Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (ELOS) Technical Session 1: Laboratories in Mechanics, Thermofluids, Embedded Systems, and Controls

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Felipe Zapata Rivera, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

theplayer different amounts of points. These additional features increase the difficulty level of thegame for the players.As a bonus activity, the student can implement a view of the top scores and make persistentstoring of the data in an external memory unit. It is planned that this laboratory continuesevolving, adding extra features such as letting the player go over multiple levels andconfigurable settings for the games, such as layouts, colors, and shapes.In this laboratory activity, we asked the students to develop a video game applying the conceptsof the course. We have found that the redefinition of this laboratory activity includinggamification elements has a positive impact on the student's motivation and provides a betteralignment between

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

and faculty housing,equipping the classroom, and planning excursions to local sites in Rome as well as two largerexcursions to Florence and to Venice. This allowed the professor (namely me) to concentrate onthe academics of the program and not which trains to book, how to get museum tickets, arrangebus drivers, or how to arrange for different tour guides. The AIA staff were extremely friendly toboth students and faculty, and provided invaluable insights into individual travel planning, Italianculture, and great local restaurants.RecruitmentEven though we had a potential pool of nearly 1000 students, we only had 14 applicants whenwe tried to run the program in 2021. We attribute this in large part to residual COVID anxiety,plus I was just

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Kathir, P.E., George Mason University; Mehdi Amiri

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

, b) view of analuminum specimen with middle hole, and c) fatigue crack initiated from the hole edge observed by the microscope.Impact on Student LearningThere were difficulties which challenged the planned schedule and initial project design. Thegreatest challenge came from finding a suitable company that could provide a particulardisplacement sensor, known as a Linear Variable Displacement Transducer (LVDT). Followingthis, there were subsequent delays in delivery time for the LVDT and other materials whichaffected the manufacturing timeline. The biggest change made to the design from the initialdesign document was the addition of more holes and screws on the crosshead bars to improve thepull-out

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Robin Havens Tate, Penn State University; Casey J Fenton, The Pennsylvania State University; David Mazyck, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

, short programs, or mini-skills are mainly asynchronous. SEDI has now leveraged itsfoundation of excellence and interdisciplinary faculty by expanding its ProfessionalDevelopment programs, and its micro-credential program plays a strategic role in Penn Statesuccess on many levels: One Penn State 2025 Guiding Principle Four, the College ofEngineering Strategic Plan Objectives 1.6 and 4.7, and the SEDI Strategic Plan Goal Three.This is a work-in-progress paper outlining SEDI’s first Schoolwide micro-credential offering tothe Higher Education marketplace from concept to development.Introduction:As has become evident, particularly over the last decade, education and training pedagogies anddelivery processes have changed dramatically. Currently

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Jeong Eun Ahn; Ying Tang, Rowan University

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Diversity

are developingactivities to expose careers via hands on modules, videos, and presentations that are shared on aninteractive project website. Activities are also mapped in sync with the New Jersey ScienceStandards to aid educators with their lesson plans and development of course content.This presentation will focus on work conducted to date.IntroductionWater and wastewater utilities are facing workforce shortages due to retirements and inability toattract the next generation. The lack of a diverse workforce in these utilities is also of concern[1] - [3]. Therefore, the overall goal of the WaterWorks project is to aid in supplementing theneed for a diverse workforce for wastewater/drinking water utilities as the current workforce isreaching

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

as part of refresh their review of the refreshed throughout the experimental plan safety manual sequence • Hazards and safety issues • Not currently done. are discussed in planning How do students share • Opportunity for improvement. presentation and recorded safety comprehension in lab reportsSafety Perception SurveySafety culture is the concept of reflecting on the actions, attitudes, and behaviors of laboratorymembers concerning safety.6,7 Safety perception surveys can be used to assess an individual’sactions, attitudes, and behaviors about safety, and the results can be analyzed using a safetyculture framework. An example framework

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dan D Nale PE

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

C™s degree from the University of Connecticut and his Doctoral degree at Clemson University. He is active in the tranDr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transporta- tion infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic operations, highway safety, and geographic information systems. His research interests include: constructing spatial databases for bet- ter management of transportation infrastructure, improving transportation design, operation, safety and construction, understanding long-term

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Christopher Thiry

problems. They statedthat their work was promising and plan to use it in future classes but had not evaluated theeffectiveness of the lesson. [5]My two assignments are decidedly different. The first starts with a blank slate where the studentsmake up their own landscape. The second has students recreate landscapes which they havenever seen before.USING THE SANDBOX FOR A HYDROLOGY CLASS ASSIGNMENT AT THECOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESAfter viewing Andrew Millison’s Youtube lessons on using an AR sandbox to demonstrate theconcepts of contour lines and water flow, I thought their ideas could be used to create anassignment in a hydrology class at the Colorado School of Mines [6]. I consulted with theprofessors in the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEEN

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Pinar Omur-Ozbek

findings to the whole class as there will be a variety of pollutionissues and locations studied. The students then discuss the trends they observe and ethicalconsiderations related to presented cases. The last part of the project is a reflection paper, wherethe students reflect on all class discussions and formulate their own perceptions and plans foraction to handle potential justice and ethical concerns. Reflection questions used are as follows: 1.Were you aware of EJ and SJ happening in the US before the assignment? 2.What did you learn about yourself as you worked on the assignment? 3.What was the most striking thing you became aware of during the in-class presentations? 4.How do you plan to apply your new/improved awareness to your

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Novosel

scheduled during the semester [4]. To accommodate the greatest number ofstudents, the bootcamp was planned as a hybrid event; there were twenty-four in-person seatsavailable and one hundred virtual seats. The actual number of participants was much lower; thenumber of attendees fluctuated over the three days but averaged around 12 in-person and 30online participants. The in-person participants were provided with beverages and snacksthroughout the day and offered a daily catered lunch.Once planned, the bootcamp was advertised in November via email to the entire CU Bouldercampus in an effort to include students from all disciplines and not preferentially invite studentsfrom certain disciplines. From their experience from the first bootcamp, the

Conference Session

Session 5 - Track 3: stEm PEER Academy

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Claire Jean Duggan, Northeastern University; Jacqueline A. Isaacs, Northeastern University; Johne' M Parker, University of Kentucky; Keisha Marie Norris, Miami University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

, etc..), specific to regional landscapes;3) building partnerships & engagement with stakeholders;4) planning, implementing, assessing & scaling the PEER’s “Implementation”project.This interactive map (click on the image or link) exhibits all 15 institutionsrepresented by 17 stEm PEERs in the inaugural 2022 cohort. This map will beupdated with future cohorts and regional hub partners to illustrate the far-reachingspan of this alliance network as it grows and expands. Satellite map view has beenchanged to white background for better accessibility to all viewers.https://tinyurl.com/stEmPEERacademyMAPDemographics of 17 PEERsHigh relative % of black & hispanic PEERs.High % of women vs men.Majority are public institutions plus several

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabrina Lynette Strong-Nasabal, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lara Hebert, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Meagan C Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

activities.Because of their lessons learned through the AREP process, Melissa and Isabella aremaking plans for putting students in more control of club recruitment and activities.Based on their observation that the participation of girls increased when the femalestudents brought in their friends, Melissa and Isabella hope to increase the number offemale students in the STEM Club in year 2 by encouraging the females to spread theword within their social circles to try out the club. This places the students in a positionof leadership with influence on the club’s success. Additionally, Melissa and Isabellafound that many students in the STEM Club were interested in pursuing engineeringcareers but unsure which engineering field. This uncertainty lends itself

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn C. Brown, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Zackary Tyler Hubbard

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

as the gig economy [3], their recognition as a valid method for current orpotential employees to demonstrate capabilities is still lagging in manufacturing, particularlyamong smaller-sized manufacturers (P. Mintz, personal communication, February 12, 2023).The project team is currently developing a plan to utilize MEP members from TRACKS-CN tohelp educate small and medium-sized manufacturers about the benefits of micro-credentials. Inan effort to begin to develop best practices for sharing the benefits of micro-credentials withMEP clients, the PI has initiated conversations with regional managers who support the NorthCarolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership.ObjectivesAs previously mentioned, the goal of the ATE project is to enhance

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Paras Mandal, University of Texas at El Paso; Sukumar Kamalasadan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

organization with some combination of the organized with concept to arrange by linearly features outlined in 1 within/between branch features outlined in 2 integration and the systematic planning connected. There are and 2. Does not fit well connections. Some, but and 3. Does not fit well possible use of feedback and united effort few (or no) connections into either category. not complete, into either category. loops, if within/between the integration of branches applicable. Sophisticated

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Schohn L. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh; Michael McMahon; Hseen Baled

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

PIDcontrollers for six experimental set-ups with liquid level and temperature control, using labequipment fully automated for data acquisition, handling of manipulated and disturbancevariables, and selection of parameters for PID controllers. MATLAB codes and Simulinkgraphical simulations support the processing of data and analysis of results. In addition, thecourse develops a unique experience in team skills and performance where every team is acombination of two sub-teams. The “office” sub-team oversees research on industrialapplications, instrumentation characteristics, and computational modeling. The “lab” sub-teamoversees elaborating and testing experimental plans, collecting data, and analyzing results. Everyteam is assigned two sequential

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity

learn about undergraduate research opportunities andemerging research in engineering fields through class visits to campus research laboratories.They experience professional context and hear from engineers during an off-campus industrialsite, such as a wind turbine site, a pharmaceutical plant, or an engineering company. Guestspeakers provide additional career success information related to professional life and includespecific topics, such as: building a resume, career planning, professionalism, emotional maturity,and application of engineering principles. The team design project helps students developteamwork, design, and professional communication skills.Spring Engineering in History CourseTo maintain cohort cohesion, develop their interest

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: Professional Development for Graduate Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Elisabeth Gehr, Purdue University; Emily Garcia, Purdue University; Stephen McBride, Purdue University; Joseph Vincent Rispoli, Purdue University ; Christopher Greg Brinton; Suzanne Swaine

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

surveys from the Graduate Student Experience in the Research University (gradSERU)online service. The fellows recognized several gaps in Purdue’s graduate mentoring experiencethat needed to be addressed: an engineering-specific individual development plan (IDP), surveysof faculty members, and educating students about taboo mentorship topics.An IDP was created for PhD or master’s students in the College of Engineering. The document isintended to guide students through four steps: a skillset self-assessment, goals for Year 1 ofgraduate school, a meeting between student and advisor, and progress updates after the first year.The IDP was published on the university website and distributed among the engineeringdepartments in August 2022 and has since

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Maurizio Manzo; Huseyin Bostanci

elementary schooleducators during the summer 2022. As a part of the workshop, lectures and practical exampleswere presented about the use of Arduino UNO board and sensor kit. In addition to simple,introductory applications of the board and basic programming, a code controlling temperatureand humidity for a simulated nuclear power plan was provided. The UNO board was insertedinto a 3D printed model of power plant, which was provided to each one of the teachersparticipating the workshop. Then, teachers implemented these modular lessons into theircurriculum, reaching out a diverse student population in North Texas at various grade levels attheir institutions.1. IntroductionThe digital twin concept has becoming more prominent in the later few years

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cribbs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Hariharan Naganathan, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Christopher O'Neil, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Michael J D'Agostino, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

program. As a result, thisfaculty development initiative is often more difficult for academic units to support due to realand perceived budgetary and schedule sustainment constraints. Despite challenges, the casestudy will highlight that considerations other than upfront cost should be more heavily weighted.A more visible return on investment is realized through the purposeful development ofeducational objectives for the faculty development experience (in this research case, an industryresidency) and alignment and documentation of those objectives against the greater vision ofenhanced curriculum development plans. Systematic documentation of the industry residencyexperience and alignment with curricular program requirements, student learning

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith, George Mason University; James Yang

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

Common Core StateStandards [7]. Each lesson contained multiple parts of varying difficulty in an effort to guidestudents through key concepts.User feedback indicated that the multiple-part approach appeared siloed and students could beeither overwhelmed or bored with an initial step, resulting in potentially losing learners fromconcept threads altogether. In an effort to address this concern, we re-organized the content intoa curriculum with subthemes of “A Day in the Life,” “Form and Function,” “Balance,”“Movement,” and “The Literate Engineer.” The content is largely unchanged from the originallesson plans, but the ten lessons with subparts were subdivided into 32 mini-lessons. Within eachcurricular topic, lessons are further organized by level

Conference Session

Disciplinary Engineering Education Research – Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joreen Arigye, Purdue University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University; Elsje Pienaar

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

computational essays that use text, along withcode programs, interactive diagrams, and computational tools to express an idea [7]. Theimportance of computational notebooks is to provide programming environments for developingand sharing educational materials, combining different types of resources such as text, images,and code in a single document accessible through a web browser [17]. These are specific ways inwhich the projects were scaffolded to guide students: • The tasks for each project were broken down into smaller sub-tasks. For example, as shown in Table 1 below, the sub-tasks included planning, collecting data, defining functions, performing calculations, and visualizing results. • A detailed outline or a

Conference Session

Self-Advocacy, Sense of Belonging, Measuring Authentic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Construction Management Education Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simonne Renee Whitmore, Southern University and A&M College; Opeyemi Peter Ojajuni

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

AccreditationCommission (ETAC) criteria and construction engineering programs at 27 institutions using itsEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) criteria [3].Clearly, construction management remains intertwined with engineering. This connection cannotbe ignored or discounted when studying the “supply” of construction managers. The Bureau ofLabor and Statistics (BLS) defines a construction manager as someone who “plan[s],coordinate[s], budget[s], and supervise[s] construction projects from start to finish” in theOccupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) [1]. The work of construction management (planning,coordinating, budgeting, and supervising) involves solving problems whether those problems arebefore the start of construction (planning and budgeting), during

Conference Session

STEM Education at the Two-Year College

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Rodriguez, University of Texas, El Paso; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas, El Paso; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Agniprava Banerjee, University of Texas, El Paso; Jana Foxe, University of Washington; James P. Grover; Gigi N. Delk

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

teachingpractices. Fellows also participate in workshops to prepare inclusive teaching philosophies andlearn to create lesson plans that are aligned with the mission of their institution and incompliance with the curricular or subject plans. The deliverables are submitted for review andfeedback from the faculty mentors and the Aspire lead team. At the end of the semester, fellowssubmit a teaching portfolio as evidence of completion and participate in a closing ceremony inwhich the fellows and their mentors are recognized.IV. Similarities and Differences between RC Collaborative modelsSimilarities:Each of the two Texas RC collaboratives includes two universities; one of them is a largeresearch-intensive in an urban setting while the other is a comprehensive

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

problembeing addressed, a “Customer Discovery Interview Planning and Preparations Form” to getfeedback on the proposed idea by surveying potential customers, followed by “the Patent SearchAssignment Form” to investigate the patentability of the business idea. The students were alsotasked to reflect on their effort by completing a “Metacognitive Reflection Assignment” on threedistinct aspects: entrepreneurial mindset, bio-design, and art. Three groups were formed and threedesigns were selected by these groups, a climbing plant shaped decor that diffracts natural sunlight,an LED garden sign used in lighting a garden during nights to mark poison ivy spots, as well as aground stake with a climbing plant inspired mechanism aiding its anchoring function

Conference Session

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Qiuxing Chen; Anne M. McAlister, University of Virginia; Courtney Burris; Jada Vanessa Mowatt, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

urbanplanning method. These approaches shift the power relationships traditionally established ininterview settings and allowed student participants to shape the direction of their interviews andstorytelling.In this paper, we first describe the central ethical and justice challenges to soliciting andengaging BIPOC students in research about their experiences. After describing the goals of thestudy, we explain two key strategies that allowed us to address these challenges in our datacollection: 1) Use of boundary objects to elicit participants narratives, and 2) the integration ofparticipatory urban planning methods.We show sample data sets to explain the ways our methods provided opportunities to learn morefrom students, to gain a comprehensive

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Markeya S. Peteranetz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Clarence Waters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

groups of five to six first year students. TheAESLAC also recruits practicing industry professionals to serve as industry mentors for thesestudent groups. Program activities throughout the semester include an icebreaker scavenger hunt,a tour of the industry mentor’s office, and an introduction to navigating building plans. Previousanalysis found that this AE Mentoring Program appeared to be “most beneficial to improvingretention of marginal students who were initially not as committed to completing the AEprogram,” however it could not be concluded that the program was the sole influence onretention numbers [8].AE Seminar Channel ProgramIn the fall semester of 2018, a new AE mentoring program, called the Channel Program, wasinitiated under the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 4: Professional Preparation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sommer Scott; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

is similar to their career aspiration, identify other LinkedIn users whocurrently hold positions similar to the freshman’s career aspiration, and evaluate the backgroundof these professionals to create a 5-year plan of steps the freshman should take to achieve theirgoal. Responses were submitted for grading to D2L (Desire2Learn), “an integrated learningplatform designed to create a single place online for instructors and students to interact” [21].Responses were organized in Microsoft Excel. The student's name, aspiring position andcompany were recorded. Each student was assigned a number to anonymize theirparticipation.(n=127, 3 semesters). The 127 students surveyed are considered representative of asingle-entry class.Nearly every company

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cribbs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Hariharan Naganathan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

the contracting firm and utilize the knowledge in their future semesters. The uniquenessof this faculty residency performed by one of the authors is that the author was able to transferknowledge gained to the students weekly while working on the residency. It helped the facultyresident to pre-plan the course before the beginning of the summer semester since the AGCapplications are usually approved around January of every year, and the applications detail the12-week learning outcomes. The author was able to develop the course syllabus and outlinebased on the application learning outcomes. As a new course elective, the author, who is also afaculty resident, was able to decide on the course topics and outcomes months before thebeginning of the

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Kirti M. Yenkie, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Sean Curtis; Michael Fracchiolla; David Anthony Theuma

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

undertake this project. Furthermore, weassign sub-teams to specific tasks related to the proposed project plan. The graduate student,along with undergraduates, are involved in technical meetings with the academic advisors andindustry partners. In addition to the development of their research skills, our students also gainexperience in problem recognition, definition, solution, project management, communication,and presentation skills through detailed literature review, brainstorming, collaboration,teamwork, technical reports, conference presentations, and journal publications. These studentsthen graduate with an understanding of a combination of fundamentals and technology and cansupport the uptake of these ideas for their future employer

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Systems in Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Chelsea Salinas, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

social sciences (with thelatter focusing in particular on science and technology studies or STS). We often articulate theIDSs as bridging engineering's “technical, creative, and social dimensions.” Because our socialscience faculty are largely trained in STS, “sociotechnical integration” is a departmentalhallmark, so a tagline for Design Engineering is “sociotechnical integration through design.”This approach to educating engineers has been challenged by—but also advanced because of—ABET accreditation requirements and our efforts to navigate the accreditation planning andreview.EDS offers, and therefore (mostly) controls the content of, the design spine courses (in additionto some of the focus area courses) within the overall curriculum. Because