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MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zahra Pournorouz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

properties of synthetic oils. This was the first demonstration of the work ever done in this field and resulted in broad environmental and cost benefits, especially in energy storage and heat transfer applications. She has more than three years of experience teaching thermofluidic, mechanical design, and solid and structure courses and supervising senior capstone projects collaborating with industries such as Saint-Gobain, Klein Tools, and Parker. She also has served in leadership roles at the Society of Women Engineers and STEM advisory task force to represent diversity and inclusion and improve student success and retention for underrepresented students.” ©American Society for Engineering

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Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cody Prince, East Tennessee State University; PAMELA MIMS, East Tennessee State University; Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University; Eric Jorgenson, East Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

developed Bio Manufacturing Readiness Levels (BioMRLs) [42]. This laterconcentration meshes well with ETSU’s mechatronics engineering degree program. Studentsfrom both concentrations will be expected to complete an interdisciplinary capstone designproject. We intend for students to be able to compete in the International Genetically EngineeredMachine (iGEM) competition as a part of their capstone, a model developed with the advice offaculty at U.C. Santa Cruz, where it has been implemented for over a decade.ConclusionThe national bioeconomy is projected to see record growth and a potential renaissance over thecoming decade. While previously, the economic benefits of such growth have been limited tometropolitan areas, we are poised to translate

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

milestone has suffered some delays, there is no doubt inhow serious our nation and others are in achieving this goal soonest.Satisfying these programs and other aerospace-related efforts will require a substantial workforce.According to the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, aerospace engineering isexpected to grow at a pace of 6% from 2022 to 2032, above the average of all occupations. “About3,800 openings for aerospace engineers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Manyof those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to differentoccupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.” [2] The 2022 Aerospace and Defense WorkforceStudy, conducted by the Aerospace Industries

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuwei Deng, King’s College London; Wei Liu, King's College London; Claire Lucas

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

develop proficiency thinking as competencies in these concepts part of across fields. and skills. capstone projects System Re-building Design thinking is Institution- Comprehensive Stimulates Approach Strategy adopted at an wide adoption curriculum overhaul; innovation in institutional level as of a design Interdisciplinary teaching and a core component thinking emphasis; System-wide learning of the

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Lis Pankl, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

develop further.Despite these plans, there still is not enough space on campus to fully advance the universitymission. As part of a series of strategic planning exercises, the Dean of Libraries offeredunparalleled access to resources and facilities in the Mitchell Memorial Library. Engineering wasvery interested to foster incubator spaces to support departmental design and capstone courses,interdisciplinary projects between engineering departments, and cross-college collaborations infields such as cross laminated timber (a large industry in the Southeastern United States,involving the College of Architecture, Art and Design; the College of Forest Resources; and theBagley College of Engineering). Broader opportunities beyond experiential learning

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MECH - Technical Session 1: Foundations of Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Institutes for Research; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

] also implemented scaffolds in project-based learningin freshman engineering design. Their results indicated that gradually tapering or “fading”adaptive, pedagogical scaffolds by the instructor advanced greater student mastery of designskills needed to complete project activities. Similarly, Cheville and Welch [19] found thatintegrating scaffolded project management activities in a pre-capstone electrical engineeringdesign course produced positive changes in student mastery of course learning outcomes andincreased successful completion of design projects by student teams. Overall, prior literaturesuggests that providing the right amount of material and pedagogical scaffolding, and fading thisdistributed scaffolding over time, provides learners

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Aming'a Omwando, Simpson University; Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Adel Alhalawani, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Ashutosh Khandha, University of Delaware

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

Paper ID #42820Incorporating an Entrepreneurial Mindset, Bio-Inspired Design, and STEAMApproach to Enhance Learning in a Computer Aided Design and ModelingClassDr. Thomas Aming’a Omwando, Simpson University Dr. Thomas Omwando holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He is an Assistant Professor and Director of Engineering program at Simpson University. His teaching interests are in statistical quality control, manufacturing processes, engineering/project management, engineering economy and production and operations analysis. His research interests are in sustainable manufacturing

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amirmasoud Momenipour, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Priyadarshini Pennathur, University of Texas at El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas at El Paso; Brian Boswell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

twofold: to discuss the challenges ofadopting XR technologies and to share practices, strategies, and mindsets for faculty-led projectsin STEM education, emphasizing a bottom-up rather than a top-down organizational approach.The implication of this ongoing project is to utilize an approach by which all faculty, staff,students, and administrators collaborate to understand more about all stakeholders’ needs beforeadopting technologies for teaching and learning. The paper outlines a framework for requirementgathering in the adoption of technologies such as XR applications for teaching and learning inSTEM fields. This framework aims to assist faculty members interested in either leading orcontributing to technology adoption initiatives at their

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

workday, travel to theuniversity, attend the presentation, provide feedback to the presenter, and engage with students.While it is feasible on occasion, maintaining this regularly also poses challenges. Figure 2 – A mentee discussing his project with his peers and an industry mentorDuring the spring symposium, students highlight their projects, such as their capstone,internship, or class projects. This event also serves as a platform for students to make a positiveimpression on industry professionals, potentially leading to securing internships for theupcoming summer. The interactions during the symposium are often fantastic, but the follow-upengagement outside the event could be improved. Figure 3 – A mentor industry giving

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University; Lily Skau, Austin Peay State University; Bobette Dawn Bouton, Austin Peay State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Approach to affective, Orientation-Reflective Value Awareness Empathetic Electrical Engineering Courses [31] behavioral Being- Whole Profession Empathic approaches in engineering capstone Skill- Perspective Taking, Mode Switching cognitive, design projects: student beliefs and reported Orientation-Epistemological Openness, Reflective Value Awareness, Commitment to behavioral behavior [32] Values Pluralism Empathy and ethical becoming in biomedical

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Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sam Yoo, United States Military Academy; James Schreiner, United States Military Academy

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Paper ID #42090The Evolution of Engineering Management Program Assessment: LessonsLearned in Digital DeliveryMajor Sam Yoo, United States Military Academy MAJ Sam Yoo is an Acquisition Officer (former Aviator, UH-60) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, and a Master of Science in Engineering and Management from MIT. MAJ Yoo is a Project Management Professional and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. His research interests include

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; David P O'Neill, Northwestern University; Ken Gentry, Northwestern University; Philippa Eshun, Northwestern University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2017, pp. 1–9.[19] A. Heimdal, R. T. Thorstensen, and P. Svennevig, “Investigations on the use of Student Peer Review to Improve Supervision of Capstone Courses in the Civil Engineering Education,” in Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, The Design Society, 2020. doi: 10.35199/EPDE.2020.54.[20] R. A. Flores and F. Rios, “Incorporating peer review techniques to enhance students’ communication skills and team performance in engineering capstone projects,” he International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1969–1982, 2019.[21] M. Mandala et al., “Impact of collaborative team peer review on the

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Empathy, Psychological Safety, and Leadership in Engineering Design

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Campbell, University of Arkansas; Heather Maiirhe Caruso, University of California, Los Angeles; Leidy Klotz

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

betweenpsychological safety and idea generation, showing that psychological safety was positivelyrelated to the quality of ideas generated, but negatively related to the total number of ideas.Scarpinella et al. [11] investigated an intervention to increase psychological safety on studentengineering teams, as outlined in the following section.Other work on psychological safety in engineering education has considered the relationshipbetween psychological safety and other team factors such as the gender of team members [12],[13], the presence of international team members [13], and team conflict/cohesion [14].Additional work has examined psychological safety on senior capstone teams in engineeringprograms [15], [16] or in first-year engineering programs [17

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Erik Fisher, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

. They are capstone projects and collaborative1 This paper is a high level discussion of a portion of the findings from the first author's dissertation which isavailable upon request.projects that could be contextualized to work-based experiential learning. This is also discussedby Kuh, who, in addition to internships, presents community service and capstone projects asHIPs that enhance students’ employability [12].Another relevant study explored the development of T-shaped or holistic problem solving skillsand their application to solve real world problems by undergraduates in technology degreeprograms. This study found that holistic problem solving skills were very important for getting afirst job and technical depth was not as important [13

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Josh Iorio; Kelly Scarff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Angelo Biviano, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Caroline Finlay Branscome, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kathleen Carper, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sara L Arena, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia TechCurricular Problem. Developing communication skills that target non-technical audiences,particularly the general public and community stakeholders impacted by mining operations.Solution. Integrating a communications-based “Sustainability Project” into a sophomore levelcourse on leadership, ethics, and responsible mining. The project consists of two deliverables: awritten op-ed and an Oxford style debate.8Educational Environment. Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineeringinitiated its “Writing and Communications Program,” in the mid 1990s to develop critical spoken,written, and visual communication skills that its graduates will quickly rely upon early in theircareers

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Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #42197Introduction to Electrical Engineering: Empowering and Motivating Studentsthrough Laboratory-Focused TeachingDr. Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University Dr. Ilya Mikhelson is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. His technical work focuses on signal processing and embedded systems. Besides teaching, Dr. Mikhelson has worked with dozens of students on independent projects, and has created 3 brand new, project-heavy courses in Electrical Engineering. He is constantly experimenting with pedagogical innovations, and is very passionate about

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Walls, University of Arkansas; Thomas Hudnall McGehee, University of Arkansas; Ishita Tandon, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

students eachyear, introducing entrepreneurship, business model canvas, and lean start-up principles to thestudents with a focus on medical device customer discovery and technology commercialization.At the beginning of the semester, teams are able to choose their product from a list of previoussenior capstone projects, or they can develop a new product idea. Throughout the semester,students work in teams to perform customer discovery and product-market fit experimentsthrough customer interviews to test their business model hypotheses. Students submit weeklyupdates on their progress through the Launchpad Central software, a widely used tool tomaximize innovation management. Students also complete assignments to analyze teamworkeffectiveness, create

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Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

7 Focus Area Elec7ves 8Figure 2. Design Engineering Simplified Requirements MapEach of the curriculum categories in Figure 2 is briefly described below:Design Spine – Open-ended, interdisciplinary engineering design projects every semester,including our signature “integrative design studios” (IDSs). IDSs are founded on sociotechnicalintegration over five semesters and are situated between our first-year Cornerstone Designcampus-wide requirement and our senior-year Capstone Design I & II requirements. All thesedesign courses are crafted to expose students to complex, open-ended, real-world problem-solving with hands-on and team-based components. Sociotechnical integration is prioritized inthe IDSs, where

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Transformative Learning in STEM: Accessibility, Social Impact, and Inclusivity in Higher Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University; Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette, Oregon State University; Ean H Ng, Oregon State University; Stella Collier, Oregon State University; Christina Bianca Southwick, Oregon State University; Carly Hudson

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

capstone projects. Curricula in thisnovel first-year program utilizes the Crick model of deep engagement [6] that demonstrates thelayered contexts of engaging students. The personal, social, and global contexts within whichlearning takes place may be a roadmap for implementation of micro-insertions using rhetoricalstrategies, since “representations of reality [that] are constructed through articulation” willcombat the discursive construction of engineering ethics and social impacts as separate fromrather than integral to and imperative for productive society, [17, pp. 47], [23].RecruitmentIn this study the authors approached faculty who teach the novel first-year engineering programsequence, and general and electrical engineering courses. Faculty

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Increasing Engagement in Engineering Ethics Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Udayan Das, Saint Mary's College of California

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

in managerial programs, theprofessional nature of the discipline and the general characteristics of undergraduates supports ourpoint of view that providing the ethics training in the context of students’ summer research projectswill enhance their learning and retention. The proposed project will build on this lesson in thesciences by demonstrating the value of context-based training. The tech ethics course addresses thelearning of the issues and the question-directed framework. Then the question-directed frameworkis directly applied to the students’ research project, connecting the learning to their professionalpractice. I believe, strongly, that this type of contextualizing will result in lifetime learning. Olimpo et al. [5] conducted a

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #42244Exploring Civil Engineering and Construction Management Students’ Perceptionsof Equity in Developing Infrastructure ResilienceMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure construction projects. Rubaya now is a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmy Mohandas, Purdue University ; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

course is highly groupbased and has three projects throughout the semester. The first two projects are small in scopeand is focused to help students learn the design thinking process. The final capstone project is 8weeks long is where students work on solving an open-ended engineering grand challenge. Thefinal deliverable for the course includes a functional prototype for the problem space the studentsare working on, and a final presentation related to the same. There are multiple low stakeassignments in the form of quizzes, reflections and fieldworks embedded throughout the courseadding to their final grade. Since Spring 2020 with the onset of COVID-19, the course alsofollows a HyFlex modality where students are given the autonomy to attend

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia; Lynn Mandeltort, University of Virginia; Jessica Taggart, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests are in the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. He is also interested in evaluating the pedagogical approaches optimal for teaching lab concepts and skills, computational modeling approaches, and professionalism within design classes. He is active within the Biomedical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and previously served on the executive committee of this division (Program Chair 2011, Division Chair 2012, and Nominating Committee Chair 2013). For the past seven years, he has

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University; Denise Amanda Wetzel, Pennsylvania State University; Sara C. Kern, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

tounderstand how different types of engineering literature can be used to discover the backgroundand current trends in a topic of choice, learn how to find relevant standards, technical reports,and patents in their field using both library and real-world resources, and how to properly citewhat they find in their own final reports. Students will have already been through the first-yearseminar session and will be expected to already know the topics that were discussed then. Thelesson emphasizes the following aspects of the INCLUSIVE ADDIE framework: • Needs – models and encourages discovery, student led-learning, and communicating findings. • Context – the capstone-level course revolves around completing a project (either in groups

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DSA Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isil Anakok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kai Jun Chew, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

can be effectively andresponsibly integrated into different types of engineering courses.Regarding specific courses, we found that people teaching first-year courses reported GAI wasinfluencing thinking about assessment. This relatively high recognition might reflect thefoundational nature of these courses, where incorporating innovative technologies could play asignificant role in shaping early educational experiences. In contrast, Capstone Courses, oftenbeing the culmination of academic programs, showed a notable number of acknowledgments.This suggests that even in advanced stages of education, where comprehensive projects andpractical applications are prevalent, the potential of GAI to influence and enhance educationalpractices is widely

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Strategies and/or Approaches to Engage Students in Agricultural, Biological, or Similarly Named Programs

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University ; Roger L. Tormoehlen, Purdue University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

promote critical thinking and comprehensive understanding. Overall, the team is pleased with all of the modules from the USDA/NIFA effort. Thevehicle balance module as a completed project did become more computer program-orientedthan originally planned, at the expense of time for the hands-on tractor contest. However, thisalso provided some flexibility for high schools unable to support the miniature pulling contestactivity. They can just delete the event from the syllabus. The researchers are committed throughthe re-release phase of development for the modules, following the upgrade from the alpharelease. They are currently recruiting high school instructors that could execute a beta round ofcourse releases. As materials are debugged

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Marcela Paola Bentin; Maria Haydée Peralta, National University; Laura Romero, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

are Challenge-Based Learning, Educational Innovation in Engineering, Interdisciplinary STEM Education, and Women in STEM. She is an adjoint member of the SOI – STEM Socially Oriented Interdisciplinary STEM Education Research Group at the Institute for the Future of Education.Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnologico de Monterrey Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani has a PhD in Educational Innovation and Master of Science in Engineering with specialization in Systems and Quality, and Industrial Engineer. She is Associate Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, and professor in Capstone Courses on industrial engineering. She leads projects in the areas of educational innovation , virtual reality and student

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 25

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlyn Berryhill, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amanda Clara Emberley, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41436Design Conceptualization over Multiple Design CoursesCaitlyn Berryhill, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDr. Amanda Clara Emberley, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Emberley is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Design conceptualization over multiple design coursesABSTRACTThis research project's focus is to better understand how students are conceptualizing engineeringdesign over their multiple design projects. We focus

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

gain widespread traction [55], [56]. A four-year engineering design educationcurriculum is still not widely adopted in engineering colleges in the United States and is oftenlimited to an introductory first-year engineering class and a fourth-year capstone project [57].In 1969, Simon published the work Science of the Artificial extending the cognitive andpsychological aspect of creative design thinking, central to the work of Arnold, and thesystematic design thinking of Archer, to AI [58]. Simon’s work further developed the science ofdesign in cybernetics and AI, positing it as distinct from the natural sciences and as a designtheory for engineering. His contributions are pivotal in the development of design theoryresearch, fostering

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 23

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Godwyll Aikins, Florida Institute of Technology; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Kim-Doang Nguyen, Florida Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

associated the acquisition of data skills withprojects and labs. However, upper-class students recognized that all forms of assessments playeda role in becoming more data proficient, emphasizing the importance of experience in data skilldevelopment. Machu Pichu, in particular, highlighted the unique benefits of experiential learningon his intuition: “I believe that intuition plays a significant role in my school experience, particularly as an engineering student who engages in practical activities. The capstone projects provided me with the opportunity to apply my skills in a tangible, real-world context. However, in most of my other classes, there is not much room for intuition. It is more about following the