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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova; Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen; Daniel Spikol, Malmö University

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Supporting STEM knowledge and skills in engineering education – PELARS projectAbstractIn this paper we present our proposal for improving education with hands-on, project-based andexperimental scenarios for engineering students with the use of learning analytics. We accomplishthis through teacher and learner engagement, user studies and evaluated trials, performed at UCV(University of Craiova, Romania) and DTU (Technical University of Denmark). The PELARSproject (Practice-based Experiential Learning Analytics Research And Support) providestechnological tools and ICT-based methods for collecting activity data (moving image-based andembedded sensing) for learning

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Ali Darwish Alashar, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Children’s BookAbstractThis paper documents an innovative project in which undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents created and produced a children's book about combustion engines. Funded through agrant provided by Texas A&M University at Qatar, students researched, designed, and wrote achildren's book intended to promote interest in STEM fields. The book, written in both Englishand Arabic, will be used in Qatari public schools and in the Texas A&M University at Qatar’sSTEM Outreach Program. The interdisciplinary project was co-led by a mechanical engineeringprofessor and an

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Libanos Redda, SPEED; Fabian Reichl, SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development); Agustin Ferrario, National Technological University, Resistencia Faculty, Argentina; Rohit Kandakatla, SPEED; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development

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Education Development Graduate Research Assistant at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University and Global Stu- dent Forum Chair for 12th GSF’2016, Seoul. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Global Student Forum: A model for developing student leaders in engineering educationIntroductionThe Global Student Forum (GSF) is a three-day event organized by the Student Platform forEngineering Education Development (SPEED).1 Students come to GSF from all over the worldto participate in a series of workshops, discussions, and presentations, culminating in the creationof action plans. The chief aim of these projects is to enable students to become a factor

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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comparison for project-minded professionals. Both groupsshould have very similar attitudes as expected. However significant and interestingdifferences have been found and are discussed in the paper.A strikingly higher emotional discomfort level was found in Indian male participants for crosscultural diversity. In addition this study studied the differences between male and femaleresponses across cultures. Finally the results of these two studies were compared to the resultsof surveys with engineering students from U.S.A., Germany, Poland and Russia fromprevious cross cultural diversity studies conducted by the authors.BackgroundIn the age of global grand challenges, engineers are likely to work in international teams so asto find good opportunities

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Saud A Ghani, Qatar University

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demonstrate equal technical proficiency as men, preventing stereotypesand misconceptions regarding women [5]. Figure 1 describes the GPA of male and female highschool graduates in math and science, for a period of 15 years, in USA; Figure 2, the number ofwomen being awarded engineering degrees, proving that engineering is not a sex segregated fieldof work nor a male orientated field of education (Youn and Choi 2015). Highlighting STEMwomen’s devotion to their careers, their mathematical abilities can be beneficial to theiradvanced confidence (Oh and Lewis 2011). Regarding professional performance, (McIlwee andRobinson 1992) stated that both genders display equal desires and wishes when it comes to getinvolved in strategic projects, applying practical

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Monica Gray P.E., Lincoln University; Constance Loretta Lundy

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engineering programs among UUMs, ranging from49% for Females to 62% among African Americans.2-4Many strategies are currently being employed to reduce this disparity. These efforts include first-year seminars, internships, learning communities, and capstone projects.2, 5 Study abroad,however, has not been seriously considered as a high impact retention activity. The researchshows that UUMs struggle in mathematics and science intensive programs such as engineering,not simply because of academic under-preparation per se, but more importantly, due to feelingsof not belonging and lack of confidence in their ability to learn coupled with low self-efficacyand self-direction.6-8 In fact, the common theme among successful high impact retentionstrategies is

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo; Darryl N Williams, Tufts University; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

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schools. She co-leads the ”ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM” project in Puerto Rico, and the Latin and Caribbean Consor- tium of Engineering Institutions’ (LACCEI) ”Women in STEM” forum. Tull was a finalist for the 2015 Global Engineering Deans Council/Airbus Diversity Award, and has presented on diversity in the US, Latin America, Europe, Australia, India. She is a Tau Beta Pi ”Eminent Engineer.”Dr. David A. Delaine, Universidade de S˜ao Paulo David A. Delaine is a progressive engineer who has strong interests in the intersections of engineering, education, and society. He has obtained a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Drexel University, in Philadelphia, USA. He is currently serving his second term as an executive

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University; Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise

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. At [my internship] I worked with pretty young like 30’s people and then people on the top like my boss. I had to work with American managers and Japanese managers and clients all over [the world]. (Miguel) On my resume I have knowledge of AutoCAD and, yes, I learned that from my engineering degree [program] but I really (emphasis added) learned it from my summer internship when I worked with my mentor doing some CAD projects with AutoCAD mechanical. When you’re doing an AutoCAD design a lot of shapes are already built into the program so you’re creating the design for the electrical person to follow. It’s cool because I learned how to build the basic components myself. (Alexis)While