Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 5: Supporting Success 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Bilo Thomas, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Arinan De Piemonte Dourado, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

persistence and attrition.Figure 4: The relationship between ACT score and a student’s first term math grade (left) is muchclearer than the relationship between ACT score and a student’s likelihood of being retained (right).However, ACT scores by themselves not a good way to predict student retention. The size of thedot in the above plots corresponds to the number of students with those respective ACT scores.Additionally, we expect that as a semester gets underway and grades begin to accumulate, studentretention prediction will become more accurate. However, in this case, time and accuracy are trade-offs. Models that incorporate more data will be more accurate, but advisors and professors will losevaluable time which can be used to support and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Robin Ott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

work with diverse groups of colleagues on authentic projects; to interact with clients, vendors,and industry mentors; to report to faculty who adopted roles as supervisors or managers as wellas learning facilitators; and to see projects through full design cycles provided both familiaritywith the kinds of situations students experienced at work and strategies for overcomingchallenges and negotiating contexts.As with any study, of course, the findings here are limited by their contexts. Participants weredrawn primarily from a single discipline, though to date no differences have emerged whencomparing the mechanical engineering graduates to the engineering science graduates. Perhapseven more importantly, the study itself acted as an intervention

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Helena Mucino, University of Texas, El Paso

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #26930Key Sociocultural Influences Shaping Latinx Students’ Pathways to Engi-neering/CS: An Ethnographic LensDr. Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Erika Mein is an Associate Professor of Literacy/Biliteracy Education and Associate Dean for Under- graduate Studies and Educator Preparation at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her scholarship focuses on disciplinary literacies in postsecondary contexts, with a particular emphasis on engineering identities and literacies among English Learners and bilingual students. Her research has been published in journals such as Theory into Practice, Action in

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

M. Scott Stanford P.E., United States Air Force Academy; Joel Sloan P.E., United States Air Force Academy; James B. Pocock, United States Air Force Academy; M. Mark Russell P.E., DFCE

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering

preconstruction planning documentssuch as preliminary schedule, cost estimate, and site utilization plan. After delivering theirwritten deliverables in the evening, teams then give an oral presentation the following day to thepanel of industry judges. Participating in this intense competition offers significant benefits for the civilengineering program. First, a portion of the program’s graduates gain valuable exposure toindustry problems and strengthen their design, construction, and project management expertise.Second, the department benefits from networking with similar programs in the region. Third, andmost applicable for this paper, the department gains a core set of student leaders who will serve acritical role in the department’s

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luan Minh Nguyen, Iowa State University ; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Kasey M. Faust, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

the case that student understanding of ethics ispoor, suggesting that there is a misalignment between ethics instruction and students’ ethical 6behavior [18]. Employers expect to hire engineering graduates with a wide range of professionalskills including the ability to identify and make appropriate decisions regarding ethical dilemmas[7], [19], [31]. Engineering as a field has not sufficiently focused on preparing graduates that candemonstrate ethical behavior as compared to other professions, which is especially concerninggiven the embedded social and political nature of engineering projects [5].Table 1: Article Selection Process

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margaret Garnett Smallwood, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W. Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

in thisarea [2]. Launched in 2014 and refined each semester subsequently, this training program isdesigned and delivered consistently with the literature on teaching workplace skills toundergraduate students.As a result, engineering students in the capstone course and business students in a businesscommunication course at the same university receive identical professional communicationtraining in teamwork skills, conflict management techniques, presentation skills, and teamleadership from the same communications instructor. The goal is to help students developprofessional skills considered essential by employers who hire new college graduates. Each year,the National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) Job Outlook survey

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra J McCall, Utah State University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kali’s research interests center on exploring the ex- periences of marginalized engineering students, with a particular focus on their hidden identity, mental health, and wellbeing. Her work aims to enhance inclusivity and diversity in engineering education, con- tributing to the larger body of research in the field.Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University Gabriel Van Dyke is a Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. His current research interests are engineering culture and applying cognitive load theory in the engineering classroom. He is currently working on an NSF

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, The University of Arizona; David Herring, The University of Arizona

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

between thestructured, convergent problems students solve in classrooms and the ill-structured, ambiguousproblems they encounter in the workplace [9]. He emphasizes that solving textbook problemsalone does not adequately prepare engineering graduates to address the complex challenges ofreal-world projects, which often involve conflicting goals, collaborative systems, and non-engineering constraints.In this paper, we argue and show that many of these experiences can be safely and effectivelysimulated in an introductory systems engineering course at the undergraduate level, wherestudents can begin to develop the scar tissue that they will need in a controlled environment.This approach helps students to better handle uncertainty, apply systems

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

privileged beliefs and the impact on our top threeprogram goals to (1) illustrate the diversity of engineering, (2) engage students in human-centered activities that promote collaboration, and (3) nurture each students’ potential to becomean engineer.Researchers’ PositionalitySince critical reflection requires elements of self-reflection to interrogate ones’ belief system, itis important for us to provide positionality statements as the foundation of our analyticalperspectives.KaylaAs a Graduate Assistant in Engineering Education, I focus my research on improving the cultureof engineering to support the engagement of diverse learners. As a straight, cisgender, multiracialfemale, I recognize that although my racial and gender identities position me

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

in meeting the challenges of a globalized world. The destruction of the artificialdichotomy between engineering and humanity engendered by a “mentor-focused” pedagogy will,by definition, produce more holistic graduates.31Every course should have a global focusWhile the shibboleth of interdisciplinary cooperation has already been broached, it is incumbentupon faculty and curriculum committees to expand their focus on this subject if the challenge ofglobalization is going to be met by this generation.32 The time for offering an olive branch to theSocial Sciences Department, and likeminded colleagues, is long past – engineering departmentsmust be willing to throw them a tow line and haul them into the boat.Integration, however, is not an act of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Natalie Green, Michigan Technological University

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Systems Engineering

that extensive foundation focused on systems thinking and systems dynamics, including low fidelity modeling. Our new program's top-level goal lies in developing student competencies for effective systems thinking across a broad range of domains alongside the ability to express and test understanding within modeling software in the context of human-made systems. The program is a type of systems engineering program that appears to be emerging in some universities across the United States. The MichTech BSE degree program is an ABET-accredited degree program under the ABET general criteria. One role BSE fills in our college is to act as an incubator for new engineering degree programs. The systems engineering program we

Conference Session

Session 2 - Track 3: From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students conceptualizations of engineering careers

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Acaydia Campbell; Venicia Castro Villatoro; Angel Alexis Lopez, Florida International University; Janice L. Hall, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

narrative (in italics) on the prevailing conceptions and pre-dispositions ofthe student authors to working in engineering industry.The first author is a Senior in the Biomedical Engineering department who is a member of theAfrican American community. Her role in this study helped provide insight on the experiences ofa first-generation Black female engineer navigating the transition from higher education into theworkforce. In my engineering career thus far, I have worked in different research labs, as well as had two internships. I plan to go to graduate school to further my knowledge in materials research and then enter industry. In my future career, it is important that I work at a company that respects a work-life balance

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

abstract thinking skills, further bolsters this methodology in engineeringdesign. Moreover, ethics will play a crucial role in establishing contemporary designmethodologies that prioritize transparency and agency between humans, nature, and complexartificial intelligence systems.In 2023, qualitative results spanning an eight-year period were examined to evaluate the impactof teaching a Holistic Engineering (HE) pedagogy. This pedagogy encompasses a HolisticDesign Thinking (HDT) methodology enriched with extensive transdisciplinary knowledge [17].The investigation included instruction at both the postsecondary and secondary levels.Specifically, feedback was obtained from undergraduate and graduate students who wereenrolled in separate HE

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Equity & Accessibility in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

thesubtle forces that aim to undermine or undervalue women.The theory takes a sociological perspective by viewing participants acting as pieces of a socialsphere with different relationships of power between each other. This social power pattern allowsfor certain knowledge to be valued over others, which is the crux of the theory of epistemicinjustice. Furthermore, social power can be broken down into a subtype of power called “identitypower” (p. 4), defined as social power that depends on a group’s shared understanding of socialidentities affected by the operation of power [9]. Identity power further delineates certainknowledge as valuable based on the identities of those who share them. For example, the contextof white supremacy and patriarchy

Conference Session

Full Papers I

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

DeAnna Katey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Terrance I Harris, Drexel University

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Diversity, FYEE 2025

experiences of Black engineering students inengineering programs: the importance of having a shared identity with one’s peer mentor and theavailability of informal community spaces [35].Shared identities between mentors and mentees play a critical role in the success of minoritized students.When mentors share similar backgrounds and experiences with their mentees, it fosters a sense ofunderstanding and relatability. This shared identity helps build trust and rapport, making mentees feelmore comfortable and supported. For Black engineering students, having mentors who understand theirunique challenges and experiences can be particularly empowering. These mentors can provide not onlyacademic guidance but also emotional support, helping mentees navigate

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 2 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Taylor Lightner, Virginia Tech; Natali Huggins, Virginia Tech ; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

satisfies these needs maynot be fully felt until much later than when the act of volunteerism occurred. This sense of valuing, orappreciation, seems to have a salient effect on the participants of this exploratory study. Additionally, theseveral “appreciation” interactions described by participants happened by chance, with participantsrandomly interacting with students in settings outside of the volunteerism scenarios.Future WorkGiven that this work is situated in a larger study, future work consists of analyzing the obtainedinterviews from students at the graduate level. Once the interviews have been coded using the VFI, weplan to look at the results within and between academic levels. In addition to looking at the results withinand between levels

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

responsibility in corporate and team contexts. Like several othersessions at this year’s conference, the papers emphasized the importance of students learning toread and analyze the complex structures in which people act. Foreshadowing Deborah Johnson’sdistinguished lecture, the presentations and discussion examined moral accountability as a socialprocess, as an aspirational ideal, and as a set of skills (as opposed to just being opinions). Theyalso explored the connection between engineering ethics and social justice.  The papers in session T534: Imagining Others, Defining Self Through Consideration of Ethicaland Social Implications dealt with the need for and challenges of integrating ethical and socialconsiderations (ESI) into engineering education

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

(1995).7 F. Billups, “Measuring College Student Satisfaction: A Multi-Year Study of the Factors Leading toPersistence”, NERA Conference Proceedings, 2008.8. D. Hellawell and N. Hancock, “A case study of the changing role of the academic middle manager inhigher education: between hierarchical control and collegiality”, Research Papers in Education, 16(2), 183(2001).9. A. Minerick and J. Schneider, “Established Customs: Changing Roles in Departmental Culture andImpact on New Faculty”, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE-SE Annual Conference, ASEE-SE (2007).10. R. Felder, "Does Your Department Culture Suit You?", Chem. Eng. Ed., 43(2), 113 (2009

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a study was being done toraise the roadbed of the Bayonne Bridge, a landmark that is a city heritage. Two studentsapproached me about doing “mock bids” for the raising of the bridge roadbed as one of theirprojects in the coming year. This was the beginning of the special dynamic that wouldcharacterize the Engineering class. The projects would be competitive and award winning, andthe students would run the class, with the teacher acting as mentor and guide. Attachment 2shows the student requirements and pacing guide for the Engineering Class.In its second year the Engineering class established its identity with 18 students doing a very richdiversity of projects. The FTC robotics team finished their season by founding a secondextracurricular

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mayra S. Artiles Ph.D., Arizona State University; Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 1–7.Cruz, J. M., Artiles, M. S., Matusovich, H. M., Lee-Thomas, G., & Adams, S. G. (2019). Revising the Dissertation Institute: Contextual Factors Relevant to Transfer-ability. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida.Curtin, N., Stewart, A. J., & Ostrove, J. M. (2013). Fostering Academic Self-Concept: Advisor Support and Sense of Belonging Among International and Domestic Graduate Students. American Educational Research Journal, 50(1), 108–137. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831212446662Devos, C., Boudrenghien, G., Van der Linden, N., Frenay, M., Azzi, A., Galand, B., & Klein, O. (2016). " Misfits between doctoral students and

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

literature have addressed the development of assistivetechnologies as a focus for engineering project applications. Over the past eight years, theCollaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research at Messiah College has fosteredseveral interdisciplinary undergraduate student and faculty projects, such as the assistivecommunication technology Wireless-Enabled Remote Co-presence (WERCware) described here.WERCware is designed for those who depend on job- or life-coaching, to ameliorate cognitiveand behavioral challenges that affect performance at home or in the workplace. It facilitatesremote communication between coach and consumer, for training and/or other support asneeded, to increase independence of the consumer. WERCware development

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Studioformat, the class is essentially devoted for team problem solving with students facing each otherat tables, with little preamble.To elaborate, typically 80% or more of the class is spent working on the activities, though it isexpected that students will work in their teams outside of class for a few hours per week tocomplete them. During class, I primarily play the role of mentor, and I also employ a skilledundergraduate peer tutor to provide further consultation opportunities. In past instances of myuse of the inverted classroom, many students could still ‘opt out’ or ‘hide’ by choosing not to askor answer questions. Now, in the Studio format, I have a direct face-to-face conversation witheach team two or three times per class. This interaction

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

second part will show how the conceptualframework was constructed. The third part of the literature review will focus on the outcomesof global engineering experiences (which are specific to the context of the pilot study). Theliterature review will conclude with how reflective practices can be applied to globalengineering experiences.Reflective practice Reflective practices are essential to student learning and can give new purpose or 1meaning to what was learned. In the 1930s, John Dewey explored reflection as a component oflearning by trial and error, describing its role in developing relationships and connectionsbetween parts of an experience. Dewey refers to this purposeful action as conscious

Conference Session

ET Peripherals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

, the STEM elements that are inherent in making can be made all the moreobvious. This could be attributed to one of three ways. First, it situates making in contexts thatare personal, culturally, socially relevant to students. Second, it can encourage students to be partof a production pipeline and contribute to something novel and useful to society. Third,involvement in this form of making places students in long-term scenarios acting as Makers fullyengaging in STEM. We believe this approach to making can enable students to gain a holisticview of their making ability as well understand how developed knowledge can be transferred.This reflects Grotevant’s process of identity formation as arising out of continual exploration andevaluation 9

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Nancy Mariano, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Mara Rempe, Seattle University; J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

are over 100 full-time and part-time faculty and more than 1,100undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to rigorous technical educations where theory isbalanced with hands-on, laboratory-based work, our students experience emphasis on leadership,teamwork, and oral and written communication.All engineering and computer science students participate in a year-long senior design project which issponsored by local industry. Teams of students mentored by a faculty member and a liaison engineersolve real-world engineering problems. Students design, build and test their own solution, writeproposals and reports, and present the result to their sponsors. By bridging the gap between academiaand industry, the senior design project prepares

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 11 Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Dugan, University of Michigan; Shanna Daly, University of Michigan; Charlie Michaels, University of Michigan; Steve Skerlos, University of Michigan; Ann Verhey-Henke, University of Michigan

appliance industry for two years. Kelley is also a Graduate Facilitator with the Center for Socially Engaged Design and a Graduate Academic Liaison with the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning.Shanna Daly Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University. In her work, she characterizes front-end design practices across the student to practitioner continuum, develops empirically-based tools to support design best practices, and studies the impact of front- end design tools on design success

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Christos Zahopoulos, Northeastern University; Rajini Jesudason, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

to thestudents. The mentors also assisted the instructors and acted as a natural liaison between the highschool students and the instructors and administrators of the program.The mentors were primarily undergraduate or graduate students from our university and otherlocal institutions, generally majoring or working in STEM fields. The mentors recorded studentattendance, graded homework assignments, and assisted in class in many ways. They providedadministrative support for the PI and Program Manager and helped with the smooth operation ofmeetings and events. Generally speaking, they also served as role models and conversed withstudents about college life. Mentors were guaranteed between 5-10 hours of work per week at arate of $15 per hour for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

positive impacts on students’ overall retention and success in thecourse.IntroductionThe SI program is an academic support program created in 1973 at the University of Missouri inKansas City, to improve grades in traditionally “difficult” classes, promote student retention andincrease graduation rates. The historically successful and evidence-based SI program wasintroduced at the University of Texas at Austin in 2015 through a collaboration between theSchool of Engineering and the campus Learning Center. The supported courses include freshmanlevel introductory courses to Electrical Engineering and Computing (ECE). These are requiredcourses for the ECE students at the university, and report high percentages of D’s, F’s, Q’s(drops), and W’s

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Suzanne Grassel Shoger, The Ohio State University; Lauren Corrigan, Ohio State University; Steven Y. Nozaki, Ohio State University; Mitsu Narui, The Ohio State University Multicultural Center; Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Women in Engineering

male undergraduate and graduate engineeringstudents who have been trained as allies for women in the COE. Through participation in a one-year program focused on gender equity, implicit bias, microaggressions, and socioculturalconversations, these individuals are equipped to act as allies specifically for women in the COE,but also for other underrepresented groups, as they move from academe into the professionalarena. This paper will highlight details and logistics of the ally program as well as the first phaseof assessment.Introduction and BackgroundFifty percent of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the United States are women.1,2 Inspite of this, much has been made of the chilly climate, or unwelcoming environment for womenin higher

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

engineering problems [ABET k]These projects have several objectives: (1) to allow students to tackle a larger and more realisticcivil engineering dynamics problem, (2) expose students to computational tools used in solvingproblems, (3) evaluate critical thinking and communication skills. The projects are designed tobe solved by student teams, who are told they are acting as consultants on the project posed(TAMU 2). As the problems posed are more realistic than standard homework assignments, thestructures to be analyzed are more complex and computer software applications are used to solvethe numerical component of the projects. The content in these courses was modified to includehow to convert a physical system (structure and corresponding loads) into