nichols-Roy, Matthew Reed, Julia E. Rice, Ph.D., Hans W. Horn, Ph.D., Igor Shvartser, Nicholas Smith, and David Zeppa, and Amanda C. Engler, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Stuart W. Baur; R. Joe Stanley

Missouri Instructor Survey Assessment of Project Lead The Way Programs Stuart W. Baur, Ph.D., A.I.A. and R. Joe Stanley, Ph.D.AbstractThere have been several studies that show the benefits of Project Lead The Way (PLTW) coursesfor K-12 students in the preparation for high school students on statewide and national exams,high school academic performance, college level academic performance in particular areas ofstudy, high school student engagement, and other areas. The challenge is how are schools beingprepared to attract students to such programs and are the students excited about the curriculum.This study examines the impact of PLTW courses at the middle through high school level.Survey results from 208 instructors who

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer; Faith Mimnaugh

207 Using Sports Coaching Techniques to Enhance Project Based Learning Instruction Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer, Faith Mimnaugh California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstractAs instructors attempt to apply project based learning as a preferred pedagogy for many aspects ofengineering education, countless questions are raised. For instance, how do instructors assess individualperformance in a team based environment? How do instructors prepare students for the culminatingpresentation or report? How do instructors develop the students

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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James Helbling

297 Using Design, Build, Fly Projects to Provide Life Lessons in Engineering James Helbling, Department of Aeronautical Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZThis paper recounts the methods applied in a senior design course taught at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University (ERAU) in Prescott, Arizona. It will discuss the life lessons providedvia design, build, fly (DBF) projects which allow students to experience competition andcollaboration as part of the same year-long project.The capstone sequence at ERAU consists of Preliminary and Detail

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Jeff Ashworth; Will Quinn

53 Research and Projects-Based Courses to Validate Practical Engineering Solution Techniques Jeff Ashworth and Will Quinn Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott CampusAbstractMany courses in engineering education are based on teaching the undergraduate student how to solveengineering problems without including the knowledge of what they are solving or why they are using aparticular technique. Professors sometimes propose a computer solution or technique the student doesnot understand; therefore, the student cannot evaluate the accuracy of the results. Without knowledge

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Bruno Osorno

305 Assessment of Team Projects in an Electrical Power Systems Course Bruno Osorno California State University, NorthridgeAbstractWith team-project-based courses the challenge has been assessment. Various attempts have beeneffective in one dimension and weak in another. Utilizing a different method, a comprehensiveassessment of a team-project-course is discussed in this paper. In this 15-week course, twomidterms , a final exam, and weekly 15-minute quizzes and homework assignments wereadministered in addition to five team projects. The relationship between

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kevin R. Anderson; Clifford M. Stover

47 Teaching Machine Design Using HILTI Machine Tools Industry/University Collaborative Project Kevin R. Anderson, Clifford M. Stover, Polytechnic University, Pomona, CAAbstractThis paper presents the results of a case-study using a local industry sponsored research projectat an undergraduate based polytechnic university to support capstone design experientiallearning. The case study from HILTI Machine Tools demonstrates how engineeringcompanies can realize cost effective research and development by mentoring and sponsoringan engineering

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bhaskar R. Sinha; Pradip P. Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Mohammad N. Amin; Debra A. Bowen

78 Best Practices Guidelines for Successful Capstone Projects in Accelerated Technology Programs Bhaskar R. Sinha, Pradip P. Dey, Gordon W. Romney, Mohammad N. Amin, Debra A. Bowen School of Engineering and Computing National University, San Diego, CAAbstractA practicum or capstone project is an effective and useful end-of-program academic exercise thatreinforces the ability of students to implement knowledge and skills they have learned in theprogram. Every academic program structures its capstone

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Dani Fadda, University of Texas at Dallas; Wooram Park, University of Texas at Dallas; P.l.stephan Thamban; Oziel Rios, University of Texas at Dallas

Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas at Dallas. He is interested in education of engineering students with the emphasis on robotics and control systems. His research mainly concerDr. P.l.stephan Thamban, Dr. Thamban is an associate professor of instruction in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas who contributes to the teaching mission of the department. He brings with him more than a decade long teaching experience and teaches foundational, introductory ME undergraduate courses and advanced mathematics courses for undergraduate and graduate students. He values and incorporates project-based learning components in undergraduate courses.Dr. Oziel Rios

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

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Oliver Cole Harrison, Wichita State University; Adam Carlton Lynch, Wichita State University; Ridge Daniel Towner, Wichita State University

aerospace. Dr. Lynch now serves as an Associate Teaching Professor in the Applied Engineering department and as an Adjunct in ISME at WSU. His research interests include Engineering Education, Leadership, Mentoring and Lean Six Sigma.Ridge Daniel Towner, Wichita State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1 Project-Based Learning: Finite Element Analysis of CNC Tooling Surfaces Oliver Harrison Applied Engineering – Process Automation Undergraduate Student Wichita State University Adam Carlton Lynch, Ph.D

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Anusha Srinivas; Peter Stupak

Green Energy Golf Cart: Project Based Learning for Innovation and Sustainability A. Srinivas and P.R. Stupak Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJAbstract - The Raritan Valley Community College “authentic engineering” conditions, to skills and(RVCC) project-based Honors “Authentic practices used in industry. All project activity wasEngineering Experience” tasks students to design, hands-on and “live” – without classroom lectures orprototype, and make a real product in one Labs. Principles and skills were experienced first-semester. The product was a modified hand

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kai-tak Wan

Teaching "Virtual Work" in Engineering Statics by a project Engineering Statics curricula in most institutes do not comprise virtual work (VW), though the subjectappears in most standard textbooks. In essence, potential energy of a mechanical system due to force (orload), moment, and gravity can be formulated as a function of the incremental displacement or rotation, forinstance, U() where  is the titling angle of a solid. At equilibrium, U() is at a stationary position such thatdU = 0, or (U/) = 0. A local maximum (2U/2) < 0 leads to an unstable equilibrium, a local minimum(2U/2) > 0 corresponds to a stable equilibrium, while an inflexion (2U/2) = 0 yields a neutralequilibrium. When a small

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2025 PNW Section Annual Meeting

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Naga Korivi

companies. Currently he manages scholarships for young people pursuingaviation and engineering careers. He also serves as an Adjunct Instructor at OregonInstitute of Technology. Mr. Gunderson holds an MBA from Stanford University,and a BA (Mechanical Engineering) and an MS (Thermodynamics), both fromOregon State University. He is a National Association of Corporate DirectorsLeadership Fellow, a Registered Professional Engineer, and a Life Fellow of theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers. Integrating entrepreneurship learning module in capstone senior project courses Naga Korivi, Maurice Gunderson Electrical Engineering & Renewable Energy

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Ryan C Cooper

Project-based engineering competition in upper-level engineering laboratory Ryan C. CooperAbstractIn this paper, I discuss novel features in an upper-level engineering course that have been used toenhance technical writing and problem-solving skills. I redesigned the course in Fall 2018 toprepare students to make engineering decisions and accomplish design goals. My short-termobjectives were to prepare the students to start their capstone projects senior year and improvetechnical writing. The laboratory course includes a number of novel features: specificationsgrading, interactive Jupyter lab handouts, and problem- and project-based learning.Problem-solving

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 3: Evaluation & Assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas H. Cheong; Meagan Eleanor Ita, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Ethan Cartwright, The Ohio State University; Amanda Singer Nault, The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

(FYEPs) due to evolving employer expectations and thebenefits that develop from engineers equipped with an EM. The Ohio State University honorsFYEP includes a semester-long design project to help students synthesize engineering concepts,create a coherent product, and further their EM development. Two of these first-year designprojects are a robot design project and a nanotechnology research project. For the robot designproject, students develop autonomous robots that complete a series of tasks within a two-minuteperiod. For the nanotechnology research project, students design a lab-on-a-chip and explorenanotechnology applications in medicine. Both projects provide a vast number of experiencesthat support the development of an EM.The goal of this

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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Nathan Delson, eGrove Education; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego

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Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Woodruff, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Moe Rabea, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

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Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Paper ID #37827Exploring Systems Performance Using Modeling and Simulation –Project-based Study and TeachingDr. Md Fashiar Rahman, The University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Md Fashiar Rahman is an Assistant Professor of the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineer- ing (IMSE) Department at The University of Texas at El Paso. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Computational Science Program. He has years of research experience in different projects in the field of image data mining, machine learning, deep learning, and Computer Simulation for industrial and healthcare applica- tions. In addition, Dr. Rahman has taught various

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl K. Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas

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Diversity

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

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Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Paper ID #38823Integrating Entrepreneurially Minded and Project-Based Learning into aManufacturing Supply Chain CourseDr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University Yalcin Ertekin, Ph.D., CMfgE, CQE Yalcin Ertekin is a clinical professor in the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Leadership and Society at Drexel University, Philadelphia, and serves as the Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies for the Engineering Technology program. He re- ceived his BS degree from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, an MSc in Production Management from the University of Istanbul, an MS in Engineering Management, and

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Silveira Madani, Centro Universitário Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Andressa Corrente Martins, Centro Universitário, Instituto Maua de Tecnologia; Anderson Harayashiki Moreira, Centro Universitário, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Alexandre Harayashiki Moreira

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Diversity

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

Paper ID #40092Mechatronics Engineering Integrate Project: An Approach in Project-BasedLearning with the Subjects of Instrumentation, Control Systems, andMicrocontrollersProf. Fernando Silveira Madani, Centro Universit´ario Instituto Mau´a de Tecnologia Fernando Silveira Madani received the B.S (1998) in Mechatronics Engineering from the Univ. Paulista – Brazil, the M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) from the Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA) - Brazil. In 2002, he joined the faculty of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mau´a Institute of Technology – Brazil, where he is currently as a full professor and Head of the

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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junkun Ma, Sam Houston State University; Suleiman Obeidat

Suleiman ObeidatABSTRACTThis work-in-progress paper presents the continuous efforts to design and develop project-basedcourse materials that integrate CAD, AM, CAM, and CNC machine tools into a ManufacturingProcesses and Machining Technology course sequence. Hands-on projects implementing CADsoftware for parts design and analysis, AM technologies for rapid prototyping, CAM software fordeveloping manufacturing strategies, CNC machine tools for manufacturing functional prototypeswith various practical applications, and related instructional materials and lab processes are beingdeveloped. The primary goal is to expose students to various manufacturing processes,emphasizing modern CNC processes, equipment, and tools. By teaming students into

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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University

Paper ID #38110Challenges and Benefits of Industrial Sponsored EngineeringSenior Projects in the Time of COVIDDerek Yip-Hoi Dr. Yip-Hoi received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1997. His dissertation research focused on developing Computer-Aided Process Planning methods and software tools to support the automation of machining on Mill/Turn machining centers. Following his Ph.D., he worked for several years with the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems at the University of Michigan. His work focused on developing new

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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asghar Rezasoltani, Western Kentucky University; Ryker Boehm, Western Kentucky University; Adam Patterson, Western Kentucky University

parameters.9. GEOMETRICAL COMPARISON BY 3D SCANNINGTo compare our formed model to our analytical model, a 3D scan was completed of each parameter set part andcompared to the Solidworks model. The scans are shown in Fig. 9. Both scans showed an approximate depth of23 mm. Due to the large size of the sheet holder frame, there were a large amount of springbacks on the flat partof the sheets. The springback can be compensated in the program or can be minimized by using a smaller framesize or supporting the back of the sheet metal by partial molds or another robot.Figure 9.a : Depth value (Z) achieved (in mm) using set#1 parametersFigure 9.b: Depth value (Z) achieved (in mm) using set#2 parameters10. FUTURE WORKSFuture projects will include altering more

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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; William Fetrow, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Paper ID #38117Hands-on Project in a Modeling and Simulation Course:Assistive Device for ElderlyTumkor Serdar Serdar Tumkor is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Dr. Tumkor has more than 30 years of experience in education, having taught at Stevens Institute of Technology and Istanbul Technical University. He has been lecturing Manufacturing Processes, Machine Design, Engineering Design, and Computer-Aided Technical Drawing courses. He specialized in design and simulation tools for engineering education, CAD/CAM, and 3D Printing applications for mechanical

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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Jose Taha-Tijerina, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Universidad de Monterrey (UdeM) in 2001. In 2004, he concluded his M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA). Obtained his PhD in Materials Science and NanoEngineering (MSNE) from Rice University in 2013. He has +18 years experience in Industry (metal-mechanic) and + 17 years experience in Academia. He has wide experience in leadership, planning, development, and maintenance of diverse set of R&D and cost-reduction projects. He is an author of diverse technical papers, in congresses and specialized journals. His current research interest focusses on the synthesis and characterization of nanofluids and nanolubricants for energy/thermal management, and nanocomposites for tribology

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Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

assessments willbe shown. For ABET, it will be shown how these projects can be used to assess student outcomes.IntroductionIn engineering and engineering technology programs, there are a variety of programming andembedded systems courses. C/C++ programming is often used as a primary component to thesecourses. Examples of devices used within embedded hardware and software courses include theProgrammable System-on-Chip (PSoC 5LP) and the BeagleBone Black (BBB) [1-3].Alternatively, MicroPython is a subset of the Python standard library, and it is optimized to run on avariety of microcontrollers for embedded applications [4]. One such device is the Raspberry Pi Pico[5]. The Pi Pico is an inexpensive embedded processor board that can be used in a variety

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Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah D Budinoff, The University of Arizona; Andrew Wessman; Kargi Chauhan

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

]. Despite the importance of standards toengineering practice, standards often receive only cursory coverage in engineering curriculum. Asurvey of engineering industry representatives showed that 73% of those surveyed felt that recentengineering graduates lacked knowledge of engineering codes and standards [3].In recent years, there have been several efforts to increase engineering students’ competencywith standards. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has the StandardsServices Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program, which provides funds forinstitutions to develop innovative materials and methods to incorporate standards into theircurricula. Examples of past projects include Green Buildings and Sustainable