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First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

classroombelonging, but the more factors evident the greater the likelihood that a student would experiencethe feeling of classroom belonging.5.5 LimitationsThis study suffers from many of the drawbacks of pilot work. The sample size was small,meaning that effect sizes had to be quite large to register as statistically significant. This can beremedied through expansion to a broader base of students and additional institutions. Thesestudents were from only a handful of majors (mostly mechanical and civil engineering) andresults might differ significantly through inclusion of other majors.The engineering identity measure (EI) is new and adapted from Godwin et al.’s (2016)definitional work and has not been qualified as a valid and reliable measurement scale

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The Best in DEED

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Emilia Dewi Tanu, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18835Designing a Course for Peer Educators in Undergraduate Engineering De-sign CoursesMs. Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ relation- ships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to

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Pre-College: Robotics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Sonia Mary Chacko, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

and mathcontent by carefully adapting educational robotics technology. The work reported in this paper isbased on the collaboration of project team (consisting of engineering and education faculty,researchers, and graduate students) with 20 middle school teachers (10 pairs of science and mathteachers at 8 New York City schools) and observations of more than 250 middle school studentsin their robotics-based STEM lessons.To begin, using appropriate questionnaire design techniques, we develop a “trust vocabulary” thatelicits what the participants (i.e., teachers and students) mean by trust in the robots for their lessonsand what factors and features of robotics may affect their trust. Next, we develop a qualitative trustassessment method using a

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Valerie Martin Conley Ph.D., University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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Minorities in Engineering

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Kansas, her M.S. in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University, and her B.A. in Economics from Washington State University. Sylvia’s research centers on the educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th cen- tury, higher education student success, and the principal-counselor pre-service professional relationship. She teaches foundations, research, and supervised practice courses in the Educational Leadership MA Programs and the Leadership, Research, and Policy Ph.D. Program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Symbiotic Solution

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Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

: Specialization vs. Standardization in the Factory Model of Engineering EducationAbstractThis research paper employs data from the study of a novel next-tier broadening participationaccess program to illustrate the challenge of maintaining awareness and understanding of ourstudents as individuals within institutional systems of assessment and record-keeping that treatall students as the same in the interests of standardization. These standardized practices areintended to aid in the production of high numbers of engineering graduates—not unlike a factorythat takes in raw materials in the form of students and outputs finished goods in the shape ofengineering graduates. This factory model of engineering education, like any high

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Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego

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effectiveness of our implementation. 2. Creation of a RED Advisory Board. We have spent several sessions with members of the community and industry to socialize the RED grant and to develop engagement activities for the grant. Both groups were enthusiastic about the RED goals and are represented on the RED advisory board. The board has identified the professional skills that they believed were most frequently missing from our engineering graduates. They then developed a pilot program called “Industry Scholars” that will develop and deliver workshops for first and second year students and engineering faculty members. The program will also provide internships to some of the first and second year students. In the

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Pre-College: Engineering Undergraduates as Teachers

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Denise W. Carlson, University of Colorado, Boulder

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through the CU Teach Engineering program. Additionally, she mentors graduate and undergraduate engineering Fellows who teach in local K-12 classrooms through the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program’s TEAMS initiative, is on the development team for the TeachEngineering digital library, and is faculty advisor for CU-Boulder’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Her primary research interests include the impacts of project-based service-learning on student identity, pathways and retention to and through K-12 and undergraduate engineering, teacher education and curriculum development.Dr. Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder Janet Y. Tsai is a researcher and instructor in the Engineering Plus program at the

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Action on Diversity - Institutional Change & Perspectives on Diversity

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Paper ID #18517Unpacking Latent DiversityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient

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Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nael Barakat P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Selahattin Ozcelik, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; John Austin McCoy, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Aws Al-Shalash; Jong-Won Choi, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-yearretention of engineering undergraduate students to 78%, 68%, 62%, respectively, and 3) raise the6-year engineering undergraduate graduation rate to 54%. This STEP 1-B project funded by theNational Science Foundation has been piloted in three undergraduate engineering programs atTAMUK, particularly in the baccalaureate programs of mechanical, civil, and environmentalengineering. The incorporation of engineering design experiences across the undergraduatecurriculum has contributed to increased student retention and persistence to graduation within 6years. The CASCADE project has been implemented in three freshman courses (UNIV 1101,AEEN 1310, MEEN 1310), four sophomore courses (CEEN 2301, MEEN 2302, EVEN 2371,AEEN 1320), and five junior courses (CEEN

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First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khushikumari Patel, Clemson University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Charity Watson

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First-Year Programs

study focuses on thecorrelation between Kolbe ATM results and student performance in hybrid precalculus to determineif certain conative categories are particularly well-suited or poorly-suited to this course model. Wereport preliminary data from a Fall 2016 pilot study and discuss next steps to predict which studentsare “at risk” on the basis of Kolbe ATM results.Course Structure of PrecalculusCalculus is a common prerequisite for introductory courses in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Students who are not yet ready to take calculus must takeprecalculus in order to start the path towards a degree in a STEM discipline. The precalculuscourse at Clemson University is a pass/fail hybrid course in which students

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Joseph Zorychta, University of Virginia; Elizabeth P. Pyle MBA, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

robustwith certificates, minors, and undergraduate and graduate degree programs [1]. These are stilllargely classroom based, incorporating lectures, guest speakers, case studies, and groupdiscussion [31,32]. The curricular programs expose students to a wide range of subjects anentrepreneur may need, mainly focused around business education, so they may develop as abusiness generalist [1,33,34]. Many other places outside of business schools are offeringentrepreneurship education, most prevalently in the engineering schools [1].Educating the entrepreneur to be a generalist probably comes from the notion that entrepreneursneed to be able to cut across several disciplines to mobilize resources toward an end goal [6]. Italso may be based off of models

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorena Colcer, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, by studying inclusivity,equity and power in educational systems we found ourselves in the position of asking people tochange. Some changes seem small (e.g. asking someone to edit their vocabulary by adding orremoving a word or phrase), and some seem larger (e.g. asking a School to establish policies toenforce an inclusive culture for graduate students) but the common element is that we areworking to get people to align to our vision.RecommendationsWe have three recommendations for people in engineering education who are beginning toengage in social justice reform.Take action where you can and expect and accept mistakesA primary inspiration for this paper was that we felt unprepared for the particular challenges weencountered. We found

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica J. Lofton, University of Evansville

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #20327Encouraging Young Women to Pursue Engineering: 25 Years of SummerCamp Successes and ChallengesDr. Jessica J. Lofton, University of Evansville Dr. Lofton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Evansville, and the Director for the OPTIONS in Engineering summer camps for middle school and high school girls. After earning her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Evansville, she completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois, with a graduate minor in College Teaching. She is a faculty advisor for the student chapters of

Conference Session

Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

that involved combining fiveeducation best practices of recruitment, formal mentoring through peer mentors, summer campengineering math preparation and workshops, academic year stipends, and summer internships atlocal and regional companies.The Just in Time Math (JITM) strategy was implemented to increase the interaction betweenfreshmen and engineering faculty and peers during the first semesters of study. As a result, moreengineering students have shown greater enthusiasm for the field of engineering which resultedin better retention and graduation rates. The JITM course included lecture, lab and recitationcomponents and an application-oriented, hands-on approach. The JITM course addressed mathtopics specifically used in the core entry-level

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Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

studies focused on solving is at the core of adistinction that we wish to draw attention to between ‘problem-solving’ and the solving ofproblems.According to a joint executive report from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and theNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA), student skills in engineering problem-solving(specifically in electrical engineering and computer science) are in dire need of a boost. Thereport states that “undergraduate and graduate students who study electrical engineering andcomputer science lack the ability or self-efficacy to create new ideas and innovations that stretchbeyond rote classroom exercises”1.Other high-profile reports agree: The National Academy of Engineering lamented in 2004 that“engineering students are not

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International Educational Experiences (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alistair Cook, Colorado State University

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International

(Zambia). The EWB Challenge has been piloted at Colorado State University for the past two years [4]and has been successfully undertaken by students across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdomand Ireland since 2007 [5, 6]. The other two curricular groups studied are engineering students who willbe studying engineering abroad with a partner university for a semester or more, and engineering studentsundertaking a short term (3 week) sustainable design and construction three credit study abroad programin Costa Rica over the winter break. Finally, two co-curricular groups of students will be investigated,members of the universities Engineers Without Borders USA chapter will be looked at as two differentgroups. Those involved in the design

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, Cornell University; Rick Evans, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

, oral, visual, electronic) and outcomes(including ABET alignments) as collected by our two years of student survey data. Theincredible success of Year1’s quantitative findings are outlined in full. For example, in responseto our communicative self-efficacy survey, the scores across all communicative modalitiesincreased substantially (changing from low-medium to mid-high range) for all the studentstaking the pilot. In addition, on 17 of the 23 items on the survey, 80% of the pilot students scoredin the high range. We believe that it safe to claim that the pilot has had a profound and verypositive impact on students’ reported communicative self-efficacy in MAE engineering contexts.IntroductionCommunication is ubiquitous in the lives of

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University; Robin G. Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University; Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, become an even smaller group ofindividuals who are able to move on in the engineering major after the course is over.Data collection and analysisThe study follows a quasi-experimental, multi-method design to answer the research question.We utilize two quantitative measures along with semi-structured interviews of a sub-sample ofparticipants in order to triangulate the results of the quantitative measures. The two quantitativemeasures consist of an observational protocol to measure instruction and student participation,and a survey instrument designed to measure students’ sense of community in the classroom.First, the Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS) [9] is a protocoldesigned for use in university settings to generate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Julie Dyke Ford Ph.D., New Mexico Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Kevin Kochersberger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College; Sidharth Arunkumar, New Mexico Tech

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students’ experiences as they leave their capstone(aka senior) design courses and enter engineering workplaces. The project is currently in itsinitial phase, with instrument development and pilot testing currently underway.Multiple studies show significant gaps between school and work with respect to engineeringpractice 1-3. That gap is clear, for example, in a recent American Society of MechanicalEngineering (ASME) survey that found weaknesses among new graduates in skills includingpractical experience, systems perspectives, project management, problem solving, and design 4, 5.Equally important, industry supervisors identified such gaps more frequently than early careerengineers or academic department heads 4, reinforcing Stevens et al.’s claim

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wendy Michelle Olson, Washington State University, Vancouver; Kevin Michael Wandro, Washington State University - Vancouver; NarayanKripa Sundararajan, Washington State University, Pullman; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, W.M. (2015). Improving student lab report writing performances inmaterials andKim, D., and Sekhar, P. (2016). A preliminary study on supporting writing transfer in anintroductory engineering laboratory course, Proceedings of 2016 ASEE Annual Conference andExhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana (Paper ID #15065).Manuel-Dupont, S. Writing-Across-the-Curriculum in an Engineering Program, Journal ofEngineering Education, Volume 85, Issue 1, Version of Record online: 2 JAN 2013.2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 14 - 17, 2015, Seattle, WA.Olson, W., and Kim, D. (2016). Connecting the Curriculum: Designing WID Programs for the21st Century. Panel: Beyond Transfer: Difference, Inclusion, and WAC/WID in the 21st Century.InternationalOlson