Conference Session

Virtual Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Indumathi Jeyachandran, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

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has been teaching. Her re- search domain is Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Planning using Remote Sensing, GIS, Modeling, and Observation techniquesDr. Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University Dr. Laura Sullivan-Green is a Professor and Department Chair in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at San Jos´e State University. She obtained her BS from the University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) in 2002 and her MS (2005) and PhD (2008) from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). She teaches in the areas of Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, and Forensic Engineering. Her research interests include forensic engineering education, STEM education pedagogy, and incorporating general

Conference Session

Equity and Ethics in Engineering-II

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

James Gordon Walker, Seattle Pacific University, College of Arts and Sciences, Engineering Department; Gina Howe P.E., Seattle Pacific University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University

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collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Brief background of the senior design sequence The engineering capstone course sequence has evolved over more than three decades.Initially, electrical engineering was SPU’s only engineering major with a capstone project. Itfocused on team design projects but did not include close teaming guidance or connections withindustry professionals. The presentations and documentation requirements mid-project were lessformal

Conference Session

Supporting Transfer Pathways

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University; Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University

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barriers to graduating and extend the time to graduate for transferstudents. To support transfer students, 2- and 4- year universities need to establish articulationagreements that guarantee credits will transfer toward required coursework within the major. Forexample, the state of California has well-defined agreements between community colleges and theCalifornia State University system (CSU) as well as the University of California system (UC) [5].Students can build their transfer plan of study on the ASSIST.org platform based on the existingagreements by defining their 2-year college and the major they would like to transfer to in the 4year university[5]. Other aspects that facilitate the transfer process are the possibility of

Conference Session

Equity and Ethics in Engineering-I

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jennifer Pelletier, University of British Columbia

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acceptance process based on skills important to research, de-emphasizing or eliminating aspects like GPA, experience, or reference letters that may have a disproportionate impact on some groups of students. 3. Support students by providing summer research skill courses, training their mentors, and providing cross-cohort social/learning opportunities.In this paper, we will focus on the evaluation of program aspects outside of the two summercourses.ContextInstitutionAt our large, research-intensive institution, undergraduate research experiences were prioritizedas part of the latest overall institutional strategic plan [11]. In concert with this strategic plan, afund was created by the Office of the Vice President Academic and

Conference Session

Innovation In Teaching - II

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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Amazon offices around the world, along with techworkers from other companies in the worlds’ first “cross-tech” walk out tried to encourage thecompany to take a stronger leadership role in combating climate change. The day before thewalkout, Bezos announced plans—the company’s “Climate Pledge,” to convert to renewableenergy by 2030 and to be carbon neutral by 2024. The activists applauded this gesture, butclaimed that it was not enough, and that the company needed a more urgent and intensiveresponse. Additionally, the Climate Pledge was perhaps intended to assuage customers that thecompany is in fact making changes (Peltz, J, 2019).This protest apparently (according to employees) led to Amazon enforcing a strictercommunications policy for its

Conference Session

Case Studies

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Yuri R. Rodrigues, Seattle Pacific University

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engineering. IEEETransactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, AES-20(4), 306–310.[2] Rodrigues Y. R., Eberle W., . Metcalfe M. S, and Souza A. C. Z. (2015), "Impact of appliancesharmonic content in microgrid environments," IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid TechnologiesLatin America, 701–705.[3] Miklosik A., and Evans N. (2020), "Impact of Big Data and Machine Learning on DigitalTransformation in Marketing: A Literature Review," IEEE Access, (8), 101284–101292.[4] Ribeiro, P., Polinder, H., & Verkerk, M. (2012). Planning and designing smart grids:Philosophical considerations. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 31(3), 34–43.[5] Rodrigues Y. R., Souza M. F. Z., and Souza A. C. Z. (2016), "Considerations on islandedmicrogrid frequency control

Conference Session

Student Success and Interactions

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Michael Sekatchev, University of British Columbia; John Graeme Dockrill, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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assignment during asecond-year rigid body dynamics course. A second survey, distributed after the assignment wascompleted, asked students (both those who submitted problems and those who didn't) toself-evaluate their understanding, and ask whether or not they plan to incorporate problemcreation into their regular studying habits (and why or why not).Then, a third separate survey was sent out to 13 current and previous members of our openeducational resource (OER) mechanics homework problem project (which we will designate as“OER students”). This project is an ongoing 2-year project where students create ~50-100problems each per work term. We wanted to evaluate whether creating their own problemsimproved their understanding of dynamics and/or statics