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R Koh, Smith College

CollegeBackgroundThe learning objectives for the class are inspired by Myles Horton and bell hooks who- in theirexploration of democratic classrooms- said that as educators and learners we seek to transformconsciousness, to learn ways of knowing that enable us to know ourselves better and live in the worldmore fully [1, 2]. This paper follows on the author’s previous work [3], which argues for therepoliticization of engineering knowledge through curricular interventions for a more liberatoryengineering education. Interdisciplinary and context-rich approaches have been shown to elicit deeperlearning in general [4], and to engage marginalized students more effectively [5]. One of Horton’stheories is that learning takes place through cycles of reflection and

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Amitabha (Amit) Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

rather than the process of learning when they focus on behavior.Learning StylesStudents take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing,reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively, analyzing and visualizing,steadily and in fits and starts. Teaching methods also vary. Some instructors lecture, otherdemonstrate or lead students to self-discovery. Some focus on principles and other otherson applications. Some emphasize repetitions and others understandings. Whenmismatches exist between learning styles of most students in a class and the teachingstyles of the professor, the students may become bored and inattentive in class, do poorlyon tests, get discouraged about the courses, the curriculum, and themselves

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Jennifer Shaffer Brown, Clemson University; Emma Katherine Buell, Clemson University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A High, Clemson University

reflections, one difficulty experienced by graduate students is thatoftentimes, they lack a common language to adequately articulate their skillsets and areas ofimprovement, especially in aspects of research that they have not received as much exposure to[8]–[10]. This inability to articulate which skills they need assistance in developing can addadditional layers of difficulty in mentoring relationships with advisors and supervisors, as it maynot be clear where mentors ought to focus their efforts based on mentees’ needs and career goals.In short, a common language or professional competency framework was needed to helpgraduate students map the larger landscape of prominent skillsets that they ought to nurture toexcel in a research career in

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Sean Knecht, Penn State University

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, but ratherdue to the unpredictability of the number of projects each semester, the specific needs of thoseprojects, the number of students from each major taking Capstone that particular semester, andthose students preferences regarding the available projects. Potential systemic solutions to these issues all have clear limitations. Removing theability of the students to provide project preferences would likely exacerbate the enumeratedproblems. Requesting that sponsors provide a larger number of potential projects that could beimplemented selectively depending on the distribution of student majors in a given semester is anexcessive burden on sponsors and likely would not reflect their needs regarding potentialimmediacy of solutions

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Aaron Mattingly, The Pennsylvania State University; Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Pennsylvania State University

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lectures andbreakout discussions, reflecting on actionable steps to promote justice and equity in both the CoEcommunity at Penn State and across the global engineering workforce. The goal of this inauguralsummit was to empower and educate the entire CoE community, from students to faculty, to staffand alumni on equity and inclusion related issues in industry.DRT student leaders sought to provide a greater variety of topics as part of the 2022 EngineeringEquity Summit. The hybrid format of the summit consisted of two sets of concurrent sessionsoffered both virtually and in person with the goal of maintaining accessibility for attendees. Theevent was compressed to a one-day, 5-hour event, and centered around the theme of Mentorship,aligning with the

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Michael Fosmire, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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approved Material Resistance, heat Graphical Choosing ??? Property capacity, melting T... interface is nice right thing IEEExplore Info about Like a regular Scholarly Peer articles/conferences search engine articles reviewedFirst-year students come from very different information environments, typically much smallerthan the university library. The information foraging mental model provides students with thelanguage and concepts so they can be reflective searchers who understand why they are learningabout ‘library resources,’ as well as non-library information sources, and what the reward is forinvesting the time to become

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Mohammad-Reza Tofighi, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

titled High Frequency Circuit Design (EET 402). It isoften offered along with a companion course Communication System Design (EET 408). EET402 provides students with concepts/specifications/terminology specific to RF/Microwave (highfrequency). They also learn the operation of related test equipment and computer aided design(CAD) tools/approaches. A non-exhaustive list of RF/microwave concepts/terminology/topicsincludes transmission lines, reflection coefficient, standing wave, impedance matching, SmithChart, insertion loss, return loss, coupling, scattering (S) parameters, path loss (antenna),microstrip, etc. In a typical EET or EE program, circuits and electronics courses are limited tolow frequency (Hz to low MHz), where students would see

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jacquelyn Huff, Pennsylvania State University

parts in CAD, instructors make connections between the dimensions needed tobuild the part in the shop and the dimensions needed to fully define their parts in CAD. Aftercreating the parts in CAD, they then create digital dimensioned multiview drawings to be usedduring the shop build. After building the parts from wood in the shop, students then complete a3D printing activity using CAD to design a 3D printed component that must attach to theirwooden character without the use of any adhesives, emphasizing the importance of propertolerancing. Using both the wood shop and 3D printing for this activity is intended to showFigure 1: outline of two-week maker project activitiesstudents the value of CAD for different manufacturing methods – reflecting

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Buket D Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Ioana A. Badara, University of Bridgeport; Navarun Gupta, University of Bridgeport; Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport; Ausit Mahmood, University of Bridgeport

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evaluation 25 points total 100 points total Written communication Report section drafts (3) 30 points total Lab report sections 35 points total Final lab report 120 points Lab notebook checks 100 points total Weekly reflections 150 points total Oral communication

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Artemio Cardenas, Pennsylvania State University; Maria Javiera de los Rios Escobar; Leticia Oseguera, Pennsylvania State University

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. Building on previous work, we use a dataset that includes engineering identity questionsmeasured when students were in the fall of their first year of college (collected prior to thepandemic) and re-administered to the same group of students during the fall of their second yearof study (collected during the pandemic). The survey included only those students who wereenrolled in the College of Engineering as engineering pre-majors. We hypothesize that, for acohort of college students, engineering identity will decrease after the onset of the pandemic,because such identity development is influenced by day-to-day interactions within students’engineering community and their reflections about these experiences (Carrino & Gerace, 2016).We also

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Ashley Lytle, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

future to be adaptable, “T-shaped” professionals who are able to apply their knowledgeacross a broad range of subjects [1-5]. This “T-shape” refers to a deep content knowledge orexpertise (the vertical of the “T”) and the ability to apply this theory across a broad range ofcontexts (the horizontal of the “T”).Within the learning science literature, the concept of Adaptive Expertise (AE) has been definedas “the ability to apply, adapt, and otherwise stretch knowledge” such that an individual caneffectively apply their expertise in new contexts [6]. Adaptive Expertise differs from routineexpertise, which defines someone who is able to operate productively within a given field [7], inthat AE reflects the ability to apply one’s expertise more

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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estimates indicating that the average age of surveyors isbetween 55 and 60 years old. In our previous work we examined surveying students tounderstand how they found out about surveying and what got them interested in this major.While this provided us with some important insights, it only reflected the opinion of studentswho already selected surveying. In Fall of 2022, we expanded our sample by surveying first-yearstudents at six Penn State campuses in order to understand their perceptions about surveying.The online survey helped students to understand the main characteristics of surveyingengineering and helped them update their self-beliefs about surveying. The paper also examinessurvey results considering college major, racial, and gender. The

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Jeong Eun Ahn; Ying Tang, Rowan University

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necessarily reflect the views of the USEPA.References[1] https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Brookings-Metro-Renewing-the -Water-Workforce-June-2018.pdf Accessed March 1, 2021]2] https://www.njfuture.org/2020/06/12/bolstering-the-water-workforce-during-covid-19-rec overy-current-programs-in-new-jersey/[3] https://www.awwa.org/Resources-Tools/Resource-Topics/Workforce[4] Khatri, Punit & Gupta, K. & Gupta, Raj. (2019). “Raspberry Pi based Smart Sensing Platform for Drinking Water Quality Monitoring System: A Python Framework Approach.” Drinking Water Engineering and Science Discussions. 1-17. 10.5194/dwes-2018-35.[5] http://www.camden.k12.nj.us/[6] http://www.ccmua.org/[7] http

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Haibin Liu, Northeast Normal University

entrepreneurship.” EM attributes were listed asbusiness skills, character traits, communication, creativity, innovation, problem-solving, andresponsibility [8, 9]. Through their study, Jackson et al. [9] concluded that providing multipleopportunities for students to develop EM is essential since students in this study cited multipleexperiences when reflecting on their EM development.This paper introduces a new scale to assess students’ EM development and the preliminaryresults for its statistical reliability. Similar to the current scales, such as Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Scale [10], EM Attitude Orientation (EAO) Scale [11], and the Entrepreneurial AttitudeOrientation Scale [12], the EM Scale relies on student’s self-reported, subjective responses

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Zhiqing Lu; Herschel Pangborn; Katie Fitzsimons

’ reported use of the online resources and their self-efficacy was alsoevaluated. For this analysis, we use Spearman’s rank-order correlation to find the relationshipbetween reported utilization of the website and changes in the students’ self-efficacy between thepre- and post-semester surveys. This coefficient should reflect the strength and direction ofassociation between online resource usage and self-efficacy level. Table 1: Components in Multi-Course Electronics Kit and their use in required courses Components Qty Circuit Analysis Mechatronics Design Methodology Decoupling Capacitors 3 • DC Barrel Jack Adapter 1 • • Jumper Wires (F/F

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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. Brookfield, Engaging imagination: Helping students become creative and reflective thinkers. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2014.[36] K. Samson, "NerveCenter: MIT competition a catalyst for student innovation," Annals of neurology, vol. 6, no. 68, pp. A13-A14, 2010.[37] D. R. Mikesell, D. R. Sawyers, and J. E. Marquart, "External engineering competitions as undergraduate educational experiences," in 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2012, pp. 25.624. 1-25.624. 14.[38] L. Bridgestock, "Six reasons to participate in student competitions," 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.topuniversities.com/blog/six-reasons-participate-student- competitions.[39] S. Kulturel-Konak, A. Konak