Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University; Bethany C. Johnson, Alfred University; Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

ferroelectric materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Creating a Psychological Profile of Successful First-Year Engineering StudentsIntroductionThis Complete Evidence-Based Research paper considers the effect of the characteristics of first-year engineering students and their persistence and retention.Although the number of students earning bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering has risensteadily in the past decade, institutions of higher education are facing shifts in enrollmentpatterns, with an increasing number of students pursuing on-line education [1]. As revenues formany four-year colleges and universities become increasingly dependent on

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

, Lewin, and Piaget. The second reason is to emphasizethe central role that experience plays in the learning process.”19 Kolb aligns Lewin’s model ofaction research, Dewey’s model of learning, and Piaget’s model of cognitive development intohis own model of experiential learning that he described as “the process whereby knowledge iscreated through the transformation of experience.”Figure 1, utilizing a recast and critiqued version of Kolb’s experiential learning model fromBergsteiner, Avery, & Neumann, illustrates four ways of experiencing: Concrete Experience,Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation. 22 These fourways of experiencing iteratively interact with four distinct learning styles, Diverging

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Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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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

and intensive summer bridgeprogram. The purpose of STEP is to provide incoming College of Engineering (CoE) students(1) an opportunity to become familiar with the university community prior to the start of theiracademic career, (2) academic enrichment in subjects known to be historically difficult for first-year students at the particular university, and (3) opportunities for personal and professionaldevelopment. STEP participants take courses in chemistry (lecture + lab), calculus, andengineering fundamentals.STEP 2016 consisted of 63 incoming first-year students accepted to the CoE. Although notexplicitly advertised, some participants had not been accepted into the CoE and had anopportunity to be admitted though their performance in STEP

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Antonia Ketsetzi; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Deniz Eseryel, North Carolina State University; T. Fulya Eyupoglu, North Carolina State University; Tianyun Yuan, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

but little understood question that has motivated her program of research is: How can we effectively and ef- ficiently promote cyberlearning in complex knowledge domains such as STEM (science, technology, en- gineering and mathematics)? Towards this direction, she (1) investigates the development of higher-order thinking and complex problem-solving competencies following a comprehensive framework that includes cognition, metacognition, cognitive regulation, motivation, emotion, and epistemic beliefs; (2) develops innovative assessment methods that can benchmark progress of learning and the development of com- plex problem-solving competencies; (3) develops new and effective approaches to design state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Supporting Students at Multiple Levels

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Holmes Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart D. Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

service learning components as well as curricularchanges for a broader institutionalization of the C&A program on campus.IntroductionThe number of female engineers has greatly increased since the 1980s, when less than 6% ofengineers in the U.S. were women. However, female persistence in engineering has lagged behindthat of their male counterparts. According to Joanne McGrath Cohoon, Associate Professor in theDepartment of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia, only 18-20 percentof engineering students in the U.S. are now women [1]. According to the Society of WomenEngineers, women make up only 11 percent of practicing engineers. Furthermore, one in fourfemales leave the engineering field after age 30, compared to only

Conference Session

Integrity and the Problem of Cheating

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Ryan, East Carolina University; Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

of how they have to be guided.1 IntroductionExamination of literature in the English and the German speaking world about cheating byuniversity students reveals a remarkable difference. In the English language literature, there existsan extensive body of research looking back over many decades. A comprehensive national studyby Bowers in 1964 1 and, four decades later, a thorough overview by McCabe et al. 2 provide agood entry point to the many hundreds of individual studies. Citation indices from GoogleScholar, for example, indicate that more than a few of these pivotal works have been referenced300 3,4 , 500 5,6 or even 900 7 times at the time of this publication. Clearly, the topic has beenwidely discussed across the English-speaking

Conference Session

First Year Computing Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Boyan Li; Benjamin Maestas; Katheryn Michelle Rothermal

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

robotic devices. Twenty six such devices are presented as examples in theRobotis Premium Quick Start Manual16. An 18 degrees of freedom (DOF) humanoid robot is themost complicated and interesting robot that can be built with this kit. One of such robots built byengineering students is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Robotis Premium Type A Humanoid Robot having 18 DOFThe eighteen Dynamixel AX-12A smart servomotors are individually addressable and can beconnected in series with the controller. In addition, each servomotor has a temperature sensorand an overload sensor. These sensors are used to protect the motors. The motors have twosoftware-selectable modes of operation; the wheel (continuous) mode and the joint mode. In thewheel

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 2, IE-ing the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech; John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech; Arash Baghaei Lakeh, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

inaccordance with conditions that continually changed in response to competitors’ actions.Adaptability involved managing uncertainty through negotiations with other teams andinnovating within the game’s ruleset to secure advantages. Third, the game was built to promoteconstrained decision-making, as students needed to understand what information was needed toapply certain engineering techniques or make engineering decisions, as well as distinguish whichdecisions were appropriate for the given amount of information and time they had to completethe game.The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify evidence of learning during the game and todetermine, for future iterations, (1) what learning frameworks fit the data to inform the game’sdesign and

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Thomas Chen

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

computational research and the research infrastructure atUCO. The process to acquire and deploy the ​Buddy​ Cluster will be detailed including the processto solicit proposals from and choose a cluster vendor. The process to get users working in thecluster environment - including internet browser-based access and use of certain cluster softwareand the use of more standard command line access and use - are discussed.IntroductionThere is a recognition of the national need for developing high performance computing (HPC)resources, which include human resources that will use this technology. In March 2007 theNational Science Foundation (NSF) released a report entitled “Cyberinfrastructure Vision for21st Century Discovery”​1​ that addresses how high

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

tends to focus almostexclusively on distinctive professional responsibilities – that is to say, ethical issues that arecommonly presented by the immediate practice of the work typical of each. For undergraduates,this is professional ethics in an industrial or consulting context.1 For graduate students, whosetraining is preparation for a career in research, this is typically research ethics, implicitly in anacademic context.2 Thus, both construe the responsibilities of the engineer relatively narrowly.In particular, the concerns of each taper dramatically as the borders of the immediate work siteare crossed. While some focus is of course necessary and appropriate, the present narrowness hasarguably become unhealthily myopic, particularly

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering Education, 2017 Design and Implementation of a Wireless GPS-Based Bicycle Tracking Device for Capstone DesignAbstractThe need to track the locations of bicycles in an Automatic Bicycle Rental System presentsseveral challenges for control, communication, power management, reliability, and security. Thispaper details an effective bicycle-tracking system designed as part of a capstone project thataddresses these challenges. Additionally, a number of student learning outcomes were assessed.1 IntroductionThe Automatic Bicycle Rental System (ABRS) is an engineering capstone design project at YorkCollege of Pennsyvania1. This project was a collaboration of mechanical, computer, andelectrical engineering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University; Xiong Luo, University of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of Knowledge Engineering for Materials Science; Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy; Yonghong Peng, University of Sunderland, St. Peters Campus

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

organising committee and the technical program committee for numerous international conferences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Design and Implementation of Project-Based Courses on Cutting-EdgeComputer Technologies1. IntroductionIn this paper, we describe the design and implementation of two project-based courses, one onApple iOS application development, and the other on Microsoft Kinect [1] applicationdevelopment, and report the lessons learned in teaching these non-traditional courses. This typeof non-traditional courses on cutting edge computer technologies was pioneered by StanfordUniversity, where they created the first ever iPhone application development course (as CS193P) during the 2009-2010

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

through design courses—to solve problems and execute thosesolutions. But designing for disability benefits from a broader perspective: “A richer balancebetween problem solving and more playful exploration could open up valuable new directions”(pg. xv)1. This paper describes the design of an interdisciplinary course to be taught beginning inMarch 2017, Introduction to Disability Studies, that integrates Liberal Arts and STEMperspectives with the goal of creating precisely the balance that Pullin describes.In the sections that follow, we first describe the design of the course, focusing on the humanitiesperspectives and assignments that inform the theoretical disability studies framework. Thissection also addresses our approaches to breaking down

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Webster-Giddings, Vanderbilt University; Nancy Dickson, Vanderbilt; Melissa S Martiros, Anna Maria College; Sarah Mullen, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

economydemands further growth and innovation, Arts and Design majors are seen as a necessary andintegral element for such change (Bequette & Bequette, 2012). Consequently, there has been apush, especially in K-12 education, to add “A” (Art & Design), transforming STEM intoSTEAM (Bequette & Bequette, 2012, Piro, 2010; White, 2011). Although, there seems to be asympathetic relationship between Art and STEM majors, there is limited research identifying thekey experiences or factors that foster the relationship between STEM and Arts which is evidentin the number and types of degrees conferred by women (Piro, 2010) (see Figure 1: DegreesConferred by Women). By “examining how artists mix art, science, technology, and math in

Conference Session

Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Students' Perspectives

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Massie Chance, University College London & Dublin Institute of Technology; Bill Williams, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

education (n=6). Table 1 provides information aboutall participants. The eight participants whose interviews were analysed for this study areshown in boldface. Table 1: Participants in overall sample (participants in this study designated in bold) Studying International with International Interview in home schooling in host without schooling Total Number location country country in host country Ireland 10 6 8 24 Poland 12 0 0 12 Portugal 10 0 1 11 Total 32

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina McDaniel, University of Michigan, Dearborn; DeLean Tolbert, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

fluency [1]. Some learning experiences are highly structured while others are lessformal and ill-structured. These less structured informal activities at times offer very intriguingengineering learning contexts ripe with opportunities for youth to engage in engineering thinkingand to develop useful engineering skills. In these settings, youth have the opportunities toconstruct their own learning and to engage in activities that interest them [1]. Access tostructured informal engineering learning experiences differs based on race and socioeconomicstatus [2]. Therefore, we shift our attention to address informal sociocultural settings.Sociocultural informal contexts within Black communities provide opportunities for youth todevelop engineering

Conference Session

Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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International

environment andlives from this experience.Introduction:The National Academy of Engineering states that one core need of the engineering profession isfor engineers to be able to work with a diverse, multinational, multidisciplinary workforce [1].Engineers need to have a global mindset to be prepared for the global job market [2]. Therefore,colleges of engineering in the United States have started to provide ways for students to developthose skills, but only as add-ons to the curriculum, such as study-abroad programs, electivecourses, minors, and certificate programs - and only reaching a select number of students [3]. Asa result, global preparedness is not integrated into, or part of, the core curriculum of mostengineering schools in the United

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Christy Brown; D. Andrew Brown, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Patrick Bass, The Citadel; Michael A. Matthews P.E., University of South Carolina; Thomas T Peters, South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics & Science; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ikhalfani Solan; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

mathematics courses to engineering students. He is also very interested in the effects of small learning communities on learner motivation, commitment and strategies. Email: Isolan@scsu.eduDr. Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Dusek, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robyn Goodner, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Adva Waranyuwat, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

proposed solutions, which are a departure from traditional accommodations focused primarily on lectures and exams, and to motivate a call for action to develop more resources for all students.   Introduction The average number of college students reporting a disability has continued to increase, with 11.1% in the most recent data available from the Department of Education [1]. Notably, a more recent report on mental health in higher education found up to 35% of students have met the criteria for at least one mental disorder in the prior 12 months, which suggests that the total number of students with disabilities in our classrooms is higher than the reported figures [2]. This increase in reporting has led to many much-needed discussions regarding

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

programs.IntroductionThough women earned more than 50% of the bachelor’s degrees awarded in the United States(NCES, 2015), from 2010-2013 they earned an average of only19% of the undergraduateengineering bachelor’s degrees, compared to 20% in physics, 42% in math and statistics, 49% inchemistry and 59% in the biological sciences.1 Wide disparity in gender diversity exists amongstengineering disciplines; in 2015, the percentage of bachelor’s degrees awarded to women rangedfrom 11% in computer engineering to 50% in environmental engineering.2 Numerous studiesindicate that in most engineering disciplines no differential attrition exists by gender,3,4,5,6,7 andthat the large gender disparities among graduates are due to low initial enrollment of women inengineering.Why

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers and Counselors

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A. Gearns, Stony Brook University; Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, particularly those in highneeds schools. Findings to date indicate professional development for school counselors is apromising intervention for recruiting and preparing students for engineering careers, an essentialgoal for maintaining technological innovation and economic vitality in the region and beyond.IntroductionRecent reports have documented the persistent shortage of engineers in the U.S. [1], [2]. Whilehigh unemployment is not currently a major challenge across the country, the engineering sectorcontinues to experience an ongoing inability to produce a sufficient quantity of skilled engineers,leading companies to seek talent offshore [3], partly due to a lack of engineering education in K-12 schools [4], [5]. In addition, the graduation rate

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Athina Petropolu, Rutgers University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

)shown in Table 1 shows that the percentages of women receiving BS and PhD degrees in theUSA in Computer (CE), Electrical (EE), and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) arelower than the percentages for engineering as a whole [1]. In fact, the representation of women inthese fields is among the lowest for the 23 fields of engineering studied. For BS degrees, thepercentage of women was 20th for EE, 22nd for ECE, and 23rd for CE. For PhD degrees, thepercentage of women was 17th for EE, 19th for ECE, and 18th for CE   Table 1: Degrees awarded to women in USA in 2015 (Source: ASEE) BS PhD

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Alexander Horton, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

hasprovided opportunities to apply their technical knowledge to engineering projects.1 The aspectsof this approach usually have teams of students working to complete an authentic designchallenge. The students learn in these classes through facing challenges in a project of theirchoosing that requires them to acquire new skills. Students can learn these skills throughtraditional instruction from an educator or through self-learning. The benefits of this type of classcome from the exposure that students get to real world design approaches. Unfortunately, thiscourse structure requires a large portion of class time to non-technical topics and burdens theprofessor with developing project prompts which can take up much of their course planningtime. In

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La'Tonia Stiner-Jones, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

. [1]. As programs strive to diversify they also desire to beinclusive. Inclusion is an important factor in supporting the retention of individuals frommarginalized and/or underrepresented groups. In order to do so, it is important to address issueslike microaggressions and implicit bias. Microaggressions are subtle unconscious insultsdirected toward minorities, women, or those from a subordinate group [2], [3]. Implicit biasrefers to subconscious opinions or stereotypes that influence our understanding, behaviors, anddecisions [4]. These subtle or unconscious behaviors can negatively affect recipients.Researchers have shown faculty regardless of gender were equally likely to exhibit bias againstfemale students and these biases lessened the

Conference Session

Engineering Career Attitudes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Oluwatosin A. Bewaji, Texas A&M University; Madison Elaine Spier, Texas A&M University; Gustavo Mosqueda Elizondo III, Texas A&M University; Chiamaka Theclar Umah; Todd Sherron, Texas State University; J. Timothy Lightfoot, Texas A&M University; Carolyn L. Cannon, Texas A&M University; Robin S.L. Fuchs-Young, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

female. Laboratory assignments werebased on the specified interests expressed by the students, who worked with individual facultyand laboratory personnel on original research projects. Data were collected using pre- and post-experience surveys and student reflections. Findings indicate that students enjoyed working inthe laboratory settings with the researchers and participating in authentic research activities.Their career goals in STEM and health-related professions were reinforced and strengthened as aresult of their participation.IntroductionInterest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields has been decliningamong students in the U.S., while the number of available positions in STEM fields is steadilyincreasing [1

Conference Session

Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jiangmei Wu, Indiana University, Bloomington; Andres Tovar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sohel Anwar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

discussion includes the triangulation of these findings in light of teachingobservations, responses from a mid-semester student focus group session, and informal facultyreflections. We close with questions that we and others ought to address as we strive to integrateengineering, technology, and the arts. We hope that these findings and discussion will guideother scholars and instructors as they explore the impact of art on engineering design learning,and as they seek to evaluate student creativity resulting from courses with similar aims.Keywords: design; creativity; innovation; arts; STEAM1. IntroductionEngineering educators have begun pursuing a myriad of strategies for integrating the arts intotheir curricula [1, 2]. The primary objective of this

Conference Session

ChemE Curriculum: Freshman and Sophomore

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Liberatore, University of Toledo; Katherine Roach

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

full interactivity. In addition, student usage and readingrates can thus quantify usefulness and quickly guide further development to improve studentlearning outcomes.The dearth of available reading data for higher education students has been discussed in previouscontributions in this area recently [1-3], and will not be elaborated upon here. Alternatively, digitalclassroom technologies provide more data to students and instructors than any previous period inhigher education. From downloads of documents, page views in a course management system, orclicker responses in class, the ubiquitous term “big data” applies in most modern higher educationclassrooms.Interactivity is central to collecting large data sets. The interactive textbook discussed

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beau Vezino, University of Arizona; Alexander M Alvarez, University of Arizona Department of Biomedical Engineering; Byron Hempel, University of Arizona; Christina Julianne Loera, University of Arizona; Samantha Davidson, University of Arizona; Savannah Boyd, University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Student

toengineering disciplines, and broadly aimed at promoting engineering and engineering education.Research and dissemination, and participation from faculty, staff, and non-engineering studentsand academic units in chapter activities are generally limited. In this paper, we describe a cross-college model of an ASEE chapter that includes an interdisciplinary network of faculty, staff,and students across colleges of engineering and education in a large Research I institution. Thechapter consists of five working groups: (1) K-12 engineering education, (2) undergraduateengineering education, (3) graduate engineering education, and (4) diversity and inclusion inengineering, and (5) research and dissemination. Using a bottom-up model, the working groupsdrive

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Irvine; Marjorie C. Shavers, Heidelberg University; Stacie LeSure, American Society for Engineering Education; Breauna Marie Spencer, University of California, Irvine; Aishwarya P. Joshi, Heidelberg University

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Minorities in Engineering

theretention and persistence of Black women in engineering and computer science across allacademic levels.IntroductionIn 1840, Catherine Brewer became the first woman in the United States to earn a bachelor’sdegree. One hundred and seventy-six years later, women made significant gains in degreeattainment and are now outpacing men. Females matriculate in greater numbers than males inboth undergraduate and graduate institutions [1]. They also have higher graduation rates at allacademic levels [1]. According to a report published by the National Center for EducationStatistics, the difference in degree attainment between women and men is most pronouncedwithin the Black community [2]. Between 2009 and 2010, Black women earned 68% of allassociate degrees

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

prepare these individuals to demonstrate resilience, and be life-long learners[1]. Life-long learning is critical for the development of engineering graduates who will be ableto address the Engineering Grand Challenges [2] and other wicked problems of our ever-changing world. In parallel with this mission, universities also work to address student needsrelated to retention and inclusion. To add further complexity, engineering students now pursuean ever-widening range of career paths after completing their undergraduate degree. Onecommon thread across these competing demands are the needs for engineering education toholistically develop resilient individuals who can maintain motivation, invest significant effort intheir learning, and persist in