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Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 2

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Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

in 1998 and Missouri University Science & Technology in Civil Engineering in 1999, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University in 2004. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Michigan.Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, The University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering

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Online and Professional Graduate Programs

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James Nevin McKirahan Jr., Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University

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Graduate Studies

, the minimum number of credit-bearing hours required toward degreeattainment is 66 (beyond master’s degree). After twenty-one years of practice and 165 graduates,the program is successful despite many administrative difficulties, built into the curriculuminefficiencies, and program procedural issues.Currently, the Consortium has 126 students, but the number of active students is less, because ofthe nature of the students. Enrolled students are allotted nine years to complete the program.Though nine years may seem a bit too long for typical doctoral program students, the averageage of students in the Consortium program is 46. Typically, these are students alreadysuccessfully engaged in careers who have decided to pursue this significant

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Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

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S. Norma Godavari, University of Manitoba; Anne E. Parker, University of Manitoba

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Engineering Libraries

engineeringcommunication classroom. For example, we have two student teams work together on theirprojects so they can learn more about technology, on the one hand, and writing, on the other. Inthis way, we likewise encourage these students to continue to keep learning over their 30-year-long professional career.3.0 Lifelong Learning Background The goals of the information literacy components of the communication course aresimilar to those of Feldmann and Feldmann’s [6] assignment for their class, which are thefollowing: to make students aware of the rich store of information available; to help the studentslearn the basic skills needed to locate their needed information; to encourage team-basedinteraction on their project; to understand the ethics of

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Assessing Ethics Learning

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David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #30155Measuring Curriculum Effectiveness for Developing Principled Leaders inan Undergraduate Engineering ProgramDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel Dr. Greenburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps. During his military career he served in a variety of progressively responsible command and staff and leadership positions in Infantry, Logistics, Acquisition, and Human Resources; with

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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Russell P. Lemler, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Leadership Development

becauseleadership is fully integrated into these programs, and the perception may be that leadership isnot explicitly addressed.The context of this paper is one of these overlooked military colleges: West Point. Whether thecadets at West Point enter the Academy from enlisted service or civilian life, they are all 18-24years of age and struggle with many of the same social and societal issues of their civiliancollege counterparts. Carved into granite at West Point and memorized by every cadet, themission of the Academy is: “To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that eachgraduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Countryand prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation

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Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

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Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Elizabeth M. Fisher, Cornell University

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Educational Research and Methods

-Regulated Learning (SRL) conceptual frameworkalong with cognition, learning behaviors, and context [10]. A key assumption of the SRLperspective is that learners can exert some control over not only their behavior, but also theirmotivation, e.g. by positive self-talk, promising themselves extrinsic rewards, or connectingcourse-level goals with long-term career goals [10]. Our curriculum intervention strategy is basedon the hypothesis that we can increase motivation by helping students make connections betweenactivities and concepts in several required courses.Motivational constructs are not fixed for a given student, but are assumed to depend on theparticular learning context. The degree to which a student’s attitudes vary between coursecontexts may

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Penn State Abington; Omar M. Ashour, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies

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Computers in Education

and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education.Dr. Ashkan Negahban, The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies Dr. Ashkan Negahban is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies. He has a PhD and MS from Auburn University and a BS from University of Tehran (all in Industrial Engineering). His research interest is in the application of agent-based, discrete event, and Monte Carlo

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2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

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

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain more girls in STEM to make it the new norm. She has also architected SFAz’s enhanced Community College STEM Pathways Guide that has received the national STEMx seal of approval for STEM tools. She integrated the STEM Pathways Guide with the KickStarter processes for improving competitive proposal writing of Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions. Throughout her career, Ms. Pickering has written robotics software, diagnostic expert systems for space station, manufacturing equipment models, and architected complex IT systems for global collaboration that included engagement analytics. She holds a US

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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

interdisciplinary career that impacts global society and daily life. 2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop process-driven problem-solving skills that recognize multiple alternatives and apply critical thinking to identify an effective solution. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to integrate math & science in an engineering context. 4. Create motivated and passionate engineering students by challenging them with authentic engineering problems across multiple disciplines. 5. Instill in students the professional, personal and academic behaviors and common competencies needed to move to the next stage of their development.The Cornerstone courses are taught in two forms to accommodate the varying needs of ourfirst-year students

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Faculty Development Research

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

declared their major as S&E at enrollment, were no longerenrolled in any institution three years after their initial college enrollment [2]. These numbersindicate that students lose enthusiasm or interest in S&E somewhere between high school, whenmany are interested in an S&E career, and graduation. Further, students are aware of this, asnearly half (49%) of surveyed engineering juniors report having doubts about majoring inengineering. Retaining students until graduation is recognized as a challenge by higher learninginstitutions across the US [4]. Due to the heavy focus on content, engineering in college turnsinto a “closed club” and becomes less attractive for students to persist in [3].1.2: Predictors of PersistenceSeymour and

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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Karina Sylvia Sobieraj, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Student

thing. Our PI is also very present. He's in lab every day and always walking around asking if you know what you're doing and that kind of thing.”This aspect of her research project allowed for several mediums to which she could seek helpand guidance from. The participant had a positive outlook on the research experience based onthese circumstances. This concludes that a well-rounded mentoring experience can impact aresearch experience in a positive way and introduce a greater amount of knowledge to thestudent. Multiple research experiences entail multiple mentorship experiences that come alongwith it. The different experiences add more depth to a student’s overall research experience.Whether the participant decides to choose a career

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Making it Sticky: Ways to Reinforce Prerequisite Knowledge

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Vikash V. Gayah, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

Transportation Science, University of California Transportation Center Student of the Year Award, New Faculty Award by the Council of University Transportation Centers, the Cunard, Fred Burggraf and D. Grant Mickle outstanding paper awards by the Transportation Research Board, Harry West Teaching Award by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State, Out- standing Teaching Award by the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society, and Faculty Early Career De- velopment (CAREER) Award by the National Science Foundation.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Professor and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Student

, "Who's persisting in engineering? A comparative analysis of female and male Asian, black, Hispanic, Native American, and white students," Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, vol. 15, no. 2, 2009.[6] Y. Xie and K. A. Shauman, "Women in science: Career processes and outcomes," Social Forces, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 1669-1671, 2004.[7] S. Hurtado, M. K. Eagan, and B. Hughes, "Priming the pump or the sieve: Institutional contexts and URM STEM degree attainments," in Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, New Orleans, LA, 2012.[8] C. Rodriguez, R. Kirshstein, L. B. Amos, W. Jones, L. Espinosa, and D. Watnick, "Broadening participation in STEM: A call to

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Learning Strategies

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Khalifa H. Harib, United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Hayder Zulafqar Ali, United Arab Emirates University; Bobby Mathew, United Arab Emirates University

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Manufacturing

Emirates University Dr Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan – Siva is a Srilankan by birth and a citizen of the United Kingdom. His experience in Sri-lanka started with an year’s post-graduate apprenticeship in the manufacturing shops of the Government Railway and nine years in the Cement Industry. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from University of Srilanka, and obtained his Masters from the University of Aston and PhD from City University of London, both in the UK. He started his career in the UK as the Senior Research Assistant at the SERC Engineering Design Centre. He joined Brunel University in 1995 where he worked for 18 years before joining United Arab Emirates University in August 2011. During his stay at Brunel

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Learnin' Lessons about Faculty Development

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Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University

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Faculty Development Division

. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate study, earning an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Nelson’s research focus is in statistical signal processing, specifically detection and estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Technical Courses and Liberal Education

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

their own pace. iGens use the internet a lot andspend time learning on sites such as You-Tube, Wikipedia, and Kahn Academy. They state that90% of online content has been created in the last 2 years so this trend will be growing. iGensconsider education as a means towards their eventual career. Practical experience is importantand 79% of iGens think educational programs should integrate internships. While iGens’ IQ isincreasing, the creativity quotient of this generation has been decreasing since 1990. In a survey,84% of parents and 79% of teachers think there is not enough time allocated in schools todevelop creativity. If students do not get exposed to creativity in elementary and high schools,then creativity will not be there for the

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

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Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington; Yolanda Parker, Tarrant County College; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

mentoring of undergraduate students and high school students. He has been leading the development of the UTA learning communities and tutoring program for undergraduate and graduate students and has provided space and travel funds to enhance the UTA model. He is an active member of Gulf States Math Alliance and serves on its board of directors and co-organized the annual Gulf States Math Alliance conference in 2017-2020. Currently he is the PI on an NSF Math bridge to doctorate program at UTA. He also serves as a PI on a large UTA USDA-HSI collaboration project on smart agriculture data and mentoring students to research in data science and to pursue agricultural related career. American

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Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

engineeringjudgement to ensure that the right scientific theories have been applied properly.ConclusionThe three-model framework and its application to engineering problem solving is a useful toolfor helping students develop as engineers. The three models can help students better understandthe engineering problem solving format and make sense of the efforts of their educationalexperience in college. Ideally, each engineering graduate has developed an appreciation andrespect for reality, and mental models that intuitively understand how the world works, and theengineering/math models to quantitatively predict outcomes consistent with both their mentalmodel and reality.References[1] R. B. Landis, Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, 5th ed

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Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 2

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Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., United States Military Academy; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects through- out the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, non- verbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these topics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Toward Continuous Improvement of the

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Care and Inclusive Teaching

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Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Ximena Hidalgo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Educational Research and Methods

towards this objective, this paperwill only report the progress towards achieving the first objective.MethodsWe adopted a ground theory approach to identify a set of caring practices and attitudes related tocare in engineering teaching. In order to collect qualitative information, we interviewed aconvenience sample of 11 full-time faculty members. Since UC Engineering has 10 Departments,we chose at least one faculty member per Department, and two of them were female professors.On average, our sample started their teaching career in 2005, and they have been positivelyassessed in student evaluations of teaching. Given their experience and their efforts in teachingtasks, we considered that they could facilitate the identification of practices in

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Teaching Statics: What and How?

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David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

dynamics of parametrically-excited systems and coupled oscillators; the thermomechanics of energetic materials; additive manufacturing; and mechanics education. Dr. Rhoads is a Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers (ASME), where he serves on the Design Engineering Division’s Technical Committees on Micro/Nanosystems and Vibration and Sound, as well as the Design, Materials, and Manufacturing (DMM) Segment Leadership Team. Dr. Rhoads is a recipient of numerous research and teaching awards, including the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award; the Purdue University School of Mechanical

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Johanna Kristiina Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Kati Maarit Koikkalainen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education

andevaluate the outcomes of the cooperation. The development of a survey to monitor thestudents’ thinking is presented and other possible evaluation tools and needs are discussed.Rationale for cooperationThere are several different motives for university-school collaboration resulting in manydifferent types of cooperation programs [1]. The driving forces for starting the presentedcooperation were the town school district’s wish to better contextualise school teaching andmake better use of the expertise available in local university, as well as university’s hopes toserve the local community and to increase the local pupils’ interests towards engineering andbusiness careers and education at LUT University. Both parties also had the interest ofenhancing

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

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Pre-College Engineering Education

lead thesechanges. To be able to get ahead of the changes, it is paramount that this workforce is literate,well prepared and skilled in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)subjects, careers and skills.Though the formal education system is in charge of preparing students towards this goal, it facesmany limitations. Data also shows that students in the K-12 system spend less than 15 percent oftheir time in a supervised environment that fosters learning and exploration. Complementary tothe work done in schools, Out-of-School-Time (OST) programs provided by community-basedorganizations (CBO) provide students with alternative environments for learning and growing.However, although these opportunities exist, only a small

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

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Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University

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Computers in Education

computationally oriented courses in mechanical engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Collect, Carve, ClassifyAbstractThis work in progress demonstrates a simple example on data-mining and classification for amechanical engineering undergraduate elective course in the finite element method.As big data and machine learning continue to permeate and affect the viscera of society, newchallenges and career opportunities emerge. Organizations such as NSF, McKinsey globalinstitute, Gartner global newsroom, IBM, to name a few, have published projections on the globalimpact big data and machine learning on the job market and how these

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Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

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Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Matthew Rogers, Vanderbilt University; Benjamin Joseph Saba; Yin Huang

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Chemical Engineering

ofcardboard, wedging pieces of soap into slits in the boats as they saw fit. The boats were thenplaced into bins filled with water and allowed to traverse the bins. The task was to create a boatwhich travelled both the farthest and fastest using nothing but the force generated by differencesin surface tension of the liquid caused by the dissolution of the soap. The activity wassummarized by an open discussion of basic surface tension phenomena, explaining why oilinhibited paperclip flotation and how dissolution of soap could generate enough force to propel aboat. Finally, ties to chemical engineering were shown by highlighting career areas wheresurface tension effects are paramount (inter alia: crude oil recovery, paint design andmanufacturing, food

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Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

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Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

. What do undergraduates do in extracurricular research?4. How do undergraduates perceive the role of extracurricular research in their education, career, and identity?To investigate these questions, we assessed constructs such as engineering identity and senseof belonging, as well as institutional barriers to participation in research. In addition, we usedthe survey to measure crucial baseline data to (1) inform the design of future interventionprograms to improve undergraduate research and (2) serve as a comparison for the effects ofsuch interventions. Here we report the design of our Undergraduate Research ExperiencesSurvey (URES), discuss a few preliminary results, and raise questions for future research.MethodsIn collaboration with our

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Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

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Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Javiera Meza, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Gonzalo Cortés, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile

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Educational Research and Methods

managed a pre-engineering program to encourage high school students to study careers in engineering and science. He also volunteered as a teacher in communication skills and personal development, aimed at training high school students in vulnerable backgrounds.Dr. Jorge A Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile Is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department and Associate Dean for Engineering Edu- cation at the Engineering School in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Jorge holds a PhD in Com- puter Science from the University of Toronto in Canada and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. His research focuses on areas of automated reasoning in

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

to market needsfor those with knowledge and skills in additive manufacturing. Thorsteinsson and Page [1]discussed the evolution of 3D printing and Industry 4.0 and remarked that “Industry 4.0 is touted,by many, to change the lives of millions over the next several decades. Industry 4.0 is a term thatseems to be synonymous with 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing”.The literature suggests that students and graduates who possess direct metal additivemanufacturing techniques knowledge and skills have a career advantage compared to studentswhose knowledge and skill base is limited to plastic printing [2]. Therefore, there has been arecent interest among institutions in direct metal additive manufacturing. Many institutions

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ET Pedagogy II

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Barbara L. Christe, State University of New York

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

opinionregarding sexual orientation or religious ideas. Helmer possesses the right to believe the ideasespoused in his letter. Instead, the case study analysis focuses only the decision by ASEE topublish the message.EventsThe case study begins with a review of the Prism article on diversity and sexual identitypublished in October, 2011 [12]. Engineers interviewed for the article described the challengesfaced throughout their academic and professional careers because of their gender identity andsexual orientation. The article also discussed groups who are trying to improve the acceptanceand working conditions of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) individuals in science,technology, engineering, and math disciplines.Following the publication of

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Design in K-12 Education

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Patrick James Herak, Ohio State University; Meg E. West, Ohio State University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Bruce Wellman, Olathe Northwest High School

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Design in Engineering Education

“Building Informed Designers” project is to incorporate engineeringdesign into existing high school science courses with minimal expense to improve designthinking and problem solving by all high school students. A secondary goal is to increase thenumber of students who will pursue college or community college engineering career pathways.Problem solving and thus problem framing are a key first step of the engineering design process.Davis, Beyerlin, & Davis [3] describes the role of a problem solver as one in which she“examines the problem setting to understand critical issues, assumptions, limitations, andsolution requirements.” Problem solving has been studied and found to be critical in design anddecision making [4-8]. Complex problems can