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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Acton, University of St. Thomas; Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser, University of St. Thomas; Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A layered mentoring approach for engineering excellence.Abstract:The Alternative Pathways to Excellence (APEX) Program at the University of St. Thomas,funded by NSF as an S-STEM Track 2 project, aims to solidify transfer pathways, and assistEngineering students by providing financial, academic, and practical support. The successfulintegration of transfer students into engineering programs presents a unique set of challenges andopportunities for higher education institutions. The APEX program provides a comprehensivesupport system, including structured and informal mentoring, guidance for both academics andextracurricular activities, and collaborative teamwork experiences. The program is

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership in Industry

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Volpe, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

construction and civil engineering experience working for energy companies and as aproject management consultant; nearly 20 years of experience in academia; and extensiveexperience leading and conducting multi-institutional, workforce-related research and outreach.She holds civil engineering degrees (BS, MS, PhD) from Clemson University and is a registeredProfessional Engineer (PE), ASEE Fellow, Project Management Professional (PMP), andLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED-AP).Division: Engineering LeadershipAbstractEngineers, predominantly visual thinkers, have historically encountered engineering workspacesdesigned by men, for men. This trend continues, evident in the underrepresentation of women inthe

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Diverse Pathways: Exploring Inclusive Practices and Outreach in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aref Majdara, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

effectively improve underrepresented students’ engagement and attention to theelectrical engineering discipline.1. IntroductionIn today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, STEM education is the foundation forfuture advancements, economic growth, and societal progress. It prepares students for careers infields like engineering and computer science. It equips them with the skills necessary to thrive ina technology-driven world. It also fosters innovation and problem-solving abilities to addressglobal challenges like the energy crisis, climate change, and healthcare. According to the Bureauof Labor Statistics, employment in STEM areas in the United States is projected to grow by 9.5%from 2019 to 2029, which is a much faster growth compared to

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camille S. Levine, University of Maryland; Samantha Ellen Wismer, University of Maryland ; Ryan Painter; Katrina Groth, University of Maryland

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

Paper ID #42436Development of an Interactive, Game-Based Nuclear Science Museum Exhibiton Probabilistic Risk AssessmentCamille S. Levine, University of Maryland Camille Levine is a graduate student in the SyRRA Lab pursuing her Ph.D. in Reliability Engineering. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2021 with a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Project Management. Her research focuses on enhancing the causal basis behind current human reliability analysis methods. She has also worked on human reliability analysis for external hazard probabilistic risk assessment, particularly in nuclear power

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Engineering Engagement Activities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Labrie, Northern Virginia Community College; Christopher Russell; Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Perkins V award, and maintains a portfolio of NSF and private grants to support STEM and CTE pathways in the region.Christopher Russell Christopher Russell is the Information and Engineering Technologies Project Manager at Northern Virginia College. His research focuses on developing novel methods of integrating digital fabrication into formal and informal STEM instruction. Currently, he manages two NSF ATE awards - Makers By Design, a design thinking professional learning program for interdisciplinary groups of educators, and Product Design Incubator, a summer-long entrepreneurship program for community college students.Mr. Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech Sam Snyder is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of

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Improving Student Problem Solving and Performance

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

periods of flexibility in deadlines may be aneffective choice to deal with these circumstances. Too much flexibility can lead to students nevercompleting work at all: students without enough scaffolding working through projects andcourses can easily procrastinate significant chunks of work for so long that it is impossible tosufficiently complete work by the end of the semester. Having regular deadlines is a “small-teaching intervention” that can in part help students to avoid academic procrastination. Researchalso shows correlations between assignment submission times and final grades (generally, thosewho submit earlier perform better in a course than those who submit at the deadline or later) andbetween assignment submission times and self

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Milhouse's Moment: Engineering Inclusivity, Everything's Coming Up Milhouse!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin; Anjali Maguie Raghavan, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

the project timeline. ❖ Recruiting volunteers: Current undergraduate engineering students of most engineering disciplines and class standings from professional, affinity, and academic organizations were recruited to participate in the weekly sessions. Each volunteer received a grant- funded stipend between $50 and $100, depending on their level of involvement in the program. All volunteers were required to present at one or more sessions and contribute to creating presentation materials relevant to their area of choice, with those who met this minimum commitment requirement receiving $50. However, those who attended and presented in at least three sessions in addition to developing student materials received

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, King's College London

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

• Empathy and communication compassion activities Collaborating: social skills • Communication • Design project in skills group • Co-creation skills • Labs with partner • Inclusive mindset • Seminar activities in and intercultural groups competence • Inclusive design, • Trust bias in design

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 18

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alfred C. H. Tan, Singapore Institute of Technology; Christian Della, University of Glasgow; Jamil Jasin, Singapore Institute of Technology; Li Hong Idris Lim, National University of Singapore; Victor Wang; Chee Ming Ong; Yun Mei Elisa Ang; Arturo Molina-Cristobal, University of Glasgow

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

to working in the academia, Dr Lim worked at Vestas Technology R&D on wind energy for 5 years. She received her BEng and PhD in Electrical Engineering from NUS in 2004 and 2010 respectively. Dr Lim’s teaching philosophy focuses on active learning ranging from problem-based learning, project-based learning, to multidisciplinary collaborative learning, with an emphasis on education for sustainable development. She is an IEEE senior member and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.Victor WangChee Ming OngYun Mei Elisa AngArturo Molina-Cristobal, University of Glasgow ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing Engineering Education through Transfer of Learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebekah J Hammack, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julie Robinson, University of North Dakota; Tugba Boz, Indiana-Purdue University; Min Jung Lee, University of North Dakota; Ryan G. Summers; Ashley Iveland; Martha Inouye, University of Wyoming; Meghan Macias; Maria Zaman, University of North Dakota; John Galisky, University of California, Santa Barbara; Natalie Johansen, University of Wyoming

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Dakota Dr. Julie Robinson is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Dakota and the Director of UND’s Center for Engineering Education Research. Her research explores strategies for broadening access and participation in STEM, focusing on culturally relevant pedagogy in science and engineering. She also investigates strategies for increasing representation in STEM through teacher professional learning opportunities and by exploring the impact of group gender composition on girls’ motivation and engagement. Dr. Robinson is a PI and Co-PI on several NSF sponsored grant projects which focus on teacher professional learning and self-efficacy with implementing culturally relevant engineering education, connecting

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul D Adams, University of Arkansas; Carol S Gattis, University of Arkansas; Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, University of Arkansas; Jennie S Popp Ph.D.; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #43438Board 312: Increasing Retention for Rural and Underrepresented STEMStudentsDr. Carol S Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean for Special Projects in the Honors College and Adjunct Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She has 30+ years of successful STEM educational program design, development, and research relative to engineering and honors student recruitment, retention, diversity, international education, innovation, and course development.Dr. Paul D Adams, University of Arkansas Paul D. Adams, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tarik Eltaeib, Farmingdale State College ; M. Nazrul Islam, State University of New York; Qinghai Gao

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Application Administrator at a Mitsubishi Power Systems, where he built state-of-the-art Enterprise and Machine Learning Applications. Academic positions include Adjunct Professor at the University of Bridgeport, CT, and Assistant Professor – Computer Security where he is tenured at the School of Engineering Technology, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York. He has 6 years of higher education experience, and a total of 14 years. He has presented and published numerous conference papers, journal articles and contributed to a book chapter on Large-scale Evolutionary Optimization. He has excelled at going the extra mile, teaching not only his own classes but an additional Capstone projects, doing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #43521Board 419: Untangling ’Neurodiversity’ and ’Neurodivergence’: Implicationsfor Research Practice in Engineering and STEM ContextsMs. Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut Connie Syharat is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of two neurodiversity-centered NSF-funded projects, Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF:RED) ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation” and Innovations in Graduate Education (NSF:IGE) ”Encouraging the Participation of Neurodiverse Students in STEM Graduate Programs to Radically Enhance the

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NEE Technical Session 4 - Assessments: Grading and deadlines

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Schaffer, Mission College

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

class with 44% receiving an A, 29% receiving a B,and 16% receiving a C.Course DetailsThe Introduction to Programming for Engineers course is a 1st year course that teaches C++ andcovers hardware in the form of an Arduino. The grade is made up of multiple componentsincluding: - Attendance/Participation 5% - Labs 8% - Homeworks (and Updated Homeworks) 12% - Quizzes 10% - Midterm 1 15% - Midterm 2 15% - Final Project 15% - Final Exam 20%The final project is a “robot” that is designed from the circuit and Arduino material learned in thecourse.Material is offered in the text, but first covered in lecture. Lab assignments each week offer a firstlook at the material covered in lecture for the week. The weekly Homework

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jude Okolie, University of Oklahoma ; Emma Kadence Smith, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

a practical engineeringcourse that involves the simulation of interdisciplinary industrial projects using VR. Halabi. [11]showed that the implementation of VR with project-based learning (PBL) could improvecommunication, problem-solving skills and effective learning. Bogusevschi et al. [12] presenteda case study where VR was used to teach the physics of water cycle. Overall, these studies showthe relevance of VR at every level of engineering education. As we prepare the engineers of tomorrow, it is crucial to instill a holistic understanding ofsustainability and the economic and environmental implications of their designs. Subsurfacehydrogen production serves as a practical and sustainable teaching tool, allowing students toexplore

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roberto Patricio Carú; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

adopt more dynamic and participatory pedagogical approaches,particularly in technical and applied areas such as Industrial Engineering.Unlike traditional approaches, active methodologies emphasize student participation in thelearning process [1]. These include techniques such as problem-based learning, project-basedlearning, case studies, and flipped classroom pedagogy. These methods focus on developingtheoretical knowledge, practical skills, and competencies essential in the modern industrialenvironment.Active methodologies are particularly pertinent in teaching Information Systems withinIndustrial Engineering [2], [3]. Information Systems is a dynamic area that requires a theoreticalunderstanding and a practical and applied one. The speed

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Ugenti, Bucknell University; Joselyn Elisabeth Busato, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

resources. Intuition broadly is developed through experience and used byindividuals with a high level of domain expertise to solve problems and make decisions withinthat domain (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1980), making it of great interest in engineering problemsolving. The overarching goal of this research project is to characterize how intuition emerges inproblem solving across new (zero to one years of experience) and mid-career (six to ten years ofexperience) engineering practitioners. Additionally, we seek to identify how the application ofintuition varies when approaching “ill” versus “well” structured engineering problems and theeffects of problem-expertise domain alignment. Well-structured problems are typicallycharacterized by having a lower

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DSA Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saquib Ahmed, The State University of New York Buffalo State University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

general observation of the authors that the accuracy of the results might be improved byconsidering certain factors, such as capturing images in a well-lit central zone with highmagnification and in a dark room to avoid interference from surrounding light.5. Development of Interdisciplinary Curriculum: 11As a critical by-product of the current project, the methods highlighted can be utilized across amultitude of disciplines (from bioengineering to electrical, materials, nanoengineering, etc.) forone of the most fundamental areas of experimental research in STEM at the undergraduate level:accurately identifying multiple systems from optical images. A broad, relevant, and timelycurriculum can be built

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Harvie, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide; Kimberly A Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide; Monica Surrency, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide; John K Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

persistence inassociated engineering degrees. The three research goals for this research are: • Goal #1: Increase students’ commitment to engineering pathways. • Goal #2: Increase academic performance and persistence in engineering. • Goal #3: Increase persistence of Veterans in engineering pathways.Two of the projects’ primary outcomes highlighted in this paper focus on both the academicsuccess and commitment of Veterans to engineering pathways. The research team evaluatedmeasures of success by analyzing the average final grades of veteran students participating in thePLTL labs compared to veteran students in non-PLTL groups. Commitment to engineeringpathways was determined by the number of veterans in PLTL labs who declare or maintain

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Canino, Purdue University; Steve France, Purdue University; Ruth Wertz, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

faculty” to refer to clinical and professional faculty, like ourselves, whoin addition to teaching, have some responsibility to develop a domain of practice. Looselytranslated, it is generally understood at Purdue University that C/P faculty focus on teaching and“some other thing.”Our Purpose and ProcessThis project came about as a series of conversations. First by one author (Jamie) sharing a pieceof his story with a colleague, who responded with, “Wow, I think more people would beinterested in hearing about this job shift.” Then, another conversation a short while later thatcemented the idea to document this change from teaching at a small, teaching focused school to alarge, research-focused one. During a faculty orientation session prior to

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 30

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon; Matthew Charles Graham; Kathryn Anne Jacobson, University of Oregon; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Lea K. Marlor, University of Michigan; Madison E. Andrews, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, students were asked to provide demographic information; we present thisinformation in Appendix 1. Given their small n (< 2%), students who identified as “Transgender,”“Gender Non-conforming,” “Something else” or “Unsure,” were excluded from the presentanalysis due to methodological limitations.3.2. Procedures Following research procedures approved by the IRBs at the institutions overseeing thisresearch project, instructors were asked to distribute anonymous online surveys to studentsimmediately following a class period in which the instructor indicated they had used activelearning. For this project, we defined active learning as “…a course-related activity other thanlistening and taking notes, such as group work or solving problems

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Advancing Diversity in Engineering Education: Insights and Perspectives from Underrepresented Communities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

strong commitment to equity and social justice. Through his research and advocacy efforts, he strives to remove barriers and create environments where every individual’s voice is respected. Actively involved in his community, Animesh recently took on the role of Vice President-Elect of Projects & Programs at Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Incorporated (oSTEM), with a vision of fostering a future where diversity flourishes and opportunities are accessible to everyone.Dr. Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) and the Department of Electrical and

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan Osborne, Illinois State University; Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University; Yi-hsiang Isaac Chang, Illinois State University

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

designed to teach students how to effectively utilize ABB robots in VR environmentsusing ABB’s RobotStudio software. This research seeks to bridge the gap between theory andpractice, offering a practical curriculum informed by the latest educational research andtechnological advancements. To this end, this project provides an initial investigation into thefollowing questions: 1) To what extent does VR support acquiring the procedural knowledge andmotor skills expected in robotics programming? 2) To what extent does this curriculumcontribute to students' mastery of robotics programming principles and ability to apply theseskills in complex tasks? 3) To what extent does this curriculum influence students' intereststoward a future career in a related

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 9

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Vaclav Svec, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Luis Eduardo Vargas-Vidal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Carolina López, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Ximena Hidalgo; Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #43076WIP: Evaluation of the Third Design Cycle of the Wellbeing Teaching Assistant(WTA): Understanding What Type of Cases are Served Through a CategorizationAnalysisMr. Erick Vaclav Svec, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Erick is a project manager at the Engineer Education Unit and the Research and Innovation Unit at the School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Erick received his Master’s Degree in Engineering Science with a focus on Computer Vision from PUC-Chile.Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Gabriel Astudillo is Measurement and Evaluation

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees

concepts from multiple courses in their senior design projects) as a difficulty anda challenge in the program. Students were also currently enrolled in various types of designcourses that required them to integrate and to apply knowledge and concepts they had learned inprevious courses. They pointed to this as challenging and interesting. At this upper-level stageof their engineering program (or having graduated), they were most interested in the concepts forwhich they could see a purpose. The mathematics-heavy concepts were singled out as difficultto understand and too difficult to apply in their design work and in their careers.Related to real-world applications, four students pointed to the design of physical objects eitheras their reason for

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Innovations in Teaching: Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Janet H Murray, Georgia Tech; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

in a Statics ClassAbstractWhile difficulties in the Statics course arise for several reasons, our project seeks to address theproblem of context. Our hypothesis is that all students generally, and women and minoritiesparticularly, are more likely to do well in statics when the problems are placed in the context ofreal world usefulness. Towards that end, we have been developing InTEL (Interactive Toolkit forEngineering Education), a computer-based manipulable environment that supports teaching andlearning in statics by mapping images from real-world environments to abstract free-bodydiagrams for 2D and 3D equilibrium problems. To the best of our knowledge, there are very fewonline tools students can use to study 3D equilibrium problems. Yet

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Educating Students for the 21st Century: History, Reflection, and Outcomes

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Iraj Omidvar

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

math, science and liberal arts; the second focused on engineering Page 22.1042.4science to prepare graduates for careers in research labs and academia.The development of 1970sThe success of the space project was immense. Space project allowed huge amount of money tobe devoted to schools and university programs. Engineering programs had a good share of themand what 60s 50s and 60s showed was the practicality and capability of engineers. The mercuryand Apollo programs had engineering managers (the original mercury astronauts all hadengineering education as well as some military training and flight experience.1970s is the era that large

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Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Computers in Education

) digitalcontrol using both conventional and intelligent control algorithms for speed control of the DCservo-motor and level-control of dual water tank system, and (ii) remote activation andobservation of these devices over the internet. These devices have been installed in theUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Mechatronics and Automation Laboratory(UMESMAL).Other equipment in the laboratory includes LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System/NXT,CONTROL LAB from LEGO-DACTA, MIT HandyBoard and Handy Cricket for outreachactivities to middle and high school students and/or freshman design projects; a four degree offreedom industrial SCARA robot, a computer vision system that can work with the SCARArobot for flexible automation tasks, as well as independent

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Hardware Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Computers in Education

Pre-Engineering StudentsAbstractDigital circuits pervade many applications in all engineering disciplines today. Digital circuitbasics are easy to introduce early in a pre-engineering curriculum because there are no math orother technical prerequisites, and because the topic sounds glamorous to students. Presentedhere is a lab instrument that serves well for teaching basic, “ground-floor,” digital circuits tostudents who have no engineering background. Also included is a teaching strategy that uses thisinstrument to present digital circuits in an uncomplicated and non-intimidating way. Thismaterial is suitable for high-school students, or even middle school students, and could be usedin pre-engineering courses such as Project Lead the Way’s

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine McGough, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

, assessment of motivation, and how motivation affects student learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance student learning. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Catherine McGough Page 22.1417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Technology Adoption Behaviors in a First Year Engineering ClassroomAbstract Advancing personalized learning is recognized as one of the grand challenges facing