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“Maybe If I Put My Mind To It": 5th Graders’ Receptivity to Pursuing Engineering Careers (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Design for Elementary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Emily Fuller, Tufts University; Kelli Paul, Indiana University; Euisuk Sung, Indiana University; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25750”Maybe If I Put My Mind To It”: 5th Graders’ Receptivity to Pursuing En-gineering Careers (Fundamental)Ms. Karen Miel, Tufts University Karen Miel is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University. Karen served as the Director of Research and Innovation at the science center CuriOdyssey and the Education Director of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo after teaching elementary and middle school. Her research focuses on elementary students’ reasoning and decision-making in collaborative engineering design.Dr. Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University Dr. Merredith Portsmore is the Director for Tufts Center

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Use of a Design Canvas in a Robotics Workshop and Analysis of its Efficacy (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Abhidipta Mallik, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25820Use of a Design Canvas in a Robotics Workshop and Analysis of its Efficacy(Fundamental)Mr. Abhidipta Mallik, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Abhidipta Mallik received his B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India, and M.Tech. degree in Mechatronics from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, India. He has one year and ten months of research experience at the CSIR-CMERI, India. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY

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Teaching Science with Technology: Scientific and Engineering Practices of Middle School Science Teachers Engaged in a Robot-Integrated Professional Development Program (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sonia Mary Chacko, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25279Teaching Science with Technology: Scientific and Engineering Practices ofMiddle School Science Teachers Engaged in a Robot-Integrated ProfessionalDevelopment Program (Fundamental)Dr. Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Hye Sun You received a Ph.D. from a STEM education program at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her master’s degree in science education and bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Yonsei University in South Korea. Prior to entering academia, she spent several years teaching middle school science. Her research interests center upon interdisciplinary learning and teaching, and

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Middle School Teacher Professional Development in Creating a NGSS-plus-5E Robotics Curriculum (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Shramana Ghosh, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Veena Jayasree Krishnan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25275Middle School Teacher Professional Development in Creating a NGSS-plus-5E Robotics Curriculum (Fundamental)Dr. Shramana Ghosh, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Shramana Ghosh received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Irvine in 2017, her Masters in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2013, and her Bachelors in Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering from University of Delhi in 2011. She is currently working as a postdoctoral associate at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, NY, USA. In this

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Designing Robotics-based Science Lessons Aligned with the Three Dimensions of NGSS-plus-5E Model: A Content Analysis (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sonia Mary Chacko, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25285Designing Robotics-based Science Lessons Aligned with the Three Dimen-sions of NGSS-plus-5E Model: A Content Analysis (Fundamental)Dr. Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Hye Sun You received a Ph.D. from a STEM education program at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her master’s degree in science education and bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Yonsei University in South Korea. Prior to entering academia, she spent several years teaching middle school science. Her research interests center upon interdisciplinary learning and teaching, and technology-integrated teaching practices in

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'It’s Nothing Like October Sky!': Spurring 9th and 10th Graders to Think Like Engineers via Rockets Custom-Designed for Maximum Altitude

Conference Session: Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Sharon Liz Karackattu, Oak Hall School
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

mind [57]. Perhaps the rocket project reported here failed to have amore positive impact on its student participants because it was not properly adapted and evolvedfor a high school environment.ConclusionThis paper summarizes the practical implementation of “doing the ‘E’ in STEM” for high school9th and 10th graders at Saint Francis Catholic Academy using model rockets as the educationalplatform. The project is unique because it melded the following five attributes into an open-ended hands-on engineering design-and-build high school project: 1) DBT pedagogy; 2) theengineering design process; 3) comprehensive technical coverage of rocket systems; 4) the sevenaxes of engineering practice; and 5) enabling computer simulations and micro-sensor

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Investigating Children with Autism’s Engagement in Engineering Practices: Problem Scoping (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Design for Elementary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27412Investigating Children with Autism’s Engagement in Engineering Practices:Problem Scoping (Fundamental)Ms. Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hoda is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in me- chanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her research interests include designing informal setting for engineering learning, and promoting engineering

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Board 110: Work in Progress: Elementary Students’ Disciplinary Talk in a Classroom with an Explicit Engineering Decision-making Scaffold

Conference Session: Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27595Board 110: Elementary Students’ Disciplinary Talk in a Classroom with anExplicit Engineering Decision-making Scaffold (Work in Progress)Ms. Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. Interests: upper elementary engineering education, integrated science and engineering, collaboration in engineering, decision making in engineer- ing.Ms. Karen Miel, Tufts University Karen Miel is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University. Karen served as the Director of Research and Innovation at the science center

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Board 123: Engaging Teachers in Authentic Engineering Design Tasks to Refine their Disciplinary Understandings (Work In Progress)

Conference Session: Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University; Rebecca Deborah Swanson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

and dynamic. Our findings suggest that almost half of theteachers—including those new to and experienced in teaching engineering—expressed changesin how they understood the nature of the EDP. For instance, Alma, a long-time elementaryscience specialist, had taught engineering in her classroom for several years and attendedmultiple engineering professional developments. At the start of the course, however, she hadpresented a depiction of the design process as a set of linear steps. Her final representation of herdesign process with the fish feeder challenge showed how she “was jumping from one stage tothe next.” She reflected that by doing this project, she “changed my mind of how the processactually works. It can skip from one step to another

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Design Decision Processes of First Grade Students during an Engineering Design-based STEM Unit (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Design for Elementary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ruben Dario Lopez-Parra, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26708Design Decision Processes of First Grade Students during an EngineeringDesign-based STEM Unit (Fundamental)Miss Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Amanda Johnston is a PhD candidate in engineering education at Purdue University.Mr. Ruben Dario Lopez-Parra, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Ruben D. Lopez-Parra is a graduate research assistant at Purdue University pursuing a Ph.D. in Engi- neering Education. Previously, he worked as a Natural Science teacher in High School where he, as a scholarly teacher, constantly

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Board 121: Development of a Create-a-Lego-Engineer Activity to Examine Students’ Engineering Identity

Conference Session: Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kelli Paul, Indiana University; Euisuk Sung, Indiana University; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26311Board 121: Development of a Create-a-Lego-Engineer Activity to ExamineStudents’ Engineering IdentityDr. Kelli Paul, Indiana University Dr. Kelli Paul is a postdoctoral researcher in science education at Indiana University. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology specializing in Inquiry Methodology from Indiana University in 2006. She managed a consulting business for 10 years working on evaluations that focused primarily in the areas of education and STEM for middle and high school students, especially women and minority students. Her research interests include student engagement and interest in STEM

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Students’ Experience with Collaborative Engineering Design Challenges in a Middle School Engineering Course (Evaluation)

Conference Session: Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jessica D. Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

achieve specific objectives. Discourse analysis revealed peer responses characterizedas either socially supportive or socially unsupported and demonstrated that students typicallyrelied on supportive social responses to resolve the uncertainties they encountered as theyengaged in the task. This paper focuses on exploring student perceptions of collaborativeengineering design experience and the ways in which they collaborate as they complete a novelengineering design task.The hope of curricular interventions is that, through engineering experiences, students willdevelop habits of mind than will enable them to apply the Engineering Design Process (EDP) tosolve engineering problems [2]. However, as much of the research on students use of the

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Middle School Engineering Teachers' Literacy Instruction (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ashley R. Strong, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

. Thisstudent discussion was primarily concerned with sharing a question with another student. Theteacher stopped the discussion after 30 seconds. Allen’s reading practices seem to match hisview of the purpose of reading: to gain information. Students were engaged in makingmeaning from the texts and they practiced strategies to improve comprehension andunderstanding. In these two units, students did not use the information they read and were notasked to read with an engineering purpose in mind such as identifying the problem.Allen’s texts seemed informational in nature. In one unit, students were asked to design andtest a model airplane. Students learned many new vocabulary words such as aerospaceengineer, tapered leading edge, and straight trailing

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Board 114: Developing a Model of Disciplinary Literacy Instruction for K-12 Engineering Education: Comparing the Literacy Practices of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Theresa Green, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26025Board 114: Developing a Model of Disciplinary Literacy Instruction for K-12Engineering Education: Comparing the Literacy Practices of Electrical andMechanical Engineers (Fundamental)Theresa Green, Utah State University - Engineering Education Theresa Green is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration and improving diversity and inclusion in engineer- ing.Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela Minichiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State

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SISTEM: Increasing High School Students’ Engineering Career Awareness (Evaluation, Diversity)

Conference Session: Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Schetema Nealy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26456SISTEM: Increasing High School Students’ Engineering Career Awareness(Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Schetema Nealy, University of Nevada, Las VegasDr. Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Erica Marti completed her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She holds a Master of Science in Engineering and Master of Education from UNLV and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to graduate studies, Erica joined Teach for America and taught high school chemistry in Las Vegas. While her primary research

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How Educators Implement Engineering Curricula in OST Settings (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Best Practices in Out-of-School Time
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Elisabeth Roberts, Northern Arizona University; Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University; Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

were two middle school units enacted in this study. One focused on the challengeof conserving, filtering, and reusing water in extreme environments, and the other challengedstudents to learn about and design multiple remote sensing technologies, and then to use thosetechnologies to explore a model “mystery moon.” Each unit consists of eight one-hour,sequenced activities. Throughout each unit, youth are introduced to engineering practices andhabits of mind through an Engineering Design Process (EDP), which they use as a guide whileworking in small groups to design a solution to an engineering challenge. The EDP begins withidentifying a problem that needs to be solved and investigating what has already been done.Next, engineers imagine different

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Engineering Interest and Attitude Development In Out-of-School Time

Conference Session: Best Practices in Out-of-School Time
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Chris San Antonio-Tunis, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

of understanding how youths’ interests and attitudes toward engineering develop in out-of-school-time environments.Our research questions are as follows:  What engineering practices or habits of mind (HoM) emerge as OST youth engage in engineering activities?  How do these HoMs impact youth’s interests and attitudes toward engineering?MethodsSite SelectionWith a goal of understanding the development of youth attitudes toward engineering in the OSTsetting, we began recruiting OST programs into the study. A limited budget required that we caprecruitment at four sites; however, we wanted these sites to represent both school-affiliated andnon-school-affiliated programs from urban, suburban, and rural locations. We chose two sites

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Designing and Implementing a Transdisciplinary Engineering Camp (Evaluation, Diversity)

Conference Session: Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Meera N. K. Singh, University of Calgary; Krista Francis, University of Calgary; Julia Anna Patricia Sather, University of Calgary; Philip Egberts, University of Calgary
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Coordinator for Minds in Motion in 2014, which later developed into also coordinating Design Camp, Physics Camp, Geography Camp and Business Camp! She is passionate about inspiring youth to explore, enrich their knowledge and be active!Dr. Philip Egberts, University of Calgary Philip Egberts obtained his Ph.D. from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada specializing in Exper- imental Condensed Matter Physics, while completing most of his research at the INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbr¨ucken, Germany. Following his PhD studies, he joined the Carpick Research Group in the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics department at the University of Pennsyl- vania as a Natural Sciences and Engineering

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Board 116: Investigating Optimization as a Practice in Middle School Engineering

Conference Session: Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Matthew M. Johnson, Penn State University; Amber Cesare, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools; Gabe Knowles, Center for Science and the Schools, Penn State University; Taylor S. Wood, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

precollege context, and it contributes to the knowledge base of ourunderstanding of how students and teachers do engineering and how engineering educators canpromote improved curriculum and pedagogy in this area.Introduction STEM educators are now placing an emphasis on the importance of teaching studentscontent through engagement in habits of mind [1,2] or the practices of disciplinary experts[3,4,5,6]. However, this presents significant challenges to K-12 educators, most of whom havelimited experience with doing authentic science or engineering and many of whom are notcomfortable with teaching units without normative answers [2]. Engineering in K-12 settings hasbecome more and more common since the release of the Next Generation Science

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Affordances of Engineering for Elementary-aged English Learners (Fundamental, Diversity)

Conference Session: Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Christine M. Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gregory John Kelly, Pennsylvania State University ; Natacha Meyer
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25425Affordances of Engineering for Elementary-aged English Learners (Funda-mental, Diversity)Dr. Christine M. Cunningham, Dr. Christine Cunningham is an educational researcher who works to make engineering and science more relevant, accessible, and understandable, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. She focuses on developing research-based, field-tested curricula. For sixteen years, she worked as a vice president at the Museum of Science where she was the Founding Director of Engineering is Elementary, a groundbreaking program that integrates engineering concepts into preschool

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Kindergartners Planning in the Design Process: Drawn Plans and how they Relate to First Try Design Attempts (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Engineering Design for Elementary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University; Ming C. Tomayko, Towson University
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25482Kindergartners Planning in the Design Process: Drawn Plans and how theyRelate to First Try Design Attempts (Fundamental)Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple formal and informal settings. As a K- 8 pre-service teacher educator, she

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Elementary Students Navigating the Demands of Giving Engineering Design Peer Feedback (Fundamental)

Conference Session: Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Fatima Rahman, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27191Elementary Students Navigating the Demands of Giving Engineering DesignPeer Feedback (Fundamental)Ms. Fatima Rahman, Tufts University STEM Education graduate student at Tufts University. Interests: Pre-college engineering design for under- represented minorities, Community-connected engineering design in pre-college classroomsChelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Chelsea Andrews is a post-doctoral researcher at Tufts University and University of Massachusetts-Boston in STEM education. She received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in ocean engineering and an S.M

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The Tiny House Project: Building Engineering Proficiency and Self-Efficacy through Applied Engineering at the High School Level (Evaluation)

Conference Session: Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jessica D. Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Beth Ann White
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

would address in the Engineering Applications course the following year. During thisproblem identification phase, Ms. Green had the idea of building a tiny house in mind and wasworking on a proposal for the grant that would ultimately support the project. However, sheintentionally did not propose the specific idea to students. Instead, she led students through aseries of exercises in which they identified and researched various problems within theircommunity, including housing scarcity. Observing students’ genuine interest in the problem ofhousing scarcity, Ms. Green arranged for the class to meet with a potential “client”, anAmericorps member who worked at the school as part of the MakerVista program. This visitorshared the challenges she

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An NGSS-Aligned Engineering Design Lesson on Solar Energy and Human Sustainability (Resource Exchange)

Conference Session: PCEE Resource Exchange
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jenny Valdez, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

a traditional science curriculum.Featured Activity Question Student’s Task Designing a Solar How can we use the Your team’s thermal collector was destroyed in a windstorm. Thermal Collector engineering design Using the materials provided, create a low-cost replacement. process to design a Be mindful to consider if the materials selected are solar thermal collector? conductive or insulative. You have 2 class periods.Lesson SummaryStudents are asked to restate the problem and brainstorm criteria and constraints. In their group, students mustcreate a matrix showing their criteria for evaluating the thermal panel designs. They also consider how much

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Board 118: The STEM Research Academy at Queensborough Community College

Conference Session: Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos, Queensborough Community College; Michael Lawrence, Queensborough Community College; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel, Queensborough Community College; Paul Sideris; Regina Sullivan, Queensborough Community College; Paris Svoronos, Queensborough Community College-CUNY; Rex Taibu, Queensborough Community College; Mangala D. Tawde
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

inquiry based physics labs. 2) conducting research regarding the role of language in conceptual understanding. 3) exploring cosmic rays (detection, data collection, and analysis).Dr. Mangala D Tawde c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Nurturing Young Minds: The STEM Research Academy at Queensborough Community CollegeArmendariz, Cheung, Dehipawala, Kokkinos, Lawrence, Marchese, Riegel, Sideris, Sullivan, Svoronos, Taibu, Tawde, Tremberger, Ye Queensborough Community College, CUNY Bayside, NY Nurturing Young Minds: The STEM Research Academy at Queensborough Community

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An Engineering Grand Challenge-focused Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program: Purpose, Outcomes, and Evaluation (Evaluation)

Conference Session: Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Amber L. M. Kendall, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Engineering and Elementary Education, is also the Director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place at NC State University. She has been working in the field of engineering education for over 20 years. She is dedicated to conveying the joint messages that engineering is a set of fields that can use all types of minds and every person needs to be literate in engineering and technology. She is an ASEE and IEEE Fellow and PAESMEM awardee and has starred in a Super Bowl commercial.Dr. Amber L. M. Kendall, North Carolina State University Amber Kendall is the Coordinator of STEM Partnership Development at The Engineering Place at North Carolina State University. She recently received her PhD from Tufts University, where

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Actions and Approaches of Teachers Communicating Computational Thinking and Engineering Design to First Grade Students (RTP)

Conference Session: Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amanda Clara Emberley, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

2011NRC report from the Workshop on Computational Thinking, it was noted that CT is crucial tothe development of engineering habits of mind and in solving engineering problems [9].Therefore, given the cross-disciplinary nature of CT and engineering and the reality for teachersto address current educational reforms, both CT and engineering provide avenues for thinkingabout STEM integration and the successful integration of both engineering and CT intoclassrooms [10], [11]. Within the work on elementary engineering instruction, research has found that whenlearning engineering, students need opportunities to learn from failure, work in teams, practiceall phases of the engineering design process, and apply their mathematics and

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Impact of Engineering Design-Focused Summer Academy Experience on Interest Toward STEM Learning and Careers (Evaluation, Diversity)

Conference Session: Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Robin Renee Mangham, Elizabeth City State University; Orestes Devino Gooden, Elizabeth City State University; Elton L. Stone, Elizabeth City State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

fields thatmatch their values and view of the world. The project’s hands-on activities are designed toengage students in hands-on STEM experiences to improve their understanding offundamental concepts in a way that capitalizes upon their design, visualization, creativity andteamwork skills and yearnings.Incorporating mathematical and scientific fundamentals via engineering design-basedmethodology that infuses engineering habits of mind has proven to be a highly effectivemodel for STEM education. The National Academy of Engineering found that engineering inK-12 education has the power to improve learning and student achievement in science andmath, as well as develop student interest in, and preparedness for, the STEM workforce [1].An increasing

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Using Human-Centered Design to Drive Project-Based Learning in a High School Summer STEM Course (Evaluation)

Conference Session: Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Austin C. Wong, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union; Elizabeth M. Waters, The Cooper Union
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27558Using Human-Centered Design to Drive Project-Based Learning in a HighSchool Summer STEM Course (Evaluation)Mr. Austin C. Wong, The Cooper Union Austin Wong is a graduate of Cooper Union with a BA and MA in Mechanical Engineering. The research he is doing pertains to the advancement of STEM education with the help of rapid prototyping at a high school and college level. He is a high school STEM teacher at Grace Church High School, and developed curriculum for the high school physics, robotics, CAD, and engineering classes he teaches and is also the director of the Design Lab at Grace Church School. He also

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Building Youths' Socio-Technical Engineering Knowledge through Engagement in a Community Solar Energy Project (Evaluation)

Conference Session: Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Wendy Wakefield, Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa, Arizona State University; Clark Miller, Arizona State University; Carlo Altamirano-Allende
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27295Building Youths’ Socio-Technical Engineering Knowledge through Engage-ment in a Community Solar Energy Project (Evaluation)Dr. Michelle Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan is as associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Uni- versity. She also serves as the Education Director for the QESST Engineering Research Center. Michelle’s program of research focuses on social interactions in collaborative learning contexts. She is particularly interested in how students navigate communication challenges as they negotiate complex engineering design projects. Her