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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Michael Gordon Browne, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Biomedical Engineering; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois Chicago

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and promoting biomed- ical engineering through high school science teacher professional development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An interdisciplinary project development pipeline connecting undergraduate biomedical engineering and medicine studentsIntroduction:Modern engineers need to match technical competence with global and competitive awareness[1]. In biomedical engineering (BME) specifically, the development of these abilities informsstudent capacity to design, innovate, translate, and commercialize solutions to impact an end-user. To support these efforts, clinical immersion

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Entrepreneurship and Inventive Thinking & Student Beliefs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

bridge the theory-to-practice gap in engineering education by serving as an ambassador for empirically driven educational practices. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Criteria Conundrum: Engineering Students’ Beliefs about the Role of Competing Criteria in Process Safety JudgementsIntroductionEngineering practitioners are responsible for making judgements related to process safetysituations, which could impact the probability of a safety incident occurring. These incidents canhave devastating repercussions, potentially resulting in injury or fatality of personnel [1].Incident reports and literature suggest that many of these incidents may be attributed to poorjudgements where

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik Backus, Clarkson University; Paul Edward Dougall; Shane W. Rogers, Clarkson University; Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; JoAnn W. Rogers; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

boards (IABs) are an accepted way to gather stakeholder input for anacademic program [1]. In an academic setting, an advisory board can provide feedback on yourcurriculum, how well you are preparing your students for the workforce, and much neededfiduciary support [2]. Resource Dependence Theory suggests that advisory boards will increaseaccess to resources, provide avenue for the exchange of information, establish the legitimacy ofan academic program, provide managerial oversite, and garner support for the academic program[2], [3]. However, anecdotes from deans and chairs of institutions with exceptional advisoryboard participation suggest that the current model may underutilize the full potential of advisoryboards to transform the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jason Ostanek, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Esteban Soto Vera

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REU (in-person, 10 weeks over summer, full-time) versus an REU delivered virtually,part-time, and over 10 months?2. Methods2.1 Study Design and ParticipantsThe study was based on an REU program at a Midwestern University. Program Participants wereundergraduate students from various engineering majors across the United States (with apreference for students enrolled at minorities serving institutions). The demographiccharacteristics of each group of students are presented below: • Year 1 REU (virtual + part-time + 10 months): A total of 15 students participated in the study, 9 females and 6 males; 11 students from minority-serving institutions (including historically black college or university, tribal college or university, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas, Austin; David R. Brown, Foundation for California Community Colleges; John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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in2YCs [1]. The "Capacity Building Workshops for Competitive S-STEM Proposals from Two-Year Colleges in the Western U.S." goal has been to support preparation and submission ofproposals to the NSF S-STEM program from two-year colleges (2YCs).The workshop has been offered during the summers of 2019 (in person), 2020 and 2021 (virtual)and focused on several aspects of proposal preparation, including addressing the NSF MeritReview Criteria, developing, and justifying proposed budgets, incorporating appropriate andmeaningful evidence-based strategies, and evaluation and dissemination plans. A completedescription and evaluation analysis of this project is currently being submitted for publication[2]. The workshop facilitators who were carefully

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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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Yanko Kranov; Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

points (referred to here as snapshots) were alsoincluded that encouraged effective project management. Students were required to review eachother’s designs, and students in the follow-on capstone course also provided feedback to theteams as their designs progressed. In this work-in-progress paper, details about the coursestructure and materials are presented, learning assessment approaches are discussed, andpreliminary assessment results from the initial offering are described.Introduction and MotivationEvery ABET-accredited engineering program is required to include “a culminating majorengineering design experience that 1) incorporates appropriate engineering standards andmultiple constraints, and 2) is based on the knowledge and skills

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Silver, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Elizabeth Friedman, The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Committee (2020- ).Elizabeth Friedman, The University of Illinois, Chicago ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Master's Individual Development Plans as an Essential Tool in Workforce DevelopmentAbstract:The recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Report on Graduate STEMEducation for the 21st Century recommends two broad and especially compelling career-relatedactions for STEM master's degree programs: (1) the creation of Individual Development Plans(IDPs) and (2) the provision of Career Exploration opportunities. However, while IDPs havebecome more prevalent in PhD and Postdoctoral programs, they are not at all common inengineering and science master's

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Alviar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ujjal K Bhowmik; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

we have transitioned back to normal, the ECE 220team has brought back the extended learning opportunity to a few honors students in Spring 2023and is planning on reintroducing it fully in future semesters.While most of the workload in the honors section is the programming modules, students are alsorequired to complete a short report that addresses conceptual questions corresponding to thegiven programming assignment. To determine the effectiveness of these extended learningmodules, we analyzed the questions asked for each report as well as the answers given bystudents in Spring 2020. For example, for the combined report on assignments 1 and 2, whichinvolved the implementation of a private and shared parallel accumulator that calculates the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Sherry Hsi, BSCS Science Learning

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

experience conducting evaluation and design-based research studies in complex settings including and community- based settings. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Material Agency with Summer STEM Youth Designing with Micro:bitsIntroduction and Research PurposeIn this poster, we report results related to an NSF EEC CAREER project that characterizesframing agency, defined as making decisions and learning in the process of framing designproblems. Our past studies of framing agency have relied on discourse analysis to characterizeagency in talk [1-3]. However, this analytical approach, with its focus on talk, misses muchabout the materials in the design process, and given that design is commonly cast as

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Andrew G. Klein, Western Washington University

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cohorts of low-income undergraduate students interested inmajoring in engineering. The BEES program supports Scholars for the first two years of theirstudy at WWU. BEES program cohorts are small (12 max), and students are supported through aseries of co-curricular and curricular elements, including a summer bridge program, cohortcourse structure, multilevel mentoring, project opportunities, and social events [1].This paper focuses on one component of the BEES support elements: the summer bridgeprogram. Regarding student support structures, participation in summer bridge programs isassociated with increased retention rates among STEM [2]. WWU has an existing campus-widesummer bridge program called “Viking Launch,” where participating students

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Assessment-Driven Practices in ECE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Garrison, Portland State University; Yuchen Huang, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

industry. Making matters more complicated is the fact that manyprograms focus on teaching engineering fundamentals and leave “soft skills” to otherdepartments. Given this environment, an approach tailored to engineering communication isneeded to meet the unique requirements for engineers in industry.The purpose of this paper is twofold. 1) examine various forms of communication engineersmust possess and their importance, and 2) describe the design, implementation, and assessmentof a new senior-year and first year graduate ECE course which is specifically aimed atdeveloping the critical communication skills for engineers in industry. For the first part we useda survey of managers and executives at Intel Corporation to determine the most important

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; John S. Gero, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Paulo Ignacio Jr.

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John Gero is Research Professor in Computer Science and Architecture at UNCC He was formerly Re- search Professor in Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, and Research Professor in Computational Social Science at George Mason University and Professor of DesPaulo Ignacio Jr. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Measuring the “thinking” in systems thinking: Correlations between cognitive and neurocognitive measures of engineering studentsIntroduction and backgroundSystems thinking is a critical skill for engineering students to solve complex and ill-structureddesign problems [1]. Concept mapping is a tool for systems thinking [2]. It involves

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Association (SEIA), the cumulative solar PV installationsin the United States increased from just 2.5 GW in 2010 to over 100 GW in 2020, representing anannual growth rate of over 40% [1]. Such massive growth has been driven by a combination offactors, such as declining module costs, supportive policies, and increasing awareness and demandfor renewable energy. The sharp growth of the PV industry is expected to continue in the comingyears, with the SEIA projecting that the U.S. will surpass more than 300 GW of installed solarcapacity by 2030, which is three times more than the capacity in 2020 [2]. This growth will bedriven by mass deployment of utility-scale and distributed solar installations, as well as due to theincreasing adoption of energy

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering programs among selected groups ofstudents.Survey DesignThe survey initial survey instrument was largely comprised of widely used population-scalemeasures of mental health. Modules from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) were used tomeasure rates of depressive, anxiety, and eating disorders [1]. The PC-PTSD was used to screenfor incidence of PTSD-like disorders among engineering students [2], [3]. The actual conditionsmeasured are summarized in Table 1. Mental health conditions screened.. The Kessler 6instrument was used to measure moderate-to-major psychological distress among respondents[4], [5]. Demographic questions were added to allow us to study whether and to what extentmental health disparities exist among different student

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 3: Student Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muzammil Arshad, Texas A&M University; Rebecca R. Romatoski, St. Ambrose University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

overnight. Faculty faced many challenges relatedto ensuring effective learning in different modes of instruction. The problems were faced by thefaculty who had no prior experience in teaching the hybrid and online classes and had onlytaught traditional face-to-face (F2F) courses, as well as the faculty who had prior experienceteaching online courses. At the same time, challenges were also faced by the students in learningthe material effectively due to the loss of motivation for various reasons. This posed a massiveproblem for the universities and faculty, inspiring the present study which had earlier designedan effective course structure for hybrid courses in AY 2020-21 [1]. Since the higher educationinstitutions moved towards fully F2F

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maureen Tang, Drexel University; Tamara Galoyan Galoyan; Shannon Capps

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

ultimate goal of this project is to benefit students and faculty through well-definedand systematic interventions across the curriculum.IntroductionAcademic under-preparedness and student mental health are growing concerns for engineeringfaculty and staff [1]. Continued fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated previoustrends [2], [3]. As an illustrative example, Figure 1 shows midterm distributions fromsophomore-level thermodynamics and senior-level controls classes in Summer and Fall of 2021(both hybrid synchronous). A third of theclass scored over 85%, demonstrating thatstudents had been taught the technicalcontent and that the exam was of reasonabledifficulty and length. However, anabnormally high fraction of the class scoredin D-F

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shanmuganeethi Velu, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research; Janardhanan Gangathulasi, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chennai; Dinesh Kumar KSA, National Institute of Technical Teacher Training and Research Chennai; Muthuramalingam Sankayya

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

intelligence. Technology-enabledlearning aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education by providing newopportunities for engagement, personalization, and collaboration [1]. The use of advancedtechnologies in education has grown dramatically over the past few years, with LearningManagement System (LMS), social media, interactive simulations, and game–based learningplatforms. Integrating educational technologies in training programme provides the facility torecord the learning process in the form of data. The potential aspect of data collection on differentaspects of learning engagement and experiences have increased the usage of technology. Toprovide a better learning experience through technology, the domain of learning analytics can

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing

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Conference Session

Design Thinking and Student Design Teams

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Hemmerich, McMaster University; Monica De Paoli, McMaster University; Robert V. Fleisig, McMaster University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

need for transformativemindsets and complementary tools for student-centred learning and related teachingopportunities. Engineering and science students need to develop a range of competencies beyondsimply technical skills to address the complexity of societal challenges often referred to as“wicked” problems. Recognizing that students in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields require complementary skills such as communication, collaboration,and creativity to engage meaningfully with stakeholders and address a challenge within a givencontext is the first step; learning how to effectively teach these skills (i.e., competency-basededucation) is a wicked problem in and of itself [1], [2].In addition to effectively

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Maeve Bakic, Boise State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Devshikha Bose, Boise State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

to facilitate student engagement with the content, instructor, andfellow students. This approach leveraged the social-constructivist learning theory: a connectedcommunity of learners with classroom peers and co-construction of knowledge where theinstructor’s role is that of a subject matter expert who facilitates learning. To examine the impactof mobile devices on student learning in this two-year study (year one fall 2021 - spring 2022), thefollowing research questions were addressed, hypothesizing improvements in the areas ofengagement, enhancement of learning outcomes, and extension of learning to real-life engineeringscenarios: (1) Does mobile device use facilitate engagement in thermal-fluid science coursecontent? (Engagement), (2) Does

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Stephen M Goodnick, Arizona State University; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. (ECEDHA); Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; John C. Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University (CoE); Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; John Janowiak; Sinais Alvarado; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Wayne A Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tymia Wilson; Yeimidy Lagunas

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, partnerships only work ifthere is sufficient trust, which comes from knowledge of and engagement with one another.IntroductionThe Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a collaboration of 21 Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) programs from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and similar programsfrom several Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), along with several industrial partners.Established in 2019, IEC aims to improve the diversity and preparedness of Electrical andComputer Engineers by fostering collaboration among its member institutions. The IEC wasborn from a successful NSF-funded project that aimed to implement Experiment CentricPedagogy (ECP) in 13 HBCU ECE programs [1]. The participants in this project realized

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Ortiz-Rosario, The Ohio State University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

EngineeringCapstone Design Project Dr. Alexis Ortiz-Rosario1 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA AbstractThe traditional idea of capstone teams is assigning a project to a group of students which willbe tackled throughout an academic term. The team can comprise students from a single majoror multi-disciplinary (e.g., multiple majors). The project can span one or two semesters; in someexceptions, new teams are tasked with further project phases for the following years [1]. Thiswork aims to present a novel approach to structuring capstone teams. By deconstructing asingle project into multi-deliverable components (e.g., heart rate

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holland Banse, Magnolia Consulting; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Carol Haden, Northern Arizona University; Ismail Uysal, University of South Florida

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

course in the PFE sequence are shown in Figure1. PFE 1 PFE 2 PFE 3Figure 1. Professional Formation of Engineers Course ObjectivesIn addition to supporting professional growth, the PFE courses are the mechanism through whichEE undergraduates develop a Qualification Plan. In their Qualification Plans, students commit torequired and elective PFE activities during their sophomore year in order to be fully prepared forthe eventual job market. Students choose four focus skills from among the following: careermanagement, communication, teamwork, professionalism, leadership, critical thinking,technology, and global citizenship, amongst others. Students develop these skills throughrequired and elective PFE activities. These required and elective

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Inclusive Engineering Consortium; Douglas A Mercer; Daniel D Stancil, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; John H. Booske, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Michael Devetsikiotis, University of New Mexico; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; Kathy Ann Gullie; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. (ECEDHA); Gregory T Byrd

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

issues their programs had to deal with duringCOVID-19 as solved and the forces for change gone. Based on ideas that have been receivedfrom the ECE community, RECET is now in the process of pivoting so that the lessons learnedduring the pandemic can eventually lead to a true new normal. Project RECET - Remote ECE TeachingIntroductionOnline and online compatible techniques for teaching Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE) at the undergraduate and continuing education levels have been developed and researchedfor years [1], but prior to COVID-19 they were not widely deployed across ECE Departments inthe US. This was also the case more generally for applying the results from Discipline BasedEducation Research (DBER) [2

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea L Welker, P.E., The College of New Jersey; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

peaked at 27,020 members in 2008. Currently, there are 22,053 members,a decline of 18% from the peak. Membership in the Civil Division of ASEE peaked at 680members in 2008. In 2023, the Civil Division reported 450 members, a decline of 34% from thepeak. This decline is less than the decline seen in related divisions (Figure 1 and Table 1). TheCivil Division is part of a Professional Interest Council (PIC). Prior to 2020, the Civil Divisionwas in PIC 1, which experienced a decline of 29% between 2008 and 2020. Currently, the CivilDivision is part of PIC IV, which experienced a decline of 21% between 2021 and 2023. 1200 6000 Number

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Weiss, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Michelle Maher, University of Missouri, Kansas City

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, University of Missouri, Kansas City Dr. Michelle Maher explores student research, teaching, and disciplinary writing skill development and higher education access and equity issues. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reaching Consensus: Using Group Concept Mapping in an S-STEM Research TeamAbstractThis study was done to explore Group Concept Mapping (GCM) as a method to reach consensusfor data collection using document analysis in an S-STEM research team. The team wascomprised of five members and the GCM approach was made up of six steps: (1) Preparation,(2) Generation, (3) Structuring, (4) Analysis, (5) Interpretation, and (6) Usage. The members ofthe

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 7: Partnerships Making It Real! II

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

engineering programs and professionals in theengineering workforce do not accurately represent the general population. For example, despitemaking up 50 percent of the population, women represented only 24 percent of engineeringbachelor’s degrees conferred in 2021 [1]. Furthermore, although 12.1 percent of the USpopulation is Black only 4.7 percent of engineering bachelor’s degrees conferred were to Blackstudents. Research suggests that earlier exposure in K-12 programs to STEM active learningexperiences encourages greater participation in STEM amongst women and UnderrepresentedMinority (URM) students [2], [3]. As such, it is vital that K-12 districts introduce students to andinterest students in STEM fields and careers. An effective strategy

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Markvicka, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Benjamin Hage; Ethan J Krings; Greg Bashford, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

collaborationbetween two labs within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biomedical Engineering REU.MethodsInterdisciplinary Team Research ProjectDr. Greg Bashford’s lab specializes in research and development involving diagnostic ultrasoundimaging, with a particular focus on transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD), a type of ultrasoundspecialized for monitoring blood flow in the major arteries of the brain [1]. Dr. Eric Markvicka’slab specializes in designing and manufacturing stretchable electronic devices for wearablebiomonitoring. The two PIs leveraged their areas of expertise to identify a cutting-edge researchtopic: wearable ultrasound devices [2]. The goal for the summer was to create a wearable TCDdevice. Before the 10-week REU program began, the two

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

projects to other students, as students needed to learn EOPtechniques like environmental sustainability and life cycle analysis that are not directly related tothe focus of Chemical Process Control. Additional instruction videos/materials on EOP may behelpful. In addition, there should be multiple courses in the curriculum to introduce EOP mindset.It is challenging to convince students to learn and use EOP skills just in one course.Introduction Global warming has been a significant threat to humans living on the earth. Extensive researchhas been conducted on switching fossil energy to renewable energy, as this is regarded as been oneof the potential solutions to the global warming threat [1], [2]. For example, California will ban thesale of new

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bret N Lingwall, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E Surovek, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Roni Reiter-Palmon

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creativity through assessment; however, theirapproach was in terms of individuals in the general population. Engineering students andpractitioners may exhibit different levels of creativity when working individually versus whenthey work in a team setting. In this study, we use the idea of promotion of creativity throughassessment and use it to purposely develop creativity in engineering students. A creativityassessment rubric developed and validated by previous research (CASPER, see Figure 1) hasbeen implemented in facilitated developmental experiences in several cohorts of freshmen andseniors in general design courses as well as technical design courses.Figure 1: The Creative Solution Process Rubric (CASPER)To determine the impact of purposeful