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Best In DEED

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robin Ott, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Cristian Hernandez; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Francesca Giardine, Smith College; Anne Kary, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

faculty at her Alma Mater in 2015, Robin has been coordinating and teaching the Cap- stone Senior Design program in Mechanical Engineering while pursuing graduate work in Engineering Education.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ferris Pfeiffer, University of Missouri; Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri; Suzanne Burgoyne, University of Missouri

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with graduate and undergraduate students) and directed large scale projects in engineering education research. He is the founding editor for the Journal of Pre- College Engineering Education, co-editor of the book ”Engineering in Pre-College Settings: Synthesizing Research, Policy, and Practices” and ”Technology Education Today: International Perspectives” and co- lead author of Hands-on Standards STEM in Action, an award winning internationally available set of learning modules for grades preK - 5th grade published by ETA hand2mind and LearningResourcesUK.Prof. Suzanne – Burgoyne, University of Missouri Suzanne Burgoyne, Ph.D., is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of Theatre, and Director of MU’s Center

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ERM Technical Session 12: Creativity and Problem Framing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy; Karen Elaine Anderson, Destination Imagination Inc.; Daniel D. Jensen, Singapore University of Technology and Design/MIT International Design Center

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Educational Research and Methods

engineeringstudents with a mentoring faculty member and, occasionally, a graduate student who is an expertin the area of “innovative design”. The collaborative team works to solve a real-world problemthrough the application of various design techniques. In addition, the collaboration can improveor even identify enhanced design techniques and processes. For example, past research effortsimproved the design method in two areas: 1) the understanding of how to develop and implementprototyping strategies which are effective and efficient [11] - [15] and 2) new methods toenhance ideation based on analogies to biological systems [16]. The sponsor organizationresearch partners take keen interest in the design methodology research; oftentimes adoptingthese techniques

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Giselle Guanes Melgarejo, Ohio State University; Genevieve Thanh; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University

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Paper ID #25640Engineering Students’ Beliefs about Decision Making in Capstone Design: ARevised Framework for Types of Informal ReasoningGiselle Guanes, Ohio State University Giselle is a graduate student and research associate at The Ohio State University in the Department of Engineering Education, where she is part of the Beliefs in Engineering Research Group (BERG). She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University. Her experience teaching first- year engineering students at her previous university ignited her interest in doing research in the field of engineering education. Her current

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sidra Gibeault, California State University, Los Angeles; Joseph D. Iorio, California State University, Los Angeles; Jorge Diego Santillan, California State University, Los Angeles AUV; He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian P.E., California State University, Los Angeles

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Practical Application of Robotics Competition for STEM EducationAbstractAs robots become an increasingly integral part of our society, the study of robotics has a greatpotential to influence Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.Robotics is a multidisciplinary field and requires an organic integration of resources andoptimized operation for its impact to be maximized. This paper presents the practice andsignificance of using a robotic submarine competition (Robosub competition) to improve theengineering education of STEM majors at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).The competition requires students to design and build a submarine robot to

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Meg Keeley M.D.; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering

separatethe Clinical Scholar from the patients to ensure patient safety, and (c) to not violate ResidencyReview Committee rules for maximum team size.DeliverablesEvery Clinical Fellow is required to maintain a detailed design notebook of their clinicalexperiences and observations, conforming to HIPAA requirements. Two written deliverables aredue at the end of each clerkship: at least one clinical problem or unmet clinical need, and at leastone clinical case study designed to the needs of preselected BME classes. Writing these reports isexcellent training for students in technical writing, itself considered a high-impact practice [7].Clinical needs reports are designed for use by the design instructors in BME. Each reportconsists of (a) a problem

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Andre Hamilton, Mississippi State University

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Paper ID #279922018 Best PIC I Paper: Industrial Engineering Division: Immersive VirtualTraining Environment for Teaching Single- and Multi-queuing Theory: In-dustrial Engineering Queuing Theory ConceptsDr. Michael Andre Hamilton, Dr. Michael A. Hamilton is an Associate Director at Mississippi State Institute for System Engineering Research (ISER) in Vicksburg, MS. He received his Doctorate, Master and Bachelor degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Mississippi State University and has a graduate certificate in Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization Engineering from Old Dominion University. Currently, he is the

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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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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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First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Alicia Betsinger, Dartmouth College; Holly Wilkinson P.E., Dartmouth College; Ray Helm, Dartmouth College; Yanmin Zhang, Dartmouth College; Pritish Ponaka, Dartmouth College

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has published extensively and lectured widely to national and international audiences. Her work has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with numerous research grants. She is equally passion- ate about her teaching and has recently designed and created a seven-MOOC Professional Certificate on C-programming for edX, after previously having designed a MOOC ”Analysis of a Complex Kind” on Coursera. The recipient of the New Hampshire High Tech Council 2018 Tech Teacher of the Year Award, the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Wesleyan University and the Excellence in Teaching Award at the Thayer School of Engineering, Petra has a strong interest in broadening access to high- quality higher

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Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chi-Ning Chang, Texas A&M University; Clinton A. Patterson, Texas A&M University; Courtney Lavadia, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University

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Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives and growth through curriculum design and redesign, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, reflective eportfolios and graduate student education and overall development.Dr. Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University Dr. Arroyave is a Professor and Presidential Impact Fellow of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He also holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is the Director of the NSF Research Traineeship program Data-Enabled Discovery and Design of Energy

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April A. Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Lucille A. Sowko, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; Mark Gartner, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon Joseph Barber, Sawnson School of Engineering University of PIttsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #26291Board 31: Assessing the Impact of Embedding Nursing Students in Bio-engineering Senior Design Projects: Student Perceptions of InterprofessionalTeam Benefits and ChallengesDr. April A Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and a BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then

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Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Elisabeth Roberts, Northern Arizona University; Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University; Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

that improve STEM education with a particular focus on teaching science with geospatial technologies. She is currently researching best practices for facilitator development models as well as out-of-school time educator needs.Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University University of North Dakota, Physics, B.S., 2017 Northern Arizona University, Teaching Science, M.A., 2017-PresentDr. Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston Dr. Christine Cunningham is an educational researcher who works to make engineering and science more relevant, accessible, and understandable, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. A vice president at the Museum of Science, Boston since 2003, she founded

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Constance Aloisio, Indiana-Purdue University

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ASEE Board of Directors

succeed and “need to begrown via in-house training or experience” [Adcock et al., 2015]. For example, NASA developedthe Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) to provide “developmentactivities, training, and education” to more quickly cultivate systems engineers [Ryschkewitch etal., 2009].Universities have responded to the growing market demand for systems engineers in a range ofways, from adding or further emphasizing elements of systems engineering to existing courses(e.g., capstone design courses; see Chaput [2016]), to creating entire programs in systemsengineering (e.g., Stevens Institute of Technology). How effective are these efforts, how can theybe improved, and, can we identify a set of best practices in doing such

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ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aaron Robert Hamilton Thielmeyer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker; Jacqueline Doyle, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #25276Using Topological Data Analysis in Social Science Research: Unpacking De-cisions and Opportunities for a New MethodDr. 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 fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and

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Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Claberon Sullivan, Texas A&M University; Beth Koufteros, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Leadership Development

throughout the five semesters, we were interestedin understanding the graduating seniors’ perceptions of the overall impact of the program. Wewere also interested in learning which activities or experiences they found most meaningful. Ourgoals in this analysis were to inform our own curriculum for future cohorts in our program and toshare lessons learned with faculty and staff involved in leadership development programs forengineering students at other universities.Program BackgroundThe Zachry Leadership Program is a joint effort between the Texas A&M University College ofEngineering and Zachry Group. The purpose of this program is to empower engineering studentsto become future leaders who are well versed in our free enterprise system

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Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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Engineering Leadership Development

such as producing algal-based fuels coupled with mitigation of greenhouse gases, bioreactor design, novel fluidized bed gasification, thermal process- ing of solid fuels, and adapting planar solid oxide fuel cells to coal-derived syngas. He has been principal investigator for over $18 million in externally funded research, holds several patents with three revenue generating licenses and one spin-off company, and over 60 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Bayless for- merly worked for American Electric Power (Gavin and Amos Plants) and was an officer in the United States Navy. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (Profs. Richard Buckius and James Peters

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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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, Construction Management Program (2010-present). Area of interests: Sustainable Building Design and Construction Materials. Professional experience: Architecture in the U.S.A., and Bulgaria, the E.U.Prof. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University BYRON GARRY is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Construction & Operations Management in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University. He has been a member of ASEE since 1998. As SDSU ASEE Campus Rep., his goal is to help fellow College of Engineering faculty to be reflective teachers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Implementing Lean Practices in an

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ERM Technical Session 16: Faculty Development and Teaching Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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-seasoned and experienced practitioners can be a tremendous resource totap; in combination with regular “full-time” faculty- who are, in most instances, the “research-type,” and who have not had the opportunity to practice engineering. Second, industry’sprevailing perception that engineering education does not prepare graduates adequately for thepractice. Therefore, from industry’s perspective, the quality of education for engineering practiceis seen as deficient. Third, blending practical experience in teaching design and design-relatedcourses is repeatedly emphasized by ABET, and by other engineering organizations, such asASEE [2,3] .Thus, directions for proper merging of professional experience with engineeringscience in design courses are a

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jared Joseph Schoepf, Arizona State University; Joshua Loughman, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

analysis:The student focus group and interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and uploaded toDedoose, a qualitative analysis software [19]. A thematic analysis was used to identify majorpatterns within the narrative. The best practices for completing a thematic analysis recommendedby Braun and Clarke [20] and Creswell [21] were adhered to. The researcher that facilitated theinterviews and focus groups initially made several passes through the data and then generated aninitial codebook consisting of six themes and twenty-four codes. An inter-rater reliability testwas completed, which involved a second researcher applying this codebook to the data. A pooledCohen’s kappa score of 0.44 was produced suggested poor to fair agreement [19, 22, 23]. Thetwo

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ERM Technical Session 7: Learning and Research in Makerspaces

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Torralba, University of Miami; Rob Rouse, Southern Methodist University

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Educational Research and Methods

Creamer [17] found that relationships formed with peers and thedegree of respect and support received during engineering-based group activities plays animportant role in shaping engineering goals for female students. Furthermore, they foundthat these types of interactions, peer-to-peer and student-to-faculty, tends to have both ashort- and long-term impact on interest in engineering as a major and a career.While the literature on women in engineering education is rather extensive, thescholarship on the experiences of female engineering students in makerspace-basedprogramming, particularly on participation in engineering design activities, is practicallynon-existent. To address this gap in the research, we developed and implemented animmersive

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ERM Technical Session 23: Courses and Research on Communication

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Joana M. M. Melo, Pennsylvania State University

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a monetary incentive, there isthe possibility that participants might not be genuine and honest with their answers. While wecleaned the data for participants who answered all the same answer and who did not completemore than two items, this limitation is still a possibility. Third, the study was not designed toseparate doctoral students from master’s students, nor research-based master’s students from “non-thesis” or “coursework-only” master’s students. While we sampled graduate students from similarinstitutions with high research productivity, there may be underlying variation in the sample thatis not immediately evident. Therefore, suggestions for future work include performing anExploratory Factor Analysis on the used data to extract new

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Graduate Student Writing and Communication

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly J. Cunningham, University of Virginia

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Graduate Studies

part collectiveaction that had a positive impact in that community. The PRGs provided a forum for students todevelop a local community, be accepted by that community, and to develop their participation ina larger disciplinary community and feel validated as engineers and researchers.5 conclusion The PRGs provided a valuable incubator for engineering graduate students to developkey communication skills in a supportive environment that provided local and disciplinarycommunity. Students saw value in the immediate and long-term communication developmentthey achieved through the groups. This included improved immediate work as well as the skills,habits, and mindset to craft improved work on their own in the future. They additionally

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Connecting Theory and Practice in a Change Project - And What I Wish I Knew Before I Started

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

Paper ID #26415Academic Change from Theory to Practice: Examples from an EngineeringFaculty Development InstitutionDr. John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia Dr. John Morelock recently graduated from Engineering Education at Virginia Tech as a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering in- structors during game-based learning activities, and how these practices affected student motivation. His research interests include engineering faculty development, student motivation, game-based teaching and learning, gamified classrooms, and engineering faculty

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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ASEE Board of Directors

academic environment to improve courses and to evaluatefaculty performance is a mainstay at most universities. For tenure track faculty in particular, theymust recognize and perhaps wrestle with the notion that a student’s evaluation of their coursesand teaching performance will be an important consideration in their path to tenure at theacademy, as represented by the teaching-service-professional development triad. Unfortunately,the majority of new doctoral faculty entering engineering bachelor degree academic programshave scant experience in the classroom beyond a graduate school Teaching Assistantship, whichtypically lasts only a few semesters as doctoral candidates bide their time in anticipation of beingoffered a Research Assistantship for

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University/ Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University

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practices in technician education, with a particular emphasis on faculty development in problem-based learning, the first year of study for success in engineering and technology majors, and mentoring educators nationally.Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University Caroline VanIngen-Dunn is Director of the Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University, providing services for Maximizing the Educational and Economic Impact of STEM. Ms. VanIngen-Dunn is the inspiration behind the programs and resources designed to assist community colleges, particularly rural and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), through a rigorous process leading to improvements

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T. Schimpf, Concord Consoritum; Xudong Huang, Concord Consortium; Charles Xie; Zhenghui Sha, University of Arkansas; Joyce E. Massicotte, Concord Consortium

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Jiaotong University, and B. Eng. from Xi’an University of Technology, all in Mechanical Engineering. He also received a graduate minor in Applied Statistics from Purdue and an undergraduate minor in Com- puter Science. His research interests lie in systems integration and design informatics, with the goal of building the decision-centric science foundations for complex systems engineering and design. Particular emphasis of his research is on: i) complex systems and complex networks; ii) artificial intelligence in en- gineering design; and iii) decision-based enterprise-driven design. Dr. Sha is the recipient of NSF CMMI Conference Fellowship in 2012, ASME Robert E. Fulton Best Paper Award in 2013, and ASME CIE Best PhD

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Damian Ruiz, University of San Diego/San Diego State University; Vitaliy Popov, University of San Diego; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Danielle Gadbois

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

this paper builds onprior evidence supporting the use of funds of knowledge and engineering design, as a STEMintegrator, as well as empirical research on the structure, content, and outcomes of effectiveprofessional learning to create transformative educational experiences for teachers, andultimately their students [7-10].The APRENDE ProjectThe Asset-based Practices in Engineering Design (APRENDE) project focuses on both middleschool students and their teachers. It offers the opportunity to have an early impact on students’engineering interest while also providing teachers with a broader perspective of how to developstudents’ engineering habits of mind and dispositions using funds of knowledge. The goal of thisthree-year project is (1) to

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ERM Technical Session 11: Leadership and Collaborations in Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gemma Henderson, University of Miami; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Ines Basalo, University of Miami; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

facilitators we were able to provide guidance andrecommend ASEE conference sessions to attend related to their interests. In consequence,participants were exposed further to engineering education practice and research, with initialideas and avenues to engage in scholarship of their practice. More broadly, this work helps focusengineering education research efforts that will have a lasting impact at HSIs, specifically byhelping direct faculty embarking on research efforts towards impactful research questions.Understanding and Addressing the Needs of StudentsAs a result of the design of the workshop, participants questioned the support needed for thestudent population at their institution, wanting to learn more about their students in order

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Engaging Community through STEM partnerships

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University

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Community Engagement Division

to be significantly smaller than we had imagined them to be. Finally, a lot of our design was influenced by you, both by your enthusiasm for the garden, and by you suggestions on what would best suit the academic curriculum of the students.” (Marina Predovic, CBED Student)Marina explains how a meaningful connection offers undergraduates the space to practice andapply what they are learning in the classroom back on campus; moveover, how partnerships cansupport the creation of engaging educational spaces that offer inclusive learning opportunities forall participants.From the course instructor’s perspective, it is always rewarding to see how students progressthrough the quarter, build their team dynamics, manage

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Graduate Student Writing and Communication

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan M. Cruz, Virginia Tech; Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University

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a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Mayra is currently a research assistant for the NSF funded program the Dissertation Institute where she studies the motivation of underrepresented minorities in doctoral engineering programs. As part of her long-term goals, Mayra desires to continue researching graduate education practices in student support. Her current research focuses on understanding the advisor selection processes practiced in STEM and the role of department and faculty in facilitating doctoral student success. Mayra also conducts research on underrepresented populations in doctoral engineering programs for which she was recognized and inducted to the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor