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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Russell Andrew Long; Richard A. Layton, Layton Data Display; Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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research. She is on the USD team implementing ”Developing Changemaking Engineers”, an NSF-sponsored Revolutionizing Engineering Education (RED) project. Dr. Lord is the 2018 recipient of the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Head and the Dale and Suzi Gallagher of Professor of Engineering Edu- cation at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assign- ment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 3

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Shazib Z. Vijlee, University of Portland; Jamie Merritt, University of Portland

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as Project Lead the Way [3]. Project Lead theWay is a well-established program providing an engineering-specific curriculum and training tohigh school educators.This program can also be seen as a school-university partnership; however, most partnershipsfocus on teacher professional development. Brady describes that some of these partnershipsinclude supervision and mentoring, collaborative teaching initiatives, action research, jointprofessional development, shared planning, and school enrichment and support [4]. This programis a partnership focused on students.Ultimately, this program is innovative, as it is a university offering a high school class. The courseis unique to the university’s community. The course material is essentially the

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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Institute of Education, Tsinghua University. He is interested in higher education ad- ministration as well as engineering education. Now his research interest focuses on the quality assurance in higher education, particularly quality assurance in engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Research on the Diffusion of Innovation within Higher Education: Case of Double First-rate Initiative in the Chinese MainlandAbstractWorld-class university construction is a systematic and complex project led by the government withthe purpose of constructing world-class universities or disciplines, and has far-reaching nationalstrategic

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston; Catherine Horn, University of Houston

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Paper ID #33209The Endeavour S-STEM Program: A Multi-College Collaboration to In-creaseEngagement and Retention in STEMDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). She has developed first-year experience programs for multiple STEM organizations and also teaches project-based hands-on courses for those programs. She currently directs the NSF-supported Endeavour S-STEM program which serves students across three UH STEM colleges. Her research interests include

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Sociotechnical Thinking II: Interpretation, Curricular Practices, and Structural Change

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Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado - Boulder; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Randy Cook, Colorado School of Mines; Natalie Ann Plata; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University

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, cisgender, not first- “EM,” (“Class B”), University A generation college student, Ph.D. (faculty reflection logs are (Electrical Engineering) analyzed for this paper) Professor C Co-author, project PI and Female, white (non-Hispanic), Professor (tenure line) who heterosexual, cisgender, not first- had previously integrated generation college student, Ph.D. sociotechnical thinking into a (Electrical Engineering) course and who collaborated on the interventions, University A

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Educational and Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

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Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

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Civil Engineering

☐Yes ☐Yes ☐Yes ☐presentation mechanicsPlease note possible data collection items (i.e. lectures, assignments, projects, test questions)that may be used by the department in the annual assessment: Figure 1- SO Map for ABET SO 3Simplified Definitions for Levels of Coverage • Indicator Explicit (IE) o This specific KPI is very important for student success in the course and is emphasized by the instructor; multiple assessments are conducted in the course to support that specific KPI; frequent feedback on assessments is provided so students have the opportunity to improve; many of the course-level outcomes support this

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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Tracy L. Ross, Actua; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Prac- tice (ISTEP) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, which serves as a hub for pedagogical innovation and transdisciplinary engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Post-Secondary Work Integrated Learning through STEM OutreachAbstractThis work in progress paper reports on a multi-year project designed to articulate the learningand employability skills gained by a pan-Canadian group of undergraduate students, by way oftheir training and work experience as youth program “instructors” delivering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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activity). 1. Conduct research on fundamental engineering principles 2. Draw on science and engineering principles to predict outcomes 3. Analyze a problem and define the constraints 4. Collaborate with others by sharing expertise, ideas, resources etc. to achieve a common goal 5. Test and evaluate potential solutions 6. Manage work process across all stages of a project 7. Incorporate ideas and approaches from other fields of study when appropriate 8. Pitch your ideas and make a case for their value 9. Account for relationships between multiple elements or components of a project 10. Come up with innovative ideas and approaches for addressing a problem 11. Develop details

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hoda Ehsan, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Euisun Kim, CEISMC; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Helms, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marc Weissburg, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #33586Biologically Inspired Design For Engineering Education: Online TeacherProfessional Learning (Evaluation)Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is s Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Tech- nology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on improving K-12 STEM education through research on curriculum development, teacher pro- fessional development, and student learning in integrated STEM environments. Dr. Alemdar is currently co-PI for research on various NSF funded projects

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Minorities in Engineering

classifications from this taxonomy that align with principlesof social constructivism to create inclusion criteria. Specifically, this review considers socialconstructivist pedagogies in CER as: peer-led team learning (PLTL), process-oriented guided-inquiry (POGIL), pair programming, contributing student pedagogy, project-based learning, peerinstruction, team-based learning, and flipped learning or flipped classrooms. The results are fromthe selected 14 out of 710 papers found in the ACM Digital Library. Only 5 of the 14 papersreviewed provided race/ethnicity data and/or disaggregated their findings based on thesesubgroups, meaning a majority of our findings are related only to gender. Our results found thatPLTL may show promise for improving “soft

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Risa D. Hartman, University of Texas at Austin

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component of RET programs is the instructional material development;depending on the structure of the specific program, teachers receive various levels of support indeveloping a lesson plan that connects their research project with a standard-based curriculumunit. According to Klein-Gardner et al. [11], in order to be more effective, RET programs shouldinclude time for lesson development and for training focused on the integration of real-worldcontexts into curricular material. Herrington et al. [17], in their study of a two-year long RETprogram, reported that the impacts of such RET programs could be improved by introducingseparate, guided, curriculum development support. The NASCENT RET program providesextensive support in instructional material

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First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati

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aids to enhanced student learning.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. David Reeping, University of Michigan

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

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Sami N. Rollins, University of San Francisco; Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek; Gian Bruno, University of San Francisco

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computing. She is currently involved with an NSF-funded S-STEM project that awards scholarships to students studying computing at USF. The project implements a suite of community- building activities designed to improve scholars’ self-efficacy and develop computing identity. Sami also co-directed a project that developed system support and user-driven strategies for improving energy effi- ciency in residential buildings. Sami has served in a number of service roles at USF and in her professional community. She was chair of the Computer Science department at USF from 2013-2016. She also served on the editorial board of Sigmobile’s GetMobile Magazine from 2014-2018. She has been involved with the discipline-specific

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago; Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Francisca Fils-Aime, Loyola University Chicago; Jana Grabarek; Pete Livas Jr, Loyola University Chicago

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Paper ID #33351Engineering Curriculum Rooted in Active Learning: Does It PromoteEngagement and Persistence for Women?Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago Leanne Kallemeyn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Research Methodologies at Loyola University Chicago. She teaches graduate-level courses in program evaluation, qualitative research methods, and mixed methods. She has been the PI on seven major evaluation projects that ranged from one to five years in length. Her scholarship focuses on practitioners’ data use and evaluation capacity building within non-profits through coaching. She received a Bachelors in

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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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engineeringdisciplines, and the context of their research varied considerably. Some students were part oflarge, established experimental laboratories while other students worked individually or in smallgroups on computational or theoretical projects. As this course was launched in Fall 2020,students in this class experienced the additional challenge of starting college (and undergraduateresearch) remotely during a global pandemic. The design and content of this course wereevaluated using anonymous feedback and a review of reflective discussion posts in order todetermine whether the course supported the stated learning goals. This evaluation indicates thatstudents found the course material helpful in understanding their role as undergraduate researchassistants

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Design Across Curriculum 1

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

electrical engineering at Bucknell University. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Dr. Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University ”Stu” is an associate professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bucknell Uni- versity, in Lewisburg, PA. While his teaching responsibilities typically include digital design, computer- related electives, and senior design, his focus in the classroom is to ignite passion in his students for en- gineering and design through his own enthusiasm, open-ended student-selected projects, and connecting engineering to the world around them. He spends a great deal of time looking for

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Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

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Allison Van Beek, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

in aggregate, suggeststhat information gathered through classroom observation would contribute substantially to ourunderstanding of space and technology needs.To provide effective feedback for individual instructors, teaching teams, and administrators, weare undertaking a research project that explores the use of technology in active learning inpurpose-designed active learning spaces through classroom observation. To achieve this goal, weare seeking a protocol that effectively captures the nuances of the interactions between thestudents, instructors, space, and technology in active STEM learning settings. An effectiveteaching observation protocol should capture holistically the complex teaching moves that areinherent in active learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Joni M. Lakin, University of Alabama; Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University; Edward W. Davis, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Grand Challenges for Engineering,fourteen challenges facing modern society that reinforce the message that engineers use theircreative problem-solving skills to improve our world and shape the future. [17] [18] See Table 1for a list of the Grand Challenges. Each of these challenges impact people around the world andusing these challenges as framing for engineering projects and lessons can engage students whoare interested in having a career that helps others or solves problems they observe in theireveryday life.Most of the work evaluating the impact of the Grand Challenges has focused on undergraduateengineering majors and their perceptions of lessons based on Grand Challenges. [19] Forexample, Corneal found that students responded positively

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Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University; Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Seong W. Lee, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein P.E., Morgan State University; Adedayo Ariyibi, Morgan State University; Hye Jeong Lee, Morgan State University; Krishna Bista, Morgan State University; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University; Sotonye Ikiriko, Morgan State University; Celeste Chavis P.E., Morgan State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

, structural mechanics, sustainable infrastructure development, and material model development. He had been actively involved in planning, designing, supervising, and constructing many civil engineering projects, such as roads, storm drain systems, a $70 million water supply scheme which is comprised of treatment works, hydraulic mains, access roads, and auxiliary civil works. He had developed and opti- mized many highway design schemes and models. For example, his portfolio includes a cost-effective pavement design procedure based on a mechanistic approach, in contrast to popular empirical procedures. In addition, he had been equally engaged in the study of capacity loss and maintenance implications of local and state

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Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

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John D. Stevens, The Pennsylvania State University ; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; John Jongho Park; Paul Mittan, Penn State Engineering Leadership Development

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Engineering Leadership Development

design to research that applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facility design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among components of the indoor environment, occupants, and energy usage. Specifically, the effects of the indoor environment on occupant health and well-being and in parallel, how socially-mediated energy-saving strategies can increase awareness of energy use and/or

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Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition

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Justin L. Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Aristides Carrillo-Fernandez, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Corey T. Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

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complex skills like design and advanced research methods like agent-based modeling. He is the incoming Program Chair for the Design in Engineering Education Division within ASEE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Exploring how Empathy Manifests with/for Teammates in a Junior-Level Biomedical Engineering CourseAbstractTeamwork projects are a common feature of undergraduate and graduate engineering programsand improved collaboration skills is an expectation of ABET accredited programs. Thus, it isimportant to understand factors that contribute to the development of more effectivecollaboration skills among engineering students. We posit

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

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Diversity

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evolve fromresearch proposals to developmental phases. This indicates that communication, technical, andleadership skills are an essential set of tools embedded within groups to execute and maintain thefocus of innovative ideas. Thus, it is demonstrated that role of the practicing engineer is more thanfinding solutions to technical problems. It may include managing projects, working in teamsettings, communicating, decision-making, preparing technical reports, organizing events,scheduling meetings, or proposing new methods of solving problems.These roles and duties, despite being essential for the success of a practicing engineer, are notcultivated in undergraduate engineering curricula which are focused on strengthening andnurturing areas in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Michael Jason Babcock, Whatcom Community College; Tommaso Alessandro Vannelli, Whatcom Community College; Dan Hanley, Western Washington University; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College

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Council, the Office of Naval Research, and the Colorado Department of Education. In 2000-2001, Dan was the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, where he examined Norway’s system of school- based evaluation. His current research interests include preK-16 STEM education reform and STEM teacher preparation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The SEECRS Scholar Academy at Whatcom Community College: Three Cohorts of S-STEM Scholarships LaterAbstractThe STEM Excellence through Engagement in Collaboration, Research, and Scholarship(SEECRS) project at Whatcom Community College is in year four of a five-year NSF S-STEMfunded program

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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Sandra Furnbach Clavijo PE P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

prepare anelevator pitch based on the two-semester-long capstone design project as part of a companioncourse called Senior Innovation. The competition starts in class and then moves to extra-curricular rounds for cash prizes. The semi-finals and finals were traditionally held as 3-minutelive pitches made in front of a panel of judges with a follow-up of 2 minutes of question andanswer (Q&A) period. Due to COVID-19, Stevens went entirely online after seven weeks of in-person classes in the Spring semester. While coaching can be online, the elevator pitchcompetition required a new format for the pitch competition.Conducting live-video pitches has the risk that an internet connectivity disruption during thepresentation can scuttle a perfectly

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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection

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Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University

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course. The grading scheme is summarized bypresenting how each of these three categories of practices were implemented.Rethinking the 0-100% ScaleGrading in this course is based around tokens; 26 tokens are required for an A, 23 for a B, 20 for aC, and so on. Students earn tokens by answering exam questions, completing labs, and/orcompleting mini-projects. The token progression was built around Webb’s Depth of Knowledge, alearning taxonomy that breaks learning into 4 levels, shown in Figure 1 [12]. To earn a C,students must meet all of the level 2 objectives. Level 3 and 4 objectives could be completed toearn additional tokens.Depth of Knowledge 1 (DK1) is recalland reproduce. In the case of Circuit Analysis1, a DK1 skill might be using Ohm’s

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Elizabeth Gross, Sam Houston State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

on this project has shown that there are no significant differences inconfidence between returners and direct pathway students in regard to various engineering skills[8], although the confidence of students in their academic abilities has not previously beenanalyzed. There is evidence that undergraduate grades are significantly different for returnersand direct pathway students, with returners’ undergraduate grades being lower. However, there isno significant difference in grade point averages in the two groups for graduate engineeringstudents [10].ConfidenceThere is a large body of work on the importance of confidence in students’ achievement,including a great deal focused on undergraduate studies in engineering. This work includesanalyses

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Maeve Drummond Oakes, CISTAR, Purdue University

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cultivate in the participants coming to do a research project with CISTAR so they can then carry it forward when teaching kids in NSBE SEEK or in a classroom, thus enriching the experience of kids even more by teaching the value of considering community in engineering and science.2. By appealing to students who may not necessarily be attracted to working on a research project for their whole summer but would be interested and curious enough to give it a try for six weeks--a part of their summer. This may be particularly true if a student is from an institution with little or no research opportunities, or has yet to avail themselves of opportunities to do research; a 10-week commitment may be off-putting, whereas a six week

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Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

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Mert Bal, Miami University

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Paper ID #33416Developing Engineering Technology Programs to Address the WorkforceSkills Gaps in Robotics and Advanced ManufacturingDr. Mert Bal, Miami University Mert Bal received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean Univer- sity, North Cyprus in 2008. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Western Ontario, and a Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council Canada in London, Ontario, Canada between 2008 and 2010. He was involved in various research projects in the areas of collaborative intelligence, localiza- tion and collaborative information processing in

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First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

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Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

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PreCalculus course as Problem-Solving with Brooks and was also afforded the opportunity to lead an impactul Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering (PoE) course, a project-based learning survey of the engineering discipline. Since the Summer of 2015 I have been privileged to work with the Texas A and M Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) to evaluate a couple of online tutorial tools (Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)) cur- rently under development, Mechanix and Sketchtivity, that provide immediate constructive feedback to the students and student-level metrics to the instructors. I presented on this work at the state and national PLTW Conventions and at CPTTE in 2016. I also spent 5 semesters beginning the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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engineering content or methods (Perkins Coppola, 2019).All these aspects of pre-college engineering education including teacher training, curricularalignment with state standards, and policy decisions are not simplified when you add thechallenges that remain regarding socio-cultural perceptions of engineering. One program,Engineering for Us All (e4usa) funded by the National Science Foundation aims to address someof these issues.The e4usa project, led by five US universities, began in 2018 with the goal of creating an all-inclusive high school level engineering curriculum. An introductory course was designed anddeveloped to introduce engineering to high school students with an eye toward providing studentswith college credit for completing the course