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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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D. Cenk Erdil, Sacred Heart University; Darcy Ronan, Sacred Heart University

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Paper ID #31131Impact on Computing Attitudes and Career Intentions in a Common FirstYear Program Survey CourseDr. D. Cenk Erdil, Sacred Heart University Dr. Erdil has joined Sacred Heart University’s School of Computer Science and Engineering in Fall 2017. Prior to SHU, he has held academic positions at Marist College, Columbia University Medical Center, and Istanbul Bilgi University. His research interests include using Cloud Computing as Artificial Intelligence Infrastructures, Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things, Teaching coding to P-12 students, and Health Informatics. He is the author of numerous peer

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Tommi Brooke Kenneda, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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assistant where she works with WV schools to inspire students to pursue a STEM career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 STEM Ambassadress Program (Research-to-Practice) Strand: OtherIntroductionIn this paper we describe our experience with our “STEM Ambassadress Program,” in whichfemale university students in STEM Background serve as the STEM Ambassadresses of femalehigh school students. The project is sponsored by American Association of University Women(AAUW) and NASA WV Consortium. The ambassadresses, who graduated from high schoolsrecently, will mentor high school girls in their high

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 4: Digital Learning Part II

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Kelly S. Steelman, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Kay L. Tislar, Michigan Technological University; Charles Wallace, Michigan Technological University; Nathan D. Manser, Michigan Technological University; Briana C Bettin, Michigan Technological University; Leo C. Ureel II, Michigan Technological University

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programming.IntroductionAlthough most engineering faculty and professionals view computer programming as an essentialpart of an undergraduate engineering curriculum, engineering students do not always share thisviewpoint. In fact, engineering students outside of computer and electrical engineering may notrealize the value of computer programming skills until after they have graduated and advanced intheir career [1]. Failure to find value in computer programming may have negative consequencesfor learning. Indeed, engineering students who do not view programming as interesting or usefulshow poorer performance on tests of programming concepts than students who do [2]. This findingis consistent with theories of technology acceptance [3-4] that emphasize perceived usefulness

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Chase Broyles, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Isabel Barrio Sanchez, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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West Virginiaare college ready for STEM. Apparently, female students in West Virginia need assistance tobecome competent and confident in STEM disciplines. Competition Of VEX EducationalRobotics to Advance Girls Education (COVERAGE) is a project aiming to inspire and supportfemale middle school and high school students to pursue STEM careers in West Virginia, fundedby the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation. Specifically, in the fall semester of 2019 and springsemester of 2020, West Virginia University Institute of Technology assisted teachers to organizeGirls Robotics Clubs in Kanawha County, Fayette County, and Lincoln County. Throughattending the robotics clubs, female middle school and high school students are expected tobecome more

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 11

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Shaya Wolf, University of Wyoming; Rafer Cooley, University of Wyoming; Mason Johnson, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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and education.Mr. Rafer Cooley, University of Wyoming Rafer Cooley is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Wyoming focusing on secure distributed systems. His interests include bio-inspired algorithms, Complex Adaptive Systems, and network protocols. He is currently working on bio-inspired solutions for securing industrial control systems.Mr. Mason Johnson, University of WyomingDr. Andrea Carneal Burrows, University of Wyoming Dr. Andrea C. Burrows is an Associate Professor at the University of Wyoming (UW) in the College of Education’s (CoEd) School of Teacher Education.She received her doctorate degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2011.She was awarded the UW CoEd Early Career Fellowship (2013), UW CoEd

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Mahmoud K. Quweider, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Yessica Rodriguez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Yessenia Rodriguez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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) relatedfields are key to the country’s continued economic, social, and military success, especially in anever-changing, global, connected, competitive, and technology-driven world. Therefore, it isimperative that colleges and universities continue their outreach efforts to recruit and expandopportunities in these highly sought after career fields. The growth that STEM related jobs areexperiencing is a direct result of the need to renovate the country’s physical and electronicinfrastructure through traditional and modern fields. With the ever-expanding use of 5G, drones,Big data, cloud computing and IoT, modern database systems, web technologies, social mediaplatforms, AI and Machine Learning algorithms, STEM related jobs are bound to

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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Wayne L. Chang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Carleen Sacris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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feedback control. Prof. West is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award and is a University of Illinois Distinguished Teacher-Scholar and College of Engineering Education Innovation Fellow.Prof. Craig Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Craig Zilles is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on computer science education and computer architecture. His research has been recognized by two best paper awards from ASPLOS (2010 and 2013) and by se- lection for inclusion in the IEEE Micro Top Picks from the 2007 Computer Architecture Conferences. He received the IEEE Education Society’s Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 2

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Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John Jongho Park, Penn State University

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Penn State University. Particular current areas of collaboration include STEM teacher development, immersive technologies, engineering education and evaluation. In addition, Dr. Jackson teaches a course in Penn State’s Higher Education Department.Dr. John Jongho Park, Penn State University Dr. Park is an assistant research professor in the Engineering Leadership Program at Penn State Uni- versity. There is four interrelated areas of inquiry characterize Dr. Park’s scholarship: psychological attributes, professional identity development, group processes, and engineering leadership development. Particularly, he examines how possible future-self influences engineering students’ learning, academic motivation, and career

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 5: Online Teaching and Learning

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven

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, Singapore, respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in Ed- ucational Psychology, specialized in Psychometrics at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Student and Faculty Perceptions of Integrated E-learning Modules Aimed at Developing an Entrepreneurial MindsetAbstractTraditional engineering curricula are often packed with predetermined credits limiting

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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Natalia Ozymko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew Allan McCarthy, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karle Flanagan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.Karle Flanagan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karle Flanagan is a Senior Instructor of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has taught introductory statistics

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Penn State Abington; Omar M. Ashour, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies

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and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education.Dr. Ashkan Negahban, The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies Dr. Ashkan Negahban is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies. He has a PhD and MS from Auburn University and a BS from University of Tehran (all in Industrial Engineering). His research interest is in the application of agent-based, discrete event, and Monte Carlo

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

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Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University

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computationally oriented courses in mechanical engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Collect, Carve, ClassifyAbstractThis work in progress demonstrates a simple example on data-mining and classification for amechanical engineering undergraduate elective course in the finite element method.As big data and machine learning continue to permeate and affect the viscera of society, newchallenges and career opportunities emerge. Organizations such as NSF, McKinsey globalinstitute, Gartner global newsroom, IBM, to name a few, have published projections on the globalimpact big data and machine learning on the job market and how these

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 9: Pedagogical Tools

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Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University; Santhosh Sivan Kathiresan, Kettering University

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in education by applicating the simulation procedures fornumerical analyzing tools such as SolidWorks and LS-DYNA using the example - seat railstructures. Understanding the various assumptions made and the procedural steps followed toperform design iterations using these software tools is critical to obtain accurate results. Use ofCAE and math tools allow students to explore ‘what if’ scenarios and develop critical thinkingskills needed in STEM careers. Designing components and assemblies that are lighter and safersaves energy and environment as a whole. Use of recyclable materials such as aluminumcontributes to these global issues. To conclude, computer usage in this work was very intensiveand key take away for readers in developing

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

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Bryan Weber, University of Connecticut

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, they are often worried about applyingprogramming to solve practical problems. The author finds a three-pronged approach works wellto make sure that students can engage with the portions of the material that require programming.First, it is crucial for students to recognize that some experience with programming will benefittheir careers. As more and more design tasks are accomplished in software, the ability to automatesimple tasks (e.g., report generation from a data table) or the ability to script within anotherapplication (e.g., to perform a parameter sweep in a design software) will be an importantdifferentiator in their careers.Listing 1: ThermoState code example demonstrating the output from an impossible unit conversion.The input syntax

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Nick Lux, Montana State University ; Barrett Frank, Montana State University; Shannon D. Willoughby, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres P.E., Montana State University - Bozeman; Rachelle Codie Weyerbacher, Montana State University

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Increasing the number of people who enter engineering, computer science, and otherSTEM-oriented fields has been expressed as a national concern over the past two decades as thenation's global economic position has long rested on the robustness of its STEM workforce [1,2]. One area of interest to policymakers and industry leaders is elementary and middle gradeseducation, where initial aspirations to a STEM career take root through encounters with mathand science that can predict later achievement within these fields. Spatial intelligence, or theability to make spatial judgments and visualize, has been shown to be a strong indicator ofmiddle school students’ future achievement in STEM related courses [3-5]. Further, researchershave pointed to spatial

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

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Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Mahmoud K Quweider, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Ala Qubbaj, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Emmett Tomai, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Hansheng Lei

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the PI on an NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Dis- coverers in Engineering and Science) project/Symposium for ADVANCING STEM Latinas in Academic Careers. Prior to his Dean position, Dr. Qubbaj served as Senior Associate Vice President/Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & Diversity at UTRGV. He is also a full professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Qubbaj received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma with specialization in combustion and energy system. His research has been sponsored by NSF, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense.Dr. Emmett Tomai, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Emmett Tomai is an

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 9: Pedagogical Tools

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Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University

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,” Systems Research and Behavioral Science, vol. 35, no. 4, 2018.[2] M. Borrego, J. Karlin, L. D. McNair and K. Beddoes, “Team Effectiveness Theory from Industrial and Organizational Psychology Applied to Engineering Student Project Teams: A Research Review,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 102, no. 4, 2013.[3] F. Morgeson, M. Reider, & M. Campion, “Selecting individuals in team settings: The importance of social skills, personality characteristics, and teamwork knowledge,” Personnel Psychology, vol. 58, no.3, 2005.[4] N. Dasgupta, M. M. Scircle, and M. Hunsinger, “Female peers in small work groups enhance women's motivation, verbal participation, and career aspirations in engineering,” Proceedings

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 6: Computer Science Freshman Courses

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Dawn McKinney, University of South Alabama; Alex Daniel Edgcomb, Zybooks; Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside

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methods. He is an author on more than 100 research publications in top journals and conferences. He received the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the European Design and Automation As- sociation (EDAA) in 2006, a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in 2009, and seven Best Paper Awards. He is an inventor on one US patent. He has authored eight textbooks on topics in- cluding C, C++, Java, Data Structures, VHDL, and Verilog, and he has contributed to several more. His recent textbooks with zyBooks utilize a web-native, active-learning approach that has shown measurable increases in student learning and course grades. He has also received multiple awards for Excellence at the Student Interface from

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 5: Online Teaching and Learning

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Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Max Mikel-Stites, Virginia Tech

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,process, or system. 1. Develop a plan of study for your undergraduate career 2. Articulate holistic issues that impact engineering solutions 3. Solve problems using systematic engineering approaches and tools 4. Model an engineering system 5. Synthesize information from several sources 6. Communicate information effectively 7. Contribute effectively to an engineering teamThe second course is a project-based course. Student teams are formed, and each section has a specifiedproject. Student teams progress through an engineering design process to design and prototype a deviceaccording to their section. Foundations of Engineering (2) (ENGE 1216) course objectives are as follows:Foundations of Engineering (2): As a