Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Yu Sun, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Mechanics

’ lives that should be furtheraddressed by educational institutions to account for this population of students when planningpolicies and intervention plans. These might include for example “the development of more onlinecourse opportunities [that] may help these students succeed”, as well as offer them moreconvenience. In essence, the commuting aspect of students’ lives introduces the main theme thatif being a commuter means fewer opportunities for skill development, then providing supportonline would be a possible option for giving those commuters more access to skill buildingactivities (Nelson, Misra, Sype, & Mackie, 2016), and enforcing the idea that the traditionalsingular mode of learning followed by universities may not be the best

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Morrison, University of Notre Dame

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College Industry Partnerships

=> Electrical Water Dispersal System• University of Mississippi Medical Center / C Spire => Sleeping Cap for TBI patientsEach team also mentored four Heads in the Game high school scholars on how to perform research,as well as how to succeed in college. In total, 48 students participated in the Heads in the Gameand Landsharks to Astronauts research programs, including 19 women and 11 African Americans.The eight-week plan for the Heads in the Game and Landsharks to Astronauts programs that wasconducted in the Summer fo 2016 is outlined below:- Week 1: The Heads in the Game scholars will attend seminars on electrical and computerengineering, biomedical engineering, introduction to health and sports performance, andfundamental research

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

career professional is daunting for anyone, especiallywomen entering a technical field such as engineering. When encountering challenging, gender-based situations, women react in various ways, from ignoring the situation to leaving theengineering field completely. Through a literature review, this paper investigates conceptuallyaligning counterfactual thinking and career motivation theory for early career women engineers.Counterfactual thinking is the creation of alternative scenarios to events that already occurredand imagining different consequences or benefits. Career motivation theory aims to understandcareer plans and decisions. From these theories, this review explores the effects of counterfactualthinking on women engineers’ reactions to

Conference Session

It's All About the Student: Integration, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Timothy W. Mays, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; John C. Ryan, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transporta- tion infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic operations, highway safety, and geographic information systems. His research interests include: constructing spatial databases for bet- ter management of transportation infrastructure, improving transportation design, operation, safety and construction, understanding long-term effects of urban development patterns, and advancing active living within the built environment for improved public health. He teaches

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Tina L. Fletcher, University of Pennsylvania; Janelle L. Williams, Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University; Brittany Nicole Boyd, Morgan State University; Kevrick Watkins

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Minorities in Engineering

BS Maryland at Eastern Shore 15 Virginia State Computer, Manufacturing, Computer science BS, MS UniversityDemand for Engineering at HBCUsTable 1 also highlights the 15 ABET accredited engineering programs at HBCUs. The list alsoincludes Texas Southern University (TSU) in Houston, Texas; the institution was authorized bythe Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to begin offering two newengineering programs during the fall of 2015 in civil engineering and electrical and computerengineering [13]. According to the school’s enrollment database, TSU has seen consistentgrowth for both programs. Based on the 4-year and 6-year academic plan period, the institutionshould expect to see their first group

Conference Session

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

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Leadership Development

andsupervising others, coordinating and planning tasks, and building team cohesion—neither highnor low importance ratings among 38 professional skills. However, within leadership skills thestudents assigned a much higher value to coordinating and planning tasks and building teamcohesion than to motivating and supervising others, which shows that they ascribe different valueto different leadership skills. As in Direito et al.’s study, the participants in Chan et al.’s studiesrated their confidence in leadership skills lower than they did the importance of those skills.While these studies provide us with an understanding of the value that engineering studentsascribe to leadership and other professional skills and of their ability beliefs in these skills

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 3 - Social & Leadership

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Victor Ofori-Boadu, Penuel Consult Inc.; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Lewis Waller; Paul Akangah, North Carolina A&T State University

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Construction Engineering

2016 to 2026 makingthe severe workforce shortages of the construction industry a nationwide crisis [1] [2][3][4].Coupled with workforce shortages, lack of diversity and challenging student transitions into theconstruction profession remain a huge concern. These emphasize the need for constructioneducators to attract and prepare minority students who persist into construction professional (CP)roles towards a more competent and diverse construction workforce for improved 21st centurybuilt environments [4]. CPs play a critical role in the design, engineering, planning,development, management, operation, maintenance, sustainability, deconstruction, anddemolition of built environments. The dynamic and competitive construction industry is

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

connections between their lived experiencesand their current engineering coursework. We targeted two different types of environments, homeand hobbies, which could include activities at home our outside of students’ home. While severalstudents highlighted PLW and/or playing with Legos, as their main exposure to learning andbecoming interested in engineering, one student, Naomi, identified working with her father athome as her source of interest in engineering: … Working with my dad ... I remember I built a dog house ... I took a saw and I started cutting things out and he stopped me. He's like, “No, you need to have a plan. What are you making this house for, which dog? Where are you going to put it?” I had to think of all of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University; Jessica Sperling, Duke University; Megan Gray, Duke University; Medha Gupta, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Amy Arnold, Duke University; Kelly Perri, Duke University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

to facilitate exposure to professionalopportunities. Sometimes these events are planned remotely and attended by student cohorts,other times, coaching staff will attend the events with students. Each student is also matchedwith a mentor who is currently in the tech industry and has been found by the coaching staff.There is no formal training for these mentors, and each pairing navigates the particulars ofworking together for the summer. The program requests that the mentor-mentee pair attempt tomeet every other week; however, this is not required. Students also typically informally mentoreach other when returning home while talking through their experiences and challenges in thejob environment. These spontaneous conversations are

Conference Session

Capstone Pedgagogy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joyce Blandino P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

prosthetic limb assemblyResults: The management of this year 4 group project was similar to years 2 and 3. Studentsworked on the project according to planned schedule. During the first testing, the client testedboth design. However, there were some mechanical issues during testing. The client alsomentioned a ‘thicker’ foam for the socket would increase comfort for the stump. For the secondtesting, a higher density foam was used in the socket to achieve better comfort and tightnessaround the stump. The client tested both design and preferred the link-lock design as it providedmore stability. The client felt that the ball and socket design “unstable” because of the ball andsocket connection.Conclusion/Lessons learnedThe purpose of this paper was to

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michelle Maher, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Jacob M. Marszalek, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Darran Cairns, University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Design in Engineering Education

introductory engineering classes [4].Learner-centered approaches are based in constructivist learning theories, one of which isDesign-Based Learning (DBL). DBL posits that in problem solving situations, learners draw ontheir own past experiences and pre-existing knowledge to discover phenomena and how thosephenomena are related, and what is desirable to learn next [5]. Learners interact with theirenvironment through exploration, object manipulation, contemplation of questions andcontroversies, and experimentation. DBL activities promote learner-centered discovery asopposed to teacher-centered methods [6] and focus on planning, constructing, evaluating, anditerating a particular device, process, or solution to authentic problems [7], [8]. One

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pallavi Ramakanth Kowligi, Florida State University; Priyanka Prajapati, Florida State University; Faye R Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Two-Year College

skills needed by future technicians should be considered more in AMCurriculum Framework development of ensure a higher match. This consideration is especiallytrue since the AM Competency Model is the source for employer-desired competencies.5.4. Implications.5.4.1. Implications for educational institutions. Two- and four-year AM degree programs aredeeply connected to their local communities and economy. These programs, such as those atstate and community colleges in Florida, should strongly align with the needs of local employers,and incorporate state and national workforce needs. Curriculum planning committees maybenefit from knowing the extent to which there is topical alignment and rigor in curricula todevelop future AM students. Including

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura R. Murphy, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Eytan Adar, University of Michigan; Sophia Brueckner, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

students, this study plan may provide compelling evidence towards curricular needs inboth sketching skills and in human-centered design. If changes in considering humans in designcan be motivated by a simple instruction, further studies will be required to examine how topromote such thinking over time during engineering education.ConclusionThis works-in-progress study protocol presents a plan for the exploration of considering peoplein early idea generation for engineering design. Our overarching goal is to develop scaffoldingthat supports engineering students’ human-centered design practices. We are investigatingwhether a simple intervention to represent people during conceptual sketching will promptstudents to consider human users and all their

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Amber Gallup, University of New Mexico; Sung "Pil" Kang, University of New Mexico

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Educational Research and Methods

measure shared agency have focused on power dynamics involved, not on waysshared agency impacts other contextual aspects of agency. However, the results of these studieshave suggested that shared agency matters when understanding consequentiality. For instance, ina study that investigated whether parents and children’s wishes were taken into account whenformulating a rehabilitation plan for the child, when parents perceived that such wishes weretaken into account—meaning, they had some sense of shared agency—they were more satisfiedthat their child’s needs were being met—meaning, they viewed their input as consequential [13].From a framing agency lens, we might consider formulating a rehabilitation plan as framing aproblem and consider the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neal I. Callaghan, University of Toronto; Jose Luis Cadavid, University of Toronto; Huntley H. Chang, University of Toronto; Ileana Louise Co, University of Toronto; Nicolas Ivanov, University of Toronto; Nhien Tran-Nguyen, University of Toronto; Jonathan Rubianto, University of Toronto; Locke Davenport Huyer, University of Toronto; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Pre-College Engineering Education

participation was virtually identical between student cohorts (Figure 3A). However,School B students were more than twice as likely as School A students to declare a positiveimpact on their predisposition when asked about the impact Discovery had on STEM pursuits(Figure 3B). It is important to note this may simply be indicative of students already perceivingfurther STEM courses in their future regardless of Discovery participation (i.e., selection of “NoImpact”), reflected in consistent indication of plans to take fewer courses after participating inDiscovery. School B students were also about 20% more likely to indicate interest in furtherparticipation in a future offering of Discovery (Figure 3C), despite also indicating a much higherperceived

Conference Session

Improving Student Outcomes in Mechanics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Andrew van Paridon

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Diversity

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Mechanics

out of 38 responses (47%) remarked they would form some sort of plan using theidentified knowns, unknowns, and relevant equations. This compared with 15 out of 43 responses(35%) from the control group. The control group had a higher number of responses that suggestedtrying to use relevant equations without mentioning any form of planning (14 versus 8 responses).The other responses were either focused primarily on Free Body Diagrams or looking forunknowns only, or simply using a step-by-step brute force approach.Students in the experimental section were given the opportunity to report how their studypractices changed due to the exams, homework and grading for this course. Overall the responsesgenerally split students across a few divisions

Conference Session

Research Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Karen Hazel Washburn Washburn, Utah State University; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

research often takes time: time to buildrelationships with participants; time to reflect on biases in one’s own data generation andanalysis processes; and time to evaluate, revise, and re-implement engineering programs andpedagogies (if applicable) to ensure they are more culturally responsive. In summary, fastresearch is not often reflective research, and responsive research requires self-reflection.[43] Inorder to ensure culturally responsive research designs, qualitative researchers can: • In consultation with participants (where possible), develop and communicate a plan for managing data. • Develop materials for providing professional development to the research team and other relevant stakeholders, with explicit

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorail F. Porter, Associated General Contractors; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering

, building inspectors, suppliers,subcontractors, contractors, construction developers, real estate developers, researchers, andeducators [2][3]. However, most construction curricula are highly tailored to prepare students forproject management and estimating roles. Generally, project managers plan, budget, oversee, anddocument all aspects of their construction projects, while estimators determine the quantities andcosts of construction projects. Furthermore, many construction programs are structured to preparestudents mostly for commercial construction projects [1]. This is logical as most of the employersof undergraduate Construction students offer student opportunities to work on commercialconstruction projects. With the current focus of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

. The CFA allows us to analyze the fit of the individual items from thesurvey to the prescribed factors within the given models. The model used was used to explainhow PTO, SOC and BFP all played a role in predicting ethical awareness. To increase thestrength of the study, some questions were created to measure the opposite of the intendedvariable. For example, one of the questions measuring the personal subfactor from the spheres ofcontrol is, “I usually do not set goals because I have a hard time following through on them,” iscounterbalanced by the question “Once I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work.”Because of this difference, many of the scales had to be reverse coded to fit into the models forconfirmatory factor analysis

Conference Session

Curriculum and Instruction in Engineering Mechanics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter H. Carnell P.E., University of Georgia; Nathaniel J. Hunsu, University of Georgia; Davis F. Ray, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Mechanics

‘patches’ of poor performance.” Faced with such adverseacademic situations, some students adopt maladaptive behaviors (e.g., self-handicapping andanxiety) that further impair their chances of succeeding in their chosen engineering majors. Incontrast, resilient students would adopt adaptive behaviors, for example, persistence, planning,optimism, and self-determination, among others [8]. We argue that students with high levels ofresilience are better able to come back from initial academic stresses, while those who are lessresilient may decline in their academic performance, lose interest in their major, andconsequently consider dropping out of their engineering program.Measurement approachesAs noted above, resilience is most commonly defined as a

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Celena Arreola, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, University of Texas, El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas, El Paso; Giselle Andrade, STEMGrow; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Melissa Stearns

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First-Year Programs

], and the Lumina Foundation 's National Tech Challenge selectedEduGuide's intervention as a model for making college access and success more efficient. Theyhave supported EduGuide with a planning grant to further test and refine the platform, as has theW.K. Kellogg Foundation to help scale-up EduGuide’s platform and program.Assessment of Grit Levels of Participating StudentsOverall, 108 freshman-year STEM students participated in the baseline assessment of students’grit levels in early fall 2017. Of the 108 students, 81 were STEMGrow students, while 27 werenon-STEMGrow students (Control Group). The first post-assessment involved 64 students, 43of whom were STEMGrow students, and 21 were non-STEMGrow students. A total of 38students, 26 STEMGrow

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Keogh, University of Colorado, Boulder; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

client and the design team. Similarly, many women in ​Invention andInnovation​ were reported to have been in charge of the business aspects of the project. Bothclient communication and business planning are introduced in these subsequent courses.Another explanation for the trend of women disproportionately taking on non-technical roles isbecause they lack technical confidence. This explanation corresponds to possibilities discussed inthe focus groups. Women in the focus group believe that women are more likely to take onnon-technical roles in teams because of three main factors: i) they feel that they do not haveenough technical experience to be useful to the team, ii) they are not asked by their malecounterparts to take on technical roles, or

Conference Session

Diversity and Global Experiences

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University; Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University; Carol J. Ward, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

surveys,documentation, and reflections papers to address: a) What cultural resources were used bystudents to obtain community-centric and project-centric information? b) What culturalinformation was obtained and how useful was this information for the project design andunderstanding the community? and c) How were students impacted by the Learning Outcomes?A brief discussion of future plans for strengthening the GEO course will also be presented.Surveys, Documentation, and Reflection Papers.Surveys were developed in collaboration with faculty and students in the Department ofSociology at Brigham Young University. The surveys were administered using the Qualtricssoftware and included free-response questions, multiple-choice questions, rank order

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean M. Eddington, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rucha Joshi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engage in more inclusionary interactions and team work. Inreferring to the ECE program, students characterized their experience in terms of “survival.” Onestudent called himself and his peers “veterans of ECE,” while others described the studentculture as “stressed.” Christopher, a sophomore in CompE, recalled his strategy for coping withthe rigor of ECE: Because it's hard, but trying to avoid burn out the only way to do is to follow the plan of study. What's better to do is learn when you are going to burn out and pick a time when you can afford it. If you can do it before the finals, do it right before the finals, because you don't want to do it the week of the exams, because you want to study at that time

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P Becker, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

evaluatingtheir ongoing learning activities, and of developing plans and selecting strategies for learningnew material” [34]. The homework system’s Preliminary Assessment Sections (PAS) are beingdeveloped to include a variation on the Knowledge Monitoring Assessment (KMA) of Tobiasand Everson [35]. The KMA is a simple multiple choice test that allows for a measure of thecoherence between an individual’s perception of their knowledge in a given domain with theiractual performance. In a PAS, the student will be presented with a list of select course outcomessuch as those suggested below. • Rate your confidence to properly apply Ohm’s Law. • Rate your confidence in solving a circuit problem in which the proper understanding of the model of an

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Negar Heidari Matin, Eastern Michigan University; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Shinming Shyu, Eastern Michigan University

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Architectural

funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of Engineer- ing Technology. He has an extensive experience in curriculum and laboratory design and development. Dr. Eydgahi has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Tau Alpha Pi, as a member of Advi- sory and Editorial boards for many International Journals in Engineering and Technology, as a member of review panel for NASA and Department of Education, as a regional and chapter chairman of IEEE, SME, and ASEE, and as a session chair and as a member of scientific and

Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech ; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

typical engineering identities. For example, studentsdiscussed the breakdown of their assumptions about the popular “nerd” and “builder” stereotypesof engineers. One student discussed the differences between their previous beliefs of engineers as“typically non-social people who were only proficient at math and science” and those they holdas a result of participating in STEP, which included constructively using criticism and effectivelycommunicating ideas. Another student discussed their prior belief about engineers as “glorifiedfactory workers,” but, through the course and participation in STEP, came to see engineers as“dynamic problem solvers” who engage in “careful planning and out of the box problemsolving.” Additionally, students shared

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame

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Engineering Ethics

remainder of the summer to further developtheir project plans, or fulfill any prior research commitments they may have. When the academicyear starts, SRR convenes occasional meetings, approximately 5 times per term. In the fall term,these generally consist of further instruction and outside speakers. For example, at the firstmeeting in fall Dr. Bourgeois provided a workshop on Design Thinking aimed at developingprojects in SRR. Other talks included sessions on writing for a general audience given by Dr.Jessica Baron, Communications Coordinator and Director of Media and Engagement for theHistory of Science Society; a talk on working in the public policy space by Dr. MelindaGormley, then a AAAS fellow at EPA; and a talk by a member of the Templeton

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

education that is explicitly socio-technical in nature.We plan to develop a transformative, inclusive approach to teaching energy as a model for howto adopt culturally-sustaining pedagogies within engineering. We have selected energy, as it is afoundational topic across multiple engineering disciplines, relevant to students’ lived 2experiences, and has important social ramifications. We are targeting a class in the second yearto provide students with a grounding in CSP early in their engineering education so that theymight use these mindsets moving forward. Many students often first see energy concepts in“Introduction to Thermodynamics.” With its grounding in 18th century power cycles and

Conference Session

Practice II: Curricular Innovations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhi Fang, Beihang University; Shuiting Ding, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University; Dandan Hou, Beihang University

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Educational Research and Methods

- and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan(2010-2020)’ has identified ‘adhering to the people-centered approach and promoting quality-oriented education’ as the ‘strategic theme’ of China’s educational reform and development[1].” “‘Quality’ refers to the relatively stable psychological quality gradually formed byinternalization of knowledge through influences of education and social environment on thebasis of human nature [2].” “Quality-oriented education is designed to promote students’comprehensive development and improve China’s national educational level by enhancing thequality of each educated person, who would accept education in ideology, morality, culture,science, professional skills, as well as physical and mental quality [2