Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Eugenia Cabrera, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; John Raiti, University of Washington

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

environments.Prof. John Raiti, University of Washington Prof. John Raiti is an Associate Teaching Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, and is the Technical Programs Advisor at the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) where he teaches in the Interdisciplinary UW Master of Science in Technology Innovation degree program. He teaches UW graduate level courses in Sensors & Circuits, IoT and Connected Devices, Capstone-style Launch Projects, and Robotics (Mobility, Navigation, and Manipulation) with a focus on Human Robot Interaction (HRI). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Physical Robots for Teaching Mobility & Manipulation using

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia; Shaylin Williams, University of Virginia; Esther Tian, University of Virginia

to improve the engineering education experience for future generations of engineers. As a McNair Scholar, Shaylin worked on chemical engineering projects creating thermal barriers for food packaging and studying soil remediation. Additionally, she completed an REU project in healthcare engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She earned a master’s degree in industrial and systems Engineering with a Management Systems Concentration in December 2022. Shaylin recently completed her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Mississippi State University, using Self Determination Theory to analyze freshmen and continuing Summer Bridge students’ experiences and senior engineering students’ graduation plans. She

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ken Bernard; Judy Collins; Fred Guzek; Pedro Leite; Jung Oh; Gail Simmonds

classroom. They used the available tools independently atfirst and administered student surveys without knowledge of each other’s work in the classroom.Barnard surveyed students because he wanted to know if the hybrid model added value to thestudent experience. Oh, a participant in Plains Academy Co-Op project, FIPSE (Fund for theImprovement of Postsecondary Education) grant for faculty development in curriculum revisionand technology enhancement, surveyed students to discover how they perceived her use of thetechnology to publish her handwritten notes on their chemistry problems, for students to viewthrough KSOL. Leite was interested in knowledge construction, retention, and transfer.Because the early conversion of course materials to an online

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Russell Feldhausen; Scott Bell; Daniel A. Andresen

uti-lized by meteorologists. We included the ability for the user to manipulate both the resolution ofthe model (number of points to calculate per inch on the map) and also the number of threads thesystem would employ to calculate these points.Students worked in pairs and were assigned a set of tests to run (yes, we parallelized the testing toimprove efficiency due to our limited time budget!). Results were entered into a grid on the boardand then graphed to compare the elapsed time vs resolution for a given number of threads.Technical AccomplishmentsAs a result of this project, we have developed a simple, easy to follow application that can demon-strate the benefits and limitations of using multiple threads to compute simulation data 4 . We

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lionel Hewavitharana; Mahbub Ahmed; John Hauver; Joseph Lonigro; Allan Derrickson

experiment from EDIBON Co.Ahmed et al. (2015) first reported the beginning of constructing lab equipment in-house at theEngineering and Physics department at SAU. This current paper reports the continuation of theeffort made earlier and discusses the building of an equipment in-house for the “Impact of a Jet”experiment.Design and Construction of the Lab EquipmentThe equipment was designed, constructed, and tested in a senior design project undertaken bythree senior students Joseph Lonigro, John Hauver, and Allan Derrickson in spring 2017. Theyunderwent a complete design experience in the process. The design team researched existingdesigns, developed engineering design specifications, produced a project management plan,evaluated several concept

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carol Shields

) were implemented in 12 elementary schools in New Jersey as part ofthe Engineering Our Future New Jersey (EOFNJ) project 2. EOFNJ is a collaboration betweenStevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education(CIESE), the Museum of Science, Boston, and other public and private partners. In October2003, the New Jersey Department of Education released new Core Curriculum ContentStandards that, for the first time, require technology education to be taught K-12 4. The goal ofthe project is to ensure that all New Jersey students—from elementary through high school—experience age-appropriate pre-engineering curriculum activities as a core part of theireducational experience and that pre-engineering curricula

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

classes to support their new family.Suggestions to Solve Retention ProblemIn order to reduce student attrition rate, increase their success rate and improve studentretention the following suggestions are offered to assist in achieving these goals. Orientation and entrance measurement test Identify students at risk before enrollment Identify students at risk after enrollment Provide group discussions or have a course discussion section Provide effective homework assignments instead of busy work Provide mini projects, close to actual projects that they can find in the work place Send at-risk students to tutorial sessions Provide a mentoring program Have workshops and guest speakers on how their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monika Neda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jacimaria Ramos Batista, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jorge Fonseca Cacho, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Vanessa W. Vongkulluksn Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Mei Yang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

is insufficient to address Latinx student needs, especially atHSIs[10], [11], [12]. A 2017 paper [13] outlines a literature review of innovations and interventionsthat intend to improve the outcomes for areas of study based in mathematics. The pedagogicalapproaches discussed in the reviewed literature included active learning, hands-on projects,mentoring programs, use of technology, one-to-one help, and peer study groups. The paper notedthat there is relatively little literature on rigorous evaluations of the interventions. There is a need todevise innovative math remediation methods that are more engaging, effective, and less costly tostudents. In this National Science Foundation funded project, engineering and math faculty from thelarge R1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monika Neda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Blanca Rincon; Alok Pandey, College of Southern Nevada; Claudia Mora Bornholdt, College of Southern Nevada; Vanessa W. Vongkulluksn Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Rachidi Salako, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; John William Howard, College of Southern Nevada; Daniel Sahl, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering and science who have been identified asneeding additional math instruction are placed in a co-requisite section of a pre-calculus course,Math 126E (3 credits) pre-calculus with the co-requisite component Math 26B (2 credits atUNLV and 3-credits at CSN). In 26B students are expected to study concepts that will help themcatch up with the needed math to perform well in Math 126 E (Pre-calculus). Thus, in a co-requisite pre-calculus course, students spend an additional two hours with the instructor with theintent to remediate Algebra. Current literature review of innovations and interventions thatintend to improve the outcomes in mathematics points to active learning, hands-on projects,comic book-like interventions, mentoring programs, use of

Conference Session

Learning Mechanics through Visual and Tactile Modalities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Alan Zhang, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Chen P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kathryn Mary Rupe, Western Washington University

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Paper ID #43735Can Hands-on Statics Improve Student Learning?Prof. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl serves as professor and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College in northwest Washington state. His current project involves developing and piloting an integrated multidisciplinary learning community for first-year engineering. More general teaching and research interests include designing, implementing and assessing activities for first-year engineering, engineering mechanics, and scientific computing. Eric has been an active member of ASEE since 2001. He was the recipient of the

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ronny N. Galloway

provides incentive for diligence in therisk-free focus assignments. All of this assumes course delivery via a learning managementsystem of course.Of course, quizzes, exams, writing assignments or projects are employed during the semesterto help the student master the subject material. The LCD tablet and screen capture softwareexplained below is useful in all of these assignments except the writing or projectassignments.TechnologyA Boogie Board RipTM LCD electronic writing tablet with a USB connection to a Windows7TM computer is used for capture of writing. The tablet has about 6 by 4 inch useable areafor writing with a magnetic stylus. The device retailed for $129.99. The USB connectionand driver software makes a replica of the device on the

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sarah Hatfield; Daniel Schultz; Kristen M. Donnell; Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr

the desired range of frequencies. The S11, or reflection coefficient characteristics, for both the simulation and prototype indicate a functional low frequency range down to 1.4 GHz. The design, simulation, optimization and prototyping of a single antenna having been successfully concluded, the next phase of this project involves building fifteen additional antennas for the completion of the bi- static linear array. When these are assembled, the entire device will be calibrated and tested by identifying conductive material in the lab environment. The calibrated array will finally be tested by field trials on known subsurface anomalies and structures. References [1] Balanis, Constantine A. (2005), Antenna Theory - Analysis and

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Gwendolyn C. Archibald

also requiresstudents to write a personal statement about why they would like to attend. This allowsthe selection team an opportunity to view both academic and non-cognitive variablesthat could be indications of success in engineering. The academy runs for one-week,typically during the month of June, and the students stay in one of the residence halls onThe University of Iowa campus. This allows students to get a “taste” of campus andresidence hall life with other students that share their interest in engineering.Throughout the program, students are given projects to work on that help them developtheir problem-solving skills, and display real-world applications for math and science.For example, in one project (see attached description) the

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre; Prajesh Kondaskar; Gary Smith

for it were goingto be just to plug and play and see what I was able to do with it. "I have found the m105 to be quite beneficial in my eyes. By using the calendar and to-do listI was able to make sure I never forgot anything. Using the Palm next semester will help out quitea bit, since I will have more projects and more group meetings in the spring." "Having had brief opportunities to use Palm in the past, I was already familiar with its basicoperation. Even though I found that the Palm was easy to operate from the start, I did have touse the manual to figure at one or two operations, especially when learning how write eachcharacters. For the most part, the majority of knowledge came from trial and error." "Overall I am very happy

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Peter S. Rourke

accompany them here in the US are going right with them. This is far from the truth. It isfrequently only the highly repetitive, low skill jobs that are associated with the high volume output thatgoes. What remains here is the required high level of manufacturing knowledge needed to bring thenext generation of products to the line. Often left out of the discussion is the need for increasededucation in manufacturing to insure we keep this capability. Following are some quotes taken from theBureau of Labor Statistics Overview of the 2008-18 Projections, Production Heading:From the Significant Points section:Job opportunities are expected to be good in the manufacturing sector, particularly in growing, high-technology industries. (1)From the Nature of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yuan You; V.N. Lakshmi; Saion Sinha; D. Dutta; C.K. Sarkar; S. Basu Mail

growing MLG. In this project we characterized current project is to characterize the MLG samples with regardThermal-CVD grown MLG films with the Atomic Force Microscope to the growth parameters with the primary focus on its(AFM) to determine the optimal growth condition by measuring Hydrogen sensing ability..surface roughness and thickness. The results were verified by bothcontact and close-contact mode of imaging. It was also determinedthat increased surface roughness creates additional sites for Hydrogen II. EXPERIMENTALadsorption. The results agree with other Hydrogen sensor data. MLG was synthesized by performing CVD at atmospheric Keywords—AFM, CVD, Graphene

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

classes to support their new family.Suggestions to Solve Retention ProblemIn order to reduce student attrition rate, increase their success rate and improve studentretention the following suggestions are offered to assist in achieving these goals. Orientation and entrance measurement test Identify students at risk before enrollment Identify students at risk after enrollment Provide group discussions or have a course discussion section Provide effective homework assignments instead of busy work Provide mini projects, close to actual projects that they can find in the work place Send at-risk students to tutorial sessions Provide a mentoring program Have workshops and guest speakers on how their education

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Louis Manzione; Akram Abu-aisheh

- Problem-Based LearningIn order to prepare students for the global sourcing environment, it is important toincorporate Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as part of the teaching of technical courses.There are many benefits of using PBL including the development of critical thinking,improving students’ analytical abilities, and helping students understand the practicalapplications of the material presented in class.The traditional method of teaching engineering students follows a plan that is based onthe following steps: 1. Begin with a product or design challenge. 2. Explore possible technical approaches 3. Select one or more for a design project 4. Produce prototypes and test the design 5. Develop a manufacturing solutionUniversities

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Omar McFarlane Sweeney, University of Florida; Vani Ruchika Pabba, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

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Diversity, Professional Papers

Paper ID #45682SUSTAINABLE CITIES USING RENEWABLE ENERGY A CASE STUDYOF A RENEWABLE CITYMr. Omar McFarlane Sweeney, University of Florida Omar Sweeney is an astute Engineering Professional with three decades of experience, specializing in Civil, Construction Engineering and Project Management. Throughout his professional career, he has successfully led the charge for several major Government-related and social intervention programs and infrastructural projects. He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Florida. He has completed postgraduate executive training programs at the London School of Economics

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

classes to support their new family.Suggestions to Solve Retention ProblemIn order to reduce student attrition rate, increase their success rate and improve studentretention the following suggestions are offered to assist in achieving these goals. Orientation and entrance measurement test Identify students at risk before enrollment Identify students at risk after enrollment Provide group discussions or have a course discussion section Provide effective homework assignments instead of busy work Provide mini projects, close to actual projects that they can find in the work place Send at-risk students to tutorial sessions Provide a mentoring program Have workshops and guest speakers on how their education

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdulrahman Alkhodairy; Sarosh Patel

be the master. Themovement of the robot will be based on the command string The working methodology of this robotic system issent by the remote controller using the robot’s built-in implemented in the below three modules :controller’s language. 1) Image capture Art is a universal language and has been essential to human 2) Image processinglife for centuries. In this project we apply a typical industrialrobot to produce picture portrait. This Table-Top robot is a 3) Dynamic control of the robotCartesian coordinate robot [1]. It has three prismatic jointswhose axes are mutually orthogonal, as shown in Figure 1.This Table-Top robot is IAI made with a

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Bryan Slater; Thy Dinh; Branden Frazier; Farshid Zabihian

-powered bike. Using the knowledge gainedfrom previous engineering courses, the team members hadsufficient knowledge and skill to complete the project. The resultsof analysis determined which version of the bike is best for theenvironment and for the economy. The team used the data whichwas provided by last year’s engineering students who havecompleted the conversion of the Kawasaki Ninja gas bike toelectric motorcycle. I. INTRODUCTION This analysis consists of three main sections. First, theefficiency of the motorcycle was analyzed by comparing theoutput power with the input power. Then, the analysis of thecost and environmental impacts were performed. Theseanalyses were completed for the existing converted

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ye Zhou; Amir Esmailpour

project [4]. At birth, Hadoop was a giant development for database, and since SQL database is still used in major dealing with the new and unexpected amount of data database required systems, this issue presents a problem for generated by several industries such as health sciences, Hadoop. security, and social media. Hadoop includes MapReduce Figure 2 illustrates MapReduce functionality within engine using Java implementation and uses specific Hadoop. Before Mapper function works, one file input is database file system called Hadoop Distributed File System loaded into HDFS, and the file is partitioned into multiple (HDFS). MapReduce engine includes two functions

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Sailesh Adhikari; Navarun Gupta; Xingguo Xiong; Ahmed El-Sayed

Transformer (ViT) models forsatellite imagery-based wildfire identification. In comparison toconventional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), ViT modelsare trained to detect early indications of wildfires with betteraccuracy and generalization using publicly accessible NASAsatellite image datasets. The project involves setting up theenvironment, preparing and preprocessing a wildfire dataset, andtraining a ViT model using PyTorch Library. The trained model isevaluated on test data to assess its accuracy and reliability.Additionally, attention maps are visualized to interpret the model’s Fig1: Wildfire.decision-making process. Results demonstrate the potential ofViT models in capturing complex patterns in satellite images

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Luo Suyun; Zhang Hui

fulland adjunct faculty. Some courses are taken by both Automotive and Electrical engineeringundergraduates: project management, engineering quality control, and so on.LTU and SUES have had this evolving collaborative global engineering program since 2003. Itbegan with two important classes: Engineering Economic Analysis and Introduction toAutomotive Principles. These courses are typical in American engineering undergraduateprograms, and became stalwarts in the SUEs undergraduate programs as well. The total numberof students in 2003 was 120 sophomores and freshmen automotive engineering students. Thenext year, Engineering Materials, Matlab Programming, and Engineering Quality Control wereadded. For the 2015-2016 academic year, the list of courses

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CANCELLED: Track 4: Technical Session 2: Examining Gender Differences in Engineering Students' Reflections on Combating Systemic Racism

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Gaurav Nanda, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Saloni Parkar

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Paper ID #45182Examining Gender Differences in Engineering Students’ Reflections on CombatingSystemic RacismSakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Sakhi Aggrawal is a Graduate Research Fellow in Computer and Information Technology department at Purdue University. She completed her master’s degree in Business Analytics from Imperial College London and bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Technology and Organizational Leadership from Purdue University. She worked in industry for several years with her latest jobs being as project manager at Google and Microsoft. Her current research focuses on

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Baqer Aljabr, The University of Toledo; Mohammad Elahinia, The University of Toledo

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Diversity

fill these gaps, the present study aims to evaluate the influence of participation ofstudents in automation, robots, and coding clubs on their academic excellence and preferencestoward STEM fields as careers in the future.4. Methodology The STEM catalyst cohort model is best suited for this project because it aims to providehands-on training, information, and new learning to marginalized students. Middle and high schoolstudents will be grouped in cohorts in this club. Each cohort will be supervised by a competentteacher with teaching and working experience in STEM fields. In each cohort, mentors will giveequal attention to all students and they guide them to their particular area of interest in STEMfields. In the club, game-based

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Morgan Kainoa Peters, Purdue University

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Diversity

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

].This work in reconnecting culture and STEM through practices and identity is the beginning ofthe (re)membering, but there is still a long way to go to (re)connect these identities.(Re)membering requires knowledge on the spirituality behind these practices, knowledge whichcolonization has deliberately devalued and forced us to forget [5], [14]. To remember lostIndigenous ways of knowing in the USA, I suggest as valuable the research question, “What didSTEM look like before colonization and who/where are the holders of this knowledge?”Through different means, researchers described what Indigenous STEM practices looked likebefore contact [14], [15], [16]. One can see, for example, Indigenous STEM projects, such as thetrap system for tidal pulse

Conference Session

WIP I

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Laura Albrant, Michigan Technological University; Leo C. Ureel II, Michigan Technological University; Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University

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FYEE 2025

,Ideate, Prototype, and Test. To empathize is to investigate the needs of your user(s). It is im-perative to simply listen and collect data. To define is to use the collected data to formally statethe problem(s), needs of the user(s), and/or the scope of the project. To ideate is to brainstormsolutions to the defined problem(s) with the users’ needs in mind. To prototype is to choose aviable solution within your scope and create a working prototype of the solution. To test is toexamine the effectiveness, quality, issues, etc. of the prototype. Then, you repeat as needed. Thedevelopment may need to move back to a previous stage or pause on the current stage to ensureyour users’ are centered in this development process and that the resulting

Conference Session

WIP II

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

David Kriesberg, University of Maryland College Park; Evan Hutzell, University of Maryland College Park; Richard Blanton, University of Maryland College Park

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FYEE 2025

Design.Evan Hutzell, University of Maryland College Park Evan Hutzell is the Operations Manager for Terrapin Works, a sub-unit of the Engineering Information Technology Department of the Clark School of Engineering. He directly manages the Advanced Fabrication Lab (AFL) which manufactures projects for students faculty and staff, and the Rapid Prototyping Center (RPC) which educates students on 3D printing, laser cutting and more, and provides them with resources to work on class and personal projects.Mr. Richard Blanton, University of Maryland College Park FYEE 2025 Conference: University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland Jul 27 Work In Progress: Makerspaces as Catalysts for First-Year Belonging and