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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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Eric Gary Fuller, University of Florida

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activities and feedback sessions instead of Zoom (or similar platforms). Mozilla Hubsis a 3D virtual social experience in which students can create their avatar, move about the scene,talk with others, upload media, and much more. Through interactions that more closely mimicnatural human engagement coupled with a video game-like platform Mozilla Hubs has thepotential to create a refreshing break from the typical virtual discussion format and reduce thefatigue from online classes or meetings. The use of Mozilla Hubs is recommended for informalgroup discussions or feedback sessions, such as the poster rough draft feedback session examplegiven in this work. Students are reporting increased stress, isolation, and mental health concerns [1

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Goli Nossoni, University of New Haven

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, learning preference and their performance in different disciplines [1-8]. All ofthese studies are aimed at helping faculty be more effective in the classroom and improve studentlearning in technical courses. Some of the findings from these studies are summarized here.Characteristics of Gen Z StudentsToday’s Gen Z students are different from millennials in the following ways [9-12]: • Gen Z students generally have a shorter attention span than millennials. Typically, they pay attention to only 8 seconds of exposure to a video or to other learning materials before deciding whether to continue. Approximately 11% of Gen Z students have been diagnosed with ADHD. 1 • As

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Deana R. Delp Ph.D., Arizona State University

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footnote:  broke down the syllabus into three parts and discussed the parts of the syllabus overthree different classes,  had a fourth handout with all the assignment due dates and lecture topics that wasdelivered on the day the first assignment was posted,  used the same format for all assignments including specific submission instructions,  made lecture slides available at least 24 hours before class,1  directed group work with specific instructions for the class period,1 and  made project assignments more concise with specific due dates for intermediate tasks,in lieu of a single final due date for the project report and demonstration.Due to the success of these modifications, they were continued into the fall 2018

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Kaitlyn Pigeon, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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severalcourses on general writing. Although valuable, these courses by themselves are not enoughpreparation for the challenges that students face when called upon to write as an engineer.Engineering writing is significantly different from general writing. For one thing, the content ofengineering documents is, on the whole, both more specific and more complex than the contentof essays in general writing courses [1]. Second, not only do the types of audiences vary more inengineering, but so do the levels of knowledge that the audiences have about the content. Yet athird difference is that the expected level of precision in engineering writing is higher than theexpected precision in general writing [2, 3]. Still a fourth difference concerns the

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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Pearl Elizabeth Ortega-Darwin, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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departmental courses during this time, andare also affirming or shaping their identities as engineers. Most first year engineering studentswho left aerospace redirected their studies outside of the college of engineering and theremaining transferred to other engineering departments. As a whole, the aerospace departmentdoes not have a threshold of how many students should be retained, but there are investigationswhen certain classes have higher student drop outs than normal. Students most commonlychange from the aerospace engineering major because 1) they believe their major is too specific,therefore providing a more limited range of job opportunities post-graduation and 2) theyperceive courses to be harder than expected (freshman year, in contrast

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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Charles W. Peak, Texas A&M University

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transition to a flipped classroom model to enhance learning and was in the middle of a 4-year transition. The Covid-19 pandemic decreased the period for this transition to 2.5 years.Rapid conversion of courses is an un/fortunate side effect that the Covid-19 global pandemic hadon academia. Zoom based dialogue, instruction, and teaching became necessity. [1] While eachdegree program and course comes with challenges, biomedical engineering laboratories andcourses have their own due to the varied natures of biomedical engineering curriculums. [2]Biomedical engineering laboratories have challenges as discussed by Lancashire et al. [3] Thegeneral consensus among faculty at Texas A&M Biomedical Engineering was to simply “liveZoom teach” for the

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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Maryam Mobed-Miremadi, Santa Clara University; Navid Shaghaghi, Santa Clara University; Gangshu Cai, Santa Clara University; Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University

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healthcare. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Student Training in Data Analytics Approaches for Bioprocessing through Co-curricular ActivitiesIntroductionThe rapidly growing biologics category now makes up more than 30 percent of the overallbiopharmaceutical market, with the majority of manufacturing production focused on protein-based drugs [1]. As a new wave of clinical trials progress, a wider variety of new gene, cell,exosome, and recombinant protein therapies are moving closer to commercialization andmanufacture [2]. The complexity and cost of these biologics, as well as the unique manufacturingrequirements and patient

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Learn About Assessment

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James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University

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three-credit course to the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME)program called “Measurement Systems” in Fall 2018. This course was created to address afaculty-identified curriculum weakness related to student understanding and application ofinstrumentation. It was also intended to improve student preparation for dynamic systems andcontrols. Measurement and instrumentation courses are often included in engineering curriculaeither as a stand-alone course [1, 2] or in conjunction with other topics in the curriculum [3, 4].This course was developed as a stand-alone course to supplement existing lab courses onmechanics, thermal sciences, and mechatronics.Concurrently with the development of the new Measurement Systems course, the LTU

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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Corrine M. Schwarting, Iowa State University ; Kent A. Crick, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University; Elise A. Frickey, Iowa State University; Madelyne Losby, Iowa State University; Lisa M. Larson, Iowa State University

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the intersection of personality and vocational interest as well as how counselors learn to become effective in their work with clients. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Support to Success: How Institutional Resources Foster Increased Academic Outcomes for Underrepresented Students in Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments (WIP) Existing literature well documents that women and students of color are underrepresentedacross STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field majors and industrypositions. Women comprise 47% of the workforce yet hold only 12% of engineering jobs [1].Additionally, citizens who

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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WellnessIntroductionThe current COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing mental health issues across collegecampuses. Students have reported higher levels of stress and anxiety [1, 2] and alcohol misuse[3] due to the pandemic. Mindfulness is one tool able to reduce levels of mood disorders, andimprove a person’s ability to cope with stress [4, 5]. Previous studies implementing mindfulnessactivities into curricula have shown improvements to student mental health, specifically thereduction of perceived stress [6, 7] and anxiety [8]. Through curricular developments, we aim toexplore the impact of introducing students to mindfulness and other wellness practices in adesign project, empowering students to engage in wellness practices outside of class. To do so,we

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Ramsey George Jabaji, University of Maryland, College Park; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland, College Park; Brian Farrington Dillehay, University of Maryland, College Park; Rebecca Z. Kenemuth, University of Maryland, College Park; Elizabeth Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park

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: ● begin to feel a sense of belonging, that they matter, and are a connected part of the Clark School community; ● feel a sense of psychological and physical safety within the Clark School and campus community; ● have an understanding of campus and Clark School values related to leadership and diversity; ● have an understanding of a Strengths-based leadership philosophy; ● develop an awareness of the importance of diversity and inclusion in the engineering design process; and ● begin to develop leadership skills for facilitating a respectful, safe, and inclusive team environment.Table 1. Half-day ClarkLEAD onboarding schedule 12:30-12:45 PM Welcome by Dean; overview of Clark School and commitment to diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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Benjamin Hawkins, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Biomedical Engineering

identified as essential were implemented in-person provided they obtained an approved safety plan. Students were not compelled to attendface-to-face courses and were given the option to pursue virtual alternatives. This combination offactors presented us with a unique opportunity to study the impact of face-to-face and virtualsynchronous instruction modes.A critical part of the biomedical engineering curriculum at [the institution], [this course] coverscore engineering analytical and computational techniques, with a laboratory portion consisting ofa sequence of MATLAB-based programming activities for undergraduates in biomedicalengineering [1]. Typically offered in a face-to-face (F2F) modality, the most recent Fall 2020 termpresented these

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Geanie Umberger, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson PhD, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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, RetentionIntroductionThe world is changing. According to the US Census Bureau the percentage of the population thatis white and non-Hispanic will reduce by over 9% between 2016 and 2060 [7]. This increase innon-white populations is not represented in the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) workforce. Hispanics are 15% of the US population, but they account foronly 6% of STEM workforce [8]. Blacks represent 12% of the population but are only 5% of theSTEM workforce [8]. For women, the difference is even more egregious. Women are 51% of thepopulation but are only 15% of the engineering workforce [8]. There is opportunity to increaseparticipation in STEM fields for women and black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC).Deloitte and Datawheel [1

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Dawn M. Maynen, Pennsylvania State University

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Women in Engineering

(2001). 1 Althoughthe ADVANCE program has contributed to the development of a more diverse science andengineering workforce, much remains to be done. Women face deep-seated challenges fromwhen they enter academia as students and these challenges continue through the faculty ranks[34, 39]. As undergraduate students, women encounter differential treatment within theclassroom, contributing to a different and inferior experience than men. Women’s contributionsto classroom discussions tend to be ignored or trivialized by men [40]. Women cope with thismarginalization by creating their own networks of support through close bonds with otherwomen and forming all female clubs [27, 34, 35]. Additionally, the inclination for males tooutnumber the females

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Diversity and Two-year Colleges part 2

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Raymond Edward Floyd, Northwest College; Astrid K. Northrup P.E., Northwest College, Powell WY

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Two-Year College

matching their areas of strength. It can be as discouraging as being told, “Womenare supposed to stay home and have children!” as experienced by one author. In the career ofnursing, it is often overlooked that the nature of such a career can be technically and emotionallychallenging. While human relations are a large part of the work, the technical aspects arefrequently overlooked. It is particularly interesting to note that 75% of the teachers inelementary and secondary schools are women [1]. Of course, the women teachers are typicallyonly teaching non-technical subjects. From this history of rhetoric, is it any surprise that wecontinue to have such a small number of women entering the world of engineering? There hasbeen a major effort in the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Alexa Tannebaum, Duke University; Sophia T. Santillan, Duke University; Rebecca Simmons, Duke University

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Women in Engineering

printing history and asked aboutthe design process, intended use, and success of each of their prints. The interview questions canbe found in Appendix B. After the interview, a third party transcribed the interview, removed anyidentifiers in the transcript, and destroyed the video recording files.ResultsFifty undergraduate engineering students were surveyed in the study. Descriptive statistics of theparticipating students are presented in Table 1. While students were given nonbinary choices whenasked for their gender identity, very few identified outside of the male and female categories,and so results given here are for those two groups (referred to as men and women, respectively,here).The majority of men and women sampled entered college with no

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Special Topics: Conscious Considerations

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Behrooz Parhami, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

paper, using dataand narratives from the United States and Iran as examples, I identify roadblocks to theengagement of women in STEM careers. Using the two countries with which I am mostfamiliar as examples is instructive, because this side-by-side comparison shows thatundesirable outcomes in the domain of women in STEM fields can and do occur forvastly different reasons, which I discuss.Keywords: education; equal opportunity; gender equity; labor laws; misogyny; sexism;women’s rights; workforce diversity1. IntroductionIt is generally recognized that the economic benefits of scientific and technologicaladvancement cannot be achieved unless the available workforce is efficiently and fullyutilized [1], [2]. So, far from being an issue that

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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Nacarid Delgado, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile; Karen Judith Correa, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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, academicians, andresearchers made it possible to establish guidelines for future talks and workshops and newactivities that may be interesting to implement in future versions of the meeting.Keywords: gender perspective, STEM areas, students' attraction, women empowerment, highereducation, educational innovation.BackgroundThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development states in the "ABC of GenderEquality in Education" report [1] that even though boys and girls are equally competent inmathematics and science, their attitudes towards learning, aspirations, and prospects aremarkedly different. This situation significantly impacts their decision to pursue higher educationand career choice. This lack of confidence results in a low selection of

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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Nolgie O. Oquendo-Colón, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Maria Angelica Velazquez, Montana State University; David Claudio, Montana State University; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

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analyzed and compared with the number of femalestudents in engineering majors and their reported autonomy, relatedness, and competence levels.The ultimate goal of this research work is to understand how culture influences the number offemales in engineering fields.KeywordsWomen in engineering, Culture, Self-Determination Theory, RecruitmentIntroductionResearch studies discussed the concepts of diversity, inclusion, and equality broadly, but there isstill discrimination and unfair treatment of minority groups, particularly with women inEngineering.[1] Significant research studies report on why women choose other types of careers[2], why they change to majors out of engineering or quit, [3] and why they do not get to practicethe profession after

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

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Katherine Levenick Shirey, EduKatey; Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Design Graphics

tohigh school beginning coders.Introduction:Several reform initiatives attempted to guide STEM education for American teachers andstudents. A Framework for K-12 Science Education [1] and the subsequent Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) [2] include engineering and CT practices through the inclusion of“critical skills of mathematics,” [3, p. 58]. The Common Core Mathematics Standards (CCSS)[4] compels connections to real-world problems that require “technological tools to explore anddeepen their understanding of concepts” [4, p. 7]. These standards attempt to “ensure thatstudents are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to be globally competitive” [5, p.24]. To allow students to relate new learning to existing skills/knowledge

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Kelsey Z. Musa, Saint Louis University; Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University, Bloomington; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University; Michelle B. Sabick, Saint Louis University

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Project for Civil Engineering Freshmen to Enhance Their Entrepreneurial MindsetIntroduction In a 1972 article entitled, “Mickey Mouse for Mayor!” [1] Peter Blake said, “…it is WaltDisney Productions, and not our innumerable U.S city planning agencies and experts, that hasreally created the first, great, vibrant New Towns in America.” Walt Disney Imagineering,which is responsible for the design and construction of Disney projects, seems to understand thedesign process better than most. One might say they are particularly entrepreneurial in theirmindset and approach. They exhibit curiosity and creativity; they connect various disciplines toaccomplish major tasks; and they undoubtedly create value with nearly every project

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Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

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Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Javiera Francisca Meza, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Gonzalo Cortés, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: A Cross-sectional Survey Study for Understanding the Needs of Engineering Students for Well-being Support during COVID-19IntroductionThis paper presents a Work-In-Progress (WIP) that was carried out in a large engineering schoolin Latin America. As well as many engineering schools in the U.S. and in other countries [1], [2],this school closed its campus during 2020; therefore, courses had to be delivered through‘emergency online education’. By emergency online education, researchers have referred tofaculty members imparting their lectures in front of a computer screen while students arestudying at home [3]. In this context, engineering

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

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Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia

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cultivate an engineeringworkforce that represents our entire population [1-4]. Research has shown positive educationalbenefits when students interact with those who come from different perspectives and livedexperiences, contributing to improved complex thinking, intellectual self-confidence andengagement, improved motivation to understand the perspectives of others, greater feelings ofcitizenship, and a stronger motivation to achieve [5-11]. Measurable performance benefits havealso been observed in the workplace [12-16]. These reasons and others reflect the importance ofbuilding an engineering workforce with the breadth of knowledge, perseverance, andunderstanding of societal needs required to address today’s global challenges.STEM programs in

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Computers in Education 2 - Programming 2

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Simon Ethan Oster, Dartmouth College

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Computers in Education

a student can leave and return to a codingwindow at any time. Moreover, the instructor can add automatic grading features to a codingwindow in order to provide instant feedback to students. Figure 1 shows a snapshot of one pageof the live textbook, which includes an embedded code window. Figure 1: Live textbook page with embedded code windowAlternatively, Figure 2 depicts what the same content shown in Figure 1 looks like in the staticPDF version of the textbook. In this version, any pre-populated code in the coding windows isautomatically printed in a special text environment with syntax highlighting. Additionally, a QRcode appears next to each static code environment, and scanning the QR code will bring studentsto that

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

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Salih Sarp, Virginia Commonwealth University; Hilmi Demirhan, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Ahmet Akca; Fatih Balki; Selva Ceylan

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Electrical and Computer

activities had an impact on the differentfactors of computational thinking namely, abstraction, algorithm, pattern recognition, anddecomposition.Introduction Computer Science (CS) is widely accepted as a part of K12 education after the introductionof the K12 Computer Science Framework [1]. New CS curriculums provide earlier integration ofCS principles [9]. The adoption of CS topics brings new challenges to the course structures at avery base level. The basics of CS are offered at various angles whereas the transformation of thehuman reasoning to the computer dimension is missed at the very beginning. That's why a newconcept, computational thinking (CT), emerged as a need for further understanding ofcomputational steps or algorithms realized

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Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton

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Chemical Engineering

traditional, in-person lectures to engagestudents in understanding chemical engineering concepts.[1] Unfortunately, due to the globalCOVID-19 pandemic, chemical engineering educators were forced to switch their courses to anonline modality, impacting teaching efforts and the delivery of active learning activities.[2] Someinstructors’ course delivery was switched to asynchronous teaching through video recordings [3],while others switched to synchronous, live lectures through online platforms such as Zoom.[4]Additional non-traditional teaching modalities included hyflex/blended learning, which combinesstudents both in-person and online. These abrupt teaching transitions challenge student learningexperiences on different levels, especially in the area

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Gretchen A. Dietz, University of Florida; Kayla Julianna Kummerlen, The University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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of inclusion in engineering, engineering ethics, and environmental justice. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: An Autoethnographic Account of a Female Engineering InternAbstractThis paper is a work in progress (WIP) that explores the experiences of a female undergraduateengineer, Kayla1, in both professional and academic settings. Studies have found that womenwho persist in engineering describe themselves as having an engineering identity [1]. Accordingto Faulkner, however, the normative engineering culture tends to make working relationshipseasier for men than women, and women are “visible as women, yet invisible as engineers” [2, p.169]. This

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The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence

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Jack Elliott, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Joshua D. Marquit, Penn State Brandywine

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Engineering Undergraduate Performance Outcomes Introduction The improvement of engineering students’ learning through collaboration has theoreticalfoundations in social learning theory [1]. Further, students’ ability to effectively work in a teamis a required outcome for all U.S. accredited engineering programs [2]. Research suggests thatwhen collaborative learning (i.e., working with peers) is implemented in undergraduateengineering courses, students show increased engagement with course material [3] and improvedacademic performance [4]. Despite these promising results, current engineering education research regarding groupwork and collaborative learning is limited

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Assessment in Laboratory and Project-based Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

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SCADA Systems Design, whichrequired several labs to be modified or replaced with new ones. Surveys administered to thestudents and lab scores were used to assess the effectiveness of the equipment and the labs [1],[2]. The objectives of the labs formed the basis of the survey questions. The survey results areused to identify areas of improvement.CourseENGR 382 SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Systems Design is an upper-division course taught to students in the Engineering Department as an elective or requiredcourse, depending upon the program. The following are the course learning outcomes: 1. Understand common Industrial Automation concepts, methods, and control algorithms. 2. Understand sensors and

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Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

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Lea K. Marlor, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Laura J. Carroll, University of Michigan

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the barriers instructors face when using activelearning in first- and second-year STEM courses in online-settings at post-secondary institutions.Here, we focus on fully online courses, taught in both asynchronous and synchronous settings,that have no in-person component. For our purposes, we define active learning broadly, as anytime the instructor goes beyond simply lecturing with the students taking notes. Active learningleads to improved student learning, more engaged students, and increased interest in STEM (e.g.,[1]-[5]). Additionally, active learning increases the quality, number, and diversity of STEMgraduates [5]. Despite these positive findings, adoption of active learning in classrooms has beenslow [4], and researchers have sought