Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, SAS Institute

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

identity perceived their futures similarly [25].Identity-Based Motivation 1. Salient Identities as Predictors of Perceived Task Difficulty.​ This research paper examines the relationship between identity salience and task difficulty. Prior work found that students leverage researcher, scientist, and engineer identities when completing research tasks: this paper uses linear regression to test the salience (likelihood that identity will be leveraged in a given situation) of these identities as a predictor of task difficulty. Researcher identity salience was the strongest predictor of task difficulty, a relationship moderated by degree type (Master’s or Doctoral) [36].Graduate Student Experiences 1. Improving

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Interest & Identity

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

were satisfied with the presentations. The parts of the lesson they identifiedas worth repeating were the hands-on projects. Frequent mention was made of the effectivenessof the PowerPoint presentations that were a part of each lesson. The EAs identified areas in needof improvement including PowerPoints with fewer words and more graphics, speaking slowerand providing more background information on the concept, giving students more time forengaging and explaining the project, communicating more effectively with the students duringthe hands-on part of the lesson, providing and maintaining a balance between learning theconcept and having fun with the concept, and practicing the lessons before the visits to theschools.This reflective piece became

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sagit Betser, University of California, Davis; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis; Rebecca Ambrose Ph.D., University of California-Davis

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #27539”They Don’t See Girls”: Construction of Identities in a Maker ProgramMs. sagit betser, University of California, Davis Sagit Betser is a graduate student in the Learning and Mind Sciences program at UC Davis School of Education. She received B.Sc in Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University. She worked in start-ups, heading research and design multidisciplinary teams. Before joining the PhD program she taught science and design at a K-8 school.Prof. Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis Lee Martin studies people’s efforts to enhance their own learning environments

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Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Torres-Sánchez, Loughborough University; Paul P. Conway, Loughborough University

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Graduate Studies

the studies and out to employmentupon PhD graduation: (i) Grounding yourselfWe organised induction sessions at the start of the program (i.e. first week upon enrolment)as well as refreshers (called ‘orientation’ days) throughout the program. The content coveredin those sessions had the intention of assisting their ‘transition in’ and aiding their ‘transitionout’ into employment after graduation. With these events we intended to foster a sense of‘togetherness’ to face the uncertainty of the early months ahead.Since identity can be one of the strongest motivators in one’s (professional) life, we devoted asignificant amount of time to delving into the students’ perceptions of themselves asgraduates, as professionals (particularly relevant to

Conference Session

Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Alin Wakefield, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Kara Moloney Ph.D., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

financial) to persist to degree completion. 5) Balancing Act: The pace and intensity of graduate study frequently catches LIATFG students off guard. Particularly in the first and second year of graduate study, students are challenged by issues of time and balancing not only of their academic pursuits, but also their family relationships and responsibilities.Program OverviewThe PEGS21 program eases the transition for a cohort of about 15 first-year graduate students eachyear through a variety of interventions designed to foster supportive relationships, enhanceprofessional skills, and reduce financial barriers to help students address the challenges describedabove (Table 1). Table 1: Components of

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Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary B. Isaac, HEDGE Co.

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

between 2014 and 2016 regarding the length of the pilot instrument raised concernregarding response fatigue, and resulted in elimination of one of the four scales which showedmoderate, but not significant interactions with other scales. Ryff’s 24-item Personal Well-Beingscale pointed toward the overall group having higher than average levels of personal well-beingrather than lower, which suggested that role model unhappiness or dissatisfaction may not be asignificant contributor to student disengagement, so the scale was eliminated from theassessment.Additionally, further research indicated that the 40-item Sexist Attitudes Towards Women(SATW) scale [84] may retain its reliability and generational fidelity as a measure of explicitsexism better

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E.; Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

looked at knowledge building in coursework and found that students’ abilities toconnect this to imagined futures was an important factor in their motivation to succeed [3]. Moregenerally, the specific information that instructors emphasize with respect to the future in theclassroom has been shown to be important to students [4].The role of first-year engineering programs also may play a role in students’ continuation andcompletion of an engineering degree and may contribute to a higher graduation rate thanprograms with a direct matriculation [5]. However, these programs are not without challenges.Notable concerns include a potential for a higher student workload, in a time whenadministrations are seeking to reduce this [6]. It has also been

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

as thick (reducing the bending stiffnesses by a factor of 8).4. Development of a Concept InventoryIn order to assess the effect of introducing the experimental platform on student learning in theStrength of Materials class, a short set of 10 questions were developed to be used as a pre andpost assessment of the intervention. The questions were carefully written to target students’misconceptions about the role of material properties, loading characteristics, and geometry inbeam bending stress and strain. The 10 questions are included as Appendix A of this paper.Referring to the three conceptual goals stated in the introduction, it is seen that questions 2, 4,and 5 relate strongly to concept C1, while questions 3 and 6 strongly relate to

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Experiences of Multidisciplinary Engineering Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

accidental. A study by Borrego and Newswander [5] suggested thatfaculty are intentional about improving specific student learning outcomes when developing newmultidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary programs. Through a content analysisof 129 successfully awarded interdisciplinary studies proposals to the National ScienceFoundation, the authors discovered five focus areas for student learning outcomes specific tointerdisciplinary graduate education including content integration, teamwork, critical awareness,communication, and disciplinary grounding. Yet, challenges associated with these types ofdegrees still exist, such as the need to balance curriculum depth with breadth, offer stability andflexible simultaneously, and update

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Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Briscoe, American Society of Naval Engineers; Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University; Dale A. Lumme, American Society of Naval Engineers

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

would truly serve as the basis of aPDE. Because FLEET largely fits the PDE model, it was expected that FLEET would helpstudents see themselves as future engineers. These authentic tools were designed to ensure thatstudents felt like they were actually acting as naval engineers in an attempt that they could seethemselves becoming an engineer, perhaps even a naval engineer, in the future.FLEET Helps Students see Themselves as EngineersThe FLEET program introduces naval engineering as a possible career path in addition toteaching STEM concepts, A person’s identity is how that person sees themselves and their role inthe world [5], [6]. Sometimes identities are empowering; for example, when a student ismotivated to help those in need or when a

Conference Session

Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Latricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Javon Marcell Adams, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, "Influence of social cognitive and ethnic variables on academic goals of underrepresented students in science and engineering: A multiple-groups analysis," Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 57, pp. 205-218, 2010.[7] M. M. Chemers, E. L. Zurbriggen, M. Syed, B. K. Goza, and S. Bearman, "The Role of Efficacy and Identity in Science Career Commitment Among Underrepresented Minority Students," Journal of Social Issues, vol. 67, pp. 469-491, 2011.[8] R. W. Lent, H.-B. Sheu, C. S. Gloster, and G. Wilkins, "Longitudinal test of the social cognitive model of choice in engineering students at historically Black universities," Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 76, pp. 387-394, 2010/06/01/ 2010.[9] A. Bandura, "Self-efficacy: Toward a

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Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin C. Wong, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union; Elizabeth M. Waters, The Cooper Union

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Pre-College Engineering Education

approaches were used. Each year, a cohortof students learned engineering skills by identifying a problem, then designing and building asolution. The teaching team consisting of an instructor and 3 to 4 teaching assistants (TAs) whowere undergraduate college students also varied between each year and adapted the curriculumto include new technology and materials. Students typically learned to use rapid prototypingmachines such as laser engravers, 3D printers, and shop tools. Students also used tools such asComputer Aided Design (CAD) software, microcontrollers, and computer programminglanguages. In addition to engineering skills, program-wide activities included: college and careerplanning seminars, technical writing and presentation workshops, field

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Christina Nicole Willis, University of Utah; Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University

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Military and Veterans

engineering education.Mr. Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Matthew Scheidt is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University with a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing. Matt is currently part of Dr. Allison Godwin’s STRIDE (Shaping Transformative Research on Identity and Diversity in Engineering) research group at Purdue. His research interest focuses on supporting military veterans within post- secondary education.Ms. Christina Nicole Willis, University of Utah Christina Willis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Amy Hortop, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

interpretations of these experiences. By addressing this research gap, we hopeto inform future design pedagogy related to user interactions in capstone projects.3. Methods3.1 Research questionsThis study aimed to draw a connection between the perspectives of student designers regardingthe role of user interactions in capstone design projects and the approach that these students tookto user interactions as a result. The research questions that guided this study were: 1. What are the different ways that student design teams perceive the role of user interactions in their capstone design projects? 2. Based on these different perspectives, how do student design teams approach interactions with their users as part of their projects?By

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First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

the data for each skill. The p-values calculated for each category were almost zeroshowing that there are significant differences between the average of the students’ confidencelevel at the beginning and end of the semester.The results of the survey, according to Table 2, suggests that the students are more confident intheir writing and oral skills at the beginning of the semester compared to the graphics. Thechange in the standard deviation, in all categories, suggests that upon graduating fromCornerstone of engineering, students possess a more uniform level of skill sets. Table 2 - Summary of the Survey Results Writing Oral Graphics

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

). Students describeddistinctions between engineering innovation and other engineering work (e.g.., “routine” courseprojects, internships, research experiences). They did so primarily by identifying characteristicsof innovative solutions and, in some cases, features or outcomes of the processes that led to thosesolutions. The learning related to this theme often involved moving from a self-identified naïveunderstanding to a more informed understanding. The more informed understanding generallyconnected to features of projects that students had personally led or participated in.Table 2. Elements Comprising the Definition Theme Element Description Balances needs of many Recognizing that innovation involves many stakeholders

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Connecting Theory and Practice in a Change Project - And What I Wish I Knew Before I Started

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collab- orative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic interdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering edu- cation, the professional formation of engineers, the role of empathy and reflection in engineering learning, and student development in interdisciplinary and interprofessional spaces.Dr. Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia Dr. Nicola Sochacka is the Associate

Conference Session

Transfer and Transitions

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland, College Park; Danielle Melvin Koonce, University of Maryland; Christin Jacquelyne Salley, University of Maryland, College Park; Sharon Fries-Britt, University of Maryland, College Park; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

communitycollege. To make students feel included and comfortable, it is important for [the four-yearinstitution] to create a welcoming campus environment” (p. 196). This suggests that the four-year institution plays a significant role in retaining students and helping them through thetransfer adjustment process.Another factor that plays a role in the adjustment process is student identity, particularly forstudents broadly classified as Black. However, understanding the transfer student identities ofBlack undergraduates is another understudied area. Current literature often does notdisaggregate the experiences of traditional Black STEM four-year college students from BlackSTEM community college transfer students, nor Black undergraduates born and raised in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku; Christopher Andrew Parlier, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. College students tell stories about the engineer who decided to step down as CEOwith vivid action shots of emotion and stunning motivational characterizations. The story ofthe leader is brimming with both the need for achievement, including images about thechallenge to make/do great engineering work and themes of innovation, and with a desire todo it over and over again. The tension is that obstacles emerge along the way in studentstories when there is a collision between needs – like the need to achieve with the need foraffiliation or high need for performance with a pessimistic inclination as they struggle to finda system for repeatable success. One example of the tension is in a story a woman wroteabout Jessica: “After graduating

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanna R. Wieselmann, University of Minnesota; Emily Anna Dare, Florida International University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

- tudes and beliefs teachers hold about cultural diversity and teaching culturally diverse students. Past and current projects include designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate-level coursework intended to help teachers develop effective science teaching practices and culturally relevant pedagogy for their classrooms, mentoring pre-service science teachers, working with in-service science teachers to develop and implement integrated STEM curricula, leading STEM integration professional development for in- service science teachers, working with administration and teachers to develop STEM programming in their schools, and developing a K-12 STEM observation protocol that can be used in a variety of educa- tional

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Track: Faculty - Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Ines Basalo, University of Miami; Gemma Henderson, University of Miami

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Diversity, Faculty

to increase the representationof the Latinx population in engineering significantly.Faculty play a critical role in supporting students’ self-efficacy and self-regulated learning behaviors [3].For Latinx students, in particular, faculty support is a key factor in student retention [4]. Instructorssupport students by serving as role models, acting as mentors, and inspiring students. When educatorsmaintain these relationships, particularly outside the classroom, they contribute to higher studentsatisfaction and persistence to graduation [5]. However, not all faculty at HSIs share their students’ Latinxethnicity [6] and must find alternative means of developing relationships that support their students.To achieve this level of support for

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond in the Chemical Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Hempel, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona; Kasi M. Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

explanation for this is that, on average, faculty spend the most time with53 students, compared with staff, administrators, and advisors. For most courses offered in higher education,54 this time is at least three hours per week; for research mentoring, the faculty contact time can increase55 dramatically [12]. Classroom interactions between students and faculty have a significant potential to56 influence students’ graduation path [13]. Yet, concerning the instruction by faculty, engineering students57 reported that the quality of instruction in engineering was lower than in their non-engineering courses58 [14], [15]. A 2017 study by Gandhi-Lee et al. found that most faculty are unaware of actions that59 positively influence STEM

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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

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

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Princy L. D. Johnson, Liverpool John Moores University; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

activity or having to consider its rolewhile answering a questionnaire or assessing their preferred roles using the Belbin test; and finally,they had to put their creative skills to use when they wrote their self-reflections and gaveconstructive peer feedback. Participant 1: Participant 2:Figure 3: Self-reflection excerpts from two participants on the usefulness of the creativity sessionRQ4: What assessment methodologies could be effective in elucidating the students’ perceptions?Figure 4 shows a snapshot of the types of data collected through the course, along with theirchronological order. It is very important to achieve a good balance between collecting datafrequently enough to be able to derive useful information and not overdoing it to the

Conference Session

Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Corinne Lardy, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

: Multicultural teaching in the standards based classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.Song, W., Furco, A., Lopez, I. and Maruyama, G. (2017). “Examining the Relationship between Service-Learning Participation and the Educational Success of Underrepresented Students.” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 24 (1), 23-37.Wilson, R. E., Bradbury, L. U., & McGlasson, M. A. (2015). “Integrating service-learning pedagogy for preservice elementary teachers’ science identity development.” Journal of Science Teacher Education, 26, 319-340.Xue, Y. and Larson, R.C. (2015), "STEM crisis or STEM surplus? Yes and yes," Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Appendix Table A-1

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Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatima Rahman, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Pre-College Engineering Education

process of analyzing others’ designs and generating feedback would be more productive thanthe actual written feedback itself.In our analysis of student feedback processes, we also draw on the framework of culturalhistorical activity theory (Engestrom, 1999). We view the social practice of evaluating anengineering design and generating feedback as a complex activity system where learners’ actionsare influenced by existing tools (e.g., a feedback worksheet), norms (e.g., classroom rules), andcommunity history (e.g., friend relationships among a group of children). To provideconstructive and effective feedback, learners need to find a balance between these potentiallycompeting activity system elements. For example, the social dynamics between the

Conference Session

T1A: Readiness 1

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Nicholas A Meisel, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) acts as a gateway engineering course forover 3800 students across 20 Penn State campuses each year. Recently, the course has incorporatedsix educational modules, which cover topics from creativity to professional communication tomaking. However, these modules require a unifying experience so that the students are able toperceive how the content from the individual modules coalesces to form the unique identity of anengineer. To address this need, a new framework is proposed to guide the creation andimplementation of an 8-week long design challenge within EDSGN 100. This framework identifiesa series of 8 project characteristics necessary to create a clear connection between the content fromeach of the individual modules

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Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Stephen Secules, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Virginia Tech; Adam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Dustin M. Grote, Virginia Tech

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Collegiate, Diversity

Karis Boyd-Sinkler is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She also serves as support staff for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity where she is involved in the recruitment, outreach, and retention of engineering students. Her research interests include diversity in engineering and the role of engineering student support centers in regards to student attrition and persistence rates. Ms. Boyd received her B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Virginia in 2014.Adam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech Adam S. Masters is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. They received a B.S. in Mechanical

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Daniel W. Baker Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

Innovative Intervention to Infuse Diversity and Inclusion in a Statics CourseAbstractEngineering educators strive to prepare their students for success in the engineering workforce.Increasingly, many career paths will require engineering graduates to work in multidisciplinaryteams with individuals possessing a diversity of skill sets, backgrounds, and identities. Therefore,it is important not only for future engineers to have the opportunity to work in teams as students,but also to have specific instruction that teaches them about teamwork skills and the valuediversity and inclusion bring to engineering practice. Furthermore, it is important that thisinstruction occurs throughout their engineering coursework, giving