Conference Session

Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

performance are shownbelow in Table 2 (this is directly taken from [8-9]). Referring to Table 1, it would be interesting touse the parameters from ‘measures of performance’ column as a measure to know what is the aimof the research that the faculty members are involved in. Knowing these measures, would behelpful in determining which type of scholarship is being associated with the research process. Table 1. Boyer’s model of scholarship [8-9] Type of Purpose Measures of PerformanceScholarshipDiscovery Build new knowledge - Publishing in peer-reviewed forums through traditional - Producing and/or performing creative work within established

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Heather Shipley, University of Texas at San Antonio; Krystel K. Castillo-Villar, University of Texas at San Antonio; Timothy Yuen, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

retained in a STEM major with only tenstudents leaving the program (financial eligibility or full time status), a retention rate of 90.2%.The Workshop Series:A key component for success in school and beyond is the training and development of criticalthinking, professional and research skills. A series of workshops are created each semester bythe faculty and/or other support services on campus. Fellows are required to attend twoworkshops a semester. Thus far we have provided or worked with other groups to have thefollowing workshops: resume writing, negotiating salaries and accepting offers, Career Paths:Your Possible Lives, College of Engineering’s Womengineering Luncheon, Expert LearnerSeries (student success themes), Networking/Interview Skills

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Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel Herring Sangree, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins University

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

hold the chain and another student to apply a tensile force to the chain to turn it into asemicircle. We note that the tensile force applied to turn the chain into a semicircle is analogousto the compressive force applied to the arch by the fill above the arch, which changes the flow offorces into one that fits within the geometric confines of the semicircular arch (see Figure 1).Figure 1. Line of action of a uniformly distributed load through a freestanding semicircular arch (left)and through a semicircular arch with lateral forces due to fill (right)                                                            2 Others include Think-Pair-Share, one-minute papers, and peer editing of draft writing assignments.Eventually the Roman arch made

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel Koh, Smith College

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

mapping exercise in which they were encouraged to consider how “community” isdefined by thinking about what communities they belong to. In the first group meeting, theinstructor asked students to free-write about communities they belong to: What are thosecommunities? What defines them? Who are the members? How does one come to belong? Aftersharing, students discussed initial ideas of what it means to do an engineering project that is“engaged with a community”. Following the initial meeting, students spent two weeks reading (out-of-class) and discussing(in-class) critiques of ETH projects, including references [1], [3], [6], [7]. The first week ofreadings were assigned by the instructor, while the second week of readings were generated bythe class

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shramana Ghosh, New York University; Pooneh Sabouri, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

also been shownto increase student interest in engineering and improve their conceptual understanding of math andscience by engaging them in interactive learning experiences [1].Broadly the role of educational robots in classrooms has been classified into three categories: (i)tutor, (ii) peer, or (iii) tool [8]. Yet, the role of educational robots as technological and educationalartifacts in K-12 STEM classrooms has not been examined in depth by researchers. One reasonmight be attributed to some researchers considering student learning to be curriculum dependent[9]. In this school of thinking [9], the use of educational robots is not guaranteed to improve studentlearning, rather the role of educational robotics in K-12 settings is to foster

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida; Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

backgrounds, and various contextual influences.The proposed framework capitalizes on the use of existing survey tools and course data toconduct a mapping of faculty mentor beliefs/practices against student perception and recognitionof those practices. In conjunction with student reflective memos containing self-evaluations oftheir project and team experiences, interactions with faculty mentors, and overall satisfactionwith their educational experience, this data will combine to provide a multifaceted assessment ofwhich factors are influential and are value-added to the program. The mixed methods approachwill include quantitative statistical analysis of programmatic data, qualitative social networkanalysis-based assessment of peer evaluations, and

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

identification through an adapted entrepreneurship framework [7]. The lecture taught problem-centric design with an emphasis on choosing a market, identifying relevant problems, and developing a solution aligned with the competencies of the group. 2. All groups (MTE, ME, ECE) also participated in a field experience to the fourth-year capstone symposia. These are public events in which engineering students present their final designs at the conclusion of their capstone design projects. Visiting the symposia was intended to provide the third-year students with an opportunity to practice applying the need finding strategies by looking critically at the work of their older peers in the program. 3. Two

Conference Session

Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Libraries

classroom [21]. At Canisus College in New York, Bordonaro andRichardson collaborated to embed a librarian in an undergraduate education course. They foundthat through the embedded information literacy assignments, several types of scaffoldingoccurred including: peer to peer, librarian and professor to student, library and professor to eachother and external education professionals to student [22]. As students worked through theassignments, they gained experience using information literacy skills in the discipline.MethodologyFollowing full implementation of the flipped information literacy lesson in fall 2017, theresearch team began to discuss methods to improve the quality of student bibliographies on thefinal report assignment. In the initial

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kali Lynn Morgan; Paul Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, students create a learning portfolio using Googlesites that tells their story of initial entrepreneurial mindset growth over the course of their firstsemester at Georgia Tech. They also share their portfolios with faculty, peers, and upper levelstudents from BMED4000 (described below) at an ePortfolio showcase event at the end of thesemester.At the other end of the curricular framework is a unique culminating course called BMED4000The Art of Telling Your Story. In this upper level course, students learn to make connectionsbetween their experiences throughout their time at Georgia Tech and reflect on these experiencesthrough the lens of an entrepreneurial mindset. While BMED1000 focuses on folio thinking as ameans of developing entrepreneurial

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Dennis M. Lee, Clemson University; Karina Sylvia Sobieraj, Ohio State University; Cazembe Kennedy, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education Policy, and have been working as a graduate research assistant to Clemson’s Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education on projects involving tracking and analyzing data on student engage- ment in high-impact practices, proposing and writing grants for joint faculty curricula development, and revamping Clemson’s general education requirements/curricula. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Interactions Between Engineering Student Researcher Identity and Epistemic ThinkingAbstractThis paper describes a multi-phase, multi-institution project with the objectives of 1) exploringhow undergraduate engineering researchers develop their researcher

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Benjamin Kelley

different situations. 14. I can develop and maintain working relationships with peers. 15. I can develop and maintain working relationships with supervisors or superiors. 16. I am capable of resolving conflict.  Business Acumen 17. I am able to verbally organize and communicate ideas appropriate to the situation. 18. I am able to organize and communicate ideas in writing appropriate to the situation. 19. I understand basic principles of business. 20. I understand how marketing is used effectively within an organization. 21. I understand the concepts of finance in a business setting. 22. I assess opportunity and recognize unmet needs. 23

Conference Session

Promoting Communication Skills

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Gabrielle Orbaek White, Swansea University ; Patricia Xavier, Swansea University; Catherine Groves, Swansea University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

education, and as Cech argues, one class is notenough to move the needle on developing the necessary “reflexes for social justiceconsiderations” amongst engineers [15].Kim et. al. worked on a multi-disciplinary team from engineering, psychology and educationwith the aim to “enable engineering students to become reflective thinkers who develop the habitof critically thinking about the broader social, human, environmental, and ethical context” [10].Using the philosophical concept of phronesis (ethical judgement or practical wisdom) as aguiding theoretical framework, reflective practice was used to assist students in navigating theirdevelopment of ethical judgement in the face of ambiguous situations. The course required thestudents to write an

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Leena N. Lalwani, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan; Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Craig E. Smith, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

% of students said that they had decided against buying a textbookbecause it was too expensive,” [12], Boczar and Pascual write about an “E-books for theClassroom” program at the University of South Florida where the library “purchases the e-bookversion of a text that is needed for a course” [9].At the University of Minnesota, the Interlibrary Loan and Course Reserve departmentscollaborate on a service to fill student requests for required course materials [10]. The Universityof Buffalo Libraries began an e-Textbook Initiative in 2012, whose goals were to “…reducetextbook costs for students…and to explore equitable, sustainable business models for e-textbooks” [11].Rokusek and Cooke state, “Textbook affordability has been a critical issue in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mary E. Goodwin, University of South Florida

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First-Year Programs

timeso that even mild mental health problems can have a long-term detrimental effect [2]. Asadolescents and young adults, students begin to separate from their parents and make decisionsregarding peer group affiliations, intimate relationships, and educational choices. Depression canalter these career decisions and educational and vocational progress. Kessler et al. [2] wrote: …we estimate that more than 7.2 million people in the United States prematurely terminated their education because of early-onset psychiatric disorders, and only a fraction will later complete either high school or college….There are many societal consequences, such as less training of the workforce, less capability of full functioning in

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

models as tools to help solve societally relevant scientific challengesthrough design/development of appropriate technologies.Project TESAL incorporates characteristics of effective professional development inmathematics and science [28] - [33]. Teachers engage in significant mathematics and sciencecontent related to the work of teaching as they develop, design, implement, and refine modules toaddress middle grade content standards and objectives (CSOs) in mathematics, science, literacy,and engineering design. Teachers collaborate with peers and experts in engineering design,literacy, science, and mathematics education as part of a team moving through learning,development, and implementation cycles. This work is aligned with research in that is

Conference Session

Teaching Interventions in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 22nd

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego; G. Bryan Cornwall, University of San Diego

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Biomedical Engineering

a MBA at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego and was named a Rady fellow. He has published over 24 peer- reviewed publications, eight book chapters, and 24 US patents. Dr. Cornwall’s academic interests include: biomechanics, biomaterials, mechanical design, entrepreneur- ship, and innovation in medical devices and music. He has an active and long-standing interest in not- for-profit volunteering and service. Bryan is also an active runner completing more than 20 marathons around the world. He is a member of the ”7 Continent Club” completing marathons on 7 of 7 continents including Comrades (the Ultimate Human Race) in South Africa. American

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellise M. LaMotte, Tufts University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

lives” [6].Additionally, a sense of belonging “refers to a students’ perceived social support on campus, afeeling or sensation of connectedness, and the experience of mattering or feeling cared about,accepted, respected, valued by, and important to the campus community or others on campussuch as faculty, staff and peers” [7]. Due to these outcomes, the addition of the first yearseminar is becoming increasingly more common in colleges and universities and--whenimplemented well--offers a robust focus on critical thinking, opportunities for writingproficiency, collaborative learning, and the ability to obtain and process information. Together,these elements work to develop students’ academic and applied capabilities. Moreover, highimpact classes

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jimmy Ching-ming Chen, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Roger C. Lo, California State University, Long Beach; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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Engineering Technology

paper we present the working processes and activities of acurrent one-year ECR: PEER (EHR Core Research: Production Engineering Education andResearch) project funded by NSF organizing two workshops held by two institutes. Theseworkshops are to solicit and synthesize insights from experts in the academic, for-profit, andnon-profit sectors to describe the future and education of production in mechatronics. Eachworkshop is planned to be two days, where the first day will be dedicated to the topics ofworkforce education and training in mechatronics. The topics in the second day will be slightlydifferent based on the expertise and locations of the two institutes. One will focus on themechatronics technologies in production engineering for

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Tina Smilkstein, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

and in the same way peer pressure kept them from acting in the first place, theyare more likely to follow and assist now that the dam’s been broken.Another term to mention is pluralistic ignorance. If a large group is not reacting to something, anindividual will often stay quiet assuming that, since no-one else is saying anything, their opinionmust be in the minority and/or wrong. Maybe every person in the room agrees that somethingshould be done but if no individual stands up and says something, silence is consent and they allfeel that they are alone. In class, everyone might be lost but if no-one asks a question, then eachindividual assumes they are the only one that doesn’t understand.The school requires us to take intervention training

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jalil Kianfar P.E., Saint Louis University; Stephen M. Belt, Saint Louis University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

demystify computer programming for students. Theyworked individually with faculty and academic aides to develop a simple computer program thatcalculated the cost of transportation of freight. The presentation skills development activityincluded an introduction to MS PowerPoint and the elements of a good presentation. Studentsworked in groups of four and prepared presentations of what they had learned during the summerprogram. They delivered their presentations to their peers and parents during the closingceremony. Figure 2 illustrates students participating in the summer camp activities. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (g) (h

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Manoel Cortes-Mendez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University

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Computers in Education

the near future, we could imagine automated tools able to evaluate the quality of studentinteractions across different platforms, although how much can be inferred from loggedcommunications data raises questions that go beyond technology.In conclusion, Slack proved to be a useful tool in our engineering course. Students found it easyto use and reported that it facilitated collaboration and innovation. The perspectives shared bystudents show that innovation is a very hard thing to teach; it requires laying a solid foundation,supporting engagement, and fostering intrinsic motivation.This model may not work with all students. But with some, it works very well. For thosestudents, the freedom afforded by collaborating with peers and producing high

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Miles Skinner; Sven Anders, University of Alberta; Pierre Mertiny, University of Alberta

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

) interdisciplinary groups of summer school students are taskedto develop possible research project proposals following specific formats, such as the AllianceGrant model by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council that brings togetheruniversity researchers and industry and NGO stakeholders addressing interdisciplinarychallenges of direct relevance to industry partners. A sample summer school curriculum is shownin Figure 3, where the four stages are highlighted accordingly. Note that modules M0 to M10shown in Figure 3 relate to thematic, disciplinary and activity groupings.The development and writing of joint grant proposals is a learning and development process thatspans the entire summer school experience, exposing graduate students to the many

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

) enrollments over the past six years (2013-2019)[2] in contrast to the minor decline inother student groups. This growth has resulted in over 1060 military affiliated students enrolled inFall 2019[2]. The university Veteran Service Office (VSO) supports these veterans and familymembers through a wide variety of student services. The office has many programs which includea veterans specific orientation programs, counseling sessions (individual and group), and GreenZone Training for faculty. The office also maintains a veteran lounge and conference room. TheCollege Of Engineering veterans program, Veteran Education Continued Through EngineeringResearch (VECTER), provides additional services to veterans which include peer to peer tutoring,a faculty

Conference Session

Concept Inventories in Mechanics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ann Reimers, University of Virginia; Stefen Beeler-Duden, University of Virginia

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Mechanics

instruction to improve students’ grasp of the material.The Rotational Kinematics Inventory (RKI) is a peer-reviewed, validated assessment tool formeasuring students’ conceptual understanding of rotational kinematics. It is provided forteachers’ use by PhysPort, a website maintained by the American Association of PhysicsTeachers (AAPT) and supported by the National Science Foundation [3]. PhysPort gives theRKI a “silver” rating, its second highest ranking of research validation. This rating was grantedbecause the tool was developed through student interviews, expert review and statistical analysis,tested by multiple research groups at multiple institutions and the results were peer-reviewed [3].Development and testing of the inventory were reported by

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

, of course, not the only ways of providing cybersecurity education. Studieshave previously assessed the efficacy of using techniques such as peer mentoring [25], peerinstruction [26], games [27] and competitions [28] to teach cybersecurity knowledge and skills.3. Program Description & Changes from Year OneThe NDSU REU program has a number of components. Students first select a topic. Duringyear one, students were asked to brainstorm topics, in conjunction with their research mentor.For year 2, faculty were asked to identify areas of research interest. Students were then pairedwith faculty mentors based on the topics that they indicated interest in. The student and thefaculty mentor were then asked to further refine the topic, working

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kevin Kulda, Baylor University; Gennie Mansi, Baylor University

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Computers in Education

systems design, development, and consultation firm. She joined the faculty of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University in 1997, where she teaches a variety of engineering and computer science classes, she is the Faculty Advisor for the Women in Computer Science (WiCS), the Director of the Computer Science Fellows program, and is a KEEN Fellow. She has authored and co- authored over fifty peer-reviewed papers.Kevin Kulda, Baylor University Kevin is a Senior at Baylor University studying Computer Science and Information Systems. He is simul- taneously a Baylor Honors Student and a Baylor Business Fellow. Kevin’s senior thesis will investigate the intersection of machine learning and

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Marie Hamel, University of Maryland; W. Ethan Eagle, University of Maryland

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Educational Research and Methods

questions • One-or-Two Level 3 questions. These assess Fluency, the application of multiple concepts in a new way. Following the language analogy, Level 3 shows fluency of the thermodynamics language, able to write and speak about complex topicsA defined grading rubric delivered via online Learning Management System (LMS)Conceptual Fluency moves away from generous and sometimes laborious partial credit andtowards a binary grading technique using a strictly-defined rubric. We award full credit for a fullyconceptually and numerically correct solution. For any answer with numeric or conceptual errors,we initially award no points. Defined partial-credit is discussed below.We also adopted a new LMS to help us quickly operationalize and

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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First-Year Programs

of low-income,academically talented students (LIATS). This paper describes the design of a novel engineeringlearning community (ELC) introduced as part of the PEARLS project interventions. The ELC isfostered through activities included in a course designed for PEARLS first-year students. Duringthe course, first-year and senior students engaged in different ways: through senior design andcapstone projects, peer demonstrations of team projects, and lab visits. We discuss the coursestructure, activities, and early findings of its implementation.IntroductionGraduation and attrition rates are commonly used metrics when assessing the level of student’ssuccess in higher education institutions. Colleges with high graduation rates and low attrition

Conference Session

Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

shown that access to peer role models increases academicpersistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retention of URM and women is increasedthrough project-based learning or experiential learning pedagogies and techniques[3]-[10].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM students enter STEM fields, many fail to see the connection betweentheir studies and real-world problems because gateway courses in current curricula fail to makethat connection explicit [10], [11

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Heath Aren Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Brandon Crisel; Candace Auburn Rainwater, University of Arkansas

college algebra.The Fundamentals of Success in Engineering (SES) Course DescriptionThe primary goal of SES is to help students with lower placement develop study skills beforethey are pushed into mathematically rigorous courses. The course was initially developed aroundthe Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career (Landis, 2013). Using the text asa guide, students explored lessons that challenged them to think more about why they wanted tobecome an engineer, what would be required to become an engineer, and what professional skillsthey needed to be successful. The course culminated with the writing project “Design YourProcess for Becoming a World-Class Engineering Student” in which students appliedengineering design concepts to