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Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College; Danny Mangra, Queensboro Community College

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American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Project-Based Learning of Digital Logic Circuit Design Dugwon Seo, Ph.D. and Danny Mangra Queensborough Community College, City University of New York Department of Engineering Technology 222-05 56th Avenue Bayside, NY 11364AbstractDigital Logic Design is a fundamental course in both Computer and Electrical EngineeringTechnology fields and as such it is important for the course to provide students with a goodunderstanding and continuous interest. Project-based learning allows students to gain knowledgeby solving real-world

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Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College

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Suzhou, China where he was the sole in-country representative of his US-based company. Following China, Peter joined the RVCC Science and Engineering Department in Fall 2014 where he instructs Physics and Engineering courses and also remains the Chief Technology Officer of the China company. He holds a BS in Chemistry and MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 IllumiNUT Shake-Light Manufacturing: An Engineering/Business Interdisciplinary Supply Chain Project P.R. Stupak, T. Rimple, A. Shapiro, N.V. LaRosa, and S.R. Fegely Department of Science and

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Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania

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Paper ID #20976Incorporating Projects into a Theory-Based Electromagnetic Fields CourseDr. Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania Kala Meah received the B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1998, the M.Sc. degree from South Dakota State University in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. From 1998 to 2000, he worked for sev- eral power companies in Bangladesh. Currently, Dr. Meah is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program, Department of Engineering and Computer Science, York College of

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Khosro A. Shirvani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

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Paper ID #20974Design, Build, and Test Projects in an Engineering Materials LaboratoryDr. Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University Dr. M. Mosleh is a Professor of mechanical engineering, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and an author and inventor. His research area is surface and interface science and engineering with a focus on energy and manufacturing applications. Dr. Mosleh received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has extensively published in journals and conferences and produced patents. He is also the founder and director of the Surface Engineering and

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Tak Cheung; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Rex Taibu; Vazgen Shekoyan

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Paper ID #21023Latent variable modeling with applications to education assessment and NSF-REU projects for engineering studentsProf. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects.Dr. sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College Sunil Dehipawala received his B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY.Dr. Rex Taibu Dr. Rex Taibu has taught studio physics

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Thuong N Nguyen, York College of Pennsylvania; Justin Reichner; James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania

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Paper ID #20975Capstone Project: A Cloud-based Backend Server for an Automated BicycleRental System (6 page paper)Ms. Thuong N Nguyen, York College of Pennsylvania Thuong grew up in Vietnam, came to the USA as an international student. She received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from York College of Pennsylvania in 2016. She received an A.S. in Engineering and an AAS in Computer Aided Draft and Design from Harford Community College in 2012. Her interests include mobile applications, web development, internet of thing (IOT) and mobile wearable technologies.Mr. Justin Reichner, York College of Pennsylvania Grew up in the small

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Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Yue Hung, Farmingdale State College; Daniel Weinman, Farmingdale State College

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mechanicalengineering and mechanical engineering technology programs. Not only it is important to teachstudents the concept of design, it is also important for them to be able to “connect the dots”; bybeing able to apply tools, skills, and knowledge they gained, in design projects as well as in otherengineering courses. A great way to achieve this goal is through applied learning experiences.Applied learning is an instructional approach that includes various methods of teaching such as:project-based learning, hands-on learning, experience-based learning, service-learning, etc. In aneffort to provide freshman engineering technology students an applied learning experience, twoinnovative approaches have been developed and implemented to the freshman level

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough COmmunity College

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in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Extraction of information and facts from data mining of random sequences for undergraduate research Sunil Dehipawala, Raul Armendariz, George Tremberger, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractA general method to extract information and facts from data mining of random sequences inbiology and astronomy has been developed. The random sequence analysis has been implementedin several NSF-REU projects using NIH and

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Joseph Michael Mahoney, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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gamedesign class was offered as a technical elective. This class combined a “humanities” viewpoint ofvideo game design (e.g. gaming psychology, theory of fun) with the “technical” side of computerprogramming and physics engines. Students compared and contrasted two games and wrote acritical analysis of a game. The majority of the class was spent conceptualizing, planning andcreating a video game. Groups learned the required programming skills as needed to implementtheir vision. Students completed a survey at the conclusion of the course. Generally, students foundthe course exercised their creative skills, motivated them to learn more programming and providedthem experience in project management.Keywordsvideo games, computer programming, elective

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topotential internship and professional employers. Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, Oct 6-7 – Penn State BerksThe spirit of this project is aligned with previous and on-going efforts to expose and engagestudents in “authentic” engineering experiences and environments through, for example, Hands-on projects1-5, Project Based Learning6, Service Learning7, Learning Factories8, and CapstoneProjects9.Industry Skills FocusAll project activity was hands-on and “live” – without classroom lectures or Labs. Principlesand skills were experienced first-hand. The focus was for the student team to learn by doing.Concepts and skills emphasized were those directly useful for engineers in aprofessional/industry environment and included

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James J. Scire Jr., New York Institute of Technology

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systems for the company’s Combustion Monitoring and Control Group. Dr. Scire joined NYIT in 2013. His research interests include optical sensors, combustion, numerical simulation, and optimization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Dynamic Balancing System with 3D-Printed Components James J. Scire, Jr. New York Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes a project in which students designed, built, and used a small dynamicbalancing machine with 3D-printed components. This project was found to be very effective inkeeping its student designers engaged and invested. They immediately understood the need

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Emily Alexandra German, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Niki Taylor Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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SchoolIntroductionIn the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects nearly three million new jobs in STEMby 20201, which requires capable individuals with educational backgrounds in STEM to fill thepositions. However, in 2009, the U.S. Department of Education stated that only 16% of USstudents obtained a STEM-related degree out of 1.6 million bachelor’s degrees2. The lack ofcreativity and perspectives in STEM from the limited labor pool becomes a serious concern forthe society. The reason for students to be less willing to pursue a STEM degree in college can bevarious, for example, lack of quality preparation in mathematics and science or lack of financialsupport. Among the factors, an important reason is the lack of general knowledge

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Wyatt John Ritchie; Marietta Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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innovative teaching delivery methods. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Creation of an Immersive Environment to Provide Shop Equipment Training Wyatt J. Ritchie1, Dr. Marietta R. Scanlon1 1 Division of Engineering, Penn State BerksAbstractThe purpose of this project was to create an immersive environment to provide an introduction tomachine shop equipment on the Penn State Berks campus. Using a 360o video camera,operational videos of a lathe, vertical band saw, horizontal band saw, mill, and arc welder wereproduced. The videos were edited to incorporate informational narration and processed forviewing on either a desktop

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Tak Cheung; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Steven Barton, Benjamin N. Cardozo High School; Colin Denis, BASIS independent Brooklyn school

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sub-minute data binningcapability of the QuarkNet detector, future muon fluctuation volatility analysis by high schoolteachers and students for solar event analysis projects is discussed.KeywordsMuon detection, fluctuation volatility, solar eruption, magnetic cloud, high school research projectIntroductionQuarkNet is an association of physicists, college physics professors and high school physicsteachers dedicated to infusing the standard curriculum with contemporary physics. It providessummer programs for teachers and activities for students 1. Each center is based at a college withsome connection to high energy physics. Surprisingly, New York City has not had an activeQuarkNet center for a long time. In 2016, Queensborough Community College

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Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Janusz Kusyk PhD, New York City College of Technology, CUNY.; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

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an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Computer Systems Technology Department at New York City College of Technology, CUNY. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics. Her focus are working with faculty constantly to keep curriculum updated to respond to the growth of computer technol- ogy; researching in project-based learning with digital generation; and promoting the retention of female students. Her research interests include artificial neural networks and applications in system identifica- tion and forecasting. She has worked on projects that have applied neural networks in highway rainfall drainage problems, the estimation of crude oil saturation and non-invasive glucose sensing problems

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Laura Bayerle; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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lasting interest in technical careers.14-18Program ImplementationIn order to develop and deliver a high impact program following the key methodologies outlinedabove, the first stage of the project involved identifying a cohort of 56 middle school girls andpairing them with 10 female undergraduate engineering students ranging from freshmen throughseniors.In order to recruit PSU students, an initial explanatory email was sent to all femaleundergraduates registered as either engineering majors or pre-majors. A meeting was held toexplain the program and invite students to participate. In addition, the undergraduates earnedindependent study credit for participating in the project. As a result of recruitment efforts, tenPSU students signed up to

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Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University; Kristen A Lee, Menlo College

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Paper ID #20989Assessment of Progressive Learning of Ethics in Engineering Students Basedon the Model of Domain LearningDr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engi- neering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in col- laboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class

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Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Aiwu Zhang, Brookhaven National Laboratory; David Jose Buitrago, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough COmmunity College; Garrett Stoddard, Stonybrook University ; David E. Jaffe, Brookhaven National Laboratory

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community has been established.KeywordsUndergraduate research, cosmic rays, photomultiplier tube, scintillator, QuarkNetIntroductionThe City University of New York Cosmic Ray Detector Array project, CUNY-Cosmic, is afaculty led research education project involving the Queensborough Community College (QCC),York College, and Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). Participants includestudents from QCC, Suffolk County Community College, and Stony Brook University via theU.S. Department of Energy’s Community College Internship Program (DOE CCI) at theBrookhaven National Laboratory’s Electronic Detector Group, the QCC Space Weather andCosmic Ray Groups, and high school physics teachers in the NSF QuarkNet outreach programbased at the University

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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thecomplete network. When finished, the total number of completed activities will automatically bedetermined allowing the instructor is able to provide proper feedback to students.Riverbed Modeler is a simulation tool that is built on C++ programs for implementing andmodeling computer networks. It is comprised of a suite of protocols and technologies andfeatures three hierarchical modeling abstraction editors (project, node, and process) to supportdifferent development levels. In the perspective of wireless network functionality, RiverbedModeler delivers Wireless Local Networks (WLAN) based on IEEE 802.11 and ZigBee based onIEEE 802.15.4. After installation, it equips with examples of WLAN and Zigbee that comprisedifferent scenarios. The examples not

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Ethan Patrick Adams, Penn State University: Berks Campus; Patrick Joseph Scanlon; Joseph Torres, Penn State Berks GenCyber; Tricia Clark, Penn State Berks; Terence Laughlin, Blue Mountain High School; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks

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, and Production Economics. He has been a principal investigator in sponsored projects from the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency, the US Department of Labor, and Venture Well. Dr. Konak currently teaches courses on Database Management Systems, Cybersecurity, Agent Based Modelling, and Entrepreneurship. He is a member of IISE, INFORMS, and IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Fostering Interest and Knowledge in the Information Security Industry for K- 12 Students Using Virtual Machines Ethan Adams, Patrick Scanlon, Joseph Torres, Emilio Gonzales, Tricia Clark, Abdullah Konak Penn State

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Jason Lehrer; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Development of a Sustainable Technology for 3D Printing Using Recycled Materials Jason Lehrer1 and Dr. Marietta Scanlon1 1 Division of Engineering, Penn State BerksAbstractAs part of an undergraduate research project, a study was undertaken to determine the feasibilityof extruding recyclable plastic into usable filament to create a sustainable technology for 3-Dprinting. An extrusion process was developed using Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG)pellets to establish a baseline that would be used when investigating recyclable plastics.Modifications were done to allow for higher temperature extrusion to accommodate the

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Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexa Kottmeyer

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research interests include applied scientific computing, STEM teaching pedagogy, heuristic optimization techniques, spacecraft dynamics and control, and spacecraft trajectory design and optimization.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Stephanie Cutler has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her dissertation explored faculty adoption of research-based instructional strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve

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Matthew Jason Bilsky, Lehigh University; Christian Thomas Davis; Kiana M Wright , Lehigh University; Kumar Swagat, Lehigh University

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Paper ID #20992A Preliminary Investigation into the Use of Audience Video Recordings to As-sess Student Engagement During in Large Lecture ClassesDr. Matthew Jason Bilsky, Lehigh University Matthew holds a BS, MEng, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. He is currently a Post-Doc Research Associate working on a novel snake-like robot with construction, aerospace, and res- cue capabilities through his company Impossible Incorporated LLC. The project tied for second place in the 2016 Lemelson-MIT invention competition. As part of his duties he is the professor for the Technical Entrepreneurship Capstone and

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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scale, disparate data. He is currently working on a project that ambitions to design a system capable of providing students customized motivational stimuli and performance feedback based on their affective states.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Tucker holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor in Engineering Design and Industrial En- gineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also affiliate faculty in Computer Science and Engineering. He teaches Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) at the undergraduate level and developed and taught a graduate-level course titled Data Mining–Driven Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers

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Ge Jin, Purdue University Northwest; Michael Tu, Purdue University Northwest; Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest; Justin David Heffron, Purdue University Northwest; Jonathan Kakahiaka White

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currently an associate professor in the Department of Computer InformationTechnology and Graphics at the Purdue University Northwest. He has 6 years of college teachingand research experience in computer networks and network security with 12 plus publications,taught computer networks, network security, network design & administration courses at bothundergraduate/graduate levels, mentored over 60 students through funded research projects,GenCyber and K-12 summer camps.Justin HeffronMr. Justin Heffron is currently a graduate student in the Department of Computer InformationTechnology and Graphics at the Purdue University Northwest. He received B.S. degree inComputer Graphics Technology from Purdue University Northwest.Jonathan WhiteMr. Jonathan

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Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Charles M Ouellette, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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number of keystone events addressing the potential for a “SilentSpring” and the “tragedy of the commons”, for example [1]-[2]. Shortly after the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and theestablishment of Earth Day, Saarinen [3] emphasized the need to understand the link betweenhuman activity and environmental impact as future decisions grow in significance. These conceptsare not new as Thomas Malthus [4] emphasized the stresses the human population may place onresources essential for continued survival may result in collapse due to essentially exceeding theEarth’s carrying capacity. Although technological improvements provide a means to continuallychange projected resource exhaustion, the