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Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

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Ronald J. Bennett F.ABET, University of St. Thomas; Eugene Joseph Audette, University of St. Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, WorkWise Coaching & Consulting; Alanna K. Moravetz JD, Alanna Consulting LLC; Sheryl Niebuhr, University of St. Thomas and Sheryl Niebuhr Consulting LLC

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Dr. Elaine R. Millam, is an executive coach and educator specializing in leadership development, organi- zational effectiveness and character-based practices for leaders and teams. Her work focuses on helping clients (businesses and individuals) achieve positive, long-term change in leadership behavior as well as plans for realizing their future vision. She earned her PhD in Organizational Leadership at the University of St. Thomas, has two Master’s degrees in Industrial Relations and Educational Psychology from the University of Minn. Beyond her degrees, she has certifications in multiple leadership assessment tools. Elaine has over 20 years of experience as an executive in Human Resources and Organizational Devel

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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Architectural Engineering

materials for the capstone class included an AmericanInstitute of Architects consulting agreement with attached exhibits (prime agreement,architectural program, and the architectural solution) and a sample solution for a comparablebuilding. The course materials were shared through the Moodle LMS. At the end of the courses,the student received a final comprehensive PDF coursepack of the materials.The introductory lecture courses were commonly taught in a classroom and the capstone coursewas taught in a design studio. The classroom capacity was about 45 students with the typicalclass size either 18 or 36 depending on the number of sections. The floor plan proportion wasapproximately 1½:1 (width:depth). The room had one whiteboard of about twenty-feet

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Diversity and Two-year Colleges Part 1

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Emery DeWitt, Mentor-Connect, Florence-Darlington Technical College ; Richard H. Roberts Jr, Florence-Darlington Technical College, SCATE Center

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Two-Year College

has completed 18 post graduate credits toward his doctorate degree from Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pa. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Road to Strengthening 2-year Hispanic-Serving Institution Participation in the NSF ATE Funding ProgramAbstractHSI ATE Hub is a three-year collaborative research project funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) that joins two successful programs. Mentor-Connect mentors 2-year collegefaculty to develop competitive proposals for the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE)Program, and KickStarter facilitates strategic STEM assessment and planning to drivecompetitive STEM proposal

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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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/engineering curriculum for thefollowing school year. In line with NSF goals, the program offers strong support in curriculumdevelopment, thanks to the introduction of a “mentor teacher”, who is a former RET participant(who attended the program twice) with expertise in curriculum development. The mentor teacherserves as a role model and helps during the lesson design. NASCENT organizes weekly cohortmeetings where teachers share their ideas, receive feedback on their lesson plan and networkwith other RET participants and NASCENT faculty and staff. Cumulatively, NASCENT has supported 51 teachers over the past seven years, affectingan estimated 5,000 students. To date, these teachers created 33 lessons posted on the NASCENTwebsite, 8 of which have

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Mechanics & Mechanics Related

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

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Mechanical Engineering

limited to students enrolled in oneengineering course.The first administered survey, intended for Cohort 1, consisted of ten open-ended questions. Question 1: Mention the importance of delegating responsibilities and meeting frequently with your group members? Question 2: What did you learn about leadership roles and communication in a group setting? Question 3: How did you manage different ideas and opinions in the group? Question 4: What were the challenges of working in a group setting? Question 5: What was the planning process of developing and completing your project ideas? Question 6: After your experiences with the project, would you prefer group work, or independent work, and why? Question 7: Do you feel your ability

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

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Stephen J. Ressler P.E., United States Military Academy; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Wayne R. Bergstrom, Bechtel Infrastructure

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Civil Engineering

; • an overview of the process by which this task committee has reviewed the current CEPC and formulated the update; • the current draft CEPC update (as of February 2021); • a detailed explanation and justification of the proposed CEPC changes; • the task committee’s plan to solicit, obtain, and assimilate feedback on the draft CEPC update from a broad array of stakeholders; and • a summary of the remaining tasks required to complete the criteria development and approval process, along with the associated timeline.The authors of this paper are currently serving as the Chair, Secretary, and ASCE Staff contactfor the ASCE Civil Engineering Program Criteria Task Committee.BackgroundSince 2002, the American Society of Civil

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1: Mechanical and CAD Track

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Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Amber C. Thompson, Western Carolina University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Contact Hours: 2 Lecture, 2 Lab. ENGR 400 - Engineering Capstone I - Senior engineering project selection, planning, and development. Emphasis will be placed on defining project requirements, developing project work breakdown structure, conceptual designs, and working prototypes. 1 Lecture, 4 Lab. ENGR 450 - Engineering Capstone II - Senior engineering project design, development, fabrication, and testing. Emphasis will be placed on iterative design processes, project management and execution, fabrication and testing. 1 Lecture, 4 Lab.The PBL sequence of courses provided the participants with an opportunity to learn projectmanagement, technical communication, teaming, and problem-solving skills while

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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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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

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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Teaching In and Through Design, Maker Spaces, and Open-ended Problems

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Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicholas Greenfield, Georgia Institute of Technology; Emily Orton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rohan Banerjee, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

categories were assessed using hours per week, such ascommunity hours, supervised hours, and special access hours. It also included focus and plans toexpand, a unique look at a makerspace's growth.Compared to existing literature, the goal of the proposed novel taxonomy is not to be used as adirect, objective ranking system. However, the proposed dimensions and categories would leadto the creation of a well-defined vocabulary to help identify the commonality and differencesacross various makerspaces. For example, research focusing on a makerspaces' contributions inthe development of leadership qualities, aspects of the culture category would likely be weightedhigher than others. A different research effort, such as the impact on local

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2: Special Topics

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Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo

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Engineering Libraries

faculty provided some wonderful insights about how theytaught their courses and where the library could fit into that picture. However, as the authorserves as the liaison to engineering, not business, a similar study with engineering faculty at UBwas planned. Since every interview conducted with business faculty had been a brand newacquaintance, the author aimed to interview engineering faculty who had never requested alibrary resources guest lecture in their classes. This study intended to better understand how thelibrary and the engineering librarian, the author of this paper, could better support faculty in theirteaching, even if library resource instruction was not a direct part of the course.Literature ReviewExploring how engineering faculty

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Design Teams 2

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Swapneel Thite P.E., University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, NASA Headquarters; Eliathamby Ambikairajah, University of New South Wales

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Design in Engineering Education

: Community ofInquiry Framework, Tuckman’s Model of Teamwork, and assessmentmethodologies. The idea is to simulate an industrial experience in a modularapproach by introducing a structured weekly meeting to support the T&Lpedagogy used and to accomplish this without sacrificing the technical content inthe course. Furthermore, these modules include team building exercises alongwith a special leadership role that rotates weekly. A plan for implementation isdiscussed in this paper. Overall, the proposed OLT framework focusses onemulating an industrial teamwork environment in the university setting to add tostudent experience. It can be used by the wider academic community as a guidefor designing engaging online courses comprising of teamwork and

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Engineering Technology Potpourri

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Gregory Lyman, Central Washington University; Rowdy A. Sanford, University of Idaho; Jeff R. Wilcox, Central Washington University; Timothy L. Sorey, Central Washington University

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Diversity

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and Automation As program faculty began researching existing robotics platforms and software toimplement in these courses, it became immediately apparent that a wide gap exists between whatwe define as “robotics toys” and “industrial robotics.” The realization of this educational chasmsparked an entire new set of pedagogical challenges and research. This paper chronicles ourjourney from concept to initial implementation.Pedagogical ApproachCurriculum development for the RAM course sequence began with an overall plan of increasingpedagogical complexity throughout the course sequence. The idea started with a progressionfrom simple robotics fundamentals in the introduction course (ETSC 277), to more complextopics in the advanced course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Amari Simpson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lara Hebert Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Luisa-maria Rosu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Meagan C. Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Tasha D. Henderson

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stakeholders called IDEA Teams (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, andAccess). Professional development sessions focus on engineering project implementation andcreating equitable and inclusive STEM environments. As outcomes of the initial 10-day trainingsession, members of these teams develop action research for equity projects (AREPs) in theirhome schools with the purpose of creating more equitable and inclusive STEM environments.Additionally, they plan for the implementation of informal STEM-enrichment clubs in theirschool settings. Networked Improvement Community (NIC) meetings were held virtually eachmonth throughout the first school year to allow IDEA Teams to discuss their progress onimplementation of their AREPs and STEM clubs. In addition to the

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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Saffeer Muhammad Khan, Arkansas Tech University; Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University; Syed Ali Haider, State University of New York at Fredonia

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Electrical and Computer

collaboration. Dr. Khan is the Chair of ASEE Midwest Section.Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education Arkansas Tech University (479) 964-0583 ext. 2452Dr. Syed Ali Haider, State University of New York at Fredonia American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Performance Prediction of Computer Science Students in Capstone Software Engineering Course through Educational Data MiningAbstractEducational data mining has been extensively used to predict students’ performance in universitycourses to plan improvements in teaching and learning processes, achieve academic

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Bonnie Achee, Southeastern Louisiana University; Ahmad Fayed, Southeastern Louisiana University; Mehmet Emre Bahadir, Southeastern Louisiana University; Deborah Athas Dardis, Southeastern Louisiana University; Troy Williams, Southeastern Louisiana University; Wendy J. Conarro, Southeastern Louisiana University; Mohammad Saadeh, Southeastern Louisiana University; Tireka Cobb Ph.D., Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance

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Pre-College Engineering Education

institutes. Professionaldevelopment facilitators have been forced to rethink the model for STEM focused professionaldevelopment. Virtual professional development with a STEM focus faces challenges that are notencountered in traditional face to face settings. These challenges require creative practices toovercome obstacles faced during implementation. (Brasili and Allen 2019)Program DetailsSTILE-Ed Summer STEM Institute provided teachers with five days of interactive instruction onusing the virtual Harvard LabXchange simulation platform for Biology and Physics, and alsoincorporated 3D Design & Printing and Computer Science. On the sixth day, teachers prepared aLabXchange pathway to use as a lesson plan for their students. Fourteen teachers

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shari Weaver, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretchen Fougere, STEM Leadership Advisors

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Pre-College Engineering Education

surveys by students deciding whether to apply to TPP, 53% were“exploring teaching” and 27% professed “to go into teaching after working in industry,” and13% said they were “interested in becoming a teacher immediately after graduation.” In contrast,out of the current TPP students interviewed, 13 of the 16 students (81%) intend to teachsecondary school at some point. In fact, four TPP students indicated that they had matriculated toWPI because of the TPP. With these data, we see that the students who end up doing the TPP arequite committed to teaching. Because many of our TPP students plan to wait before becoming teachers in the classroom, itwas important to understand why. They were asked in the interview what they wanted to learnfirst before

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

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Matthew A. Verleger (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Mustafa Ilhan Akbas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Philip Craiger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

Swarms with Distributed Swarm Control 3. Enhancing Security of Cloud-Connected UAS ServicesStudents were placed onto teams based on their prior course experiences and the projectrequirements. Common resources were provided for all students to train them in conductingresearch. Teams were then tasked with developing a more comprehensive research plan for theirspecific project and carrying out that plan throughout the 2020-2021 academic year.Students completed a pre-survey at the start of the project and a mid-project survey shortly afterthe winter break. The surveys combined project specific skills questions as well as relevantquestions from the Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment (URSSA), an NSF-fundedassessment tool to measure

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

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Dennis Rogalsky P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald Ulseth P.E., Iron Range Engineering

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Andriessen’s[4] dual purpose of DBR model as illustrated in Figure 1. The focus of the program design isprogressive refinement through the problem statement; defining the design and learningobjectives; planning (project management) of the curricular design, development of thecurricular ideation and selection of a design for initial implementation; and ultimately acontinuously reformed model with a curricular model improvement process. The focus of theresearch design is to establish the research questions; identify the learning theories applicable tothe research work; design of the research work that influences the curricular implementation andimprovement; and ultimately to disseminate what is learned and add to the body of knowledgeon engineering

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Adia Radecka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Alyssa Bradshaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Grainger College of Engineering. Sara performs undergrad- uate research in soft robotics and engineering education funded by the IDEA Institute at UIUC. Sara is interested in pursuing a career in Engineering Education as well as furthering her education upon gradu- ating.Mrs. Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ilalee Harrison James is the Associate Director of The Hoeft Technology & Management Program. She serves as a lecturer in addition to leading the strategic plan for the program’s co-curricular outcomes. She is a first-generation college graduate who is passionate about improving career outcomes for underrepre- sented students in STEAM.Prof. Holly M. Golecki, University of

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Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Engineering Technology

, renewable energy and micro-manufacturing. His current research interests include robotics, CIM, sustainable manufacturing, micro machining and engineering and tech- nology education. He has published several papers in these areas in various national and international conferences and journals. He has worked in heavy and light manufacturing industries, manufacturing pumps, motors, and CNC machine tools in the areas of system design, production planning, and control and manufacturing. Edinbarough also served in paramilitary forces and in the Air Force. He is a Life Member of the ISTE, a senior life member of the IE (India), a member of ASEE and SME, and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Texas.Dr. Jesus

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Leen-Kiat Soh, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Gwen Nugent, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Wendy Smith, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Guy Trainin, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; John T. Sutton, ResultED LLC; Kent Steen, Lincoln Public Schools

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

lesson plans. Figure 1. Summer PD program’s first-week CS/CT content course schedule.2.1.2. Course 2The second-week course was held at a local school district conference center. The course wastaught by four different CS teachers—a college professor, a high school teacher, a middle schoolteacher, and an elementary school teacher. Presentations were arranged so each instructor had achance to talk about teaching the concepts of loops, variables, conditionals, and functions at theirrespective grade level, allowing teachers to understand curricular progressions across the K-12grade span.An outline of the course schedule can be found below in Figure 2. Daily reflections werecompleted online at the end of each day and were graded for completion

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Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

, or study. Role identities are contextually specific and as such, we haveformulated questions for engineering, science, or computer science consistent with previouswork in mathematics, science, and engineering [1], [13], [14]. Students will choose the field ofstudy most relevant to them to answer these questions, as ERC's are interdisciplinary and mayinvolve students from across STEM solving engineering programs. Third, items measuringstudent pathways and sustained interest were developed for this study from The ERC EvaluationConsortium's Multi Engineering Research Center Instrument Inventory [30] to assess thestudent's willingness to continue their STEM paths, such as the pursuit of additional degrees andwhich career plans they might

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Eric J. Steward, University of South Alabama; Joseph D. Richardson, University of South Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

thetransfer to a new university easy. Strategies employed by the LINK scholarship program focuson integration of new transfer students into the College of Engineering culture and onprofessional planning and skill development. We recognize that extracurricular involvement andleadership experience while an engineering student are important aspects in professionaldevelopment, but that a two-year timeline makes them difficult to achieve without intentionality.Efforts to integrate new transfers include a zero-credit (no cost) seminar that serves to familiarizestudents with the college and university environment and resources. Resumes are written,evaluated, and edited, and visits from the career services offices make sure that students areaware of support

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Tammy Michelle McCoy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University; Illya V. Hicks, Rice University; Clayton J. Clark II, Florida A&M University; Natalie Yolanda Arnett, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Molly Stuhlsatz, BSCS Science Learning

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

--- --- 100% --- 1:1 Mentorship: Grow Your Network --- --- 50% 50% Parenting as a Professor --- --- --- 100% COVID-19 Check-In --- --- 100% ------ = 0%Survey results also revealed participants found the sessions to provide information beneficial totheir academic career planning process, as nearly 100% of the sessions were rated as “beneficial”or “very beneficial” (see Table 3). The How to Write Stellar Research Articles session wasidentified by all participants as “very beneficial.”Table 3. Session Information was Beneficial for Academic Career Planning Session Title

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Faculty Development Lightning Talk Session 2

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Adithya Jayakumar, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Lucille Sheppard, Ohio State University; Shadia Siliman, Ohio State University; Toni M. Calbert, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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distributed. 2. A workshop for faculty in the College of Engineering (COE) that was conducted during every departments’ regular faculty meetings. 3. Discussion sessions were conducted with faculty who taught project-based courses. 4. Informal lunch sessions to encourage sharing of effective strategies were proposed.Each component of this approach is described in greater detail below.1. Resource (‘One Pager’)An important part of the initiative was the creation of a detailed resource which containedinformation in the form of organized steps on how to make a traditional classroom moreinclusive. The authors initially planned on creating a one-page resource but quickly realized thedifficulty in this task due to the volume of information that

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Student Division Technical Session 6

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Nathaniel Blalock, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Alexis Rae Walsh, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Daniel Patrick Mountain, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Sarah Emily Norris; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Student

trust. Results indicate that designing ameeting structure with thorough planning documentation that designates time for socialinteractions to foster trust between team members is a powerful method for encouragingeffective communication and overall project success.IntroductionVirtual teams are growing in prevalence in industry for a number of reasons [1], includinglowering overall project costs, optimizing project time management, and expediting problemsolving [2]. In the modern workplace, working virtually allows teams to pool together resources,including people, regardless of physical location [2]. By employing virtual engineering teams,research claims companies strengthen their ability to compete on a global scale [3]. Companyinvestments in

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Ricardo Miguel Garcia Pineda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jaya S. Goswami, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. The webinars focused on career preparation and planning, time and projectmanagement, and career opportunities in STEM fields. Finally, all the SRI participants wererequired to complete six online personal financial literacy training modules that took about 4 to 6hours in total, including 1) budgeting, 2) behavioral finance, 3) scholarships, 4) repaying studentloans, 5) federal student loans, and 6) using credit cards responsibly.3. Program Evaluation and AssessmentQuantitative and qualitative data were collected through pre-/post- participation surveys. Out of49 SRI participants, we received 43 complete responses. Table 2 shows the demographic data ofthe 43 SRI participants. Table 2: Demographic Data of 43 Survey

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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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expresseda need to be better prepared for the python modeling sections, something we plan to address bycreating introductory primers on the use of python for data analytics in bioprocessing. Thesefindings have to be confirmed for bootcamps that provide an advanced understanding of howanalytics can be applied for bioprocessing; however, it is encouraging to see that bootcampsdeveloped for incumbent worker training may be leveraged for collegiate pipeline development.Our next steps are to develop cases and companion data sets that will be disseminated to NIIMBLmembers and support development of advanced training modules. We will also deliberate uponways to adapt content from the bootcamps into existing or new curriculum through courseactivities

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Haleh Barmaki Brotherton, Clemson University; Jessica Allison Manning, Clemson University

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paths that could lead to success. Our second goal is to improve thestructure of the Decision-Making Competency Inventory (DMCI) so that it can explain student'sdecision-making competency in more detail and in congruence with the Self-Regulation Modelof Decision-Making. This instrument will be used to map decision-making competency toacademic choices and outcomes. The third goal is to develop an Academic Dashboard as a meansfor sharing relevant research results with students. This will allow students to have access to thestrategies, information, and stories needed to make and implement adaptive decisions. This paperhighlights our progress in the fifth year of the project and our plans going forward.Mapping Pathways - Studying OverpersistenceThe

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Faculty Development Division Poster Session

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Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Yutao Zhong, George Mason University; Mark Huntington Snyder, George Mason University; Elizabeth L. White, George Mason University

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training and has plans for additional larger-scale modifications in the coming year. In addition to the start-of-semester orientation andtraining, the department will follow up with focused training sessions during the first few weeksof the semester. The planned topics are (1) effective interaction with students in labs and officehours and (2) effective and efficient grading and relevant software tools. In addition, thedepartment is considering a new model in which lab sections are larger but are staffed by twoGTAs so that new GTAs can be paired with more experienced GTAs for ongoing mentoring andinformal training.To deepen our understanding of GTA perceptions of their preparation for the role and to providemore effective ongoing training, the