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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Amy Borello Gruss, Kennesaw State University ; Nicholas Anthony Clegorne

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Diversity

valuable experience;however, receiving guidance and feedback on team interactions are uncommon even though theycan significantly enhance team behaviors [2]. Additionally, design courses tend to focus on thetechnical skills needed for projects work, and rarely are students taught how to work in teams [3].Designing teamwork exercises and dedicating class time for students to practice these skills,while important, often detracts from the content specific to their disciplines [4]. Hence, there is aneed for educators to employ an easy method that allows students to practice the development ofinterpersonal or “soft” skills early on in their academic career to ensure that they are well-equipped by the time they enroll in design or capstone courses.The

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Farzana Rahman, Syracuse University; Elodie V. Billionniere, Miami Dade College; Sinchana Sulugodu Shashidhara, Syracuse University

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Diversity

regard to transitioning from school to career.” • “The most important benefit was learning to tie in technical and soft skills into my past roles so that I can hit the brief of what the potential employer is looking for.”Discussion and ConclusionOverall, the NSF RESET Conference was highly successful in meeting its primary goals. The conference wasable to 1) offered platform for returning women to discuss the challenges face as they are navigatingnavigate their way back to computing and tech domain, 2) facilitate discussion among women to create anetwork and support group, 3) provided useful resources for returning women to help them enhance theirskills, and 4) offered useful strategies their professional and academic career development

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

which students gained international experiencenecessary for today’s software developers. In comparing perspectives from students who hadcompleted this software course in the traditional, instructor-lecture style versus the PBLapproach, the students in the latter cohort evaluated PBL to be more effective for deepknowledge and international-project experience (Olivares-Ceja et al., 2017).3. Methods3.1 Course StructureThe project-based-learning (PBL) course was designed to include minimal technical lecture bythe instructors. However, a core component of the course was a series of guest speakers whospoke about some of the “soft skills” relevant to international teamwork. Five teams ofapproximately four students each were formed using the CATME team

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Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Engineering with and for Community Partners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Perry Weinthal, Florida Atlantic University; David Jaramillo

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

: Theyparticipants are likely to face in their professional careers, thus explore IBM Cloud Services [2] . Programming interfaces:enhancing their experience and skills in a practical, hands-on They work with Node-RED [3]. Artificial intelligence: Theymanner. engage with IBM’s AI Watson. The Hack-a-Thon not only focuses on technical skills devel-opment but also emphasizes the cultivation of soft skills such ascommunication, teamwork, and time management. By the end ofthe event, participants are expected to present their projects toa panel of industry experts and faculty, demonstrating not onlytheir technical prowess but also their ability to communicatetheir ideas effectively. This

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Multidisciplinary Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hiroyuki Ishizaki, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Maria Anityasari, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology; Masaomi Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Faiqoh Agustin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

programs have become a top priority for universities worldwide, offering students avariety of skills beyond traditional lecture-based learning [5]. These programs provide a plethoraof benefits, including the opportunity to develop soft skills, global competence, personalnetworking, and cross-cultural communication abilities. [6]. In the Asian region, variousinternational consortiums and organizations facilitate collaborative mobility programs amongmember universities. One initiative is the Asian International Mobility for Students (AIMS)Programme. A regional initiative led by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education OrganizationRegional Centre specializing in higher education and development (SEAMEO RIHED), AIMSsupports student mobility and

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

engineering design education can accomplish [14] - [17].Providing students with deeper knowledge and holistic design methodologies that fosteremotional and cognitive development, challenge beliefs, and encourage different perspectives,and leverage their curiosity, creativity, and interpersonal and soft skills in the advancement ofeconomic, social, and environmental justice remains a challenge. Although various teachingapproaches to engineering design exist—such as specification-driven, sequential processes,industrial production, user-centered, or human-centered—their focus typically lacks thecomprehensive transdisciplinary knowledge necessary to address these challenges. Theseabilities include understanding nature, flexibility in thinking modes

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Miville, University of Miami

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

not only being able to speak in front of others but also communicating effectively. ...I learned there are times when leaders have to be honest with their team members when they are not doing a good job.” • “It was a course where I can take away soft skills that are hard to teach unless through experiences such as the ones this class provided” • “I learned that sometimes those who are the best leaders are the ones who know when to also take a step back and let the rest of the group take a leadership role.”In addition to executing the project, the students were evaluated by faculty and/or TA’s as theyexecuted their activities in each “room”. There was an evaluator that graded the students onExecution

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Sebastián Sánchez-Gómez, Universidad de los Andes; Laura Eugenia Romero Robles, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Maria Catalina Ramirez; LIBIS DEL C VALDEZ C; Luis Alberto Cruz Salazar, Universidad Antonio Nariño,Colombia; Technical University of Munich, School of Engineering and Design, Germany

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

includes the science from its scientific theories underpinsthe engineering design process, the technology as a product of science and engineering, andin turn, technological tools are used in science and engineering, the engineering usingscientific and mathematical foundations as well as technological tools, and the mathematicsusing in science, engineering, and technology [23]. For the participants, integrating STEMinto the school curriculum is important because it allows the disciplines of science,technology, engineering, and mathematics to be addressed in an interdisciplinary and holisticmanner. This promotes the development of soft skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and research, among

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Technical Sessions 4

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Marco Hermida, State University of New York at New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Nancy Campos, SUNY New Paltz; Aileen Pastrana, State University of New York at New Paltz; Bianca Bermudez, State University of New York at New Paltz; Shaima Herzallah, State University of New York at New Paltz; Christopher Monvil, State University of New York at New Paltz; Tenmetey Tetteh-Nartey, State University of New York at New Paltz

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Diversity, Professional Papers

.-C. Wang, G. Werner, and S. Sutherland, “Fostering soft skills through cross-disciplinary robotics mentorship,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 40(4), pp. 979–992, 2024.

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Ragavanantham Shanmugam, Fairmont State University; Madhan Gopal Perumal, The University of Texas at Dallas; Uma Maheswari Krishnamoorthy

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Diversity

such as MIT and Stanford integrate these modelsinto STEM curricula, fostering real-world application and skill development [19].A study by the National Academies of Sciences found that PBL students score 10–20% higher onproblem-solving assessments than those in traditional courses. Additionally, PBL promotesessential soft skills such as teamwork and leadership. As a result, IBL and PBL have becomecornerstones of modern education, equipping students with the skills needed for success in anincreasingly complex and interconnected world. By structuring curricula around inquiry andproblem-solving, educators can equip students with technical expertise and collaborative abilitiesnecessary for careers in science, engineering, and business. The graph

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Technical Session 2 - Paper 5: Need for Change: How Interview Preparation and the Hiring Process in Computing Can Be Made More Equitable

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Monique S Ross, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

technical interviews. If you put all those into one class, I think that could be super [inaudible 00:21:06] and students are required to take it. Because if you have these meetings and people don’t have time or people have jobs, it’s hard to do on top of classes, so if you had your own three, four credit class, that would be super beneficial definitely.Other students mentioned how they felt uncomfortable speaking, or how they noticed others in thedepartment struggled with communication. As such, they felt gaining practice could help to betterprepare, as emphasized by Michael (an Asian, Black, and Hispanic male): I think providing students with some sort of soft skills interviewing course or something

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Biester; Ian Stewart; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Rada Mihalcea; Sara Pozzi

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

communication technology, pages 69–76, 2018. [6] Norman Meuschke and Bela Gipp. State-of-the-art in detecting academic plagiarism. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 9(1), 2013. [7] Sudhanshu Kasewa, Pontus Stenetorp, and Sebastian Riedel. Wronging a right: Generating better errors to improve grammatical error detection. In Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, pages 4977–4983, 2018. [8] Zackary Dunivin, Lindsay Zadunayski, Ujjwal Baskota, Katie Siek, Jennifer Mankoff, et al. Gender, soft skills, and patient experience in online physician reviews: a large-scale text analysis. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(7):e14455, 2020. [9] Angie Waller and Kyle Gorman

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Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katreena Thomas, Clemson University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

. Wyatt, "What is engineering leadership? A proposed definition," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, vol. 2018-June, 2018.[3] J. v Farr and D. M. Brazil, "Leadership Skills Development for Engineers," Engineering Management Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 2009.[4] M. F. Cox, O. Cekic, and S. G. Adams, "Developing leadership skills of undergraduate engineering students: Perspectives from engineering faculty," J STEM Educ, vol. 11, no. 3/4, pp. 22–33, 2010.[5] S. Kumar and J. K. Hsiao, "Engineers learn 'soft skills the hard way': Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes," Leadership and Management in Engineering, 2007, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-6748(2007)7:1(18).[6] M. F

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Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krzysztof Kamil Jarosz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Trisha Gard-Thompson, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Chao Peng, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rui Liu, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Diversity

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

their teammates during the CAD drawing andfabrication stages. It should also be noted that this approach is in opposition to one of the statedlearning goals, which is working in a team setting. Such an approach also does not allow studentsto develop soft skills related to teamwork and rids the course of the competitive aspect. Potentialimprovements include arranging students to work in small groups of 2-3 people to develop acutting strategy, letting each student machine the part separately and then requiring them tocompare results in terms of product quality (measured vs. nominal dimensions) and/orproductivity (total cutting time). The e-learning platform used in the course does not containleaderboards, possibly because of anonymity concerns. A

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Will Klein, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

what they were learning, although through a virtualformat. This approach of learning can help learners develop a range of soft skills, such ascommunication, teamwork, leadership, and adaptability, which are highly valued by employers.Overall, incorporating research findings into courses is important for enhancing the learningexperience, and preparing students for future success. By staying informed about the latest researchin their field, the instructors can help ensure that their courses are relevant, engaging, and impactfulfor their students.9.0 AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the Maryland Space Grant Consortium (MDSGC) for funding theresearch and summer internships from 2020-2022, and travel scholarship to Mr. William Klein

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Gale Tenen Spak, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald H Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S Hirsch

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Diversity

MEDALION for ”Significant Lasting Impact on Engineering Education,” 1993. The NJIT Foundation Overseers Public and Institute Service Award, 1981 (First Recipient) and in 2005; and the Allan R. Cullimore Distinguished Service Award (NJIT) for 1991.Dr. Gale Tenen Spak, New Jersey Institute of Technology Gale Tenen Spak established Build Their Future, LLC in 2019 to provide talent and workforce STEM and soft skill development training and education consultancy appropriate for ”cradle to gray” gener- ations based on what she has learned over 26 years at NJIT. Between 1992 and 2018, Dr. Spak was Associate Vice President of Continuing and Distance Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark New Jersey. Through her

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Liesl Folks, The University of Arizona; Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

eyes to how much the actuarial field is centered around data analysis and like coding and even visualization.”Data analysis skills were noted by internship supervisors as well. A supervisor replied to a post-internship survey stating that the student "worked well with partnered colleagues. They spokehighly of her. She was willing and able to ‘dig deep’ in current data sets in order to help informdecisions.” These data analysis skills extend beyond the typical “technical skills” and merge intomore sophisticated, nuanced skills. Although other programs might subjugate these skills to the“soft skills” that matter less than the technical skills, our micro-credential committed tosupporting students in their development of what others have

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 6: Underserved Student Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia M. K. Schauer, Georgia Institute of Technology; August Kohls, Carnegie Mellon University; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

high attrition, one method ofimproving retention is to better prepare students for coursework through summer bridgeprograms [15], engineering support centers [16], and supplemental instruction [17]. Theseprograms not only allow minority students to overcome academic hurdles, but they also improvetheir sense of belonging by creating communities, which leads to higher success in completingtheir stem degree. Nevertheless, these efforts are largely limited by a lack of institutionalfunding. Moreover, these programs are mostly driven by student commitment, thus placing theburden on students, which is problematic for an already disadvantaged population. Mentoringhas also been shown to improve the technical, professional, and soft skills necessary to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert E. Curtis, Jr. P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

factors.References[1] National Academy of Engineering, “NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering,” National Academy of Sciences on behalf of the National Academy of Engineering, 2019. [Online]. Available: http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/ [Accessed: Sep. 18, 2022][2] C. G. P. Berdanier, “A hard stop to the term ‘soft skills,’” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 111, no. 1, Jan., pp. 14–18, 2022.[3] J. Trevelyan, “Transitioning to engineering practice,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 821-837, 2019.[4] V. M. Chabalengula and F. Mumba, “Engineering design skills coverage in K-12 engineering program curriculum materials in the USA,” International Journal of Science Education

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _ Monday June 26, 1:30 - 3:00

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

diversity and inclusivity as not an“added-on” soft skill requirement with limited relevance to their career goals, but as an essentialconsideration in real-world problems engineers must solve. In light of these considerations, wehave approached this challenge by restructuring an existing course which already had beensuccessfully structured to address engineering ethics concepts central to the nature and causes ofengineering failure, by expanding the course via the logical integration of case studies and otheractivities focused on the impact of diversity and inclusivity (or rather the lack thereof) on failuresin development, deployment and use of technology.Effective design or redesign of a course is not a simple matter – in fact, redesign of an

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renukadevi Selvaraj, The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Chennai, India ; Subathradevi Subramoniam

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

and Psychology, Training Technology, Instruction Design, Soft Skills, Gender Studies, Student Guidance and Counselling, Mentoring, Emotional Intel- ligence, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Yoga, Mudras and Healing techniques. She has Coordinated more than 250 short term and overseas programmes. She Coordinated the M.Tech(HRD) programme of the Institute. She has trained more than 300 international teachers and administrators. She is Offering a course on MHRD SWAYAM Platform, covering 19,500 learners in 4 batches. She has Completed 5 doctoral Dissertations in Engineering Education. She has guided M.Tech (HRD), MCA and Overseas Trainees’ Projects. She has published around 30 papers in Journals and presented sev

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Teaching Professional Skills in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Wayne Gammon-Pitman, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

art. Yet, Dan’s academic plan to support his well-being and be happy are highly criticized. Dan’s vision long-term goal to be employable hasn’t happened and locates himself as “sitting in a void” reconciling with how to modify his plan or where things went wrong. Dan’s internalized yearly failures - the first 2 years of co-op/intern rejections as his lack of soft skills (being personable) and the third year as bad luck because of COVID—are from poor planning that should have been more career-oriented. Dan found the arts helpful to his personal growth and related more to these participating members than engineers. Reflecting Dan grapples with what he should’ve done,“ I shouldn't have made that um, I guess that happiness my

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International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zuleka Woods, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Johnny C. Woods Jr. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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International

, “Engineering the World,” Online J. Glob. Eng. Educ., vol. 3, no. 2, Aug. 2008, [Online]. Available: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol3/iss2/2.[12] L. Ferrante Perrone, “Foreign Language and the Globally Competent Engineer: More Than Just a ‘Soft Skill,’” Online J. Glob. Eng. Educ., vol. 9, no. 1, Jun. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ojgee/vol9/iss1/2.[13] A. Mazzurco, B. Jesiek, and K. Ramane, “Are Engineering Students Culturally Intelligent?: Preliminary Results from a Multiple Group Study,” in 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, San Antonio, Texas, Jun. 2012, p. 25.204.1-25.204.10, doi: 10.18260/1-2--20964.[14] B. K. Jesiek, S. E. Woo, S. Parrigon, and C. M. Porter

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lynn Merritt Ekstedt, Oregon State University; Nikki James, Northeastern University; Kemi Jona, Northeastern University; Erich White, Oregon State University; Scott Paja, Oregon State University; Josefine Fleetwood, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

recession.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 4 no. 1, pp. 1-29, 2012.[7] H. Schwandt and T. von Wachter, “Unlucky cohorts: Estimating the long-term effects of entering the labor market in a recession in large cross-sectional data sets.” Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 37, no S1, pp. S161-S198, 2019.[8] J. Bound, C. Brown and N. Mathiowetz, “Measurement error in survey data,” in Handbook of econometrics, J. Heckman and E. Leamer, Eds, Elsevier, 2001, vol. 5, pp. 3705–3843.[9] J. Heckman and T. Kautz, “Hard evidence on soft skills.” Labour Economics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 451–464, 2012.[10] T. Kautz, J. Heckman, R. Diris, B. Ter Weel, and L. Borghans, “Fostering and measuring

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marcus Rogers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sienna Jasmine Bates, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan Celeste Piper

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

categories.Drawbacks of the NICE FrameworkWhile the NICE Framework provides a significant advantage in allowing for a mapping thatfrom both a knowledge and a workforce perspective, it does have some drawbacks.There are several areas important to a well-rounded education that are not directly addressed bythe NICE Framework. A cybersecurity professional needs a working knowledge of mathematicsand various sciences beyond those strictly related to security. Some of this knowledge can beconsidered prerequisite for a deep understanding of cybersecurity e.g., calculus. Some of thisknowledge is necessary for job roles that integrate with cybersecurity roles e.g., economics. Andsome is necessary for addressing the soft skills necessary to be successful in a workplace

Conference Session

Development Around Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pamela K. Judge, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

put a human face on the problem, maybe people will be more interested insolving it.” And, third, it enables students to address a range of “soft skills” such ascommunicating to a wide audience, coordinating work within a team, evaluating ethics, andconsidering the broader societal implications of the project. 5.1. Useful StrategiesAll students deserve an opportunity to fully participate in the diversity and inclusion activitieswithin a civil engineering classroom. However, many engineering students are introverted; theymay feel uncomfortable speaking aloud regarding a topic that is subjective or controversial.Further, students require adequate time to absorb the material and respond in a mindful manner.The following summarizes five

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Adithya Jayakumar, Ohio State University; Lucille Sheppard, Ohio State University; Amy Kramer P.E., Ohio State University; Toni M. Calbert, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

insight on how to address sociocultural issues and a broadened view ofdifficult problems within society related to not only women but other demographics as well. Itmade me re-evaluate my behavior, perspective, the perspectives of those around me, and how Iwant my future to be. I loved the class!”“I gained a lot of soft skills and strategies I can use in the future. This class was refreshing anddifferent. I can honestly say I have changed by becoming much more aware of who I am and theeffects of people's words and actions. When instances occurred this semester where a presenter,student, or friend used micro-aggressions or made discriminatory jokes, I directly thought of thisclass. Because of this class, I now have strategies to confront others

Conference Session

Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego; Bryce Fledderman, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),which, in its most recent manifestation, cunningly integrates societal context and professionalskills throughout its technical objectives. The new ABET Student Outcomes 1-7 renderengineering programs unable to decouple technical skills from what are commonly (and oftendisdainfully) referred to as “soft skills.” Our program, and specifically the course discussed inthis study, embrace the integration of the liberal arts into engineering and purposefully frametechnical engineering content by its broader social context, as well as take a humanisticapproach to engineering by orienting the core of our program around social justice [1, 2].Much of the literature tying engineering

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin Sanchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Romeo Ballinas-Gonzalez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Juan Arturo Nolazco-Flores, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Education (SDE)3.1 Project-based learning approachIn the last two decades PBL has become an important and recurrent learning technique applied inAEC education in combination with ICTs [1]. PBL is a proven effective pedagogical approachwhere the students have an active participation in the learning process [20]. PBL involvesplacing the students in realistic scenarios in order to solve real problematics. Some of the skillsthe students can develop through this approach are building knowledge, critical thinking,creativity, and soft skills (e.g. leadership, communication, teamwork) [1].3.2 Transversal citizenship attributeTransversal citizenship is an academic component of support for educational models inuniversities [7]. The objective is to bring the