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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

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Adetoun Yeaman, Northeastern University; Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); Gisella Lamas-Samanamud, University of Kentucky - Paducah extended campus; Heather Beem, Ashesi University; Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University; Randi Sims, Clemson University

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AI-powered assistants solve our problem – or at least assist us along the way to find a better solution?Dr. Gisella Lamas-Samanamud, University of Kentucky - Paducah extended campus Dr. Gisella Lamas is a Brazilian/Peruvian environmental engineer. She works as a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky – Paducah. She is a visiting scholar at the graduate school of UFSJ – Brazil. Her technical research experience focuses on water and wastewater treatment, statistical methods and biofilms applied to engineering. She also studies the application of SoTL to the chemical engineering curriculum. She is passionate about DEIB, outreach opportunities and mentoring. She has been awarded the 2022

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2024 CIEC

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Serdar Celik

ETD 365[4] C.-C. (Brian) Chen and K. Swan, “Using Innovative and Scientifically-Based Debate to Build e-Learning Community,” Online Learning, vol. 24, no. 3, Sep. 2020, doi:https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v24i3.2345.[5] A. M. S. Hamouda and F. Tarlochan, “Engaging Engineering Students in Active Learning and CriticalThinking through Class Debates,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol.191, pp. 990-995,Jun.2015, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.379.[6] A. Alaswad and S. Junaid, “Debate as a Tool in Engineering and Sustainability Education,” in 18thInternational CDIO Conference, 2022, pp. 1003–1008. Available: http://www.cdio.org/knowledge-library/documents/debate-tool-engineering-and-sustainability-education.[7] K. Chang and

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2024 CIEC

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James Kribs; Jackson Brown; Angelique Shackleford; Darius Mcklin

. Technol. Eng., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 125–129, 2012, doi: 10.5703/1288284314864.[10] J. D. Kribs, “Observing Student Confidence Levels in Undergradate Engineering Labs: When Student Confidence Does Not Match Student Knowledge,” J. Eng. Technol., vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 40–51, 2022. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455BiographyJAMES KRIBS is an assistant professor in the Applied Engineering Technology Department at North CarolinaA&T State University, where he teaches courses in

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2024 CIEC

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James Kribs

. Technol. Eng., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 125–129, 2012, doi: 10.5703/1288284314864.[10] J. D. Kribs, “Observing Student Confidence Levels in Undergradate Engineering Labs: When Student Confidence Does Not Match Student Knowledge,” J. Eng. Technol., vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 40–51, 2022. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455BiographyJAMES KRIBS is an assistant professor in the Applied Engineering Technology Department at North CarolinaA&T State University, where he teaches courses in

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Advancing Equity in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dayna Lee Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Liliana González, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Kimberly D Douglas P.E., Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Andrea D. Beattie, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Esther Gonzalez

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

tu estudiante (Empowering parents to make a difference.)" (Martínez, D.L. et al.,2022).1. Inventory of Parent Programming at Universities and Colleges A thorough exploration of parent programming across various universities and colleges provided an essential inventory. This initial step aimed to understand the existing landscape and identify gaps that Equipando Padres could address.2. Literature Review on Challenges Faced by Hispanic/Latinx First-Generation Students and Family Dynamics A comprehensive literature review delved into the challenges encountered by Hispanic/Latinx first-generation students and explored the dynamics within their families. This phase provided valuable insights into the unique hurdles faced by this

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Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Leo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eileen Milligan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alexander Rokosz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Schanne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Cultural Perspectives

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Jennifer Creamer, Robert Morris University

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International Division (INTL)

also depicts more reliable predictable enrollment numbers by expandinginternationally. The authors also feel that the decline in undergraduate student population shouldbe supplemented by the increase in graduate student population to maintain a healthy revenuegeneration stream. Figure 2: Expanding the Enrollment region 1.2. International Students in the United StatesThe number of international students studying at U.S. colleges and universities rebounded fromlows hit during the pandemic, rising 12% to 1,057,188 in 2022-2023, an increase of more than100,000 students according to the Open Doors Report by the Institute of International Education(IIE) [4]. See Figure 3 below. Figure 3

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations for Future-Ready Engineering Talents

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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YiXiang Shawn Sun, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Qin Zhu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

ofEngineering was founded in 1903. VT is also part of the Northeast University SemiconductorNetwork launched jointly by Micron Technology and NSF in 2023 [12]. Purdue University, alsoa public land-grant research-intensive university, was founded in 1869. The College ofEngineering was renamed in 2004 from the School of Engineering. Purdue is part of the MidwestSemiconductor Network formed in 2022 [13]. Also, SkyWater Technology has just announced a$1.8 billion chip fabrication facility in West Lafayette in 2022, where Purdue University islocated [14].National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) is a research-intensive university inTaiwan. It was created under the merger of National Yang-Ming University(NYMU) and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia; Lynn Mandeltort, University of Virginia; Jessica Taggart, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Education Research Conference, Minneapolis MN, 2014. 7. Matz RL, Fata-Hartley CL, Posey LA, Laverty JT, Underwood SM, Carmel JH, Herrington DG, Stowe RL, Caballero MD, Cooper MM. “evaluating the extent of a large- scale transformation in gateway science courses.” Science Advances 4(10), 2018. 8. DiPietro C, Dyjur P, Fitzpatrick K, Grant K, Hoessler C, Kalu F, Richards J, Skene A, Wolf P. “Educational Development Guide Series: No. 4. A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Higher Education Curriculum Development, Review & Renewal Projects, P Dyjur & A Skene, Eds., Educational Developers Caucus, 2022. 9. Florez GAC, Huerfano MJC. Curriculum Design Process for a Systems Engineering Program. In: 2019

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Carolina Elizabeth Jerez, Universidad de Chile

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Attitudes and Perceptions of Mechanical Engineering S-STEM Scholars,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 143, n.o 12, p. 121006, dic. 2021, doi: 10.1115/1.4051715.[13] I. Thacker, V. Seyranian, A. Madva, N. T. Duong, and P. Beardsley, “Social Connectedness in Physical Isolation: Online Teaching Practices That Support Under- Represented Undergraduate Students’ Feelings of Belonging and Engagement in STEM,” Education Sciences, vol. 12, n.o 2, p. 61, ene. 2022, doi: 10.3390/educsci12020061.[14] "Gender mainstreaming: A global strategy for achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls," UN Women, 2020. [Online]. Available: [URL]. [Accessed: 29-Oct-2021][15] "Criterios y estándares

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Ade Mabogunje, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-did-vcs-study-in-college/[7] J.A. Tyszko and R.G. Sheets, “Using data and technology to create a more open and inclusivetalent marketplace, Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 51(5), 38-45, 2019. Available:DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2019.1652069[8] U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, “Building a more inclusive talent marketplace:Increasing opportunity through community and business-led initiatives, 2020. Available:https://assets.website-files.com/62d09b4cd38ec93ebb6738a2/62dfa812bca708608b4ee8fe_Building%20a%20More%20Inclusive%20Talent%20Marketplace%20(1).pdf[9] Kauffman Fellows, “Introducing: Class 27 Kauffman Fellows,” Medium, June 13, 2022.Available: https://kauffman-fellows.medium.com/introducing-class-27-kauffman-fellows-3ca58406627d[10

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Case Studies in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Paz Munoz, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

real-world problem analysis into science-relatedsubjects using case study approaches. These approaches engage students with practicalissues, fostering sophisticated thinking, promoting reflection, integrating, applying priorknowledge, and developing self-management learning skills. In our university's ConstructionEngineering program, introducing case studies addressing real-world problems in thesisprojects in the first semester of 2017 significantly improved the graduation rate, rising from10% in 2016 to 25.9% by 2022. These enhancements across various performance metricsdemonstrate the efficacy of this methodology. This research employs a non-experimentalmixed-methods approach, utilizing surveys and interviews as primary data collection

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 13

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona; Gimantha N. Perera, North Carolina State University; Hannah Budinoff, The University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, The University of Arizona; Francesca A López, Penn State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

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Empowering Change: Cultivating Inclusive and Sustainable Futures in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Lynn Miles, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Alexandra Schindel, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Kate Haq, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

environmental to climate justice: climate change and the discourse of environmental justice,” Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Clim. Change, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 359–374, 2014.[9] R. D. Bullard, “The legacy of American apartheid and environmental racism,” Johns J Leg. Comment, vol. 9, p. 445, 1993.[10] R. Bullard, “Environmental justice in the 21st century,” Debating Earth, pp. 3222–3356, 2005.[11] “Principles of Environmental Justice.” Accessed: Dec. 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.ejnet.org/ej/principles.html[12] K. Haq, M. Miles, and A. Ditto, “Tuscarora Nation Lands and the New York State Power Authority: An environmental justice education approach to decolonizing curriculum,” Under review.

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Prathyaj Bharadwaj Mantha, The George Washington University; Janet Mosby

the Black Belt. BBUWP is currently looking for fundingopportunities to continue its work of improving access to WASH for individuals and improvecommunity involvement as it solves WASH challenges.References-[1]C. Foundation, “Increasing Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the UnitedStates,” CDC Foundation, Oct. 2022. Available: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/US-WASH-RFP?inline[2]DIG DEEP and US Water Foundation, “Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States - ANational Action Plan,” Dig Deep. Available: https://www.digdeep.org/close-the-water-gap[3]DIG DEEP and US Water Foundation, “Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States - ANational Action Plan,” Dig Deep. Available: https://www.digdeep.org/close-the-water-gap[4

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2024 ASEE North East Section

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Susan Freudzon, Fairfield University

Feb. 26, 2024). [7] R. E. McGinn, “Startup ethics: Ethically responsible conduct of scientists and engineers at Theranos,” Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 28, no. 5, Aug. 2022. doi:10.1007/s11948-022-00393-2

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

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Heather Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

, https://www.euruni.edu/blog/the-truth-about-decreasing-attention-spans-in-university-students/, Feb 16 2022[3] S. Lausch, D. Bose, “Addressing “Post-Pandemic” Student Attention, Interaction, and Attendance or lack thereof: The Basics”, BoiseState.edu April 4 2023 https://www.boisestate.edu/ctl/blog/2023/04/04/addressing-post-pandemic-student-attention-interaction-and- attendance-or-lack-thereof-the-basics/[4] L. Ferlazzo, “Teacher-Recommended Tools for Online Learning”, EducationWeek, https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-teacher-recommended-tools-for-online- learning/2020/11, Nov 2020[5] BusinessWire, “Renaissance and Nearpod, Coming Together to Empower Teachers and Accelerate Student

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2023 ASEE GSW

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Victoria C. P. Chen; Erick C. Jones Jr.; Suman Gudikandula; Vishnu Sharma; Rahsirearl Smalls; Jocelyn Sigler

. IntroductionFor the 2022 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Teachers program, JocelynSigler and Rahsirearl Smalls worked on the Sustainability Assessment for Green Building andRetrofitting project under the guidance of Dr. Victoria Chen and Dr. Erick Jones Jr. The researchobjective of the project was to evaluate if using experimental design rather than expert intuition toselect buildings materials and design would yield improvement in sustainability goals. Theinstructional goal was to train the pair of teachers in the summer, so they could translate this Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX

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2024 South East Section Meeting

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Jayhyun Kwon, Kennesaw State University; Adam Kaplan, Kennesaw State University

. Castelli, and M. Asgari, “Undergraduates' Experiences with Online andin-Person Courses Provide Opportunities for Improving Student-Centered Biology LaboratoryInstruction,” Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Special Section: Opportunities andChallenges of Online Instruction, Vol. 23, No. 1, April 2022. [Online]. Available:https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00289-21. [Accessed November 12, 2023]

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Track 6: Technical Session 9: Creating buy-in from key constituencies for supporting LGBTQIA+ engineering students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University; Craig Wanklyn P.E., Kansas State University; Rachel Levitt, Kansas State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Spring 2023. We have also leveraged some of the conversationsand questions we have received from students into presentations we have given atthe K-State LGBT Leadership conference in April 2021 and 2022. The most commonelement we have seen from LBGT students in recruitment and early in their studentdevelopment is difficulty finding their fit or developing a STEM identity. Severalfaculty and administrators from the across the K-State University attended theseworkshops. 12 Examples of what we are doing 13This slide has images of several of the initiatives, such as stickers, screens

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2024 ASEE-GSW

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Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin; Huiliang Wang, University of Texas at Austin; Ju-Chun Hsieh, University of Texas at Austin; Xiangping Liu, University of Texas at Austin

. Persistence motivations of Chinese doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and math. J. Divers. High. Educ. 7, 177–193 (2014).6. White, L. et al. BMEntored: Enhancing the First-Year Experience in a BME Doctoral Program. Biomed Eng Educ 2, 197–202 (2022).7. Ugwu, D. N. Graduate school experiences and post-graduation plans of international science and engineering doctoral students at A public University. (2014).XIANGPING LIUXiangping Liu is a second-year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Huiliang Wang at UTAustin. He is currently developing new approaches to deliver therapeutics more efficiently forneurological disorders. Before he came to America, he got his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry atJilin University

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2024 South East Section Meeting

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Arash Afshar; Dorina Marta Mihut; Michael Ryan Sweeney

, K.E.; Nkansah, M.A.; Hutchinson, I.J. Auxetic foams: Modelling negative Poisson’s ratios. Acta Metall. Mater. 1994, 42, 1289–1294. 6. Gaspar, N.; Smith, C.W.; Alderson, A.; Grima, J.N.; Evans, K.E. A generalised three- dimensional tethered-nodule model for auxetic materials. J. Mater. Sci. 2011, 46, 372– 384. 7. Hou, X.; Hu, H.; Silberschmidt, V. A novel concept to develop composite structures with isotropic negative Poisson’s ratio: Effects of random inclusions. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2012, 72, 1848–1854. 8. Afshar, A.; Rezvanpour, H. Computational Study of Non-Porous Auxetic Plates with Diamond Shape Inclusions. J. Compos. Sci. 2022, 6, 192.

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2024 South East Section Meeting

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Robert GIll, Mercer University

fall semesters and a major outlier of 40+students in the Spring 2022 section. The summer classes are much more varied in size mostlikely caused by a change in delivery method due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Table 1. Number of students in each section at the time of exam. The break in the table represents when narrated solutions were implemented. Section; Semester 𝑛𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚 1 𝑛𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚 2 𝑛𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚 3 1;1 21 17 19 2;1 11 13 11 1;2 7 6 n/a 1;3 31

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

further discussions that will focus on how bettercommon-sense conversations can benefit the world around them.References1. Brainy Quotes (2021) https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ thomas_a_edison_1490422. Wikipedia (2024) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense3. Webster Dictionary [2024] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ common%20sense4. Encyclopedia Britannica [2021] https://www.britannica.com/topic/new-realism-philosophy 45. Abbate, Bill (2022) Common Sense is Not That Common,https://medium.com/illumination/what-do-you-make-of-common-sense-3f65ff6d84d1BibliographyGilovich, T. (1991). How we know what isn’t so: The fallibility of

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Kelly Tenzek

, Accessed: Mar. 03, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00716[6] K. E. Tenzek and B. M. Nickels, “End-of-Life in Disney and Pixar Films: An opportunity for Engaging in Difficult Conversation,” Omega, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 49–68, Nov. 2019, doi: 10.1177/0030222817726258.[7] A. Kruisselbrink Flatt, “A Suffering Generation: Six Factors Contributing to the Mental Health Crisis in North American Higher Education,” Coll. Q., vol. 16, no. 1, 2013, Accessed: Mar. 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1016492[8] A. L. Montoya and L. L. Summers, “Dimensions of wellness for educators,” vol. 42, no. 1, p. 5, 2021.[9] J. Galecki, J. Parsons, and K. Cuoco

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Doga Yucalan, Cornell University; Celia A. Evans PhD, Cornell University; Lisa Schneider-Bentley, Cornell University

, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. Accessed: Oct. 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://web.archive.org/web/20160721163755/http://www.fitnyc.edu/files/pdfs/Backward_design .pdf[8] “The Jigsaw Classroom.” https://www.jigsaw.org/ (accessed Feb. 17, 2022).

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

La'Tonia Stiner-Jones PhD, MBA, The Ohio State University

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participation.References1. Stiner-Jones, L. Preparing the Next Generation of Biomedical Engineering Researchers byLeveraging a Research Experience for Undergraduates. in ASEE Illinois-Indiana SectionConference Proceedings (2021).2. National Science Foundation: NCSES: Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Personswith Disabilities. https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23315/ (2023).3. National Science Board. Vision 2030.https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/publications/2020/nsb202015.pdf (2020).4. Stiner-Jones L. Work in Progress: Effectiveness of a REU SITE at Preparing Students for GraduateSchool. (2022). American Society for Engineering Annual Illinois-Indiana Section Conference, Anderson, IN.5. Stiner-Jones L. Work in Progress: Can We Create a Model Program: Insights into

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

for Sustainable Innovation offering certificates, minors,and even a doctoral program in sustainability.The elective course for our department was labeled GREEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANDSUSTAINABILITY. The course was planned during the academic year 2022-23 and launched inthe fall of 2023, defined as a three credit units’ elective course, with three 50-minute sessions perweek, to be taught by one faculty assisted by one teaching assistant (graduate student). Thecourse was targeting junior and senior students in the chemical engineering career, with someprevious knowledge on mass and energy balances, separation processes, thermodynamics, andorganic chemistry. The enrollment was surprisingly high with 31 juniors and 18 seniors, about50% of the

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Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Sours, The Ohio State University; Cherish Vance, The Ohio State University; Tylesha D. Drayton, The Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Engineering centric courses, projects and organizations to store materialsand use on campus. Previously, supplies had to be transported to and from campus each day bystudents in a student organization or stored in faculty offices. 3 Figure 1: Current Lab, (Left) 2022 and (Right) previous area where students worked on their projects 2018Impact and Utilization of the MakerspaceThe initial opening of the space took place during early 2021 as engagements on campus startedto trend back to in-person activities. Stemming from undergraduate research project efforts andto support student organizations, the availability and functionality of the space slowly

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Ranil Wickramasinghe

inMicroelectronics Photonics from the University of Arkansas in 2021 and his BS in ChemicalEngineering from Syracuse University in 2017. Mr. McKean has served as the lead graduatestudent for MAST Center REU and REM programs since 2022, and has published and presentedthe results of the programs at numerous conferences. Mr. McKean plans to work to facilitateconnections between academia and industry after receiving his doctoral degree.Dr. Gary BatesGary Bates, Ph.D. is a full professor of Biology and the program coordinator for Agriculture andBiotechnology at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, AR. Dr. G. Bates hasworked with Upward Bound for many years providing high school students with an initialintroduction to scientific research. Dr. G