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Faculty Development Technical Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

invests in the career growth of anotherindividual. This investment can be made through behaviors such as mentoring, coaching,networking, or sponsoring. In addition, actions such as teaching, counseling, evaluating,listening, advocating, showcasing, collaborating, empowering, and challenging throughdevelopmental relationships are integral to leadership development and career advancement[1],[5],[7],[8]. 1Kram clarified the nature of relationships at work that enhance career development, definedessential characteristics of developmental relationships (career support and psychosocialsupport), and suggested ways to build them at work [5]. Research supports

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. Schubert1 1 Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, University of San Diego, San Diego, CAAbstract to high prices, and only some versions have The Digilent Analog Discovery 2™ the potential to be connected to and controlled(DAD2) is a multi-function instrument that through a computer, which is essential inallows users to measure, visualize, generate, today’s world. In addition, creating portablerecord, and control mixed signal circuits of all laboratories for online courses or courseskinds [1]. In this paper, the use of DAD2 in an taught abroad are

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Technical Session 12: Teaching and Learning

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Florian Schmidt, TU Berlin; Franz-Josef Schmitt, Technische Universität Berlin; Laura Boeger, TU Berlin; Arno Wilhelm-Weidner, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Nicole Torjus

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Computers in Education

research assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, TU Berlin. He finished his doc- toral thesis in physics in 2011. Dr. Schmitt holds a series of scientific awards, the Chorafas award for extraordinary scientific results (2009), the Stifterverband Fellowship for excellence in teaching (2015) and the award for excellent teaching at TU Berlin (2018). 80 research papers, 2 patents, 1 book and 200 partially invited talks on international conferences summarize his results in photosynthesis research, en- vironmental spectroscopy, and didactic research. Dr. Schmitt educates students for more than 16 years. From 2002-2005 he was tutor in the project laboratory of physics, from 2005-2010 he supervised the advanced

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Technical Session 9:Topics related to STEM

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Joseph Beyette, Texas A&M University; Michael S. Rugh, Texas A&M University; Jason Lin, Texas A&M University; Xing Wang, Texas A&M University; Zelun Wang, Texas A&M University; Jyh C. Liu, Texas A&M University; Robert M. Capraro, Aggie STEM @ Texas A&M University

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Computers in Education

grades, 7.4% increase inproject grades and 16% more lesson effectiveness than students who used traditional textbooks[6]. Academic organizations [15] [16] [17] and industry [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] continue toinvest into developing more effective and diverse online interactive textbooks, as studies continueto show large positive differences between traditional and online interactive textbooks. Graphicaltools and e-books for different STEM subjects aim to improve students’ interest and ability tounderstand complicated concepts and connections [1] [3] [4] [7]. Some online interactivetextbooks record each student’s activity for reading assignments and quizzes, but does not integratethis information into the system [7] [23]. These graphical

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Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Christopher C. Willis, North Carolina State University - DELTA; Dan Spencer, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

, development and assessment strategies for the courses have been documented inprevious work [1-3]. The first course in the module, Core ChE Concepts: I, was offered for thefirst time in the Fall 2018 semester. A concerted effort was made to evaluate students’experiences in the course using both direct assessment (i.e. student academic performance) usingproblem-by-problem scoring metrics and indirect assessment (e.g. task value, engagement, self-efficacy) through validated pedagogical inventories emerging from relevant theoreticalframeworks. Indirect assessments were collected at the beginning, middle and end of the course,while direct assessments were made continuously.This work presents the results of these direct and indirect assessments as well as

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curtis S. Tenney, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Two-Year College

allowed us to explorehow rural AM postsecondary programs have evolved in organizational structure, curriculumcontent, employer relations, and student pathways facilitation. We gathered data to discern 1)commonalities and unique features in AM programs’ initiation impetus; 2) current AM program,faculty, and student profiles; and 3) significant AM program challenges and priorities in ruralsettings, such as institutional commitment to long-term economic health. In our findings, wehighlight how active participation in diverse community and industry collaborations serves toestablish and grow AM educational pathways tailored explicitly for the immediate community.For example, participants share innovative partnership programming and certificate

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Wes Ryan Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC

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Mechanical Engineering

lab. The equations used to develop the theory are provided. Possible sources of error arediscussed. Recommendations are also provided.IntroductionThere are many advantages to hands-on experiments which are particularly beneficial forstudents who are visual and kinesthetic learners. With limited budgets, the challenge is to designsuitable lab experiments which are not too costly, particularly when multiple setups are requiredfor larger classes. Penney and Clausen [1] have recently written a very helpful book that providesmany relatively inexpensive fluid mechanics and heat transfer experiments. The experimentreported here is an adaptation of a sharp-edged orifice demonstration in the book, which wasoriginally described by Penney et al. [2

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Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny P. Quintana-Cifuentes, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

understanding of scientific and mathematical principlesas they develop design solutions. While most of the research in design is conducted withprofessionals and undergraduate students, recent reform efforts in K-12 education, especially inthe United States, have necessitated further research on design learning among younger students[1].The importance of engineering design in K-12 education has increased in recent years due in partwith its integration in the Next Generation Science Standards [1], [2]. The iterative nature of theengineering design process allows students to explore the problem context, develop solutions, andevaluate their solutions [3]. However, the engineering design process is complex and engagescomplex cognitive processes associated

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Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelia Greig, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Alex Powaser, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Douglas Howe, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Will Alan McGehee, California Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

EngineeringDepartment at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA has developedelectrospray thruster platforms for both graduate research and education and course-basedundergraduate education purposes. The research-oriented platform has fidelity to practicalapplications, ensuring modularity to support a wide variety of potential research studies. Incontrast, the undergraduate lab electrospray thruster is inexpensive to construct and maintain,focuses on demonstration of core principles, and provides students an interactive experience. 1. IntroductionThe aerospace industry is continually expanding and developing new technologies. Academicinstitutes must keep up with these changes to technology and their applications so students enterthe

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Faculty Development Technical Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Samantha Michele Shields, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

Education, 2019 Paper ID #27758was a finalist for the Innovation Award by the Professional and Organizational Development Networkand an Innovation Award winner. He was recently named as the Center for Digital Education’s Top 30Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers for 2016. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 1 Diverse Engineering Faculty’s Perceptions and Practice of Active Learning at Texas A&M University AbstractThis research paper studied faculty

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Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

culturally inclusive classrooms, recognizing our biases andbehaviors, using a variety of teaching strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles,and including text/reading materials from diverse authors from different races, sexualorientations, genders and abilities.The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil EngineeringEducation (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshops are currently in their 20th year of existence.This landmark project has over 980 graduates from 256 universities around the world.The week-long teacher training workshop has been successful by all measures and hasmade a substantial difference in civil engineering education in the United States.1 Itcontinues to grow and is widely supported by university deans, department

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon McLoughlin Morrison, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

; Tomasko, Ridgway, Waller, and Olesik 2016). This research collectively evaluates multiplemeasures for student persistence in an academic program. In order to analyze the impact of multiple variables on student retention, the conceptualframework shown in Figure 1, was used:Figure 1: Conceptual Framework of Student Exposure to Diversity Policy The primary research question was represented through the dependent variable labeled in thecenter of Figure 1 (consideration of leaving). Evaluation of this question involved the use of anindependent variable, diversity policies which is highlighted above, and a series of control variables(non-shaded) intended to determine the potential influence of other variables on the studentexperience

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stefanie A. Hotchkiss, Undergraduate Research Assistant; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Michelle Londa, Texas State University; Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University

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Diversity

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Student

American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Do I Belong in a Makerspace?: Investigating Student Belonging and Non-verbal Cues in a University MakerspaceINTRODUCTION: There have been dramatic trends displaying the problem of under-representation and lack of retention of females and minorities in STEM majors [1, 2]. Withthe long-standing stigma that predominantly men succeed and compose these fields, the sense ofbelonging for females and minorities in these fields is minimal, and entrance is unattractive [3, 4,1]. The idea of “belonging” is the sense of fit or acceptance that people experience in response tophysical objects, layout, and member representation that make up an environment [4]. Sense ofbelonging, therefore

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 9: Persistence and Retention

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University; Romy Beigel, Montana State University; Emma Annand, Montana State University; Monika Kwapisz, Montana State University

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Educational Research and Methods

universities need to increase the number of studentsgraduating with engineering degrees in order to meet anticipated near-term future needs[1].Fields like engineering are critical to the nation’s economic strength and competitivenessglobally, and engineering expertise is needed to solve society’s most pressing problems [2]. Yetonly about 40% of students who aspire to an engineering degree complete one, and an evensmaller percentage of those students continue into an engineering career [3].A primary factor undergirding student persistence in an engineering major is the student’s senseof engineering identity [4-6]. Identification with engineering has been referred to as a “compass”for navigating pathways into engineering careers [7]. Development of this

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Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Todd R. Haskell, Western Washington University; Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Lee Singleton, Whatcom Community College; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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Mechanics

exam provides evidence of the assessment’s validity as ameasurement instrument for representational competence. We found a positive correlationbetween students’ accurate and effective use of representations and their score on the multiplechoice test. We gathered additional validity evidence by reviewing student responses on anexam wrapper reflection. We used item difficulty and item discrimination scores (point-biserialcorrelation) to eliminate two questions and revised the remaining questions to improve clarityand discriminatory power. We administered the revised version in two contexts: (1) again as partof the first exam in the winter 2019 Statics course at WCC, and (2) as an extra credit opportunityfor statics students at Utah State

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mel Chua, Georgia Tech; Ian Smith, Project Alloy; Miriam Nathan Lerner, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sarah Jacobs; Rita Straubhaar M.Ed., Monroe Community College; Ruth Anna Spooner; Perseus McDaniel

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

"thing-inform"?: case studies in seeing engineering meaning differently through the process of technical ASL vocabulary creationAbstract(Note: A signed version of this abstract is available on ​http://aslcore.org​. Although this paper hasbeen written in English, the primary working language of this project is American SignLanguage. The English paper presented here should be treated as an explanation designed for anon-signing audience.)Engineering is a social activity where practitioners constantly use language in order tocommunicate. While not completely deterministic, the nature of the language we use influenceshow we think, communicate, and collaborate [1]. This paper draws from work on the engineeringbranch of

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ERM Technical Session 19: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg L. Heileman, University of Kentucky; William G. Thompson-Arjona, University of Kentucky ; Orhan Abar, University of Kentucky; Hayden W. Free, University of Kentucky

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Educational Research and Methods

accompanymany of the courses in engineering programs, as well as the long prerequisite chains that tend toexist in these curricula.To gain a better understanding of the aforementioned factors, consider the electrical engineeringdegree plan shown in Figure 1, offered by a university in the southwest of the United States that hasa high curricular complexity score. The analysis provided in this figure was created by utilizingthe Curricular Analytics Toolbox, an open source framework created for the purpose of analyzinguniversity curricula.6 The complexity associated with a given course c is a function of the numberof courses that are “blocked” by c (i.e., the number of courses that cannot be attempted until cis successfully completed), and the longest

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Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary B. Isaac, HEDGE Co.

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

studies from Old Dominion University in 2015. Isaac’s consultancy, HEDGE Co., focuses on working with formal and informal educators to grow the numbers of females pursuing engineering or technology careers. Additionally, she is a conferred Fellow of the Society of Women Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Does How Pre-College Engineering and Technology Role Models See Themselves Relate to Girls' Engagement in the Fields? [Research to Practice]IntroductionSince the Equal Pay Act in 1963, female participation in engineering has increased only eightpoints, from less than 5 to 13% [1], while, in the fields of medicine, female participation

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First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

coursework difficult andoverwhelming especially during the first semester. In order to help students in overcoming theseacademic challenges, several learning pedagogies have been developed by instructors andimplemented in the classrooms. Many of these studies focus on strategies to improve studentperformance in a classroom. The assessment of the student performance in most of these studiesis limited to the overall student grade. This research study presents peer mentoring strategy thathelps students succeed in an introductory engineering course. The research objectives in thisstudy are: 1) to illustrate how peer mentoring helps improve the student performance and 2) toexplore the correlation between student participation in peer mentoring sessions

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Student Learning and Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Martin Chernosky, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University; Valentini A. Pappa, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey D. Sammons, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

(grades) indicate there was no significant correlation between satisfaction andgrades and in fact the overall satisfaction for the courses decreased, but the grade distributionskewed more positive in the treated courses.Introduction According to the American Society for Engineering Education, the cumulative medianpassing rate of engineering degrees was only 47% [1]. In 2018, thousands of students studiedengineering courses comprised of technical abstract concepts requiring tangible applications [2].Chen [3] found many students encountered a course which was poorly designed resulting infeelings of frustration, distress, and disinterest. Due to the poorly designed course, students wereforced to focus on technology and navigation skills

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It's All About the Student: Integration, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maelle van Thienen, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Pablo Garcia, Xorro Solutions Ltd; Wyatt Banker-Hix P.E., California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James Boon Piang Lim, University of Auckland

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Civil Engineering

and/or a laptop which can be eitherembedded into an instructor’s existing online course management system (CMS) webpage orsipmly linked to their CMS gradebook. The automatic grading and graphical feedbacksummaries have proven to be useful to support just-in-time teaching strategies. Before discussingthe specific benefits of Xorro-Q, specifically as it was utilized in the large enrollmentintroductory structural engineering course, it is critical to explore the state-of-practice in onlineteaching technologies for assessment and just-in-time teaching.Asynchronous Online Learning ToolsRockland et al.1 summarizes the benefits of utilizing online CMS, specifically Moodle, as being asingle repository for teaching materials and assignments

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atif Saeed, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Niki T. Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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Manufacturing

this project is to develop an inexpensive, small,user-friendly braille cell learning device.Background ResearchBraille is a language that can be read by using fingers to touch a series of raised dots created byLouis Braille and is used by the blind community [1]. The symbols are formed inside braille cellswhich are made up of 6 raised dots in three parallel rows each having two dots. A cell can beused to represent either a letter, number or punctuation mark. An example of this can be seen inFigure 1. Figure 1. Braille Alphabet courtesy of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Braille_alfabet.jpgAccording to the National Federation of the Blind, 63,357 students have been reported blindthroughout

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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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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

, respected, valued by, and important to the group or others on campus” ​[1]​. Theimpact of belonging for engineering students has been explored by several authors ​[2]–[4]​, whogenerally concluded that belonging and identifying as part of a group (such a department or engineeringdiscipline) is important in retention for students in engineering majors. Strayhorn examined belongingrelative to the summer bridge program that he studied and while his survey results did not show astatistically significant change in belonging, interview data indicated that several aspects of the programdesign were noted by students as having increased their sense of belonging. These included an elaborateopening ceremony with high-level university administrators welcoming

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Ricardo R Lopez P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Ernesto Luis Diaz MEM, Puerto Rico Climate Change Council

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Ocean and Marine

engineering students, university faculty and staff in principles ofresilience for both built and natural coastal infrastructure through formal education. The project alsohelps educate members of the community by teaching first responders and other professionals throughinformal education through conferences, workshops, seminars, lectures and short courses in resilientcoastal infrastructure. Educators also work with partners who focus on resilience of coastal andisland communities. All the island of Puerto Rico is considered coastal environment. Over 400,000people live within 1 km of coasts and 44 municipalities with over 60% of the island population areat the coast. A tremendous amount of the critical civil infrastructure like airports, seaports

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Sustainability in Civil Engineering Education: Service Learning, Capstone Integration, Student Affect and Rating Systems

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

knowledge to take sustainability into account, their attitudes ultimately determine the extentthat sustainability issues are thoroughly considered in their work. This philosophy of targetingaffective domain outcomes aligns with the global “education for sustainability” movement. TheCEBOK3 affective rubric indicates that upon completing undergraduate education individualsshould “acknowledge the importance of” and “comply with the concepts and principles ofsustainability in civil engineering” (levels 1 and 2). This research explored the attitudes of civilengineering (CE) students toward sustainability, both as incoming first-year students and asseniors at a single institution, including cross-sectional and longitudinal measures. The researchutilized

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Faculty Development Round Table

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason FitzSimmons, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University; Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Purdue University; Emily M. Bonem, Purdue University; Erica A. Lott, Purdue University; Loran Carleton Parker, Purdue University

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

units responsible for implementing the IMPACT program.This partnership recognized that student-centered learning incorporates complex engagementswith information7.The overarching goals of IMPACT are to: 1. Refocus the campus culture on student-centered pedagogy and student success 2. Increase student engagement, competence, and learning gains 3. Focus course transformation on effective research-based pedagogies 4. Reflect, assess, and share IMPACT results to benefit future courses, students, and institutional cultureThe IMPACT program has been demonstrably effective in improving attainment of course-specific learning outcomes and improved degree completion, persistence, and graduation rates8.A recent external review of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oai Ha, Western Carolina University; Martin L. Tanaka, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

role in students’ learning as their academicseniority grows. This will be investigated in the near future by continuing the study andcollecting data from different groups of students.Keywords: spatial visualization, solids mechanics education, statics, strength of materialsIntroductionStatics and Strength of Materials are two major engineering courses in solid mechanics (SMC)that are common in most of the mechanical and civil engineering and technology programs. At(name of university), both these courses are required in the four-year programs in engineering(ENGR) with a concentration in mechanical engineering as well as engineering technology(ENGT) with a concentration in applied systems technology. A previous study in engineeringmechanics [1

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon S. Wu, California State University, Fullerton; Yong Seok Park, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

America’s Promise (LEAP) was able to identify many suchHIPs that are gaining attention [1]. In a subsequent report, Kuh found that students whoparticipated in these HIPs show that they were positively affected by these activities, asmeasured by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). It was found that these“deep approaches to learning are important because students who use these approaches tend toearn higher grades and retain, integrate, and transfer information at higher rates [2].” Thus,what we set out to do is to apply HIPs to a 300- level engineering course at a state collegelevel and gather data regarding its effectiveness, student reflections, and possible futureimprovements for better learning outcomes.HIPs in a Mechanical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nisha Abraham, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

collaborative learning strategies, marriedwith course material review, to help students be successful in the course. This report provides alongitudinal view of the effects of SI, an examination of aspects of the program that aresuccessful, areas for improvement, as well evidence for expansion to other courses. The studyutilizes a mixed-methods approach, incorporating quantitative data relating to grades andattendance with qualitative data relating to student perceptions about SI. An analysis conductedfor every semester starting in 2015 showed a minimum of 8 percent decrease in DFWQ% ratesfor SI attendees (students who attended 2 or more sessions) vs. non-SI attendees (students whoattended 0 or 1 session). In spring semesters, the difference was even

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Jay Oswald, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

classrooms. Flipped and alternative classroom models have gainedin popularity in recent years and while the engineering classrooms in higher education havelagged behind their non-STEM colleagues in this process, the trend has continued to gaintraction over the last decade [1]. Adoption of alternative course models is due in part to thepromise that the flipped classroom design holds for engineering faculty to find a compromisebetween the long-venerated lecture format and the research-based instructional practices ofactive learning. In its idealized form, the flipped design allows instructors to maintain delivery ofcritical theoretical and background information by presenting this material to the students outsideof the formal classroom setting, thus