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Austin Hayes; Vani Sundaram; Graham Williams; Shreya Venkatesh; Claire Isenhart; Antonio Yervez; Celesse Myles; Vera Sebulsky; Kaushik Jayaram; Marina Vance; Gregory Whiting

, 2023Celesse MylesVera SebulskyKaushik JayaramMarina VanceGregory Whiting © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Meeting Schools Where They Are: Integrating Engineering Outreach Curriculum in the Classroom Without Forcing an AgendaAbstractMany middle school students lack an understanding of what engineering is, leading to an inabilityto see themselves in the field and a decreased likelihood that they will pursue engineering. This isespecially prevalent in families and communities where children may not have engineering rolemodels. In the US, such communities are more likely to include students from underrepresentedgroups in STEM. Providing early engineering exposure to

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Hongyan Liu

Strategy for Integrating Design Codes in Structural Design LecturesHongyan LiuDr. Hongyan Liu obtained her Ph. D degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado StateUniversity with a focus in structural engineering in 2010. Her graduate education was focused on theperformance based engineering for structural systems under hazard loading, and application of innovativeconstruction materials for underground construction. Her Ph.D. dissertation was focused on developinggeneralized performance-based seismic design procedures for residential buildings with a simplifiedformat to be implemented by practice engineers. Dr. Liu is experienced in teaching structural engineeringrelated courses and has held multiple positions as instructor at

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Cortney Holles; Cynthia James; Roel Snieder; Qin Zhu

STEM fields are aware of the value of characterdevelopment for students’ lifelong learning and career success, their capacities are constrainedby the limited space in the curriculum left for “non-technical” content and/or their lack oftraining for integrating character development into the curriculum.The importance of bringing love to the classroom or implementing a “loving pedagogy” has beenpreviously highlighted in the higher education literature, such as in Yin, et al [3], DeLong [4],and Su [5], and attributes of love in the classroom have been described by Loreman [6] andDennis [7]. Nevertheless, the justification for and strategies to enact a loving pedagogy is rarelymentioned in STEM higher education. Our project aims to develop a

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Elizabeth Novosel

for future career opportunities [1], such as jobs involving datamanagement and analysis. To help fill this gap, academic libraries and other entities often offershort-format instruction on such topics, as well as in related topics, such as conducting literaturereviews, understanding the research lifecycle, and issues regarding scholarly publishing [2].Although commonly associated with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)disciplines, data analysis and related skills and knowledge have become an important componentof research in many academic fields, including humanities and social sciences [3]. If training inthese skills is not integrated into their program’s curriculum, students may be expected to learnsuch skills on their own [4

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Daniel Godrick; Angela Bielefeldt; Rachel Sharpe

; Architectural Engineering and the Director of the Integrated DesignEngineering program. She has taught at CU Boulder since 1996, including a variety of courses for first-semester students. Her primary research interests in engineering education include sustainability,community engagement, social responsibility, and ethics.Rachel Sharpe © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Comparing learning outcomes and student experiences in Engineering Math using virtual and physical robotsABSTRACT The Wright State Engineering Math curriculum turns math problems into engineeringquestions, and it includes labs where students investigate deeper engineering challenges. TheUniversity of Colorado

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Alexis Capitano; John Cook; Kathryn Johnson

about empathy and how to build empathy. So those are things we are adding to our curriculum” (Tara) Innovation Most students want a chance “Once you’ve been there 20 years you might get to be to change the world once one of the people who gets to scout for technology to they are in their professions. bring in, but you never get the chance to do it They are naturally looking to yourself.” (Leo) innovate in the future, but not every workplace allows “We don’t need an intern that will come up with a young minds this new design because we’re not going to redesign a opportunity

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Iris Bahar; Ashley Oelrich; Bridget Griswold; Eva Goetz

more than any course strictly focused on theirspecific field of study. The unique curriculum design of the course lends itself to significantimplications for the future of engineering and computer science pedagogy. Today’s engineeringeducation places a high value on becoming an “expert” in a given field; however, this courseprovides evidence that it may be equally worthwhile, if not more so, to invest time combiningvarious fields of study to broaden and deepen students’ overall understanding and to create alearning environment more conducive to success in the real world. It has been shown that a multi-and inter-disciplinary curriculum leads to greater performance within the classroom and beyond,encouraging a broader range of more diverse

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Ben Weihrauch

MethodologyFor the current study, qualitative research methodology was chosen to better understand the livedexperiences of CEAS FGS and how they persisted to graduation. Semi-structured interviewswere conducted with interview questions that aligned with the STEM FGS literature.Questions were also aligned with the theoretical frameworks of integration and departure,involvement, and intersectionality.Eligible participants (n=509) in this study were initially defined as currently-enrolled FGS in aCEAS bachelor’s degree program with 90 or more semester credits completed or graduates ofCEAS within one calendar year. Eligible participants were contacted through their universityemail account and invited to participate in the study, with a gift card to an