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Libby Osgood P.Eng.; Christopher Power

the act of reflecting in a two-semester engineering design course. Reviewing an end-of-year survey on the act of reflecting aswell as the reflections themselves, this study presents student perceptions of reflections andwhether the reflections changed throughout the design process. We found that 55% ofparticipants describe reflections as useful, and 78% of participants describe the reflections asimpacting their design project, team dynamics, or personal development. Seven themes aredocumented about student perceptions of reflections, including: expansive thinking, examiningthe project more deeply, team dynamics, goal-setting, looking back at progress, planning nextsteps, and functional critiques. We also found that the number of words for

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Brian P. Murphy

alternativeenergy technology and sustainability are multi-disciplinary topics and don’t fit under any singlediscipline. Educational theories are explored to frame effective ways to present CE education inthe rapidly evolving and multi-disciplinary field. Finally, evaluating current government andbusiness environments regarding CE gives awareness of the market forces, support, and demandfor promoting education in CE. The review concludes by identifying best practices and serves asan action plan for establishing CE education pathways.I. IntroductionClean Energy and Education in the energy field must be defined to understand this paper fully.The terms clean energy and renewable energy are used interchangeably to identify sources ofenergy production that do

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George Weinschenk; Koenraad Gieskes

assignedproblemMarkkula Center for Applied Ethics provides five common criteria for weighing ethicalsituations: utility, rights, justice, common good, and virtue in their Ethical Decision Making app[7] – each of which leave room for student interpretation and discussion. According to aUtilitarian view, a form of consequentialism made famous by John Stuart Mill and JeremyBentham, value arises from added benefit or avoided harm. Goals of utility, happiness, and reliefor prevention of suffering seem the easiest to quantify, yet the perspective of the viewer tends tocolor the evaluation at least according to relevant time scale and scope, for example, the 5-, 10-,or 20-year plan of a particular business. A rights perspective argues for the protection ofstakeholders

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Reilly Sullivan; Libby Osgood P.Eng.

who will use it. In February 2023, 17 engineering studentstraveled to Honduras with the goal of designing a sustainable water system in partnership with arural community. The students who attended the international experience were invited toparticipate in a study through completing a pre- and post-trip survey. Similarly, the students whooriginally planned to go on the trip but decided not to attend also completed a survey. Items onthe instruments inquired about participants’ motivations and barriers to attend this internationalhumanitarian trip. Additionally, the study explored whether students’ mindsets shifted frombeing thing-focused to being more people-focused during the experience.Participants returning from the trip were significantly

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Fernando Altamura; Alice Cherestes; David Titley-Peloquin

teamwork was helpful to promote group work in class and to learn by doing problems ourselves instead of just watching. Precalculus laboratory: ▪ We solved a lot of problems every week, really helpful. ▪ It is a space where I can motivate myself a little bit to review the concepts I forgot. ▪ The content posted on the Pre Calculus Lab is really helpful, would totally keep using and reviewing it in the future.We plan to continue implementing collaborative learning activities in our courses, and encourageother instructors, particularly those involved in first-year university courses, to do so as well.References[1] Gilley, B., & Clarkston, B. (2014). Collaborative testing: Evidence of learning in a controlledin-class

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Darren Singh; Raafat Khankan; Yousaf Ijaz; Damith Tennakoon; Mojgan Jadidi

experimentation (AE). For instance,a student attending a prepared lecture, or a slideshow presentation may fall under the AC category,but it is often not reinforced with a strong AE phase [4]. Thankfully, virtual tools can be used tocomplete Kolb’s learning cycle, particularly those which offer an interactive interface and an openworld setting that can be designed to meet the learning outcomes of the course. Studies also showedthat the focus and planning required to play a video game translates well to the education field [5].The player often finds contentment and validation in observing the progress they have made in avideo game setting, as it not only represents their self-development, but the degree to which theyare familiar with the game. Educational

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Maryam Nasri; Stephanie Goldberg

, we’ve seen greater numbers of freshmen lacking general tooling experienceand being unprepared in basic math, and in response, we’ve added more hands-on exercises andprojects and included more practical algebra-based word problems. This past year, weincorporated a servo motor lab sequence in one of the course sections and a DC motor sequencein the other section.This paper focuses on a plan to infuse a broad series of motor-based labs and projects into theFreshman Circuits Course, aiming to increase interest and motivation by demonstrating thatsome very understandable and easily modified Arduino code can control different aspects ofmotor action (Arduino software application was developed with coding simplicity in mind). Wehope that adding these

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Bhavana Kotla; Lisa Bosman

the participant's individual reflections. (2) Opportunity evaluation (connections) – photovoice- based pedagogical interventions in the classroom that enable participant discussions (e.g., sharing reflections with peers and instructors) (3) Opportunity exploitation (creating value) – photovoice- based interventions in the classroom that allow participants to create and initiate action plans to share with stakeholders. A non-applicable category was included to

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Evalyna Bogdan; Heather Jean Murdock; Nadine Ibrahim

’ views and power dynamics through role-play? The FRCgame enhanced students' comprehension of the various viewpoints and values amongstakeholders, as expressed here: “Improved understanding of the thought process of otherstakeholders as everyone has their own agendas.” Furthermore, the game underscored theimportance of player interactions in navigating these differences and discovering mutualinterests, including the “benefit of planning and collaborating”. Students also developed a deeperinsight into power dynamics, including the inclusion and exclusion of stakeholders, and theimportance of empathy. A student expressed one of the insights gained as follows: “People withmore power can make decisions without consulting stakeholders with less power

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Rajarajan Subramanian; Sofia M. Vidalis

them to persevere. A few faculty members enhance students' intellectual commitment and encourage them to think about their values and plans. Examples:The instructor… • Encourages and fosters a healthy exchange of ideas and sharing of experiences among course participants. • Holds regular office hours, and by appointment, either face-to-face or that are mediated by technology (e.g., the telephone, chat areas, Adobe Connect Pro) to accommodate distance students. • Encourages students to share their questions, examples, and experiences. • Accepts students’ responses. • Treats students as individuals, e.g., addresses students by name. • Incorporates student ideas into

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Katherine Abrey; Maddy Cronin; Deanna Malone; Libby Osgood P.Eng.

this caused them tobecome more motivated to make a difference using it. One student highlighted that they did notreally know what service-learning was before they participated, and now they plan to do more asit demonstrates how what they learn in the classroom can be used to help communities [22].Our experience also highlighted that global awareness is gained or greatly improved throughinternational humanitarian trips. Most of the students had little to no experience with service-learning. Collectively, we felt that we were greatly impacted by our experience, and we becamemore aware of issues impacting people from different countries and cultures. Also, we live incommunities with unfettered access to clean water, and this was our first

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Daniela Galatro; Ya-Huei Chin; Bradley Saville

(assumptions, calculation procedures, and carbon footprint). We believe that this revamped version of the course will guide students to employprincipals and a framework for design of sustainable chemical processes. Furthermore, as thefuture chemical engineering workforce must design and enforce sustainable chemical processes,we believe this approach enhances students’ career readiness. The effectiveness of this revampedversion will be assessed with a testing plan that includes (i) different surveys conducted at the endof CHE430 (in the following semester), where students will qualitatively assess their perceptionsabout the effectiveness of CHE334 in bridging CHE324 and CHE430; (ii) and longitudinallygathering data from deliverables (both in

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William Craine; Libby Osgood P.Eng.

register but did not complete theregistration." As noted by Weatherton, Mayes, and Villanueva-Perez, learning disabilities andADHD can have an impact on student’s concentration and planning, which could make acquiringacademic accommodations inaccessible in the first place [5].Thirdly, 25% of participants who need academic accommodations (n1–3=59) indicated that theydid not have an advocate, as shown in Table 1. One participant asked, “Does myself count?”Alternatively, 75% feel they have an advocate, with 12% being supported by a friend or partnerand 44% receiving support from a parent, guardian, or close relative. Lastly, 51% identified theircase worker as an advocate, and one graduate student also identified “supervisors andprofessors” as

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Lisa L. Greenwood; Megan Hargrave; Yewande S. Abraham; Sumita Mishra; Jennifer L. Schneider

begun [16].Further, regarding infrastructure resilience to disruption, the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) [16] recommends enhancing the use of standards to mitigate risks related toclimate events and prioritizing projects that “improve the safety and security of systems andcommunities.”Communities that access this funding and organizations that perform work on their behalf willneed knowledgeable and skilled engineering, EHS, construction management, computer science,and cybersecurity professionals. In addition to technical knowledge, this work requires practicalskills in integrating standards for resilient and secure infrastructure, including applied skillsrelated to planning, design, development, and operation. The future workforce

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Cindy Rottmann

Edition ed. Washington, D. C: American Psychological Association, 2020.[28] L. Feinberg, Stone butch blues : a novel. Ithaca, N.Y: Firebrand Books, 1993.[29] M. Foucault, The history of sexuality, Vintage books ed. New York: Random House, 1980.[30] A. K. Giri, "The calling of a creative transdisciplinarity," Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 103-115, 2002, doi: 10.1016/S0016-3287(01)00038-6.[31] C. Rottmann, D. Reeve, S. Kovalchuk, M. Klassen, M. Maljkovic, and E. Moore, "Counting past two: Engineers' leadership learning trajectories," in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.

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Trystan S. Goetze

you have programmed into your ELMproduces any benefits for the community. Deliberate as a group and record your choices on your Stat Sheet.Roll Programming: After you have made your choices, go through the other phases of the round.  If your result is 1 or 2, your programming doesn’t work as well as you’d hoped, producing inconsistent results. Increase CH by 2.  If your result is 3 or 4, your programming works exactly as planned, for example, by helping people to identify the presence of toxins. Increase CH by 4.  If your result is 5 or 6, not only does your programming work, but it helps address