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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Miller, Campbell University; Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University; Brian R Page, Michigan Technological University; Lauren Nicole Knop, Michigan Technological University ; Guilherme Aramizo Ribeiro, Michigan Technological University; Mo Rastgaar; Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University

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Paper ID #21957Monitoring Motivation Factors for Girls in Summer Robotics ProgramDr. Michele Miller, Campbell University Dr. Michele Miller is a Professor and Associate Dean at Campbell University. Prior to joining Campbell, she was a professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan Tech. She teaches courses in manufacturing and does research on engineering education.Ms. Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University Saeedeh Ziaeefard is a PhD student and research assistant with Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems Laboratory (NASLab) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Doreen Aveni, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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uniqueresearch experiences must be identified for 100 students in laboratories across campus.Furthermore, the arrangement of internships depends upon strengthening and expanding thenetwork of regional industries, companies, and health services organizations. This requiresconsiderable work, however, our extensive faculty network and alumni have been supportive inproviding resources and opportunities for current WISE students.Preliminary FindingsTo measure the effectiveness of the new WISE curriculum in meeting its goals, incomingfreshmen (N = 58) were surveyed at the end of the fall semester in 2017. Baseline data werecollected to explore the following research question: How does participation in the WISEcurriculum impact students’ self-efficacy, career

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University; Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University; Caroline Ghio, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in chemical engi- neering and pursuing minors in mathematics and material science and engineering. Outside of class, Kaeli works as a chemistry tutor and class grader, and she participates in undergraduate research in a materials science laboratory on campus. She also has held co-op positions with Rogers Corporation’s Innovation Center, the National Renewable Energy Lab, and Lockheed Martin Energy Storage.Mr. Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University Bradley Priem is a third year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in chemical en- gineering and minoring in biochemical engineering. He has been involved in the Connections Chemistry

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Innovations in Engineering Education and Research,2007.[9] Feisel, L.D. and Rosa, A.J., "The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education”, Journal ofengineering education, pp. 121-130, January 2005.[10] Thomas, J.W., "A review of research on project-based learning", California: The Autodesk Foundation. URL:http://www.bie.org/images/uploads/general/9d06758fd346969cb63653d00dca55c0.pdf, March, 2000. AccessedMarch 13, 2018.[11] Waks, S. and N. Sabag, N., "Technology Project Learning Versus Lab Experimentation", Journal of ScienceEducation and Technology, Volume 13, issue 3, pp. 333-342, September 2004.[12] Song, J. and Ma, G., "Different Lab Formats in Introduction to Engineering Course", Proceedings of the 2017American Society for

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida

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group began with general safety procedures for the room (safety glassesrequired, long hair tied back, denim aprons provided for clothing protection, closed-toed shoesrequired, etc.) Each student was given an engineering laboratory notebook to use with a brieftutorial about good practice for engineering documentation in building.Equipment in the rolling tool chests that were used during the builds included: hammers, variouspliers, multiple types of screw drivers, ratcheting socket wrenches, adjustable wrench, a level,hex wrenches, measuring tape, calipers, hand saw, miter box, clamping vise, sanding sponges,cordless power drills, drill bits, corded and cordless Dremel rotary tools, various Dremel toolaccessories and tips, wire strippers

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University ; Daniel Collier, Western Michigan University

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students into engineeringprograms. Hoit and Ohland showed, with statistically significant evidence, that presenting the realengineering content, in the first-year itself, helps retain women students31. They changed theintroduction to engineering course to a laboratory format, where they employed active learningwith smaller class sizes, and rotated students through laboratories in each undergraduateengineering department. They studied three different cohorts, wherein students could chooseeither the new laboratory format, which 42 women students did; or traditional lecture basedformat, which 92 women students did. The authors found women retention (remaining in theprogram till the third year of study) in the lecture-based format was at 16

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Alberto Acuna, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Joseph E Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Joshua Daniel Roth, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Joseph Towles, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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) investigating object properties in a virtual reality (VR) environment using ahaptic robot and VR system; (5) investigating human walking patterns using a computer simulationof gait (BioMotion Laboratory, Queens University; Kingston, Ontario, Canada); (6) measurementof basketball dribbling characteristics with a smart basketball (InfoMotion Sports Technology;Dublin, OH). The remaining four activities were new. They were as follows: (1) exploringcompression in materials; (2) investigating anatomical features of lower extremity bones; (3)design of an ankle-foot orthosis; and (4) learning about the scientific contributions of universityresearchers in an engineering trivia game.To address our second goal, we developed the engineering trivia game as an

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Rachel Ann Baker

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personal impact of the conferenceand included questions related to conference usefulnesses, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and programlogistics, as well as feedback about the overall conference experience. The Heatherton and Polivy 11State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES) was specifically designed to measure state self-esteem, which isdefined as the temporary fluctuations in self-esteem. The SSES is generally considered to be astable qualitative measure that is psychometrically sound and valid in laboratory, classroom, andclinical settings 11 . Table 1 lists the 14 questions from the SSES utilized by this study to measurethe self-esteem subcategories of academic performance (seven questions) and social confidence(seven questions). A 5-point Likert scale was

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College

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to serve as teaching assistants. Teaching assistants at Dartmouth are typicallyundergraduate students themselves who have done well in the courses for which they serve asteaching assistants. Responsibilities of the teaching assistants include running problem sessions(optional evening help sessions), grading problem sets, and helping to set up and rundemonstrations and laboratories. Teaching assistants are not responsible for grading quizzes,exams or projects. As shown in Figure 4, the percentage of women serving as teaching assistantsin undergraduate engineering courses for the past six terms has been quite high, ranging from47% to 55%. 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Fall 2017 Spring 2017 Winter 2017

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Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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competitionrequirements. A key challenge to the girls was how to agree on the design, and then how tomeasure and cut the balsa wood to the correct dimension so that it fitted in perfectly in themodel. Also, despite the instructions given on laboratory safety, a few girls could not resisteating the marshmallows to be used for their toothpick and marshmallow earthquake resistantmodels. Their ever sticky hands hindered their progress with their models.During team competitions, the winning teams were rewarded for constructing models with thebest building parameters to include height, footprint, structural load capacity, aesthetics, andART demonstrations. The uniqueness of this program lay in the fact that all of the projects had toincorporate ART and sustainability

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer C Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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integrating writing into engineering project courses and structuring thecollaboration in a way that acknowledges writing. In addition, these strategies may improve allstudents’ experiences in project courses because it provides structure to collaboration, supportsdeveloping skills in working and writing in teams, and acknowledges the writing produced andeach writer’s specific roles.Context: Engineering-English PartnershipThe senior capstone experience in MSE at Boise State University is a year-long course sequenceduring which student teams work on projects sponsored by paying clients outside the university.Sponsors are typically companies but may also include national laboratories, nonprofitorganizations, and municipalities such as water districts