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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; H. Scott Fogler, University of Michigan

functioning properly, assisting students with both experiment-based and theory-based questions, and assisting faculty of the development of new experiments to incorporate in the undergraduate labs. In addition to the labs, Chris focuses on safety within the labs as part of the departmental safety committee, managing a safety demonstration lab for training new graduate students, and leading the SAFEChE initiative (safeche.engin.umich.edu) and Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment (https://encyclopedia.che.engin.umich.edu/)Laura Hirshfield (Lecturer) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com SAFEChE

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WIED: Activities and Programs

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Sonia Goltz; David Wahl, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Patricia Sotirin; Mark Rouleau

Communication, Language, and Gender (OSCLG) and Editor of Women & Language. She has been on over fifty graduate committees and received an Outstanding Mentor Award from OSCLG. She is a Co-PI on an NSF ADVANCE Adaptation grant at Michigan Technological University. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Cross-Institutional Mentoring Communities ProgramAbstract This paper describes the development and implementation of a Cross-InstitutionalMentoring Communities (CIMC) program. CIMCs were designed to create networks ofmentoring as a robust support and feedback mechanism for faculty facing compoundedchallenges

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Deb Jordan, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines

doctoral experience, and the adoption of evidence-based teaching strategies. She is currently serving as the ASEE Educational Research and Methods division Vice Chair of Programs for ASEE 2022.Sarah E Zappe (Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning; Director of theLeonhard Center) Dr. Sarah Zappe is an educational psychologist specializing in applied educational testing and measurement. She is the Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State and Assistant Dean of Teaching and Learning in the College of Engineering. She holds an affiliate faculty position in the Educational Psychology Department at Penn State. Sarah is widely recognized for her expertise in instrument development

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Gamification

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

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Leigh S McCue, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Engineering student? Tune in for capstone day interviews with graduating seniors on teams High Rollers, PIT, and Glide Walkers. o 2022 Capstone Design To learn more about the projects described here and our capstone design program, check out the Department of Mechanical Engineering's Capstone Brochure and Annual Report at: https://mechanical.gmu.edu/connections/senior-design- capstone. • Target audience: college students o Mason ties to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) In this episode hear from Jazzmin Robinson, Mason alum and student leader, on her pathway to a Navy civilian career, along

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Sherry Hsi, BSCS Science Learning

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Wireless Sensor Networks," in 2022 ASEE-North Central Section Conference, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/39261. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/39261[16] J. Austin et al., "The BBC micro: bit: From the UK to the world," Communications of the ACM, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 62-69, 2020, doi: 10.1145/3368856[17] J. Yu, S. Hsi, S. Van Doren, and H. Oh, "My:Talkies: Designing a craft kit to support learning about communication devices through making," Interaction Design and Children, pp. 442-447, 2022, doi: 10.1145/3501712.3529720.[18] A. Maltese, D. Oyler, and K. Paul, "Design with Code Club: An attempt to get kids learning to code while designing solutions to everyday problems (Work in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Amar Raheja; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona; Fang Tang

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, ArtificialIntelligence, Modeling & Simulation, and Flight Testing. Students learned fundamental skills inengineering, computer science, and mathematics, and were trained to use computational toolsneeded to engage in multidisciplinary UAV research. Most of the participants who have alreadygraduated have joined aerospace companies or Government organization and are working inUAV technologies or related areas including Lockheed Martin Corporation and NorthropGrumman Corporation. Some of the Participants were also accepted for summer internshippositions at companies or corporations that are heavily involved in UAV research anddevelopment. Figure 1. Participants of 2022 Summer REU Program.Figures 2 and 3 show the multidisciplinary teams of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

higher education (e.g., faculty at community colleges or universities). The UML S-STEM program will support scholars for four years, from their junior year in undergrad throughthe completion of a master's degree or through the completion of their qualifying exam within aPh.D. program. The ambitious goal of the program is to foster the professional development ofS-STEM scholars for creating a diverse and competitive pool of future faculty candidates inengineering.Year One (2021-2022) Recruitment Process In our first year, our recruitment activities began with working with the financial aidoffice to obtain a list of eligible students. The financial aid office was tasked with identifyingSophomores in engineering with at least a 3.3 GPA and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Evans, Houston Christian University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

students participated in the third cohort of the Engineering Fast-Forward Program in2019. One student transferred to a non-STEM degree (95% STEM retention). One studentgraduated with an engineering degree in three years, and fifteen students graduated withengineering degrees in Spring 2022 (84% 4-yr graduation). The project team was particularlyencouraged by the strong retention and engineering graduation of this cohort, especially in lightof the COVID-19 pandemic and its possible impacts on retention observed in Cohort 2. Thestrong retention rate of Cohort 3 does raise questions about the reasons three students fromCohort 2 left the university. It is possible that these departures were anomalies.Cohort 4 Student OutcomesEleven students

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 5: Work-in-Progress Part 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethany Jean Klemetsrud, P.E., University of North Dakota; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

teach grades 3-8 across a range of subjects (Science, Math, English) andwork at schools with large Native American populations, located on or near tribal communitiesin North Dakota. Cohort 1, consisting of 8 teachers from 3 school districts, began in the summerof 2021 with a three-day virtual PD session in June and a two-day in-person session in August.This was followed by an additional three PD days during the 2021-2022 academic year to helpteachers further develop and implement three culturally relevant engineering design tasks withintheir classrooms. Summer 2022 brought in an additional 7 teachers to form Cohort 2 and all PDoccurred in person. Within the 2022-2023 PD, teachers from Cohort 1 mentored Cohort 2participants during both the

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session #2: Global Engagement

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Putman, Bucknell University; Khaled A. Al-Sahili, An-Najah National University; Alia Gilbrecht, An-Najah National University; Karen Bunch Franklin; Shilpa Girish, Clemson University; Fabricio Leiva; Abdelhaleem Khader, An-Najah National University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

-Najah National University) in 2021 and2022. The focus of this study was a five-week collaborative project where civil engineeringstudents enrolled in pavement design or environmental engineering courses at three universitieswere tasked to develop innovative solutions to a pavement related problem in one of five generalareas.Based on the course enrollments at each institution (i.e., 50 US and 19 Palestinian students in2021 and 35 US and 51 Palestinian students in 2022), there were two treatment groups: IVE andnon-IVE. In 2021 there were nine bi-national IVE teams and eight non-IVE teams composedonly of students from Clemson University (US). In 2022, there were nine bi-national IVE teams,five US non-IVE teams from Clemson, and seven Palestinian

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Henry Louie, Seattle University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Scarleth Vanessa Vasconcelos, Villanova University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

conferences at Villanova University. Dr. Singh has published papers regularly at the ASEE Annual Conference and currently serves Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee of the IEEE Education Society on Diversity and Inclusion. In 2022, Dr. Singh was recognized with the IFEES Duncan Fraser Award for Excellence in Engineering Education.Prof. Henry Louie, Seattle University Dr. Henry Louie received the B.S.E.E. degree from Kettering University, the M.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2008. He is currently an AssociatDr. Susan M Lord, University of San Diego Susan Lord is Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Centers, The MITRE Corporation; Michael A Balazs; Titilayo Ogunyale

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

use of the massive amounts of data beingrevealed to them via social media every time they unlock their phone. Though these results weregathered in 2017, these are the most recent measures on U.S. adult digital literacy until the secondcycle of the PIAAC is completed in future years.Regardless, our world is continuously advancing and evolving. In large part, this is thanks toadvances made in STEM. Our government leaders and advisors openly acknowledge this fact.The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is a key example of this as it allocates historicallylarge investments to be given to U.S. workers, communities, and businesses with the goal ofensuring that the United States is a leader in the “industries of tomorrow”. 8 The NSTC’s 2018STEM

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Track 4: Technical Session 1: Creating Pathways to Engineering through Sponsored Summer Camps

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia; Stephan A. Durham, University of Georgia; Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Hillary Tanner, Principal Lecturer Alison Banka, Ph.D., Lecturer 1 Camp Inspiration and Development • In 2022, the College of Engineering received funding from the NCR Foundation to support two week-long residential summer camps • These camps are aimed at supporting broadening participation in engineering through • Improving racial diversity and • Gender diversity • On average, week-long residential camps hosted by the Georgia Center @ UGA cost ~$3000 USD • Cost is ~$1,100 per student (Cost CoE ~$25,000 per camp) • Cost covers camp materials, room, board, and extracurricular activities • Our camps are free for

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jillian B. Schmidt

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Implementation of Weekly Active Learning Days in a Junior Level Aerospace Engineering Lecture Course Jillian B. Schmidt Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractAerospace Structures 1 is a required junior level lecture course taken by approximately 80students each academic year. Traditionally, this course has consisted of three 50-minute lecturesections per week, and students were assigned grades based on homework and exam scores.Beginning in Fall 2022, this course was re-designed to eliminate graded homework and replacethis graded component with participation in a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebekah J Hammack, Montana State University, Bozeman; Nicholas Lux Lux, Montana State University, Bozeman; Paul Gannon, Montana State University, Bozeman; Douglas J Hacker; Brock J. Lameres, Montana State University, Bozeman; Tugba Boz, University of Georgia

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Education, 2023 1 Connecting Classroom Curriculum to Local Contexts to Enhance Engineering Awareness in Elementary YouthProject OverviewThis paper reports on the year three findings of a National Science Foundation Research in theFormation of Engineers project focused on increasing rural and indigenous youth’s awareness ofengineering and engineering related careers. To reach this goal, we worked with elementaryteachers to connect the engineering activities taught in the classroom with local funds ofknowledge and local engineering opportunities (Hammack et al., 2022; Hammack et al., 2021).Each of the four participating

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Simone Nicholson, Florida International University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Tina Fletcher; Brittany Boyd

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

within education for historically excluded individuals, with a particular focus on women in engineering and computing and STEM education at HBCUs. Additionally, Dr. Fletcher is researching economic equity, and the impact of finances on students’ success and academic persistence. She is a 2022 recipient of the NSF Early CAREER award and has received several awards at the institutional and national levels. Prior to academia, Dr. Fletcher served as the Director of Pre-college for the National Society of Black Engineers and worked for two Fortune 500 companies. You can follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter @trinalfletcher and LinkedIn.Simone Nicholson, Florida International University I am a second year doctoral student at

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Tess Doeffinger, The Citadel; Anthony Songer, Boise State University

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Professional Papers

to think intensively and critically and to live ethically and morally. Dr. Batouli received Harry Saxe Teaching award in 2022 based on students’ votes and students evaluation of instruction. His previous research has resulted in more than 30 referred journal and conference publications as well as five research reports. His past research received major awards and honors including a third-place best poster award from the construction research congress and a Dissertation Year Fellowship from Florida International University in 2016.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in

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Engineering Futures: Navigating the Pathways of Education, Inclusion, and Professional Growth

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajita Singh, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

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

College of Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design program from Arizona State University, 2022. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLE Technological University, India. He is a certified IUCEE International Engineering Educator. He was awarded the ’Ing.Paed.IGIP’ title at ICTIEE, 2018. He is serving as an Associate Editor of

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 2: Program Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily M Wortman-Wunder; Miriam Howland Cummings Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

-peer teachingassistant (TA) (2017-present), a Peer Advocate Leader (PAL) (2017-present), and an IndividualPeer Mentor (2019-present) who met with each student once a week [17].OutcomesThree measurements were used to determine the initial success of the ELC project: rate ofstudents earning a D or an F or withdrawing (DFW rate), Faculty Course Questionnaire (FCQ)scores for the course, and anonymous student comments on the FCQs.When comparing the pass rates (grades of C or higher) of the STEM and non-STEM sections ofComposition I and II taught by the same instructor between Fall 2017 and Fall 2022, a chi-squaretest revealed a statistically significant association (χ2(1) = 40.79, p < .00001; see Table 2), withSTEM sections demonstrating higher

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Work-in-Progress Session: Exploring Learning and Development in Engineering Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Megan Ennis, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

students in a senior-level aerospaceengineering course at a different large, historically white, research-intensive, public university (Benham etal., 2022, Ennis et al. 2023). This work seeks to investigate undergraduate students’ perceptions andawareness of macroethical issues in aerospace engineering from a purely qualitative lens using agrounded theory methodological framework. Qualitative data from the survey explored students’perspectives of what it means to be an ethical engineer, unethical practices in engineering, and otherrelated questions and were inductively analyzed to identify common themes. Preliminary findings fromthe data analysis–the initial coding phase of a longer constructivist grounded theory analysis–identifiedthat students

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ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

in mechanical engineering. He is a Senior Member of the Society for Manufacturing Engineering (SME), a member of the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 The Effect of High School ACT Scores on First-Year GPA of First-Generation Engineering UndergraduatesIntroductionFirst-generation (FG) college students are generally defined as those undergraduates whoseparents’ highest level of education is a high school diploma or less, or whose parents have neverenrolled in postsecondary education [1]. In the recent

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Computer Science

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

100%effectiveness due to requiring access to physical equipment and infrastructure”. Studentassessment and exam integrity are still the challenges in online courses.Our ApproachesA team of faculty members in computer science, mechanical engineering and constructionmanagement at Alabama A&M University implemented evidence-based instructional practices inthree gateway courses in STEM curricula in a synchronous online format from spring 2020 tospring 2022. Recognizing that it is essential to implement effective pedagogies in gatewaycourses where most attrition occur, this study has focused on: (1) designing three online gatewaycourses in computer science, mechanical engineering and construction management byintegrating evidence-based

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ERM: Year of Impact on Racial Equity

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Engineering (PACE). She also manages program evaluations that provide actionable strategies to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. This includes evaluation of NSF ADVANCE, S-STEM, INCLUDES, and IUSE projects, and climate studies of students, faculty, and staff. Her social science research covers many topics and has used critical race theories such as Community Cultural Wealth to describe the experiences of systemically marginalized students in engineering. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com WIP: ASEE Year of Impact on Racial Equity: Impetus & VisionAbstractThis is the first of four WIP

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University

Award to critically examine the professional formation of undergraduate student veterans and service members in engineering.Hannah Wilkinson Hannah Wilkinson is a graduate student in Engineering Education at Utah State University. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2019 from the University of Utah. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com CAREER: ‘Support our Troops’: Re-storying Student Veteran and Service Member Deficit in Engineering through Professional Formation and Community Advocacy: YEAR 1IntroductionThere is an urgent need to recruit, train, and sustain a diverse engineering workforce

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DEI and Other

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Niloofar Kalantari, George Mason university; Sarah Wittman, George Mason University; Vivian Genaro Motti, George Mason University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

qualitative approach post shared from October 2021 toJanuary 2022 in the subreddit r/adhd and r/autism, an online community for neurodiverseindividuals. Applying thematic analysis, we identified how neurodiverse individuals share job-related concerns and seek advice from community members. Our results show that most job-related posts are classified as having a negative or neutral sentiment. Furthermore, this analysis ofsocial media content is particularly relevant to graduate courses on Information Representation,Processing, and Visualization, as it encompasses the entire analysis pipeline, from data collectionto visualization, and serves as a valuable case study or project example for students to apply thetheoretical concepts learned in these

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jentry E. Campbell, Dartmouth College; Stephen Krueger, Dartmouth College

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Paper ID #37905Board 96: Exploring the Impact of Textbook Costs on UndergraduateEngineering MajorsJentry E. Campbell, Dartmouth College Jentry Campbell is a Librarian for Research & Learning for STEM at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. She works primarily as a liaison to Thayer School of Engineering. She obtained her MLIS from the University of British Columbia.Stephen Krueger, Dartmouth College ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Exploring the Impact of Textbook Costs on Undergraduate Engineering MajorsAbstractIn the fall of 2022, the

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 2: Thermo-Fluids Projects and Active Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth "Elisha" M.H. Garcia Ph.D., PE, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

nuanced and have since been replaced.Table 1: Comparison of ABET EAC Student Outcomes, 2022-2023 and Project-Based Learning(PBL) [2]. ABET EAC Criterion 3. Student Project-Based Learning Intersection Outcomes, 2022-2023 (PBL) 1. an ability to identify, formulate, and PBL requires students to approach a complex solve complex engineering problems by problem and identify the fundamentals at applying principles of engineering, play science, and mathematics. 2. an ability to apply engineering design to PBL is easily applied to societal engineering produce solutions that meet specified applications that require consideration of the needs with consideration of

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Student Experiences and Development – Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tejas Gupta, Nanyang Technological University ; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Michael Jin Khoo, Singapore University of Technology and Design

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

involvingvarious individual and contextual factors (Lent et al., 2008; Mohd et al., 2010). Especially thegrowing emphasis on careers in STEM subjects, in particular engineering, should start fromearly childhood (e.g., Cunningham et al., 2018; Xiang et al., 2023) to high school (e.g.,Burley et al., 2016; Youngblood et al., 2016) levels by facilitating STEM literacy amongstudents as well as improving teachers’ teaching engineering confidence (e.g., Hammack &Yeter, 2022). Within Singapore, where the workforce is highly skilled and competitive,career decisions are crucial for individuals to attain successful and satisfying careers(Kuruvilla & Chua, 2000; Selvaraj, 2015). The demand for STEM-related careers in recentyears has boosted substantially

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Promoting Social Sustainability, Cultural Assets, and Assessing Equity and Diversity Index

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Judith Rivera, Florida International University ; Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

current demandfor professional engineers on the island and in other states where professional certification can beendorsed. Presented by the United States of America Bureau of Economic Analysis report for thefirst quarter of 2022, the construction industry's nominal value added was 4.1 percent of the GDPand projected to reach a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 5 percent from 2022-2026 [21]. Thisprojection of industry growth exacerbates the ongoing crisis of workforce shortage that currentlyexists in the industry in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reportpublished in April 2022, employment in engineering and architecture professionals projected toincrease by 6 percent between 2020 and 2030. As a result, the construction

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Work-in-Progress Session: Emergent Methods for Engineering Education Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Tech ; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Gabriella Torres; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

we have will drive us and each other outside our comfort zones, and then our actions will do the same thing. I think that’s the power that we have to make change.”- Author Corey Bowen from Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellows’ Perspectives on Advancing Women and Gender Equity in Engineering panel during the 2022 ASEE Annual ConferenceThe value of panel discussions is derived from an understanding that there is value in capturingand presenting a wide range of viewpoints that could benefit a diverse audience. Paneldiscussions at conferences, in particular, are used to exchange viewpoints among expertsworking as a team, whether or not panelists agree on all issues, to create an interesting discussionfor the audience [1