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2023 ASEE GSW

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA); M. Alejandra Sorto, Texas State University; Patricia Perea, Perea Search Cross-Cultural Research & Consulting; Cindy D. Rojas Annicchiarico, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

below basic levels. Eighth grade students from minoritizedgroups scored even worse with 51% of Hispanic students, 55% of American Indian/Alaskan Nativeand 62% of Black students scoring below basic levels.1Besides the low performance, the achievement gap between these minoritized groups and their Whitepeers has persisted since more than a decade ago. Mathematics education researchers have longrecognized that academic performance at the eighth-grade level, especially the exposure to earlyalgebra skills and reasoning, is linked to academic success in college and pursuing a STEM career. 2Although the exposure to early algebra concepts has increased in the last two decades around thecountry, for example, by offering Algebra I courses as early as

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2023 ASEE GSW

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M. Ginger Scarbrough

students seek the technical andprofessional skills they need to remain successful through their careers. Employers, includinggovernment agencies, non-profits, and industry, depend on talented engineers who are adaptable andable to sustainably support the goals of their organization and, ideally, society as a whole1. Pusca etal. point out that the primary objective of engineering education is to provide an agile system thatreduces the gap between engineering graduates’ attributes and the expectations of employers2. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX Copyright  2023, American Society for Engineering

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Randy Brooks; Shana Shaw; LaTasha Starr

housing, board, and tuition at the two-year institution. ChallengeMany students exit high school critical to family existence to include caretaking and income.While beginning college on their own in a new place is stressful on the student, often the familyis scrambling as well as they attempt to fill the void left by the student departure.In many cases, the student is asked to delay their collegiate careers until solutions for theirabsence can be implemented, or they begin school part-time at the local Two-Year college.Both cases are very challenging for the student academically as the critical thinking skillsdeveloped in their regular engagement in an advanced learning classroom decline the longer

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Nathan K. Mitchell; Aburi Anil Kumar

reflectivepractices, common in the liberal arts, will help students to improve learning and critical thinkingskills. Such a “bridging of two cultures” a la C.P. Snow demonstrates the effectiveness of liberalarts in STEM disciplines.1a IntroductionDeveloping critical thinking skills among college students is often touted as a primary goal of highereducation. Educational advocacy groups, accrediting bodies, employer groups, and higher educationcommissions have identified critical thinking as an essential skill for an informed and “career ready”person.1,2,3,4 Despite intense interest, there is not an agreed-upon definition of critical thinkingwhich has made it difficult for academics to respond. Paul, Elder, and Bartel

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Lance L.A. White; Sara Amani; Larry Powell; Karan Watson; Mark Clayton; Tracy Hammond; Sarhan Musa; Kelvin Kirby

inductive emergent opencoding methodology was used to codify the content of these interviews and overarching themeswere derived from those transcripts (Holton, 2007). ResultsFrom these interviews overarching themes were identified related to these student’s experiencesparticipating in the undergraduate research project operated by the authors. The overarching themesare as follows: career development, inclusion, meaningful networking, mentorship, positiveexperiences, and real engineering experiences. Of the students interviewed all consideredparticipating in the research experience to be positive for their careers in engineering although whatwas most positive for each participant varied.Albert found

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2023 ASEE GSW

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A. Anil Kumar

REFERENCES1. The Four Career Competencies Employers Value Most (2019) https://www.naceweb.org/career-readiness/competencies/the-four-career-competencies-employers- value-most/2. The 21st Century Skills Gap: What Role Should Higher Education Institutions Play? (2021) https://www.qs.com/the-21st-century-skills-gap-what-role-should-higher-education-institutions-play/3. A Comprehensive Guide To 21st Century Skills (2022) https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/comprehensive-guide-21st-century-skills4. What Are 21st Century Skills? (2022) https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/what-are-21st-century-skills5. Employers Say College Grads Lack Hard Skills, Too (2019) https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/employee-relations/pages/employers-say

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Akila Ravichandran; Kiran Katira; Tariq Khraishi

, electricity, strength ofmaterials, and mechanics. Jordan-Bloch & Cohen (2018) used service learning to motivate girlsinto STEM education/careers. Che (2018) used students in a computer-aided engineering (CAE)course to construct a CAD model via ANSYS for an old truss bridge. The motivation for thisproject was for students to help determine the load-carrying capacity (or reverse engineer it) of thebridge for safety purposes going forward. Krishnan & Nilsson (2015) discuss a course titled“Engineering Projects for the Community” at their institution to engage students in communityprojects. Projects cover a wide variety of engineering majors including civil, mechanical,electrical, bio and computer. This course also emphasizes the need to interact

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Huseyin Bostanci; Nourredine Boubekri

preferred courses such as fluid mechanics, heat transfer,machining principles and processes, CAD/CAM system operations, and quality assurance. Thisapproach enables the center to educate a diverse and complimentary group of students forprofessional careers in the manufacturing sector who are highly skilled in implementing tools andmethods to improve energy efficiency, manufacturing competitiveness, cybersecurity and wastemanagement.An assessment team, composed of the director or the assistant director, one graduate student, andthree to six undergraduate students, conducts each assessment, performs the required analyses andgenerates the formal report. The students’ composition includes a combination of majors based onthe profile of the company as

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Maurizio Manzo; Huseyin Bostanci

. IntroductionAs stated in the widely cited National Academies study, the U.S. is experiencing a serious decline inthe number of engineering students seeking careers in STEM fields and this shortage of newengineering talent has already begun to jeopardize U.S. government and commercial interests.1Similarly, the nuclear field has challenges in terms of attracting and developing talent, andparticularly, nuclear power industry faces difficulties for maintaining a positive outlook in thepublic’s eye and replacing the current aging workforce, despite its unique advantages and strategicimportance in the nation’s energy mix.The University of North Texas (UNT) aspires to serve the greater North Texas and the nation bycontinuing to train a qualified workforce for

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Shadi Balawi; Abdelrahman Youssef; Youssef Elmasry

the one more suitable for the studentdemographics and course goals. IntroductionCollaborative learning is an active learning technique that is an integral part of preparing students forfuture careers which involves two or more individuals exchanging knowledge and experiences tocollectively learn something 1. Collaborative learning courses centered around the use of small projectgroups have shown to be widely successful in enabling students to achieve higher academicachievement, improved critical thinking skills, and developing greater teamwork and communicationskills 2. Although, these benefits are entirely dependent upon students collaborating well with oneanother and being a part of a functional

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Victoria C. P. Chen; Erick C. Jones Jr.; Suman Gudikandula; Vishnu Sharma; Rahsirearl Smalls; Jocelyn Sigler

careers. One of the major themes in the course is the Engineering Design Process. Inthis lesson, students will design the tiny home in a city of their choice that is as environmentallyfriendly as possible while staying on budget. This project will evaluate the students’ understandingof the Engineering Design Process, as well as increase their awareness of their impact on theenvironment.Mrs. Sigler plans to incorporate this into her lesson plan by having students use the software FloorPlanner to design buildings with reduced environmental impact and while focusing on healthconcern & building implications. Furthermore, plans to have them research alternatives to commonsystem materials to provide rational decisions

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Derek T. Gwin; Ozgur Aktunc

professional career, what has been the outcome? 7. Would you choose agile over a traditional methodology for every project?When interviewees answered no to question 7, indicating they would not choose agile overtraditional project management practices for every project, they were asked to elaborate on theresponse. After answering the interview questions, interviewees were prompted to describe theirtotal professional experience and their experience with agile practices.Interviewees’ descriptions of traditional project management and agile coalesced around a commonunderstanding of traditional project management as oriented toward the delivery of a pre-determinedsolution and agile toward problem solving and adapting to change. None of the

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Anne-Marie Ginn-Hedman

shown that student performance increases when students are engaged through active,application-based projects.4,5 Abstract concepts (such as static mechanics) need to be contextualizedto motivate students and prepare them for a career outside of the classroom.5,6 Procedural andtechnical skills are not enough to succeed in the workforce; a well-rounded engineer must think“beyond the numbers” and be able to solve open-ended, context-based problems.2Ultimately, the study presented in this work-in-progress paper aims to expose students to a real-lifeapplication of static mechanics and evaluate its impact on student learning. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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2023 ASEE GSW

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George V. Kondraske; Lawrence R. DiSalvi

measurement of human performance. Over the past 40 years he has developedsystems performance theory and various human performance measurement systems. These are employed in lab, clinic,and web-based/mobile contexts with applications ranging from Parkinson’s Disease and rehabilitation engineering toacademic, surgeon, and sport performance. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a charter Fellow of the National Academy ofInventors.LAWRENCE R. DISALVIMr. DiSalvi is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. A formermilitary helicopter pilot, his career includes 25 years in the aerospace industry as an engineering development and testdirector. His research interests include human performance modeling and human

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2023 ASEE GSW

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John Steven Aiken

motor on Earth, and the three-dimensional HelixLinear Rotation Concept motor. With the emerging new technology, new career paths inengineering will be emerging as well. It is a difficult task to reorient the mindset of the present-day engineers that will design andbuild the first Helix Motors. Currently, from birth, every human has been taught, and beenshown, that the two-dimensional Axis Orbital Rotation Concept is the only way to achieverotation. Humans that have specialized in engineering have learned that concept even moredeeply. The concept of a virtual electromagnetic wave orbiting the axis of a shaft whileinteracting with a axis perpendicular magnetic bar or disk, is believed to be the only way thatrotation can be achieved, and is

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Mohammad Shafinul Haque; Anthony Battistini; Soyoon Kum; Azize Akcayoglu; William Kitch

. Kitch is a Professor and Chair of the David L. Hirschfeld Department of Engineering at Angelo State University.Before starting his academic career he spent 24 years as a practicing engineer in both the public and private sectors. Heis a registered professional engineer in Colorado, California, and Texas. AcknowledgmentThe research described herein is part of a project titled “Hand-on Experiential Learning to ImproveComprehension and Retention in Engineering Mechanics” funded by an internal grant through theFaculty Research Enhancement Program at X University.Survey data was conducted with the approval of the X University Institutional Review Board (and ifapplicable, other relevant IRB committees