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Engineering Programs and Institutional Factors

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kiara Lynn Steinhorst, University of Nevada, Reno ; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Rachael Ciara Young; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

recommending it to the cohort participants is an example of instrumentalsocial capital. When asked about how the program had helped Pam during her first semester, sheresponded by highlighting how the different people behind the program helped her: [My faculty mentor]encouraged me and Kelly to join SWE and go on their trip to New Orleans. So that's a super fun future plan. [Graduate Student], I love talking to you about how you did industry, came back, and got your Masters, because that’s always something that was in my head. So just hearing different people’s… what they did, what their journey was, and trying to relate that to what I want to do. So the connections are just something that is amazing that not

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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impacts of this incident, such as the Chief Counsel’s Report [9], the ExecutiveSummary and 4-volume U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board report [10], theResearch Planning, Inc. report [11], the National Commission’s Report to the President [12], andthe National Academies Press 2012 free e-book on this blowout [13]. Student teams must reporton the technical and ethical causes of the disaster, and then expound on the global, cultural,economic, and environmental impacts of the event. Further, they examine the regulatory aspectsof deepwater drilling that were in place before this event, and changes introduced by the Obamaand Trump administrations. Student teams then apply this learning to analyze the case of anoilfield storage tank

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Virtual Mentoring Program, Listening to Those That Matter, Moving Beyond Research, and Career Outcomes Tracking

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lexy C. Arinze, Purdue University; Janet M. Beagle; Jacqueline E. McDermott

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

theGradTrack program. This indicates that mentees-turned-mentors are interested in contributing toand building a community at Purdue Engineering. As the program continues to grow andestablish itself, increased feelings of belonging and community may naturally emerge.An important topic to discuss, and a future refinement that we plan to make to our study, is theincentivization of participants to respond to surveys. For this study all responses were madevoluntarily, with no incentivization. Only 16% of undergraduate student mentees and 46% ofgraduate student mentors replied to both pre- and post-event surveys. Due to the low surveynumbers, there is the possibility that there is volunteer bias in the data presented here. It ispossible that only students

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Stephens, Spelman College; Tiffany Renee Oliver, Spelman College; Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

through management and evaluation. Dr. Leggett-Robinson has more than 15 years of higher education experience which includes STEM academic and student success/support programming, strategic plan- ning, data analytics, and program evaluation. As a PI, she has garnered funds in excess of $3 million dollars from both NIH and NSF for broadening participation in STEM Undergraduate Education and as an Evaluator has worked on large projects with NSF (Big Data, BioGraph), Google CS-ER, and DOD STEM Student Success. Her distinguished record of STEM programmatic success (at HBCUs and PWIs) is well documented in publications and presentations. Dr. Leggett-Robinson’s latest publications, ”De- mystifying Promotion & Tenure: A

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Crystal E. Peoples, Duke University; Alicia Nicki Washington, Ph.D., Duke University; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University

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/content/article/sense-belonging-matters-s-why-academic-culture-needs-change (accessed Jan. 30, 2022).[7] J. R. Stark, “Black and African American Women Postdocs in STEM: Their Experiencesand Career Plans,” Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, United States -- Pennsylvania, 2021.Accessed: Jan. 30, 2022. [Online]. Available:https://www.proquest.com/docview/2572582316/abstract/1D6772B35B5F423CPQ/1[8] I. H. Settles, M. K. Jones, N. T. Buchanan, and K. Dotson, “Epistemic exclusion:Scholar(ly) devaluation that marginalizes faculty of color,” Journal of Diversity in HigherEducation, vol. 14, pp. 493–507, 2021, doi: 10.1037/dhe0000174.[9] D. D. Bernal and O. Villalpando, “An apartheid of knowledge in academia: The struggleover the" legitimate

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 1: Student Success and Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Christopher, Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University; C.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University; Aziz Gram Sarhan

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plan to prepare next time compared to this time.It can also help to have a final course review and self-assessment that shows the student how muchthey have learned and covered during the semester with the hope of providing many small masteryexperiences that culminate in one large one. Oftentimes, students get bogged down in the detailsof each week and forget to think about the experience of a course as a whole. Discussing the topicsand varying steps covered throughout the course can help the students visualize their progress.Even though the student did not set these steps up themselves, it helps them to see it in retrospectand can encourage this as a valuable practice to continue, even if future courses do not require it.ConclusionThis paper

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 5: Motivation and Support for Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, University of Alabama

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Student Division (STDT)

elucidate priorities and to develop action planning [30].While frequently overlooked, needs assessment is the procedures of evaluating the educationalrequirements of individuals or groups and matching their needs with the curricula or training[31].This study aims to employ a comprehensive questionnaire survey that includes both open-ended and close-ended questions to identify various types of stressors experienced by students inCivil, Architecture, and Construction Engineering. The questionnaire can be found in theAppendix. The initial section of the survey is devoted to collecting demographic information,including age, gender, ethnicity, current job/student status, field of study, and whetherrespondents are first-generation college students. This

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yağmur Önder, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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uncommonin research. Within academic research, there is a long history and a tendency to perpetuate thedominance of one group by building a collection of theories, methods and tools which disparageor ignore the knowledge and skills of marginalized groups. She offers the example of the PorteusMaze, which was used as a measure of intelligence in Africa at the height of colonial rule.Students were given a printed plan of a maze and had to trace a path they would follow to get tothe center of the maze. However, as more Africans than Europeans were successful in getting tothe center of the maze, this test was abandoned as a measure of intelligence [16].The PSVT:R was developed by Roland Guay in 1977 at Purdue University, cites Sorby andBaartmans [9

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamima Mithun, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan, University of Texas at Austin

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CIT21400 course. In this study, we integrated the microlearning instructional approach into CIT 21400to help engage students and retain the knowledge gained through the introduction to datamanagement course. CIT 21400 is a required class for all CIT students and a prerequisite for allother courses in the data-management concentration. Figure 1 shows the current plan of study forthe CIT data-management concentration; we draw particular attention to CIT 21400’s position asa prerequisite course for all data-management courses. Approximately 140 students who enroll inCIT 21400 will directly benefit per academic year. We anticipate seeing learning and performancegains over time as students continue in their programs as an outcome of our research

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiaojiao Fu, Peking University

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textbook combined with chapter contents.When using this case in the questionnaire, personal names, place names, numbers, andrelated expressions were simplified to form a shorter case of 251 words.Example: Question 1 of Case 1: Please list the role conflicts of the protagonist and briefly analyzethem.Question 1 of Case 2: From the protagonist's point of view, please briefly list all thecontradictions and conflicts of interest involved in the case, and prioritize these contradictionsbased on the ethical knowledge you have mastered.Question 2 of Case 2: Three action plans have been given in this case. First, the governmentproposed to build a public waste and garbage landfill in a sparsely populated area. Second, therich proposed to rebuild the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 1: Partnerships Making It Real!

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Lynn Biesecker; Justin McFadden; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #38103Reinvigorating Energy Teaching via Research with Engineers (Evaluation)Catherine Lynn BieseckerJustin McFaddenDr. Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville Thomas Tretter is professor of science education and director of the Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Plan- etarium at the University of Louisville. His scholarship includes collaborative efforts with science and engineering faculty targeting retention of STEM majors in entry-level STEM courses.Dr. Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville Brian Robinson is an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the Uni- versity of

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

need for furthersampling of participants from engineering colleges. We plan to increase the number ofparticipants who are institutional agents in engineering colleges prior to developing final resultsfrom this study.Preliminary FindingsPreliminary findings from second-cycle coding of data generated with six participants employedat five of the seven institutions included in the ongoing study are presented in this paper.Participants’ most common responses when probed about their perceptions of theassets/attributes military students bring with them to higher education, as well as current gapsand promising practices for military student support, are synthesized for each research questionand presented below.RQ1: Institutional agent awareness of

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hicks, Texas A&M University-Kingsville ; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur; James Jack Glusing

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Preuss, EdD, is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external eval- uation, and as publication support. Most of his work is on STEM education and advancement projects and completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and interests of underserved populations and advancing understanding of Minority- Serving Institutions.Dr. Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville Dr. Alexander graduated with a BS in Engineering Science from Trinity University, a MS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech

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Manufacturing Workforce Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Stephen Baker; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; David Shannon, Auburn University; josiah e blocus, Tuskegee University; Eugene Thompson

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

workforce training, AM is also playing a transformative role due to its uniquebenefits. Besides enabling the production of highly sophisticated instructive models anddemonstrations, hence improving STEM education, AM is increasingly used as a vehicle toquickly, iteratively and feasibly allow students to build functional prototypes to test theirconceived designs. AM can also help educate students about concurrent engineering, how themanufacturing plan for a part must be developed early on during the design process to make surethat design corrections and changes are not made late in product life cycle, where such changesbecome disruptive and costly. AM can also be instrumental in giving students hands-onexperience with product development resulting

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Instrument Design and Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyeonghun Jwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

intention to leave the program, indicating that the items areperforming well to accurately capture attrition decisions.The group who graduated with a Ph.D. during the course of the year-long survey indicated higherlevels of stress than than the other three groups over the course of the year. We assumed that stressfactor is highly likely to affect people’s mental health and quality of life and work [37], which canresult in negative perceptions regarding their program and experiences. However, this group showsthe highest mean in Q1 (Persistence) and the lowest in Q9 (Intention to leave). For students in thefinal stages of their program, in which they are preparing a doctoral dissertation defense andnavigating future work plans influences these items

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 9: Online Learning Environments

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Xing, University of Idaho; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho; John Crepeau, University of Idaho

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

complete the course survey, it will count as passing one class assessment. We also setup a criterion to urge students to pass at least three assessments by a certain time in the semesterto have a passing grade at the time of issuing early warning grades and pass at least sixassessments by certain time to have a passing mid-term grade. We also requested students toemail the instructor a schedule (on a week-by-week level) as to what FE modules they plan towork on/complete each week of the semester with a plan to complete all the assessments beforethe dead week of each semester. To encourage more students to take the FE exam, students whoregistered for the FE Exam can receive a $100 reimbursement thanks to a donor's generosity.Students who passed the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Programmatic Effects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amin Azad, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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identifying areas ofimprovement within a given system and suggesting opportunities for innovation. Thepromise of many programs is to use ST to evaluate existing knowledge and resourcesrelevant to a particular health systems issue, plan and execute an innovative solution toaddress the issue at hand, evaluate the outcomes of the implementation, and present thesolution to key stakeholders in the host organization engaged in personal self-evaluationand critical reflection [30]. More importantly, the programs promise to deliver“applications of ethical theory to health reform, systems approach to health programmingplanning and evaluation, international comparison of health systems, and an in-depthinvestigation of health sector subsystems or building blocks

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joey Valle, Purdue University; Nafissa Aïda Maïga; Roshan Krishnan; Jessica Ng; John Mulrow

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

Principles of Environmental Justice. https://climatejusticealliance.org/ej-principles/18. Pulido, L. (2017). Geographies of race and ethnicity II: Environmental racism, racial capitalism and state-sanctioned violence. Progress in human geography, 41(4), 524-533.19. Robinson, C. J. (2020 [1983]). Black Marxism, revised and updated third edition: The making of the black radical tradition. UNC press Books.20. Pulido, L., & De Lara, J. (2018). Reimagining ‘justice’ in environmental justice: Radical ecologies, decolonial thought, and the Black Radical Tradition. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 1(1-2), 76-98.21. Whyte, K. (2016). Indigenous experience, environmental justice and settler colonialism. Environmental Justice

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COED: Computing in K-12 / Early Childhood Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Safia Malallah, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Khaled Nasser Alsalmi, The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

planning lessons, educators must account for the applicable digital environment tocreate a comprehensive and effective learning experience for children [106]. The Facilitator element (Figures 3 and 4a) refers to any adult, such as familymembers, friends, or educators, who acts as a gatekeeper for technology for young children.Their determination of children’s technology access should be in accordance with appropriateselection, usage, integration, and evaluation strategies."Stakeholders are responsible forassessing educators’ capabilities and providing professional development training thatincludes “in-depth, hands-on technology exercises, ongoing support for the latest technologytools, and examples of successful practices to meet outcome

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External Factors, Shifting Identity Trajectories, Persistence Analysis of Cultural Models, and Exploring the Experiences of Black University Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Kathryn Watson, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

lot of my early childhood experiences…primed me in this direction…definitely a lot ofexpectation to go into medicine or some STEM career.” Eya, from Nigeria, remarked,“Everybody wanted their child to be a doctor…my dad decreed that I was going to go to medicalschool.” Both Abeo and Eya initially planned to become medical doctors but became moreinterested in the research side of medicine while in college. Despite this career shift, each felttheir parents supported their decision. Eya shared, “I owed it to my parents that whatever I wasgoing to do, that I should do it to the best of my ability…and that’s what kept me motivated.”Participants also indicated that a “culture of science” permeated their households. Sanjay, fromIndia, whose father is

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

content and learning objectives related to diversity and inclusion, arevised course description was approved and reads as follows: “The role of the engineer is torespond to a need by building or creating something along a certain set of guidelines (orspecifications) which performs a given function. Just as importantly, that device, plan orcreation should perform its function without fail. Everything, however, does eventually fail and,in some cases, fails with catastrophic results. Through discussion and analysis of engineeringdisasters from nuclear meltdowns to stock market crashes to climate-driven catastrophes, thiscourse will focus on how modern engineers learn from their mistakes in order to create designsthat decrease the chance and severity

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External Factors, Shifting Identity Trajectories, Persistence Analysis of Cultural Models, and Exploring the Experiences of Black University Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

lot easier for me because I had two female CSprofessors right at the get-go, and that definitely made me feel more welcomed into the program.And ever since then, I've been treated exactly the same as everybody else, and I haven't reallyfaced any other barriers since then…. just the fact that it's a small school and you get to knowmost of the other people in your major. That helps out a lot, too. Because you can bounce ideasoff of other people that are working on the same thing.”As a sophomore, Rachel was interested in cybersecurity as a subfield of computer science. In thefall of 2019 she described her career plans in this way:“Currently I'm also interested in cybersecurity, but it feels like I haven't had much experiencewith it yet, just

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Tejal Udhan Mulay, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo Regalado, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Behnam Shadravan, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; David Akinsanya, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

on their specific interests and needs.The team received 31 applications for the summer camp, 18 from males and 13 from females.Figure 1 provides specific information on the grade levels of the applicants before the applicationdeadline. The team analyzed the data provided by the survey and application to plan the optimalclass size and curriculum to be taught that would cater to the majority of the campers. This helpedcreate a more tailored and effective learning experience for the campers. Number of Students 12 10 10 Number of Students

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Student Experiences and Development – Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rawle D. Sookwah, University of South Carolina; Sona Gholizadeh, University of South Carolina; Shanta A. Jerideau, University of South Carolina; Lindell D. Diez; Ryan G. Carlson, University of South Carolina

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earned an M.S. degree in industrial engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Tabriz University. Her research interests focus on mental health and wellness in engineering, retention of engi- neering students from underrepresented groups, engineering student interactions with peers and faculty, and system thinking and system analysis. Dr. Gholizadeh has also work experience as an educational data analyst and strategic planning project manager.Mrs. Shanta A. Jerideau, University of South Carolina Shanta Jerideau is a doctoral candidate in the counseling education and supervision program at the Uni- versity of South Carolina (USC). Shanta obtained her B.A. degree in

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 14

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander R. Murphy, University of Texas at Dallas; Abigail Susan Whittle; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

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unexpected learning outcome, where students appreciated the benefits of both an iterativeand parallel approach to prototyping stating that they planned to use a combined strategy forfuture projects [12]. Prior work also shows that students strongly preferred an iterative approachregardless of condition or competition performance [12]. Working with the university’sinstitutional review board (IRB), great care was taken to ensure that the educational experiencewas equivalent and fair for students in either prototyping condition. Their performance in thecompetition did not directly impact their grade in the course, whereas project deliverables wereconsidered course content.Students in the iterative condition (Figure 2, right) produced a model using CAD

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont; Holly Ann Buckland Parker, University of Vermont

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

% 36% 34% 0% 7% Rarely 8% 7% 9% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 5-Dec 28-Nov 14-Nov 8-Nov 31-OctFigure 4: Change in students' acceptance over five weeks of the course.(responses to FMI questions 4,6,8,9,11,12,13, and 14, combined)Professor-student relationship: An interesting outcome, not planned in the study, emerged as acommon theme in the SFG report. Many indicated that practicing mindfulness with the

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jia Zhu, Florida International University; Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

commitment based on need and lackof alternatives. Continuance commitment is akin to the theory of sunk cost.While the reasons for students to switch may vary and do impact retention in a chosen discipline,we aim to change the perspective on switching to an asset-based approach. Given the largeinfluence of contextual and institutional factors that can affect such decisions (e.g., quality ofinstruction, student supports) [23, 24], we suggest that rather than viewing changes as a “lack ofcommitment,” they are instead a way for students to take agency over their future plans. Manystudents in STEM fields do not follow a “traditional 4-year path” [24], yet this does not meanthese students will not excel. Researchers have described how, in engineering

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 2: Program Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

. After the regional campuses revise their curriculum, there has to be maintenance support for these labs. With the delay in shipping and handling, it is not convenient to order broken parts, sensors, or development boards during the course of a semester. Therefore, there have to be extra kits available for backup which requires planning for the budget accordingly. There are maker spaces available on the central campus where students can work on their open-ended projects. For the second semester course (Fundamentals of Engineering II), the project requires brainstorming and conceptualization of the design and creation of the prototypes. Students need to master these skills, however, there are no

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

widespread use of Boyer’s Model may be the lack of a formalized system ofcareer planning among faculty of environmental engineering (i.e., future faculty as wellas early and mid-career faculty).Disseminating the value of Boyer’s Model and demonstrating the basic approach tocareer cartography – a tool of career planning – to a diverse audience of engineeringgraduate students, faculty, and administrators was the objective of a preconferenceworkshop, which was part of the 2021 (delayed until 2022 due to COVID) biennialconference of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors(AEESP), which occurred in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2022 workshop leveraged theplanning, format, execution, and dissemination of prior workshops. Briefly

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Work in Progress Papers in ECE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Letavish; Ani Meliksetyan; Victoria Ravel; Hurriyet Aydin Ok, GWU; Natalie B. Milman, The George Washington University; Gina C. Adam, The George Washington University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

complex.Our survey also aimed to understand how participants played the simulator and rated the majorcomponents of the simulator, namely the visuals, controls, and instructions. 80% of the learnersutilized the simulator alternating between sitting and standing positions, while the remaining 20%preferred a standing position. This observation is important to consider when planning for utilizingthe simulator in the classroom with a larger number of students. More space is needed to play in astanding position and the environment needs to be free of furniture to not cause any accidentswhile the learners are immersed in the simulator. The learners rated all the simulator features assatisfactory or better which contribute to the immersiveness of the