Conference Session

Bringing a Different Perspective

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Eli Broemer, Michigan State University; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University

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Mechanics

integrity [3]. Such a system needs the buy-in ofthe whole academic community and specifically, the example and influence of the administrativeleaders. Such leadership must be prioritized at the institutional level. “…the importance of fundraising for today’s higher education administrators, we suspect that commitment to an ethical culture may take a back seat to other commitments and skills. That’s why it becomes so important to institutionalize integrity as much as possible into multiple cultural systems. Also, because most senior administrators are extraordinarily busy, we are convinced that development and/or maintenance of a culture of academic integrity must be a significant portion of some

Conference Session

Bringing a Different Perspective

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Andrea S. Webb, The University of British Columbia; Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan; Jennifer Kirkey, Douglas College

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Mechanics

Site 1A Site 1B Site 2 Faculty 1 of 1 (Engineering) 1 of 1 (Physics) 1 of 2 (Engineering) Students 2 of 2 undergraduate engineering, 2 of 3 undergraduate engineering 1 of 3 graduate engineering 0 of 1 graduate engineering Other 1 graphic artist -Data CollectionThe collection of data about these projects is considered to be program evaluation by theresearch ethics boards at both the University of British Columbia and the University ofSaskatchewan, and therefore was exempt from requirements for formal ethics

Conference Session

Bringing a Different Perspective

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Josué Njock Libii, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Mechanics

, “Does homework matter? Acomparison of homework with established predictors of exam performance in large college[23] J. R. Young, “High-Tech Cheating Abounds, and Professors Bear Some Blame,” TheChronicle of Higher Education, March 28, 2010.[24] D. L. McCabe, L. K. Trevino, K. D., Butterfield, “Cheating in Academic Institutions: ADecade of Research”, Ethics & Behavior, Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp.219-232, January 08, 2010.[25] D. D. Carpenter, T. S. Harding, C.J. Finelli, S. M. Montgomery, H. J. Passow, “EngineeringStudents’ Attitudes Towards Cheating” Journal of Engineering Education, The ResearchJournal for Engineering Education, January 02,2013.[26] C. M. Cartledge, J.E. Sasser, “The effect of homework assignments on the mathematicsachievement

Conference Session

Using Technology to Support Learning in Mechanics

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Mechanics

the course or finding excellent supplemental materialwhich gets added to the course. Encouragement badges were awarded for accessing the flashcards or attending office hours; repeating these behaviors earned higher levels of the badges.Three times over the semester students are required to write something: an ethics response onday 01, written instructions for using the right-hand-rule for three-dimensional moments on day15, and a project report on day 40. Some students believe that becoming an engineer means theynever have to write anything again; while assigning writing assignments can disabuse them ofthis notion, we hoped that assigning badges would highlight some of the places where engineersuse writing skills. The writing badges also have

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MASS: Mastery, Assessment and Success of Students

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Edward Fritz Hillman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Gerald Luciano Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Isamarie Vega Morales, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Mechanics

engineering and Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics and bioconstruction (with emphasis in bamboo); appropriate technology; engineering ethics; and mechanics education. He has served as PI of several NSF-sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. He is active in the Mechanics Division.Dr. Aidsa I. Santiago-Rom´an, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Dr. Aidsa I. Santiago-Rom´an is a Professor and Chair in the Engineering Sciences and Materials (CIIM) Department at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus (UPRM). Dr. Santiago earned a BS and MS