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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Alex J Sobotka, Texas A&M University; Ashley Renee Kersey; Ali Mostafavi

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RESOURCE EXCHANGE Rachelle Pedersen Ashley Kersey LESSON DESCRIPTION Alex Sobotka Dr. Ali MostafaviOnly one in twenty mega-projects in engineering will meet both their authorized cost andschedule; the reasoning behind this requires an understanding of the interconnected conceptswithin project management (e.g., risks, change orders, project complexity).To know what shouldbe considered during the Front-End-Planning (FEP) phases of a project, students needexperiences with the various reasons why these mega-projects fail. This low stakes, low resourceactivity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 10: Broadening Participation in P12

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Lajja Mehta, Tufts University

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years of experience working on the NE project. Lack of time to plan andimplement NE was cited as the topmost challenge for teachers.  Inability to figure out books andproblems, pressure from administration, difficulties in lesson planning, group dynamics amongstudents, and safety of students while handling materials were some of the other concernsmentioned in the evaluation.Similar findings were uncovered in a survey of 70 elementary and middle school teachers doneby Coppola, S.M., Madariaga, L. and Schnedeker, M. [7]. They found that lack of time, access tomaterials and resources, and unfamiliarity with the content were major barriers that preventintegrating engineering into the classroom.Research MethodologyA list of potential barriers for NE

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 7: Partnerships Making It Real! II

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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stated objectives. The open house led to the most scalable model that UMLhas now adopted with several school districts. The other programs will continue if grant fundscontinue to be sourced. The success of these programs in meeting their objectives demonstrateshow vital it is to jointly consider three factors: Results (learner outcomes), Reproducibility(adequacy of resources), and Representation (diverse and inclusive staffing and studentparticipation). The program partnership rubric was developed to help partnerships plan andevaluate their programs based on these three factors. How the rubric was used to plan these pilotprograms and determine how and/or whether to run them again is explained.Introduction In the United States, students in

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Leah Bug, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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providing teacher professional development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing An Assessment Toolkit for Precollege Summer Engineering Workshops (Works-in-Progress)Abstract Many universities have engineering outreach programming that expose students toengineering that include day camps, overnight camps, and multi-week programs. As the projectsoccur over hours, days, or weeks, rich content is delivered in a very abbreviated timeframe.Often only anecdotal evidence or evaluative surveys reflect what students’ experience. Thisworks-in-progress project describes the strategic plan and first stage towards development oftools for assessing engineering learning in weekly summer

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Burch, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Institutes for Research; Michael Chajes, University of Delaware; Daniel Cha, University of Delaware

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the sustainable disposal of food wastes was installed in aK-12 school, and researchers assisted teachers in generating hands-on, engineering-focusedlesson plans based on the digester technology. A pre-/post-assessment was conducted for abiology lesson. Results indicate students improved in their knowledge of sustainability issuesrelated to food waste and aerobic respiration. Students also self-reported learning more aboutsustainability, engineering, and biology concepts through the lesson. Perhaps most importantly,students were excited about the hands-on learning experience provided by the digester andexpressed increased interest in engineering and STEM-related careers.I. IntroductionClimate change is a pressing societal issue and researchers

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 8: Assessment, Framworks, Standards, Oh My!

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Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Amy Evans Sabarre; Tanner J. Huffman, The College of New Jersey

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concept of Problem Framing which is core tothe practice of engineering design. Figure 3 also provides an explanation of each component ofthe sample EPM. All 60 of the EPMs can be accessed for free athttps://www.p12engineering.org/epm. While these EPMs can indicate how to scaffold learningacross different depths of student understanding from basic to advanced, it is important to notethat learning experiences should be shaped according to the individualities of students and theircommunities. That said, the remaining sections of this paper will further describe how the EPMscan be used to plan instructional materials and develop/align P-12 engineering programs/courses.Figure 3. Engineering Performance Matrix Example and Explanation.Developing

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamecia R. Jones Ph.D., North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Erik Schettig, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Steven Miller

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solutions Student teams work on projects Sweeping Operations 10 Lab Safety Challenge 1: (remotely or in session) How to plan a 3D print 1030 Lab Tour Create school logo Multipiece/tolerance Concept Challenge 2: practice project 11 Intro

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Carrico, E4S, LLC; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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, & Saldana, 2014) we identified three categories ofanticipated (planned) role expectations and actual roles. Role expectation was defined as “theteacher’s preferred program responsibility” and included three categories: classroom manager,helper, and learner. The categories were based on verbatim wording in the transcripts. Classroommanager referred to teachers having and using their pedagogical content knowledge regardingtheir classrooms. Helpers indicated a desire to help in whatever ways needed and included acombination of jobs such as classroom manager or to review lesson plans for pedagogicalcontent knowledge (e.g., timing and appropriateness of content for sixth grade). Finally, learnershad a specific intent to learn more about

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 14:Robotics and Careers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University and A&M College

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engineers and their desire to pursue acareer in engineering. The 2020 offering was slated to be the largest ENGage LSU event up tothen, but unfortunately, the event had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notwanting to lose momentum and knowing that ENGage LSU was having a positive impact onlocal students, the authors decided to host a virtual event in 2021 due to continued limitations onin-person gatherings and began planning how to make this transition. Sixteen faculty membersvolunteered to participate—half of them opted to develop and lead a hands-on activity and theother half performed a demonstration live or asynchronously. 308 students were registered toparticipate from seven middle schools in four different school districts

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 7: Partnerships Making It Real! II

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leah Bug, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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and schooladministrators when planning TPD [2], [16]. While there is general consensus regarding thenecessary features for effective professional development, proving which individual orcombination of components in producing the largest effect can be elusive. Research indicates themost effective type of teacher professional development (TPD) involves a sustained and ongoingexperience, which is coherent, job-embedded, and involves active participation by the learnerand includes a learning community [2], [3], [4], [5]. However, most teachers continue toparticipate in episodic workshops [3]. Expenses related to TPD is another reason districts areresorting to shorter duration, incremental TPD, as these types of experiences are less expensivethan

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 13: Attitudes & Prespectives of Teachers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Faiza Zafar, Rice University; Scott Currier; Krystle Dunn; Milton Johnson; Selene Verhofstad; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

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developing the High-QualityEngineering Guidebook [15].This qualitative research aimed to assess the effectiveness of four TaLENt fellows, who areschool-based teacher leaders, as in-school change agents for educators who are inexperiencedin engineering design. Notably, this study's term "novice teacher" does not exclusively refer tofirst-year teachers. Instead, it pertains to educators who have yet to attempt to integrateengineering design into their lesson plans. Literature ReviewThis literature review aims to provide an overview of the research conducted on teacher-ledprofessional development for engineering design, the use of action-based research in K-12settings, and the advantages of adopting an asset-based

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University; Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University; Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Jin Ho Jo; Maria Luisa Zamudio

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subjects at an early age [7]. Around a third of peopleworking in STEM careers attribute underrepresentation to not believing in their own ability tosucceed in these fields (34%), the lack of Black and Hispanic role models in these fields (32%),and discrimination in recruitment, hiring and promotions (32%) [7]. The SUPERCHARGEproject’s primary focus on STEM education attempts to addresses, at a state level, the acute lackof representation of low-income and Students of Color in STEM programs nationwide [8].Project Organization The SUPERCHARGE project is organized as a four-year program spanning from July2022 to June 2026. The project is currently in the midst of Year 1 (July 2022 – June 2023),which is designated as a planning, development

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim, Indiana University-Bloomington; Lauren Penney, Indiana University-Bloomington; Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington

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initially hesitant to engage with us on this project due to the logistics of kitcirculation and concerns with how kits would fit within their existing structure of their summerreading program. To allay the library’s concerns, we worked out a plan to utilize their existingactivity registration system to sign families up and their main branch for distribution. Our teamresponded to all email inquiries from the participants, provided weekly online Q&A sessions,and restocked used materials in kits. The library maintained control over registration andcommunication with families, including all personal identifying information. Our library partnersnoted that they appreciated that we worked within their parameters of lead time for planning ofthe summer

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights; Elizabeth Parry, STEM Education Insights

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indicate thatthe PADS has potential to measure program efficacy. In order to ensure that participating campsand after-school programs provided high quality instruction, a separate team conductedstructured observations of the Study 1 research sites. For each participating site, a trainedobserver rated two one-hour samples of sessions using the Dimensions of Success (DoS)instrument [4] that is sensitive to good engineering instruction. This team also surveyed programfacilitators to determine the overall instructional plan, and administered the Common InstrumentSuite (CIS) as a post-test to measure attitudes towards engineering among youths and facilitators[5]. This data was summarized and shared with researchers to contribute to the analysis.We are

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Destiny J. Crawford, New Mexico Tech Mechanical Engineering Department; Jett C. Emms, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Raechelle Sandoval; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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apprenticeship allowsstudents to conduct research in various STEM related topics on a college campus under thementorship of college students. The program is geared towards underserved andunderrepresented groups that may have fewer science and engineering opportunities in their area.Every college campus has mentors that oversee the apprentices’ day to day progress on a STEMrelated research project developed by the mentors. The program sought to train the mentors torun a research project by identifying a topic, setting the parameters, and managing the project.The NMT campus mentors focused on a research topic related to robotics. These mentors hadfour weeks before the apprentices came onto the campus to plan how to assist the apprentices infinishing a

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 6: Engineering in the Home

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Wagner, University of Notre Dame; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Mia Lettau, University of Notre Dame; Kimberly Marfo; Andrea Lorena Ortiz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Delaney Ryan; Scott A. Pattison; Smirla Ramos-Montañez; Viviana López Burgos; Sabrina De Los Santos Rodríguez; Maria D. Quijano; Amy R Corbett

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staff and families throughout the planning, implementation, and analysis phases of theREACH-ECE project and used a variety of strategies to ensure that the activities and researchmethods supported an equitable vision of STEM education, including collecting and analyzingdata in the language of participants with a bilingual and bicultural research team, using strength-based approaches to conceptualizing and supporting family engineering engagement, andensuring that community partners and families were meaningful collaborators in the researchprocess [40], [41].The primary design-based research study in REACH-ECE involved three mini-cycles of activitytesting that were focused on exploring a broad research question: How do the elements

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; John T. Hird, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Undergraduate Programs in the Depart- ment of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She has been active in improving undergraduate education including developing laboratories to enhance experimental design skills and mentoring and guiding student teams through the capstone design and a translational course following capstone design. In her Director role, she works closely with the departmental leadership to manage the undergraduate program including: developing course offering plan, chairing the undergrad- uate curriculum committee, reviewing and approving course articulations for study abroad, serving as Chief Advisor, and representing the department at the college level meetings. She is

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School ; Abeera P. Rehmat, Georgia Institute of Technology; Samieh Askarian Khanamani

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beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic[2-5]. Parents suddenly had to become teachers; teachers who never received training to teach.That was especially true for parents with early elementary-aged and younger children. Parentsused available resources to help their children learn different subjects. Resources on somesubjects were more accessible and available than others. And teaching subjects like engineeringthat had very limited resources became the least of parents’ priority, if not eliminatedcompletely. Thus, in an effort to help parents with young children, by using resources previouslypublished [6-9] and to expand engineering education resources for parents, we planned a seriesof workshops for parents to help teach their kids engineering using

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 1: Partnerships Making It Real!

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy Chesnutt, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering; Laura Knight, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Jessica Danielle Jeffers, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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occurred at the planning stage, meaning that faculty, staff,and students interested in outreach had to navigate roadblocks to engage in meaningful outreachwith K-12 populations. A change of leadership and operating philosophy in 2019 brought about areorganization of priorities and allowed the authors of this paper the ability to create a new visionof outreach for the College of Engineering.In this paper, we will elaborate on how we moved from our silos to a purposeful system ofoutreach that has allowed us to expand our outreach into student ambassadors, service learningcoursework, freely available pre-college lessons, and other resources. In this, we are hoping toserve as a model for collaborative outreach work across a College of Engineering. We

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dyanne Baptiste Porter, Georgia Tech Center for Education, Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (CEISMC); Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Abeera P. Rehmat, Georgia Institute of Technology; Talia Capozzoli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jasmine Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology

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population of engineering teachers andstudents. To this end, during the 2022-23 school year, STEM-ID is being implemented by a newcohort of six teachers in five schools within a much larger school district, with plans to addadditional cohorts for the next three years.Participants: Participants are six teachers from five middle schools in the second largest countyof a metro city located in the southeastern part of the United States. The group includes twomales and four females, with engineering teaching experience varying from zero to eight years,and two of the five teachers co-teaching at the same school. Teachers’ backgrounds includemathematics, science, and computer science teaching, with three teachers having over 20 yearsof teaching experience

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine M. Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Darshita N. Shah, The Pennsylvania State University

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. (6–8) Videos situate the problem in a real-world context.Engineering Notebook: Records students’ observations, sketches, plans, and reflections.Print Materials: Include print materials for group activities such as cards or signs.Slides: Facilitate classroom projection of guiding questions, discussion prompts, sentence frames, and images.Vocabulary Cards: Introduce new vocabulary through visual cards that can be posted on an engineering vocabulary wall.Assessment Tools: Include opportunities and rubrics to evaluate students’ engineering growth.Family Resources: Spur conversations about engineering at home and connect students’ learning to their communities.Optional Lessons: Provide either additional background that

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 7: Partnerships Making It Real! II

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faiza Zafar, Rice University; Roger Ramirez, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

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communityapproach, iRIDE gauges middle school students’ interests in STEM activities. Therefore, thispaper aims to evaluate iRIDE’s community approach with two guiding research questions: 1.How are student participants’ voices utilized to align engineering activities with their grade-levelcurriculum and future career plans? and 2. How do the facilitators engage the students inprogram activities to ensure a community-based approach?Literature Review Allowing students to bring their experiences into school-based educational activities iscritical in fostering their interest, especially in STEM careers. Various schools nationwide haveprograms that aim to pique students’ interests in STEM, such as Engineering for All and I AMSTEM [5,6]. Such programs

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geling Xu, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; David Zabner, Tufts University; Jennifer Light Cross, Tufts University; Dustin Ryan Nadler; Steven V. Coxon; Karen Engelkenjohn

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elementary students. With ML-powered controllers to animate students’ roboticinventions, we believe it is possible to provide students without any previous engineering orprogramming experiences with ML learning opportunities.In this paper, we introduce the integrating AI program, design, preliminary pilot findings, and thefuture plan for this three-year ongoing project.2. Overview of Integrating AI2.1 Robotics PlatformWe designed a hardware platform for these pilot tests with the following criteria:(1) Built-in multiple ML algorithms to support students in exploring the learning behavior ofdifferent algorithms.(2) A system that was compatible with upper elementary classrooms. Specifically focusing onhardware that is safe, accessible, and easy

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 1: Partnerships Making It Real!

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Anne E. Shea, Northeastern University; Christiane Amstutz

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S-L relationships are mutually beneficial, with the ultimate goal being atransformational partnership. Transformational relationships are characterized by closeness,equity, and integrity, and grounded in lenses of collaboration, reciprocity, and diversity [14].Distinctions among S-L relationships depend on factors such as goal integration, resourcesharing, planning, coordination, and communication [14]. The Transformational RelationshipEvaluation Scale (TRES) gives a quantitative rating of a given relationship, based on 9 keyattributes: outcomes, common goals, decision-making, resources, conflict management, identityformation, power, significance, and satisfaction and change for the better [15]. This scale offers aguideline for S-L

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanja L. Greene, E.S. Witchger School of Engineering, Marian University; Hansika I. Sirikumara, E.S. Witchger School of Engineering, Marian University Indianapolis, IN; Binh Q. Tran, Marian University

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while offering increasedawareness and broadening the participation in engineering.Positionality StatementBoth the director and the assistant camp director are first generation, females in engineering whoare also university faculty teaching difficult STEM subjects such as physics, biophysics,programming, and linear circuits analysis. Each had hurdles to overcome to be where they are,and these hardships helped the directors to shape the organization and planning of the camp. Thedirector (first author) understands the challenges faced by many of the camp participants becauseshe herself was raised in a low-income family within a rural community where resources andopportunities were lacking. Through hard work and dedication, she financed her own

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 6: Engineering in the Home

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jubie Tan, State University of New York at Binghamton; Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Peter N. Knox, University of Vermont; Sawsan Werfelli, State University of New York at Binghamton; Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington

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engineeringliterate students, and as argued by others [11]-[12], can be seamlessly integrated into thecurriculum to support young children’s learning development. Additionally, some prior researchsuggests that practicing and prospective educators may have difficulty planning, designing, andimplementing lessons and activities that develop and promote children’s HoM as engineers [12]-[13]. This may be due to several reasons such as lack of readiness to teach engineering [14], lowengineering self-efficacy and low teacher efficacy related to engineering pedagogical contentknowledge [15], lack of engineering pedagogical content knowledge [16], and misconceptionsregarding the field of engineering [17].Out-of-school learning environments may be an alternative

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 9: Practices of Mentorship & Liaisons

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deanna Bailey, Morgan State University; Michel A. Kornegay, Johns Hopkins University ; LaDawn Partlow, Morgan State University; Charnee Bowens; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group, Inc.; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University

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workingalongside CAP Center faculty members. Each student facilitator possessed a four-year college degree inElectrical and Computer Engineering. Student facilitator selection was based upon their level of knowledgein cyber concepts and their desire to work with young girls. The makeup of the team is noted below:Program Director: Provided overall supervision of GenCyber camp including activity planning andimplementation.Program Coordinator: Facilitated camp marketing, recruitment, and registration; managed daily campactivities and program office.Lead Instructor: Provided development of cyber course curriculum related to camp theme and oversawcourse content delivery to participants.Curriculum Developer: Provided K-12 pedagogical expertise in student

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lucy Brizzolara; Elizabeth Ann McNeela; Thomas Tran; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Paper ID #39852Earning Daisy Girl Scout Robotics Badges with a Hands-on Soft RobotGripper Design Activity (Resource Exchange)Lucy BrizzolaraElizabeth Ann McNeela Bioengineering undergraduate student interested in the effects of outreach programs and curriculums on engineering enrollment.Thomas Tran, Thomas Tran is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Bioengineering department. He plans to attend the University of Chicago and pursue a Master’s in Molecular Engineeging. His research focuses on utilizing soft robotics as a means to expose K12 students to engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 14:Robotics and Careers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tala Katbeh, Texas A&M University at Qatar; G. Benjamin Cieslinski, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hassan Bazzi

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from one another, and gain hands-on experience in the field of robotics.This will not only enhance their STEM education but also foster a more inclusive and diverseSTEM community that will be especially useful for preparing this next generation for their future.2. Planning Phase and Team AssemblyPrior to the start of the training, the planning phase was completed to ensure that the students willgain the best learning experience. This included creating a task list as well as resource andcommunication plans to establish the roles and responsibilities of the team members with the priorknowledge that they will be assembled from different schools around Qatar to work together as ateam. The following steps taken are part of the general program

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Janet M. Ankrum; Melany Coates; Cheryl Carswell; Andrew Centanni; Mia Delarosa; Rebekah Jongewaard, Arizona State University; Maryan Robledo; Steven J. Zuiker, Arizona State University

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for agri-PV solar panel racking systems. Panel placement should optimize (a) growing conditions for seasonal crops (e.g., dappled light, optimal temperatures), and (b) efficient power generation (e.g., angle of panels). Students learn mechanical and electrical engineering as they design mobile PV structures. ● Planning fall and spring garden beds in the Sonoran Desert. To collect, analyze, and report on agri-PV data, students must be able to recognize parts of plants. However, they often struggle to differentiate between flowers, flower buds, fruits, and leaves. Students arrange parts of plants collected from native species in the Sonoran Desert, as well as food crops cultivated by