Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Asha Godbole, Oregon State University; Beverly Miller, University of Virginia; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

was conducted in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at OregonState University. Sixteen focus groups and 6 individual interviews were conducted with enteringand soon-to-be-graduating students.Our findings reveal that students who identify along social identity categories that are centered inUS culture (e.g., white, able bodied, straight, male, access to resources…) experience a strongsense of belonging. Of this group, about half are unaware of the unearned advantages linked totheir social location, while the other half articulate an understanding of their privilege.International students and students of color generally expressed a lower sense of belonging in theunit and experiences of marginalized status. A complexly layered

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 “I came in thinking there was one right practice”: Exploring how to help graduate students learn to read academic researchAbstractIn the fall of 2017, an engineering educator with many years of experience offered a course toincoming doctoral students. The course was focused on helping the students explore approachesto reading published scholarship and develop their own scholarly reading practice. The coursewas taken by a student who documented her experiences in a reflection journal. Against thisbackdrop, this paper uses

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Ann Gelles, Utah State University; Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Marialuisa Di Stefano, Utah State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

. During the last 5 years, she worked specifically with emergent bilinguals in Utah and in the Boston area, looking at the ways students’ funds of knowledge, especially languages and belonging, intersect with their identity development, and their understanding of mathematics and science contents. She approaches her study through a culturally sustaining pedagogy lens that she developed through her experience teaching, tutoring, and observing K-12 students in Italy and in the United States for the past 15 years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Perceptions of ethical behavior in ethical mentoring relationships between women graduate students and faculty in science and

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2: Veteran Identity & Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca C. Atkinson, Clemson University; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

otherfactors, they are more likely to be divorced, widowed, or never married [1] and to be singleparents [18], [19]. In addition, women veterans must often be strategic in the way theydemonstrate their feminine identity in order to be accepted and respected; as noted by Iverson etal., “women…must walk a precarious line between masculinity (being tough enough) andfemininity (being a real woman)” [19, p. 159]. Further, women service members often operateunder an intense microscope of their capabilities, and often have little support or mentorshipfrom senior female leaders [19], [20]. Nonetheless, women veterans are noted for their resilienceand even found to have a heighted commitment to goal achievement, including academicpersistence. Women student

Conference Session

Middle School Students' Engineering Identity, Efficacy, Attitudes, and Perceptions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Basantis, Rowan University ; Megan DiPietroantonio; Amy B. Geary, Rowan University; Melanie V. Ware, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

, active/reflective, and sequential/global.Complementary teaching styles can be matched to each of the learning styles, and the traditional“chalk and talk” style can in no way encompass all of them. Several institutions found that amixed-mode approach which balances active learning and passive learning is best for teachingstudents, especially in early stages of development [4]. Thus, in order to teach STEM topics toall students, supplementary teaching tools should be utilized.There are some assignable causes linked to the lack of engagement and success in STEMclassrooms. Many times teachers themselves do not have adequate training to teach STEMtopics. This problem was illustrated in a study done in 2007 that revealed the United Statesranked 41 out

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Huffman, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kathryn Elizabeth Roche

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering

details. Beth has her Master’s of Science degree in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and her Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from Ball State University. Additionally, she continues to practice architecture through her own company, Muse Design. She enjoys the synergistic relationship between her role as a professor and her role as an architect, and believes that this hybrid provides real world practicality into the classroom on a daily basis.Mrs. Kathryn Elizabeth Roche, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Fostering Civic Identity in Architectural Technology Students through the Evaluation of Critical Reflection in Service Learning

Conference Session

Disability Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

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

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Disability

to identity construction [13, 14]. In this study, particularlyin our preliminary analysis, we focus on the interactions between two such factors: disability andprofessional identity. We thus focus our discussion on the ways in which experiences withdisability influence and are influenced by the ways in which students engage in, internalize, andinterpret the civil engineering profession as they move through their undergraduate careers.Professional Identity and the AOI ModelOur work is also informed by prior research on professional identity construction. Typically,professional identity is described using a variety of research lenses that capture a dimension ofidentity that forms as individuals learn and internalize the values, behavioral

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis; Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Alin Wakefield, University of California, Davis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Reasons for attending included the need for motivation and addressingstruggles they were facing in their programs. These reasons point to challenges students facetransitioning to graduate school (e.g. balancing act). Students were reassured after attending thisworkshop that they possessed or could enhance the skills needed to persist and achieve successin graduate school.For the second PEGS21 cohort (entering Fall 2017), we applied first cohort feedback byencouraging the students to attend GradPathways workshops in pairs or groups as a means tofurther build community within the group. Time during seminar was also dedicated to eachparticipant sharing the two workshops they planned to attend. A list of these workshops andplanned attendees was

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dina Verdín, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thaddeus Milton

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Paper ID #22357Uncovering Latent Diversity: Steps Towards Understanding ’What Counts’and ’Who Belongs’ in Engineering CultureMs. Brianna Shani Benedict, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brianna Benedict is a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Her research interest focuses on interdisci- plinary students’ identity development, belongingness in engineering, and recognition.Dina Verd´ın, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Student describes an experience Encountering legal issues, difficulty experience in which they encountered a balancing entrepreneurial project with challenge or problem while school, project development stagnates, working on their entrepreneurial etc. project Failure Student describes an experience Failure in the design or solution, experience in which they failed unsuccessful attempt to obtain funding, entrepreneurial project discontinues, etc. Class- Student describes the general Entrepreneurship classes and project

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Laura Ann Gelles, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Marialuisa Di Stefano, Utah State University; Buffy Smith, University of St. Thomas; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Anne Therese Hunt, Hunt Consulting Associates; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gery W. Ryan, Pardee RAND Graduate School in Policy Analysis

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

professor gave these instructions: “You should be at least as formal as the client. If he has a coat and tie, you keep your coat on. If he is in a shirt and tie, you can take off your jacket.” This posed dilemmas for women that did not exist for men.” [60, p. 163-164] “On the surface, formal lines of communication, such as orientations, graduate advisors Engineering and handbooks purporting to facilitate women becoming graduate students are not Preparation always reliable. The alternative, which no one explicitly states, is to engage in the informal (gendered roles and track through establishing social networks and building social capital.” [61, p. 145] implicit/explicit

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Kathleen Klok Bacon; J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Emma Tevaarwerk, Northwestern University; Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Ken Gentry, Northwestern University; Amanda Rose Pokryfky

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

automatically enrolled in their first-year seminar section with their PA groupbefore they enroll in other courses. In the third year of the engineering seminars (2016-2017),registration for other classes by peer advising group at the same time during orientation wasimplemented. This has allowed PAs to aid their students in the course registration process andhas led to many students in the same group enrolling in the same section of large first-yearcourses - an inadvertent benefit.Initial content for the engineering seminars was determined largely by the new student office, buthas evolved through the years to include a balance of academic (academic strategies, majorselection) and student affairs (wellness, consent, identity) content. Initially in 2014

Conference Session

Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan

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Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

discussion rent sessions sections, managing laboratory classes, or handling office hours. 55 min each In the second session, participants choose one of the following topics: teaching problem solving, grading, or handling office hours. Undergraduate Teaching Orientation Graduate Teaching Orientation Practice In small groups (5-7), participants take turns delivering a five-minute explanation on a Teaching topic of their choice. Peers and one trained facilitator act as students during the lesson, 2 hrs then provide written and oral feedback on the teaching.Table 1: Engineering teaching orientations during the Fall of 2017.As seen in Table 1, the new instructor

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Michael Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; John Kofi Eshirow Jr., University of Virginia; Catherine Claire Pollack, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

node generationmore easily across groups (Fig 3). The identity line was included on the graph as a way tovisually compare how the amount of nodes changed for each student between the pre- and post-CMs. Points that are located above the identity line indicate that students had more nodes ontheir post-CMs than their pre-CMs, while points located below the line suggest students hadmore pre-nodes than post-nodes. Solid lines are a representation of a smoothed, nonparametrictrend line (LOESS: Locally Weighted Scatter-plot Smoothing), with each color linecorresponding to the dots of the same category. The gray areas capture the 95% confidenceintervals around each of the trend lines. The results of this test forces four questions to beaddressed

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhen Wu, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christopher Lynnly Hovey, University of Colorado, Boulder; Leisa D. Thompson, University of Virginia

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

lab and met faculty and graduate students in the department. The programculminated in a Hackathon where teams of up to five students developed an application of theirchoosing and then presented their product to other students and three judges (the professorleading the program, a teaching assistant, and the institution’s chief software engineer). Havingannounced the Hackathon at the end of the day prior to the competition, the lead professor notedthat students had – without prompting – self-selected their own teams by the start of the nextsession that essentially divided students into all-male teams and teams of women with one malestudent. Interestingly, the two teams of mostly women took first and second place, the latter ofwhich consisted of

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

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Aerospace

clear to the author that if this subject had to make an impact in studentsunderstanding and interest in the field of aeronautical engineering, it cannot be done through conventionallecture-based model. On the other hand, the fundamental theories cannot be overlooked in the interest offocusing on applications. This paper documents an endeavor to achieve a balance between those two byfollowing McLaren’s [6] suggestion that the theory informs practice but experiential and practicalknowledge can be employed as a means to understanding and interpreting that theory. The objective is toapproach a math-based Aerodynamics class from a context of application, student-centered (SCEL) andinstructor-centered experiential learning (ICEL) at the same time

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; William M. Bulleit, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

engineers face. We review recent empirical work on theethics of care and the role of empathy in engineering. Campbell (2013) asked howengineering “professors can teach students to care”. Other work (Walther et al. 2012;Hess et al. 2014) has begun to build a background of how we could begin this integration.We suggest that these approaches are more consonant with design approaches and hencefamiliar to engineering faculty. Engineering ethics can then integrate seamlessly intoengineering education.This paper considers a combination of the philosophical principles of pragmatism and theethic of care as a broad framework for integrating ethics in undergraduate engineering.Such an approach would integrate ethics into the teaching of engineering in a way

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin E. Sherwood, Stony Brook University; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, where both mentors and mentees are building competence andenhancing problem solving skills [9].Research questions. This research study examined the impacts of the mentoring experience onjunior and senior STEM students serving as peer mentors to first-year female students. To buildupon prior work in the STEM mentoring field, the overarching research questions were: How didservice as a peer mentor to first year female students impact the women serving in these roles?How did mentoring service facilitate leadership development among junior and senior mentors?Conceptual FrameworkMuch of what is known about self-efficacy and its role in persistence of behavior is based uponthe research of Bandura, who distinguished between both efficacy expectations

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Y. Yoritomo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

identified by our team as having a significantwriting component. The second survey, hereafter referred to as the department survey, was givento faculty having key department administrative roles in every engineering department of theuniversity. Both surveys contained multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply, rate-on-a-scale, andshort-answer questions. The instructor survey consisted of four sections: i) participants’perceptions of writing within their discipline and expectations for their students after graduation,ii) instructional practices and assignment design related to writing, iii) participants’ perceptionsof challenges related to writing instruction, and iv) participants’ current best practices. Thesurvey contained 30 questions and took

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Félix Langevin Harnois, École de Technologie Supérieure; Jerome Harrison, École de Technologie Supérieure; Prasun Lala, École de Technologie Supérieure; Ghizlane El Boussaidi, École de Technologie Supérieure; Christian Desrosiers, École de Technologie Supérieure; Catherine Laporte, École de Technologie Supérieure

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

schedule but rathercollaborated with the lab members to find a balanced means of supporting students withoutoverloading them with too many activities. Their feedback and input were regularly used toadjust our offer to better fit their needs as the project evolved. This approach was judged moreappropriate for our goal of leveraging a community of practice that engaged students.The lab director selected a Master’s student (who is also a co-author of this article, and to whomwe will refer to as lab ambassador) to be responsible for the activities inside the lab and to workwith our team. The role of this student was key to the success of this project in that he helpedplan the schedule, developed activities with us, gathered feedback, and kept both our

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha M. Snyder, Nova Southeastern University; Manuel Salinas, Nova Southeastern University; Molly J. Scanlon, Nova Southeastern University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

,IfeltveryproudandhappyofwhatIhadaccomplished.Workingwiththeseprogramsandworkingonthisprojecthashelpedmeseemyfutureinengineeringandhasmadememoreexcitedthanever.”The faculty member reflected on his experience as well noting that students performed betterafter giving them ample time to work on their projects in class where the professor could guidetheir work. He hopes to create a better balance between homework and in-class project time nextsemester. He also noted the need for students to gain a more solid foundation of the facts,concepts, principles, rules, procedures associated with engineering graphics and requestedassistance on strategies for creating a more active learning atmosphere when teaching thesefoundational knowledge and skills. Conclusions and Next StepsThe ExEL program at our university is in its infancy. The first round of ExEL qualified courseswere delivered in fall 2017. The

Conference Session

Research Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin J. McCave, University of Houston

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Educational Research and Methods

in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. She joined the University of Houston after completing a postdoctoral/lecturer position split between the General Engineering program and the Engineering & Science Education Department and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Erin’s research interests include preparing students for their sophomore year, minority student engineering identity development, and providing mentoring relationships to help foster student growth and success. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing a Critical Incident-Centered Transition Theory Framework to Explore Engineering Education Research Faculty

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session III

Collection

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

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Kali Furman, Oregon State University; Qwo-Li Driskill, Oregon State University; Rebecca L. Warner, Oregon State University; Susan M. Shaw, Oregon State University; H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller, Oregon State University

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Faculty

theseactivities; participants are either actors or “spect-actors,” a word coined by Boal to describeaudience members who engage in the events in any way [33]. Boal developed a number ofunique theatrical styles under the TO umbrella, each designed to produce different outcomes, andwe will describe two of these below in the context of seminar activities. A common aspect usedacross the various categories of TO, however, is the involvement of a facilitator or director. Thisperson serves as a bridge between the actors and spect-actors, but remains separate from both soas to not influence the interpretation of events. Boal refers to this role as the “Joker” in referenceto the Joker card’s neutrality (with regard to suit) in a deck of playing cards [34]. Note

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session III

Collection

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

Authors

Teirra K. Holloman, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University; Atota Bedane Halkiyo, Arizona State University; Gilbert Jew, Arizona State University; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

of recommendations can be found inAppendix B, and will be specified as “R#” (e.g., R17) hereafter for ease of reference.Theme: PracticeRecommendations made with regard to what happens in practice are aimed at improving theenvironment, process, and procedure for underrepresented people at three specific levels:students (K-12), students (undergraduate and graduate), and professionals (academia andindustry). Review of the recommendations found a consistency in the number of nationalreports on practice during 2000’s and 2010’s decades for each respective level. K-12 specificallysaw a spike in reports produced during this timeframe going from five reports produced in the31 years between the 1976 and 2007, to 7 reports produced in the 2010’s

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Faculty

, students, and staff that is increasingly more inclusive, collaborative, diverse, andcentered on student success. We are meeting this commitment in part through design andimplementation of new and revised practices for recruitment, professional development,mentoring, and advancement. But changing organizational culture is a large-scale undertaking. Inorder to build an organizational conscience for the college and secure its transformation into acommunity where all members feel welcome and engaged, “top-down” policy change must becomplemented by enlistment of change agents from every employment sector of the college. Forthis purpose, a 20-member Change Team — including a balance of tenure-track and professionalfaculty and classified staff — was

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sai Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

research projects in collaboration with graduate, undergraduate, and high schoolresearchers under the leadership and mentoring of faculty researchers. The project team invitesSTEM teachers from over 400 local middle and high schools to apply for the research internshipproject. Along with extensive advertisements at science fairs and robotics competitions, the teamorganizes several open house sessions allowing teachers to visit NYU SoE and better understandthe project’s requirements, opportunities, commitment, follow-up, etc. Each year, between 10 to12 teachers are selected from over 30 applications by a selection committee comprising of facultyand experienced graduate students. The selection is done based on evaluating the applicationmaterials

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

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

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Janice Fenn, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

apositive impact on a student’s identity and self-efficacy. Institutional leadership who supportpractices that create a culture of inclusion and eliminate negative cultural practices that underminea diverse learning environment and community are also critical in making advances in STEMdiversity. Although strong leadership commitment to diversity in STEM is critical, the authorssuggest that the support of faculty is even more critical to the success of diverse students in STEM,as faculty have significantly more one-to-one contact with the students on a daily basis, and overa longer period of time. Thus, it is critical to more adequately prepare faculty for this role throughdiversity and inclusion training, in order that they may engage and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

statistically significant differences between students who racially identifiedas white compared to those who racially identified as non-white at the start of the course (p=2.92x 10-3). Students who identified as non-white scored 75.68% ± 4.45% and students who identifiedas white scored 83.40% ± 2.20% at the start of the course (Figure 3). At the end of the course,however, there were no significant differences between these two groups (p=4.86 x 10-1). We found significant differences among students’ scores at the start of the course basedon the highest level of education attained by their mother (p=4.71 x 10-02, Figure 4). Studentswhose mother earned a graduate degree (master’s or PhD) scored 82.34% ± 3.19% at the start ofthe course. Students