Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larisa Olesova; Duoduo Liao, George Mason University; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J. Foxwell, George Mason University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

transform STEM education can be implementation of an inquiry-basedcollaborative approach. The inquiry-based collaborative approach can impact and prepare STEMgraduates for the future workforce following the required high level of critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. This innovative approach also can help STEM graduatesdevelop required collaborative and communicative skills while working as part of any team.The inquiry-based collaborative approach has recently received recognition when themetacognitive approach has been implemented into the design of online, hybrid and face-to-facelearning to support the dynamics of reflective thinking and a collaborative inquiry process [2].Metacognition is a required cognitive ability to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuvra Das, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

pressabout Tesla. These are not just technical issues, but ethical violations have been reported as well.A simple Google search can help one find these news items. Students were asked to researchsome of these articles and analyze Tesla’s vehicle electrification effort through the Design Justicelens using answers to the following questions as guides: Who do you think created the originaldesign? Who benefitted/benefits from it? Who were/would be harmed from it? What designjustice principles are being violated, if any?Upon completion of the above tasks, all students were asked to reflect on what they learned byanswering the questions: a. What are some things you learned about Design Justice? b. Name at least three new things you

Conference Session

Keeping It Real: Real World Examples and Systems Thinking

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Max Magee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

simplify the model as they see fit, and then apply the canonical mathematical models theywere taught in their engineering science courses to guide their design decisions in a group settingand reflect on their answers. Previous research has focused on engineering students workingtogether within designated design courses, but little is known about how students work togetherin a group to solve a problem in an engineering science course.This full research paper serves as our first attempt to answer the questions: 1) How do undergraduate engineering student teams solve an open-ended statics problem? 2) How does solving these problems contribute to building professional engineering skills?BackgroundOne of the main activities of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor Leung, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson, P.E., York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

of the COVID-19 pandemic, to the current year’s team concentrating onimplementing sensors in the hand and refining the ergonomics of the existing design. The paperwill also include student & faculty reflection and discussion of the faculty facilitation needed forsuch a service-based project and how engineering educators can consider implementing suchprojects into their programs.IntroductionInterdisciplinary team-based projects in engineering education are an approach to experientiallearning which can provide students with a diverse learning opportunity to work closely withindividuals from different disciplines [1, 2, 3]. Some of the benefits of participating on aninterdisciplinary team include unique solutions to solving complex problems

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Chukwuemeka Duru; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Opeyemi Taiwo Adeniran, Morgan State University; Uttam Gaulee; Sotonye Ikiriko, Morgan State University; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Md Mahmudur Rahman, Morgan State University; Frank Efe; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Benjamin Gbeminiyi Famewo

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

. According to the NationalResearch Council [3] and Savey [4], inquiry-based learning (IBL) is a pedagogical approach inwhich students begin with a question followed by investigating the solutions, reflecting, andcommunicating findings, and creating new knowledge based on the collected evidence. IBL hasbeen widely adopted in science education because of its great potential to facilitate more positivestudent attitudes and a deeper understanding of scientific concepts [5], [6]. Additionally, accordingto Specht et al [7], inquiry-based learning has been increasingly suggested as an efficient approachfor fostering students’ curiosity and motivation by linking science teaching in schools withinformal learning and phenomena in everyday life. To ensure the

Conference Session

Broadening Participation through Access, Equity, Inclusion in ECE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Hussein, University of Washington; Riley Connor Maloney, University of Washington; Luis Rodriguez-Gil; Jon Ander Beroz; Pablo Orduna, LabsLand

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

university setting. The success of an advanced digital design course deliveredusing a remote Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) lab inspired the creation of anintroductory digital logic curriculum for 2-year community college and high school students. TheBEADLE curriculum is designed to prepare students for a junior-level course in computerengineering at a 4-year university, where digital logic is typically taken during the first twoyears. To evaluate the curriculum, we offered it to a sophomore class on digital logic design at a4-year public university and collected pre- and post-assignment surveys to gauge understandingof the material. Reflection pieces were also used to evaluate the students' approach and level ofcomprehension. In this paper

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

essentially more of a coaching ratherthan correcting[2], and collaboration with communication experts for training is one approach todevelop more efficient and purposeful grading rubrics. The goal of rubrics is to reflect the skillstargeted in the assignment in order to effectively evaluate technical communication[2].In previous work, the lead instructors for a two-part series of senior-level chemical engineeringunit operations laboratory courses worked with the Writing Center on campus to developassignments and activities targeted at specific technical communication skills[9]. Through thiscollaboration, preliminary rubrics were developed to assess communication skills tied to learningoutcomes. These rubrics were constructed based on reflecting what

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Newsome Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lakshmi Raju

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

can help.’”The article referenced is a collection of excerpts from the book “Peer-to-Peer Leadership:Transforming Student Culture” by Aaron Thompson, Greg Metz, and Joseph B. Cuseo. Contentsections summarized include Why Peer Leadership Matters in the 21st Century, The Importanceof Social Capital, The Power of Peer Leadership, and Positive Outcomes Associated with PeerLeadership. In the content referenced as the most impactful reading of the practicum, leadershipis undeniably linked to peer mentorship, yet the connection was missed in PL reflection. As thePeer Leader Practicum further develops, activities and discussions should reinforce theimportance of leadership development within the practice of peer mentorship.Peer Leaders Self-Identify

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _ Monday June 26, 1:30 - 3:00

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

group, selected to better ensure that content on diversity andinclusivity is well-integrated into the course in a meaningful and effective manner. This contentincludes interviews with industry professionals who themselves can effectively represent diverseperspectives; readings selected from texts on engineering failures resulting from a lack ofinclusivity (“missing voices”) in design, and case studies on the impact of locating high risktechnologies and facilities in socio-economically disadvantaged areas (often correlated with largeminority populations). Students are asked to reflect on factors which impact their own values aswell as those of engineers who design, site and implement technologies. DIV learning outcomesto be achieved via the

Conference Session

Computer Science Education and AI research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amari N. Lewis, University of California San Diego ; Mia Minnes, University of California, San Diego; Kristen Vaccaro, University of California San Diego; Joe Gibbs Politz, University of California San Diego

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

know”. Some codes appear both in theFacilitators and the Barriers data, with different interpretation: for example, prep coded a response to thebarriers question when a student said they didn’t feel adequately prepared to succeed in their next class,and it coded a response to the confidence question when the student reflect on the extent to which thepreparation that they do have equips them for success.A. Most frequent categories for facilitators and barriersWhen coding responses of CSE majors in the eight participating classes to the question: What makes youfeel good about your plans to take the next course in this sequence?, the most frequently seen category wasKnowledge, which includes the codes prep and cs-skills. Students feel confident

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Aaron Wood P.E., The Citadel

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

for public education is “burning the buildings and hanging the professors”[15]. From its inception, ASEE has been advocating for the same basic teaching reforms of theRousseau/Dewey pedogeological ideology, yet “there is nothing new under the sun” [16]. Whenengineering educators are tempted to blame to K-12 education, in a confused exercise ofHegelian synthesis, more and more of ASEE’s policy recommendations reflect the failingpedagogical and sociological ideologies adopted by that same K-12 system [17].Perhaps, the educational reforms of the last century have inverted the problem. More and moreemphasis has been placed on the teaching innovation. Western culture since the world wars hasvalued Rousseau’s “noble savage” and Wordsworth’s “Idiot

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Shatha Jawad Jawad, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Pradip Peter Dey; Mohammad N. Amin, National University

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

challenges if they are given freedom with appropriate responsibility.2. A Key issue is “how should we grade?” to accurately reflect student learning. When we asked the following question to Open AI’s ChatGPT it immediately generated the answer shown with the citation and references given below. Question: “How can a teacher grade an assignment, which is completed by a student using ChatGPT?” ChatGPT Answer: “ChatGPT is a chatbot that uses a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre- training Transformer) language model to generate text based on a given prompt. It is not designed to be used as a tool for completing assignments or for grading purposes. If a student has used ChatGPT to complete an assignment, it would not be an accurate

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 11

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Morin, ASHLIN Management Group; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Bryant Hutson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

at least one “micromoment activity” in their courses. To support faculty in theseactivities, we created a set of 25 micromoment activities [16] that faculty could use immediatelyand easily adapt to the content at hand. Not only would these activities help faculty to be moreconfident in their teaching, but they would support pedagogical change and encourage morefrequent implementations. Students would also have more opportunities for engaging in learningexperiences to develop an entrepreneurial mindset [16].After implementing each micromoment activity, faculty completed a reflection and submitted toan online forum on Engineering Unleashed [17] to discuss the activity, how it went, and howthey can improve. They were also asked how they felt

Conference Session

Disciplinary Engineering Education Research – Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth (Ann Elizabeth) Wittig, City University of New York, City College of New York, Department of Civil Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

], [13].It is also a pre-cursor to motivation and engagement [14], [15], and sustained academicperformance [16], [17]. Therefore, it is critical, and especially for students who are the mostvulnerable to attrition such as URM, to develop a strong SOB early in a college career [18].Similarly, while retention models recognize the importance of academic success and intellectualgrowth to retention, they do not connect effective Self-Regulation of Learning (SRL) toretention. Zimmerman’s social-cognitive model of SRL [19] focuses on an individual’scognition, actions, and affect while learning. Effective SRL occurs when learners are activelyengaged in the task (or performance in SRL-speak) and bookend each task with forethought andself-reflection. The

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Gregory T. Neumann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

student perceptions change over the duration of the first laboratory course? • To what extent do these experiences differ for students enrolled in the traditional course and the revised course?By providing thematic analysis of these responses, we hope to glean further insight into themerits and limitations of both modes of class operation. While the quantitative analysis wasuseful for observing general shifts in knowledge, skills, and attitude, there is value in readingstudents’ reflections that allow for context. Since student responses on Likert scale questions canbe subjective and personal, we anticipate that qualitative analysis of the open-ended responseswill expose the deeper thought processes of our students, allowing us to

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey D. Radloff, SUNY Cortland; Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Ryan Brown, Illinois State University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Dominick Fantacone

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

then develop original multi-day engineering design-based lessons for enactment in their classrooms over the following two semesters. Following theirNUWC visit, teachers participate in ongoing professional learning workshops (i.e., fall andspring) where they learn to use the 7E model of STEM instruction (Eisenkraft, 2003) to guidetheir lesson planning and implementation and reflect on their lesson development with theirpeers. Aligned with our framework, engineering design-based instruction is at the core of thismodel. Teachers self-identify their Naval STEM lesson topics and form teams of 3-5 teachers(based on these interests) to develop their lessons. “Naval STEM” tasks are those contextualizedusing Naval research that include NUWC-based

Conference Session

Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lewis Caulfield; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Carthage College, Dr. Nagel is leading development of two new degree programs: a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Learning from an Omnidirectional Mentorship Program: Identifying Themes and Outcomes through a Qualitative LensAbstractMentorship has many benefits which may include sharing, reflection, and empathy. Mentoringfosters understanding of others and their perspectives. Being mentored increases one’s potentialfor success and satisfaction, opening doors for new opportunities in personal and professionalgrowth. Omnidirectional mentorship is a type of organizational structure that emphasizes

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Dalka, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Devyn Shafer; Brianne Gutmann, San José State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

students develop a sense of agency,deeper relationality, and inclusive leadership practices. We present how these outcomes arehighly important for effecting change both as a part of Access and in other spaces studentsoccupy.In this paper, we begin by introducing background information on both Access and put the workof the NF team in conversation with other educational change initiatives. We then describe themethods we have used in this work. Next, we present the results of our analysis and reflect onthese results in the discussion section. Finally, we use the conclusion section of this paper todiscuss implications for other practitioners and motivate future research possibilities.II. BackgroundIn this section, we first describe how Access is

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kumar, University of Notre Dame; Megan Levis, University of Notre Dame

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

activities used in ethics and non-ethicsengineering courses. We share details and examples of some of our activities, including examplesof student made scenarios. We share our challenges and reflections about the process.(3) Developing and curating different resources for ethics educators through the Virtues andVocations and Ethics at Work initiatives and through a student developed ethics tool.INTERDISCIPLINARY AND PAN-INTITAIVE COLLABORATIONVirtues and Vocations initiativeThese endeavors came into contact with the Virtues and Vocations initiative at the University ofNotre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns. The Center for Social Concerns is an interdisciplinaryinstitute dedicated to justice education and research for the common good with

Conference Session

Values in Engineering: Ethics and Justice-Oriented Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Amol Agrawal; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

marginalized local knowledges. It attends to the way power is reflected in socio-technical systems and whether power sharing exists and/or power is being exerted and treated as a limited resource [36]. 2) Politics of artifacts [37] asserts that science and technology aren’t neutral. Many of the values and politics of artifacts remain invisible, by design. In order to build socially just socio-technical systems, we must reveal these values in existing artifacts and attend to what values are shaping the design of new artifacts. Otherwise knowledge production and technological development will continue to reproduce social inequalities. 3) Feminist standpoint epistemologies (e.g., [38]) help us empathetically orient “Self

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Mark Horowitz, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

thecourse. The survey also allowed students to expand on any challenges they were still facing atthe end of the course. This final survey allowed us to explore in depth the students’ interests,prior exposure to ECE, course expectations, learning experiences, and takeaways, in addition toany remaining challenges and final reflections. We provide a brief class profile in Table 2,generated from the final survey data. It is important to highlight the different making andelectronics experiences that students had been exposed to prior to taking E40M, in addition to thedifferent academic major interests of the enrolled students. This diversity helped us collect amore representative body of data pertaining to the overall student population’s

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

/or manufacture. They too had to form together as a network so as to bringtogether much tacit knowledge that would otherwise be unavailable.Bingham and Hames show the importance of skill in liaison and coordination. In the pursuitof the Task force’s goals. Just as the principles of networking are generic so are the skills oftechnical (scientific) coordination. Indeed Trevelyan believes they are the key skills in theengineer’s repertoire “Engineering itself is a large symphony of combined collaborationperformances” [12]. That could equally be said of the VTF as described by Bingham andHames.Finally, evidence supports the view that teams are more effective when their membership isdiverse. Bingham reflected, “I now realised that we did not have

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Litster, University of Toronto; Patricia K. Sheridan, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

elicitation processes – meaning the way in which the authors of each article took out theinformation that would create the mental model – was unique, though they can be broadlycategorized as having a significant visual element (e.g., Pathfinder Networks in Braunschweig &Seaman (2014)), being derived from text(s) that were either generated by the students themselves(e.g., in the form of reflective writing found in Sochacka et al. (2020)) or observations ofdesigning (e.g., audio recordings found in Quinones et al. (2009)). Depending on the context ofthe study, the elicitation technique that was used could also act as the generation process of themental model – meaning the way in which authors interpreted or translated the knowledge togive it

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 3: Let's Get Thinking on Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Latanya Robinson, Florida International University; Monica E. Cardella, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

example, are ill-structured withunderdefined constraints and unknown criteria to assess solutions [26]. In contrast, anengineering optimization problem focuses on using data collection and analysis to determineand/ or improve the performance of an existing process, product, and/ or system [9]. A reverseengineering problem, on the other hand, encompasses understanding existing processes and/ orsystems to document, learn about or from, and/ or redesign it [9]. Although these engineeringproblems are described as individual problem types, within professional engineering practice,engineers are tasked with working on a combination of the different kinds of problems. As such,engineering problems designed for K-12 settings should reflect the diversity of

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M. McAlister, The State University of New York, Buffalo; Sarah Catherine Lilly, California State University, Channel Islands

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

students across both iterations, along with students’ final projects andwritten reflections on the awareness events [8].There was some shift in students’ perceptions of the issue of homelessness. Pre- and post-responses revealed that the deficit perspective that homelessness is the result of inherentindividual characteristics was mostly present in pre-surveys and decreased but did not disappearafter the project [8]. Students' written reflections demonstrated their surprise that their previousnotions of the causes of homelessness and the demographics of individuals experiencinghomelessness were inaccurate or incomplete [31]. However, several students did present acritical and systemic view of social injustices, mostly in their post-responses [8

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 2: Let's Get Thinking Computationally

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M. Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Darshita N. Shah, The Pennsylvania State University; Ashwin Krishnan Mohan, Pennsylvania State University; Gregory John Kelly, Pennsylvania State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, and developing and using models. CT within the literature is framed as a set ofpractices to engage in problem-solving implying that, within K-12 settings, CT can serve as adisciplinary body of knowledge in its own right, and as a set of epistemic practices for problem-solving and meaning making in general.This framing is echoed in student discourse and practices around CT and engineering design(Ardito et al., 2020; Tofel-Grehl, Searle, & Ball, 2022; Yang, Baek, & Swanson, 2020). Ardito etal. (2020) for instance found that students used CT as epistemic practices to problem-solve andmake meaning of engineering challenges in robotics, often reflecting on this in their journals.Yang, Baek, & Swanson (2020), pulling from observations

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

experience (i.e., apprehension). They later transformthese experiences through internal reflection (i.e., intention) or manipulation of externalphenomena (i.e., extension). In our courses, we use case studies and simulation/game-likeactivities. Prado et al. [15] found that both simulations and case studies as pedagogical toolsworked well to convey the main ideas in a course on sustainable development.In this paper, we describe our approach within a Civil and Environmental Engineeringdepartment, where we have developed two policy-oriented courses for upper-level undergraduateand graduate students. The primary questions we answered when developing the policy forengineers courses were 1) what learning objectives to prioritize and 2) what teaching and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Becker, Montana State University, Bozeman; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah; Christine Johnson

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

happens to the power of various elements in a resistivecircuit as the value of one of the resistors decreases. The second exercise has students considersituations in which the ideal independent voltage and current source models might fail. Bothwriting exercises are built from a template that includes several metacognitive prompts to spurself-reflection on the part of the user. A rule-based approach was taken to detect evidence ofcommon misconceptions [2] and errors in student responses, as well as to identify sentences thatrevealed the student was correctly addressing the problems. Based on identified misconceptionsor correct concepts in a student’s writing, the web-based application selects appropriate directedline of reasoning (DLR) feedback

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Hultine Massengale, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Sarah Oerther, Saint Louis University

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

course content – redesign of a local food system – was not a “favoritetopic” of some of the students.A further detailed analysis of Figure 2 shows that for Spring 2021, the same five questions wereadministered during the fifteenth week of the course. The response rate (N=9) was equal to one-third of the full course enrollment (N=30), and again reflects the poor rate of response typicallyobserved on our campus. As mentioned above, in Spring 2022, only three of the same fivequestions were administered during the fifteenth week of the course (i.e., question 1 and question2 are no longer included in the campus-wide instrument). The response rate (N=6) represented aminority of the enrollment (N=28). While the overall response reported in Figure 2 was

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Understanding Issues Faced by Graduate Students and Faculty

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shayla Ellington, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

intentional choice made after pilot testing the protocol. We were interested in howparticipants’ perceived the role of topical expertise because research suggests engineering faculty see it ascritically important [15]. When asked about the role and importance of a teacher's topical knowledge, participants’consensus was that it could be assumed, rather than being something that differentiated good or bad teaching. Wesee this as important, and likely contextual. Upon reflection, we see it as unsurprising for participants in ourinstitutional context to see faculty as inherently experts to the point that it can be unspoken. To many participants,assumed expertise is reputational and a motivation for attending their institution.The second theme was the