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W. M. Kim Roddis, The George Washington University

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, resulting in harmful lead levels. The problem was fixed in 2004, but thousands ofchildren suffered permanent damage [6].With the less land intensive rapid sand filter in place, the 25 acre fenced and closed McMillanpark was sold to the government of DC. In 2021, this space remains chained off and idle, withthe neighborhoods continuing to protest the city’s development plan [7]. This provides andexample to discuss difficulties and failures in government attempts to redevelop public land.McMillan WTP satellite view, Google Earth [8]Curated case studies are used widely in the teaching of engineering ethics [9]. The efficacy ofusing case methods in civil engineering is established. The benefits of using this approach are improved retention of

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Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

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concerns. Theeffectiveness of these methods is also called into question since students have multiple methodsavailable to communicate, and to access information on the internet. Online proctoring servicesalso exist however there is an associated cost. Even here however student have found way tobypass protocol for proctored online exams [8]. This is a place for a technical resolutionhowever this must coexist with an effort to engage a student own sense of ethical responsibility.A student’s academic integrity is a close correlation with that student’s personal integrity [9].Academic integrity has to exist alongside a personal ethical sense of responsibilityOne of the first steps in this process is for the instructor to define academic integrity

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

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daily meetings with mentors, the frequency for which 100% of participants report was “just right.” Likewise, the weekly program- wide lunch sessions were successful at creating a sense of community. ● Women report greater gains in confidence than men, who also had positive gains. ● The 2020 cohort had greater gains in knowledge concerning presenting research and ethics in research, yet lower gains in knowledge related to career options and graduate school awareness and preparing research proposals as compared to 2019. ● Participants report increasing their sense of belonging as scientists, but not feeling like members of a scientific community. 2020 participants were much more likely to report

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Ashley Lytle, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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exposure on stem and non‐stem student engagement. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46(7), 410–427. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12371Shin, J. E. L., Rosenthal, L., Levy, S. R., Lytle, A., London, B., & Lobel, M. (2016). The roles of the Protestant work ethic and perceived identity compatibility in graduate students' feelings and attitudes toward STEM and non-STEM fields. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 22, 309-327.Shively, R. L., & Ryan, C. S. (2013). Longitudinal changes in college math students’ implicit theories of intelligence. Social Psychology of Education, 16(2), 241-256. doi: 10.1007/s11218-012-9208-0Usher, E. L., Li, C. R., Butz, A. R., & Rojas, J. P. (2019