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Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Darryl P. Butt, University of Utah; Timothy Andersen; Tammi Vacha-Haase, Boise State University; Amy J. Moll, Boise State University

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the emerging doctoral degree programs.IntroductionViewed as being essential to American technological research, manufacturing, and overalleconomic strength, the limited number of scientists and engineers with advanced degrees haslong been a concern for the country’s wellbeing. Science and engineering jobs have continued toincrease at a faster rate (18.7%) than all other occupations (14.3%), with 59% in computer andmathematical scientist occupations.1 The driving growth among science, technology, engineeringand math (STEM) occupations, has caused more than 1.1 million computer and mathematicaloccupations to be added between 2005-2015.2Although over 22,000 doctoral degrees are conferred yearly in the science and engineeringfields,3 questions

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Graduate Study Programs Supporting Diversity and Underrepresented Minority Students - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Janet M. Beagle, Purdue University College of Engineering; Phillip S. Dunston, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan K. Fisher, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Graduate Studies

University of Washington prior to joining the faculty at Purdue.Ms. Susan K. Fisher, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Establishing Pathways to the Professoriate for Underrepresented Minority StudentsIntroductionA grant from the Provost’s Office at Purdue University is supporting a program to establishpathways to the professoriate for underrepresented minority (URM) engineering students fromminority serving institutions (MSIs). The program is managed by faculty and staff affiliated withgraduate engineering programs at Purdue. Components of the program include (1) opportunitiesfor research

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reyna M. Flores, University of Texas, Austin; Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas, Austin

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challenging courses that colleges expect of prospective engineering students [6].The most effective way to turn things around is to provide coursework in middle and highschool to give students a sense of what STEM courses entail at the college level [1]. TheK-12 pipeline is expected to have an inevitable majority of underrepresented minoritiesand should be a major focal point of intervention to cultivate the diverse talent poolneeded to sustain the nation’s future in STEM [5]. There is a lack of STEM awarenessand programming in the K-12 pipeline in targeted high schools, but a large need forSTEM in the workforce [5]. One current approach to address the achievement gap is theimplementation of the MITE Enrichment Program at The University of Texas at

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Construction 2: Teaching Using Projects, Case Studies, and Service Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Alan Bugg P.E., Auburn University; Wesley Collins, Auburn University; Scott William Kramer, Auburn University

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Construction

study of over22,000 undergraduate students in the United States, with the stated goals of (1) exploring thecomparative effects of service learning and on the cognitive and affective development ofcollege undergraduates, and (2) enhance the understanding of how learning is enriched byservice. The study found that the single most important factor associated with a positive servicelearning experience is the student’s degree of interest in the subject matter, how the experienceenhances the understanding of academic course materials, and if the service is viewed as alearning experience.Batie (2007) describes a service learning course completed at East Carolina University with thepurpose of allowing “students to experience the realities of renovation

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Department of Physics, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

, in higher education it is common to find that facultymembers are evaluated for their work in three principal areas: scholarship, teaching, and service.However, these areas are not necessarily held in the same regard vis-à-vis institutional orscholarly respect. Work output is most typically defined as productivity of refereed publicationsand grants obtained and not primarily in terms of teaching or advising students.1, 2In recent years, organizations such as the National Science Foundation have promoted theconnection between teaching and research, such as through the Engineering Research CentersProgram. However, evidence exists that faculty who emphasize teaching and advising more thanresearch are not viewed as role models in academia

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First Year Computing Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Allen Benjamin Drown, Ohio State University; Lauren Corrigan, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

theoretical framework for this study is based on Engagement Theory9. In EngagementTheory, students are to work on collaborative teams to complete meaningful, authentic project.The main aspects of Engagement Theory, relate, create, and donate are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Engagement Theory [9], adapted from [4]To examine the impact of the software design project, a survey was used to ask the students 8Likert scale questions and an open-ended question about their experience with the project. TheseLikert scale questions are a subset of those used in Ref [4] which was used as the foundation forthis work. The Likert scale questions were designed to study aspects of the “relate-create-donate” model of Engagement Theory. The

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Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Suzann Girtz, Gonzaga University; Stephen E. Silliman, Gonzaga University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-science students at amid-sized, private university in the United States. The instrument was based on modification of prior surveyinstruments on mindset as well as student interpretation of talent and intelligence. With nearly 1/3 of the studentsresponding, a significant data base was generated for student of mindset and student perceptions. In the presentpaper, a portion of the survey results are analyzed in an effort to explore: (i) what diversity of mindset is carried byfirst-year students into the university experience, (ii) how mindset evolves during the undergraduate experience, and(iii) whether differences in mindset can be identified by gender or discipline. Through multiple statistical analyses,the survey results indicate that the

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Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dua Chaker, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Boulder to probe correlations between the amount of course choice andtechnical—non-technical curricular balance provided by a given program and the program’s 1)median time to degree, 2) six-year graduation rate, 3) average GPA, and 4) percentage ofbachelor’s degrees earned by women. Results were mixed as to the potential benefits of flexible,balanced engineering programs, and numerous confounding factors were present in the study.Cross-institutional research that mitigates confounding factors is needed to further explorecorrelations between engineering program curricular choice opportunities, balance andeducational outcomes.IntroductionAutonomy, satisfied through choice, is a fundamental human need.1,2 Promoting a sense ofchoice has been linked

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William B. Corley, University of Louisville; J C McNeil, University of Louisville

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Two Year College Division

statistical information related to two research questions:(1) What is the prevalence of nontraditional characteristics in engineering students? and (2)What is the prevalence of the different levels of nontraditional characteristics (i.e., minimal,moderate, or high) in engineering?The nontraditional student characteristic data was collected through an online survey createdusing Qualtrics. The survey was administered to students via an Internet link, through Qualtrics,to potential participants during the first week of classes in the fall semester of 2016 in anintroductory engineering course for freshman and transfer students in their first semester oncampus. There were 640 students enrolled in the fall introduction to engineering course during2016

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Career Development in Engineering: From Higher Education to Industry

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Continuing Professional Development

distinctions between formal and informal learning,Jacobs and Park (2009) illustrate the problems inherent in that binary and point out its conceptualand analytical limitations of the approach. For example, informal, unplanned learning can and 1does take place inside what would be considered a formal training program, and theories whichreduce workplace learning to a binary choice cannot always account for such variation.Consequently, they developed a more nuanced framework that provides more complex variationsand thus more descriptive power when researching workplace learning.Jacobs and Park (2009) propose a framework, shown in Table 1, which defines

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

and their percentagefemale enrollments and bachelor’s degrees awarded to women.1 In that study, percentages of totaldegree credit hours comprised of free electives and course choices were delineated for 84 highly-regarded (in terms of US News & World report rankings) engineering programs. Significantcorrelations were found between curricular choice and percentage female enrollments andbachelor’s degrees awarded to women; the greatest correlations were found for mechanicalengineering (a discipline with a low percentage of women enrolled8). The results pointed to theneed for additional research to ascertain whether undergraduate engineering programs can attractand graduate more women by providing more customizable degree program options.In

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darryl Dickerson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Minorities in Engineering

, especially within and across cultural boundaries. Through this research, she aims to inform the development and evaluation of these initiatives in a variety of contexts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Exploring the association of a cultural engineering student organization chapter with student successIntroduction In order for engineers to produce solutions that more effectively address complex societalchallenges, perspectives from all members of the global community are needed. Yet, within theUnited States, it has been stated that “Engineering has a ‘diversity’ problem” (p. 73) [1] giventhe lack of participation of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in Science

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Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeannie Marie Purchase, Virginia Tech ; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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Student

out-of-class activities. In thislarger study, “fun” was identified as a major reason that underrepresented engineeringundergraduate students chose to pursue out-of-class activities.PurposeThe purpose of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of undergraduate engineeringstudent engagement from the perspective of underrepresented groups. The two researchquestions used to achieve this purpose are: (1) how does “fun” manifest itself in the lives ofunderrepresented students? and (2) how is “fun” linked to student engagement in in-class andout-of-class activities? This case study investigated two students’ (one Hispanic male and oneWhite female) meanings of “fun” as they described their participation in in-class and out-of

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Learning from Industry

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

statistics for engineeringdegrees conferred in 2006, as well as indicators of the approximate representativeness of thesample. Results indicated that the effective sample was not representative of national statisticsfor engineering graduates as published by the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE). Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for Sample and National Comparison ASEE National Statistics P2P Study Sample (%) (N = 1,310) n (%) Control Variables Gender Female 19.3

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Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Mark Schar, Stanford University; Shauna Shapiro, Santa Clara University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

with triadic reciprocal causation(Bandura, 1986). These three determinants all operate bi-directionally on each other, meaningthat there is no one direction of causality but rather a dynamic feedback loop, as seen in Figure 1. personal attributes environmental behaviors factors Figure 1. Bandura’s triadic reciprocal causation.We use social cognitive theory to explore the relationship between mindfulness and innovation,focusing on innovation self-efficacy as a gateway to innovative behaviors and goals

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ETD Learning Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Matthew DeMonbrun, University of Michigan; Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan

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Engineering Technology

candidate in the Center for the Study of Higher and Post-Secondary Educa- tion at the University of Michigan. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Exploring the Relationship between the Use of Learning Technologies and Student Success in the Engineering Classroom Prior research on the relationship between learning analytics data and studentperformance indicates that a large portion of students who are classified as academicallystruggling never recover from these failures [1]. Information about why these studentsnever recover is lacking, however, because many analyses only focus on end of coursegrades to investigate student failure [2]. These models fail to account for the

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

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

others, some argue that thediscipline has not been fully embraced by the engineering academic community. Rottman et al.argue that “legitimacy of the field depends on engineers recognizing themselves as members of aleadership profession.”.1 They further elaborate to summarize some reasons why engineers donot consider themselves as part of a leadership profession: it takes over five years beforeengineers reach a management level and technical people tend to think of people problems asnon-engineering, the traditional view of leadership goes against an engineering culture ofequality, leadership is a vague term which does not align with technical thinking and analysis,and because leadership curriculum is often optional, it is perceived as less

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erin Buehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Underrepresented Students in STEM Learning1. IntroductionIn recent years, “maker” culture and 3D printing have become increasingly popular. Member-driven and community-based makerspaces are cropping up across the U.S. offering access todigital fabrication tools such as laser cutters, CNC mills, and 3D printers. Schools are alsobeginning to take interest, with groups like MakerEd [1] working to promote the educationalbenefits of maker skills in both formal and informal learning spaces. We have explored the useof 3D printing as a means to engage underrepresented students in STEM learning. 3D printersare becoming more common in learning spaces due to dramatically decreasing costs and steadilyimproving reliability

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Faculty Views of Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Engineering Ethics

curriculummore generally. It draws on quantitative data from a survey administered to engineering facultyat a nationally representative sample of 31 institutions (n = 1,389 usable faculty responses). Thisanalysis seeks to uncover variables that help explain the following: 1) how much facultyemphasize ethical issues in engineering practice in their most frequently taught undergraduateengineering course, 2) how much they emphasize the effect of beliefs and values on ethicaldecisions, and 3) the extent to which they believe the engineering curriculum should addressethical issues in multiple courses. Predictor variables included faculty departmental affiliation,rank, gender, years teaching at the college level, years working outside of academia

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Instrument Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sixing Lu, University of Arizona; Loukas Lazos, University of Arizona; Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona

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Educational Research and Methods

course of one semester. We present an overview of FEAL, its administration process withinthe CLS, and a detailed account of our evaluation methodology. We also highlight key lessonslearned on the engagement and success achieved by individual activities, and outline plannedimprovements to in-class activities based on the obtained results.Assessment of Collaborative LearningNumerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of collaborative active-learningpedagogies compared to traditional lectures across STEM fields [1][2][3][4] and computerscience education in particular [5][6][7]. Active-learning techniques include think-pair-shareexercises [8][9], peer instruction [10], group problem solving, activities in CLS environmentsand extensive

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Experiences of Diverse Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

the necessary pre-requisites for engineering, which waslinked to a higher percentage of FGS students choosing to major in business, vocational fields,social sciences, and health sciences rather than engineering18. The literature shows FGS haveunique experiences in college and are more likely to be unprepared for the engineering rigorneeded. Despite these claims, many FGS in engineering often succeed to graduation, yet littlework has examined the experiences and attitudes that aided in their success. The researchquestions that are directing this study are the following:RQ 1: How do first generation college students’ experiences within engineering influenceengineering belongingness?RQ 2: How is engineering belongingness and engineering identity

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First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

been an Electrical Engineering Professor. Dr. Mendoza is interested in Socioeconomi- cally Disadvantaged Engineering Students, Latino Studies in Engineering, Computer Aided/Instructional Technology in Engineering, and Entrepreneurship/Service Learning.Dr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston University, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, taught at Northwestern for Fall 1995, worked at Argonne National Lab, 1996-1997, Chicago State, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in Aerospace Engineering @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on computational plasma modeling using

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington; James A. Mendoza Álvarez, University of Texas at Arlington; Ramon E Lopez, The University of Texas at Arlington; Kevin A Schug, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

a demonstrablysuccessful program in the first few years of the grant, focus in the later years was strictly oninitiatives which would be sustainable in our institution. We highlight three initiatives whichgrew out of the STEP grant efforts and are now institutionalized and thriving.Background and goal of our STEP grantThe grant proposal entitled “Arlington Undergraduate Research Achievement in STEM(AURAS)” was selected for STEP funding in fall of 2009. The goal of AURAS is to useresearch-based approaches and best practices to increase the retention of STEM majors,particularly women and minorities. Specific objectives to meet this goal were (1) pedagogicalreform in high-loss courses to provide intensive intervention to target students, (2

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Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianna L. Dorie, Gonzaga University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

precollege engineering education is to promote the viability ofengineering as a potential occupation, and there are myriad of programs, both formal andinformal, that are engaged in this endeavor (e.g. incorporation of engineering into statestandards, marketing campaigns such as Changing the Conversation, engineering outreachevents, etc.). Each program has different foci, but oftentimes the same goal – how do we getmore students to consider engineering? Many programs evaluate engagement, formation ofengineering identity and even persistence. However, the number of students completing degreesin engineering has seen limited growth, despite this national push.1 How then do we broadenparticipation in engineering? While it would be impossible to map all

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Morgan Irvin, University of Missouri, Columbia; Elizabeth Hiteshue, Bain & Company; Samantha Laurel Swanson; Caroline Missouri Wochnick, Augsburg College; Hannah Bech, AmeriCorps VISTA; Amanda Marie Kapetanakis, Augsburg College; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Derrick Langley, Space and Missile Center, Enterprise Ground Services Office (SMC/ADZS); Michael Geselowitz, IEEE History Center at Stevens Institute of Technology; MaryAnn C. Hellrigel, IEEE, IEEE History Center; Gregory Alan Good, American Institute of Physics

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participatingstudents graduated with a STEM degree. Interviews collected in this project are previouslypublished on the IEEE Engineering Technology and History Wiki (ETHW). Following the oralhistory interviews, the students write reflections to answer the following three research questions(RQ). RQ#1 is “What are the key factors that led to the success of the distinguished leaders?.”RQ#2 is “What are the crucial skills that enabled their success?.” RQ#3 is “What is the impacton my career path?”One objective of this paper is for the participating female students, who are majoring in STEMfields, to present their reflections on the three research questions. A second objective is for thestudents to describe the impact, if any, that carrying out interviews of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University - Engineering Education; Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Kyle Patrick Vealey, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Forget Diversity, Our Project is DueAbstractThis research paper examines how four first-year engineering students interact with one anotherin teams to answer two research questions: 1) How do students experience working in diverseteams? and 2) Do their perceptions of diversity, affect, and engineering practice change as aresult of working in diverse teams? Despite engineering's emphasis on developing students’teaming skills, little research has been conducted on how students develop sensitivity to studentsfrom different cultures and backgrounds within diverse teams. We interviewed four students in afirst

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Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

learning,leadership, off campus program, or research. While pre-graduation professional preparation maybe new for some liberal arts disciplines, engineering has encouraged an experiential approach forsome time. Since 2007, the Engineering Department at our institution has required students tocomplete a multiyear “practicum” which functions as an on-campus credited internship with ourCollaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research. Junior and senior engineeringstudents receive credit for such project work through a four-semester Engineering Project 1-4sequence, coupled with a two-semester Engineering Seminar 1-2 sequence as the reflectivecomponent. What remains is to incorporate the new features of the ELI mandate. While

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Action on Diversity - Supporting Students at Multiple Levels

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

students,and both had been in place for over two to three decades. See Figure 1 for historical enrollmentof first-year students by demographic. 35% 32%32% 30% 28%27% 25% 26% 25%24% 23% 23% 21% 22% 22%22% 21% 20% 20% 20% 20% 19% 20

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Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

responsibility (SR) attitudesas measured by the average score on 50 Likert-type items (item scale 1 to 7; resulting in averagescores from 4.68 to 6.55). The universities attended by the students were a large public research-intensive university (LPU, n=5), a technically-focused medium-sized public university (TU,n=7), a medium-sized public university (MPU, n=2), a medium-sized private research intensiveuniversity (PrU, n=5), and another medium sized public university (MPU2, n=1) to which onestudent transferred. See Table 1 below for the student demographics. Interviewees included 11female and 9 male students, with a majority majoring in mechanical engineering (n=7) and civilengineering (n=7) in year 4. Initial average scores on the social responsibility

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New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Jamison IV, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

behaviors. Increases in EML skilllevel and behavior before versus after completing the ideation project werestatistically significant (p < 0.05) in some cases; moreover, all but one area(“persisting and learning through failure”) had a higher post-project scorecompared to the corresponding pre-project score. The results indicate that theframework was successful in integrating EML in a senior-level elective anddeveloping an entrepreneurial minded skillset.IntroductionEngineering Entrepreneurship has become an integral part of many engineering colleges in theUnited States. The aim is to build a complementary skillset so that engineering students aresuccessful in innovative, multidisciplinary teams in the workplace [1]. Many universities