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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Juan M. Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis, EPRE Consulting LLC

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

focus on profitability, which meant providing innovative solutions tothe immediate problems faced by employers or clients, or tweaking or optimizing existingprocesses. While industry-based research was perceived to focus on problems affecting businesscompetitiveness, academic researchers were believed to be freer to follow their personal interestsor to focus on social problems that may not have established markets.The connection between academia and industry had been one of the major selling points of thisparticular REU for these students. Some of the participants said they were not sure whether theywanted to pursue careers in industry or academia, and this experience helped them to envisionwhat a career in industry might be like, especially

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Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Shelly Tornquist, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

classroom in Texas and was awarded the PTA District School Bell Award for her service in STEM Education. She has been a leader in engineering education in the state of Texas throughout her career. Projects include creating and leading new teacher boot camps, developing the Texas standards for the Math/Physical Sci- ence/Engineering teacher certification and most recently developing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills frameworks in STEM education. Widely known for her work with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), she served as the State Lead Master Teacher training over 700 teachers in PLTW Core Training Institutes for 15 years. Shelly holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Design and Development and an M.Ed. in Teacher

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Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priyesh Uday Mehta, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

their self-efficacy. Another paper from the group [12] investigates the importance of timing in effectiveness of DFAM education. An important observation is made that introducing DFAM concepts at an earlier stage improves students perceiving utility. A valuable take away from their work is that introducing Additive manufacturing education at an early-career level proves to be advantageous and aids in effective learning. Additional potential overarching research questions the Engineering Education research community could contribute to solving include  How can online, remote, or virtual educational environments be designed to harness best practices in active learning developed for residential

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education; Tara C. Langus, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, SAS Institute

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering environments and understanding creativity in engineering design processes.Mr. Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno Derrick Satterfield is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and Chemical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in May 2017, and plans to pursue a career in academia in the future. His research interests are in graduate student attrition rates within academia, engineering identity development and the factors that influence decision making on persistence.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Robinson, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno

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Pre-College Engineering Education

engineering at these grade levels has been shown to predictfuture college majors and possible careers in engineering [4]. To meet the demand for moreengineers, we sought to understand how summer camps, five days in length, influenced studentinterest in engineering and engineering identity. Building engineering interest in middle and high school, before students enter college, isbest achieved by exposing students to engineering related tasks and learning activities [5]. Withthe adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards by some states, but not all, educators nowhave a framework for implementing and building engineering activities into their classroomexperiences [6]. However, there are indications that engineering is underutilized in K-12

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Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 3

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Darryl Dickerson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Delano White, The Gaskins Foundation

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Diversity, Pre-College

goal attainment.Mr. Delano White , The Gaskins Foundation c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Numeracy: Preparing Students for Success in Algebra Abstract Algebra has been universally accepted as a gateway skill. It is a bridge to high-level math course: Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus and Calculus. Students who take an Algebra course by the 8th grade are more likely to pursue careers in Engineering and other STEM fields. Students who take Algebra by the 8th grade will be able to take a Calculus course while in high school. Students who are exposed to Calculus in High School generally are more successful in their first-year mathematics courses in college. Algebra by

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2019 ERC

Authors

James A. Dodd

Investigator Program (YIP) Distribution A. Cleared for public release. 9 AFRL Opportunities for Faculty• S&T Fellowship Program (STFP) • Previously NRC Program • Associate and Senior Associates• Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)• Small Business Tech Transfer (STTR) Distribution A. Cleared for public release. 10 AFRL Opportunities for Students• Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE) • Piggybacks on NSF REU program• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)• Science, Math, and Research for Transformation (SMART)• AFRL internship and career opportunities Distribution A. Cleared for public release. 11 AFOSR

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2019 ERC

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Pamela Norris; Julie Martin; Heather Watson

• Spirituality See “Solving the Equation” by AAUW, 2015• Intimacy Communal versus Agentic Goals• Serving community • Power• Working with people • Recognition• Altruism • Achievement• Helping others • Status• Connecting with others • Success• Serving humanity • Financial reward• Attending to others • Self direction• Caring for others • Mastery• Spirituality • Demonstrating skill• Intimacy • Competition See “Solving the Equation” by AAUW, 2015Perceived Communal and Agentic Goal Fulfillment, by Type of Career

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2019 ERC

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Joan S. Cleveland

.• The Vannevar Bush Science & Engineering Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) (managed by Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Basic Research Office) provides extensive, long-term financial support to distinguished university faculty and staff scientists and engineers to conduct unclassified, basic research/”blue sky” on topics of interest to DoD. Goal: publish FOA in Jun; proposals due in Dec. or Jan. Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release 8 ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP)• Support the best and brightest early-career academic researchers whose scientific pursuits show outstanding promise for supporting the Department of the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A Gatz, Stony Brook University; Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica F. Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

adapted from Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (a = .77). A multiple regressionanalysis was used to predict achieving success in their major career from leisure time spent withwomen in STEM majors, having many friends studying in their discipline, confidence incompleting a science/engineering degree, impact of high school coursework, and not having togive up extracurricular activities. The multiple regression was significant, F(5,48) = 9.82, p

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2019 ETLI

Authors

David Russomanno

• Technology Leadership and Communication Dr. Charles FeldhausLeadership Offices (Engineering and Technology) • Office of the Dean • Led by Dr. David Russomanno, Dean • Office of Student and Career Services (includes New Student Academic Advising) • Led by Ms. Marsha Baker, Assistant Dean of Recruitment, Retention, and Student Services • Office of Undergraduate Programs and Academic Affairs (includes Freshman Engineering) • Led by Dr. Karen Alfrey, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs and Programs •Office of Research and Graduate Programs • Led by Dr. Razi Nalim, Executive Associate Dean of Research

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2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

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Marvin Gayle, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York; Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College; Danny Mangra, Queensborough Community College

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Diversity

including Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering,Computer Programming and Mathematics concepts to a select group of the local high schoolstudents. This effort is intended to encourage students to consider a career in STEM andhopefully choose one of the many STEM programs at QCC. The Coding and 3D printingTechnology workshops were conceived to encourage more female participation in Engineering.The department realized that although female students represent 50% of our population, theirrepresentation in the STEM programs were significantly below 50% of our enrollment. Thisprogram was designed to address some of these concerns. This paper will also examine the goalsand efforts taken to reorganize our curriculum to help our department with

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aaron Robert Hamilton Thielmeyer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker; Jacqueline Doyle, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #25276Using Topological Data Analysis in Social Science Research: Unpacking De-cisions and Opportunities for a New MethodDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Hugh L. McManus, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

how capstoneprepares students for their careers and makes recommendations to fortify that connection.The objectives of Northeastern University’s Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (IE) Capstone Designcourse map strongly to the new ABET student outcomes. The students’ progress in meeting thoseobjectives was evaluated from multiple perspectives. 1) Faculty advisor evaluations assessed technicalproblem-solving success, 2) a validated tool judged the completeness of the prototype solution andvalidation testing, and 3) a systematic examination of capstone teams’ final reports evaluated applicationand synthesis of knowledge obtained earlier in the curriculum. Additionally, students were askedindividually to reflect on and outline the skills and

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis S. Tenney, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Two-Year College

Discerning Advanced Manufacturing Education Pathways: Insights from Rural Northwest Florida’s Program Origin StoriesAbstractSchool-to-career pathways not only represent a student’s journey, but they also represent theeducational program context; to understand the pathway, one must understand the geographic,political, and social conditions that led to the program’s creation. To determine the kinds ofpathways advanced manufacturing (AM) programs in rural Northwest Florida community andstate colleges enabled for their students, we interviewed faculty and administrators about theirAM programs’ historical emergence. In this paper, we present five detailed AM program “originstories,” using a multiple case study methodology. These origin stories

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Lidia Herrera-Rocha, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

status not enjoyed by others. Some of the femalestudents studied did not enjoy the status or recognition of being an authentic engineer. Although studies of gender and teamwork have been instrumental in understanding theexperience of women in engineering, the studies presented in the previous section were notconducted at HSIs. Increasingly, scholars have recognized the particular experiences of “thedouble bind,” which is defined as the experiences of women of color or underrepresentedminority women, including African Americans, Latinas, and Native Americans in STEM, whoare “consistently underrepresented at advanced education and career in most fields relative toWhite women and men of any color” [23, pp. 173]. A small, but growing, body of

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Interest & Identity

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

education undergraduates. During thisprogram, 79% of Engineering Ambassadors were engineering majors who had first-handexperiences with engineering concepts. The remaining 21% were math or science educationmajors whose expertise included developing lesson plans and teaching to the needs of middleand high school students.The second group comprises middle and high school students. Career choices begin formingtoward the end of middle and beginning of high school. When students demonstrate an interestand talent in STEM, it is important to encourage these students in their pursuit of this interest. Tomeasure the success of the encouragement, one must begin asking some valuable questions.Which lesson plans were most successful? Did the students seem

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Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin C. Wong, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union; Elizabeth M. Waters, The Cooper Union

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Pre-College Engineering Education

career pathways. The Cooper Union is acollege located in New York City that has been delivering STEM programming in the summerfor over 30 years. The high school summer STEM program offered by Cooper Union has varioussections that have traditionally been instructed by professors specializing in one of the fourengineering majors at the college: chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Eachyear, the program lasted six weeks and consisted of 120 hours of informal project-based learning,with each section grounded in different engineering challenges.Starting in 2015, the institution began to offer a new section called the “Makerspace” section inorder to address the demand for modern technologies and skills sets, such as rapid

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Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace

education with the programs on hand. This includesexperience with UAS vehicle design, construction, and flight experience, as well as team dynamicsand exposure to the SEDP.Motivation.The desire for educational programs within the field of aerospace engineering continues to bepopular. This is both due to the increasing availability of technology and job opportunities withinthe aerospace engineering career field. According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of LaborStatistics (April 2018), “Employment of aerospace engineers is projected to grow 6 percent from2016 to 2026, about as fast as the average for all occupations.” Rationale for this growth isattributed to several factors, including the increased use of cubesats, aircraft

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

/ Philosophy of Engineering Division of ASEE. He is Professor Emeritus and former chair of engineering technologies at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronau- tics. Mr. Hilgarth has a 29-year career in academia instructing courses in industrial management, financial management, computer technology, and environmental technology, as well as leading seminars in the uni- versity’s general education program. Prior to academia, Mr. Hilgarth was employed as as engineer in the aerospace industry in laboratory and flight test development, facilities management, and as a manager in quality

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Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session I

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Tikyna M. Dandridge, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sharlane Cleare, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shalin Lena Raye, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Casey E. Wright, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Paper ID #24998Engaging in STEM education equity work through a course: studying race,class and gender theory in engineering educationMs. Tikyna M. Dandridge, Purdue University Tikyna is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Mr. Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hassan Al Yagoub is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research in- terests include diversity & inclusion, advising and mentoring, students’ persistence, engineering career pathways, and school-to-work transition of new engineers. He

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Track: Collegiate Technical Session 12

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

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Collegiate, Diversity

Research (CLUSTER). In her research, she is interested in understanding how engineering students develop their professional identity, the role of emo- tion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have successfully transitioned to student-centered teaching strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering program at UGA. She is engaged in mentoring early career faculty at her univer- sity and within the PEER National Collaborative. In 2013 she was selected to be a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Faculty

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Eisazadeh, Old Dominion University; Milan Rakita, Purdue University; Mona Torabizadeh, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

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Manufacturing

smallgasoline engines, while having only a Bachelor’s degree was negatively associated with havingcompetency in welding and small gasoline engines [8]. Many undergraduate students inengineering and engineering technology programs did not come for Career and TechnicalEducation (CTE) programs and often welding career pathway which is available under CTEprograms in many regions is disconnected from engineering technology and engineering careerpathway. Somehow that link in between the making part of engineering and engineeringtechnology was broken after there was a trend to shift engineering programs more towardsengineering science, and engineering technology program more to teaching computer integratedmanufacturing, product lifecycle management, Internet

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

undergraduate researchGiven the fact that at small universities undergraduate research is limited in the number of studentsinvolved, six students were interviewed. While this is a small sample size, common themessurfaced regarding students’ benefits and takeaways, frustrations, and suggested improvements forthe project. Overall, students described that while their research amounted to more work than theyexpected, they also learned more than they expected. Specifically, students generally reported thatthey learned a lot about water quality and constructed wetlands, how to reformulate their researchhypotheses in light of new data or situations, how to find and read primary literature, and perhapsmost important for their future careers and surprising to

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ERM Technical Session 23: Courses and Research on Communication

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

communications courses appear to be ararity.The ever-growing need for Ph.D. communication instruction suggests several questions: ArePh.D. engineering students acquiring the skills they need to succeed in their professional careers,either on their own or through resources in their programs? How in fact have engineeringschools responded to the growth of enrollment of foreign students so that graduating students areprepared to successfully lead in their field? What kinds of communication-related offerings aremost beneficial: courses, labs, workshops, one-on-one coaching, integration of communicationinstruction into technical programs? While a number of U.S. institutions offer a range ofsupports for Ph.D. engineering students, the increasing proportion of

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Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Strong, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

amongunderrepresented youth who often decide from an early age that STEM careers are not “forme” (Riegle-Crumb, Moore, & Ramos-Wanda, 2011).To address this problem, educators and researchers have designed many instructionalapproaches intended to inspire young adolescents to pursue STEM careers. In the discipline ofscience, one especially promising approach has been literacy-infused instruction, whichincreases adolescents’ understandings of scientific principles (Hand, Wallace, & Yang, 2004;Romance & Vitale, 1992: Spence, Yore, & Williams, 1999) with even greater effect sizes forunderrepresented populations (Cervetti, Barber, Dorph, Pearson, & Goldschmidt, 2012; Chen,Hand, & McDowell, 2013; Greenleaf et al., 2011). Experiences with

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Chaminade University; Helen Turner, Chaminade University; Mark Speck, Chaminade University

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Engineering and Public Policy

completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Information Security and a Graduate Certificate in Information Security Policy at Purdue University. His dissertation work investigated the relationships of social cognitive career theory factors and cybersecurity research self-efficacy of former and current college students.Dr. Helen Turner, Chaminade University Helen Turner is the Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and VP for Innovation at Chaminade University.Dr. Mark Speck, Chaminade University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Module and Kemp instructional design approaches to integrate STEM issues and public policy into Data Science curricula at a

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Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida; Manopriya Devisetty Subramanyam, University of South Florida; Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

new products and processes. (2) Work within an interdisciplinary group to design a new product or process using an engineering design cycle. (3) Describe different ways STEM activities can be incorporated into curricula and extra- curricular activities by developing a grade-appropriate instructional STEM unit. Implementation and evaluation of the CSI course in conjunction with other components ofa STEM Middle School Residency Program have led to the successful career placement of pre-service teachers (up to 100% in 1 cohort), excellent retention (82-100% over 4 cohorts), andintegration of STEM into lesson plans.Introduction According to the US Department of Education’s STEM 2026 report [1], STEM

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

maximize their academic skills; contribute to and benefit from productiveuniversity communities; offer best practices to help them navigate their college careers; andwork individually and collectively to further promote the goals of the program. The effortsdescribed in this study may provide a model for a wide range of retention and success programs,based around diverse populations and affinity groups, or general cohorts of students. Aggregateresults indicate that this cohort was able to achieve significantly higher GPAs and complete ahigher number of credits as compared to similar populations of students. This paper furtherdiscerns the impact on the engineering students, who coincidentally made up over 40% of thegroup, showing that first year