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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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(3259-Other Chemicals and 3344-Semiconductor) and in 2015, constituted 24.6% of the region’s total employment [1, 2]. Guidedby the overarching research question (RQ) “To what extent do curriculum content, employerneeds, and student experiences align within an advanced manufacturing educational pathway,”this study’s goals are to 1) investigate the role AM program pathways have in meeting the needsof employers and new professionals who are employed in the region; 2) expand the research baseand curriculum content recommendations for entrepreneur and intrapreneur education; 3) buildregional capacity for AM program assessment and improvement by replicating, refining, anddisseminating study approaches through further research, annual meetings with

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Price Barnett; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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theirmajor within the first three years, and within the Engineering and Engineering Technology fields32% of students changed their majors within the first three years [1]. Increasingly universitiesoffer various programs to help students understand different majors and possible career options.The author attends a university offers a co-op program in which the student may work inconjunction with a company to gain valuable work related experience and knowledge, or maywork on independent research on a topic within the students’ field of study with the aid of aprofessor. I, as the student chose to work on independent research to further my studies withinthe automotive and engineering industries. For the co-op program, I chose to study the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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development procedure for the Persistence of Engineers in the AcademySurvey (PEAS). This survey was developed as part of a multi-year, mixed-methods researchproject funded by the NSF to explore the experiences of women tenure-track faculty inengineering. Faculty are identified as the pivotal resource around which the outcomes ofpostsecondary education revolve; therefore, it is essential to understand who they are; what theydo; and whether, how, and why they are changing [1] [2]. Although they represent an increasingshare of engineering faculty, women continue to be underrepresented in many engineeringdisciplines [3] [4] and as tenured faculty [5] [6]. On average, women tenured/tenure facultyrepresented approximately 16.9% of the academic workforce in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra J. Groen-McCall, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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identity formation in undergraduate civil engineering studentswith disabilities as they experience their undergraduate careers and move into the workforce. Toprovide context for this ongoing work, we summarize the background, sensitizing concepts, andupdated research procedures underpinning this study. We then focus our discussion on ouremergent findings to-date, which include the identification of a sub-process referred to asEstablishing Definitions of Self. Overall, these findings begin to highlight the nuance and fluidityof disability identity as students form professional identities as civil engineers.Study BackgroundRecent research estimates that approximately 13% of U.S. college students identify asindividuals with disabilities [1], with 4.3

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Jarek, University of Tennessee; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NationalAcademy of Engineering’s Engineer of 2020; President Obama’s Educate to Innovate program;AAU’s Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative). These calls for change extend beyond theclassroom experience to the curricular, co-curricular, and institutional levels. In response, recentchange efforts have targeted necessary components for comprehensive change, such as thedevelopment of targeted networks [1]and theoretical frameworks on systemic change in STEMeducation [2, 3]. The Journal of Engineering Education published a special issue [4] dedicated toresearch on change process strategies that can impact faculty teaching and student learning.Similarly, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) ongoing Revolutionizing EngineeringDepartments (RED) initiative

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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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well-being. Using funds of knowledge in the classroom has beennoted as an asset-based approach because students’ assets are explored while deficit notions ofstudents’ abilities are challenged. Dolores Delgado-Bernal [1] argued that “although students ofcolor are holders and creators of knowledge, they often feel as if their stories, experiences,cultures, and languages are devalued, misinterpreted, or omitted within formal educationalsettings” (p. 106). These perspectives have created a master narrative in engineering thatdisenfranchises students of color by delegitimizing their presence in engineering spaces. Creatingspaces that foster the ways of knowing, doing, and being of underrepresented students isextremely important in making

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University

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external evaluator or advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects (CA- REER, iCorps, REU, RIEF, etc.).Dr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston University, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, worked at Argonne National Lab, 1996-1997, taught at Chicago State University, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in Aerospace Engi- neering @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on computational plasma modeling using spectral and lattice Boltzmann methods for studying plasma turbulence and plasma jets. His research has also included fluid physics and electric propulsion using

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Karl Haefner, Cankdeska Cikana Community College

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Cultivating Meta-cognitive Skills and Emotional Intelligence in First- Year Curricula MOTIVATIONColleges and universities have traditionally devoted considerable resources to restructuring andrefining learning environments in order to address deficits in "hard skills" such as reading,writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. Comparatively fewer resources have been devoted toimproving the cultivation of “emotional intelligence” and "soft skills/attributes" such asinterpersonal communication skills, metacognitive analysis of study methods [1], resiliency [2],[3] motivation, and problem solving around non-academic issues. However, research andexperience have shown

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffanie R. Smith, University of Florida; Juan E. Gilbert, University of Florida

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technologically advanced and the demand for more scientists,technologists, engineers and mathematicians is continually on the rise. In order to excel andpursue STEM career routes, Algebra has been a key requirement to gain access to such fields andrelated courses. Due to its importance, 32 states have made it a requirement for high schoolgraduation 1 ; the remaining states define the amount of math credits required to graduate, but donot specify which courses must be taken. Despite its importance and requirement by most states,students are not excelling in this area. While there is no national standard or standardized test tomeasure Algebra competency, most states offer their own end of course assessments.Additionally, there are national assessments and

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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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learning model2 to improve math and scienceoutcomes. Over a decade ago a summer bridge program (STEP) was added for pre-matriculationfreshmen, in the form of a 7-week math bootcamp. STEP was organized around facultyinstruction and peer-led workshops, and concluded with an exit exam protocol to place studentsinto pre-calculus or calculus for the freshman Fall term.                                                            1  EAB’s Student Success Collaborative dashboard provides data and intelligence to assist faculty, staff and administrators in tracking, alerting, and gathering knowledge about student success. https://www.eab.com/2  Treisman, Uri. (1983). Improving the Performance of Minority Students in College‐Level Mathematics. Innovation

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University; Richard J. Puerzer, Hofstra University

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proficiency in Excel and MATLAB such that students caneffectively input, store, sort, plot, and output data. Math outcomes include the ability tomathematically model data, develop systems of equations, and properly define vectors. Toaccomplish this, activities are performed to reinforce the mathematical concept, collectapplicable data or systems of equations to teach Excel and MATLAB, and engage students incollaborations with their colleagues. Figure 1 shows the new model where the activities are thedriving force from which math, Excel, and MATLAB are learned. Figure 1 The new, activity centric modelAn ExampleOn the first day of class, students engaged in the activity, Bungee Barbie and Kamikaze Kendeveloped at

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter

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. Research experiences can provide critical opportunitiesfor exposure to authentic STEM research earlier in undergraduate careers.Research experience is shown to be one of the most effective methods for recruiting andretaining students in STEM career paths, with studies showing that undergraduate researchexperiences increase students’ interest in STEM careers, as well as increasing their anticipationof obtaining a Ph.D. [1]. Undergraduate research can provide valuable opportunities to applyclassroom content to real-world problems. Studies note significant positive effects ofundergraduate research on students’ interest in STEM majors, their career readiness, researchskills, critical thinking, disciplinary knowledge, understanding of the research

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Barlow, Utah State University; Max L. Longhurst, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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part of the GEAR UP program. Themain purpose of the Engineering Camp was to increase interest in and knowledge aboutengineering among middle-school and high school students. The 2018 camp was specificallytargeting students entering the 10th grade and their teachers. During the camp, both students andteachers were able to participate in authentic engineering experiences led by engineering facultyrelated to water and air quality.Because of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the framework for K-12 scienceeducation, science teachers are being asked to incorporate engineering into their science classes.But research shows that it has been difficult for many science teachers to do this [1] [2] [3]. Thiscould be a result of a limited

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University

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progress paper discusses the Academy of Engineering Success (AcES), an NSF S-STEMsupported program, which employs known best practices to support and retain underrepresentedstudents in engineering through graduation. The goal is to graduate more students fromunderrepresented populations in an effort to ultimately diversify the engineering workforce.This paper describes this program’s unique implementation of a specific subset of retention bestpractices, such as facilitating (1) the development of both a feeling of institutional inclusion andengineering identity by providing opportunities for faculty-student and student-student interaction aswell as major and career exploration, (2) academic support, including support for the development ofbroader

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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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Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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University Northwest competed in its first FormulaSAE competition in the past year [1]. The goal of the team has since been to make significantimprovements on its systems and designs. One such improvement has been the implementation ofa telemetry and data acquisition system. A telemetry and data acquisition system allows for thecollection and interpretation of data from sensors on the car, which enables the team to not onlydiagnose and solve issues with the other systems of the car, but to fine-tune and optimize thegeometry of the mechanical systems as well as making suggestions to the driver based on data. Asub-team of the Purdue Northwest Formula SAE team was tasked with the creation of a telemetryand data acquisition system that fits within

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James P. Becker, Montana State University; Emily Sior, Montana State University; Jerad Hoy, Montana State University; Indika Kahanda, Montana State University

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among students seemingly engaged in such a course. One factor arises due to the abstractnature of the physical phenomenon underlying the behavior of electric circuits. In a typical electriccircuits course, students take macroscopic measurements of voltage and current in the lab as wellas calculate these quantities in a variety of circuits. The macroscopic quantities result from themicroscopic behavior of electrons in the circuit and this microscopic behavior is not oftendiscussed in a standard course on electric circuits nor described in most textbooks used in suchcourses. The literature identifies a number of common misconceptions of students entering a firstcourse on circuit analysis [1]-[7]; many of these misconceptions arise from a lack of

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

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outcomes c (an ability to design a system to meetdesired needs [new ABET student outcome 2]), d (an ability to function on a team [new ABETstudent outcome 5]), and g (an ability to communicate effectively [new ABET student outcome3], which our program has allied with this sequence of senior design courses [1]. There are alsoa number of secondary objectives that are fulfilled in this design course sequence. These includerecognizing and addressing process safety issues, developing people skills, and introducingtopics relevant to the impending student transition from the academic environment to theprofessional environment, such as the need for life-long learning and the benefits of professionalregistration for chemical engineers. Observations of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Engineering Education, 2019 Defining and Assessing Systems Thinking in Diverse Engineering PopulationsEngineers are called to play an important role in addressing the complex problems of our globalsociety, such as climate change and health care. In order to adequately address these complexproblems, engineers must be able to identify and incorporate into their decision making relevantaspects of systems in which their work is contextualized, a skill often referred to as systemsthinking [1] - [3].Within engineering, research on systems thinking tends to emphasize the abilityto recognize potentially relevant constituent elements and parts of an engineering problem (e.g.,[4] – [6]) rather than how these

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University

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. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). https://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/faculty/kristen- bethke-wendell c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Elementary students’ disciplinary talk in a classroom with an explicit engineering decision making scaffold (Work in Progress)While engineering grows as a part of elementary education, important questions arise about theskills and practices we ask of students. Though the engineering design challenge is widely usedas a structure for doing engineering in educational settings [1], there are still questions about howto best organize design challenges to promote

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill M. D. Motschenbacher, North Dakota State University; Melissa Vosen Callens; James Nyachwaya, North Dakota State University; Emily A. Berg, North Dakota State University; Jared Ladbury, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Paul Kelter, North Dakota State University

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mechanization and post-harvest maize production in Wang’uru, Kenya and Iganga, Uganda. She also served for four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Sacramento (AOE-1) as an Interior Communications Electrician.Dr. Melissa Vosen Callens, Melissa Vosen Callens is currently an assistant professor of practice in instructional design and commu- nication at North Dakota State University, Fargo. Her areas of research and teaching interest include Popular Culture and Online Education. Her writing can be found in The Ultimate Walking Dead and Phi- losophy, English Journal, Communication Teacher, Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History, and A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henriette D. Burns, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Samantha A. Murphy, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Matt Johnson; Georgia Bracey, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Mark McKenney, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Ann Vogel, iBIO Institute

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)Introduction. ​This work-in-progress curriculum for a STEM + computational thinking(STEM+C) for minority girls’ exploratory integration study is a joint effort amongst a communitycenter, iBio Institute (an education-focused non-profit), and the Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville STEM Center. These partners will design, test and implement the integration ofcomputational thinking (CT) practices into a research-based STEM program designed forelementary-aged minority girls. The goal for the program is to inspire, motivate and bolsterminority girls’ STEM and CT abilities and perceptions. Studies indicate girls prefer areas of socialcaring and improving the world [1] - [3]. Therefore, our intent is to integrate the iBio’s StellarGirls STEM project

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Bobby Tang Dan, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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of the match and must be loaded intothe robot or in contact with the robot before the start of the match.II. Competition MatchesEach match is divided into two separate sectionsand totals a full two minutes. The matches consistof a 15 second autonomous period and a 1 minute45 second driver control period. In theautonomous round, teams must use theirprogramming skills to code their robot to toggleflags, flip caps, and park on their alliance platformautonomously. Autonomous programs must bewritten and uploaded prior to the start of each Figure I. Competition Field Layoutmatch. During the autonomous round, teams arenot allowed to cross the two lines at the center of the field as seen in the figure. After anautonomous winner has been

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Oumaima Atraoui, James Madison University; Caroline Clay, James Madison University; Zachary Harris De Bey, James Madison University; Johannah Daschil, James Madison University ; Bethany Popelish, James Madison University

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structure of an engineering curriculum and the learningthat occurs outside of the classroom in makerspaces. Ethnographic methodologies of participantobservation, unstructured and semi-structured interviews enable exploration of how students (1)interact within and construct the culture of makerspaces; (2) talk about makerspace culture asimportant to their commitment to engineering; (3) learn within makerspaces; and (4) choose thetype and direction of projects.This paper specifically describes the ethnographic methodologies used to track four differentundergraduate student teams participating in a two-year senior capstone project, as well as studentsparticipating in a sophomore design class in which they use makerspaces to build a human

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; Christopher Stewart Rose, James Madison University; Elizabeth Marie Tafoya; Prabaharan Graceraj Ponnusamy, University of Georgia; Tyler Jeffrey Wahl, James Madison University; Jessica Besnier, James Madison University ; Jordan Claire Capelle, James Madison University

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such that those natural designs can be used to inspire engineering solutions.The project work period is Fall 2015 to Summer 2019. Design theory, specifically Concept-Knowledge (C-K) Theory is used as the basis for the instructional resources. C-K theory is usedas it is known for integrating multiple domains of information and facilitating innovation throughconnection building. The instructional resources include lectures, in-class activities,assignments, rubrics and templates.The instructional resources have been deployed at two predominately undergraduate institutions(PUIs) in the second-year engineering curriculum. The learning impact of the instructionalresources was evaluated in two ways: (1) a comparative study of the C-K method against

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George J. Delagrammatikas, Cooper Union; Estuardo Rodas, Cooper Union

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their findings. These experiments include the study of cantileverbeams, electric motors, water pumps, flame speed vs. air-fuel ratio, and basic electronics andmicrocontroller exercises.After the first week of experiments, students develop a design project that is inspired by anurgent research problem the FSAE team needs to solve. During the past three years, these haveincluded: 1) rebuilding, instrumenting and using a torsion rig to characterize the torsional rigidityof the vehicle’s frame, 2) building and using a dynamic impact attenuator test rig, 3) aggressiveuse of carbon fiber for weight savings in the steering wheel, suspension, pedal system, impactattenuator, and body, 4) novel techniques for the design and manufacture of

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa Green, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership

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Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Fundamental)IntroductionIn spite of efforts to diversify the engineering workforce, the profession remains largelydominated by White, male engineers [1]. Better approaches are needed to attract and retainunderrepresented groups to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers,such as engineering.One literacy-based approach that has been shown to provide effective instruction for K-12students generally, and students from underrepresented groups specifically, is DisciplinaryLiteracy Instruction (DLI). DLI utilizes knowledge of the ways advanced practitioners read,interpret, and generate discipline-specific content in their professional environment to apprenticestudents

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashis Nandy, Northern New Mexico College; Steve Cox, Northern New Mexico College; Stephanie Amedeo-Marquez, Northern New Mexico College

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and Technology(CET) at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) has implemented a comprehensive strategyand work-plan to increase the retention rate and eventually the graduation rate of severelyunderprepared aspiring Engineering majors. The institute serves underrepresented minoritystudent population; nearly two-thirds of whom rely on Pell grants and more than 50% of themare first-generation college students. The institution’s struggle to retain general studentpopulation is evident from the following data: 78% retention from first to second semester, 66%retention from second to third semester, and the retention rate drops to 50% by the fourthsemester.The major goals of the project include: 1) Improve Engineering learning and learningenvironments

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Prabhakar Reddy Pagilla, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; Pavan Kumar Moturu, Texas A&M University; Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University

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critical technology thatcombines the above-mentioned recent advances in technologies to transform manufacturing intoessentially a commoditized "cloud-based service". Likewise, it has the potential to evokecreativity of the general population to design and create personalized products. To that end, oneof the key enablers of this paradigm is the recruitment and training of a new class ofmanufacturing workforce that can (1) combine engineering product design capabilities withinformation technology tools to convert ideas into components and (2) transform a wide range ofprecursor materials into products to meet advanced functional requirements by using cyber-enabled machine tools. However, many students, particularly those at predominantlyundergraduate

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebekah J. Hammack, Montana State University; Tina Vo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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, 2019Development of the Draw-An-Engineering-Teacher Test (DAETT) (Work inProgress)IntroductionMuch can be learned about one’s personal beliefs by studying the mental images that a personholds in relation to a particular topic. Instruments such as Draw-A-Scientist Test [1] and Draw-An-Engineer Test [2] have been used to assess both student and teacher perceptions of scientistsand engineers. Likewise, the Draw-A-Science-Teacher Test (DASTT) was developed to“illuminate the knowledge and beliefs preservice elementary teachers construct prior tocoursework in elementary science teaching methods,” [3] and the Draw-A-Mathematics-TeacherTest was developed to investigate pre-service teachers’ perceptions of what it looks like to teachmathematics in the classroom [4

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Russ Marion, Clemson University

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collaborations can emerge.The regression analysis found positive attitudes toward the NSF-funded program are mostinfluenced by faculty members who publish together, particularly with those who publish withcolleagues with different skills than they, who have dense sets of direct knowledge, and whohave dense sets of interdependencies. The following recommendations were generated tofurther develop such relationships: • Focus on expanding publication collaborations among faculty. • Reward heterogeneous publishing collaborations in end-of-year reviews and peer review. • Establish a culture of expectation for departmental collaborations and cross-subject publications. • Interestingly, the social network (Figure 1) was not important