Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

peer mentors help mitigate the growing pains of entering the research environment foryoung students. Unfortunately, graduate student peers are resources that many teaching-focusedcolleges and universities like our institution, York College of PA, do not have. In this case,strong mentorship from – and a good relationship with – faculty advisors becomes increasinglyimportant [12], [13], [14]. Despite challenges faced by small institutions, Lilja [15] notes thatundergraduate students have a lot of potential to do research work. York College of PA offersonly bachelor’s degrees in engineering and focuses on teaching courses with smaller class sizes.We desire research activity, but we also wrestle with these limitations discussed above.York College

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Frary, Boise State University

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Materials

Understanding These Four Types of Mistakes Can Help Us Learn’ [21]. Write a short summary of each of the four kinds of mistakes. Which kind(s) do you make most often? Which kind do you think you are most likely to make it MSE 308?” ● As part of their weekly homework in week 9, students were asked, “Review the article ‘Why a Growth Mindset is Essential For Learning’ [22]. Which parts of the article resonate with you? Why? Has you approach to learning evolved in MSE 308 toward more of a growth mindset? Do you have ideas for things to try over the rest of the semester (or in future classes)?” ● As part of their weekly homework in week 13, students were asked, “Read the article ‘Forget Talent’ [23]. Which

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bartlett Michael Sheinberg, Houston Community Collelge; Amanda Smith Hackler, STEM Evaluations and Educational Consulting Services, LLC

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Diversity

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or early spring, the REEMS program sponsors materials professionals in“brown bag” seminars to discuss their careers, their academic backgrounds, and are asked toreview the mentors, teachers, and faculty who influenced their decisions that led them to theircurrent positions. The speakers conclude with words-of-wisdom to students regarding futurestudies and careers. Each of the professionals welcomes the opportunity to talk further withinterested students. Either in the fall or spring the REEMS PI, in collaboration with HCC student services,sponsors a series of student development workshops that emphasize the development of skills intime management, resume writing, and how to apply for scholarships, internships, collegetransfer, and

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bre Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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: The assorted assigned category cards that were distributed to the teams. Each teamreceived only one card.The second segment of the class period included whole class discussion and debrief of theprevious trash-sorting activity, starting with questions related directly to the trash sorting leadinginto larger questions of social context. After the class, students were invited to do an onlineindividual reflection to be completed within a week of the class.Module ImplementationApproximately 30 students from General, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering collaboratedwith their peers on the in-class portion of the module during a 55-minute class period in Fall2017. The activity was a required part of class. All students were invited to participate