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Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Supporting the Development of the Next Civil Engineers

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Audra Morse, Michigan Technological University; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University; Carolyn Rodak, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; David Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Anthony Cioffi, American Society of Civil Engineers

Technology I conduct research in diverse areas of engineering education from professional skills, to writing, to gender and ethics. I also maintain a structures laboratory to conduct full-scale structural component testing and field investigations of highway bridges.David A Saftner (Associate Professor) Dr. David Saftner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He earned a BS from the United States Military Academy and an MS and PhD from the University of Michigan. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Saftner spent five years as an engineer officer in the US Army and serving in Missouri, Colorado, Kuwait, and Iraq. His areas of research include beneficial reuse of waste soil material

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Ashley Seamon, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Christian Lopez, Lafayette College; Sabahattin Ozden; Daniell DiFrancesca, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University

Factors and Ergonomics and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural recipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include data-driven decision-making, modeling and simulation, data analytics, immersive technologies, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve design and engineering education. Dr. Ashour currently serves as a Technical Vice President (TVP) on the Technical Operations Board (TOB) of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).Ashley Seamon Ashley Seamon is a

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Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Accreditation and Curriculums - What Changes Are Occurring?

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Matthew Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Brian Swenty, University of Evansville

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Decision Making, Problem-Based Projects, Role-Play, and a Nontraditional Project Theme

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Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

instructed the task force toreach a consensus on their recommendation so that she can forwards with making this decision.Each of you has been assigned one of these roles as members of Trisha’s task force and todayyou are meeting to present your personal recommendation and why you suggest that and thendiscuss as a team to come towards some kind of consensus on your recommendation to Trisha.Appendix B: Role-Play Scenario – Participant RolesSteve Smith is a Vice President in the Information Technology Software and Services (ITSS)group at AHU and has recently moved to AHU after a successful career in the industry. In hislast job as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a small company he successfully led themigration of their legacy software to a cloud

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NEE Technical Session - Innovative Teaching Strategies II

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Melissa Moorehouse, United States Military Academy

impact onstudent learning outcomes. In AY17-2 there were five course outcomes associated with theEV310 Aquatic Science course. The next iteration of the course was held in AY19-1 whichallowed for the inclusion of a service-learning project completed within the constructs of a NewYork State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) data collection initiative.The purpose of the initiative was to involve communities in the collection of real data from theHudson River while promoting an interest in STEM careers to school aged children. Therefore,the initial AY19-1 project design integrated both service learning and community outreach byinviting local elementary school aged children to perform data collection methods alongsideEV310 students

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International Division Poster Session

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Collins Vaye, Florida International University; Precious Eze, Florida International University; Bruk Berhane, Florida International University

enormousdisruptions to global education systems, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190countries [9]. Students pursuing careers in disciplines like science and engineering, where in-person laboratory experiences are valuable to their preparedness for jobs in the industry, havebeen impacted severely by the disruption of COVID-19 [10], [11].Following the unprecedented disruptions caused by the pandemic, governments of manycountries took several extraordinary measures, including the closure of schools, publicgatherings, large and small businesses, social distancing, and campaigns to build healthawareness, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic [4], [6], [7], [9].Moreover, as in-person learning ended for many schools, many

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Statics and Dynamics Topics

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Rachel Vitali, The University of Iowa; Emma Treadway, Trinity University; Aaron Johnson, University of Michigan; Jessica Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Alice Nightingale, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Nicole Ramo, West Chester University; Martell Bell, The University of Iowa

University's Biomedical Engineering Department (Shantou, Guangdong, China) and an instructional post-doctoral fellow for the University of Michigan's Transforming Engineering Education Laboratory (Ann Arbor, MI). Her educational research interests include the evolution of students' perceptions of biomedical engineering and career goals.Martell Cartiaire Bell Mechanical Engineering PhD student at the University of IowaEmma Treadway (Assistant Professor) Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department

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Civil Engineering Division - The New Normal: Enduring Technology Improvements in the Classroom

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Mousumi Roy, University of Connecticut; Manish Roy, University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut, respectively. He worked for nine years in the industry as an engineer/manager in India and Bangladesh before starting his graduate study in the US. He started his career as a faculty member in 2019 at the University of Connecticut. His research interests lie in the field of concrete technology with a focus on finite element modeling of ultra high performance concrete. He is also interested in educational research. He is presently working on redesigning the Soil Mechanics course, which incorporates inclusive teaching practices considering the experience and needs of neurodivergent learners. This project is a part of an NSF-funded IUSE/PFE:RED grant. © American Society for

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PCEE Session 3: Robotics and Design Competitions

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Jason McKenna, VEX Robotics; Yuhan Lin; Raina Oravec; Lauren Harter, VEX Robotics

presented which provide context for how teachers implemented VR in their remotelearning environments. The two primary research questions for this paper are as follows: 1. What insights can usage data and teacher case studies reveal about student learning with VR following the COVID-19 outbreak? 2. What insights can students provide with their use of VEXcode VR?Prior WorkLearning computer science, similar to subjects like biology and chemistry, helps to teachstudents about the world around them while also teaching them foundational skills that can beapplied to a wide range of careers and opportunities for innovation. However, learning toprogram can be difficult for many students, with some estimating that 10 years is needed to turna novice

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Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

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Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas; Raj Rao, University of Arkansas; Loren Hedgecock; Kaitlin Hall

BMES Education Committee. In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and as President-elect of the Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE). Awards and Honors include NSF- CAREER, Qimonda Professorship, Billingsley Professorship, and IBE Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service.Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany*, University of Arkansas Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toledo. Dr. Elsaadany teaches Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, Senior Design, and

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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Brian Iezzi, University of Michigan; Paul Chao, University of Michigan; Kyle Bushick, University of Michigan; Joshua Cooper, University of Michigan; Tathya Shinde, University of Michigan; Timothy Chambers, University of Michigan; Duncan Greeley, University of Michigan

Joshua Cooper is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan in Professor Rachel Goldman's research group. He studies solute incorporation in semiconductor alloys such as GaAsN, GaAsNBi and ZnTeN primarily by ion beam analysis techniques. Joshua is also a member of the University of Michigan's Materials Science and Engineering Outreach Team. The MSE Outreach Team puts on events including demonstrations and labs that are designed to expose grade school students to fundamentals, topics, and career info in the field of materials science and engineering.Tathya Amar Shinde Tathya Shinde is pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Michigan. He advised by Dr. Pena-Francesh and works on polymeric systems for soft

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University; John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

providing proactive advice along the way. • COACH students by imparting knowledge from their careers on similar projects that show similarities and reassurances. • LISTEN and question by acting as a catalyst simply by being there while making them think on their feet. • PROMOTE practice through providing access to materials that they need. • ACCEPT and confirm by providing experiences and feedback that help develop students' confidence and identity as practicing engineers. • MEDIATE by guiding/being the "3rd person" through difficult interpersonal, personal, and technical problems.From an AE perspective, Figure 5 shows the frequency of how many programs employ thesementoring styles [29] that are utilized

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 9

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Dorian Bobbett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

challenge for Alex, as they had previously used theseitems to engage their class in discussion, as well as offer them hands-on experience working withthe devices they will frequently encounter in their professional careers. Without the opportunityto pass these objects around a classroom space, Alex determined that building an annotatedphoto-deck would be the best way to give students an equal opportunity to engage with thesedevices, as mentioned in the Sp21_01 Behavior quote in Table 3.This challenge persisted across all three semesters of data collection, and Alex indicated thattheir solution was not ideal (marked by the Sp20_03 quote “...there were things that were left outof my class...”), but they were able to begin to make significant progress

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Curricular Developments in Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Alejandro H Espera Jr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Nicole Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

. RationaleThere has been a common understanding that novice instructors (first-career teachers) who teachfundamental engineering concepts tend to explore and try different ways of teaching more thanthose who have accumulated years of teaching experience to facilitate student learning effectively[1]. Part of this exploration has been to adapt and use existing conceptual assessment instruments.However, the context in which the concepts are situated within the engineering area of expertiseis often varied in terms of how abstract or clear they are for students, posing another layer ofdifficulty for novice instructors [2]. As much as it is crucial to examine inaccuracies in students’ 1understanding of these

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Mechanical Engineering: Fluids, Heat Transfer

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Jiamin Zhang, Auburn University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Matthew Ford, University of Washington; Eric Burkholder, Stanford University

canbe used to answer many different research questions, e.g. are there differences in outcomesbetween traditional heat transfer courses and heat transfer courses that focus on developingproblem solving skills? It can also be used as an assessment tool for various engineeringdepartments to decide whether their undergraduate programs are adequately preparing studentsfor the workplace. Improving our ability to measure problem-solving is an important step in beingable to improve the way we teach problem-solving to undergraduate students and prepare themfor engineering careers. We hope to encourage other educators to use this assessment in theircourses to measure how well they are preparing their students to solve real-world

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Student Division Technical 4: Student Experience & Competencies

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Jacob Vaughn, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech University

necessaryto allow for a transfer of their knowledge. Through this dilemma, the McMaster Problem Solving(MPS) program was created. The MPS was set up in 1982 and is still implemented by McMasterUniversity to date. The MPS program identified 37 general problem-solving skills that needed tobe developed to make effective problem solvers. They created 4 necessary courses, one duringthe sophomore year, two in the junior year, and the fourth in the senior year—importantly, thisdesign allowed for the continued development of problem-solving skills throughout a student’seducational career. There was a strong focus on bolstering students’ abilities to transfer theseskills to any context, allowing for lifetime continued education. The development of the

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Statics Fanatics 1

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Brian Lani; Charlotte De Vries, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

Paper ID #36935Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Statics Recitation CourseBrian Lani Brian Lani is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Behrend. He received his B.S. (2012) and M.S. (2014) in Aerospace Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. He started his career as a Design and Development Engineer with AmSafe Bridport before joining Behrend in 2015. Brian teaches Introduction to Engineering Design, Statics, Statics Recitation, Properties and Processing of Engineering Materials, Materials Testing Laboratory, Engineering for Manufacturing, and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory.Charlotte

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ECE Division Technical Session 1: Online or Remote Teaching and Curricular Developments

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Hechuan Wang; Kathleen Dinota; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Engineering to 6- 8th grades online. He is now an Assistant Professor of Practice at SBU, working on the Outreach Program. His educational interest is in exposing young students to engineering according to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and converting the traditional in-lab experiments into remote activities offered online.Kathleen Ann Dinota Kathleen Dinota received her B.S. in Marine Science and M.S. in Secondary Education, retiring in 2017 after teaching in public schools on Long Island, NY for 31 years. During her career, she taught earth science, biology and chemistry as well as science research. Kathleen has also worked in test development at NY State Education Department as an Education Specialist for

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

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Eswara Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy

Paper ID #36967Integrating Race, Gender, and Indigenous Knowledge in theIntroductory Physics CurriculumEswara Prasad Venugopal (Associate Professor of Physics) Associate Professor of Physics, © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Integrating Race, Gender, and Indigenous Knowledge in the Introductory Physics CurriculumIntroductionThe University of Detroit Mercy is a recent recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH)BUILD (Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity) grant aimed at creating a career

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

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Tina Zecher, Northern Arizona University; Fethiye Ozis, Carnegie Mellon University

, “Against the odds: Self-efficacy beliefs of women in mathematical, scientific, and technological careers,” American educational research journal, 37(1), 215-246, 2000.[15] M. Komarraju, “Ideal teacher behaviors: Student motivation and self-efficacy predict preferences,” Teaching of Psychology, 40(2), 104-110, 2013.[16] R.M. Marra, K.A. Rodgers, D. Shen and B. Bogue, “Women engineering students and self‐ efficacy: A multi‐year, multi‐institution study of women engineering student self‐efficacy,” Journal of engineering education, 98(1), 27-38, 2009.[17] G. N.E. Hackett, J.M. Casas and I.A. Rocha-Singh, “Gender, ethnicity, and social cognitive factors predicting the academic achievement of students in engineering,” Journal of

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Online Learning and the Impact of COVID-19

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Natalie Van Tyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

engineering, and business administration. Prior to her career with Virginia Tech, she worked in industry for 31 years, and joined the Colorado School of Mines faculty in 2002. She is also a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado, and holds a PhD in Engineering Education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Before and After: Team Development in Virtual and In-Person Transfer Student Engineering Design TeamsAbstractThis Evidence-Based Practice paper contains the similarities and differences in teamdevelopment among first-year engineering design teams containing transfer students in theonline Fall 2020

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We Love our MOMs (Mechanics of Materials)

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Adrian Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin

humandevelopment [12]. Students become more sensitive to cultural issues and experience aheightened level of social responsibility [13]. These developed soft skills have the potential toextend to areas outside their academic experiences, like their career choices, participation inservice after college, or commitment to activism [10].While the experience component is critical to a service-learning project, this experience does notnecessarily result in learning [14]. The ability for students to recognize the meaning of theirexperience and personal development is enabled through preflection and reflection activities.Preflection is the idea of preparing students to think about their biases and establish theirexpectations before going into the service-learning

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Mechanical Engineering: Demos and Interactives

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Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Mohammad Hossan, University of Central Oklahoma; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University

methods, neural network, and deep/machine learning for adeno-associated virus and liposome characterization. In 2020, he was awarded the best Research Assistant award by the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Khan plans to pursue a teaching career upon earning his Ph.D.Olivia Reynolds (Graduate Student) Olivia received her PhD in chemical engineering from Washington State University in 2022. Her research is focused on the development and assessment of low-cost, hands-on learning tools for fluid mechanics and heat transfer. She plans to remain at Washington State University where she will teach the first-year engineering courses and develop the first-year engineering

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ERM: Instruction and Engagement

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Yonghee Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); David Evenhouse, Purdue Engineering Education; Edward Berger, Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering; Jeffrey Rhoads, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Anastasia Rynearson, Campbell University

Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering (courtesy) at Purdue University. Dr. DeBoer conducts education research and supports diverse students around the world as they are empowered to access, develop, and meaningfully apply engineering skills in their own communities. She has won multiple awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Education Research Association, the Spencer Foundation, and the US Department of State. During her first year as assistant professor, she received the NSF’s prestigious Early CAREER Award, and in 2017, she received the American Society for Engineering Education Mara Wasburn Women in Engineering Early Engineering Educator Award

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Remote and Flipped Instruction in Mechanics

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Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo; Kylie Chan, University of Waterloo

academic careers and later in the workplace.This can be accredited to the opportunities provided through flipped learning to develop andrefine their practical skills such as problem-solving, innovation and collaboration, among others.Intentional content – Intentional content is content curated according to the students’ needs. Forexample, students in engineering tend to be visual or kinesthetic learners. They require physicaldemonstrations and the exposure to hands-on activities that will allow them to best understandthe concepts. Part of being an engineer also means working in a team which suggests thatengineering courses should include group activities where possible.Professional educators – The professional educators are the ones responsible

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - NAE Grand Challenges, Graduate Students, Sustainability, and Makerspaces

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Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Trina Kershaw, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Susan Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Max Denis, University of the District of Columbia; Jorge Allen, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hong Liu, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Tzuyang Yu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Charles Thompson, University of Massachusetts Lowell

systems (CPS) andpractices such as product lifecycle management (PLM) that aim to integrate environmentalsustainability, ethical use of data and other societal factors throughout the lifecycle of a systemor product. The goal is to produce insightful educational modules on these topics that can beintegrated into existing undergraduate courses so that students acquire a broad understanding ofpotential research and career pathways in these emerging fields. These applications may alsomotivate students to better assimilate, gain and retain foundational knowledge in fundamentalprinciples taught in core engineering courses. The design of CPS and PLM involves multipledisciplines across the fields of engineering, computer science, business, health

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Social Identities and STEM Experiences: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 6

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Michelle Ausman; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Melissa Shuey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Engineering Education,” Jun. 2009, p. 14.1002.1-14.1002.11. [22] C. Kang, H. Jo, S. W. Han, and L. Weis, “Complexifying Asian American student pathways to STEM majors: Differences by ethnic subgroups and college selectivity,” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Jun. 2021.[23] L. Lowe, Immigrant acts: on Asian American cultural politics. Durham: Duke University Press, 1996.[24] M. Tuan, Forever foreigners or honorary whites? the Asian ethnic experience today. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1998.[25] J. Tang, “The Career Attainment of Caucasian and Asian Engineers,” The Sociological Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 467–496, Aug. 1993.[26] C. S. Chan, “Issues of Identity Development among Asian-American

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Remote and Flipped Instruction in Mechanics

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Jennifer Holte, University of St. Thomas

instruction–making activelearning even more important in remote instruction.Not every learning objective is best tackled with a full class period of active learning. Using avariety of instructional methods will help the students to succeed in different learning modes [13]and increase their learning flexibility [14] [15] which will benefit them in the classroom and intheir careers. Without denying all the benefits of active learning, students also need to becomecapable listeners, note takers, and questioners if they want to successfully participate in projectproposals, planning sessions, and public meetings as engineers.Whether using passive or active instructional methods, motivation matters. Deci and Ryan [16],Cavanagh [17], and Eccles and Wigfield

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Professional Skills and Community Building in Chemical Engineering Education

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Christopher Chen

the number of and facilitating meaningful student-studentinteractions throughout the course.Fixed Learning Teams. As students were taking the first course in the major, with a subsection ofthe class (the transferring juniors) in their first semester at our institution, we decided to assignlearning teams based on some shared affinity (e.g., sector, career aspirations, or researchinterests) in which students completed all group learning activities in the course, while beingmindful to avoid groups in which only one member of a gender or under-presented minoritywould be present. Since students have not previously taken any courses within the department,and no previous grade data was collected, students were not grouped by any way to balance

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Aerospace Division Technical Session: Student Success

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Kathryn Wingate; Aaron Johnson, University of Michigan; Kayla Brooks, University of Colorado Boulder

different reason not tied to lack of resources: found a major better suited to their interests, decided to pursue another career or life opportunity, did not develop a strong engineering identity, etc.ConclusionsOverall this paper was a data driven approach to understand how SES impacts studentpersistance and performance through the aerospace engineering curriculum at a large R1university. We found that students from low SES backgrounds struggled more in calculus andearly aerospace classes, left the major at a higher rate, and had lower 6-year graduation ratescompared to students from high SES backgrounds. The admissions criteria at this universitysuggests that students come in with a strong math background. Students from low