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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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Kevin J. Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachael Ohu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sherman Mumford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda A. Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

PFSlearning outcomes, please see: https://prospect.uncc.edu/.MAPS serves as indoctrination for new COE students to learn, understand, and establishpersonal connections to academic success and professional development strategies and campus-wide resources, networking opportunities, and organizations. The program structure is dividedinto two peer-led components: (1) transition, academic, and professional development coachingand (2) Supplemental Instruction (SI) for selected COE gateway courses. The coaching programhas evolved based on experiences and feedback from key stakeholders, leading to the continuousdevelopment of new strategies for improving participant satisfaction, academic and professionalsuccess, and retention. These enhancements have made a

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

, although Creswell labelsall quality-related methods as “validation.” [10]. We can demonstrate validation using thesemethods from Creswell and others:  Disclosure of researcher bias to demonstrate reflexivity [10], [11], and  Peer reviews of the study and its results to demonstrate effective communication for understanding and acceptance [10].While students should respond truthfully, response bias is possible [12]. Response bias couldarise from lack of understanding or lack of an appropriate level of engagement with theassignment.This study is limited by its time frame, institutional space, courses that the participants in thestudy sample are currently taking, and their frame of mind when they completed the assignment.There is

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; John Butler, California Baptist University; Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University

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Electrical and Computer

Operations in 2015, he has worked as a research engineer for the Center for Nanoscale Science and En- gineering in the nanofabrication cleanroom facility at the University of California, Riverside. During his time there, he has helped train the next generation of engineers on how to conduct their research in the nanoscale. Since working at CBU, Dr. Butler has collaborated with Dr. Rickard on the development of a nanofabricated sensor that monitors intraocular strain. Dr. Butler’s research has resulted in nine papers within peer-reviewed journals. He is also a Senior Member of the IEEE.Mr. Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University Gibson Fleming, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Student of Gordon & Jill Bourns

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Maker Spaces in Design Education

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Xinyu Liu, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University; Julia Yoo, Lamar University; Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Xianchang Li, Lamar University; Dorothy Sisk, Lamar University

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Design in Engineering Education

understanding of the research process. As the most important takeaway, afemale high school chemistry teacher said, I learned how research is done. I had the opportunity to work with a new professor and learn about their research and how it relates to 3D printing.From a follow-up survey conducted about six months after the RET experience, five RETparticipants responded. Of the five, four teachers said that they implemented their learnedexperiences from the RET into their teaching. The implementation rages from using scavengerhunt activities for Free-Body diagrams developed during the RET to writing and winning a$1,000 technology grant to purchase a 3-D printer and supplies by utilizing modules andactivities developed during the RET

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

). Write the left-hand side of the Colebrook equation and the right-hand side of the Colebrook equation in different cells. The difference should be minimized using the Solver function by changing the variable D Proposal I: The proposed pipeline path has a total length of 7500 m and the location is rock formations that can be difficult to excavate and lay the pipeline. This path is largely deserted and there is no significant impact on the environment Proposal II: This proposed pipeline path has a total length of 4500 m and the location consists of the forest with wildlife. This is not difficult to excavate. There could be an impact on the existing ecosystems during the excavation process. Proposal III: This proposed pipeline path has a total

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Faculty Development Evidence-based Practices!

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

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Faculty Development Division

-winning programming that helps connectengineering faculty with their peers around the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning. Today,EETI supports the College’s approximately 100 faculty, 40 staff, and 150 graduate students withprograms spanning educational innovation, ENED research, mentoring, teaching support, and ENEDconference travel. A more comprehensive overview of EETI’s formation, programming, and theoreticalinspirations can be found elsewhere (Morelock, Walther, & Sochacka, 2019; Secules, Bale, Sochacka, &Walther, 2018). For the purposes of this paper, we will focus on EETI programming directly related to ENEDresearch, which we define as the systematic study of ENED settings—including the Scholarship ofTeaching

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Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

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Angela Henshilwood, University of Toronto; Cristina Sewerin, University of Toronto; Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Mindy Thuna, University of Toronto; Tracy Zahradnik, University of Toronto

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Engineering Libraries

what they have learned sofar and what is left to cover [see Appendix]. The training is done in person, and it is not alwayspossible for all three of the newest selectors to be present at every training session, so this chartgives everyone a sense of their progress. At the time of this writing, the newest cohort ofengineering selectors are currently half-way through this more structured training. It is importantto note that due to the winter holidays, conferences, and the like, this in-depth training has beendelayed and sporadic. A downside to the enriched training is that it takes longer, increasing thelikelihood that life and other responsibilities will get in the way. It is a tradeoff - if you needsomeone to start selecting immediately

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NSF Grantees: RED 1

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Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego; Caroline Baillie, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

village in Sri Lankawith social constraints. Students present their recommendations to their peers in class with richtechnical and non-technical discussions.ENGR 351 Community-Based Participatory Engineering ApprenticeshipTo support the increasing number of students who wish to work with both local and internationalcommunities, and develop their capabilities related to the social and environmental context ofengineering practice, a new elective was offered in Spring 2019 with the explicit intent tofacilitate student exposure to and ability to work in a participatory way with community groups.The course facilitates connections between the theories and praxis of engineering that aresocially and environmentally just. Students develop skills of

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New ECE Laboratories

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Pelin Kurtay, George Mason University

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Electrical and Computer

department are accredited by theEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. There were around 265 electricalengineering and around 230 computer engineering students enrolled as of the writing of thispaper. Since this was a pilot online offering, capacity was limited. There were 21 studentsenrolled (full capacity) by the time the semester started. Most students in the class ended upbeing juniors, although there were some sophomores as well as seniors. Most of the seniors hadnot yet started their 2-semester sequence senior design project effort.The course was offered as a hybrid online offering, thereby giving students the flexibility tocomplete majority of the work including the lab exercises outside of a physical lab. A largepercentage of

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Gabriella Santi; Arif Mohaimin Sadri, Florida International University

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

. Conventionalconstruction pedagogical methods put students in a passive role, especially when solvingpredictable construction problems with simplistic and anticipated solutions [3]. In general, mostSTEM coursework are heavily skewed towards writing deliverables, which ultimately hindersactive engagement [4]. Thus, a paradigm shift in pedagogical methods such as integrativelearning is required in CM programs to prepare minority CM students with the skills andknowledge to interface with the unstructured challenging environment of the constructionindustry. An integrative learning pedagogical methodology is a potential innovative method thathas been found to be effective in other disciplines, such as the medical field; specifically toprepare students through inter and

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Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

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Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Lafayette

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Diversity

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Aerospace

groups of students work together on a technically focusedvideo. The video transfer the learning they have gained in the course in both the lecture and thelaboratory, and translate that into a short video they create on their tablet computers supplied bythe academic department. All equipment in the laboratory space is available for their use tocreate the video. Example topics of videos are: manifold gauge operation, propeller nick repair,and carburetor icing. The students present their video to their peers during a classroom period.The students are assessed by both the course instructor and other faculty that are not part of thecourse. The assessment of the project is a rubric that includes the major sections of introduction,video content

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First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #1

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Cara Mawson, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

Moore​ ​analyzed the perspective of studentsboth during and after the completion of the same course[9]. Interviews done with currentstudents revealed the same time concerns as before. However, the same students reported a yearlater that the mastery homework was a fair and representative evaluation of their abilities and ledto more collaboration with peers. Over half of the class later reported that the grading systemmotivated them to pursue the correct answer more than a traditional grading system. Althoughstudents were faced with concerns over the time consumed by a long series of attempts, theacademic benefits may outweigh this stress. In another instance, mastery homework was applied in an introductory physics class byGutmann ​et al

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Faculty Development Medley!

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Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Narcrisha Norman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Yuetong Lin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

, consistency of contracts and recognizes valuable contributions • Employ an open loop evaluation system that allows ongoing tracking, [12] analysis, communication and synthesis and communication of findings for continuous improvement of the faculty and the institution • Require more equitable scrutiny and evaluation among various faculty [13] groups to communicate the need for quality irrespective of faculty status •Allow time for active learning for adjunct faculty including reflection, [12] writing and self-improvement audits College Communication • Integrate the use of two way communication platforms and powerful [4] technological tools into processes to help build rapport

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First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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Matthew B. James, Virginia Tech; Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida

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First-Year Programs

findings, andcontinuously interacting between data and analysis [19]. We made this methodological decisionbecause our goal was to better understand students’ perceptions of what engineering is by theway they draw their response to the question.A typical activity to help the students understand their perceptions of the engineering disciplineis to ask them “What is engineering?” However, instructors have been frustrated by the lack ofdepth in students’ responses. We used a different approach to explore students’ perceptions ofthe engineering discipline by taking an arts-informed methodology; instead of writing down theirperceptions or talking with a peer, students are first asked to draw the response to the question“What is engineering?” Arts

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2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

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Megan Morin, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Alireza Dayerizadeh, North Carolina State University

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Two-Year College

looking up online resources to help me in writing the program in multiple test stages.” Electrical Active Learning/Content/Tool Usage: “We learned more about basic circuit components Circuits such as integrators, op-amps, and high/low pass filters. We also gained hands-on experience through designing some of these newly learned components on a breadboard and verifying their uses through an oscilloscope.” Active Learning/Tool Usage/Collaborative: “My team and I built three different Inverting Amplifier using electronic components and a SparkFun breadboard and tested the

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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William D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University; Heather R. Keister PE, Freese and Nichols

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

advertising in the event program. In this way, Professional Ethics LIVE! affordsthese local and regional firms a way to publicly showcase their commitment to professionalismand ethics, both for their employees and their professional peers and colleagues. From the outset, Professional Ethics LIVE! was framed as a relationship between TexasTech University engineering students, faculty and the local design professional community topromote and satisfy the needs of all partners. Tech TSPE student members invest sweat equitynecessary to host the event. In exchange for publicity, NIEE has provided technical content (itseducational materials) and expertise (its Deputy Director). Production costs are shared betweenTech TSPE and South Plains TSPE, with

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Biomedical Engineers and Professional Development - June 23rd

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Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering

student devotes to the academicexperience, the more that student will learn. Astin argued that involvement, or the investment ofphysical and psychological energy towards an experience, occurs on a continuum and has bothquantitative (e.g. time on task) and qualitative (e.g. useful study strategies) features [15]. Astinand Pace’s work is the basis for the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) whichcollects five categories of information about students: participation in educationally purposefulactivities (e.g. interacting with faculty or peers), what institutions require of them (e.g. amount ofreading or writing), perceptions of features of the environment related to academic success,demographic information (e.g. gender, race, socioeconomic

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Shan Peng, University of Oklahoma; Zhenjun Ming, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

Student Design Essay Award”.Dr. Zhenjun Ming, University of Oklahoma Zhenjun Ming is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engi- neering of University of Oklahoma. He is working with Professor Farrokh Mistree and Professor Janet K. Allen at the Systems Realization Laboratory @ OU. His research interest is to create knowledge-based decision support methods and tools to facilitate designers in the design of engineered systems. Zhenjun has published more than ten peer-reviewed research papers and will publish a Springer Monograph in 2021. His education focus is to create an environment for students to learn by reflecting on doing.Prof. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Zahed

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Brad Rowland, Oklahoma State University; Joe Conner, Oklahoma State University; Brian K. Norton P.E., Oklahoma State University; Qinang Hu, Oklahoma State University; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

organizes, coordinates Electrical and Electronic Lab courses for the college.Dr. QINANG HU, Oklahoma State University Dr. Hu is an assistant professor of practice at Oklahoma State University. He is responsible for instructing hands-on lab courses in material sciences and solid mechanics. His areas of interest include concrete durability, X-ray microanalysis, and cement hydration mechanism. He has published peer-review articles in Concrete and Cement Research, Construction and Building Material, Fuel, Acta Materia, ACI structural Journal and etc. He is a member of American Concrete Institute and American Ceramic Society. He also serves as a reviewer in Construction and Building Material.Dr. Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

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H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry Chen

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Educational Research and Methods

Society for Engineering Education, 2020 “Adversary or Ally”: Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Perceptions of FacultyAbstractThis research paper examines students’ perceptions of faculty and how it influences their identitytrajectory. First-year students enter undergraduate engineering education with rich stories of howthey came to choose engineering as a career pathway. Over time, the culture of engineering andnetwork of peers, faculty members, and professionals shape students' stories and identitytrajectories. How students “cast” faculty members in their story, often as helpful or hurtful actors,have implications for their identity trajectory, success, and, ultimately, retention in engineering. Inthis

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

creative arts interventions (e.g.creative writing and drama), patient interviews, communication and interpersonal skills training,and experiential learning, with the latter three having the most pronounced impact on empathydevelopment [60], [61]. Integrating peer-support, structured self-reflection, and course-basedcommunity service has also been shown to prevent the empathy decline that typically occursduring medical training [62].An example of service-learning as a tool for teaching empathy is “Project for Sharing” whereinstudents work with stakeholders to create devices for underserved community members [56].Student projects included building an infant/child location detector for blind parents and asimple-to-use communication device for deaf

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Sociotechnical Integration

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Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

40 peer-reviewed papers, co-author of Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Morgan and Claypool, 2010), and editor of Sociotechnical Communication in Engineering (Routledge, 2014). In 2016, Dr. Leydens won the Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education Award from the National Academy of Engineering, along with CSM colleagues Juan C. Lucena and Kathryn Johnson, for a cross-disciplinary suite of courses that enact macroethics by making social justice visible in engineering education. In 2017, he and two co-authors won the Best Paper Award in the Minorities in Engineering Division at the Amer- ican Society for Engineering Education annual conference. Dr. Leydens’ recent research, with co-author Juan C

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Managing Dual Careers

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Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

the University of Nebraska. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia and her research focuses on the fate and transport of biologically-active organic contaminants in agricultural systems and water reuse in agriculture. She is a faculty fellow of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska and maintains a courtesy appointment in the Department of Environmental, Occupational and Agricultural Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has published over 95 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters, was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2012, and in 2015 was a member of a team receiving the Grand Prize for University Research

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Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

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Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

thetraditions from which researchers have framed their studies. We identified twelve studies usingsearch terms such as “agency” and “engineering education” in available databases (EducationResources Information Center, Education, and Education Full Text) and ASEE PEER documentrepository. Most studies discussed are in the context of the United States; however, two studiesare within a South African context, and one is in a Norwegian context. Studies focused on K-12engineering education, and early career engineers were excluded based on the scope of this paperto synthesize the literature for undergraduate engineering education. We also found that thesestudies used both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Once we identified studies thatused

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Ethical Design

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Donald Winiecki, Boise State University; Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State University; Harold Ackler, Boise State University

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Engineering Ethics

than a retrospective analysis in terms of absolutes.This is the same in our case, where students are introduced to professional ethics in readings andassignments in a course required in their first or second year of undergraduate engineeringeducation. This course is an application overview that uses case studies that uses what could beconsidered obvious cases of professional misconduct and breach of due-diligence expectations.Students review one or more of the cases (often one of those listed above) and write a brief essaydescribing the professional ethical breaches demonstrated in that case. One faculty memberdescribed that this exercise “...is really pretty easy… the case study gives a long view that makesthe overall problems apparent even

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Mechatronics and Robotics I

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Christopher Pannier, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Melissa Morris, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Xiaopeng Zhao, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Thispaper resulted from the Fourth Future of Mechatronics and Robotics Education (FoMRE)Workshop held September 27-28, 2019 at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield,Michigan. This workshop was the final in a series of National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported academic and industrial workshops in a project that aims to define and promote theconcept of MRE as a distinct engineering discipline, build a community of MRE educators, andpromote diversity and inclusivity within the MRE community [2]. The project leaders write: “Our vision is that MRE will become one of the most impactful disciplines of engineering; attracting diverse and innovative students, graduating professional engineers who will design, develop, and

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Computing -- Increasing Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities

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Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University; Maureen Doyle, Northern Kentucky University; Linda Ott, Michigan Technological University; Wendy Powley, Queen's University; Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Pre-College Engineering Education, Women in Engineering

, stereotype threat, andfeelings of isolation, which can undermine their confidence and engender a fixed mindset [2][3].Such gatherings inspire women that they can be successful in pursing satisfying careers in atraditionally male-dominated field [4]. They boost women’s confidence, help them buildnetworks of peers and mentors to help them navigate difficult situations, and encourage them toassume leadership roles in changing the face of computing and creating transformativetechnologies [5][6]. Although not as well known as GHC, the ACM Richard Tapia Celebrationof Diversity in Computing (often just called “Tapia”) serves similar goals as GHC but for allunderrepresented minorities in computing regardless of gender.1 Tapia highlights the critical

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech; Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Peeratham Techapalokul, Virginia Tech

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Software Engineering Division

custom block. In Scratch, the custom block construct reifies procedural abstraction; it mimicsthe functionality of a procedure in text-based languages, having a unique name, parameters, and abody of statements. We discovered that not only could absolute beginners be effectively taught areal software quality concept (i.e., code duplication), but they were quite receptive and apprecia-tive of this knowledge. The majority of the study participants showed an inclination to keep usingautomated quality improvement tools in their future programming pursuits. This discovery is animportant contribution to the understanding of the mindset of introductory learners, with respectto their attitude toward not only learning how to write code, but how to do it

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Maria Barichello, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Richard Li, University of Waterloo

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

strategies she used to approach conflict resolution. This instructorengagement successfully encouraged the students to reflect on their own past experiences andrelate the theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios. One example of this was demonstrated atthe end of the ENV/GEO session when a student approached the facilitators to share a previousconflict experience and to ask for feedback and strategies to try in the case of a similar conflictoccurring in the future.6. Qualitative resultsIndividual students were asked to write a 5-10 page long reflection report at the end of the term,looking back at their course project. These reports were graded to ensure they were takenseriously, with grades focused on completion, insight, and grammar/clarity1

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Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University; Konstantin Cigularov, Old Dominion University; Phillip Dillulio, Old Dominion University

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Educational Research and Methods

.” All personal demandswere measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale, where 1 = Strongly Disagree and 5 = StronglyAgree. School resources. School resources were measured with three variables comprised of 13total items. The school resources were the frequency with which students used administrative,campus, and people resources. For example, an administrative resource was using the financial aidoffice, a campus resource was using the University’s writing center, and a people resource wasusing peer tutors or faculty mentors. All school resources were measured in terms of utilizationusing a 5-point frequency scale, where 1 = Never and 5 = Frequently if not always. Outcomes. In addition to personal / school demands and resources