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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Vanessa Elizabeth Santana, Purdue University; Scott R. Bartholomew, Brigham Young University

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Judgment (ACJ) assessment techniques, student design portfolios, and Technology & Engineering teacher preparation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engaging Elementary Students in Computer Science Education through Project-Based LearningAbstractAs interests and initiatives for accessible computer science education continue to grow, efforts tointegrate computer science (CS) instruction into K-12 classrooms in the US are dramaticallyincreasing. Curriculum, legislation, and standards across the nation are quickly evolving as theyseek to incorporate CS instruction and related concepts into classrooms in order to makecomputer science

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alaa Abdalla, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Rinith Reghunath, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Midhat Javaid Zaidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Paper ID #26150How to Approach Learning: Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Project-based and Problem-based Learning at an International Branch Campus inthe Middle EastMiss Alaa Abdalla, Texas A&M University at Qatar Alaa Abdalla is a mechanical engineering student, class of 2019, at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Besides engineering she enjoys learning theoretical Math and Physics concepts. She pursued a minor in mathematics alongside her bachelor’s degree. She is also actively involved in writing and reading initiatives on campus. Currently, she is working on her undergraduate research thesis that looks at the

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Student Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alexis Rae Walsh, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah E. Norris, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Nathaniel Blalock, Enlite Research Group Led by Dr. Faber: University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Daniel Patrick Mountain, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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virtual teams during the rapid transition online due to COVID-19 Alexis Walsha, Sarah Norrisb, Nathaniel Blalockc, Daniel Mountainc and Courtney Faberd a) Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; b) Department of Mechanical Aerospace Biomedical Engineering; c) Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; d) Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program University of Tennessee KnoxvilleIntroductionTeam projects are common in undergraduate engineering courses and have been shown toimprove self-efficacy, communication, and teamwork skills through group discussions andpresentations, preparing students for professional engineering practice [1], [2

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Niloofar Kamran, Cornell College; Qingbao Wang, Cornell College ; Andy Grove; William Nitschke Dragon II, Cornell College

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Paper ID #29699Hands-on Engineering Experience, a Liberal Arts CaseDr. Niloofar Kamran, Cornell CollegeMr. Qingbao Wang, Cornell CollegeMr. Andy GroveWilliam Nitschke Dragon II, Cornell College c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Hands-on Engineering Experience, a Liberal Arts Case Will Dragon, Qingbao Wang, Andy Grove, Niloofar KamranAbstractOur project was a part of the 2019 Cornell College Summer Research Institute (CSRI), whereCornell College students and faculty work in close collaboration on a research project for eightweeks during summer. The program includes one faculty

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Student Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsy Ecclesiastre, University of South Florida; Robert Hogan Jr, University of South Florida

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students to the technicaland design process aspects of their major through the use of group design projects. These groupprojects simulate the relationships between business partners, consumers, and design engineers.This course was implemented at the start of the 2017 Fall Semester and data collection for thisresearch document was initiated during the 2018 Fall Semester.ProjectsCurrently, the Foundations of Engineering Lab course houses several different project types:Robotics, Fuel Cell, Remote Sensing, Microscope, Speaker, App and Garden projects. Mostengineering disciplines are loosely reflected by at least one of these projects, with the exceptionof medical-related engineering majors. Students choose a project similar to their

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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Margaret Carroll; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Roxanne Pinsky, University of Michigan; Charles William Schertzing, University of Michigan; Julia T. Toye, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Sangam Munsiff, University of Michigan

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instructor for several courses including Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing, and Structural and Chemical Characterization of Materials.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Gender

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Ana Alanis, University of Texas, Pan American ; Jose Luis Chavez Jr., The University of Texas, Pan-American; Joel Guadalupe Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan American; Ricardo Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan-American; Haidy Enid Soto, University of Texas, Pan American

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teaching methodology of the courses is Challenge Based Instruction (CBI)because of its proven effectiveness over traditional lecturing. The course subjects developedincluded Water Science, Computer Aided Design (CAD), and Systems Modeling. All threecourses were administered to returning TexPREP fourth year students.At the beginning of each course, students were given the challenges of building a Stirling engineusing items that can be found at home, designing and constructing a solar car, and creating awater theme park for the Systems Modeling, Computer Aided Design (CAD), and Water Sciencecourses respectively. They were then guided through a series of lectures, mini projects, andassessment exercises to help them obtain the necessary knowledge to

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Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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techniques. The event took place over one day, andincluded a speaker at lunch, who provided the women with a female role model who was familiarwith manufacturing processes. Participants in this event were asked to fill out a short post-eventsurvey, in order to determine the program’s value and effectiveness and guide futureimprovements.In this paper, the program is described, and the evaluation data from the survey is presented. Thisdata shows that participants felt that the event was valuable. The description of the event, togetherwith the data on its effectiveness, can be used by other universities that wish to create similarprograms. With additional programs, it would be possible to further explore the role of individualhands-on projects in

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Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khalilullah Mayar, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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principles.Keywords: Backward Design Process, Course Design, Outcome Based Learning, Statics.I. INTRODUCTIONA. Setting for the Curriculum ProjectThe specific setting for this curriculum project is outlined as follow:1. Salient characteristics of the institution or sponsoring organizationAs described by Anand (2005), " Engineering Mechanics - Statics is a core course in most of theengineering disciplines, and is generally taught by a civil and/or a mechanical engineeringfaculty at the nations' ABET accredited colleges and universities" (p.1). The institutional settingfor this course is also considered an ABET accredited engineering college that offersundergraduate degree programs for civil engineering and/or mechanical engineering students.This course is not

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Student Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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courses.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Experimental evidence regarding gendered task allocation on teamsAbstractStudent teams negotiate many aspects of collaboration, including task division on teams. Somestudies

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Student Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University

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“… the innovations developed and put in place will wither after Responses selected for managers etc. (n = 19) Creating new knowledge within authentic projects the funding is exhausted. In the immediate future I think is, how final analysis (n=111) Note. Results based on N=111, D&I = Diversity and Inclusion • Groundwork to initiate a ways of thinking framework are we going to keep this stuff going when funding is

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stefanie A. Hotchkiss, Undergraduate Research Assistant; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Michelle Londa, Texas State University; Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University

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in makerspaces. This study is in the preliminarystages of developing such a tool.A university makerspace is where students may create personal projects, prototype ideas, orwork on class assigned projects by utilizing resources such as 3D printers, laser etchers, CNCmachines, sewing machines, embroiderers, vinyl heat-press, and other tools/crafting machinery.While these kinds of machines are not inherently gender/racially biased, the use of facilitiesnationally is not equally demographically balanced and supports data depicting a user dominanceof “affluent males” [5]. One hypothesis is that the gender imbalance could be due to ambientidentity cues that do not accurately portray a fully representative population [4]. With theunveiling of a new

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Research on Diversification & Inclusion

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

liberal arts specialization;and at least 4 LSE courses: two on project-based learning, a senior project course, and acapstone.As of Fall 2014, over 34.5% of the 55 LSE total graduates are women. Eighteen of these 55alumni graduated with an engineering concentration that included at least 4 quarters of theintroductory computer science sequence (CSC 123, 101, 102, and 103) – and thus, for thepurposes of this paper, function as a comparison group to the computing disciplines at CPSU andnationally. Of these eighteen LSE-computing disciplines alumni, seven, or 38.9%, are women. Page 26.1095.2Why this difference? One explanation is that LSE is a small

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Student Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keyshlan Karinné Aybar Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Juleika M. Villarrubia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Gionelle J. Perez Rodriguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Paper ID #27655Work in Progress: Education Beyond Borders – Efforts of a Student Chapterto Foster Education and Promote Academic Excellence in STEM FieldsMiss Keyshlan Karinn´e Aybar Mart´ınez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Keyshlan K. Aybar Mart´ınez is a 6th year Mechanical Engineering Student. Pursuing also, a minor in Project Management and Aerospace Engineering. Also, this year she is the President of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) increasing the membership by 33%. The last year she was the fundraising leader of the ASEE. Had experience in the industry as Test Engineering in UTC Aerospace

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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aspect to the successful performance of student teams is communication. Student teamsnegotiate many aspects of collaboration, including deadlines, meeting times, and expectations.Previous works have found that the different meanings which people place on commonly usedwords or phrases often lead to miscommunications in the professional workplace. It is unknown,however, how this situation translates to the collegiate setting, specifically on team-basedprojects, the manners that this could potentially affect the progress of the students, and if thereare any differences in interpretation of these phrases that are along demographic lines. In thisstudent-directed project, participants (n=119) of varying technical backgrounds were surveyed asto their

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Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University

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Paper ID #16130Engineering Success: Delivering Your Ph.D. on Time, on Budget, and Readyfor Your CareerDr. Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University Rebecca M. Reck is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. She completed her Ph.D. in systems and entrepreneurial engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign in 2016 and her master’s degree in electrical engineering at Iowa State University in 2010. During her eight years at Rockwell Collins as a systems engineer, she contributed to the development of the new ProLine Fusion Flight Control System and served as the project

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Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel E. McCord, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies. Matusovich has authored a book chapter, 10 journal

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Student Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University

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research projects to understand student learning in engineering problem-solving and design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Writing in the Disciplines for Engineers: Implementation and Assessment of Student Learning Jordan Trachtenberg Department of Bioengineering, Rice

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dolores Herrera; Claire Marie Leader, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Soham Patel; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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their teaching on the expertise gained from the academic context where theywere educated and industry environment where they have worked. Even in current day UnitedStates, professions like structural engineering have fewer female and minority industry leadersthan those that are White Caucasian male [1], and the same follows for academics in this field.As a result, many faculty members have limited exposure to the notable published works,projects, and other contributions of under-represented individuals to share with students.Historically, entry to professions in the built environment have been riddled by barriers due togender, race, and class. This continues to negatively affect not only the number of women andminority students who choose to

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Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at

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Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Emmanuel Early, The University of Houston-Clear Lake; Jose Daniel Velazco, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Miguel Rosales, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Edgar Cantu, AutoSol Inc.

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to providing information on upcoming events, we also keep archives of all of our pastevents, including photos and descriptions as well as tutorials and other resources that allowstudents to work through educational projects on their own time.The CyberCenter was developed in PHP using the ModX framework, which providesfunctionality such as user accounts and authentication, as well as a full-featured back-endgraphical user interface which allows the administration of critical site functionality and thesimple management of website resources.Tech FridaysEvery semester, the mentors offer technical workshops known as Tech Fridays. At these events,students are introduced to new technologies, new techniques, and, to some, new areas of interest.BSC

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Research on Diversification & Inclusion

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Page 26.616.2more as a metaphor for conveying students’ experience of disappointment than to insinuatemalicious intent.(i)In K-12 engineering programs, the overwhelming curricular emphasis is on engaging, design-based classroom activities: open-ended, hands-on projects requiring creative synthesis acrossmultiple domains of knowledge on the part of the student.1 In university engineering programs,students confront an educational philosophy that can be characterized as exclusionary and builtupon a “fundamentals first” approach to learning:2 analytically rigorous, rote learning of basicprinciples in math and science (e.g., calculus, chemistry, physics) followed by engineeringsciences (e.g. statics, fluid dynamics) followed by engineering analysis

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Joerene Acerrador Aviles, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Eva Dibong; Beatrice Mendiola, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Michelle Murray, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Marta Tsyndra, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Makayla Wahaus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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colleges; and primarily white and Hispanic serving institutions are alsoincluded in the student data set. A subject selection matrix was employed to also maintain somedegree of balance within our sample with regards to gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomicbackground, with the project PIs helping to secure additional interviews to round outdemographic variation. We currently have N=29 interviews completed, and their mapping to thelarger project and the basic demographics of our sample are described in Table 1 & 2,respectively. Table 1: Institutional Profile of Faculty/Admin vs. Student Data Faculty/Admin Student Data

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pasquale Sanfelice; Mia Erdenebileg; Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College- One of the City Colleges of Chicago

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for the NSF: HSI ”Building Bridges into Engineering and Computer Science”.Dr. Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College- One of the City Colleges of Chicago Doris J. Espiritu, PhD is the Executive Director of the College Center of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science and a professor of Chemistry at Wright College. Doris Espiritu is one of the first National Science Foundation’s research awardees under the Hispanic- Serving Institutions (HSI) Program. She pioneered Engineering at Wright and had grown the Engineering program enrollment by 700 % within two years of the NSF-HSI project. Doris founded six student chapters of national organizations including the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Society of

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pearl Elizabeth Ortega, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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both the classrooms of U.S. schools and the general workforce is needed tounderstand why this is occurring and what pedagogies can be added, removed, or enhanced toslow the rapid decline of underrepresented students in engineering. The object of this research isto discover pathways of engineering undergraduate students in their first two years in order tobetter understand their engineering identity and the relationship to graduation. Assessment of theengineering identity and mindset during the sophomore year will be done to both understand thegrowing diverse student body and to suggest changes in student and faculty engagement andinstructional activities. In this project, the authors will: (1) identify biases formed by studentswhen they choose

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Student Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Thomas De Pree, University of New Mexico; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University

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earlier study was set up with afocus on diverse students and diverse student experiences, which provided a valuable entry intohow different students experienced engineering education through their encounters with boththeir peers and faculty. These encounters, both good and bad, shaped what choices they madeabout their education; whether or not to stay in engineering; and if they left, what other major tochoose based on the investments they made in their coursework so far. We discovered otherthings through this project, such as the importance of peer support groups; how peers contributedto learning; and how students learned to navigate challenges by choosing the right instructors,courses, and majors. In general, the project documented what student

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Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College; Mary Ann Jacobs Ed.D., Manhattan College; Alexandra Emma Lehnes, Manhattan College; Kathleen Christal Mancuso, Manhattan College; Anthony Scotti, Manhattan College

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to real-life scenarios inschool project, at work, and in teaching.Peer-Presentation ReviewTo specifically enhance the presentation skills of the engineering ambassadors, the studentspractice the presentation portion of the lesson their group designed to their fellow ambassadorsand faculty. During the presentation, the audience took note on the presentation skills such asposture, filler words, body language verbal tone, volume, and eye contact are ranked on anexcellent to needs improvement scale. This provided the ambassadors with a list of requiredimprovements in their presentations. The presenting ambassadors received a similar sheet withthe combined results as shown in table 3. Table 3: Sample of

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Student Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maha Sultan Alsheeb, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative and coordinates the undergraduate writing courses. Currently, she is working on a project examining writing strategies used by engineers in multinational workplaces and the impact of these findings on WAC/WID programs. Her primary research and teaching interests are multilingual writers, writing across the curriculum and writing in the disciplines (WAC/WID), and first-year writing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 The Impact of Socio-Cultural Factors in Qatar on Females in EngineeringAbstractThis paper provides a detailed insight into the Arab culture, specifically, the perceptions ofQatari culture on women in engineering. The Qatari

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Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Martinez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas, El Paso

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Paper ID #16707Building Professional Communities - Initiating Junior Chapters of MAES &SHPE to Increase STEM Awareness and Professional PracticeMs. Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso Aileen Tapia is an industrial engineering junior at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she gadly serves as the Region 5 Student Representative and previously served as secretary and president of the 150-member student chapter. She also helped establish a SHPE Jr. chapter at her high school alma mater. As a research assistant, she explored different techniques to effectively deliver Project Based Learning (PBL) techniques to

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Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeannie Marie Purchase, Virginia Tech ; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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infrastructure projects, sustainability education, and increasing diversity in STEM fields.Dr. Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PE, LEED-AP, is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She is the 2016 recipient of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Assistant Professor and the Black Graduate Student