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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuan Li, University of Florida; Peyton Turinetti, University of Florida; Sarah Furtney, University of Florida; Chelsey Simmons, University of Florida; Renee Simmons

educators were exposed to tissueengineering concepts and taught how to mechanically characterize samples and fabricatehydrogels. They used STEM concepts and engineering design principles to mimic native tissueproperties in hydrogels. They read experimental journal articles, documented laboratory work innotebooks, and shared project results with poster presentations.After this immersive research experience, MRET participants were encouraged to develop theirown TE curriculum based on their experience. Most importantly, the educators used their generalengineering design principles and STEM confidence to develop curricula suited for elementarylevels. Although all K-5 educators were able to independently fabricate hydrogels at the end ofthe summer

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ERM: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and MORE!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Edwards, College of Lake County; ANA PIZANO, College of Lake County

Bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology. In my current role, I am responsible for our federal and state institutional reporting. I also support other colleagues on their research questions and collaborate with them on data collection and analysis. I believe that helping others is a way to influence change in education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work in Progress: Developing an Engineering Community in a FablabBackgroundThis Track Two NSF S-STEM grant project builds on the past experience of two previous S-STEM scholarship programs at the College of Lake County (CLC). In reviewing the outcomesfrom the two consecutive

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Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lizabeth Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Tessa Luzuriaga; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

, Director of Women’s Engineering Programs, and CENG Interim Associate Dean. Although she has taught over 25 different courses she current teaches Financial decision making, First year engineering, Senior project, and Change management. Her research is in Engineering Education where she has received $9.8 million of funding from NSF as either PI or Co-PI. She researches equitable classroom practices, integrated learning, and institutional change. She spent the 2019-2020 academic year at Cal State LA where she taught and collaborated on research related to equity and social justice. With her colleagues at Cal State LA she recently received an NSF grant called Eco-STEM which aims to transform STEM education using an asset-based

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Issues Facing STEM Programs at Rural Two-Year Colleges

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Umar Iqbal; Alta Knizley, Mississippi State University; Jenna Johnson, Mississippi State University; Rani Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Shane Brauer, Mississippi State University

Paper ID #37330Improving Engineering Transfer Student Onboarding andRetention through Scholarship and ProgrammaticInterventionsLesley Strawderman (Associate Professor)Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh Dr. M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh investigates the use of digital systems to measure and support engineering education. Current projects include leveraging writing to support programming skill development, using 3D weather visualizations to develop computational thinking skills for K-12 students

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WIED: Support for All in the WIED Community

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danyelle Ireland, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Hyun Su Cho, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of Women’s Achievement and Attrition in Undergraduate Engineering EducationABSTRACTThe proportion of women earning engineering bachelor’s degrees in the United States hasincreased only slightly in the past twenty years from 18% to 21%, and addressing their persistentunderrepresentation in these fields remains a national priority. This paper presents preliminaryresults of a longitudinal mixed-methods research project designed to advance our understandingof women’s underrepresentation in engineering, by examining the factors that influence theireducational outcomes, in ways that are aligned with our understanding of the socioculturalcontext of engineering education. The aims of this project are to: 1

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annie Wang, University of Michigan; Cassandra Jamison, University of Michigan; Jan Stegemann, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University

design, simulate, and verify a device for use in rehab for ligament strain and tear injuries ● Conducted survival surgery on mice, hundreds of hours of tissue digestion evaluation to characterize and test reprogramming abilities of cartilage tissue Team THERMO Internal Vice President, Project Lead Month XXXX - Month XXXX ● Coordinated design reviews and showcases for all organizational project teams, facilitated collaborative meetings between project teams, coordinate recruitment efforts along with other board members ● Led group meetings and

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University; Chris Woods, New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Sooah Kwak, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Marie Burns, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ameya Palav, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Mei Schuerch

interests include asset-based professional and technical skill development of engineers through extracurricular and co-curricular activities.Jack Bringardner Jack Bringardner is the Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He is an Industry Associate Professor and Director of the General Engineering Program. He teaches the first-year engineering course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects Program at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on the future of engineering education. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University; Konstantin Cigularov, Old Dominion University; Phillip Dillulio

graduateteaching assistants for a materials lab. These instructional videos described various steps, such assample preparation, the experimental setup used to conduct the mechanical testing, datareduction, and analysis of the results. Students were introduced to the learning material by theinstructor who demonstrated how to conduct the test in the lab remotely. Even though studentsdid not have the physical access to the experimental set-up, the proposed combination of thestep-by-step instruction supported by the instructional videos proved effective in achievinglearning outcomes defined by the ABET system, which were consistent with the learningoutcomes in the pre-pandemic era. For other laboratory-related work, such as the Senior Designyear-long projects

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Mohua Kar; Lisa Macon, Valencia College

in the introductory engineering courses [1].These practices offered an opportunity to reach a diverse population of engineering students,particularly underrepresented and female students, from a variety of majors within anengineering context. This context situates the statics and dynamics engineering courses in aunique position for educational interventions to potentially affect higher numbers ofunderrepresented students than in any other domain within engineering education due to the highattrition rates of students who struggle with the applied math required in the courses.ResultsThe majority of the students participating in the study identified with a group underrepresentedin STEM and engineering. The overall project included 518

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Manufacturing Workforce Development

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergio Luna, University of Texas at El Paso; Amit Lopes; Ahmed Bahabry, United States Military Academy; Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Helix Project. In the manuscript “The Roles of SystemsEngineers Revisited” [Hutchison, Wade, and Luna, 2017] and Atlas 1.1 “An update to the Theoryof Effective Systems Engineers” [Hutchison, et al., 2018], researchers classified 15 systemsengineering roles into three main clusters as seen in Table 1: • Roles Focused on the System Being Developed – These roles are what may most quickly come to mind when describing a systems engineer. They are roles that align closely with the systems engineering lifecycle and the critical activities systems engineers must enable throughout the lifecycle. • Roles Focused on SE Process and Organization – These roles focus on the organizational context in which systems engineering occurs

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hansika Sirikumara, Marian University

favorable for active learning-based lectures than traditional lectures [7]. Brooks DCreported that technological based learning environment improved the students’ conceptualunderstanding about the subjects [8]. There are several active learning methods could beimplemented during a classroom environment such as problem/project based learning, smallgroup discussion, case studies, peer teaching [9]. Most students are visual learners and many ofthem also experience improved learning through the use of technology [10,11]. Therefore, inorder to promote active learning environment in the semiconductor device course, graphicalpresentations, video presentations and hands-on learning activities were implemented. Also, in-class experiments, demonstrations and

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ECE Division Technical Session 8: Effective Teaching and Learning in Post-Pandemic Classrooms and Other Curricular Innovations

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martha Torres, University of Texas at El Paso; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso

are:Lab 1: Wheatstone bridgeLab 2: Sources transformation and Delta to WYE conversionLab 3: Introduction to Oscilloscope and function generatorsLab 4: Operational amplifiersLab 5: RLC circuits – Sinusoidal steady-state analysisLab 6: RL circuits – Steady-state power analysisLab 7: RL and RC circuits – Natural responseLab 8: RLC circuits – Second orderLab 9: Frequency response and filtersLab 10: Final project. Table 3. Circuits Lab process comparison pre-pandemic, post-pandemic, and during the pandemic. Face-to-face sessions before Virtual sessions during Face-to-face session after COVID-19 crisis COVID-19 crisis COVID-19 crisis Notes

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

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Christopher Tessum; Eleftheria Kontou; Hadi Meidani; Lei Zhao

correctly. Solved worksheet problems become available on Canvas as study material,soon after class. Summative assignments comprise of weekly homeworks, exams and anassigned team project. Homework and exam problems are randomized to minimize cheating[12].Here, we focus on the in-class student problem solving period. Our in-class worksheet approachis inspired by that described in [13] about self-regulated learning, even though we refer to asingle class session with short problems rather than bigger projects. English and Kitsantas [13]distinguish three phases in the classroom environment: problem launch, guided inquiry/solutioncreation and problem conclusion that correspond to three student processing phases: forethought,performance and reflection

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ECE Division Technical Session 8: Effective Teaching and Learning in Post-Pandemic Classrooms and Other Curricular Innovations

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adel Al Weshah, University of Georgia; Ruba Alamad, Kennesaw State University

is fundamental toachieving customer satisfaction. In our project, the customers are the students, and the educationand learning experience is the service they need. In another aspect, the students' future employersare the customers and the students, in this case, are the products that need to be delivered to theemployer. One of the main goals to universities is to provide high-quality education and learningexperience to students that enable students and prepare graduates to serve the community[15,16].Many studies were conducted to improve the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) educationprocess using Six Sigma, but only a few applied the methodology in actual cases. Six Sigma andLean Six Sigma (LSS) were implemented to improve classroom

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3: Technology

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Kurr; David Icove, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

, educational videos, projects, and mentorship from practicing standardsengineers. One example was a Technical Standards Workshop CWRU hosted on September 4th,2019, incorporating information from the course. In addition, speakers from different standardsorganizations (e.g., UL, ASTM, NIST, IEEE, NFPA) spoke on various topics relevant to studentcoursework and senior design projects.As a result of the CWRU Workshop, students learned about the types of standards, howstandards are developed, and even created hypothetical fire-safety standards for differentscenarios, such as fabrics for racecar drivers or containers for lithium batteries. The speakers’talks were recorded and edited into short 10-minute videos and implemented into the modules toadd other

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ERM: Year of Impact on Racial Equity

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Jeremi London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jordan Jarrett, Colorado State University; David Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Linda Vanasupa, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Paper ID #37031WIP: ASEE Year of Impact on Racial Equity: Faculty andAdministrators EngagementElizabeth Litzler (Director) Elizabeth (Liz) Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington (UW) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She was the 2020-2021 Chair of the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI). She is a former Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) and the recipient of the 2020 WEPAN Founders Award. She has led social science research projects such as the UW

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wanju Huang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Frederick Berry, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Marisa Exter, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Ryan Wynkoop

-peer assessment six times across two semesters, immediately followingthe completion of specific team project deliverables, which are called “Gates.”The instructional interventions examined in this study took place in Fall 2021. To investigate theeffectiveness of the interventions, we compared the data collected in Fall 2019 – Pre-Intervention – with the data collected in Fall 2021 – Post-Intervention. We chose not to use Fall2020 data because the course was partially online due to COVID-19 and there were numerousunknown factors that might have impacted students’ behaviors. TABLE I TEAM COMPOSITION Fall 2019 – Pre-Intervention

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Olivia Roa

. Accepting 29.5% Described how the department fosters an inclusive and welcoming department to all races and nationalities. Practical 29.5% Commended the course workload as being applicable to real world scenarios; feel as if this is the work they would be doing in a job after school Enjoyable 27.9% Associated with developing connections with professors. Professors made classes engaging by the different teaching styles, projects, and games in class. Friendly 21.3% Described the welcoming environment that the

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PCEE Session 12: STEM, Technology, and Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

. Thedevelopment of STL was part of the Technology for All Americans (TfAA) project, funded by theNational Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA),which resulted in the publication of several other significant documents beyond STL,including A Rationale and Structure for the Study of Technology (1996) and AdvancingExcellence in Technological Literacy: Student Assessment, Professional Development, andProgram Standards (2003) [3].Disciplines outside of technology and engineering (e.g., social studies, mathematics, science, andinstructional technology) often include technology and engineering ideas, concepts, and practicesin their standards, albeit to differing degrees [7], [8]. Of the disciplines outside of technology

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5: Remote, Hands-On Laboratories

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson

Introduction and Project RationaleLaboratories are a key part of engineering studies. This is in part motivated by ABET’sassessment criteria, particularly student outcome 6 which states that by graduation students mustdemonstrate “an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze andinterpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions [1].” Despite the prevalence oflaboratories, appropriate objectives are not always clear. For this reason, ABET convened acolloquy of fifty educators to clarify laboratory objectives [2]. That group developed a list ofthirteen objectives which can be summarized as follows: students must demonstrate the abilitiesto apply instrumentation, evaluate models, devise experiments, collect

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alanna Epstein, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University

95% forthe pre-course survey, 73% for the post-course survey, and 60% for the longitudinalsurvey, with EL team members being the most difficult to contact for the longitudinalfollow-up.The post-course survey focuses on questions relating to: (1) the extent and types ofknowledge gained, (2) satisfaction with the quality of the course and instruction, (3)post-course interests and intentions (e.g., I will apply for SBIR funding for mytechnology in the next 12 months) and (4) project updates and accomplishments (e.g.,how many customer interviews were conducted or whether a patent application wasfiled). The longitudinal survey, which participants completed an average of 13 monthsafter program completion, focuses on questions related to: (1

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ERM: Design!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh; William Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Justin Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

tripartite phenomenon comprised of three dimensions:cognitive empathy, affective empathy, and behavioral empathy by building on the work of Clarket al. [14]. The cognitive dimension emphasizes knowing what another is feeling; the affectivedimension emphasizes feelings of concern for another; and the behavioral dimension emphasizesthe act of responding based on the cognitive and affective experience. In the study context, bymeasuring these dimensions pre-post course, we seek to provide evidence into individualchanges in empathic tendencies associated with knowing, feeling and acting after engaging inengineering community-engaged projects for a semester.Measuring Empathic DevelopmentTo assess growth in empathy over a semester, we administered pre and

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WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Erin Carll; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

learn less about the engineering profession during theirtime in CC than men [9]. Women in CC also have less confidence in math and science than men[9].To counteract these factors that contribute to women CC students’ lower persistence inengineering and technology programs, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) developed apilot program to introduce CC women to engineers and scientists in four-year universities andthe workforce. These events were part of the third phase of a research project to investigatepersistence in engineering and computer science for women in CCs. Phase III built on thefindings from previous work that found that women in CC with an interest in engineering orcomputer science could benefit from having more information about

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PCEE Session 12: STEM, Technology, and Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Jennifer Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder; Ivonne Santiago, University of Texas at El Paso

underrepresented and underserved youth. Jennifer develops engineering education curricula that focus on integrating the engineering design process and design thinking into STEM education and works with K-12 educators to increase teacher capacity in classroom engineering education. She also teaches a first-year Engineering Projects course at CU. Prior to pursuing a career in higher education, Jennifer taught middle school science for 15 years and she received a Teacher of the Year community award and guided her students to numerous state and national sustainable project awards, including the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. After transitioning from the classroom, she joined the CU Cooperative Institute for Environmental

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Teodora Shuman, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Kathleen Cook, Seattle University

solving a practical problem (i.e., creating a sustainable and useful form of talk) while also imagininghow our effort can contribute to scholarship (Barab, 2004). Edelson (2002) unpacks how design effortssuch as this can contribute to scholarship, such as by resulting in design frameworks that others can use.We have been particularly inspired by Sandoval’s arguments about the complexity of managingdesign-based research projects and the benefit of having an “argumentative grammar.” Sandoval offers agrammar for DBR projects as follows: design embodiments give rise to mediating processes that lead tooutcomes. Sandoval discusses how early work in a DBR project can involve iteratively refining theembodiment as the potential mediating processes and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison Polasik, Campbell University

they were beginning to workon a significant team project using MATLAB. 80 students responded to the survey request. Thesurvey asked students to identify their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for engineering major. Based on theanswers to these questions, students were broken into one of 4 categories. Group A1 students hadCSE or EE as a first choice. Group B1 students had MSE or BME as a first choice. Group C1students identified Chemical Engineering (ChemE) as their first choice. Group D1 studentsidentified Mechanical Engineering (ME) or Aerospace Engineering (AE) as their first choice.Group E1 identified another engineering major as their first choice. Similar nomenclature wasused to create group A2, B2, C2, D2, and E2 for students who chose each of

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WIED: Support for All in the WIED Community

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nivia Diaz, Universidad Andres Bello; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Chile.

been a visiting researcher at Syracuse University, UT- Austin, and Universidad Andres Bello. Her main research areas are interdisciplinary education, teaching methods, faculty development, and gender issues in STEM education. She actively participates in several national and international projects, in mathematics, engineering, and science education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comBuilding Industry-University Bridges: Successful Stories of IncreasingProfessional Women's Participation in MiningABSTRACTChile is one of the leading mining countries globally, and one of its expectations is to increase thenumber of women

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DEED Technical Session 4 Best in DEED

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Corey Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

when considering models for course design.Keywords: course design, design object, design thinking, engineering design, backward designIntroductionDesigning courses is a nontrivial task [1,2] and an abundance of approaches, models, andmethods have been developed to guide the design of courses [3–5]. In creating a course,educators face several considerations regarding the scope of learning outcomes; the kinds ofactivities, content, or projects learners may engage in; the nature of interactions betweeninstructors and students and among students themselves; the structure or flexibility of theexperience; and many more [2,5]. As such, the potential design space is large and complex.Comparing the tradeoffs between alternatives may result in several

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WIED: Partnering with and Supporting the WIED Community

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim, Indiana University-Bloomington; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amanda Diekman

Optimized BERT Pre-training Approach (RoBERTa) [20]. This model was developedby Facebook and the University of Washington and was trained with over 160 GB of textualdata. Next, we used the Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) fordimension reduction to get an interpretable number of groupings within the data [21]. UMAPestimates a topology of the high-dimensional data and uses this information to construct a low-dimensional representation that preserves relationships present in the data. This approach is moreappropriate for non-linear relationships within data over more traditional dimension reductiontechniques like Principal Components Analysis [22]. Then, we used Hierarchical AgglomerativeClustering with Ward linkages to

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Statics Fanatics 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yemisi Oyewola, Utah State University; Brian Cowburn, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ryan Barlow, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Wade Goodridge, Utah State University; Kurt Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

University Kurt Becker is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. His research includes engineering design thinking, systems engineering, engineering education professional development, technical training, and adult learning cognition. He is currently working on National Science Foundation funded projects exploring engineering design thinking and systems thinking, a USAID funded project in Egypt, “Center of Excellence in Water”, and Department of Education funded GEARUP projects in the area of STEM education related to engineering education. He has extensive international experience working on technical training and engineering projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World