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Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Isabella Stuopis, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Melissa R. Mazan, Tufts University

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supporting discourse and design practices during K-12, teacher education, and college- level engineering learning experiences, and increasing access to engineering in the elementary school ex- perience, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). https://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/faculty/kristen- bethke-wendellDr. Melissa R Mazan, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Clinical Sciences Director, Tufts Equine Respiratory Health Laboratory American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Natalie L. Shaheen, Illinois State University; Anne Therese Hunt; Daniel Kane, Utah State University

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measured spatial skills in undergraduate engineering studentsand performance in rigorous engineering courses. It has been found that students demonstratinghigh spatial skills are typically more successful in coursework and degree completion [8], [9].Furthermore, spatial ability is critical in many career paths, especially those involving STEMoccupations. Significant evidence of this can be found in a longitudinal study that revealed thathigh school students identified as high spatial performers went on to attain higher educationalachievements and career proficiency [10], [11]. Also, of distinct importance, we know thatspatial skills are malleable, meaning that they can be taught, learned, and maintained over time[12]. This finding is particularly

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ERM Technical Session 24: Studies on Socioeconomic Status

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin Charles Major, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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focuses on the storied expe- riences of socioeconomically disadvantaged students at intersections of race/ethnicity, class, and gender in engineering education.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science

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ERM Technical Session 3: Working in Teams

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tara C. Langus, University of Nevada, Reno; Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Educational Research

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Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mativo, The University of Georgia; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. Investigations of interdisciplinary graduate programs nationawide are funded through her NSF CAREER award. Page 13.970.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Perceptions of Engineering EducationAbstractThe impact of engineering education seems to be felt in all veins of

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University

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elements of students’ engineering education contribute to the changes observed in questions one and two? What do students find difficult and how do they deal with the difficulties they face? Page 13.633.2 • WORKPLACE: What skills do early-career engineers need as they enter the workplace? Where did they obtain these skills? Are there any missing skills? How are people’s identities transformed in moving from school to work?The APS has utilized a variety of methods including surveys, structured interviews, ethnographicmethods, engineering design tasks, and academic transcripts to gain a broader and richer pictureof

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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learning scientists in twouniversities has been working on a collaborative grant project funded by the Department ofEducation for the purpose to enhance the student diversity in STEM fields. In this project, weaimed at (1) contextualizing the student learning experience in STEM fields, and (2)implementing an integrated STEM education approach to teach the skills and knowledge that arenecessary to be competent in engineering and technology careers in 21st century. The researchobjective of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of evidence-based instructionalstrategies and the integration of the maker culture on students’ problem solving and life-longlearning skills. Specifically, we introduce evidence based pedagogy together with

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Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University

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identified leadership as one attribute that engineering students must develop by thetime of graduation along with the following traits: strong analytical skills, creativity, ingenuity,and professionalism1. This is because of the growing number of opportunities for engineers whowork in the multidisciplinary environments to take a leadership role as their career advances inthe social-political-economic world1. Similarly, in the report entitled Educating the engineer of2020: Adapting engineering education to the new century published by National Academy ofEngineering reinforced importance of engineering students’ leadership development as reformsfor engineering educators2.While engineering experts in academia and industry considered leadership as one

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Persistence and Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Van Dyken, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Patrick Gerard, Clemson University

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leave the university, compared to 21%, 15%, and 10% thatbegin in calculus I, II and III respectively. These values are at the same level as attrition rates forengineering majors over an entire college career, which are reported to be between 40 and 50percent3,5,7,8.At our university, students are not eligible to take introductory engineering courses if they startin precalculus. This adds another obstacle for students that are already starting behind inmathematics. Burtner found that a student’s confidence in their college level mathematics abilitysignificantly predicted persistence in engineering9. If students are getting the message that theirmathematics skills are too weak to take an engineering course in their first semester, many ofthem may

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Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Craig Zywicki, Purdue University; David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University

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National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering’s Harry L. Solberg Best Teacher Award (twice), and the ASEE Mechanics Division’s Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. In 2014, Dr. Rhoads was selected as the inaugural recipient of the ASME C. D. Mote Jr., Early Career Award and was featured in ASEE Prism Magazine’s 20 Under 40.Prof. Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette Charles M. Krousgrill is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the same institution. He received his B.S.M.E

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Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reed Stevens, Northwestern University; Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University

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Paper ID #16865Institutional Obstacles to Ethnographic Observation in Engineering IndustryProf. Reed Stevens, Northwestern University Reed Stevens is a Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Mathe- matics from Pomona College and PhD in Cognition and Development from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Stevens began his professional career as a mathematics teacher. For the past two decades, he has studied STEM learning both in and out of school. His research seeks to understand how and when learning environments are productive for people and to translate those findings

Conference Session

Works in Progress II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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engineering experience, especially within and across cultural boundaries. Through this research, she aims to inform the development and evaluation of these initiatives in a variety of contexts.Prof. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

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AC 2008-609: IMPLEMENTING INFORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AND AFEEDBACK AND REVISION LOOP TO ENHANCE LEARNING INENGINEERING COURSESWarren Hull, Louisiana State University Warren R. Hull, Sr. is the Engineering Communications Coordinator at Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and an M.S. in Environmental Health from Harvard University. His engineering career spans nearly 40 years. He is a licensed Professional Engineer who was previously an engineering consultant, and is also a retired military officer.Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Associate Dean for Engineering Undergraduates

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Learning From Experts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Mustafa A. Biviji, Carnegie Mellon University

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were with experts who had career experience as educators aswell as innovators.Mental Models‘Mental models’ is a psychological term that refers to people’s construction of a “model” in theirmind of real or imaginary situations. A mental model captures a connected set of observations,assumptions and beliefs about a domain-specific situation that people draw upon when they thinkof the situation. Peter Senge writes, “Mental models are deeply held internal images of how theworld works, images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. Very often, we are notconsciously aware of our mental models or the effects they have on our behavior”12. The familyof methods called “mental model approaches” attempts to characterize people's intuitive

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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kenya Z. Mejia, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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survey, were developed using variouslearning models, such as Bloom’s Taxonomy cognitive and affect domain, and Dee Fink’sTaxonomy of Creating Significant Learning Experiences, to ensure we captured multiplelearning opportunities. Students give answers by choosing their level of agreement on a likertscale for each of the items. Our items ask about expected learning outcomes such as “I betterunderstood what had been confusing about a topic” and “I understood how the topics in thiscourse can be applied to the real world,” which relate to course content knowledge andknowledge relevant to their careers. Additionally, our items ask about novel potential learningoutcomes such as “I realized the skills I gained [in this context] will help me in my

Conference Session

Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed the STEAM LabsTM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and building chain reaction machines. He has appeared on many TV

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sislena Ledbetter, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Janice McCain, Howard University

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sophomore engineering students’academic experience and engineering identity. Finally, a broad range of divergent and parallelviews shed light and provide insights about diversity and its impact on their potential careers astold by a cross section of sophomores from around the United States; yet, these data are notmeant to generalize beyond the population from which it was taken. This paper contributesimportant knowledge to the growing body of literature in engineering education and diversity.IntroductionBurgeoning research on diversity in engineering consistently reveals that engineering strugglesto keep pace with trends in the increasingly growing global marketplace1. Numerous ideas havebeen put forth as to why student attrition among some groups

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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Banzaert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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expected that dramatic transformations would notappear in this initial assessment. However, the initial positive changes promote the value of S-Lfor engineering students. Both schools appear committed to continue the effort of integrating S-L into core courses, and to continue to assess this transformation.Previous research has shown that additional outcomes for MIT’s 2.009 service learning classinclude significant changes in career aspirations, with a preference toward engineering-orientedones following the class; more interest in service-oriented activities by minority students; andwomen having a greater increase in their confidence than men in using certain engineeringskillsiv. The results of other items on the UML student surveys, such as

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno; Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Blanca Miller, University of Nevada, Reno; Jessica Nicole Chestnut, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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EDS pursuit ofdoctoral-level careers in engineering. To begin addressing the paucity of literature in graduateeducation related to student attitudes, we address the following research question: How do engineering doctoral students’ perceptions of the future influence the ways in which they approach graduate-level tasks?To answer the above research question we also address two sub-questions: 1. How do engineering doctoral students define their future? 2. How do engineering doctoral students relate their future selves with present tasks?BackgroundThe nature of our study takes an interpretive, qualitative approach as to capture how EDS utilizetheir perceptions of the future to navigate their graduate

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

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-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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particularlyinterested in conducting an intersectional analysis of the survey data to determine which funds ofknowledge are most relevant to first-generation college students based on demographiccharacteristics, such as race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and gender, and other descriptors, i.e.,transfer student status, language spoken at home, and career expectations to name a few.Understanding the funds of knowledge of first-generation college students in engineering has thepotential to benefit both these students and their continuing generation peers. First, these can serveas inspiration for culturally-relevant pedagogy that would enhance first gen student learning andinterest in engineering. We echo the sentiments of Wilson-Lopez et al.’s [2] ethnographic

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ERM Technical Session 16: Faculty Development and Teaching Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Sue Ellen Woodcock, University of Michigan; Nicole Erin Friend, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan

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teaching. Cassie received a B.A. in Engineering Sciences at Wartburg College (Waverly, IA).Nicole Erin Friend, University of Michigan Nicole Friend is currently a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S in Bioengineering: Biosystems from the University of California, San Diego in 2017. Nicole’s research interests are centered around regenerating vasculature in ischemic envi- ronments. Nicole is also interested in more broadly defining the field of tissue engineering and regenera- tive medicine to inform curriculum design and student career trajectories.Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is faculty in Engineering Education and Biomedical

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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interest focuses on changing the deficit base perspective of first-generation college students by providing asset-based approaches to understanding this population. Dina is interested in understanding how first- generation college students author their identities as engineers, use their agency to (re)create their multiple identities in the current culture of engineering.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the

Conference Session

Instrument Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University, Department of Physics; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University

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courses.10, 11Real-world applications. Many aspects of engineering courses can be viewed as relating to thereal world. To narrow the definition, real-world applications was described as when an instructordeliberately demonstrates relevance through the integration of problems that are related to real-world problems and/or underscores connections to industry and design. Integration of pedagogythat emphasizes relevance and connections to the real-world has been shown to support studentengagement, persistence, and comprehension.12 Integration of real-world applications moves theresponsibility to instructors to be explicit about the real-world application of what is beinglearned and to clarify how future careers integrate these skills.Real-world

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Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jacob Allen Cress, University of Dayton; Patrick W. Thomas, University of Dayton

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technicalengineering content knowledge. The case study draws upon interviews with human resourcepersonnel and managers, and focus groups of early-career engineers at five companies ofregional and national status operating in Southwest Ohio. In addition, the study makes use ofobservational data and textual analysis of documents collected from faculty teaching inmechanical and civil engineering programs at the university. Interview and focus group datawere coded thematically to identify organizational values for effective professionalcommunication, engineers’ knowledge about effective communication, and genres and texttypes. Instructor-supplied documents, including syllabi and assignments descriptions, wereanalyzed to determine the presence of class activities

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Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mel Sabella, Chicago State University; Stephanie Barr, Chicago State University

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introductory physics classes at theinner-city university, (2) involve undergraduate science majors in the implementation,assessment, and creation of innovative teaching materials, and (3) document the effectiveness ofthe implementation in promoting student learning through the use of multiple assessmentinstruments.Almost all students enrolled in these introductory courses are majors in the science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In order for these students to succeed as theymove through their academic and professional careers, they require preparation that goes wellbeyond what the traditionally taught physics course often provides. Rather than developing askill set that involves pattern matching and formula manipulation

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Knowing Our Students II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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2006-2047: TRACING STUDENT DEVELOPMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION OFENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOSJennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students’ preparedness for professional engineering

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Cental Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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the wind flow effects on tall structures, a civil engineering student wrote,“This subject is ideal for my major, as I am a civil engineer. Since I am doing my internship in astructural engineering firm, and structural engineering is what I hope to do as a career once Igraduate, wind pressure study on buildings are very important to me and my future success”.Assessment Process – Performance Indicator IThe first performance indicator focuses on the ability of students to recognize the attributes of alifelong learner. This task was accomplished using a survey conducted after students havecompleted their research projects or solved an open-ended design problem. Completion of thesurvey was mandatory as no grade was issued for those who did not

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Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Paper ID #33085A Two-step Model for the Interpretation of Meaningful RecognitionMiss Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey completed her Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada and then worked in the aerospace industry for a few years. She has since returned to school and is working on her Master’s in mechanical engineering alongside her Ph.D. in engineering education at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests are engineering identity and construction for undergraduate, graduate, and career engineers with an emphasis on the construct of recongition.Ms. Indira Chatterjee

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Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Colorado School of Mines; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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name a few. Presentvariables include college GPA, factors related to school environment, and student effort andbeliefs. Future variables include students’ beliefs about salary and work demands, careerattainment, and expectations related to marriage and family.3While student demographics and social history influence college choice, current research isincreasingly examining the effects of the college experience itself on students’ decisions relatingto their major and career. In particular, research into engineering persistence is examining theacademic environment—classroom instruction, social pressures, departmental culture, andinstitutional structure—to determine the extent to which these factors impact students generally,and in particular