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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2019 Best PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers Live Q&A

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder

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2019 Best Zone & PIC Papers

Mechanical Engineering. The study uses a material-semioticapproach based on actor-network theory (ANT), which focuses on the interactions betweenpeople, things, and ideas within a constantly shifting network. That approach is used to study theintersections between students’ network of academic practice and the network of industry-basedpractice that they are preparing to enter. Specifically, it looks at how industry-based problemsand examples are represented in material aspects of students’ academic practice throughhomework, lecture slides, and other course materials.The study was designed to provide a foundation for a new initiative being launched in Spring2019. That initiative is part of a multi-year effort in the Department of Mechanical

Conference Session

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2019 Best PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers Live Q&A

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; David Zhao; Alexandra Kulich; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Nathan E. Canney; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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2019 Best Zone & PIC Papers

mindset can be used to further engi- neering education innovations. He also does research on the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in education, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of K-12, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current