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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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understand how middle school students’ interests and perceptions ofengineering are influenced by an out-of-school engineering experience and influences theircareer beliefs. Using a Holland’s theory of career choice, the preliminary analysis of this datahelped us identify student cases that demonstrate the complex relationships between students’changing perceptions of engineering, their interests, and beliefs about their future career. Thispaper shares two cases that represents the eighty-six percent of student profiles from themakerspace experience: (1) students with initial low interests and self-efficacy who demonstratehigh situational interests; and (2) students with high interests and uncertain self-efficacy whodemonstrate improved fit between

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Amna Hoda, University of Illinois at Chicago

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protective bicycle helmet.This paper reports on the development of these modules by bioengineering faculty at theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago.IntroductionIn the United States, there is both a shortage of engineers and a recognized gender and racialdisparity in engineering [1]. Despite representing 51% of the US population [2], womenaccounted for only 20.9% of all B.S. degrees granted in engineering in 2016, up only marginallyfrom 1997 [3]. Furthermore, during the same year, African Americans accounted for only 3.9%of those degrees, with African American women accounting for only 1% of the total [4].There have been several approaches at the pre-college level to address the persistent concernabout the lack of diversity and insufficient STEM

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University

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collection. These interactions are less often for assessmentpurposes. This project describes the development of a tool that can be used in formal andinformal spaces which capitalizes on behaviors students already do to capture data that mightotherwise be overlooked in engineering K-12 environments. For the purposes of less obtrusivepeer assessment (LOPA), students record themselves (or others) during class presentations orstudio critiques and assess each other after having been trained to identify elements of a K-12engineering epistemic frame (EEFK12).IntroductionEngineering design is a process and interpretive practice[1], and traditional assessments oftenfail to assess higher order thinking skills[2]. STEM content knowledge is assessed more often

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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Janille A. Smith-Colin, Southern Methodist University; Jeanna Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University

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)IntroductionDespite efforts to diversify engineering fields, issues with representation persist. In the U.S.,women receive only 21% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering, and black women account foronly 1% of these degrees [1]. Many issues may contribute to the underrepresentation of blackwomen in engineering, but one area that seems particularly fruitful to explore is that of identity.Identity is a person’s conception of self, and a positive STEM identity is associated with careeraspirations in STEM fields [2]. For women pursuing college STEM degrees, perceived identitycompatibility between identifying both as a female and as a STEM student is associated withgreater engagement in STEM and lower expectations of leaving the STEM major [3]. Out-of-school

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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James A. Moore; Matthew Dailey; Zachary Wilhelm, University of Utah; Kerry Kelly, University of Utah; Pascal Goffin, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah; Jason Wiese; Wei Xing, University of Utah; Katrina Myquyen Le, University of Utah; Thomas Becnel, University of Utah; Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon

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Philosophy in the field of computer engineering in 2021.Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel GAILLARDON American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engaging Middle and High School Students in Hypothesis Generation using a Citizen Scientist Network of Air Quality Sensors Figure 1: Salt Lake City Valley-wide air quality model of PM2.5 concentrations, 7/4/181 IntroductionPolluted air afflicts 90% of the world’s population and contributes to 7 million premature deathsevery year [1]. Salt Lake City, Utah periodically experiences some of the worst air quality inthe nation [2], yet is sparsely instrumented and subject to lengthy update intervals of one or morehours

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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attention in pre-college STEM education.Furthermore, Wing’s influential 2006 article made the case that CT should be a skill that all students,including pre-college and non-computer science majors, should learn [1]. However, if CT is somethingthat all students should learn then, as noted in [2], “to be useful a definition must ultimately be coupledwith examples that demonstrate how computational thinking can be incorporated in the classroom” (p.50). Therefore, in this study, we aim to characterize the computational thinking of first-grade studentswhile participating in a field-trip with activities that integrate CT into engineering tasks. The researchquestion for our work-in-progress study is: What does children’s engagement in computational

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Jennifer L. Kouo, Towson University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University

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Beauchamp, Adam Carberry, Stacy Klein-Gardner, Matt Miller, and Briana O’Neal Experts have identified an urgent need over the past decade to increase the number ofprofessionals in STEM disciplines [1, 2]. According to the Bureau of Statistics, the U.S. needs toincrease the number of STEM degree recipients by 34% on an annual basis [1]. The need forSTEM educators in K-12 education is highlighted as a particular population of STEMprofessionals that are in high demand due to the paucity of their numbers. Within K-12engineering education specifically, scholars note that improvements are difficult because thereare no clearly defined engineering curricula [3]. These same scholars note that most educatorsare unprepared to advise students in K-12

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Trinity Borland, Wartburg College; Ripken Gehrig Holst, Wartburg College; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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activitiesby participants, and the mentorship required by program instructors (engineering faculty,graduate students, and undergraduate student mentors), the participant pool was limited, and thepopulation for the camp was 45 students. Table 1 shows the demographics of the participants.Table 1. Demographics of student participants Category Number (Percentage) Age in years N (%) 13 8 (17.7%) 14 37 (82.2%) Sex N (%) Male 34 (75.5%) Female

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Chidubem Nuela Enebechi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Liesl Klein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sydney Taylor Serban, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Demographics and Career Perceptions of Manufacturing (Work in Progress) Introduction While manufacturing continues to be considered the backbone of economic growth in theUnited States (Nadine & Gielczyk, 2018), manufacturers continue to express concerns related tothe availability of a skilled workforce to fill the projected workforce demands—3.5 millionavailable manufacturing jobs by the year 2025 (The Manufacturing Institute & Deloitte, 2015).The 2018 report by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute revealed that manufacturingexecutives believe there to be three main factors contributing to this concern: (1) the retirementof the baby boomer population, (2) the shifting

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Ilchung Park, Oklahoma State University; Chulho Yang, Oklahoma State University; Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Young Bae Chang P.E., Oklahoma State University

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teaches the additive manufacturing technology through the dedicated undergraduate (MET 4173) class as well as through the hands-on training sessions and certification (level 1 to 4) in the Endeavor Digital Manufacturing Maker Space.Mr. Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University Aaron Alexander is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University. He received his BSE from Messiah College, his MSME from Purdue University, and his PhD from Oklahoma State University. Before entering academia he spent eleven years as an Acoustical/Noise Control Engineer in industry and still continues to consult in that field. His research interests are fluid flow, wind turbines

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Richard Duschl, Southern Methodist University; Kristine Reiley, Southern Methodist University; Kenneth Berry, Southern Methodist University

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Northridge (CSUN). In 2009, he moved to Texas to work at the Science and Engineering Education Center, and Caruth Institute of Engineering Education. He specializes in Engineering, STEM, and Project Based Learning instruction. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Dispositions Toward STEM: Exploring an Engineering Summer Camp for Underrepresented Students (Work in Progress)IntroductionEngineering fields continue to evolve and grow rapidly [1], resulting in an increasing demand forskilled workers [2]. However, representation within engineering fields is often inequitable, withwomen, Latinos, and African

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University; Robert Wimpelberg, University of Houston; Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University

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classrooms that are equally diverse. Divided into teams of five teachers of engineering foreach school level, TF's are creating guidelines for quality engineering instruction. In turn, theseguidelines are to be used by educators who want to incorporate engineering in their classroomsbut have little experience with the field and minimal access to professional development [1].While current support for such novice engineering teachers is often delivered in a "train-the-trainer" format using ready-made curricula, [2] TaLENt TF's are writing discrete sets of specific,measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART)[3] criteria that will facilitate K-12curricula development of customizable school-level engineering resource. TaLENt aims tosupport a

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Kristin Maria Repchick, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Consultant; Lauren Q. DiBianca Frye, Forsyth Country Day School; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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Education, 2020 Understanding Impact of a Design Thinking Intervention on Students’ Resilience (Work in Progress)IntroductionRecent developmental psychology research has revealed that, in an effort to protect youth fromharm/difficulties, current generations of students tend to be more sheltered from challengingopportunities [1]. As a result, students may be less able to cope with stressors and overcomeobstacles than earlier generations [2], making them underprepared for today’s demanding anddynamic work environment [3]. Many students do not possess the 21st Century skills needed toeffectively approach novel problems and produce innovative solutions [3],[4].In particular, individuals who have been sheltered from

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Selene Y. Willis, University of South Florida; Tonisha B. Lane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanović; Salam Ahmad; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Ahmirah Samayah Muhammad, BullsEYE Head Program Coordinator

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the UnitedStates that focus on promoting the development of youths' engineering identity and interest inSTEM-related career paths. In this paper, we present work in progress, focusing our discussion onrising 7th and 8th grade youth drawings and accompanying explanations of “an engineer in action,”as part of a summertime STEM summer outreach program for underrepresented minority middleschool youth. Our work is an adaptation of Draw an Engineer Test (DAET) [1] which focuses on thestereotypical understandings and (mis)conceptions adolescents have of scientists and engineers intraditional PK- 12 classroom settings. The context of this study, however, is an informal STEMlearning environment, entitled ​Bulls-Engineering Youth Experience for

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 18

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Alyssa Marie Eggersgluss, Playful Learning Lab; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Rachel Farah, University of St. Thomas; Cullen Charles Kittams, Playful Learning Lab; Emma Michelle Monson, University of St. Thomas; Krista Schumacher, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

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settings. Each workshop supported a claim that self-efficacy in music technology might be positively affected through engagement with Code + Chords, butno conclusive data was drawn. In November 2019, the Code + Chords team began this study to gain dataevaluating the effectiveness of one variation of a Code + Chords workshop in increasing self-efficacy inmusic technology.PurposeBy giving students the tools to intertwine coding with music, it was hoped that the workshops wouldcause students to better understand their learning abilities and become more confident in their ability tosucceed in technology- and music-related fields. Al Salami [1] explains the need to increase studentinterest in STEM fields. STEM fields are becoming increasingly prevalent

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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James R. McCusker, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Alex Spiro Burch; Jasmine Maya Andrade, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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nomenclature behind games can be misconstrued and can “provide some confusion for parentswhen it comes to technology and their children. How much technology should kids use, where canthey learn it from, and how can parents help?” [1]. The perception of screen time and games canoften be confused as restrictive for a student’s innovation and learning. Prensky (2001) “pointedout that combining games with educational objectives could not only trigger students’ learningmotivation, but also provide them with interactive learning opportunities” [2]. Games introducedin the classroom entertain the idea of engaging students through an educational interactive learningtool. Games can introduce many skills including “flexibility, critical thinking, problem solving

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Vahideh Abdolazimi, Drexel; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University; Jason Henderson, Girard Academic Music Program

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-gelatinmixture to explore fluorescence effect in macroscopic dots, a similar optical phenomenon in Q-dots at nanoscales. Instructors explained the concept of fluorescence as a quantum kinetic innanoparticles, which expanded the lesson through the theoretical discussion of Q-dots and theapplications of fluorescent Q-dots in contrast-enhanced biomedical imaging systems.Introduction Quantum dots are nanometer (nm)-sized particles, typically less than 10nm indiameter [1], composed of semiconductors which have been proven to be powerful probes forfluorescence imaging [2]. Fluorescence is a physical phenomenon in which a chemical compoundemits light of a particular color very shortly after being hit by light of another color [3] and is animportant tool used

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Zahraa Stuart, Stony Brook University; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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interest andknowledge. Four different projects were designed: 1) a 3D-printed spirograph, 2) a night light, 3) anoptical intrusion detection with memory, and 4) a traffic light. Students who participated in the camp(N=56) built and optimized their own take-home electronic devices. Pre- and post-surveys were collectedto analyze the students’ engineering self-efficacy, knowledge, and engineering skills. Results suggestedthat students’ self-efficacy and beliefs in succeeding in engineering majors and careers increased aftertheir experiences in the camp; they also improved their engineering knowledge and skills (p

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Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhidipta Mallik, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six phil- anthropic foundations, he has conducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU Tandon’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin- guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 9 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 62 journal

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Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin C. Wong, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union; Elizabeth M. Waters, The Cooper Union

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prototyping,microcontroller projects, 3D printing, laser cutting, and CAD. In 2018, the Makerspace sectionwas offered as an option out of ten sections at the Summer STEM program and differed fromprevious iterations of the curriculum because of the additional emphasis of Human CenteredDesign (HCD) to guide each student team’s design process. There are three primary goals in thisdocument to evaluate the 2018 Makerspace: 1) identifying how the curriculum fits withinexisting pedagogy, 2) depicting the organizational and teaching methods and 3) analyzing surveymethodology and responses to suggest trends and potential improvements.Background/Literature ReviewThe 2018 Makerspace section combined various design processes to reinforce the Project

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PCEE Resource Exchange

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

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provides research opportunities to K-12 STEM teachers who serve economically disadvantaged students.The teachers who work with these populations are often the most unprepared for teaching engineering and thus can most benefit fromthe experience and impact their students. The program objectives consist of the following: 1) Use nanotechnology researchexperiences focused on water sustainability to enhance teacher content knowledge; 2) Improve the quality of secondary Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education through the development of student-centered lessons and activities; 3)Create a cadre of teacher leaders; and 4) Disseminate NEWT RET outcomes broadly by creating a network of teachers that areactively learning about

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., Newport News Public Schools; LaTricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University

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, thintermediate-10 grade and advanced-11th grade (Fig. 1). Students enteredthe program as ninth graders andcontinued through to the junior year.The course was designed to provideexposure to research methods in STEM, engineering design principles and STEM careers andprofessionals. Course topics included research and career opportunities in STEM, the scientificmethod, engineering design process, data collection and analysis, fundamentals of Microsoft Exceland statistics. Each part of the course consisted of 10 class meetings for two hours per meeting asa part of the MSEN Saturday Academy. Class sessions were held in an academic building on thecampus of North Carolina State University.Course Learning OutcomesAt the conclusion of the course students should

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Tejaswini S Dalvi, Univerisity of Massachusetts, Boston

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, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/wendell/Dr. Tejaswini S Dalvi, Univerisity of Massachusetts, Boston c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Elementary Students’ Disciplinary Practices During Integrated Science and Engineering Units (Work In Progress)As the STEM and STEAM movements converge with the incorporation of the ​Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS)​ into state-level standards documents, there is deepened interest incontextualizing science learning experiences within engineering design problems [1], [2].Research conducted

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, North Carolina State University; Amber L. M. Kendall, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Daniel Gordon Mendiola Bates, North Carolina State University; Whitney N. McCoy, North Carolina State University

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the implementation of the camp, as well as lessons learned by each of theconstituencies. Preliminary assessment results include informal surveys and focus groups,coupled with observations of camp and video clip analyses. Preliminary results revealed thatstudents learned how to treat failure as a positive tool. Several lessons were learned about howto facilitate hands-on activities with students whose fine motor skills and 2-D to 3-Dvisualization skills have not yet developed.IntroductionThe Engineering Place at North Carolina State University, a large, public university, has beenconducting engineering summer camps for over fifteen years [1]. Several design elements of thesummer camps include: the staff for the camps is assembled from a

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srujal Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Melissa L. Whitson, University of New Haven; Daniel Patrick Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology

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participating IEIs. The paper concludes with the preliminaryresults of the Year 1 evaluation and outlines the work to be done in Years 2 and 3.Background and MotivationThe need for a well-prepared workforce in fields related to Science, Technology, Engineering,and Math (STEM) remains at an all-time high. The challenge at hand is to increase studentinterest in STEM education while studies continue to show the declining interest [1]. Many haveshown the success of utilizing programs in informal learning settings to promote desire andsuccess in STEM professions [2]. Research on Social Cognitive Career Theory [3] has found thatscience, math, and engineering (SME) self-efficacy predicts academic achievement, careerinterests, college major and career choices

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Christian, Stony Brook University; Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Keith Sheppard, Stony Brook University

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Sheppard, Stony Brook University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 University-Based Engineering Training of High School Science Teachers to Implement the Next Generation Science Standards (Work in Progress)IntroductionScience education in the United States is in the midst of a major reformation. The NextGeneration Science Standards (NGSS), released in 2013, aim to improve K-12 science educationthrough a renewed focus on scientific and engineering practices intertwined with recurringconceptual themes across the sciences [1]. The standards are based on the National ResearchCouncil’s A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, andCore Ideas [2]. Ultimately, the goal of

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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success in first-year engineering, engineering in K-12, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering, and international service and engineering. He has written two texts in Digital Electronics, including the text used by Project Lead the Way. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Innovating Teamwork Instruction in High School: Using Pandemic (WIP)IntroductionTeamwork is an important aspect of the engineering profession. Criterion 3.d of the ABETStudent Outcomes for undergraduate engineering education states the need for anengineering graduate to have “an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams” [1]. Moregenerally, applied learning outcomes that teamwork

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Paul R. Chiarot, State University of New York at Binghamton

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for the paceof innovation substantiate the need for STEM, where there is advocacy for “curricula that betterintegrate science and technology knowledge with a broader set of business, entrepreneurship andcommercialization skills that nurture creativity, intelligent risk taking, and ambition” [1].Similarly, in the United States, STEM jobs are predicted to grow almost twice as fast as anyother profession, with over 1 million jobs by 2018 in STEM fields, but with only 16% of degreesanticipated to be awarded in STEM specializations [1]. While similar in some ways, weanticipate that the approach to STEM education may have notable differences between Canadaand the US. Part of our vision is to explore these differences and identify strengths in

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gillen, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994, 2000) describes therelationship between person, environment, and behavior relative to career choices. SCCTidentifies processes and resulting pathways through which students form academic and careerchoice goals and make decisions regarding necessary actions to attain their goals. Specifically,SCCT posits that students will base their career choice on having 1) the skills and knowledge forthe career, 2) the expectations of the reward for the career, 3) an interest to do the work related tothe career, and 4) a supportive climate for pursuing the career. In particular, the supportiveclimate is based on environmental influences which can be proximal (i.e. direct and immediate)to the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa Green, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

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Instruction for K-12 Engineering (Work in Progress)IntroductionEfforts to diversify the engineering workforce are informed by the fact that engineeringcontinues to remain a White, male-dominated profession [1]. Underrepresented students leavescience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs in middle school, highschool, and in undergraduate programs [2]-[4] at a disproportionate rate compared to their Whitemale colleagues.In order to broaden participation and provide equitable engineering education forunderrepresented students, better approaches are necessary to support these students’ pathwaystoward STEM careers. One approach for encouraging diverse participation in engineering isthrough disciplinary literacy instruction (DLI