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Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzette R. Burckhard P.E., South Dakota State University; Joanita M. Kant, South Dakota State University; Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Ross Peder Abraham, South Dakota State University; Richard Reid P.E., South Dakota State University

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on Pine Ridge Reservation and ethnographic research on Rosebud Reservation. That reservation research is part of an ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored Pre-Engineering Education Collabora- tive led by Oglala Lakota College (a tribal college) in cooperation with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and SDSU. She has recently served as a principal investigator for a South Dakota Space Grant Consortium project designed to create interest in STEM education and careers among high school girls at Flandreau Indian School. She has publications in peer-reviewed regional conference proceedings and international journals and has recently co-edited a book about bringing engineering to Native Hawai

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Practice II: Curricular Innovations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting; Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation

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research interests are in the areas of girls’ and women’s identities in STEM fields, engineering and computer science in K-12 education, and iteration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Instructional Strategies in K12 informal engineering education - Deep case study approaches to educational researchK-12 informal engineering education can support student confidence, interest, and awareness ofthe field of engineering [1,2,3,4]. Studies have suggested that K-12 informal learning caninfluence students’ awareness of the fields of engineering [5] as potential career opportunities.Researchers have also found that engineering activities outside of school can engage youth

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Before and After: Matriculants and Alumni

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Michelle Warner, Stanford University

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’ development as ECPs and their conceptionsof and preparations for their specific careers; 2) identify the educational and workplace factors,or combinations of factors, that most influence the development of engineering students intosuccessful ECPs; and 3) illuminate the pathways of early ECPs in terms of planning andpreparing to meet future career goals and overcome challenges. Framing the purpose andobjectives of PEARS in ways that would resonate with alumni was critical in the design of allcommunications with survey respondents.Benefits and Limitations of Surveying AlumniThe design of the PEARS deployment plan was informed by perspectives from scholars ininstitutional research and alumni relations. Ewell (2005) documents the history of surveying

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Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Megan Ellery; Gabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Definition Example Condition Preparedness for academic competency arising from a Funding •• Readiness combination of personal maturity Specified Career Goals • and favorable environmental Familiarity with Advisor conditions. An external stimulus for which an Coursework •• individual lacks the skills, Qualifying

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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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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., Utah State University; Ebenezer Ewumi, Washington State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

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and studied for over a decade. Continuing HIP research, however, isstill needed across varying activities and institutional contexts because HIP take different formsand are employed based on learner characteristics as well as institutional priorities [6]. Kuh [6]identified eleven high impact educational practices (HIP) as shown in Figure 1. Six of thesepractices (i.e., global learning and study abroad, internships, learning communities, seniorculminating experiences, service and community-based learning, and undergraduate research)have been reported by students to provide personal and practical, career-related gains in additionto support for deep learning of academic content [7]. Based on their demonstrated ability tosupport student personal

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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Page 12.420.10described intending to focus more on engineering-oriented extracurriculars in the future—including NSBE. “This semester I didn’t do much in engineering itself, mostly like, like clubs, 9the extracurricular things outside, just generally nothing very specific to engineering….Theyhave career fairs and stuff like that, but I really didn’t do much in engineering, so I’m trying todo that more next semester."Mark, a male Civil Engineering student, found his first year extremely difficult, because, “I playfootball out here, too. I joined in September and like it wasn’t a scholarship, I just walked on.”Mark said his academic advisor was

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Knowing Our Students, Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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: National Academies Press, 2007.4. Bandura, A., Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1997.5. Pajares, F., "Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Academic Settings," Review of Educational Research, Vol. 66, No. 4,1996, pp. 543-578.6. Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., Schmidt, J., Brenner, B., Lyons, H. and Treistman, D., "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 50, No. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.7. Schaefers, K. G., Epperson, D. L. and Nauta, M. M., "Women's Career Development: Can TheoreticallyDerived Variables Predict Persistence in Engineering Majors?," Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 44, 1997,pp

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ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Robert Renaud PhD, University of Manitoba

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engineeringeducation research to explore how engineering stakeholders conceptually understand or ‘cluster’ thegraduate attributes.In a large research university in Western Canada, an exploratory case study was designed with theoverarching objective to investigate whether the engineering programs in the Faculty of Engineeringemphasized the CEAB graduate attributes to reflect their reported importance by student, faculty andindustry member stakeholders. One purpose of the study was to determine how the CEAB graduateattributes cluster – or group – in practice for an Engineering-in-Training (EIT) at the beginning ofhis/her engineering career so that engineering education can be designed to more closely reflectengineering practice. In other words, when an engineer

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, University of Colorado; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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mentoring program at a large state university. Each undergraduate student was expectedto attend a weekly one hour seminar to learn more about the process of engineering research andwork three to five hours per week in a research lab, supervised by a graduate student mentor, inorder to earn one course credit. Pilot implementation of the program targeted underrepresentedminorities and female undergraduate students in the hopes that hands-on research experienceguided by a graduate student would improve undergraduate retention of these populations, apriority of the engineering college. The mentoring program also strived to increase interest inengineering careers and research for all students while providing graduate students withexperience mentoring

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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-track facultypositions is often linked to the conflict between childcare responsibilities and the normativeacademic tenure-track pathway, previous studies have tended to focus on individual life choices,rather than the effects of institutional-level policies and structure. More recent research onwork/life policies in higher education have pushed our understanding of how organizationalstructure and political climates at the department and institution levels influence the ability offaculty members to integrate career and life responsibilities. Many postsecondary institutionsoffer more generous work/life benefits than required by the 1993 Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA), which provides employees with 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for

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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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Jiaqi Zhang, University of Cincinnati; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati

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items quantifying 16 latent non-cognitive constructs: 1). Academic motivation (AMO), 2).persistence (PST), 3). mastery learning goal orientation (MLG), 4). personal achievement goalorientation (PAG), 5). deep learning approach (DLA), 6). surface learning approach (SLA), 7).problem-solving approach (PSA), 8). implicit beliefs about intelligence and person as a whole(IMB), 9). self-worth in competition (SWC), 10). self-worth in other’s approach (SWO), 11).social engagement (SCE), 12). teamwork (TWK), 13). decision making in college major (DMC),14). fit with major/career (FIT), 15). occupational confidence (OCC), and 16). curiosity andexploration (CEI). The second column in Table 1 shows the number of items in each construct,ranging from 3 in SWO

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Studies of Shifting In-person Courses to Online and Students' Online Behavior

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Beata Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew Whitehead, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine the longitudinal career pathways of engineering PhDs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Institutional Supports for Student Experiential Learning in Hybrid/Remote Learning ContextsAbstractStudents’ experiential learning in out-of-class involvements encompasses a significant part oftheir engagement and professional development in college. The covid-19 pandemic haschallenged the delivery of these experiential

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Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Jaleh Arya, University of California, Santa Barbara; Noreen Balos, University of California, Santa Barbara; Maria Teresa Napoli, University of California, Santa Barbara; Elizabeth Sciaky, University of California, Santa Barbara

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ofveteran individuals in STEM professional contexts. Our telling case focuses on a discovery thatemerged from discussion with a group of participants who are veterans; several memberscomment on how perceptions about public views of veterans can be a hindrance in pursuing civil(non-military, non-combat) careers in STEM. Our exploration of this interaction doubly serves asan illustration of the inquiry process and insight derived from IE in action. IntroductionIn recent years, qualitative inquiry has played an increasingly prominent role in higher educationresearch, as educators and scholars strive to understand the complexities of learning andinstruction within university and professional settings (Pasque

Conference Session

Motivation, Attitudes, and Beliefs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justine Chasmar, Goucher College; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University

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be included in the FoP construct, loaded into PIin this analysis. The negative language “I do not connect my future career with what I amlearning in this course” lends itself to the PI construct and may have confused students. The itemshould be altered or reconsidered for future analysis.This work is particularly valuable as FTP has been shown, quantitatively and qualitatively, tohave an impact on goal-setting and metacognitive strategies in the present [2], [6], [10]–[13], asstated in the Background section. By clustering students into homogeneous groups, practitionerscan better understand students’ goals, perceptions of their future, and the perceived utility ofclass content. By understanding these aspects of FTP, practitioners can better

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Emily Parry; Joanna Wright, University of Washington; Lauren Summers, University of Washington

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was significantly andpositively influenced by participation in cocurricular activities, including cultural clubs,academic clubs, professional associations, and undergraduate research [20]. Additionally, forunder-represented students of color, intentions to work for social change were significantlygreater than for other students within STEM.Beliefs alone, however, are not sufficient to guarantee or empower action among students as theyembark on their careers. To complement measures designed to capture general beliefs regardingsocial responsibility, this study also includes additional measures related to global sustainabilityin order to understand whether or not beliefs and knowledge regarding a specific societalchallenge predict a student’s

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Sin- gapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross- disciplinary educational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.Dr. Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven Ron Harichandran is Dean of the

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Hyungsok Choe, The University of Texas, Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Luis L. Martins, University of Texas, Austin; Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

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; Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstanding publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. Dr. Borrego is Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and

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Motivation, Identity, and Belongingness

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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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. 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 students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; John Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Lafayette 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 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

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Dawn G. Williams, Howard University; Leonard B. Bliss, Florida International University

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. Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University Kalynda Smith is a social psychologist and Rearch Associate in the Civil Engineering Department at Howard University. Dr. Smith has conducted research involving gender role stereotypes, cognition, and the academic achievement of African American students. She is currently working on a longintudinal study that is investigating the academic pathways African American undergraduate engineering students take throughout their academic careers. Dr. Smith’s research interests include the academic achievement of African American students in the STEM disciplines, development of the self among pre-adolescents, and the impact various forms of media has on students’ academic achievement.Dr

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They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

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of achievement,persistence, direction, and self-efficacy2-4; all are important in the field of engineering educationas many students, especially underrepresented minorities, leave before reaching their goal ofgraduating with an engineering degree.5 Because goal setting and monitoring involve reflection,both introspective and prospective, they can be difficult for engineering students to engage insince students are often uncomfortable with, and even resistant to, reflective activities. 6-8However, we observed that students began to engage in goal setting and monitoring as naturalby-products of the development of a professional portfolio. The professional portfolio is ademonstration of students’ preparation for an engineering career, and thus

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Peifeng Yin

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dissection, iii) Product redesign3.1 Description of Team Base Activities In both the Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) and Concurrent Engineering(IE 466), students work in teams to complete activities relating to both virtual and tactile learning.In the context of the EDSGN 100 course, customer needs analysis and product benchmarking wereperformed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Pugh Charts. With senior studentsin IE 466 (who had more exposure to the engineering design process throughout the course of theiracademic careers), more advanced customer-engineering methods such as the House of Quality(HOQ) were employed to analyze the design of the coffee maker. For the QFD component of theproject, students in IE 466 had

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Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jeffrey T. Luftig, Engineering Management Program, CEAS, University of Colorado - Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jordan Michelle Hornback

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: Access, Performance and Retention.The data and results presented in this paper represent a glimpse into the larger InclusiveExcellence Research Project, specifically exploring the impact of our first-year curriculumstrategy for underrepresented students. The research team posits that early development ofprofessional engineering identity is a critical piece to scaffolding academic excellence andpersistence within engineering. Identity development is investigated over time in four keycurricular interventions—two short summer bridge programs targeting underrepresentedpopulations, a large first-year engineering design course, and a large introduction to engineeringcourse designed to help students understand various engineering career tracks. A

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Sense of Belonging and Diversity in Engineering Programs, Courses, and Teams

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Paper ID #29685Work in Progress: Intersection of Race and Gender on Experiences ofUndergraduate Engineering Students of Color in Positional LeadershipRolesProf. Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on

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Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Laggini Fiore, Temple University; Shawn Patrick Fagan, Temple University; David Brookstein, Temple University

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Through a Course Redesign InitiativeBackgroundThere have been myriad studies that have examined factors that contribute to student retention inengineering programs. These studies have helped guide efforts in implementing effectivestrategies to increase student retention, persistence, and degree completion. Two common themesrelated to engineering retention that have emerged from the literature are individual andinstitutional factors. Individual factors can be summed up as aptitude, pre-college preparation,academic performance, affective factors, personality traits, and satisfaction; while institutionalfactors include academic engagement, academic and career advising, environmental and socialdynamics, and climate

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Understanding the Discipline of Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University

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Paper ID #19829Work in Progress: Signature Pedagogies in Engineering - Surface StructureDr. John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University John Tingerthal joined the Construction Management faculty at Northern Arizona University in 2007 and was appointed as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. His engineering career spans a variety of design and forensic engineering experiences. He spent the first eight years of his career performing structural consulting engineering in Chicago. He earned his Doctorate in Education and is currently the Associate Chair of the Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Environmental

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ERM Technical Session 21: Student Grades and Feedback

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Paper ID #26719Work in Progress - The GPA Trajectories of Engineering StudentsMr. Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hassan Al Yagoub is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research in- terests include diversity & inclusion, students’ persistence, advising and mentoring, engineering career pathways, and school-to-work transition of new engineers. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to beginning his doctoral

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ERM Technical Session 11: Leadership and Collaborations in Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Maria Lilley, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Paper ID #25584Work in Progress: Exploring the Attributes of a Prototypical Leader AsViewed by Undergraduate Engineering StudentsProf. Carmen Maria Lilley, University of Illinois, Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on syntheses of low

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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, cooperative learning, andrecruitment of under-represented groups in engineering; it also leads to better retention ofstudents, and citizenship (3), as well as helping meet the well-known ABET criteria (a)-(k) (4).Astin et al. (5) found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that S-L had significant positive Page 14.1055.2effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinkingskills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy,leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of aservice career, and plans to participate in

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ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University

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0.83 The candidate speaks a foreign language, has lived or worked in another country, or has worked with culturally different people. Page 14.438.3In October 2008, surveys were distributed to exhibiting companies who hire engineers at a smallengineering society conference (22 respondents). In February 2009 they were distributed tocompanies attending our university’s career fair (32 respondents). The respondents’ companieshired mainly mechanical (47 of 54 respondents) and electrical engineers (37 of 57 respondents).Other engineering types being hired with multiple responses were materials (19), chemical (19),computer (17