Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

effectiveness of their teaching. Finally, a learning environment mustbe community-centered, one in which students are provided opportunities to learncollaboratively.There are many efforts underway within STEM education to move away from traditional lecturemethods of delivery towards more novel methods designed to engage the students in the learningprocess.9-12 In many cases, these methods are taking the How People Learn concepts fromtheory to practice. The highlights of two specific programs, Project Galileo11 and VaNTH12follow.Project Galileo has developed two novel pedagogical approaches: Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time Teaching. These approaches are designed to provide students “with greater opportunity forsynthesizing concepts while instructors

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Women in Engineering

graduated 600,000 and India350,000 (U.S. Department of Education, 2006).The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2005) projects that by 2010, 50 percent of all U.S. workerswill be women. This projection, plus the growth in the science and engineering labor force, andthe shortage of technically skilled workers show the importance and need of having womentraining to become scientists and engineers. Unfortunately, women have been and continue to bea minority in engineering related fields. In 1971, only 0.8% of the bachelor’s degrees earned inengineering were obtained by female students. In 2006, the number went up to 19% (U.S.Census Bureau, 2005-2006). Despite the increase in the number of women obtaining degrees inengineering, women are still

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Hartman, Walla Walla University; Randy L. Bell, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

about the nature of science and scientific inquiry. Dr. Bell also conducts research and develops resources for integrating technology into science teaching. Dr. Bell has maintained strong ties to public schools through a variety of collaborative projects. Most recently, he completed a 28 million-dollar US DOE-funded I3 project designed to provide research-based professional development to Virginia’s elementary and secondary science teachers. The author of more than 170 articles, chapters and books, Randy currently serves as Associate Dean of Academics and Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at Oregon State University. c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

engineers. Peers slept in the residence halls,ate, and participated in activities with the girls in four teams of about ten each. In all, generallyabout 25 staff and volunteers (75% of them women) have helped in some way, each year. Acrosseleven years, the total volunteer base has grown to more than 200 individuals who havesupported the program in some way, including students, community members, and members ofthe regional workforce. The camp is offered over a two-day period, with an overnightexperience. Activities span a spectrum of topics, designed to engage participants in projects thatrequire them to “think like an engineer” such as: • The Prosthetic Hand problem – using only given materials, design a 3-finger prosthetic hand that can

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

suited for online delivery also include: greenscreen techniques, interactive video and software tools from the internet marketing niche tocapture and engage students6.During 2016 Summer Quarter, the set of videos provide a technical foundation made up of aseries of short mini-lectures (usually lasting between 5 to 10 minutes for each video) followed bya series of short assessments to verify and validate student understanding using Google Docs.Video recordings on the use of engineering tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Labview/Multisim,PhET and Algodoo software, can serve as examples to show key concepts. The video instructioncan also include demonstrations of real-world applications. For example, in the capstone designcourses and projects, students

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

could influence students to change their majorout of engineering were explored.The required courses that were primarily indicated by students to impact their understanding ofthe ‘impact of engineering on society’ (for ABET outcomes assessment) and ‘socialresponsibility’18 are highlighted in Table 7. All four majors at this institution require students totake a first-year projects course; across the many sections of the course, some of these projectsmay be service-learning (S-L), others are community contextualized, and some are purelytechnical exercises (like a Rube Goldberg machine).26 Additional introductory courses to themajor required in the first semester for architectural, civil, and environmental engineeringstudents contain an emphasis

Conference Session

Pre-College: Techniques and Programs for Promoting Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Wendell Ph.D., Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

curriculum materials to create a learning environment where all students canfully participate in engineering design? What kinds of classroom norms do we need to establishfor productive engineering work to take place? These questions may be especially important inschools where students do not frequently have opportunities to engage with their peers in thekind of collaborative decision-making required by engineering design.    To begin to answer these important questions, we are conducting a multi-year design-basedresearch project investigating engineering language and literacy demands, resources, andsupports in economically disadvantaged urban U.S. elementary classrooms using the EiEcurriculum. This work involves identifying more and less

Conference Session

Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Joanne Lax, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

entailed a “big learning curve.” His writing in graduate schoolhas covered a wide range of documents. He wrote class reports in some classes, essays for asuccessful application for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), severalsections of a draft paper that was never published, and was working on his own first papersubmission at the time of the interview. He had also written a new project and the tutorialmaterials for students for a class when he was a Teaching Assistant (TA), creating step-by-stepinstructions for the students to follow. In addition, he had written protocols for animal researchinvolving surgery on rats. He specifically mentioned that these protocols had to follow a veryrigorous template, and that it was important to

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 1: IE-ing a Broader Perspective

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

International Science and Technology Award. Dr. Salado holds a BSc/MSc in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University of Valencia, an MSc in project management and a MSc in electronics engineering from Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the SpaceTech MEng in space systems engineering from Delft University of Technology, and a PhD in systems engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a member of INCOSE and a senior member of IEEE and IIE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Industrial Engineering beyond Numbers: Optimizing under EthicsAbstractOptimization is a major component of industrial engineering. Simplistically (and naively), theeducation of industrial

Conference Session

Engineering Design for Elementary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University; Ming C. Tomayko, Towson University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

process – particularly as it includes drawn plans – usesand challenges spatial thinking skills. Next, we describe what we know from research on youngchildren’s planning in engineering design.Planning in Kindergarten Curricula Planning takes place in kindergarten engineering curricula either explicitly as a Plan stepor implicitly within other steps or elements in engineering design processes. Those that use anexplicit Plan step include PictureSTEM and Engineering is Elementary (EiE) for Kindergarten[10, 11]. Planning is also included within design process steps or elements such as “Model”within Project Lead-the-Way’s Launch design process for PreK-5 learners or the “Try” stepwithin a process developed by Lottero-Perdue and colleagues for

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Classroom Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

waterwheel with a conveyor belt that sweeps trash off the surface. Designed for usagein rivers, where it helps to prevent trash from entering the ocean, since 2014 it has removedabout 1.6 million pounds of debris [81]. However, it is limited to small areas; the GPGP wouldoverwhelm its capabilities.The Seabin Project: Like Mr. Trash Wheel, this device also has limited utility. It looks like agiant trashbin with a filter on top. Once submerged, an underwater pump suctions water throughthe top, and trash is pulled inside and drops into a catch bag, which is fine enough to filter outmicroplastics and oil. However, it too is very limited, collecting only about 1,000 pounds peryear [82]. It is also requires relatively high maintenance: emptying the catch

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul Jason Weinberg Weinberg, Oakland University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

? MethodParticipants Students (n = 15, 9 male) in the target classroom attended an urban elementary school inthe midwestern United States. Most students (75%) qualified for free or reduced lunch. Threestudents had Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). In addition, post-interview assessmentscores from the Assessment of Mechanistic Reasoning Project (AMRP) were compared withthose from a group of 112 participants (Table 1) from a previous study. This comparison group 9was used to measure those scores from participants in this study against a diverse group who hadnot engaged in the curriculum. Table 1. Comparison Group Respondents Number included in analysis Elementary

Conference Session

Technical Courses and Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

M.S. degrees are in ma- terials science and engineering from Stanford University and her B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from the Michigan Technological University.Dr. Lizabeth T Schlemer P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is currently a visiting professor in engineering education at Cal State LA. She is also a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 26 years and has a track record of using innovative pedagogy such as project based, flipped classroom and competency grading to support students success. Currently her research is in the area of social justice in Engineering Education.Dr. Yevgeniya V. Zastavker

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Mary A. Robinson, University of Waterloo

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

data.Table 2. Three main student-reported activities during fall break 2018 2019 Category (Keywords) #1 #2 #3 #1 #2 #3 Activity Activity Activity Activity Activity Activity Studying/Homework (study, library, assignment, 77 56 52 104 62 42 help session, homework, hw, review, notes, school, lecture, education, project, WEEF, class, coding, design, team, work, question, class) Family/Friends (family, friend, socializing, 76 75 38

Conference Session

Active learning in BME, Session II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R Clegg, University of Texas, Austin; K. R. Diller, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical Engineering

, as both an accelerated (5 week) study abroadexperience in the United Kingdom and as a standard on-campus course. This course, taught bythe second author, utilizes real world scenarios or “challenges” as a lens through whichbiotransport content is delivered, practiced, and assessed.From a position of curriculum development and education policy, we recognize that inquiry-based learning (IBL) (i.e. challenge based instruction, problem/project based learning) are non-standard in engineering teaching. There are a plethora of rationales provided for this low rate ofadoption, including insufficient faculty-teacher preparation to execute IBL, time constraints onprofessors in their teaching role, and necessity of direct instruction to establish

Conference Session

Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Students' Perspectives

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Paper ID #22816A Failed Attempt to Develop a Measure of Engineering Students’ SubjectiveTask-value for Diversity and Inclusion in EngineeringMs. Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash- ley received her MS in Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her

Conference Session

Active Learning Methods in Action

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Laura B. Sample McMeeking, Colorado State University

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Educational Research and Methods

project. It is expected thatthe comparison will help quantify the difference a KI-based learning model has on the student’sability to fit together knowledge from different courses to better understand how complexelectrical systems work. Moreover, the authors will continue to gather the same data for futureyears. Comparing the data across future years will reveal how the fine-grained year-to-yearadjustments to the KI learning environment is enhancing the value of this practice.For the second assessment technique, the very same set of students are also required to take aconcept inventory test at the beginning of their senior year. The test consists of 25 multiplechoice conceptual questions spanning each of the three competency areas carefully

Conference Session

Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, & Self-efficacy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Johana Iglesias, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Vegas Ezgi Yesilyurt is a PhD student in curriculum and instruction/science education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is working as a graduate assistant and teaching science methods courses. She received her MS degree and BS degree in elementary science education. She participated European Union Projects in which she conducted series of professional development programs for in-service science teachers. Areas of research interest are engineering education, inquiry learning and evolution education.Johana Iglesias, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Johana Iglesias is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She helped to develop and manage NSF EPSCoR STEM high school outreach

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida; Edwin Nassiff, University of Central Florida; Salih Safa Bacanli, University of Central Florida; Neda Hajiakhoond Bidoki, University of Central Florida; Jun Xu, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #21119Automated Formation of Peer-learning Cohorts Using Computer-based As-sessment Data: A Double-blind Study within a Software Engineering CourseDr. Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida Ronald F. DeMara is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida where he has been a faculty member since 1992. His educational research interests focus on classroom and laboratory instructional technology, and the digitization of STEM assessments. He has completed roughly 225 technical and educational publications, 43 funded projects as PI/Co-PI, and es- tablished two

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prasun Lala, École de Technologie Supérieure; Félix Langevin Harnois, École de Technologie Supérieure; Ghizlane El Boussaidi, École de Technologie Supérieure; Christian Desrosiers, École de Technologie Supérieure; Catherine Laporte, École de Technologie Supérieure

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Graduate Studies

wouldinterest and support students. They contacted the school’s library which had the space andexperience available for creating workshop sessions on diverse subjects, including publishingsupport. A librarian joined the project dedicating about 30% of his time to the communityprogram. At the end of the year, they also hired a part-time Review and Writing Support personin order to bring in someone with experience with scientific writing in the engineering field tothe team, besides the professors. This new configuration was aimed at finding activities thatwould support students in their scientific writing as well as get them interested in actively joiningthe learning community.Until the spring of 2016, interactions among students were mainly online

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, University of California, Davis; Jiahui Tan, University of California, Davis; Michael Raymond Gonzalez, University of California, Davis; Amanda Modell, University of California, Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication education, engineering student identity and learning motivation, narrative structure in technical communication, and the improvisatory skills of educators.Jiahui Tan, University of California, DavisMichael Raymond Gonzalez, University of California, Davis Michael works as a research assistant at UC Davis’s Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE), focusing on projects involving engineering students’ motivations around writing. To support this work, Michael applies and utilizes the skills he learned through his time as an English tutor, and his BA coursework in English, with an emphasis in literature, criticism, and theory. In addition to the work he does at CEE, Michael’s passion for education, pedagogy and

Conference Session

Enhancing the Statics Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Russell Pearce, Whatcom Community College; Todd R. Haskell, Western Washington University; Kordel J. Clarks, Student Representative - Whatcom Community College

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Mechanics

at Whatcom Community College since 2012, giving lab support to physics, engineering, and geology, as well as teaching the occasional physics class. Russell’s interests include cre- ating hands on learning tools that encourage active engagement for Physics and Engineering students, and developing classroom demonstrations that confront student misconceptions and create classroom conver- sation.Todd R. Haskell, Western Washington University Todd Haskell is a cognitive scientist interested in learning and the development of expertise, especially in STEM fields. He is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. In previous projects Dr. Haskell has worked on understanding how chemistry

Conference Session

Imagining and Reimagining Engineering Education as a Dynamic System

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Thomas A. De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ideal typical professions(Friedson, 1994; Child and Fulk, 1982; Abbott, 1988, 1989). They are, if anything, ideal atypicalprofessions that continue to haunt the conduct of other professions. Thus, although we draw onMagali Larson’s (1977) notion of “professional project” to document how and when engineeringeducators act to bolster their professional image, it is as important to this study that we alsoemploy a basic understanding of the distinct professional configuration of engineering, and howthis configuration shapes the profession’s educational reform practices. In this respect, the earlystudies of the engineering profession remain an important point of departure (Layton 1971;McMahon 1984; Sinclair 1980; Reynolds 1983; also Noble 1977

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering Students and Library Staff: New Ideas and Best Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

with a select group of key stakeholders to gain commitment, test assumptions, refine the strategy, and establish a success story. 4. Launch: Roll out the community to the broader audience over a period of time in way that will attract new members and deliver immediate benefits. 5. Grow: Engage members in collaborative learning and knowledge-sharing activities, group projects, and networking events that meet individual, group, and organizational goals while creating an increasing cycle of participation and contribution. 6. Sustain: Cultivate and assess learning, knowledge, and products created by the community to inform new

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 9: Persistence and Retention

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Jennifer Johnson, Northern Arizona University; Jennifer Marie Duis, Northern Arizona University; Pauline Entin, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26328Facilitating Transfer Student Success in an Engineering Baccalaureate Pro-gramDr. Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University Dr. Nena Bloom is an evaluator and education researcher at the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University. The primary area of her work is evaluating STEM education projects that focus on opportunities for, and retention of, K-20 students in STEM areas, majors and fields. She also conducts education research focusing on questions about professional development for educators and how educators support student learning in STEM.Mrs. Jennifer Johnson, Northern

Conference Session

Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Porcel, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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International

Engineering and Language Attitudes in the U.S. A QuandaryGlobalization and the international projection of engineering In the last 30 years, the literature on engineering education has been paying increasingattention to the changes that the field has experienced due to the advancement of globalization.The goal of this concerted effort is to determine and validate the set of skills the job marketdemands from the engineer in the 21st century. There is consensus among researchers that in the context of globalization the U.S.engineering programs either adapt their curricula to meet the expectations of the globalworkforce or take the risk of becoming irrelevant [1]. Irrelevance refers to the currentcurriculum

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #15732A Sense of Belonging: Creating a Community for First-generation, Under-represented groups and Minorities through an Engineering Student SuccessCourseEmily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University Emily Liptow is an AmeriCorps VISTA member at California Polytechnic State University. She works with the College of Engineering and the Center for Excellence in STEM (CESAME) on a variety of projects to promote equity in STEM. She recently finished her bachelors of science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University, where she was also active with many social justice and diversity

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Outreach in K12 through College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Iversen, Start Engineering

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

applying science knowledge in the classroom and engaging in engineering practices.4As of early 2016, 17 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted NGSS as the basis of theirscience standards.5 And engineering content of many forms has proliferated. Third-party curriculainclude Engineering is Elementary, Project Lead the Way, and The Infinity Project, and schools havealso developed their own programs, either on their own or with other institutions, to make engineering aclassroom option for students.We asked three questions to hone in on specifically how outreach programs might be working to bringengineering directly into K-12 classrooms: • Does this program work to bring engineering into the K-12 classroom through student teachers

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Cibele V. Falkenberg, Auburn University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

theatre. If we reframe day-to-dayinteractions as offers, it’s easy to spot effortless ungenerous offers and their effects. We all knowthe feeling of being asked, “How was your day?” and reluctantly trying to create and edit asatisfying narrative of our day for another’s entertainment and edification; our return offer ismost frequently an uninspired “fine”.When we reframe ours’ and our students’ interactions together as offers, a litany of activelearning stumbling blocks take on new clarity. An excellent example of this was shared by Dr.Raquell Holmes, who led a group of four students to write a book on cell modeling over multiplesemesters. Intentionally, this project required a lot of stretching on the part of the undergraduategroups. They were