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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

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Praveen Meduri, California State University, Sacramento; Lawrence David Landis, Intel Programmable Solutions Group; Perry L. Heedley, California State University, Sacramento; Tyler Sheaves, Intel Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

related IT tasks, (ii) operational aspects, (iii) overall user reception of this approachand also about (iv) the cost vs value considerations of this approach.With minor operational modifications, this approach can be applied as a generic model for manyengineering courses that have compute-intensive lab components. It’s a modular cloud-basedsolution that can be rapidly deployed to address specific course needs. We begin with a briefdescription of the Digital VLSI course, as a running example.Running Example – Digital VLSI CourseThe Digital VLSI course constitutes an important component in upper division electrical andcomputer engineering curriculum in VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) and System-On-Chip(SoC) design. In addition to in-class

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Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

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Amelia Greig, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Aerospace

developthe non-technical soft skills needed by professional engineers. Case studies employing technicalmemos, mock conferences, and fictional funding calls demonstrate the applicability of novelassessment approaches to ABET learning objectives related to communication and life-longlearning, as well as general competencies needed for an interdisciplinary global engineer. Thesenovel approaches to assessment retain the ability to measure apparent technical competencewhile introducing the students to a broad range of communication methods and approaches thatmay not otherwise be included in an engineering curriculum. By using forms of communicationsynergistic with industry practices the students are exposed to more realistic engineeringexperiences and

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: VR, AR, and CAD

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Ashayla Williams; Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

" offers an AR mobileassistive application that supports the social compass curriculum to help children with autism © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Southeast Section Conferencepractice social skills in real-time situations. The Social Compass curriculum is a behavioral andeducational curriculum that includes 26 lessons divided into four modules: NonverbalCommunication, Emotion, "We" skills, and Social Problem Solving (Escobedo,2012). Thesystem was deployed in a public-school setting where results showed positive ease of use andstudents practicing social skills. Research also concluded that smartphones motivated childrenwith autism toward social interactions without

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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way” [6], measured by the Grit survey inwhich students rate each of 12 statements using a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from “very muchlike me” to “not at all like me.” Based on their responses, survey completers are assigned a“grittiness” score from 1 to 5 in which 1 is “not gritty” and 5 is “very gritty.”The LAESE survey uses a 7-point Likert scale in which students indicate their level ofagreement with statements as well as, for a subset of items, the level of importance of thestatement to measure six characteristics (measured using sub-scales): (1) Engineering careerexpectations; (2)Engineering self-efficacy 1 (ability to earn an A or B in math, physics, andengineering courses and succeed in an engineering curriculum while not giving up

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University Bloomington; Jing Yang, Indiana University Bloomington ; Jungsun Kim, Indiana University Bloomington; Peter N. Knox, Binghamton University (State University of New York); Soo Hyeon Kim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Nikeetha Farfan D'Souza, Indiana University Bloomington

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Library and Information Science at School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Her scholarly goal is to broaden STEM participation for socially marginalized groups by designing constructionist learning envi- ronments and mobile technologies to empower youth, families, and informal educators. Previously, she worked as a project manager to develop smartphones.Dr. Nikeetha Farfan D’Souza, Indiana University Bloomington Nikeetha Farfan D’Souza is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and In- clusion. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis in science education, at Clemson University. D’Souza’s research

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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also active in educational research and course and curriculum development. He is a Fellow of the ASME.Dr. James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Craig has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech for more than fifty years and continues to teach as an emeritus professor and to develop classroom engagement methods and tools. His past research is in the general area of experimental structural mechanics, dynamics and structural control with applications to aerospace and earthquake engineering. He is coauthor of a textbook on structural analysis with application to aerospace structures.Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Bonnie Ferri is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer

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Faculty Development 2: COVID-19 Impact on Faculty

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Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

in the Southwest United States in the midst of an NSF-funded RevolutionizingEngineering Departments (RED) project that had been, in the four years prior, working to bettersupport diverse student success by collaboratively redesigning program curriculum andinstruction. This RED project aims to develop faculty’s capacity to identify and build on studentassets, create realistic design challenges in core courses, and integrate support for writing in thediscipline. The core strategies for this change initiative included implementing facultyprofessional development workshops, integrating a learning scientist and writing instructor intothe department, supporting faculty in conducting collaborative engineering education research,and developing a

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Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

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Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University; Avneet Hira, Boston College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Dissonance is essential to learning, and understanding isessential for living confidently. We would not be engineering education researchers if everythingsimply added up, if we didn’t experience dissonance. We would be wandering souls, if we didnot understand; understand how the world works and how things come to be. By sitting in tense,dichotomous, polarizing situations we gain greater understanding of the different parts ofourselves that do not always agree. By pulling ourselves apart we learn about ourselves. Complementary relationship between dissonance and understanding as a way ofbeing and knowingHéctor: The Ph.D. curriculum was such that I was thrown into dissonance by my instructors andthen asked to integrate these ideas into cogent

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Holy Cow! We’re Going Online When? 

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Masoud Ghodrat Abadi, California State University, Sacramento

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Civil Engineering

such statement, thisproportion increased to 52.3% and 58.5% in Phase II and Phase III, respectively. This growthdoes not necessarily imply growth in academic misconduct. However, this is an alarming statisticbecause it shows the inefficiency of employed alternatives. The present study does not documentinstructional practices among Civil Engineering and Construction Management faculty at CSUS.However, from conversations with colleagues, I am aware that all faculty were concernedprimarily with online exams' integrity and security. We all, therefore, implemented some controlmeasures in our classes, among those, are encouraging students to share their camera duringexams (cannot be required at CSUS), employing "Canvas LockDown Browser

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

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Candyce Hill, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

and in learning the professional skills (communications, teamwork, organization, etc.)necessary for success. While most students opted to follow the suggested schedule, about 15% ofstudents instead chose to delay course participation until later in the semester. This varying paceof participation had an unexpected impact on some of the most dedicated students, who found itdifficult to engage in productive discussions online when not all of their classmates wereworking as quickly through the materials.IntroductionSuccessful engineering programs often integrate experiential learning experiences throughout thecurriculum. Cooperative education or internship programs may be the most familiar approach toexperiential learning in engineering; in these

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan; Jacob Frederick Fuher, University of Michigan; Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeremiah Ogunbunmi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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. Engineering entrepreneurshipeducation is seen as a means to develop entrepreneurial mindset and skills that are essential for asuccessful professional life. In an effort to integrate entrepreneurship education into an alreadydense curriculum, universities and colleges offer a range of entrepreneurship programming fromindividual classes, certificate programs, and minors and or majors. With these various options,students have several different pathways to entrepreneurship education. However, research hasshown that student demographics influence their participation in entrepreneurship programming.Further, self-efficacy, which is the belief in one’s ability, is seen as a key characteristicmotivating intent and activity. To continue to understand the

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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Bekir Mugayitoglu, University of Wyoming ; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development

. With this concept in mind, this study focuses on the impact of a short-term (few week)cybersecurity micro-credential for K-12 teachers that included resources that aligned to the needsof their students. Over the of two iterations of this micro-credential study, the authors sought toanswer the research question, “What are the micro-credential cybersecurity successes andchallenges identified by the participants based on design thinking framework?” A total of 21 K-12 teacher participants engaged with two micro-credential experiences. The micro-credentialincludes unplugged activities via cybercards, essential vocabularies, and online research-backedresources and focused on an introduction to cybersecurity, the CIA Triad (Confidentiality,Integrity

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Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Amman Fasil Asfaw, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Storm Randolph, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Victoria Siaumau, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Yumi Rosa Aguilar, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Emily Flores; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Educational Research and Methods

who feel differently. Additionally, the lastquestion of this section assesses students willingness to a potential change in curriculum. Question Questions Type Identifier D1 I would be surprised if a fellow student mentioned Likert agreement discomfort with this term D2 I would feel empathetic towards a classmate who finds Likert agreement this term problematic D3 I would be accepting of using an alternate phrase if a Likert agreement classmate expressed discomfort with the use of this termTable 3: Pre-CAR and post-CAR questions asked of respondents if they answer "StronglyDisagree" or

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TS3: Working with Students

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Jodi A. Bolognese, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Evie Dee Cordell, Northeastern University; Alissa P. Link Cilfone, Northeastern University; Brooke D. Williams, Northeastern University

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Engineering Libraries

data, but given what we learned from the post-session survey about lack of time as apotential contributing factor for students’ lower scores, it was an adjustment worth making.Faculty SurveyFaculty who integrated the library sessions into their course were surveyed after the Fall 2019semester and again in Fall 2020. Seven faculty members responded, all of whom had made theworkshop mandatory for their students to attend. They were sent a survey to assess theirperceptions of a measurable increase in the number of citations from the previous year,improvement in the quality of research from last year, whether the students conveyed a sense ofvalue, and whether the instructors themselves thought the workshops had value and wouldcontinue to require

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Sreyoshi Bhaduri, McGraw Hill ; Michelle Soledad, The Ohio State University; Tamoghna Roy, DeepSig Inc.; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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First-Year Programs

and sentiments from student responses visually, to inform a novice-led analysis toultimately help with course planning for future semesters.Keywords: COVID-19, First-Year Engineering, Machine Learning, Sentiment Analysis, AssessmentIntroductionWe consider integrating student feedback and experiences into course planning as critical, since studentsare an important stakeholder in the learning environment (Lattuca and Stark 2009). Our approach ofusing heuristic approaches through automated tools to enable faster preliminary insights from studentresponses may be a first step towards helping instructors and administrators make informed decisions fortheir courses. Amplifying students’ voices and allowing them to significantly contribute to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Maria A. Reyes, Phoenix College

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can develop work experiences that fosterincreased student graduation and entry into STEM career pathways. This project, which iscurrently in its first year, seeks to examine how a curriculum that integrates cross-sectorpartnerships to provide work experiences can enhance STEM learning and retention. Usingmixed methods and grounded theory, the project will expand knowledge about: (1) the impact ofcross-sector partnerships that support work-focused experiential teaching and learning; (2)systematic ways to maintain and better use cross-sector partnerships; and (3) the degree to whicha model of work-focused learning experiences can be adopted at other two-year HSIs and byother STEM fields. Baseline data about Hispanic serving identity at the

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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Zeynep Akcay Ozkan, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Dona Boccio, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College ; Dugwon Seo, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College ; Sirin Budak, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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Mathematics

topic is covered as a separate section in College Algebra classes andnot a lot of time is allocated. We suggest to include a literal equation type of problem after eachfunction topic is covered.Suggestion 6. Accept and integrate use of smart phone apps for relevant problemsIt is essential for new generation learners to utilize digital tools to solve problems as technologycontinues to change and evolve. Qualification of professions in engineering and technologyfields nowadays demands fast adaptation to the new technology and the ability of using digitaltools to find relevant information and solve problems in addition to strong mathematicalbackground. An introduction to smart phone apps by the instructors could help students makeuse of these

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Rebekah J. Hammack, Montana State University; Nick Lux, Montana State University; Paul Gannon, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

University. She spent 12 years teaching secondary science and engineering in Oklahoma, and is a 2014 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.Dr. Nick Lux, Montana State University Dr. Nicholas Lux has is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in MSU’s Department of Education. His teaching and research interests are in the area of educational technology. He has worked in the fields of K-12 and higher education for 18 years, and currently teaches in the Montana State University Teacher Education Program. He has experience in educational technology theory and practice in K-12 contexts and teacher education, with a focus on STEM teaching and learning, technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

goal setting. All these sessions were conducted by guests invited from acrosscampus and the project PIs. In addition, design, based on an engineering challenge and hands-oncohort team building activities were integrated into the seminars to promote social interaction.For the design activities, scholars were divided into teams of four, with facilitation provided by apeer mentor. They were given constraints on the materials and supplies they could use. Theseminars and design activities were held in person before the pandemic but due to safetyguidelines during the pandemic, they were moved to an online video format. All theme seminarsand team activities were followed by food and soft drinks. When activities were held remotely,the scholars joined

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Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

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David Reeping, University of Michigan; Dustin Grote, Weber State University

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Educational Research and Methods

model- ing of educational systems, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Dustin Grote, Weber State University Dustin currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at Weber State University and leads the higher education leadership program. He holds a PhD from Virginia Tech in Higher Education. His interdisciplinary research agenda includes graduate funding in STEM, transdisciplinary, experiential and adaptive lifelong learning, undergraduate education policies, systems thinking, organizational change, broadening participation in engineering, improving community college transfer pathways in engineering, curricular complexity in engineering, and assessment and evaluation in

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University; Dan Ewert, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of the 21st century," IEEE Engineering Management Review, vol. 37, no. 1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 38, 2009, doi: 10.1109/EMR.2009.4804347.[2] D. H. Cropley, "Promoting creativity and innovation in engineering education," Psychol. Aesthetics, Creat. Arts, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 161–171, May 2015, doi: 10.1037/aca0000008.[3] "Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education American Society for Engineering Education." https://www.asee.org/member- resources/reports/CCSSIE (accessed Feb. 26, 2021).[4] F. O. Soares, M. J. Sepúlveda, S. Monteiro, R. M. Lima, and J. Dinis-Carvalho, "An integrated project of

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Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

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Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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highlights the need for identity to be developed and maintainedthrough the engineering curriculum. The foundational work of Gee [9, p. 99] frames identity asbeing strongly influenced by interactions with others and defines identity as “being recognized asa certain ‘kind of person’ in a given context.” The recognition as a certain “kind of person,” inthis case as an engineer, is important in identity development [1], [3], [10]–[12], andopportunities for recognition to occur must be purposefully integrated into engineeringeducation.The individualistic culture of engineering [13], paired with its current content-centric curriculum[14], [15] may not easily facilitate opportunities for the development of an engineering identitythrough recognition. An

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Jeffrey Collins; Giovanni Loreto, Kennesaw State University; Tran Duong Nguyen, Kennesaw State University

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Architectural Engineering

). The Implementation of BIM application in University Teaching: Case Study of Construction Management Program, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings[5] Ku, K., Taiebat M., (2011), BIM experiences and expectations: the constructors' perspective, Int. J. Constr. Educ. Res. 7 (3), 175–197.[6] Joannides, M.M., Olbina, S. and Issa, R.R.A. (2012), “Implementation of building information modeling into accredited programs in architecture and construction education”, International Journal of Construction Education and Research, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 83-100.[7] Ghosh, A.; Parrish, K.; Chasey, A.D., (2015), Implementing a vertically integrated BIM curriculum in an undergraduate

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Professional Formation and Career Experiences

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

program was not sufficient [19]. This reflects differences in the extent that the formalcurriculum integrates ethical and societal issues (e.g., some programs require a full course onengineering ethics, others have an ethics-across-the curriculum approach, others only include asingle small ethics integration in capstone design) [20, 21]. In addition, some educators believethat ethics education should be grounded in theory versus others taking a more ‘practical’approach [20]. There are also important differences among engineering disciplines. For example,the extent that macroethical issues such as sustainability are taught varies by discipline andvaries within the professional codes across different disciplines [22].Given the interdisciplinary

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Luis Ricardo Betancourt, San Diego State University; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Vitaliy Popov, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #32896Teachers Navigating Educational Systems: Reflections on the Value ofFunds of Knowledge (Fundamental)Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frame- works and Chicano Cultural Studies to investigate and analyze existing deficit models in engineering education. Dr. Mejia’s work also examines how asset-based models impact the validation and recognition of students and communities of color as holders

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

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Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Environmental Engineering

related to this implementation include studentscollecting their own environmental data via a simple software-controlled sensor application andanalyzing this data using mathematical software scripts. Thus, this case study implementationand the planned subsequent activities provide an authentic learning experience that meets severalof the stated learning outcomes of the course. Additionally, the two-year curriculum does notcontain any environmental engineering courses, and the integration of this environmentalengineering case study into the first-semester course exposes students to the field ofenvironmental engineering.2. Theoretical Framework: Case StudiesCase-based instruction has a long history of applications in different fields including

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First-Year Programs: Cornucopia

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Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University; Nishith Shah; Pujan Thaker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #32797Types of Models Identified by First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Kelsey Rodgers is an assistant professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She teaches a MATLAB programming course to mostly first-year engineering students. She primarily investigates how students develop mathematical models and simulations and ef- fective feedback. She graduated from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University with a doctorate in engineering education. She previous conducted research in Purdue

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Robert L. Potter, University of South Florida; Gerry G. Meisels, University of South Florida; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida; Kevin Yee, University of South Florida; Ruthmae Sears, University of South Florida ; Catherine A. Beneteau, University of South Florida; Kelley G. Schuler, University of South Florida; Alberto Danny Camacho, Hillsborough Community College; Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida

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increasing graduation rates and numbers in the STEM disciplinesProf. Peter Stiling, University of South Florida Dr. Stiling is currently a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of South FloridaDr. Kevin Yee, University of South Florida Dr. Yee is the director of the teaching center at USF.Dr. Ruthmae Sears, University of South Florida Ruthmae Sears, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on curriculum issues, the development of reasoning and proof skills, clinical experiences in secondary mathematics, and the integration of technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics.Dr. Catherine A. Beneteau, University of South Florida

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Student Division Technical Session 5

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Nathalia De Souza, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michaella Ochotorena, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Student

impacted their motivation,learning, and sense of community. This research specifically examines mechanical engineeringstudents’ experiences at a large public university in California. At the end of this university’sWinter Quarter, faculty were given two weeks of training and preparation during an extendedSpring Break to develop their online curriculum for the upcoming quarter. Courses were offeredin synchronous and asynchronous formats. Students were also given the choice to take anunlimited amount of class units with a “credit/no credit” grading system. For this new quarter,most course webpages were moved to Canvas, a course learning management system new to ourinstitution.Literature ReviewOver the course of the past few decades, some

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathy Ann Gullie, Gullie Consultant Services LLC; Barry J. Sullivan, Inclusive Engineering Consortium; Megan Bekolay ; Dean T. Spaulding ; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University

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department.Instrumentation For the purpose of this investigation several surveys were designed and developed. Thesesurveys focused on “capturing” the experiences of partner faculty and their students as they workedthrough the COVID-19 pandemic. These surveys were administered online. Faculty were asked to share their perspectives on the integration of the new rules into theircourse platforms and plans. Included in this paper is an outline of their responses organized bytheme, to questions about how they worked through the pandemic situation. For students, questions focused on identifying barriers to learning, opportunities forlearning, sources of information, and collaborations, overall impact of learning virtually and thequality of the student