Conference Session

Graduate Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Hyungsok Choe, The University of Texas, Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Luis L. Martins, University of Texas, Austin; Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19400A Quantitative Pilot Study of Engineering Graduate Student IdentityMr. Nathan Hyungsok Choe, The University of Texas, Austin Nathan (Hyungsok) Choe is a doctoral student in STEM education at UT Austin. His research focuses on the development of engineering identity in graduate school and underrepresented group. Nathan holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Illinois Tech. He also worked as an engineer at LG electronics mobile communication company.Dr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin Maura Borrego is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Curriculum &

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Quantitative Research Methods

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

Marian Kennedy is an Associate Professor within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Clemson University. Her research group focused on the mechanical and tribological characterization of thin films. She also contributes to the engineering education community through research related to undergraduate research programs and navigational capital needed for graduate school.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and

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Graduate Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Liz A. Kuley, University of Saskatchewan; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19611Through ’Collaborative Autoethnography’: Researchers Explore Their Roleas Participants in Characterizing the Identities of Engineering EducationGraduate Students in CanadaMs. Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba Jillian Seniuk Cicek is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and a research assistant and sessional instructor for the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. Her areas of investigation include exploring innovative ways to teach and assess the

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Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Student

graduate studies in Engineering Education. Her research interests include emotion in design and empathetic classroom practices.Ms. Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, Col- lege 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’ re- lationships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to fostering supportive communities in under- graduate physics departments, and

Conference Session

Graduate Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

returning students may feel out of place or unwelcomedin their graduate programs1, 5. An earlier qualitative study of engineering doctoral returners bytwo members of our team7 supports these findings and suggested returners face a number ofcosts, including those related to finances, balance of work and personal responsibilities, theirlevel of academic preparedness, and adapting to the cultural environment of engineering PhDprograms.Despite these challenges, having extensive prior work experience before pursuing PhD workmay prove to be valuable for returners’ academic work. Returners have a wide range of pastpersonal and professional experiences, which may include work in education, industry,government, or the military, that can inform their

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mitikaa Sama; Rohini N. Abhyankar, Arizona State University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

(1), 38-41.3. Greenfield, G. (2014). Career outcomes of women engineering bachelor’s degree recipients. In Ed. S. J. Frueh, Career choices of female engineers: A summary of a workshop. Washington, D. C.: National Academies Press.4. Margolis, J., & Kotys-Schwartz, D. (2009). The post-graduation attrition of engineering students: An exploratory study on influential career choice factors. Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19.5. Matusovich, H. M., Streveler, R., Miller, R. L., & Olds, B. A. (2009B). Competence in engineering: A tale of two women. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Assessment of Student Work

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Educational Research and Methods

learning30 and co-generation.31 The students receive researcher’s expert opinion,which provides the benefits of cognitive apprenticeship.21In each iteration, two separate groups of students work toward building two identical robots. Forone group, the teacher and researcher use traditional qualitative observation, brainstorming,discussion, questionnaire, and feedback methods to analyze the outcomes of the iteration.7,8 Forthe second group, in addition to the traditional methods, the teacher and researcher follow someadvanced systems engineering approaches under the cognitive apprenticeship of the expertresearcher. The DBR is treated as a continuous improvement (CI) method,32 and resembles as theDeming or Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle.33 The teacher

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Experiences of Diverse Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

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 of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Di- vision Apprentice Faculty Grant. She has also been recognized for the synergy of research and teaching as an invited participant of the 2016 National Academy of Engineering

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Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming Li, Tsinghua University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, theABET Board of Directors adopted the new set of standards, called Engineering Criteria 2000(EC2000). EC2000 shifted the basis for accreditation from input-what is taught, tooutput-what is learned. In 2002, ABET, Inc. commissioned the Center for the Study ofHigher Education at Pennsylvania State University to undertake a three-and-a-half-year studyto assess whether the implementation of the new EC2000 evaluation criteria is having theintended effects.1The weight of the accumulated evidence collected for Engineering Change indicates clearlythat the implementation of the EC2000 accreditation criteria has had a positive, andsometimes substantial, impact on engineering programs, student experiences, and studentlearning. However, the main findings of

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Understanding the Discipline of Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gireesh Guruprasad, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ryan R. Senkpeil, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

, 20(3), 324-335.[10] Litzinger, T. A., Lee, S. H., Wise, J. C., & Felder, R. M. (2007). A psychometric study of the index of learning styles©. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), 309.[11] Trigwell, K., & Prosser, M. (2004). Development and use of the approaches to teaching inventory. Educational Psychology Review, 16(4), 409-424.[12] Gibbs, G., & Coffey, M. (2004). The impact of training of university teachers on their teaching skills, their approach to teaching and the approach to learning of their students. Active learning in higher education, 5(1), 87-100.[13] Meyer, J. H., & Eley, M. G. (2006). The approaches to teaching inventory: A critique of its development and applicability. British journal of

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Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

touse on a practical and tangible project, and witness first-hand how to apply math and science tosolving an open-ended problem. Additionally, completion of the program and participation inresearch is intended to bolster applications for graduate school and competitive internships/careertracks as well as increase confidence and interest in the field of engineering [3,4,22] and personalidentification with engineering [6]. Professional identity has been studied in STEM fields as ameans of understanding the motivations, interests, and expectations of collegiate students [34]. A secondary focus is to improve retention rates and recruitment of students, especially thosewho are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. Prior research shows

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicholas F Polys, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

some changes that were made to Quiz 2 incomparison to the other two quizzes could be associated with the increased scores, but there wasno data collected on each question response for this study. The tracking of individual answersmay constitute a prudent modification for future iterations of this study so that deeperunderstanding of patterns in performance may inform conclusions about the game interventionfrom experimental results. For example, a piloted set of standard quizzes that could be assessedto cover identical competencies (not merely similar ones) may provide a more reliablemeasurement tool of students’ understanding of course material.ConclusionsIn this study, we used a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental method with switching

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Design and Assessment of the Social Responsibilities of Researchers Graduate Training Program at the University of Notre DameWhy Social Responsibilities? “Ethics” is, by now, recognized as a necessary and important part of the training of bothundergraduate and graduate engineering students. But the word can mean different things indifferent contexts. While as received from philosophy the term is profoundly broad, coveringeverything from making good decisions to living the good life, when it enters the engineeringeducation context considerations beyond immediate pragmatic concerns tend to fall away.Engineering ethics education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels

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Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, University of Sharjah & Indiana State University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

learningare collaborative learning, co-operative learning, and problem-based learning. Various studies,from using interactive, hands-on lessons and activities designed to teach research process toundergraduate engineering students 1 , to preparing manufacturing engineering students throughcompetitions, projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects, laboratory exercises or projectssimulating real-life scenarios 2 , have shown that active learning increases student performance inSTEM subjects.Critical thinking, identified by The U. S. Department of Labor as the raw material of a number ofkey workplace skills such as problem solving, decision making, organizational planning, and riskmanagement, is highly coveted by employers of engineering graduates

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Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd M. Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

appropriate (e.g.,the type of uncertainty) and inappropriate (e.g., the size of the business) reasons to pursueeffectual or causal approaches.FES is targeted for use in engineering education and with engineering students. The instrumentuses a novel construction that employs the factorial survey technique 14 to empirically measure 1how students situate their decision making, rather than simply exploring their cognition withoutattention to context or within a single, typically entrepreneurial, situation, about which results aregeneralized.. This paper details the instrument’s intended use, a pilot study of the instruments’structure, sensitivity, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jung Sook Kim, Ohio State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

concerned with sci- ence, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and participation among historically marginalized students of color. Her research focuses on the role of racialized experiences and biases in STEM educational and career attainment, problematizing traditional notions of academic achievement and what is mean to be successful yet marginalized, and STEM identity and identity development in high-achieving students of color. She is currently the PI on two studies funded by NSF, the first of which investigates the causes behind why African Americans remain one of the most underrepresented racial groups in engineering faculty positions. The second study is working toward the design of a holistic

Conference Session

Development of Technical and Soft Skills in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University; Tanya M. Nocera, The Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical

this study were junior and senior level biomedical engineering undergraduatestudents who were enrolled in the biomechanics lab course during autumn 2015 or autumn 2016.The students enrolled in the autumn 2015 cohort were required to keep lab notebooks on paper,whereas those enrolled in the autumn 2016 cohort were required to keep electronic labnotebooks (ELNs) using department-purchased subscriptions to LabArchives Classroom Edition.Otherwise, all other aspects of this course, including instruction and student learning objectives,were identical. There was also no significant difference between overall final laboratory scoresof both student cohorts (p=0.78), indicating a similar caliber of students and thereby presenting areasonable comparison

Conference Session

Instrument Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

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 of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Di- vision Apprentice Faculty Grant. She has also been recognized for the synergy of research and teaching as an invited participant of the 2016 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Ed- ucation Symposium and 2016 New Faculty

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer S Gurski, Drexel University; Penny Louise Hammrich, Drexel Univeristy

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

persistence in an engineering major at a university. Despite current researchthat identifies best practices for STEM interventions that support the formation of youngwomen’s STEM identity (AAUW, 2010), a persistent research gap exists on how women’sexperiences affect their decision to enter and persist in engineering. Increased knowledge aboutwomen’s K-14 experiences, including the supports that may have influenced persistence, willprovide additional insight into how to construct an environment that encourages young women toenter and persist in engineering majors.This mixed-methods sequential study utilized a survey and a focus group to provide insight intofemale students’ feelings of self-efficacy and perceptions of the academic, social, and

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shabnam Etemadi Brady, Tennessee State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Tennessee State University; Germysha Emily Little, Tennessee State University; Lydia Davis, Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

framework for studying college impacts on students. Paper presented to the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA. 3. Astin, A. W. (1993). What matters in college: Four critical years revisited (Vol. 1). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 4. Hurtado, S., Eagan, M. K., Tran, M. C., Newman, C. B., Chang, M. J., & Velasco, P. (2011). “We do science here”: Underrepresented students’ interactions with faculty in different college contexts. Journal of Social Issues, 67(3), 553-579. 5. Owens, E. W., Shelton, A. J., Bloom, C. M., & Cavil, J. K. (2012). The Significance of HBCUs to the Production of STEM Graduates: Answering the Call. Educational Foundations, 26, 33-47. 6. Jackson, D. L. (2013). A

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under- graduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, trans- fers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Director of Graduate Programs and Assessment in the College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educa- tional Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Multi-Program Approach to Student Retention and SuccessAbstractPrograms that address the needs of first year engineering students have traditionally beendesigned to create community and facilitate inclusion. Students are more likely to be retainedinto their second year when guided by structures of engagement and support throughpurposefully-designed programs (Soldner, Rowan-Keyon

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kathryn B.H. Clancy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

have used intersectionality tounderstand the experiences of students of color in higher education, few engineering educationstudies apply an intersectionality framework, particularly for WOC.After a short pilot study, we anticipate the survey results will generate three outcomes. First, thesurvey results will show what intersecting identities most impact the experience of WOC inengineering, and the extent to which these may operate differently for women of different racialethnic groups. Second, interview questions and potential themes will be created by groupingresults into clusters of intersectionality types or exemplars of intersecting identities. Finally, wewill generate strategies to overcome the challenge of the double bind for WOC in

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that characterized students’motivations toward engineering using interview methods found that female students whoseprimary motivation toward engineering was to help underserved populations left engineering at ahigher rate than female students with other primary motivations toward engineering. Thestudents participating in that study were initially enrolled at four different institutions, but thestudy population was quite small (n~30). The current research used quantitative methods tocharacterize the social responsibility (SR) attitudes of a larger population of incomingengineering students at a single institution. A high SR score was defined as an average scoreacross nine 7-point Likert-type items at the third quartile or higher. Among 122

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilse B. Nava Medina , Texas A&M University ; Angie Hill Price, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Journal, 2000, 34(2),298-306.5. Spurling, S. “Compression of Semesters or Intensity of Study: What is it that Increases Student Success?” City Coll. of San Francisco, CA. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Research and Planning Group (39th, Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 2-4, 2001).6. Kokkelenberg, E. C., Dillon, M. & Christy, S. M. “The Effects of Class Size on Student Grades at a Public University”, Economics of Education Review, 27(2), April 2008, 221–233.7. Morris, D., Scott, J., “ A Revised Pilot Study Examining the Effects of the Timing and Size of Classes on Student Performance in Introductory Accounting Classes”, Research in Higher Education Journal, 43 (April 2014), 1-5.

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Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Colin M. Gray, Purdue University; Denise McAllister Wilder NCIDQ, Purdue University; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

simulations, smart home technology and aging in place, and retrofitting existing homes to create net zero homes for aging in place.Mrs. Terri S. Krause, Purdue University Terri Krause is a second year PhD student in Learning Design & Technology, a Graduate Research Assis- tant in Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and is serving on the research and evaluation team for the Transdis- ciplinary Studies in Technology (TST) program. Her interests include adapting learning experiences for cross-cultural instructional and online instructional environments; with a values-based, ethical focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Systematically Integrating Liberal Education in a

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Jung Sook Kim, Ohio State University; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

career attainment, problematizing traditional notions of academic achievement and what is mean to be successful yet marginalized, and STEM identity and identity development in high-achieving students of color. She is currently the PI on two studies funded by NSF, the first of which investigates the causes behind why African Americans remain one of the most underrepresented racial groups in engineering faculty positions. The second study is working toward the design of a holistic racial and gender attentive mentoring program for engineering PhD students of color. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Development of a national survey focusing on the relationships between race

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

climate change effects their motivations and agency to solve complex global problems for a sustainability in their career.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette 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 of a 2014 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Torres, Purdue University; Sean M Eddington, Brian Lamb School of Communication - Purdue

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

communication, identity, design, and organizational ethics.Mr. Sean M Eddington, Brian Lamb School of Communication - Purdue Sean Eddington is a doctoral student in the Brian Lamb School of Communication studying organizational communication. He earned his B.A. in History from Purdue University, and his M.S. from Northwest Missouri State University. Sean’s research interests exist at the intersections of organizational communi- cation, online organizing, resilience, and gender. He has researched new engineering faculty experiences throughout their on-boarding process, and has been published in 2015 Proceedings of the American Soci- ety for Engineering Education along with his research team. Eddington has also served as a

Conference Session

Pre-College: Techniques and Programs for Promoting Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Elizabeth Gajdzik, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

even parents, should also be aware that young students areable to engage in engineering practices such as evidence-based reasoning. This study also pointsto an important scaffolding tool to help young students build their EBR skills, using the question“Why?”LimitationsThis study followed three classrooms during a pilot implementation of an integrated STEM andliteracy curriculum for Kindergarten students. Teachers were using the curriculum for the firsttime and the curriculum was not in its final state. Classroom 1 did not have the fullimplementation video recorded so may have had additional instances of EBR in the classroom atother times.AcknowledgementsThe material presented is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation