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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University; Drew Landman, Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ben J. Stuart P.E., Old Dominion University; Joseph Tyler Zongolowicz, NAVAIR; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

studies in engineering, and gaining aninsight into what engineers do. The practical experience consists of several activities. There areseveral project learning outcomes that stem from project educational goals that arereinforced/implemented through project activities. The project learning outcomes include 1)development of teamwork skills, 2) increased appreciation for future coursework in physics,statics, dynamics, and thermodynamics, 3) an early understanding of the role of experimental andanalytical approaches to engineering problem solving, 4) development of written communicationskills through writing technical team reports, and 5) increased appreciation for engineering byexperiencing a “real life” like hands-on engineering project from start

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Department at the University Nevada Reno. After completing her PhD in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in 2015, Dr. Cross worked as a post-doctoral researcher with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education and in the Department of Bioengineering with the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) grant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Cross’ scholarship investigated stu- dent teams in engineering, faculty communities of practice, and the intersectionality of multiple identity dimensions. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Staley, Virginia Tech; Stephen Biscotte, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

student experiences that lay “outsidetraditional engineering disciplines” [3, p. 39]. The integration of these educational features iswhat is currently lacking, as they may be included in engineering programs but generally asafterthought activities engineered to tick boxes for accreditation [3], [4].Individual faculty have undertaken efforts to provide more opportunities for students to broadentheir education through multi- and interdisciplinary design-related courses that engage studentteams in complex socio-technical problems [5], [6], [7]. However, there are many institution-specific challenges that faculty navigate when developing and implementing courses that divergefrom traditional content-heavy lectures [8], [9]. Additionally, as

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gavin Paul, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University; Ana Torres, New York University

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Engineering Libraries

modules for other platforms andaudiences, such as graduate orientation, online classes orientation, employee onboarding,student compliance and advanced research tutorials. IntroductionThe Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, having delivered orientations toundergraduate and graduate students in traditional workshop formats -- auditoriums,classrooms and library tours -- saw an opportunity to create a self guided multimodal modulefor Fundergraduates, and through university partnerships, make it available to a wider audience.We felt that an independent technology driven approach would be ideal for engineering studentswho will be engaging with and employing such an approach in their coursework and

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Architectural Division Technical Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Omar Youssef, University of Arizona

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Architectural Engineering

context of the built environment. Based onthe transferable five modules, STEM and building sciences can implement these modules withsimilar approaches to enhance student retention in courses. Results suggest that immersingstudents in informal teaching environments support their engagement, as these encouragestudents to develop their technological knowledge that is strongly required in our evolving careermarkets. Advancing haptic learning through technology has provided students with an informallearning environment that supports their active learning and offers a cutting-edge technologicalknowledge.References[1] Olson, S., & Riordan, D. G. (2012). Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science

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First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

practice: Learning, meaning, and identity,” New York Cambridge, 1998.[21] M. Cox, “Introduction to faculty learning communities,” New Dir. Teach. Learn., vol. 2004, no. 97, pp. 5–23, 2004.[22] L. Richlin and M. D. Cox, “Developing scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning through faculty learning communities,” New Dir. Teach. Learn., vol. 2004, no. 97, pp. 127–135, 2004.[23] M. Borrego and C. Henderson, “Increasing the use of evidence‐based teaching in STEM higher education: A comparison of eight change strategies,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 103, no. 2, pp. 220–252, 2014.[24] M. J. Miller et al., “Pursuing and adjusting to engineering majors: A qualitative analysis,” J. Career Assess., vol. 23, no. 1, pp

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Eva Schiorring, StemEval; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

in research and evaluation and special knowledge about STEM education in community colleges and four-year institutions. She presently serves as the external evaluator for four NSF-funded projects. These include evaluation of a first year experience in a majority-minority engineering college and an initiative to increase diversity in a predominantly white elite engineering college through collaboration with local community colleges. Ms. Schiorring is also evaluating an ATE project to bolster recruitment and preparation of diverse STEM teachers. Past projects include evaluation of an NSF-funded project to improve advising for engineering students at a major state university in California. Ms. Schiorring is the

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

(two courses) and student motivation across multiple years.Motivation is a foundational aspect of a students’ academic development. Students who areintrinsically motivated naturally lean toward academic achievement [4]. This means that studentswill seek their short or long-term educational goals, depending on each student’s definition ofacademic achievement. Students can also be motivated extrinsically through the use of rewardsor praise [5]. Either way, understanding motivation can be useful to students and instructorsalike. There is little work comparing which types of FYE courses and instruction modes are themost motivating to their students [6-8]. Many engineering programs have implemented the FYEprogram in different ways. One way to

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Christina Nicole Willis, University of Utah; Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

education track also teachesveterans about their joint service transcript (JST), which is a transcript listing all of the training,coursework, and professional skills a service member has accumulated through the military. Thistranscript can be used to justify transfer credit even in engineering [38], although not all collegesrecognize these transcripts and give credit for the experiences of student veterans. Potentially,work can be done to better align the JST entries with jargon recognized at major engineeringcolleges, but educating the engineering education community about these transcripts and what iscontained in them may help connect student veteran experiences with academic credit,addressing academic recognition concerns.Tied within much of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

new trend that hasthe potential to shift the future of education [1] through (1) digital, physical and logic tools, (2)community infrastructure and (3) the maker mindset, which is characterized as curious, playful,optimistic, persistent, resourceful and willing to take responsibility, take risks and shareinformation [2, p. 5]. These characteristics are similar to the engineering habits of mind [3]:systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, communication and attention to technicalconsiderations [4, p. 152].The maker movement also has the potential to respond to the calls for increased exposure in K-12 curriculum to sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and hands-on and designexperiences in college level engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

PhD programs before graduating? 3. Can existing surveys of writing concepts, attitudes, and self-efficacies predict students’ risk for attrition?MotivationThough doctoral engineering education is understudied as a whole, attrition in graduateengineering education is particularly unexplored. Recent reports by the Council of GraduateSchools reported that in engineering, the 10-year completion rate for doctoral programs fordomestic students was only 59% [1]. Attrition is problematic for several reasons. First, since manydomestic students are funded by federal grants (through NSF, for example) and through domesticindustry, each domestic student that leaves academia prematurely represents a lost investment.Second, graduate students are

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The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

engineering, science, and technology to include new forms of communication and problem solving for emerging grand challenges. A second vein of Janet’s research seeks to identify the social and cultural impacts of technological choices made by engineers in the process of designing and creating new devices and systems. Her work considers the intentional and unintentional consequences of durable struc- tures, products, architectures, and standards in engineering education, to pinpoint areas for transformative change.Dr. Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Beth A. Myers is the Director of Analytics, Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a BA in biochemistry, ME in engineering

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

, underrepresentedminority, disabled, etc.). These challenges illustrate not only an obligation to conduct moreSVSM research, but also a need to push at the current boundaries of SVSM research for thepurposes of deepening the practical as well as theoretical impact of its findings.One way to advance SVSM research within the context of engineering education is through abroad(er) application of available theoretical perspectives and research methodologies,particularly those developed within the research traditions of other professionally oriented fields(e.g., teacher education, medicine). The purpose of this work in progress paper is to present fordiscussion a promising approach for researching alongside SVSM in engineering educationcalled ‘Narrative Inquiry

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Ed LeRoy Michor, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Sustaining Change: Embedding Research Outcomes into School Practices, Policies and NormsWith an NSF Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments (RED) grant, theSchool of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering seeks to create (1) a culturewhere everyone in the CBEE community feels valued and that they belong, and (2) to create alearning environment that prompts students and faculty to meaningfully connect curricular andco-curricular activities and experiences to each other and to professional practice. We aim tohave students connect what they learn to the context of their lives, identities, and emergingcareers. We want CBEE graduates to be

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The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

while simultaneously struggling to formnew peer groups, and adapting to more rigorous coursework with less externally imposed structure thanprior learning experiences. These challenges, especially those related to students’ sense of belonging andconnection to other students, can be particularly pronounced for women, non-traditional students, firstgeneration students, students with high levels of financial need (such as those who are pell-eligible), andmembers of underrepresented minority groups.To address these challenges, we first developed a multi-day summer outdoors experience, designed tostrengthen relationships, build community, and increase participants’ sense of belonging in STEMdisciplines through camping, rafting, hiking, and exploring

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Boggess Philipp, University of Louisville; Jason Immekus, University of Louisville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

for Teaching and Learning in Engineering at the University of Louisville. Her research includes studying changes in science and engineering teacher practice, best practices in teacher professional learning experiences, teacher and student learning in mathematical and computational think- ing, and the use of undergraduate learning assistants in introductory STEM coursework. Address: Depart- ment of Middle and Secondary Education, Porter Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Phone: 502.852.3948 Email: sbphil02@louisville.eduDr. Jason Immekus, University of Louisville c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 What can we learn from a

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Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Giancaspro P.E., University of Miami; Diana Arboleda, University of Miami

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Mechanics

through education and community outreach. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Just a Moment – Classroom Demonstrations for Statics and Solid MechanicsAbstractEngineers, faculty, and administrators in higher education understand that introductory solidmechanics courses such as Statics remain an essential component in most engineering curricula.Undergraduate students also recognize the importance of mastering mechanics courses.However, their enthusiasm is often curbed by their frustration trying to understand many of thecritical, but often abstract, topics presented in the course. Compounded by large class sizes,reduced attention spans, and a heavy