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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 3: Design of Novel Energy-Related Courses and Course Materials

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilya Grinberg, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo; Saquib Ahmed, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo; Joaquin Carbonara, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo

leads departmental activities in ABET accreditation. He is Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET Commissioner and served as program evaluator representing IEEE since 2005. Grinberg has over 57 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and numerous presentations in his field. He is IEEE Senior Member and currently holds a position of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Zone 1 Chair and ASEE Board of Directors member. In addition, he is recognized scholar and author in World War II military history. The book he co-authored, Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in WWII, was named an Outstanding Academic Title by the Choice Magazine.Saquib Ahmed (Dr)Joaquin Carbonara

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Disability, Neurodivergence, and Sense of Belonging in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Halpern, University of New Hampshire; Mariah Arral, Carnegie Mellon University; Julianna Gesun, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

(Appendix A) and interviews(Appendix B) with those who have participated in STEM research. These STEM disciplinesinclude: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, NaturalResources, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Genetics, Engineering, Neuroscience,Psychology, Biochemistry, and all associated sub-disciplines. The survey will be broadlydistributed to the entire University community to include neurotypical and neurodivergentindividuals.We hypothesize that more direct communication and additional mentor training are needed tooptimize mentor time due to the assumption that untrained mentors often perceive thatneurodivergent students need additional mentoring or communication compared to theirneurotypical peers. A

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ASEE-NE 2022

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Filip Cuckov, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Marisha Rawlins, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Pilin Junsangsri, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Wayne Bynoe, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; José R. Sánchez, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Computer Engineering [20] andare broken down 135 knowledge units, further divided into a total of 908 learning outcomes.This question helped the TF define important knowledge that students should master beforegraduating in order to prepare them for their future careers in Industry 5.0.At the time of this writing, we received seven responses from our survey, a very small numberthat is hard to draw a lot of firm conclusions from. Nonetheless, we plan to expand the number ofrespondents to be statistically more significant and include a larger variety of companies andrepresentative positions within the same. The responses are from engineers from severalcompanies, including Apple, The MathWorks, Verizon, Toast, Randstad Technologies, andAltaeros. The

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PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Geary, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hannah Glisson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Paper ID #37237An Evaluation of an Implementation of High School GirlsSummer Outreach Camp Converted to an Online Format(Evaluation)Carol Geary Carol Geary is a doctoral candidate in the Engineering Education program at Virginia Tech. While at Virginia Tech Carol has directed peer mentoring programs and high school STEM outreach camps. Her research interests include co-curricular support, student success, and persistence. Carol received her B.S. in Aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech.Tawni Paradise (Graduate Student)Hannah GlissonKim Lester (Director Pre-college Programs) © American

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Merriweather, Texas A&M University; Michael Preuss; John Avila, Texas A&M University; Karen Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Shannon Walton, Texas A&M University; Maria Alves, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University; Keisha Bahr, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Kim Withers, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Hua Zhang, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; James Hogan; Barbara Szczerbinska, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Sonia Garcia, University of Georgia

,participants are guided by faculty experts while working in teams to accomplish data gatheringand analysis for research projects. In these endeavors, the undergraduate researchers gainexperience collaborating with peers specializing in biology and engineering [6].The only Belize trip involving LSAMP-sponsored participants was completed in 2019. Therewere no LSAMP evaluation surveys administered to student participants for that trip.Now, TAMUCC LSAMP and faculty leaders explored potential domestic research sites for the2022 summer research experience in consideration of COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.However, leaders received approval to host the summer 2022 research experience in Belize. Pre-and post-participation evaluations are planned for

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ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Leidig, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); William Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

post-graduation. In each case, wewill be taking a sequential mixed-methods approach consisting of surveys followed byinterviews. The five research questions are: (1) What professional competencies do alumniidentify as most developed through their EWB-USA experiences as undergraduates? (2) What isthe nature of how undergraduate participation in EWB-USA may bridge the experiences offormal post-secondary engineering education and professional practice? (3) How do variations inthe nature of involvement with and/or the structure of EWB-USA programs impact the aboveelements? (4) How are Alumni of EWB-USA perceived by other members of industry, relativeto their peers? (5) How do the above elements vary between female versus male students

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Remote and Flipped Instruction in Mechanics

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo; Kylie Chan, University of Waterloo

questions.Group ActivitiesThe group activities allowed students to begin applying concepts learned in the course to real-word applications [14] relevant to their engineering fields like suspension bridges, arches, gothiccathedrals, dams, culverts, and more. An activity handout was created specifically for the onlinedelivery which allowed students to complete them using materials found at home or using onlinesoftware applications. Students were placed in groups to promote student to student interactiondespite being online. Following up with the activities, each group was required to write a reportand answer the prompt questions as provided in the activity handout.AssessmentsGiven the circumstances as laid out by Covid-19, the First-Year Office at the

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

© 2022, American Society for Engineering Educationparties, thereby playing a central role in developing new innovations. 21 Although designed forpracticing professionals, within education it has been successfully used as a framework forpromoting technical writing skills22 and for thinking creatively in organizing proposal (AKAelevator) pitches in various engineering design projects. 23, 24MVPFrank Robinson first conceived the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in 2001 as a visual form ofcustomer engagement designed to maximize return on risk. 25 The process became popular whenfeatured in Ries’ book The Lean Startup26 and is considered an essential step in the Lean Startupmethodology. This step focuses on the software development team getting a working

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; Negin Shamsi, The Citadel; Nahid Vesali, The Citadel; Rebekah Burke, The Citadel

understanding of the evaluation criteria, 2) the evaluators worked independently on foursimilar curriculums and then discussed outcomes, 3) the evaluators were randomly assigned the remainingcourse curriculums for assessment, and 4) a fourth evaluator assessed all programs independently toverify consistency of outcomes. These steps are designed to remove bias and inconsistency by aligningsubjectivity of evaluators with proper interpretation of peer-reviewed evaluative methods. Each evaluatoris considered an expert in the area of Construction Engineering and Management. Three of the evaluatorshave PhD in Civil/Construction Engineering, and the fourth evaluator is a graduate student in CivilEngineering. Two evaluators are professional engineers (PEs

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 3: Design of Novel Energy-Related Courses and Course Materials

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ira Harkness, University of Florida

continues to codewords used in the Manhattan Project. The many new concepts in nuclear physics made itnecessary to invent new terms, such as barn. This small surface, 10-24 cm2, is “as big as a barn”for nuclear processes.The course does not have a final exam; instead, students write an essay on a topic of their choicethat connects their major (e.g., biology, economics, or history) with nuclear engineering. Pastessays have covered flora and fauna in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, the economics of nuclearpower plants, and the ethical issues regarding radioactive waste disposal. Nuclear engineeringmajors choose an essay topic related to an area of nuclear engineering they might be consideringfor a future career.The first offering of the newly developed

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Sarah Crary, North Dakota State University; Christi McGeorge, North Dakota State University

of the results and findings,(5) discussing their results, and (6) presenting their results via poster presentations. The secondset of workshops focused on curriculum development with the intent of assisting the teachers totranslate their hands-on research experiences into curriculum for their classrooms. Workshopswere geared towards: (1) identifying applicable educational standards, (2) preparing pacingguides and “I can” statements, (3) writing daily lesson plans, (4) developing summativeassessments and (5) peer reviews. Plenty of content was freely available to the RET teamthrough various sources to support these workshops. However, the development of contentspecific to the site goals made it possible to focus on the essentials, allocating

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lacy White, University of Texas at Austin; Carly Eressy, University of Texas at Austin

continue to have a supportiveand enriching environment, and therefore prefer to send their students to a graduate school wherethey have some first-hand knowledge of the environment [5]. Through faculty connections wehave been able to partner with the National Society of Black Engineers chapter at an HBCU inour state to offer an admissions information session and partnered with an HSI in our state tointroduce undergraduate engineers to medical physics, a research area in our department that hasa number of new faculty.Another common barrier we identified was a lack of quality mentorship for some applicants.Applicants from diversity groups may not have the same mentorship opportunities as their peers,and thus may have been exposed to fewer resources

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2005 GSW

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Richard Bannerot

4.45 0.82 I liked the fact that there were peer evaluations.28 19 7 1 55 4.33 0.83 My team work skills have improved.29 17 6 3 1 56 4.25 0.97 My technical writing skills have improved.24 16 11 2 3 56 4.00 1.12 My planning and time management skills have improved. 1 The students were asked to express their level of agreement or disagreements with each statement using: 5 for strongly agree; 4 for agree; 3 for neutral; 2 for disagree; and 1 for strongly disagree. 2 Not all students responded to all statements. Table 4: Results from End-of-the-Semester

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Kai Hua Zhuang, Brave49; Mojgan A Jadidi P.Eng., York University; Dimpho Radebe, University of Toronto; Evan Hu, Brave49

Integrated(VIVID) Storytelling, that makes use of educational comics for teaching humanistic subjectmatters to engineering students. Over the past two years, we have applied this pedagogy tothe teaching of visual thinking, storytelling, ethics, teamwork, motivation, and otherhumanistic topics in various curricular and co-curricular settings in two universities, includingtwo courses taken by all engineering students, a peer mentorship program attended by allfirst-year engineering students, two bridge-programs for students entering university, aworkshop for graduate researchers, and a STEAM program for female high school students.Our initial experience applying this pedagogy shows that by combining the engagingness ofvisual storytelling with the

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LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Volpe; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Denise Simmons, University of Florida; Danielle Weisenfeld, University of Florida; Jackson Carcaba, University of Florida

that enable them to work together [20]. By providing a groupenvironment, shared objective, and opportunity to work through unforeseen challenges,out-of-class activities offer conditions under which engineering students can develop as leaders.As an example, one recent study found design competition teams contributed to engineeringstudents leadership identity development through peer coaching, task management, anddecision-making [21]. Biomedical engineering students in a co-curricular design experience alsoreported the value of the out-of-class activities in providing exposure to leadership skills andpositions [22]. The present study contributes to the growing conversation around leadershipdevelopment in engineering education through student

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tina Powell, The Orange Public Schools; Devonii L Reid

Tagged Topics

Diversity

. Guided App Projects help students build an app in Xcode with step-by-step instructions whileallowing students try out parts of code with without having to build an entire app from the beginning toaccelerate their coding Swift skills. Xcode Playgrounds helps students learn key programming concepts asthey write Swift code in playgrounds—an interactive coding environment that lets them experiment withcode and see the results immediately.Unit Summary:  Unit 1: Getting Started with App Development  Unit 2: Introduction to UIKit  Unit 3: Navigation and Workflows  Unit 4: Tables and Persistence  Unit 5: Working with the Web  Unit 6: Prototyping and Project Planning

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LEES Session 8: Care and Commitments

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Kuryloski, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Amy Baird, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

, sanitation, and gender equality in the region,students were asked to compose proposal reports outlining potential solutions to communitychallenges. Both authors were teaching online during the delivery of the project, and workingremotely introduced unique opportunities for global collaboration as well as challenges regardingmeaningful engagement. Throughout this paper, we discuss our approach to implementing asocial justice framework for the project through guided research, regular reflective exercises, andmeetings with our community partners.At the time of this writing, we have incorporated the project into two semesters, and are in theprocess of finalizing IRB approval for a more in-depth, data-informed study. In futurepublications, we intend to

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ERM: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and MORE!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Nagel, James Madison University; Bethany Popelish, James Madison University; Melissa Aleman, James Madison University; Tobias Reynolds-Tylus, James Madison University

further evidence of competency. For example, Lauren, a senior studentwho is active in the engineering makerspaces, stated, “Probably one of my greatestachievements, I organized that entire bike lab.” She then goes on to note, “and actually [myprofessor] said, not to me but to my parents, he’s like, ‘yeah, I’ve never seen that bike lab soorganized in my entire time doing this project.’ So that was cool,” In this instance, Lauren is notonly experiencing pride in the quality of her work, but the recognition she received from herprofessor affirmed her understanding of herself as competent.Students compare themselves to peers when ascertaining their competency. Students alsoexpressed that opportunities to demonstrate capabilities to others was an

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Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Supporting the Development of the Next Civil Engineers

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audra Morse, Michigan Technological University; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University; Carolyn Rodak, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; David Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Anthony Cioffi, American Society of Civil Engineers

Technology I conduct research in diverse areas of engineering education from professional skills, to writing, to gender and ethics. I also maintain a structures laboratory to conduct full-scale structural component testing and field investigations of highway bridges.David A Saftner (Associate Professor) Dr. David Saftner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He earned a BS from the United States Military Academy and an MS and PhD from the University of Michigan. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Saftner spent five years as an engineer officer in the US Army and serving in Missouri, Colorado, Kuwait, and Iraq. His areas of research include beneficial reuse of waste soil material

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CIT Division Technical Session #7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Mustafa Akbas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Philip Craiger

ledger’s cryptographic hashing of the received data. Withsufficient cloud resources, the availability of the data can increase as more nodes can store thedata with its integrity assured. Confidentiality shall be maintained by using a private blockchain.The team selected and used the Ethereum General Purpose Blockchain [11]. For the edgeserver, the team implemented a client to write GPS telemetry received from the GCS to theblockchain, to retrieve data on the blockchain, or to append to current blockchain files. Theedge server writes the blockchain recorded data elements to the cloud via Web3J [12] and JSP[13] to an AWS cloud instance running Lambda [14]. The team successfully demonstrated thearchitecture transmitting UAS telemetry from a simulated

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Aerospace Division Technical Session: Student Success

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; MacKenzie Reber, Grove City College

engineering research) from start to finish, pushing them out of their comfort zones whilelearning new professional skills and knowledge. When asked to reflect upon their summer researchexperience, students fondly described their experience. Their eyes opened up to the many diversebackgrounds of their peers and professionals. During the outreach project, many students feltuncomfortable interacting with strangers and networking. However, participating in this outreachproject served to encourage many students to continue pursuing their chosen career path. Thispaper describes the outreach project and its impact on REU students in more detail.The purposes of the paper are as follows:1. To provide detailed information on the integration of the outreach

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ERM: New Research Methods and Tools

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

education research asproviding scientific or scholarly knowledge in the form of conference presentations or journalarticles. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) guidance on example grant proposaldissemination plans suggests publishing findings on university websites, presenting atconferences, and publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals as [6]. These conference andjournal outlets might be described as traditional dissemination. NSF also explicitly and implicitlyasks Principal Investigators (PIs) to move beyond traditional dissemination towards creative andtransformative forms of dissemination that will increase the impact of the project’s efforts. Forexample, both the Research in Formation of Engineers (RFE) and the Broadening

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ERM: Let's Talk about Tests! (Tests Part 1)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego; Celeste Pilegard, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Marko Lubarda, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Alex Phan, University of California, San Diego

., detail-based vs. concept-based) described in the previoussection, the student experience of exam modality can also vary along metacognitive lines. Forinstance, lab-based research shows that students learn more deeply when studying in preparationto teach content to another student than they do when preparing for a written exam [13], [14], andthat explaining on video can be a more effective review technique than writing explanations orrestudying [15]. Other research shows that studying in preparation for a high-stakes video-basedexam can cause students to strategize their learning in ways that overcome poor instructionaldesign, compared to a low-stakes lab-based assessment [16].Oral exams and traditional assessments in the classroomThe affordances

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Assessment in Mechanics Courses

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiehong Liao, Florida Gulf Coast University; Galen Papkov, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and need for more accessibleoptions to help students learn beyond the walls of the classroom, instructors have developedlesson videos to post on the course learning management system and utilized Learning Assistants(LAs) as near-peer mentors to guide the learning process. Lesson videos bring consistency toinstruction and offer students the flexibility to review concepts/skills at their own pace. LAsfacilitate group work during problem-solving in class, hold frequent study sessions, and conductreview sessions for quizzes and exams. Students who take advantage of these resources havefound them to be very helpful to their learning and overall success in this course [6].While interventions and additional resources so

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Empathy, Metacognitive Skills, and Perceptions of Success

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Kendrick Langenbach, Northeastern University

three different types of cognitive exercises, all ofwhich have different levels of difficulty, which can help maintain cognitive function. The exercisesalso display scores and changes in performance. Furthermore, the results could be compared toexisting tests to gather data on the exercises’ effectiveness. While there is room for improvementin terms of cost and durability, the Brain Trainer met our goal of providing an effective brain-training game for Alzheimer's patients. In addition, this project teaches students to master variousskills, such as research, persistence, design, construction, and technical writing. The skills learnedby this project were invaluable and important experiences within engineering. This Brain Trainerproject not only

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DEED Technical Session 9 - Design Across the Curriculum

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; George Ricco, University of Indianapolis; David Olawale, University of Indianapolis; Md Rashedul Sarker, University of Indianapolis

urban environment. Thecomposition of the university is diverse, serving a higher percentage of underrepresented groupson average among its peer institutions. The total student population of the department is ~200students with about a 10:1 ratio of students-to-faculty and staff. Most classes are taught bytenure-track faculty. The engineering program has a four-year, project-based learningcurriculum, where all engineering majors take team-based project courses with external clientsfor three years. The students’ first-year experience revolves around team-based labs and lectureswith a second semester of the first year devoted to learning fundamentals of Design for SixSigma and Agile with a client internal to the department. In the second year they

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Research Frameworks for Identity and Equity: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 9

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Franny Howes, Oregon Institute of Technology; Yasha Rohwer, Oregon Institute of Technology

Paper ID #37092Student Responses to a Gender-Neutral Engineering EthicsCase StudyCharles Riley (Professor) Professor and Graduate Program Director Civil Engineering Department Oregon Institute of Technology I conduct research in diverse areas of engineering education from professional skills, to writing, to gender and ethics. I also maintain a structures laboratory to conduct full-scale structural component testing and field investigations of highway bridges.Franny Technology Howes (Assistant Professor) Franny Howes (e/em/eirs) is an associate professor in the Communication Department at the Oregon Institute of

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tahir Khan; Denise Whitford, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lisa Lambert Snodgrass, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sunnie Watson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

space to explore their passions. To support career readiness, theschool personalizes student learning and focuses on enhancing student problem-solving skillsthrough hands-on projects. Learning is integrated into projects to support students in acquiringskills and knowledge in math, science, technology, social sciences, etc.Students' relationships with teachers are fundamental to their success in school [5], [6], [7]. Asupportive and strong relationship with teachers allows students to feel more competent, makemore positive connections with peers, and achieve greater academic gains [2]. Teachers’personal values drive their goals and behaviors at school [3]. Furthermore, motivation isimportant for teachers to persists and succeed in the

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Transfer Programs at Two-Year Colleges in Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mara Lopez, Arizona State University; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn

educators,administrators and decision makers by providing insight into what steps can be taken in order toaddress these issues and create academic environments that are inclusive and supportive forHispanic students at rural colleges. Literature Review Most rural HSIs face significant challenges as they strive to improve the educationaloutcomes of their Hispanic STEM students. Some of these challenges are uncommon among 2their peer institutions in metropolitan settings and others, while shared by urban colleges, areexacerbated by rural isolation and poverty. In a study of the challenges facing rural

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas McKean; Jorge Almodovar; Aubrey Schultz; Natacha S. Melgar; S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

following the tours to give the students additionalnetworking opportunities with the alumni professionals.The program finished with the students writing their reports and giving their final presentations.Reports varied in length between approximately 5 to 20 pages depending on the types of data © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceFigure 1. Example of Quad slidescollected. All reports followed a specific template designed to aid the program managers incollecting important information necessary for post reporting requirements. Rough drafts were dueone week in advance to both the program managers and the student’s advisor. This allowed