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Design Teams 1

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Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Christine Duong, University of Waterloo; Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Gregory Litster, University of Waterloo; Jordan Nickel, University of Waterloo; Aaron Dai, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

towards a design studio environment evolving from traditional mentor-apprentice relationships [2].Significant prior research has explored the role peer feedback plays in student learning. Cho andMacArthur [13] found that peer feedback provided by multiple peers was more effective inimproving students’ writing performance than feedback provided by a single expert, or a singlepeer reviewer. Although some students held negative perceptions of the fairness and reliability ofreceiving feedback from peers, they derived benefits from participating in peer assessment,exemplifying a higher degree of reflection and more effective revisions of their own work [14].More recently, studies have investigated the role of peer feedback in design reviews/critiques

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Design Across the Curriculum 2

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Katelyn Stenger, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia; Sarah Jennings Fick, Washington State University

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Paper ID #33164”Adding Stuff From Other People”: How Peer Comparison InfluencesConceptual Modeling in Precollege Engineering ContextsMs. Katelyn Stenger, University of Virginia Katelyn Stenger is a Ph.D. fellow in the Behavioral Science for Sustainable Systems program at the Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative at the University of Virginia. She researches behavioral designs for complex systems. Previously, she worked as a mechanical engineer helping design and construct high-rise buildings. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Prof. Jennifer L. Chiu, University of

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Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 1

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Melissa Mae White, University of Florida; Megan Stowers, University of Florida

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focused on students getting to know themselves. It is important todevelop self-aware individuals to understand how to be a teammate and a leader [34]. Self-awareness allows students to reflect inward to allow them to identify, process, and storeinformation about oneself [35, 36]. The value of self-awareness is obvious as it means having adeep understanding of one’s emotions, strengths, limitations, values, motives, and perceptions[37]. The first assignment for the class is to write a biography to allow for students and theinstructor to get to know one another. The text of the biography focused on experiences bothprofessional and personal that the students thought would be relevant to their peers. The studentsposted these biographies to the course

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Design Pedagogy

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Leandra Ramos, United States Military Academy; Heather J. Yoshii, United States Military Academy; Kyle Beyer, United States Military Academy; Morgan R. Corliss, United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy

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article“Integrating Written Communication Skills in Engineering Education,” author Marc Riemerstated that writing about previous work not only strengthens critical thinking and problem-solving skills but that it allows engineers to recognize and address personal errors [4]. Writingallows for the ability to come together, understand where there are misunderstandings in thework, and fix any errors before they have the chance to affect anyone. Misinterpretation,inefficiency, and wasted time due to ineffective or poor communication negatively impactsproblem resolution [4]. Design review will give peers the ability to read each other’s work toensure they communicate their work effectively.The Engineering ProblemDesign review aids in one’s ability to

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Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 1

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Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union; Martin S. Lawless, The Cooper Union; Cynthia Lee, The Cooper Union; Lisa Shay P.E., The Cooper Union; Toby John Cumberbatch, The Cooper Union; Austin Wade Smith, The Cooper Union; Neveen Shlayan, The Cooper Union

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included a case 7 Via Zoom study and small-group power mapping activity. Midterm Synchronous, Midterm session with student peer review 4 Presentation & mixed section and discussion of project proposals across Feedback groups sessions. Session Writing Asynchronous Video on the writing rubric and how to 5 workshop videos evaluate writing for clarity, economy, and precision. Video on how to properly cite scientific research. Oral Asynchronous Videos on how to create good

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Capstone Design

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Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology

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students” to improve learning within the university.based on the idea of students teaching and learning from each other. Student attitudes aboutteaching and learning from peers are explored, along with the relative importance of factors Background and Motivationhighlighted in the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) of intrinsic motivation- autonomy, masteryand relatedness (i.e., feeling a connection to a larger group). The first approach described is the The work in this paper was motivated by a desire to improve student performance in Aerospaceuse of capstone design projects with explicit educational objectives to enhance the hands-on Engineering (AE) capstone design at a mid-sized southeastern private university. At this school

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Design Across Curriculum 1

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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ofwork confronting each team. Based on student comments provided in the student course ratingof the instructor, the laboratory work was a highlight of the course.The introductory course taught to electrical engineering and computer science students in the fall2019 semester included a robot building team project and competition designed to further engagestudents with the course content. Teams consisting of three to four students were formed at thestart of the project. Each team was given the task to assemble a small robot and write softwarefor the same such that it is capable of following a path designated by a line on a surface. Allteams were provided with an identical package of the hardware components necessary toassemble a robot chassis. Two

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Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 1

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Victoria Bill, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Anne-Laure Fayard, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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University, Tandon School of Engineering Anne-Laure Fayard is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Technology Manage- ment and Innovation at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and is affiliated with the Department of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern Business School. Her research interests involve commu- nication, collaboration, culture and space, with a focus on interactions, particularly those between people and technology. Her work has been published in several leading journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Information System Research, Organization Science and Organization Studies. She is also the co-author of a book on The Power of Writing in Organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in

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Making in Design Education

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Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Joshua Brandel

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products are listed as statements suchas “part is smooth with no burrs or sharp edges.” For each corresponding statement, a mark ismade reflecting where students’ work falls on this proficiency scale. These scales transparently 4telegraph the standards of excellence students should strive to achieve. At the end of eachassignment, students assess the work of their peers, identifying aspects of each product thatthey either like or would want to improve. This process is random and anonymized so studentsdo not immediately know whose work they are evaluating. This is designed to help studentsdevelop a critical eye for both giving and

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Capstone Design

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Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

models in how we address such challenges. Thefocus and the mission of capstone leaders is to maintain the quality of project deliverables andthe integrity of client/sponsor relationships while still offering the capstone experience andmeeting program and ABET Objectives.In many ways this is a chance to be creative, embrace the currently evolving and newly emergingtechnologies, and rethink some legacy protocols. Vander Ark (2020) notes “Large integratedprojects build agency—the knowledge and confidence that you can contribute.” [1] Theseprojects teach project management, research, problem solving, writing, and presentation skills.Team projects develop collaboration skills and learners will have the opportunity to gainexperience in remote working

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Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 2

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Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

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and practicing design skills) • Professional Communications (conveying designs and interacting with peers/customers) • Professional Tools [4] (teaching and implementing design tools) • Professional Ethics [5] (evaluating and practicing appropriate professional behavior)Offering a hands-on, project-based environment does not require much convincing. It has beenstated that the value of active learning is “sufficiently answered.” [6] To address the morepertinent follow-up question: “what kind of activities work best in which situations?” WKU MEfaculty continue to deliver, assess and refine the Professional Plan.This paper is focused on design experiences at freshman and sophomore levels, which eitherintroduce or reinforce the design

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Empathy and Human-centered Design 1

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Xi Wang P.E., University of Mount Union; Minhao Dai, Kennesaw State University; Gabriella Cataloni, University of Mount Union

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Diversity

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complex engineering problems, as well aspresentations and intensive technical writing. We conducted comparative surveys of teachers andstudents at a medium-sized liberal arts university in the Midwestern U.S. The results showed thatsolving real-life problems and teamwork skills are the strongest motivators for students. Thesefindings aligned with teachers’ perceptions of what motivated their students in this course.Furthermore, we found some interesting differences in some of the motivations based on gender,race, and student GPA. We hope our results inform more effective design in first-yearengineering design courses in liberal arts universities and further improve student retention andgraduation rates. We also intend to use this pilot study for

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Making in Design Education

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Kate Youmans, Colorado School of Mines; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Louis Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas

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learning [8,27].Second, Kafi highlights that the constructionist learning culture is collaborative, allowingcommunity members to introduce each other to new activities and share their expertise [6].Students are encouraged to learn with other students as well as with other groups or staff [36].Collaborative learning is strongly reflected in the maker-movement, which promotes a culture inwhich peer-to-peer learning is encouraged, and all members of the community are expected tocontribute [15].Finally, the constructionist learning culture shifts focus from knowledge to knowing,emphasizing the process of learning, rather than the specific knowledge. “[It] reminds us that learning, especially today, is much less about acquiring information or

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Design Methodologies 1

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Jenn Campbell, University of Virginia; Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia

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environments [35], [37], [38] to peer interactions and working onteams [28], [39], [40]. For example, belongingness has been linked to extroversion on teams,suggesting that speaking up and trying to fully participate on a team can increase sense ofbelonging [28]. Yet this can be challenging if the team is not a psychologically safe one,suggesting that psychological safety may be an antecedent for sense of belonging on teams.2.3 Psychological safety and engineering teamsPsychological safety is an emergent characteristic of teams that is of interest when discussingsense of belonging in engineering education. Edmondson defines psychological safety as a“shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking” [5, p. 354]. An individualworking on

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Design Across Curriculum 1

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Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Andrew Gryguć, University of Waterloo

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provide an environment where social modeling can take place. Similarly, the effectsof social persuasion may be attenuated in a remote setting where the connection betweenstudents and instructor is more difficult to forge; and where it is more difficult to connectstudents with their peers. Lastly, the transition to remote instruction meant a significant portionof the student body were not co-located on the university campus; many remained at home withtheir parents. While this means some have the support of their parents during the academic term,not all home environments are the same, and students who are not on campus have little access toall the supports that have been put in place to help students succeed at university. Clearly then,remote

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Design Pedagogy 2

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Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Andrew David Maynard, Arizona State University

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, Thames & Phelps, 2008; Gess-Newsome, 1999; Grossman, 1990). The educator’s ability to explainand show should not be tacit knowledge. According to Shulman (1986; 1987) an effective educatorshould be “held responsible for explaining what they do and why they do it, to their students, theircommunities, and their peers” (Shulman, 1987, p. 12). In design education, this involves the transitioningof the design educators from grasping the subject matter themselves so that they can elucidate it from thestudents “in new ways, reorganize and partition it, cloth it in activities and emotions, in metaphors andexercises, and in examples and demonstrations” (p. 13).The emphasis in the development of the PCK framework is on transformative comprehension

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Design Across the Curriculum 2

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Caroline Grace Sawatzki, Saginaw Valley State University; Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University

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Paper ID #34313Work in Progress: Using Cost-effective Educational Robotics Kits inEngineering EducationMs. Caroline Grace Sawatzki, Saginaw Valley State University Caroline Sawatzki is a senior in the Electrical & Computer Engineering program at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), and has adopted a double minor in Mathematics and Japanese. Caroline expresses her love for helping her peers succeed academically through her employment at the SVSU Writing Center, where she assists students in the development of their professional and research writing skills. During her undergraduate education, Caroline has visited

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Capstone Design

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Jamie Gravell, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W. Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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(FDP) showing their approved final designs to their peers. The FDP is done toprovide students with experience presenting formally to a large audience. It is not intended to bean opportunity for in-depth critical evaluation of designs; however, students are provided withinstructor and peer feedback on the quality and content of their presentation. The next keydeliverable in the second semester is the Acceptance Test Plan. Teams are expected to validatethe performance of their prototype against the project requirements and this is formalized in awritten test plan that is reviewed and approved by the Client.The latter half of the second semester includes the second and third internal design reviews, theProject Readiness Review (PRR) and the

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Devanshi Shah, University of Georgia; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

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skills to succeed in the workplace. Senior capstone design courses provide an opportunity for undergraduate engineering studentsto participate in project-based learning, a unique learning experience requiring hard skills and softskills [15]. Research has identified the importance of senior capstone design on student successentering an industry, rendering it a critical course in the engineering curriculum [16,17]. In priorresearch, motivation was observed to be one of the constructs contributing to student’s overallsuccess as measured by factors such as project performance, peer evaluations, and courseperformance [18,19]. 1.1 Prior Research A recent study in student retention in engineering [4] suggests retention rates between 40-60

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Andrea MacGregor, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University

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order for theanalysis of the sketches to be consistent. Along with the design problem, the participants weregiven sketching paper, with a section to name their concept, a section to provide a sketch, and asection to elaborate on their sketch in writing. Each participant was given ten sheets of sketchingpages and were informed before starting that extra sheets were available if needed.The design problem used mimics industry-level design challenges [27]. It is unlikely that theparticipants had any prior experience with this particular design problem, but it is a problem thatcan be easily understood without prior knowledge or given context. “Design a machine that registers a bottle to a capping station, caps it, and allows somebody to retrieve

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Empathy and Human-centered Design 1

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Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Francisca Fils-Aime, Loyola University Chicago; Vincent Chen, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago

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theamount of time that would be devoted to coding. One of these respondents wrote, “runninginto errors is innately frustrating.” Two more students (7%) were put off by the piecemealprocess, with one explaining that it was hard to stay excited about the project when it is spreadout across several semesters. One student (4%) was nervous about continuing the project,writing, “it's intimidating to learn so much about something that used to be ‘untouchable’ forme.”Students’ responses to the StRIP Instrument are detailed in Table 1. The four StRIP subscaleswere considered at the beginning of semester 5 and at week 8 of semester 5, after thecardiograph lab was completed. Overall, these findings demonstrated that students are engagedin the engineering

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Best in DEED

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Clay Swackhamer, University of California, Davis; Jennifer Mullin, University of California, Davis

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and oversees studio activities, twograduate teaching assistants (GTA) from the COE lead each session. During previous in-personofferings of the course, the studio sections were held in a specially-designed classroom spacethat was equipped with smartboards, projectors, moveable workbenches and extensive wall spaceand partitions for students to write on with erasable markers. The innovative room designprovided the opportunity for a highly collaborative hands-on learning environment for thecommunication and technology activities.Open studio sessions along with instructor office hours were held several times a week forstudents to drop-in, as needed. During in-person studio sessions, students had access to a varietyof open-source technologies used

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Empathy and Human-centered Design 1

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Elizabeth Rose Pollack, Michigan State University ; Gavan Alexander Sarrafian, Michigan State University; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University

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engineering.This career may vary drastically from their peers in terms of industry, specialization, project scope, orexpectations. The purpose of this study is to analyze the breadth of job responsibilities within a wide range ofmechanical engineering positions in order to gain an understanding of the typical activities a mechanicalengineer is expected to complete in the field.This study analyzed 923 job postings collected through the job search and posting site “Indeed.com”, duringa one-week period in the summer of 2020. The jobs represent various industries, geographic locations, andposition titles. Design activities were used as a guiding framework to develop an ontology of engineeringactivities. This study developed an increased understanding of the