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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 5: Strategies for Increasing Classroom Engagement

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Deborah Hecht

implement aflipped classroom structure. In this model, rather than information being shared in a groupsetting, the instructor provides individual feedback as students work on problems in small, self-selected groups. We will describe how these classes were delivered and present preliminaryanalyses of data used to study student attitudes, expectations and learning from the studentand faculty perspectives.This paper reports on feedback collected from student surveys, student interviews andinstructor reflections. The study is based on data collected during Fall 2021 at a predominatelyundergraduate institution. Each class has 30 students enrolled. The introductory course istypically taken by upper sophomores, lower juniors and the second course taken by

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Ingram, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Deepak Keshwani, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Conner Lunn; JORDAN BINFIELD

(choosing where to apply limited mitigation efforts tohave the intended effect) were highlighted. In advanced levels, neighboring lands may be addedto the gameboard with these lands being managed by computer artificial intelligence.Neighboring land managers can be assigned different “personalities” including Preventionist,Good Neighbor, Selfish, and Pyrophobic. With the addition of neighboring land managers, thegame encourages players to reflect on the impacts of individualistic and cooperative landmanagement strategies.After game development, instructional materials were created to support teachers in enacting aGBL experience in formal or non-formal education settings. Instructional materials includedcompiling relevant videos, essays, and age

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Virginia Tech (primary) and Universidad EAFIT (secondary); Matthew James, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine Twyman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tahsin Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

theseassignments to better fit the project they chose, and to introduce additional assignments like individualand group reflections, and progress reports and presentations. Instructors were mindful of both diversityof and limitations in resources available to our students, which resulted in different strategies to mitigatethe necessity of any of them spending their own money without reimbursement.Lessons learnedIn this section, we describe the most salient lessons learned during our experience teaching a PjBL classonline, and how we would apply what we learned back in the physical classroom. As expected, ourexperiences did not always align, so multiple perspectives will be presented when necessary.Mailing prototyping kitsOne of the key components of the

Conference Session

Assessment in Chemical Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas Landherr, Northeastern University

, self-reporting an increased understanding giventhe requirement to communicate the concepts; analysis of student performance on the exams in thecourse reflected this improved understanding. Given the success of these creative projects, andthe need for ConcepTest questions related to process control, we decided to implement a similarlearning tool creation project in our Process Control course, giving students the option ofdeveloping ConcepTest questions of their own for potential future use in Northeastern Universitycourses, as well as broader use by any instructors in the chemical engineering field.This study thus sought to determine not if ConcepTests in Process Control could be effectivelearning tools, as previous studies in both other fields

Conference Session

ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiantian Li, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kerrie Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

, at juliepmartin.com.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com WIP: Think-Aloud Interviews for Assessment of Engineering Students’ Opportunities to Practice Professional SkillsIntroductionIncreased levels of interdisciplinary collaborations and globalization have altered the skillsneeded for today’s engineering workforce. Non-technical professional skills—once relegated to“soft skills”—have become equally important as technical fluency. These evolving workforceneeds have been widely recognized and reflected in educational standards by ABET (theaccreditation board for engineering) and reports by organizations such as the National Academyof Engineering and the American Society for

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Bowman, University of North Dakota; Bethany Klemetsrud; Emine Ozturk; Julie Robinson, University of North Dakota

point scale). Qualitative teacher feedback from focus group interviews and written and verbal reflections also supported this finding of Figure 2: Pre-Post Subscale Scores on TESS Survey increased self-efficacy, with teachers generally entering eachnew PD session or classroom implementation with some level of anxiety but leaving withadditional confidence and enthusiasm. More in depth analysis of additional

Conference Session

PCEE Session 12: STEM, Technology, and Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reed, Old Dominion University; Tyler Love, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Scott Bartholomew, Brigham Young University; Kelly Dooley, ITEEA

American Industrial Arts Association(AIAA, now ITEEA) released Standards for Industrial Arts Programs [4] in 1981). During the1980s and corresponding with the release of Standards for Industrial Arts Programs, thetechnology and engineering education profession was transitioning from a content grounded inindustrial practices of the day to a content base that more broadly reflected technologicalproducts, systems, and processes. This paradigm shift brought about a name change and cursoryupdate of the AIAA standards in 1985 to Standards for Technology Education Programs [5].ITEEA’s Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL) [6]was developed throughout the 1990’s, published in 2000, and last updated in 2007

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold Evensen, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

attainable goal that would give some foundation for their next time through thecourse. Since a number of these students were unable to successfully complete labs in the firstsemester – they were much more focused on trying to pass the “book” modules – my second-semester requirement shown above required passing only half of the labs.Next, I set the “A” level. Part of this was obvious – of course an “A” student should pass alltopics and labs in the course! Beyond this, I also required some evidence of exceptional work.This was reflected in my adoption of the “EMRF” grading discussed above. An “E” on a quizmeant that there were no errors (or only trivial errors) and that the student clearly demonstratedunderstanding of the outcome. An “M” meant that a

Conference Session

Joint Session: Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning in the Classroom

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Reissman, University of Dayton; Vinayak Vijayan, University of Dayton; Shanpu Fang; Megan Reissman, University of Dayton; Skyler Miller, University of Dayton

this work, every classFigure 1: Example of a 'making' assignment. (Table 1: time was evenly split between theory work andsee #5 Reflectance sensing, Robot Chassis, LED) hands-on applied, or ‘making’, assignments. Eachweek a theory-based assignment and a ‘making’ assignment were due with reductions in numberof problems/requirements to allow students to work on both each week.Each ‘making’ assignment introduced new concepts in coding and electrical engineering, andnew mechanical equipment. See Table 1 for outline of all the ‘making’ assignments. To providemotivation and create connections to products the students were more familiar with, each‘making’ assignment had an associated product example. These began with simple products suchas a

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Barton, Mississippi State University; John Aaron Grimes, Mississippi State University; Shelly Sanders, Mississippi State University; Alexis Nordin, Mississippi State University

in Progress. Comparison of individual students’ or specific departmentalstudent cohorts’ self-perceptions of their writing abilities compared with faculty perceptions ofthose same respondents’ writing skills is outside the scope of this paper.The following findings reflect a total of 21 faculty and 62 student survey responses collectedduring the spring and summer 2021 sessions.Survey Themes and ResultsFour survey themes and corresponding findings are presented below to compare faculty andstudent judgments about students’ writing skills and workplace writing expectations.1. How many and what types of writing assignments engineering faculty incorporate into theirengineering coursesA survey question reflecting the first theme was addressed to

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Supporting and Evaluating Student Learning in BioE/BME Courses

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Cunha, University of Connecticut; Devina Jaiswal, Western New England University

such as an exam and scored significantly higher thanthe control group. The knowledge gained during PSS had a deeper impact due to interactiveactivities compared to shallow compartmentalized knowledge gained during passive learning[10]. Figure 2B corroborates the long-term impact of PSS as there was no statistically significantdifference in pop-quiz and final exam scores. Student comments also reflected betterunderstanding of the equation: “I learned the equation well and developed ideas”, and “It was agood way to apply the class information”. In addition, PSS had a significant impact on student’sanalytical and data interpretation skills as seen from the reflection and online discussionhomework. Students were able to give suggestions and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Robert Nickel; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

transformation by using a Hero’s Journey framework, reflecting college as a time ofpersonal change. Finally, in the fourth year, students reflect on their developing identity as anengineer and how their functionings have and may continue to change.Finally, the Bucknell RED project seeks to support the faculty time required to implementprojects, change grading structures, and adopt narratives by reducing the amount of time facultyspend on routine activities through wise adoption of educational software. This has not beenstarted yet, but early work has been to take a broad survey of existing software, presented in aseparate paper at this conference. In future years the project will seek to bring a set of softwareproducts together into a suite that

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford, Lafayette College; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Elizabeth Diacik, Lafayette College; Timothy Larsen, Lafayette College; Peter Canevari, Lafayette College

increase diversity in the department [25]. They employed a variety of approaches, includingcurricular change designed to incorporate sociotechnical context. The University of San Diego’sefforts at “Developing Changemaking Engineers” cross engineering disciplinary boundaries andhave inspired curricular change that “requires an enhanced curriculum with a focus on studentteamwork, a greater consideration of social context, improved communication with diverseconstituents, and reflection on an ethical understanding of their decisions and solutions” [28].Some of the efforts at both of these institutions have been supported by large National ScienceFoundation grants, which can remove barriers such as financial resourcing and incentives forfaculty

Conference Session

PCEE Technical Session 8: Engineering Design in Elementary School

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Peter Knox, State University of New York at Binghamton

engineeringdesign process. As such, when provided with support (e.g., professional development), teachersare able to plan engineering lessons that frame the problem development phase – identification ofgoals, clients, criteria and constraints, and background knowledge - and encourage thedevelopment of multiple solutions [7]. During these two stages (i.e., problem scoping andexploration), children have been observed exploring different perspectives of the problem,engaging in reflective decision making, developing an optimal solution [13], [17], [18]. Theseresearchers argued for acknowledging children’s abilities to engage in heuristic practicescommon to expert designers and engineers.We contend, as do others, that parents serve as an additional resource of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Changing How We Teach: Flipping, Project-Based Learning, and More!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jes Barron, United States Military Academy; Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; James Klosky, United States Military Academy

to the real-world problem they were solving in groups. 4. Teamwork – these problems encouraged students to read Harvard Business Review articles on teamwork and apply the concepts to their group project. 5. New Knowledge – these problems encouraged students to increase their depth of understanding of soil mechanics and foundation engineering. 6. Technical communication – these problems asked the students to read a page of the department’s technical communications guide and reflect on how they could incorporate the concepts into their group report and presentation. 7. Wisdom – these questions presented a quotation from Dr. Ralph Peck and asked the students to interpret and explain the quotation.Each homework

Conference Session

Research Frameworks for Identity and Equity: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 9

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malini Josiam, University of Texas at Austin; Taylor Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janice Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Crystal Pee

an NSF CAREER grant investigating how marginalized students navigateengineering and the subsequent characteristics of the engineering learning environment. For thisproject, the grant was submitted more than a year before we started working on this paper. Thetiming of this proposal was such that the Covid-19 pandemic provided the opportunity to reflecton the decisions made in the original proposal before beginning data collection. The researchteam facilitated this reflection process through a comprehensive literature review during the firstyear of this project. The literature review helped synthesize existing relevant conceptualframeworks and led to the development of propositions and a conceptual model. 3. An Approach to Research Quality

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Joseph Henry, University of California, Irvine; Kevin Flaieh

impact of equity, diversity, and inclusion interventions on students'likelihood for "enacting inclusive behaviors on teams," Rambo-Hernandez et al. (2019) detailfive activities focused on equity in first-year engineering classes (across the span of a semester).These interventions focused on providing students with information about concepts like implicitbias or diversity in the engineering workforce and then subsequently having them complete someform of self-reflection assignment or group activity. Students were then measured four timesacross the semester using the ‘Valuing Diversity and Enacting Inclusion in Engineering Scale’(Rambo-Hernandez 2017). Their study found that the interventions were influential in students'likelihood to promote a

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Perspectives on Engineering Ethics Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

members.AccreditationAccreditation in the United States dates back to 1932 when the Engineers’ Council forProfessional Development (ECPD), the predecessor to ABET, was founded [2]. Since thebeginning, accreditation and professional societies have been tightly coupled as membersocieties help set standards and provide expert volunteers as Program Evaluators. ABETunderwent significant transformation at the turn of the millennium in adopting EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC2000). The shift to outcomes-based assessment was intended to increaseflexibility and innovation. The change also included a focus on professional skills, reflecting adecades-long growing recognition in the importance of equipping engineering graduates with abroader skill set for the evolving workforce [4

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Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manish Roy, University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut

present study is a part of a project funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF)IUSE/PFE RED grant through the Division of Engineering and Education Centers. One goal ofthe project is to radically transform the way courses are taught in the Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Department at the University of Connecticut. The program aims to create a moreinclusive learning environment that not only enhances the learning outcomes for all students, butalso provides flexibility and choices to allow all types of learners to personalize their educationalexperience. These changes are reflected in redesigned courses, designated in the department as I-Courses. It is anticipated that incorporating flexibility within engineering courses while alsoadopting a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Catherine Key, North Carolina Central University; Aileen Reid, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Eric Saliim, North Carolina Central University; Tanina Bradley

of CAD and CAD design occurred during informal learningsettings with self-directed usage of tutorial videos provided by Autodesk and the courseinstructor. Student projects are developed through a series of subsequently scheduled formalproject meetings throughout the design-thinking process involving the instructor and otherstudents to discuss design iteration, design challenges, and user feedbackRecruitmentAt NCCU, the mission is to educate and train African Americans for global careers in the 21stCentury [12]. Our current coursedemographics (81% black, 6% white and4% Latin-X) reflect that we areparticipating in this mission to date. Thestudents participating in the “Making”-infused CURE (DaBuGs) and CURE-like(Genetics) courses are

Conference Session

ERM: New Research Methods and Tools

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

quoted text on aslide, we played audio clips for audience members, which enabled them to engage moremeaningfully in students’ narratives. Because audience members could hear a human voicespeaking the words, the audio narratives provided a powerful tool that prompted reflection anddiscussion in ways different from text-based formats.4. ImplicationsIn a society that heavily consumes information through video and audio media (e.g., YouTube,podcasts, etc.), the audio dissemination approach described in this paper provides a uniqueopportunity to make our work more readily available and accessible to promote change.Specifically, it provides a strategy for leveraging contemporary tools to translate researchfindings into broad impact. Audio

Conference Session

EMD Technical Session 1: Captstone, Ethics, and Statistical Methods

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, United States Military Academy

reflection, are better able to perceive virtue in everyday life. By increasing theirvirtue awareness, the researcher hypothesizes they would increase their overall understandingof virtue. If their understanding is improved, they will be better able to internalize virtue andby default, improve their character and enable them to make better ethical decisions.Pilot Study DesignA quasi-experimental approach was adopted with control and experimental groups using apre-test survey as a baseline and a post-test survey to measure differences in statementresponses. The survey consisted of fifteen statements about virtue and character (see below)and was given before any virtue instruction. The statements were on a five-point Likert scaleto allow cadets to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Darnishia Slade, Michigan Technological University; Logan Burley, University of Michigan

signal that the space is occupied primarily by men), as well as behaviors - the things peoplesay and do - that express their stereotypes. Such expressions of stereotyping can be quite blatant,as when, for example, women are explicitly told that they are unlikely to succeed in STEM andare steered away from STEM careers. However, in today’s society stereotyping is more likely tobe expressed indirectly, reflected in subtle as opposed to blatant expressions, which are thereforeambiguous. We focus on these subtle stereotypic behaviors in this study, and refer to them assubtle bias events.Subtle BiasGiven the subtle nature of modern sexism [15], [16], it is likely that gender bias in STEMsettings is often subtle, and thus ambiguous as to whether it

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 4 Best in DEED

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Gero, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Paulo Ignacio Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

engineering designneurocognition studies [36], [35]. For example, the mean oxy-Hb was observed to differ betweenfirst-year and fourth-year engineering students when design ideating [37]. First-year studentsrecruited more oxy-Hb in the regions of the brain generally associated with cognitive flexibilityand divergent and convergent thinking. Senior engineering students recruited more oxy-Hb in thebrain region generally associated with uncertainty processing and self-reflection [37]. Thisapplication of neuroimaging provides an objective measure to understand student cognition whendesigning. Here it was used to test the use of concept maps to expand the design problem spaceand measure differences in engineering students’ brain.Research QuestionsBoth

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 6: Diversity

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lester, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kelly Durkin Ruth

inclusion that did not engage topics such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, etc. For example, we would exclude a paper that mentions the word diversity once, in the context of serving a diverse student population, and does not mention or engage with that topic further. ● Does the paper contain reflection and/or critical engagement that we could use to inform our practice?We set out to gather papers that were published in two journals, one open access and onesubscription-based, on DEI topics over a period of 10 years, and evaluate them based on ourcriteria. We also were curious if some of the authors we consider foundational to ourunderstanding of DEI in librarianship were being cited by authors in these journals

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Technical Session 1: Library Services

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leena Lalwani, University of Michigan; Nancy Allee, University of Michigan

maximizethe impact. How are the changes affecting the library’s services and resources? What are thelibrary’s vision and plans for the future? This case study will address these questions and talk indetail about the changes that have been implemented, how they have been accomplished, theobstacles that were faced, and how the library is moving forward.IntroductionThis paper is a case study on transformational changes underway at the University of Michigan'sArt, Architecture and Engineering Library (AAEL). These changes reflect forces impacting thebroader institutional and higher education landscape. Libraries are a unique entity in academia,encompassing four core areas: space, collections, services, and expertise. Engineering librarieshave been

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 2)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Yousef Jalali, EPFL

fromdecisions, one can also imagine oneself in the position of other stakeholders in the process, notmerely attributing cost-benefit to their position, but actually imagining oneself being affected bythe decision. The process of moral deliberation is also about reconstructing selves, our thoughts,and habits [3]. The ability to imagine oneself in a different role is important in realisticevaluations of scenarios that may include envisioning a future self, such as a student seeingthemselves in an entry level engineering position, or that engineer seeing themselves in amanagement position. When reflecting on a scenario one has been in and the relations to ascenario that has not been experienced, the discussion can be much richer and include

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Ellis; Godmar Back, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kirk Cameron, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Crystal Pee

. The research group has expanded access to systems research to a broader group of students, many of whom have continued in the field. The assessment revealed that students are benefitting from the knowledge acquired and exchanged within the research group. This report is designed to share approaches we have implemented thus far, outcomes, and a reflection on areas for future improvement. KeywordsUndergraduate research, diversity, inclusion, computer systems, practical skills, high impactpractices. 1 IntroductionThe field of computer systems has a woefully low representation of women and people ofcolor. Our research team is designed to broaden participation in computer systems byproviding a positive undergraduate research experience. Early

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Gallagher, Montana State University - Bozeman; Craig Woolard, Montana State University - Bozeman

where teachers cannot easily visit the host site, andprogram directors are challenged to visit participants’ home classrooms.The ITS-RET program utilized a variety of “in-program” evaluation instruments, to include preand (immediately) post participation surveys, research mentor surveys, assessment of lessonplans, observation of classroom implementation during the summer camp, and open-endednarrative reflections provided by participants at the end of the program. Participant responses toprogram evaluation instruments during the summer was analyzed for the purpose ofcharacterizing teachers’ primary motivations for participating in the RET program, changes intheir confidence levels in engaging with Science and Engineering Practices from the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia L Renna, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Rebecca Avgoustopoulos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ryan Ware; Karthik Pattaje Sooryanarayana, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; John S Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

organization of their report (WA in Table 1, Appendix B). Thisassignment also directs students to a language unit from the CE Writing Project, Sequence ofInformation [27], which provides more information and specific strategies they can use to addresswriting organization. Grading is based on their reverse outline and their reflections about theirreport, and the assignment leads into submission of their revised lab report the following week. Inother writing assignments, we draw on other units from the CE Writing Project that encouragestudents to think about the discourse conventions within the field of civil engineering [24]. Forexample, students are asked to identify places in their own writing that show the desired property,such as conciseness, and