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NSF Grantees: Student Learning 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Patti Wojahn, New Mexico State University; Germain Degardin, Southwest Outreach Academic Research (SOAR) Center; Muhammad Dawood, New Mexico State University; Melissa J. Guynn, New Mexico State University; Rachel Boren, New Mexico State University

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Paper ID #28632Increasing Metacognitive Awareness through Reflective Writing:Optimizing Learning in EngineeringDr. Patti Wojahn, New Mexico State University As past Writing Program Administrator and current Interdisciplinary Studies Department Head, I have worked closely with academic departments interested in supporting the writing, communication, and aca- demic abilities of students. For many years, I worked with Integrated Learning Communities for at-risk, entry-level engineering majors, overseeing development and use of a curriculum adapted specifically for this group. I continue to analyze data from research studies

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University; Wendy Cagle, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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Paper ID #41394Board 287: Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): SecondYear ProgressDr. Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University Dr. Paul Yanik is a Professor of Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University. His research interests include human-robot interactions, assistive devices, pattern recognition, machine learning, and engineering education.Dr. Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University Scott Rowe is an Assistant Professor in Western Carolina University’s School of Engineering + Technology. He joined Western Carolina University in 2021 after studies in concentrated solar power and controls

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Jane Huff-Lohmeier, University of Arizona; Amee Jeanette Hennig, University of Arizona; Daniel Lamoreaux M.A., University of Arizona

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(ROKET) (#EEC-1300370 and #EEC-1009496)was a multidisciplinary RET in the Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN), an NSFfunded Engineering Research Center (ERC) at the University of Arizona (UA). ROKETsupported 50 teachers from Native American schools in a 6-week summer research experienceover a 7 year period in labs in the College of Optical Sciences and the College of Science.Applying theories of American Indian identity development to teacher development, the goal ofthis program was to increase cultural awareness in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) classroom curriculum and build professional mentoring relationships totransform Native American classrooms and pique the interests of Native American youth towardSTEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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results.Stronger and more frequent student-TA interactions negatively predicted attention whilepositively predicting participation. Interaction effects between student-TA interactions andfaculty support were also significant, suggesting that what TAs do moderates the influence offaculty on student engagement.Given the importance that interactions play in facilitating academic integration, the distinctcontributions of TAs vs. faculty to student engagement are important and merit future research toassess their generalizability across other disciplines and institutions.Background: The Importance of EngagementStudent engagement is most frequently measured in terms of what students do, is measuredbroadly across multiple courses and academic activities, and has

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Workforce Development

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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employment is concentrated in two sub-sectors(3259-Other Chemicals and 3344-Semiconductor) and in 2015, constituted 24.6% of the region’stotal employment [1, 2]. Guided by the overarching research question (RQ) “To what extent docurriculum content, employer needs, and student experiences align within an advancedmanufacturing educational pathway,” this study’s goals are to 1) investigate the role AMprogram pathways have in meeting the needs of employers and new professionals who areemployed in the region; 2) expand the research base and curriculum content recommendationsfor entrepreneur and intrapreneur education; 3) build regional capacity for AM programassessment and improvement by replicating, refining, and disseminating study approachesthrough

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Rae Jing Han, University of Washington; Selen Güler, University of Washington

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.) ● Perceived limited flexibility in curriculum ● Institutional-level policies and timelines impact lower-level changes ● Value of research versus value of teaching reality ● Unspoken rules about how things are done “here”Human resources frame (focus is on the needs and skills of the people in the organization, aswell as the relationships between them): ● Collegiality & collaboration aren’t a part of a faculty member’s job description ● Lack of leadership & management training ● Lack of shared vision ● Lack of buy-in ● Lack of training on team-teaching, integrated curriculum, and effective pedagogy ● Lack of knowledge about how to navigate an organization and change it ● Lack of individual bandwidth

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Joseph Polman Polman; Michael Hannigan

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, university students are prepared to mentor K-12projects. Projects are conducted during the spring semester and supported by universitylaboratories in the iterative design and integration of laboratory environmental monitoring Pods.High school students engage local community members by monitoring environmental conditionsin local schools, businesses, agricultural settings, homes, and government sites. Communitymembers assist with access to experimental sites, materials, and project promotion. Communitymembers are invited to the symposium. Two mentors will travel monthly to each school in thespring semester and support projects remotely via an on-line curriculum (See Component 2). TheSCENIC projects culminate in a local symposium where students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaowen Gong, Auburn University; Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University; Thaddeus A. Roppel, Auburn University; Chih-hsuan Wang; Melody L. Russell

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”RFE Design and Development: Framing Engineering as Community Activism for Values-Driven Engineering”; Co-PI of NSF CISE ”EAGER: An Accessible Coding Curriculum for En- gaging Underserved Students with Special Needs in Afterschool Programs”; co-PI of NSF INCLUDES: South East Alliance for Persons with Disabilities in STEM, Co-PI of NSF CE 21 Collaborative Research: Planning Grant: Computer Science for All (CS4ALL)). Dr. Marghitu was also PI of grants from Center for Woman in Information Technology, Daniel F. Bree- den Endowment for Faculty Enhancement, AccessComputing Alliance, Computer Science Collaboration Project, Microsoft Fuse Research, Altova Co., and Pearson Education Publishing Co. Dr. Marghitu has

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg L. Saylor, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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. The S-STEM mentor provides social mentoring, which is a form of informalmentoring in which mentoring opportunities arise ad hoc, starting and ending quickly based on aspecific learning need. Besides face-to-face mentoring, it also integrates online tools as part ofthe mentoring process. A member of the S-STEM project management team serves as an S-STEM mentor and tracks student’s progress in meeting program requirements and implementearly interventions for students in academic distress. A student meets their assigned S-STEMmentor once a semester, after submitting the first set of course instructor reports and meeting thedegree program academic advisor. Prior to the meeting, the S-STEM mentor reviews andapproves completed online forms

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University

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area, loads, and load path. Theresearch presented in this paper highlights the ethnographic methods used to study the contextsof professional practice and academic settings. Results from these settings indicate thatengineering concepts are represented in disjointed, isolated design efforts in academic settings;whereas similar concepts are integrated within and throughout design efforts in a workplacesetting. Some suggestions for engineering education and curriculum based on these results arepresented at the end of this paper.Activities and Findings:Activity 1: Ethnography of an Engineering WorkplaceA graduate research assistant worked as a part time intern for three months with a medium-sizedstructural engineering department at a private

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks ; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks ; Chithra Adams, VentureWell; Alexa Joelle Prince; David Robert Schneider; Khanjan Mehta

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Engineering Leadership Development Program.David’s main course, Model Based Systems Engineering, is also now officially sponsored by Boeing.David has also received multiple recognitions for his educational work from the Obama White House Of-fice of Science and Technology Policy and was an invited guest for the official start to the National Weekof Making and the CS4ALL initiatives. David also led the broader impacts video game creation for theNSF Expeditions in Computing Grant on Computational Sustainability and is the head faculty advisor forCornell Cup Robotics and Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD), which is commonly Cornell’slargest and most diverse student project team. David was also a screenwriter for Walt Disney

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Funk, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leilani Pai, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Johan Benedict Cristobal, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Brittany Rader

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Education, 2024“Someone has invested in me to do this”: Supporting Low-Income Students to Persist in STEM through an NSF S-STEM grantThere have been numerous, widespread national efforts to address the challenge of a growingneed for STEM professionals. In a 2012 report, the President’s Council of Advisors on Scienceand Technology suggested that the United States needed to produce one million additionalcollege graduates in STEM fields by 2022 in order to keep up with the expected growth inSTEM positions [1]. Between 1970 and 2018, STEM occupations grew 79% [2] and areexpected to continue to grow 10.8% between 2021 and 2031 [3]. Evidence suggests that thenumber of STEM degrees is increasing, as is the diversity of those obtaining STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Hassan Tanvir, University of Florida; Gloria J Kim, University of Florida; Jing Guo, University of Florida; Philip Feng, University of Florida; Wanli Xing, University of Florida

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and lower the barriers to QISTentry? As outlined in the literature [11]–[16], various factors, such as learning environment, design andorganization of the curriculum, assessment, feedback, and learning new tools outside thestudent's comfort zone can impede learning. This research focused explicitly on identifyingfactors that could serve as barriers within the newly designed modules for the Introduction toQuantum Computing course (EEE 4423).Course Structure of Introduction to Quantum Computing (EEE 4423)The course syllabus was designed to cover the 9 key concepts for Quantum Information Science(QIS) learners [17]. This course aims to provide engineering students with an in-depthunderstanding of quantum computing software as well as some

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida; Tanvir Hossain, The University of Kansas; Swarup Bhunia; Pavlo Antonenko

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principles of Universal Design for Learning and Culturally Responsive/Sustaining Pedagogies.Tanvir Hossain, The University of KansasDr. Swarup BhuniaDr. Pavlo Antonenko Pavlo ”Pasha” Antonenko is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Florida. His interests focus on the design of technology-enhanced learning environments and rigorous mixed-method research on the effective conditions for tec ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Supporting Hardware Engineering Career Choice in First-Year Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe semiconductor and digital electronics field is undergoing rapid changes with continuousprogress in integrating

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University; Anna H. Wakefield, Texas State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University

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Paper ID #25151Facilitating Makerspace Adoption: Professional Development for UniversityFaculty in Making Techniques and PedagogyDr. Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University Dr. Shaunna Smith is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an empha- sis on technology integration and art education. Her teaching and research explore how the hands-on use of design-based technologies (e.g. digital fabrication, 3D modeling and printing, computer programming, and DIY robotics) can impact

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sharon Miller, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Steven Higbee, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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research is discipline-specific and focuses on identifying how self-efficacy relates to engineering design achievement in an undergraduate BME curriculum. Twogoals of our research include: 1) to increase self-efficacy of undergraduate BME students byproviding project-based learning experiences throughout the curriculum; and 2) to identify ifbiomedical engineering student self-efficacy differences correlate with student ability toeffectively translate fundamental knowledge toward engineering design.Since we bring disciplinary expertise, our choice of mentors parallels the engineering educationresearch topics required to successfully approach our study’s research goals. Again, we targetedthree areas for development: social science research in design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Anabel Mederos; antonio delgado

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to integrate AI into existing courses. 2. Adapt previously developed and tested AI courses from University of Florida for use in a credit-granting AI program at MDC. 3. Create interdisciplinary courses that make an AI certificate available and relevant to all MDC students. 4. Establish multiple student entry points into AI for traditional students and existing professionals. The project seeks to meet students where they “are”: geographically, economically, and academically. 5. Provide support mechanisms that engage and encourage underrepresented minorities students to study AI.Findings from the Project’s Evaluation and Research TeamsThe project’s evaluation team found that faculty and staff reported

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida; Tanvir Hossain; Tamzidul Hoque; Swarup Bhunia, University of Florida; Mary Jo Koroly; Bradford Davey; Pavlo Antonenko, University of Florida

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hardware fundamentals. To create the curriculum, the project team is designing anddeveloping a set of games played collaboratively using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)board. Other components, such as switches to input data, LED arrays, and seven-segmentdisplays, are also being added to the output, as depicted in Fig. 1. The primary goal is to enablean engaging, thought-provoking, and synergistic learning of the hardware aspects of computingfor students from any engineering major. Each curricular module addresses a differentfundamental concept of computing hardware, and collectively the modules provide a "peekinside the box" to construct an accurate perspective of what components constitute a modernelectronic system and why. The PICABOO

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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summary of what occurred in 2014 and whatwe plan for 2015.How NSF I-Corps Has Influenced the Engineering Ambassador Network From January through February 2014, three members of the Engineering Ambassadorproject participated as an I-Corps team in the completion of the I-Corps curriculum. Serving asthe entrepreneurial lead was Kathryn Kirsch, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering fromPenn State. Dr. Joanna Garner, a faculty member in psychology from Old Dominion University, Page 26.612.2served as the mentor, and Michael Alley, a faculty member in engineering communication from   Penn State, served as the principal investigator. The

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

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Paper ID #22139S-STEM Summer Scholarship for a Sophomore Bridge: Year 1 in ReviewDr. Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Katie Evans is the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, the Entergy Corp LP&L/NOPSI #3 & #4 Professor of Mathematics, the Academic Director of Mathematics and Statistics and Online Programs, and the Director of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC). She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.S. in Mathematics at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Her research interests in- clude distributed parameter control modeling and simulation, dynamic modeling of physical systems, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University

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application areas of biometrics used by commercial, governmentand law enforcement agencies. The global biometrics market has a compound annualgrowth rate of 21.3 percent. There is much research interest in different biometricsystems and this has led to increasing efforts in ensuring that biometrics is taught at theundergraduate level [2][3][4][5][6][7]. The authors are in the final year of an NSF TUESType 2 grant that is based on the theme of vertically integrating biometrics experimentsthroughout the undergraduate curriculum [7]. Three universities have joined together inthis effort [8][9][10][11][12].Biometrics involves signal/image processing in a pattern recognition framework [13][14].There are two types of biometric systems. Biometric

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, University of Colorado Boulder; Jeffrey Bush, University of Colorado Boulder; Quentin Lee Biddy, University of Colorado Boulder; Jennifer Jacobs, University of Colorado Boulder; Mimi Recker, Utah State University; Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #33565Supporting Teachers to Implement Engineering Design Challenges usingSensor Technologies in a Remote Classroom EnvironmentDr. Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Gendreau Chakarov received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the Univer- sity of Colorado Boulder where she examined how to integrate computational thinking into middle school science curriculum using programmable sensor technologies as part of the SchoolWide Labs project. She continues this work on the SchoolWide Labs Project as a research associate where she serves as the com- puter science and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology

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-based learning, STEM integration, engineering education, curriculum development, and self-efficacy.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is a Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC), Dr. Alemdar made significant contributions to the fields of STEM education. Her research focuses on improving K-12 STEM education through research on curriculum development, teacher professional development, and student learning in integrated STEM environments. Dr. Alemdar currently serves as PI and co-PI for research on various NSF funded projects that focuses on engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; Christopher Stewart Rose, James Madison University; Elizabeth Marie Tafoya; Prabaharan Graceraj Ponnusamy, University of Georgia; Tyler Jeffrey Wahl, James Madison University; Jessica Besnier, James Madison University ; Jordan Claire Capelle, James Madison University

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. 19(4): p. 181-192.7. Nagel, J.K., et al., Enhancing the Pedagogy of Bio-inspired Design in an Engineering Curriculum, in 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2016: New Orleans, Louisiana.8. Nagel, J.K.S., et al., Teaching Bio-inspired Design Using C-K Theory. Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobio-materials, 2016. 6(2): p. 77-86.9. Fink, L.D., Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. 2003, San Francisco, CA.: Jossey-Bass.10. Nagel, J.K., et al., Preliminary findings from a comparative study of two bio-inspired design methods in a second-year engineering curriculum, in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Expo. 2019: Tampa, FL, USA.11. Pidaparti

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Mary McVee

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how to integrate and teach engineering in their classrooms. Weconjecture that this is due to engineering being viewed as more difficult to comprehend andintegrate than translanguaging practices.Preliminary ResultsThus far one of the teacher participants, Emma (a pseudonym), has taught two engineeringchallenges in her classroom. As she had an additional number of Spanish speaking students joinher class, she created a group with all the Spanish speaking students to work together andappointed the bilingual student as a leader and facilitator of the group. Emma designed a Spanishlanguage version of the English language brainstorming sheet used by the rest of the class(Figure 1). During testing, Emma also asked the students questions in Spanish

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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and internships. As we identified in the I-Corps curriculum, aminimum viable product of the Engineering Ambassadors Network is an advanced presentationstrategy that we teach to our Engineering Ambassadors: the assertion-evidence approach.8 Ourresearch has found that audiences of STEM presentations have a deeper understanding and betterrecall when the presenter follows the assertion-evidence approach, as opposed to the commonpractice of style of having a phrase headline supported by a bulleted list.9 Through the I-Corps curriculum, we realized that we could dramatically increase ourmarket size on communicating the minimum viable product by creating slightly altered versionsof the websites that we created for targeting the Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Joseph V. Flora, University of South Carolina; Fabio Matta, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis, EPRE Consulting LLC; Ethan Washam, STV Engineers

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maindeliverable and student assessment instrument for the course. The second step is for students toconduct research in the summer as outlined in the proposal.2. Research ProgramThe two-step research program was implemented as part of a curriculum enhancement project inthe Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. The nanotechnology LINK project, orLearning Integration of New Knowledge, exposes undergraduate students to fundamentalconcepts and applications in nanotechnology, with an emphasis on end-of-life management ofproducts containing nanomaterials. Content is delivered across multiple linked courses (Pierceand Berge, 2014) using active learning pedagogical strategies. To complement and extendstudent learning of nanotechnology, research

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Oumaima Atraoui, James Madison University; Caroline Clay, James Madison University; Zachary Harris De Bey, James Madison University; Johannah Daschil, James Madison University ; Bethany Popelish, James Madison University

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engineeringprograms.The existence of makerspaces in the engineering department is predicated on the understanding that usageof those spaces encourages the development of creativity and innovation in engineering students. The useof these spaces has been carefully integrated into the curriculum in order to achieve the stated goal ofequipping students with skills needed to navigate an evolving world of engineering. The design-heavycurriculum extends far beyond technical skills to include a variety of skills that are necessary for design.These skills include stakeholder identification, communicating with clients, and team formation.Early findings suggest a reluctance on the part of students to embrace non-technical skills needed for design.Students have regarded

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Rosaurelis Marín Ramírez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Paola Pacheco Roldan, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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”.Engineers and non-engineers alike widely characterize engineering as a discipline whose purposeis to “solve problems”, and this is often framed as “design”1. Despite movements since at leastthe 1990’s to reform engineering education to integrate design throughout the curriculum,including during the freshman year, engineering curricula remain dominated by “linear” and “topdown” models that postpone the introduction of design. In this standard model, basic math andscience (“analysis”) courses are given during the first two years, followed by application of thisknowledge to conduct basic engineering analysis during the second and third years, andculminating in engineering design (e.g., capstone design projects) during the last year2, 3. Theinherent

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hameed Shaheed Abdul-Rashid, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lara Hebert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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content was covered in isolation from the engineeringprojects with one week of equitable and inclusive STEM environment content followed by aweek of technical experiences with the project-based engineering curriculum. In each subsequentyear, the leadership team adjusted the content planning to better reflect the need for equity workto be embedded in STEM pedagogy, and not as something separate. The most consistentcomponent of the CISTEME365 professional development model was the Action Research forEquity Project (AREP). Participants designed, implemented, and then presented their findingsfrom an action research project where they investigated the impact of implementing one or moretargeted equity and inclusion strategies in their STEM Clubs or