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Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University; Fang Lei, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Delbert D Willie, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Chrysler, Northern Arizona University; Liangbo Xie, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University

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Paper ID #27793The On-going Status of The 3+1 Dual Degree Program in Electrical Engineer-ing and Computer Engineering between Northern Arizona University andChongqing University of Post and TelecommunicationDr. Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University Dr. Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Sys- tems at Northern Arizona University and is primarily focused on the NAU/CQUPT dual degree program. He completed his Ph.D in Material Science and Engineering in 2014 at Norfolk State University in Vir- ginia. Dr. Zhou’s research interests are in semiconductors and electronics. He

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Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly; Enrica Lovaglio Costello, CalPoly; Aaron W Keen, California Polytechnic State University; Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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 important contexts.  One being that https://docs.google.com/document/d/11WTaMVYhd1o9bfTzO8g1-MXfM4qXNktoCiyvst9pnTg/edit 1/143/3/2019 ASEE CIA paper - Google Docs the interactive entertainment industry is a billion dollar industry; video game revenue in 2012  was valued at $14 billion and is expected to grow to $29 billion in 2021, with time spent  engaging with digital media averaging 3.3 hours a day per person.  There is clearly a need to  prepare students with both creative and engineering skills to work in this field. The second  important context for the creation of the CIA minor is the gender composition of

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the major concerns in engineering education3,7.Hence, exploring better strategies to assign homework or alternatives that can replace homeworkhas become a hot research topic. Some strategies that can be used when students have access tosolution manuals include8-11: 1) creating customized homework/quiz; 2) lowering the weight ofhomework in the overall grade; and 3) using online software that is able to randomly change thenumerical numbers in the questions and grade homework automatically. But all these strategieshave their own drawbacks. For example, creating customized homework is very effective butrequires a significant amount of time, and thus, it is hard for faculty to implement given theirresearch and/or other teaching responsibilities

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Christine E King, University of California Irvine

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individuals, the team, and the task, as well as develop anunderstanding of group dynamics. Since positive group dynamics are created through teamcohesion activities, much research has focused on developing activities using groupwaresystems. These systems enhance perceptions of the group environment by establishing commonground rules and shared expectations, but have historically been applied in the workplace ratherthan in an educational setting.Building upon prior research findings that utilized team ground rules groupware systems toengineering education settings, this study assessed the repeatability, acceptability andeffectiveness of using a ground rules system to improve team cohesion. In particular, thefollowing research question was posed: 1

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James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Chen P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Camaryn Elizabeth Chambers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Alidod Ghazvini; Lisa Marie Kusakabe

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BackgroundAdmission to engineering and computer science programs in the United States is often basedlargely, if not solely on traditional measures of academic achievement such as standardized testscores (e.g. SAT and/or ACT), high school grade point average, high school rank or postsecondarygrades from community college or university.1 Unfortunately, studies have shown that thesemeasures may be poor predictors of academic success in most disciplines;2 moreover, preliminaryanalysis of data collected in this project show that SAT may predict only about 10% of the variancein students’ self-reported Grade Point Average (GPA), while a group of ten Non-Cognitive andAffective (NCA) factors taken together predict 26% of this variance.3 We are exploring what

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to gather near-immediatefeedback from the students about the teaching-learning process which the instructor can use to improvestudent learning and his/her teaching effectiveness [1]. Classroom assessment techniques also helpstudents reflect on their understanding of the course content as the course is unfolding and, in this way,promote the development of lifelong learning skills [2]. Multiple classroom assessment techniques havebeen described and collated in the classic reference “Classroom Assessment Techniques: a Handbookfor College Teachers” by T.A. Angelo and K.P. Cross [3].The “muddy points” or “muddiest point” (MPs) is one of the most commonly used classroomassessment technique that consists in asking students at the end of a lesson to

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Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Rich Yonts, Teradata; Benjamin W Cashman, National University; Richard S. Clark, National University ; Brett Nieman

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along time to gain critical mass to guarantee reliability.IntroductionThis team created a blockchain that can hold a student's transcript information and/or diplomas.The information is stored in a digital format that is immutable and can be retrieved easily by thestudent, faculty, or interested third party. Having immutable records in a digital format will allowa student to have an official record that cannot be changed yet be available for authorizedviewers 1. This is great for the student, the university, and any prospective employers. Creatingand storing records in this way also ensures the digital transcripts and diplomas cannot be alteredin any way. Additionally, Blockscripts provides a secure means for storing transcripts due to thenature

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Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Masood Shahverdi, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles

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school to college requires extra supportand therefore offer college summer bridge programs. However, the transition from the freshmanto sophomore year is a critical formational period and yet often neglected in student successinitiatives [1-3]. The sophomore year is a defining moment in the college career, and also a timethat is filled with uncertainty and a sense of losing support students had in their freshmen year [2,4-6]. We recognized the need for students to strengthen their motivation, resolve, and capabilityto persevere through the challenges that tend to hit them particularly hard when they reach theirfirst engineering courses, typically in their sophomore year. We hypothesized that servicelearning projects during the students’ freshman

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Matthew J Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Mary Angela Beck, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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., they have healthy teamdynamics and are highly productive), most teams are ineffective (i.e., they have unhealthy teamdynamics that inhibit the progress of the students’ projects; in the worst cases, the teamdynamic is so unhealthy that despite repeated conflict mediation, the team project isjeopardized). Sometimes, both effective and ineffective teams work side-by-side in the samecapstone class. These observations align with the literature on student teams 5, 6.This study, then, is motivated by observations that some senior capstone students at ERAU donot seem to be prepared to work effectively in large multidisciplinary or technical teams. Thekey research questions this study asks are as follows: 1. Are senior capstone students prepared to

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Lily Xiaolei Chen, California State University, Los Angeles

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necessity to teach students to look at fireprotection from human perspective, and understand the human factors that have shaped avariety of problem-solving in the field of fire protection engineering.1. Transform the idea—course designTo transform the idea into teaching practice, a new course, Human Behavior & FireProtection, was designed and attempted in the fall semester of 2016, 2017 and 2018. Thiscourse is offered to undergraduate Engineering Technology students in the Fire Scienceprogram (B.S.) in College of Engineering. This course introduces various human behaviorsduring fire emergency with a focus on interactions among fire, building, and occupants. Itexamines human decision-making process in a fire emergency, i.e. how people

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Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ha Thu Le, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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-world situations where they interact with people who have specific needs andconstraints. These factors motivate them to learn and work responsibly. Index Terms — Innovative training technique, K-12 outreach activity, real-world trainingenvironment, service learning, senior project capstone course, solar project, 3-D printing project.1. IntroductionService learning has become an important part of teaching pedagogy at the California StatePolytechnic University Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) for a number of years. It provides studentswith structured opportunities to learn through active participation and organized communityinvolvement. A service learning course is an academic course where a service project or serviceexperience is part of the overall

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Pejman Akbari, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona ; Brad Kevin Thomas, Electro Mechanical Systems Engineering Technology; Christopher John Tait, Cal Poly Pomona; Colby Stark

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project’s approach could be adapted toprojects in any engineering discipline. Reporting this journey aims to stimulate interest amongacademic faculty and students in pursuing comparable endeavors and taking advantage of availableresources offered by academia, industry, and the government.BackgroundSince the invention of jet engines, the attention of engine designers has been mainly focused onemploying steady-flow principles for various engine components. Meanwhile, oscillatory andpulsatile fluid motions commonly observed in nature are often neglected by engineers due to theircomplexity.1 By understanding and exploiting complex unsteady flows a significant increase inengine performance is possible.2 It appears feasible to simplify the hardware of

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Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Christian Pierce Cross, Monolithic Power Systems; Robert L Halbach, Monolithic Power Systems; Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly

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to peak ripple of Buck converter  Students are able to inspect and analyze the effect of output voltage to overall efficiency of Buck converter  Students are able to observe inductor current waveform and calculate the inductance value used in the Buck converter module  Students are able to inspect steady-state performance of Buck converter under Pulse Width Modulation and Pulse Frequency Modulation modes.As listed above, the new learning outcomes cover more learning objectives which wereestablished based on the feedback from companies who regularly visit Cal Poly’s campus duringcareer fair.Figure 1 shows the new Buck module. A total of 12 modules were designed and constructed withthe full support from

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John Y Oliver, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cassidy Elwell, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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-technicalcompetencies to the DFC, competitors find that their holistic set of skills are more valued while atthe same time competitors also claim that the amount of technical content of the DFC is greaterthan other cybersecurity competitions.1 IntroductionThere is a critical shortage of professionals in cybersecurity. As with the rest of the field ofcomputing, this need is exacerbated by the lack of gender and racial diversity in the cybersecurityworkforce. This problem has been recognized by NIST’s National Inititative for CybersecurityEducation (NICE) working group, which has an objective of increasing the participation byveterans, minorities, and women in cybersecurity 1 .Cybersecurity competitions have been promoted to increase participation in

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Shant Aram Danielian, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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has been shown to be useful to include. Students will have a betteridea of how to construct a support sheet that will be beneficial to their performance.1 IntroductionInstructors can control the access students have to pertinent information during examinations. Inclosed book examinations, students are entirely reliant on their memory to recall informationthey need, and instructors may or may not provide relevant equations. In the 1950seducationalists began to explore the possibility of alternative approaches to what informationstudents have access to during an exam. One such suggestion by Kalish9 as to have open bookexaminations, that is, “the student is allowed to make use of any materials at their disposal,including textbooks, lecture notes

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Adrian Bituin, ASPIRES Program: Canada College & San Francisco State University; Krystal Kyain, Skyline College; Yardley Ordonez, Chico State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Wen Li Tang, San Francisco State University; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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* 1 Cañada Community College, Redwood City, CA 94061 2 School of Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132 3 Skyline College, San Bruno, CA 94066 *Corresponding Author: zsjiang@sfsu.eduAbstractTopology optimization has great potential to achieve the most economical and efficientengineering designs due to its ability to allocate materials to the most effective locations.Topology optimization techniques have been applied to tall building design. However, due to thelack of an automated process, a simplified procedure is commonly used to find the optimizedpattern of the exterior bracing. An automated topology

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Pradip Peter Dey, National University

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, 42]. Most colleges initially place the underpreparedstudents into some developmental math courses followed by appropriate regular college courses.With effective teaching strategies, developmental math course success rates can be improvedconsiderably diverse groups of students, if students are engaged with mathematical concepts instructurally appropriate motivational context. "Education researchers are ultimately interested inhow to structure the educational context to maximize student learning outcomes." [43] Mostteachers have a genuine interest in creating an engaged classroom. Visual representations ofmathematical concepts help in engaging students with complex ideas about the conceptual issues[1, 2, 42] , which are otherwise

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processing using plasma, materials characterization, 3D printing, and student assessment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Flipping a Computer-Integrated Manufacturing CourseThis study evaluates the use of different active learning strategies for a computer-integratedmanufacturing course. The laboratory used for this course has experienced recent renovation,including installation of state-of-the-art automation equipment. With this updated equipment,newly designed coursework has been created to enhance active learning, improve studentengagement, and enrich student learning. Three automation topics were included in this study:(1) programmable logic controllers (PLC), (2) computer

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Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Maciek Czyz

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answer is even feasible. These complaints seem more apparent when studentsthink of software as a black box that always spits out reasonable answers. Today’s engineersmust be able to use technology in an intelligent and critical manner and determine if theirsolution is feasible or infeasible. We aim to help develop this intuition by means of a simulationtool.Intuition development is frequently linked to experience and can result in better decisions incomplex situations [1]. Intuition can be described as subconsciously following a set of rules [2]-[4]. A number of theories attempt to explain intuition development. Fuzzy-Trace theory statesthat learning evolves from literal interpretation (verbatim) to non-literal interpretation (gist).Intuition is

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females in engineering, enrollmentnumbers have remained virtually stagnant for over 20 years.​1​ For the U.S. to remain competitivein the global economy, it is essential to retain more women in engineering.As our nation’s potential scientific talent pool expands to include more persons from diversebackgrounds, particularly females, so does our need to understand their educational experiences,industry experiences, as well as the barriers and supports that relate to their path throughacademia and industry. In this paper, I will present what research been conducted so far in aliterature review, present the methodology of how I will collect and analyze data, as well assummarize the expected results and implications.While understanding the broad

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. However, the samplesize was small and it was the author’s first time teaching a flipped course. The current study hastwo goals: (1) Gather additional data by repeating the experiment using lessons learned from theprevious study; (2) Examine the impact of varying the amount of in-class time on both flippedclassroom sections and traditional lecture sections. Data was collected during Fall Quarter 2014and Winter Quarter 2015 in four sections: Two sections were taught in a traditional lectureformat (one section met twice per week for 50 minutes and the other section met once per weekfor 110 minutes) and two sections were taught in a flipped classroom format (one section metonce per week for 75 minutes and the other section met once per week for 110

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the output values of interest. In other words, they can actuallydesign machine components and systems, instead of merely analyzing them given the inputquantities for equations.This work extends these previous findings of those using Microsoft® Excel in Engineeringclassrooms by teaching students how to build successful machine design-dedicated tools.Teaching students how to build these tools involves 4 basic steps: 1) introducing the machinedesign topic traditionally, 2) developing techniques for data input, 3) Algorithm development ofthe theory-based equations, and 4) validation processes required to insure future output accuracy.The primary result of this approach is that students successfully answer questions on tests whichare at a much

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Sonya Christine Dick, Cal Poly Human Motion Biomechanics Laboratory; Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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clinical biomechanics to computer animation5,6,7. Although athree-dimensional motion capture laboratory was used for this study, new two-dimensionalmotion study apps (such as Video Physics, Playground Physics, and Tracker) for smart phonesallows experiments like those presented in this paper to be analyzed in almost any classroom.The objectives of this study were to (1) introduce students to analyzing sets of data which showstudents that experimental data does not always match theory, (2) expose students to dynamicvariables that change with time, (3) connect fundamentals learned in class to real-life situations,(4) show students the variance in theoretical and experimental data, and (5) provide a structuredassignment to compare the outcomes of pre

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Yongping Zhang P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ; Wen Cheng P.E.; Ahmed Elaksher P.E., Cal Poly State ; Xudong Jia, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Prepare Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympic Games?Curriculum. The three-week Program Curriculum started from macro-level down to micro-level, fromdrawing a big picture to gradually introduce various modern design tools. It started from a transportationsystem overview (day 1) to transportation planning (day 2), to transportation management (day 3), thento each transportation mode (day 4: water; day 5: air; day 6: railway). From day 7, we came back to focuson highway mode and then zoom in to each specific technical area: traffic safety (day 7), highwayconstruction and management (day 8, day 9), Building Information Modeling (BIM) (day 10). From Day 11to 14, we spent four days looking into the modern technologies offered by geospatial engineering

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Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Yifeng Xu, San Francisco State University ; Alexander Carlson, ASPIRES Program; Julissa Rico Ruiz , ASPIRES Program; Karina Reyna; Moises Arturo Vieyra, Canada College

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collapse simulation of a one-bay-one-story steel framedeveloped in the Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (OpenSees). Internsconducted the research on the model identification and uncertainty quantification of the modifiedIbarra-Medina-Krawinkler (IMK) model. Through the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) andMarkov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) analysis, the modified IMK model parameters areidentified and their uncertainties are quantified. This program provides mentorship for internswith the scientific research in earthquake engineering, and trains interns to integrate theory andpractice to better prepare them for their transition to a four-year university.1. IntroductionEarthquakes are one of the most destructive natural disasters

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Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Ricardo Jesus Colin, San Francisco State University; Alex David, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Danny Daneth Ceron Garcia

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research experience and strengthening their confidence and interest in pursuing aSTEM profession. The program also helped the students improve their skills in teamwork, timemanagement, scientific writing, and presentation.I. IntroductionAn adequate supply of quality workers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) fields is vital to continued US economic growth and competitiveness [1]. Communitycolleges enroll almost half of the nation’s undergraduate students, thus their role inundergraduate STEM education is very important, especially for individuals from groupstraditionally underrepresented in the STEM field. With support from the Department ofEducation Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP), a

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components,advantages and disadvantages. With the fundamental expectations of a flipped course in mind,section III explains the proposed iterative framework for developing flipped classroom courses.An example of flipping a lower division engineering course, ME 2040 - Circuit Analysis forMechanical Engineers, is used to explain the utilization of the proposed framework in SectionIV. Finally, results and discussion are given in section V. II. Fundamentals of Flipped Classroom Teaching While there has not been an official definition of flipped classroom teaching, it is commonlyexpected to have the following two components: 1) individual learning outside the classroom(also known as pre-class self-learning), and 2) active learning activities

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topics in applicationsrelevant to biomedical engineering. The primary learning outcomes for the course reflect ourdesire to bring together information and analysis techniques from disparate fields and synthesizethem in application to biomedical problems: 1. Apply compartmental analysis to model mass, momentum, charge, and energy in transport biomedical systems 2. Use fundamental time- and frequency-domain circuit analysis techniques to understand the behavior of biomedical systems 3. Analyze biomedical signals using time- and frequency-domain methods 4. Use principles of computer programming to model and analyze biomedical signals and systemsThese objectives also reflect our emphasis on building a computational

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. First, a hardware to non-destructively control the teach pendant of a physical robot. Second, a system that captures andtransmits video. Lastly, a website used by the client to remotely access, control, and program anindustrial robotic arm. To gain remote access to the robot, the client requests a login token forthe specific access time and access duration to the robot. Upon receiving approval from anadministrator, the user is provided with a teach pendant control web link, which is limited to onlythe pre-approved time slot. The interface for the client consists of the virtual teach pendant, adisplay of the real teach pendant screen and two display screens showing the robot from differentangles. The system layout in Figure 1 proposes three

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Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Sonya Dick; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, SLO; Julia Holton, California Polytechnic State University: Department of Kinesiology and Public Health

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theopportunity to use live motion capture technology in the course, exposing students to a tool oftenused in motor learning, motor control and biomechanics research. Through utilizing motioncapture, kinesiology students were able to review real-time footage of juggling with the use ofretroreflective markers. Motion capture technology is heavily utilized in many different fields, such as sportsperformance, entertainment and computer-generated imagery, and even the security industry [1].Many educators have used motion capture to help teach engineering [8], biomechanics [4], andbiomedical engineering [2]. Through motion capture, students are able to watch real-time footageof experiments conducted in the lab. We arranged to have kinesiology students