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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

a team of 4 or 5students). Thus, based on the technical quality of the bridge designs, the lower peer ratings forMiddle Eastern students may reflect biased ratings by peers, while the lower peer ratings ofChinese students appear to have some objective justification.It is possible that in fact Middle Eastern and Chinese students contributed less to the team projectthan majority peers, on average. Putting together the written report and completing the groupdiscussion elements could be distributed unevenly among team members. For example, thosewith better writing skills may naturally take on these tasks. While the quality of the bridge itselfcreated by Middle Eastern students was comparable to average students in the course, the MiddleEastern

Conference Session

Capstone Pedgagogy

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C. Richard Compeau Jr., Texas State University; Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University

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lab reports associated with other classes. One goal of capstone isto prepare engineering students for the workplace. An area of improvement in our program wasthe mentorship experience that many new graduates will encounter when employed. As a result,five semesters ago the Electrical Engineering program at Texas State University implemented amentorship model in which second semester capstone students were assigned to mentor firstsemester capstone students. It was felt that first semester students might gain valuable insightand direction since they were speaking with peers who possess a student perspective and who arespeaking the same language. Anecdotal evidence suggested that the mentorship model wasworking and as a result the other two

Conference Session

Design Teams 2

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eltahry Elghandour, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eileen W. Rossman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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alternative method enables students to form their ownteams in a dynamic faculty-guided setting: Students place nametags on their top project posters,speak with other interested students, and move their nametags as needed until each project hadteams with the appropriate size and skillset.Teams formed using these two approaches have completed a full year-long senior design projectexperience. Throughout these experiences, we collected data to help answer our two keyquestions. We used student surveys about the experience and the class, peer feedback on teamdynamics, focus group discussions, and faculty observations. The results are inconclusive: Thedifferences between the two approaches are small, indicating that either approach could be usedto enable

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

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Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, United Arab Emirates University; Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University

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approach to build competence. A workshop method was designed andused for the students to gain competence in more than ten conceptual design methods. Thestudents produced the designs in two steps: first as small groups producing the design andpresenting to the peers and a panel of judges for critiquing and in the second rectifying theshortcomings identified from the presentations and feedback from judges. In the subsequentexamination, majority of the students performed well in the question relating to the activitiessurrounding the workshop. The results obtained from this study suggest that Workshopmethod can be an effective method to teach large number of conceptual design methods to aheterogeneous group of students.Key words: Conceptual Design

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

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Nicole Danielle Trenchard, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christopher Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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frequently usedskills such as technical writing, presentation of calculations, and creation and iteration of drawingusing CAD or 3D modeling packages. This cycle also challenges students in leadership positionsto design assignments for their peers on a variety of topics and for a variety of project phases.These students must critically assess the project’s scope and fit the work to be done into week-by-week assignments.Though the projects completed in Humanitarian Design Projects are community-basedinfrastructure in nature, the model described in this paper has significant potential forimplementation with other PBL opportunities that are typically excluded from the classroom, suchas extracurricular engineering project and competition clubs. The

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

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Aaron Justin Joya, Georgetown University; Khadijah Jordan; Miranda Nicole Washington; Grace Barar, University of Washington; Alison Gray, University of Washington; Rylie Sweem; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Design in Engineering Education

of designing solutions for ill-structured problems [2]. Wewanted to understand this reflection-in-action component. Like the “water” that the fish swimthrough in Wallace’s story, we see parallels to the ways in which our design students navigatethe design processes they engage in. Here, questioning “what the hell is water?” is a moment ofreflection-in-action. Schön writes that professional practitioners often consider their actionswhile they are doing them and states that they ask questions like “‘What features do I noticewhen I recognize this thing? What are the criteria by which I make this judgment? Whatprocedures am I enacting when I perform this skill? How am I framing the problem that I amtrying to solve?’” (pg 50).Our goal for our

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Design in Engineering Education

students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

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Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida; Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

backgrounds, and various contextual influences.The proposed framework capitalizes on the use of existing survey tools and course data toconduct a mapping of faculty mentor beliefs/practices against student perception and recognitionof those practices. In conjunction with student reflective memos containing self-evaluations oftheir project and team experiences, interactions with faculty mentors, and overall satisfactionwith their educational experience, this data will combine to provide a multifaceted assessment ofwhich factors are influential and are value-added to the program. The mixed methods approachwill include quantitative statistical analysis of programmatic data, qualitative social networkanalysis-based assessment of peer evaluations, and

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

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Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

identification through an adapted entrepreneurship framework [7]. The lecture taught problem-centric design with an emphasis on choosing a market, identifying relevant problems, and developing a solution aligned with the competencies of the group. 2. All groups (MTE, ME, ECE) also participated in a field experience to the fourth-year capstone symposia. These are public events in which engineering students present their final designs at the conclusion of their capstone design projects. Visiting the symposia was intended to provide the third-year students with an opportunity to practice applying the need finding strategies by looking critically at the work of their older peers in the program. 3. Two

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

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Charlotte Marr de Vries, Pennsyvania State University, Behrend College; Jill Johnson P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Brian Lani

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Design in Engineering Education

artifact that may not behaveexactly as they predicted on paper. Due to their effectiveness, hands-on design projects areimplemented in numerous design courses across the world [3].Using 3D printing as an option allows students a technical method to prototype that is moreadvanced than simple low-fidelity models, but also safer and more accessible than constructingprototypes in a machine shop. As a result, 3D printing is used in a variety of design coursesincluding high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels of STEM education [4-6].Incorporating 3D printing into a course allows students to build upon critical thinking andproblem solving, as well as increasing writing and speaking skills [4]. However, as with mostnew technologies, teaching

Conference Session

Maker Spaces in Design Education

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Xinyu Liu, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University; Julia Yoo, Lamar University; Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Xianchang Li, Lamar University; Dorothy Sisk, Lamar University

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understanding of the research process. As the most important takeaway, afemale high school chemistry teacher said, I learned how research is done. I had the opportunity to work with a new professor and learn about their research and how it relates to 3D printing.From a follow-up survey conducted about six months after the RET experience, five RETparticipants responded. Of the five, four teachers said that they implemented their learnedexperiences from the RET into their teaching. The implementation rages from using scavengerhunt activities for Free-Body diagrams developed during the RET to writing and winning a$1,000 technology grant to purchase a 3-D printer and supplies by utilizing modules andactivities developed during the RET

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

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Shan Peng, University of Oklahoma; Zhenjun Ming, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

Student Design Essay Award”.Dr. Zhenjun Ming, University of Oklahoma Zhenjun Ming is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engi- neering of University of Oklahoma. He is working with Professor Farrokh Mistree and Professor Janet K. Allen at the Systems Realization Laboratory @ OU. His research interest is to create knowledge-based decision support methods and tools to facilitate designers in the design of engineered systems. Zhenjun has published more than ten peer-reviewed research papers and will publish a Springer Monograph in 2021. His education focus is to create an environment for students to learn by reflecting on doing.Prof. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Zahed

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

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Michelle Maher, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Jacob M. Marszalek, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Darran Cairns, University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #31275Challenges in a Freshman General Education ClassDr. Michelle Maher , University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Michelle Maher explores student research, teaching, and disciplinary writing skill development and higher education access and equity issues.Miss Kathleen O’Shea, University of Missouri - Kansas CityDr. Jacob M Marszalek, University of Missouri-Kansas City Education: Dr. Marszalek received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Statistics and Measurement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Teaching: Dr. Marszalek teaches undergraduate quantitative statistics and graduate courses in

Conference Session

Best In DEED

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Eric Cuellar, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominick Trageser; Ricardo Cruz-Lozano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Assistant in the Product Design & Development Lab at Texas Tech University. He has published multiple peer-reviewed publications and conference proceedings addressing the topics of Communication in Design, Creativity and Innovation, and Engineering Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Exploring the Relationship among Gender Composition, Activity Structure, and Brainstorming Novelty AbstractIdeation is a critical stage in the engineering design process and has substantial impacts ondownstream decision making. As a result, a better understanding of the factors that positivelycontribute to