Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Engineering Workforce & Faculty Training

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sevinj Iskandarova, James Madison University; Oris Griffin, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

cultures. This experience more often helps to handle the specific issues in theteam project.”Cultural intelligence factors - Behavior, Metacognition, Cognition, and MotivationThe most prevalent difficulty that arose was international faculty members’ personaladjustments. They often struggled and felt powerless when working on a culturally diverse team.This was even more evident for international women faculty. After participating in a cross-cultural training, faculty members reported that the main necessary changes in behavior observedwere self-confidence and assertiveness. Therefore, the participants’ responses were examinedfurther to gain more detail about how cross-cultural training plays a valuable role in changing afaculty member’s behavior

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mitikaa Sama; Rohini N. Abhyankar, Arizona State University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Dr. Carrico is a certified project management professional (PMP) and licensed professional engineer (P.E.).Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. S.. Shelley, California State University, Long Beach; Kenneth Wayne Santarelli P.E., California State University, Long Beach; Christopher R. Warren, California State University, Long Beach; Amelia Bahrami, California State University, Long Beach

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

experiences. Expectations forprofessionalism and leadership are set at an academic orientation, while personal professionaldevelopment and group dynamics are introduced during a cohort workshop. Personality andStrengthsFinder™ results exist for approximately130 incoming juniors in both mechanical andelectrical engineering. Only the mechanical engineering students have been observed throughsenior design class and graduation. Assigning senior design project groups, rather than allowingself-selection, is another tool used to develop leadership within the cohort learning community.Over the span of six senior design courses with a total of 50+ mechanical engineering majors,students have been exposed to leadership development through group dynamics

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the three campuses of the School of Engineering (Santiago, Vi˜na del Mar and Con- cepci´on, Chile). She authored several manuscripts in the science education area, joined several research projects, participated in international conferences with oral presentations and key note lectures and serves as referee for journals, funding institutions and associations.Prof. Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, San-tiago, Chile Angeles Dominguez is a Professor of the Department of Mathematics within the School of Engineering, a researcher at the School of Education, and the Director of the Master of Education Program at the Tec- nologico de Monterrey, Mexico. Also, she is

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Pankaj Sharma, Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

important factor in persistence to degree completion. For example, somestudies report that the diversity gap in STEM participation may be attributed more to perceptionsand beliefs than to academic preparation or achievement levels [1-5]. To the extent that suchperceptions and beliefs form an inaccurate (or “negative”) vision of a future engineering career,curricular approaches that aim to form a more “positive” vision may be warranted. Theseapproaches can be pedagogical, such as collaborative and project-based learning [6-8], content-based by aiming (for example) to expose the positive contributions of engineering to society [9-12], or both. All other things being equal, curricular features than can foster among students amore positive

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Additionally, the canvas provides a bounded, one-page frameworkfor approaching a design problem. The canvas suggests the instructor’s high-level intent for theclass or project. It enables a student team to take action to collect information with the blankareas highlighting the need for attention. As high-level information appears, it encouragesassociation and alignment across the canvas boxes. Because no fixed process steps are explicitlyencoded in the canvas, it can encourage iteration as new information is added.Objectives of this StudyHaving identified opportunities to add value in design and engineering education, we establishedseveral objectives at the outset of this work. An overarching objective was to develop a designand entrepreneurship

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18195GLASS: Group Learning At Significant Scale via WiFi-Enabled Learner De-sign Teams in an ECE Flipped ClassroomDr. Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida Ronald F. DeMara is a Professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at the Uni- versity of Central Florida with 24 years of experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering disciplines. His educational research interests focus on classroom and laboratory instructional technology, and the digitization of STEM assessments. He has completed over 200 technical and educational publications, 34 funded projects as PI/Co-I, and

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morad Rachid Atif , Texas A&M University; Samantha Michele Shields, Texas A&M University ; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; David E. Claridge P.E., Texas A&M University

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Architectural

$40 million in projects, is a Fellow ASME and of ASHRAE, is an Honorary International Member of the Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan in recognition of his contributions to energy efficiency in buildings, and received the Faculty Distinguished Achievement in Research Award from the Texas A&M Association of Former Students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Industry-Aligned Interdisciplinary Program Design: A Case Study for Architectural EngineeringAbstractThe faculty at Texas A&M University anchored the development of a new architecturalengineering program with industry consultation and feedback

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

present our University’s efforts to contribute to this need by way of a hands-onactivity designed for high school students. The workshop was devised to achieve three primarygoals: 1) Encourage consideration of a career in electrical and computer engineering 2) Buildexcitement about the Internet-of-Things and provide students with a future technical focus and 3)Introduce students to the fundamental building blocks that make up the Internet-of-Things. Duringthis activity, students complete a project in which they first construct a circuit to read data from atemperature sensor using a microcontroller platform. The students then write software to transmitthat data over a short-range wireless network and then eventually to an Internet-connected

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander J. Carroll, North Carolina State University; Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Lab-Integrated Librarians: Engagement with Unreachable ResearchersAbstractSubject liaison librarians are working at the crossroads of the practical and emerging needs ofresearchers, seeking to connect with them throughout the research life-cycle rather than at thebeginning when literature reviews are conducted or at the end when a scholarly publicationemerges. In STEM disciplines, where research is oftentimes conducted in secure lab facilities,engagement is particularly challenging. In 2016, librarians at North Carolina State Universityembarked on a project to overcome this difficulty by joining selected research groups andattending regular lab meetings. This paper’s findings will suggest that lab

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Staley, Virginia Tech; Stephen Biscotte, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

raising calls for more interdisciplinary learning andcollaboration.In the most recent MIT report, The Global State of the Art in Engineering Education, RuthGraham highlighted a “focus on rigor in the engineering fundamentals” but also “user-centereddesign, technology-driven entrepreneurship, [and] active project-based learning” [3]. A keychallenge that constrains engineering schools is their “siloed monodisciplinary structure… andfaculty appointment and promotion systems that are not perceived as rewarding teachingachievement” [3]. In the MIT report, Graham anticipates a shift “towards socially-relevant andoutward-facing engineering curricula” in which “curricula emphasize student choice,multidisciplinary learning, and societal impact” through

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Daniel W. Baker Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

students an opportunity togrow their skills over the course of their degree program. While engineering mechanics coursesare not always associated with student team projects, these courses provide the opportunity toshow students how teamwork and diversity are relevant to problem solving. And, as mechanics-oriented courses often dominate the sophomore and junior level of many engineering programs,they can be an important venue for providing continuous instruction to students about workingwith others and in teams. This paper introduces and examines the effects of a teamworkintervention in Engineering Mechanics: Statics aimed at teaching students about the importanceof diversity and inclusion in engineering with specific attention on problem solving

Conference Session

Technical Session 8: Virtual Reality

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Mirabolghasemi, Mississippi State University; Michael Andre Hamilton; Parker Jones, Mississippi State University; David Cole, Mississippi State University; Emily S. Wall , Mississippi State University; Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

for Systems Engineering Research at Mississippi State University and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Parker received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2012 and is currently pursuing a MSc in Industrial Engineering. He primarily develops software for virtual reality research projects and manufacturing simulations. Previ- ously he worked as a Process Engineer at Shaw Industries in Dalton, GA.Mr. David Cole, Mississippi State University David Cole is an Instructor in Petroleum Engineering in the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. He teaches a variety of courses including Drilling Engineering covering the topic of directional drilling. Prior to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Teams

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

research to analyze students’ reflections on a designactivity. On-going research to analyze the transcripts provides the early observation discussed.Results: Low-Fidelity Prototypes as Practiced by StudentsIn an attempt to understand students’ approaches to low-fidelity prototyping, we asked studentsto create three different prototypes of “an exercise machine that saves time and space.” The ideabehind the project was to push the students beyond the machine itself, thinking about largercontexts of exercising and healthy living—a readily available machine in a dorm room, forexample, can save time for the students not needing to walk for the gym if it is designed in a waynot to take much space as well. We tried to avoid using terms such as a

Conference Session

Engineering Design for Elementary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27412Investigating Children with Autism’s Engagement in Engineering Practices:Problem Scoping (Fundamental)Ms. Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hoda is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in me- chanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her research interests include designing informal setting for engineering learning, and promoting engineering

Conference Session

Technical Session 9:Topics related to STEM

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osman Yasar, State University of New York, Brockport; Peter Veronesi, The College at Brockport; Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, SUNY; Leigh J. Little, SUNY Brockport; John W. Tillotson, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

effectivein helping them develop a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities pertaining to theclassroom-based Action Research component of the grant project (93%).b) Action Research: The following quantitative data represents case studies by 2017 summerteachers who took part in Action Research during spring 2018. To compute differences betweengroups and within groups, a t-test statistic has been applied because of the small sample sizes(n<30). The p values have been computed within Excel using the TTEST function.Biology/Living Environment:  7th Grade (Topic: Punnett squares, Research Design: Table 1): The average score of 4 daily assignments conducted in the same week (March 27, 28, 29, and April 2, 2018) for Group A

Conference Session

Targeted Harassment in Engineering Education: What It Looks Like, Why Now, and What Is at Stake

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L Pawley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan; Donna M Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

inclusive, engaged, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education Group whose diverse projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early

Conference Session

Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Jamie Ricci, Indspire; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

skills. Inparticular, her study revealed that out of 24 outcomes the participants viewed the following eightas the most important to engineering: problem-solving, teamwork, communication, ethics,design, project management, technical specialization, and leadership. Although leadership wasthe eighth most frequently cited outcome, it aligned closely with four higher-rated outcomes:teamwork, communication, ethics, and project management.Studies that examine the perceived importance of technical and professional skills among recentengineering graduates produce similar findings to those of Bielefeldt (2018): while graduatesvalue technical skills, they consider some professional skills more important than technical skills.For instance, in his study of

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Issues Impacting Students Learning How to Program

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Cyrus Rezvanifar, University of Akron

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

projects, and teaching imageprocessing and two-dimensional filters in a social media theme are examples of numerousapproaches that would engage students and lead into their deep learning.AcknowledgmentThe author would like to acknowledge the Doctoral Teaching Program in College of Engineering atThe University of Akron for providing teaching fellowships for S. Cyrus Rezvanifar.References[1] Pea, R. D., & Kurland, D. M. (1984). On the cognitive effects of learning computerprogramming. New ideas in psychology, 2(2), 137-168.[2] Feurzeig, W., et al. (1981). Microcomputers in education. National Institute of Education.Venezuela Departmentof Health, Education and Welfare.[3] Robins, Anthony, et al. (2003). Learning and teaching programming: A review

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University; Rene Alexander Soto Perez, Purdue University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University; Michael C. Loui, Purdue University; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

curriculum design project that students deliver both as a written document and as aposter presentation.Two major challenges have arisen in converting this course for an online audience. Onechallenge lies with the content itself and the second challenge lies in a core aspect of the teachingphilosophy.What about the content is challenging to convey online? The essence of ENE 506 is the abilityto align various aspects of curricular design into one unified whole. The goal is for students tosee how aspects of what is learned (content) map to how to measure learning (assessment) andhow students practice that learning (pedagogy). This process, which is at the heart of the course,is a very holistic, integrated, iterative process. However, the learning

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

/ethnic identities, class, and languagepreference. While we know that first-generation college students are more likely to be Latino/aand/or African American [8], [12], [29], and socioeconomic status varies among this population,it was important to consider culture not as a bounded system commensurate with bounded socialgroups, but as a “process of everyday life, in the form of daily activities” [22, p. 237].We used ethnographic and interview data of engineering students, collected during two separateresearch projects, to generate broad themes. Using our two qualitative datasets, we were able togenerate six themes that captured aspects of students’ funds of knowledge. The six themes wegenerated were: connecting experiences, tinkering knowledge

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Maker Spaces in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

primarily focused on introduction to and practice with fundamental engineering skills. Thesecond component, Engineering Methods, Tools, and Practice II (ENGR 111), was essentiallybuilt from “scratch” and is primarily focused on application and integration of the fundamentalskills learned in ENGR 110. Fundamental skills that has been integrated within this course include3D printing, basic research fundamentals, circuitry, communication, critical thinking, design,engineering ethics, hand tool usage, problem solving, programming, project management,teamwork, and technical writing.ENGR 111 culminates in team-based Cornerstone projects that all students demonstrate andpresent at the end of the semester. Throughout the semester up to Cornerstone

Conference Session

Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Vincent Kronenberger, Oregon Institute of Technology; David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Alexander Max Ferere, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Essential job functions performed as a Mechanical Engineer for this jobposting include:  Assists in the design and development of mechanical systems, primarily in the broad area of manufacturing automation  Helps create machines for composite and metal manufacturing that will make it possible to produce tooling that is not possible today  Uses broad knowledge of machines and mechanical components along with well-rounded technical knowledge to deliver production-ready, reliable, highly automated equipment  Manages multiple simultaneous projects from preliminary design through detail engineering and stress analysis, manufacturing, assembly and production  Uses hands-on troubleshooting in a live

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 4: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, various experiential learning activities and assignments were integrated into theprogram to make it more engaging for both the instructors and the students, and to also overcomesome of the challenges that students faced in comprehending the material from a pure lecture-based instruction [3]. This paper discusses two types of experiential activities integrated into thecurriculum: four field trips and a project-based laboratory to practice Six Sigma DMAICmethodology.Field Trips Aligned with Course SequenceMcLoughlin asserts that for learning to occur, one must be engaged in the cognitive process tochallenge oneself. She states that field trips can be a value-adding activity if planned andexecuted properly by the instructor so that the students are

Conference Session

Inquiry, Inclusivity, and Integration

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott A Civjan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

these construction documents to determine the parameters (dimensions, sizes,designer constraints/notes) needed for homework. Voluntary tours of the construction site co-ledby the instructor and contractor/project manager have had student participation from 80-100%.Sample tour descriptions and photos are included on the course web page for reference. Idealconditions for the tours are when the steel is partially erected with connections in the process ofbeing completed, some floors placed but with other locations having shear studs and metal deckexposed (Figure 2). Personally seeing specific elements of the structure that are designed inassignments provides a palpable physical representation of the calculations. The tours servemany other purposes

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Simon Jakob Barth, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the Engineering Majors Survey(EMS). The EMS is part of a research project initiated by the National Center forEngineering Pathways to Innovation, or for short EPICENTER. It was designed to investigate“engineering students’ career goals surrounding innovation, and the experiences and attitudesthat might influence those goals” [8]. In 2015, the initial survey (EMS 1.0) of thislongitudinal project was administered to over 30,000 undergraduate engineering studentsenrolled at 27 universities across the United States. A total number of 7,197 students filledout the survey questions. A second (EMS 2.0) and third (EMS 3.0) wave of surveys were sentout in 2016 and 2017, respectively, to approximately 3,500 participants who voluntarilyagreed in EMS 1.0

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chelsea Cefalu, Lafayette College ; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

level, targeted programs provide students with practical experience they caninclude in their college and career applications. Currently in its pilot phase, the Robotics programengages faculty from both the high school and college working alongside their respectivestudents on a dedicated robotics project with aspirations of competing in local, state and nationalFIRST Robotics Competitions. A second program currently in its second semester connectsstudents to the national college/career readiness program, ACE Mentor Program of America.This program provides our students and faculty the opportunity to collaborate on a preconceiveddesign project led by a national construction firm, Turner Construction. Students meet once aweek after school for six

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

from a five-point scale to three-point trichotomous variables.Responses of “now” or “10 years” were grouped as one variable (treated as “sooner”). Responsesof “25 years” or “50 years” were grouped as one variable (treated as "later"). Finally, responsesof “never” formed the third group.Next, with these three response options for each of the nine survey items, we performed a two-step process of (1) dimension reduction followed by (2) clustering. We used a uniform manifoldapproximation and projection (UMAP) algorithm [50] to reduce the data to a two-dimensionalembedding space. This step enabled more meaningful results for the clustering calculations.After projecting the data to the lower-dimensional embedding space, we then used

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Olga Beatriz Rivera, Amgen Manufacturing Limited; Nolgie Oquendo-Colon, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Maria Angelica Velazquez, Montana State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

-related environments are notthe norm – not statistically, nor sociologically. This problem is addressed as the “strength ofnumbers” emphasizing that the most important strategy is to improve the relative amount offemales [2]. The expectation is that this gender imbalance problem will stop when females growto a critical mass [3]. However, the question still remains on when we will accomplish this? Astrategy that could reduce in the long term this gender gap, at least within academia, is gettingfemale undergraduate students involved early in research projects [1].Empirical studies make an attempt to (1) understand the decision-making behind female careerchoices [4-5], (2) pressures that contribute for females to take career breaks [6], (3) factors

Conference Session

Mental Health of Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She has over ten years of construction and civil engineering experience working for energy companies and as a project management consultant. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience leading and conducting multi-institutional, workforce-related re- search and outreach. She is a leader in research investigating the competencies professionals need to compete in and sustain the construction workforce. Dr. Simmons oversees the Simmons Research Lab (www.denisersimmons.com), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of graduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers who work together to