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Shabnam Wahed, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

environmental and socialjustice may be more likely to seek out careers that align with their values [3]. Besides, by takingsustainability-focused courses, attending conferences, and participating in extracurricularactivities related to sustainability [3], students can learn about the challenges facing our planetand the various ways that engineers can help mitigate them. A study conducted by the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) found that undergraduate engineering students who participatedin sustainability-focused service-learning projects were more likely to pursue careers insustainability-related fields [4]. Career opportunities are another important factor that influencessustainability-related career choices among engineering students. As the

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Andrew Jeremiah Lance, Francis Marion University; Gregory Michael Mocko, Clemson University; Venkat Jaya Deep Jakka, Clemson University; Rahul Sharan Renu, Francis Marion University

(NIST), Johnson Controls Incorporated, and US Army TACOM / GVSC, Michelin, The Boeing Company, South Carolina Department of Commerce, and Fraunhofer USA Alliance. He serves as the ME Department Capstone Faculty Coordinator, working with industry partners and students to address design and manufacturing challenges. In addition, he leads a multi-university student project focused on distributed design and manufacturing of UAVs. He is the Associate Director of Education and Training at the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Center and Director of Exter- nal Engagement for the Virtual Prototyping of Autonomy-Enabled Ground Systems (VIPR-GS) Center at Clemson University.Venkat Jaya Deep Jakka, Clemson UniversityDr. Rahul

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John W. Brocato, University of Georgia

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• Writing seminar and support for AENG/MCHE 4911 Capstone Design • Seminar talk: “Why Engineers Must Be Excellent Communicators” for BIOE 8970 Bioengineering SeminarCreation of a UGA-writing-resource websitePartially as a result of the aforementioned writing initiative, UGA has indeed developed ahealthy culture of writing across campus, including a recent Faculty Learning Community (FLC)titled “Creating a Culture of Writing at UGA.” This FLC’s major project was the creation of awebsite called The Write@UGA Guide to Writing Resources (https://write.uga.edu/guide-to-writing-resources/) where writing-focused colleagues from the English, Marine Science,Biological Sciences, Religion, Economics, History, and Philosophy Departments (as well

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Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Auburn University; Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University

objectives slide, andbased on the level of interactivity and the content that needed to be covered, we built slides fromthe ground up by adding characters from the media library, interactive buttons from our toolbars,and textboxes, etc. for any narrative/readable content we wanted to add. The organization treeguided the slide deck flow for the module or scene. Additionally, we were able to use slide layersto manage our project flow, but setting up triggers was our main approach to ensure our sceneflowed properly. An example of the scene view can be seen in Figure 2. 2. Slide and Object TriggersWhat made Storyline 360 so unique was the ability to set up triggers to set up object and slideactions and restrict flow within the course. For example, if

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Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

projects and the ASCE student chapter. His research interests include engineering licensure policies, civil engineering curriculum development, and the use of innovative materials on concrete bridges. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Benefits of a Decade Dedicated to FE PreparationAbstractA decade ago the authors at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) reported on how the addition ofan engineering course dedicated to preparing students for the Civil Specific Fundamentals ofEngineering Exam (FE) enhanced the capstone experience [1]. Preliminary results indicated thatthe course, which did not specially teach to the FE exam but covered an array of topics, didimprove pass rates and

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Karen N Nix, Auburn University ; Cheryl Seals, Auburn University

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cyberattacks on K-12 schools. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 2023report revealed a massive increase in cyber-attacks on K-12, from 400 to 1,300 incidents over thethree-year period (2018-2021), and the U.S. government projects that the threat level willincrease. Cybersecurity workers are in high demand in the private and public K-12 sectors,government, and industry because of the increased cyber threats. In the U.S., there are over600,000 job openings, according to Cyberseek and the National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST). The shortage of workers provides job opportunities for individuals withAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism comes with serious challenges but several strengths,and given tasks that serve

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Showkat J. Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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, this grant plans to provide academic support likementoring, undergraduate research opportunity, and career/professional development activities toenhance student success, degree completion, proper employment and/or continuation to graduateschool. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of scholarships and variousproject activities on retention, success, and graduation of minority African-American students inengineering & technology [8]-[12]. The institutional data required for this analysis are obtainedfrom AAMU Office of Institutional Planning & Research (AAMU Fact Book) [13].2. Support Systems and InterventionsThe overall goal of this project is to increase the success of low income academically talentedminority

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Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Technological University

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, they express a preference for group projects and hands-onexperimental work to better understand science topics. This same group believes that acombination of group presentations and individual assignments would enhance theircommunication skills, public speaking, and scientific writing during their first year of college.Discussion & InsightsThe underprepared and undecided first-year engineering student demographic represents avulnerable group, prompting universities to implement creative initiatives aimed at retaining andengaging these students while enhancing the essential skills required for more advancedcoursework. This study, conducted during the middle of the first academic semester for 24students enrolled in two introductory

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh

-semester grade in the course.To further analyze the responses, future work could involve organizing them into categoriesusing a taxonomy such as Bloom’s [13] and coding the data using content analysis to understandwhat students struggle with the most. The latter would be used to structure homeworkassignments and the active learning activities of the flipped classroom.References1. Bishop-Clark, C., C.E. Nelson, and B. Dietz-Uhler, Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Guide to the Process, and How to Develop a Project from Start to Finish. 2012: Routledge.2. Kolb, A.Y. and D.A. Kolb, Experiential Learning Theory: A Dynamic, Holistic Approach to Management Learning, Education and Development. The SAGE

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Larisa Olesova, University of Florida; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University

in an inquiry-basedshared learning environment in relation to teaching presence?2. What are STEM graduate students’ perceptions of metacognition in an inquiry-based sharedlearning environment in relation to teaching presence?3. Are there differences in cognitive presence and metacognition across course modalities, i.e.,in-person versus online in relation to teaching presence?Research DesignThis exploratory quantitative research study examined STEM graduate students’ perceptions ofcognitive presence and metacognition in relation to teaching presence. All the participantscompleted a version of the learning modules during the Fall 2023 semester, in which they learnhow to perform research and developed a research project related to their course

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George D Ford, Mississippi State University; Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University

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Paper ID #40884University Student Enrollments during the next DecadeDr. George D Ford, Mississippi State University Dr. George Ford P.E. is a Professor at Mississippi State’s Building Construction Science (BCS) pro- gram. Dr. Ford has 15 years of industrial experience including corporate work, and 20 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level.Dr. Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University Saeed Rokooei is an assistant professor of Building Construction Science at Mississippi State Univer- sity. Saeed obtained his bachelor’s degree in Architecture and then continued his studies in Project and Construction

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Lucas Verdan Arcanjo Schwenck; Andrea Contreras-Esquen; Richard Woods; Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University

of the mechanisms in © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024the classroom before presenting the topic based on Kolb’s four stages of the experiential learningcycle, (2) engage students by creating short in-class activities such as “Why” and “What wouldhappen if I changed certain parameters?”, (2) assign class homework/project or lab handouts sostudents can design the mechanism, obtain the equation of motion as a differential equation or setsof the equation, and compare the theoretical and simulated responses.Although instructors are not limited to those, we designed two learning activities in MATLAB liveeditor to illustrate as example assignments that are available on the open-source GitHub

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Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

and MATLAB in support of student projects and engineeringcourses was considered. In redesigning of the computing course described in this paper, priorpositive experience and success of the author in effective utilization of Excel and MATLAB playeda convincing role in the selection of these two specific tools. Involvement of the author in offeringother higher-level engineering course such as the Introduction to Finite Elements, has alsoconvinced him that Mathcad is also an important tool for civil engineering students and thissoftware should also be included in the departmental computing course. This application softwarehas proven to be especially valuable when dealing with problem solutions which involvemanipulation of matrices and solving

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ISAAC DAMILARE DUNMOYE, University of Georgia; VINCENT OLUWASETO FAKIYESI, University of Georgia; Wayne Johnson, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Georgia

? 1Methodology A. Study participants and study context This study is action research that focuses on the study sheet strategy used by the instructor of a required second-year engineering course, “Engineered Systems in Society”. Study sheet and exam grades were collected from thirty-three students which they prepared for Spring 2023 mid-semester examinations. The course incorporatescontemporary readings, team projects, and experiential learning to enhance students’ conceptual and practicalunderstanding of socio-technical systems. The use of systems thinking concepts and tools are used to help studentsframe socio-technical problems with an emphasis on stakeholder perspectives and ethical decision making within ahistorical and contemporary context

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Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Randi Sims, Clemson University

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. Her career goals are to work as an evaluator or consultant on education- ally based research projects with an emphasis on statistical analyses and big data. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference 1 Mapping and Impact of Digital Learning Tools Designed to 2 Support Engineering Pretransfer Students 3 Abstract 4 Many websites and digital tools have emerged to support pretransfer students. However, there is 5 little understanding of the perception of availability and accessibility of these digital tools. This 6 gap is even wider for engineering transfer contexts. Since engineering

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Gregory James Mazzaro, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

covered.”  “I loved the real life examples, props, and in-class demos…”  “All 3 labs were helpful…”  “…learning the reasoning behind certain industry practices that I have never fully understood (such as installing ferrites).”  “The demos and the way material was presented… Also being able to rent out lab equipment to do hands-on demos was nice.”  “In-class demonstrations and projects…”  “Lab activities…”Building on this positive feedback, for future offerings of his course, the author is developingadditional hands-on activities:  measurement of the degree of filtering achieved by shunt capacitors, using a network analyzer -- to emphasize that, above its self-resonant frequency, a capacitor

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Sultan Al Shafian, Kennesaw State University; Da Hu, Kennesaw State University; Yi Li, Kennesaw State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University

interactive and captivating learningenvironments. For example, students can virtually venture through construction sites, gainingpractical insights into site planning, topography, and project management—experiences thatcannot be replicated by traditional teaching methods. Furthermore, VR simulations created withUnity can simulate dangerous scenarios, notably enhancing safety training. This hands-onmethodology empowers future engineers with practical knowledge to manage real-world risks.MethodologyThis section details the methodology employed in the research to achieve the desired objectivesand elicit positive feedback on learning, retention, and enjoyment from participants (as shown inFigure 1). The proposed research method involves collecting

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Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

students with the curiosity to reach outside of the technical box thatthey are often confined to in their individual disciplines. The next phase of this project is tocompare this lesson plan to similar activities within the ASEE community to consider continuityin generative AI discussions and implementations among engineering educators. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Southeastern Section ConferenceReferences1 Marr, Bernard. “A Short History of ChatGPT: How We Got To Where We Are Today,” Forbes. 5/19/2023. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/05/19/a-short-history-of-chatgpt-how-we-got-to-where- we-are-today/?sh=57f07532674f2 Downey, Gary

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Timothy A Wood, The Citadel; Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

actual experience be a technology that you would advocate for or oppose? Post a comment on the discussion board defending your answer. • The full text of "We Can Remember it for you Wholesale" can be found here: https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/We%20Can%20Remember%20It%20for %20You%20Wholesale%20-%20Philip%20K.%20Dick.pdfPhilip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [28]Learning Objectives • Describe why teams of different personalities and thinking strategies are not only beneficial but often necessary. • Evaluate team performance using project management, leadership, and team dynamics concepts.Instructions • Under what circumstances would you be willing to move to a

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Tim Ransom, Clemson University; Randi Sims, Clemson University; Jessica Allison Manning, Clemson University

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projects with an emphasis on statistical analyses and big data.Ms. Jessica Allison Manning, Clemson University Jessica Manning is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clem- son University. She is also a Graduate Administrative Assistant for the Bioengineering Department and assists with advising students throughout their academic careers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Community Cultural Wealth from an Engineering and Science Education Department Abstract Asset-based frameworks are used to describe the strengths that individuals bring to new situations, including graduate