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Perspectives on Service Learning: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon M. Kellam; Guthrie J. Boleneus, Eastern Washington University; Jacob Stewart; Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University; B. Matthew Michaelis, Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

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, after seeingan article in The New York Times on 3D printed hands [1], reached out to our department in late2017 seeking assistance in building a prosthetic for her 5th grade student, who was a congenitalamputee, missing an arm just below the elbow. A 3D arm was printed from a model on the e-Nable website [2] and fitted to the student, who was more than thrilled. The new hand providedthe ability to grasp with fingers by flexing the elbow joint. This allowed the child to hold smallobjects, such as a water bottle, fruit, a book, and even a basketball. With this success, andlearning of this need in the community, the project was expanded with funds from a small grantto build ten more limbs for children in the area. This paper is a presentation of

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina Upstate; Arshia Khan, University of Minnesota Duluth; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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existing studies andwill inform the development of a study on the experiences of female faculty of color incomputer science and engineering related to workplace climate.1. IntroductionIn recent years, the focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)education has resulted in an increase in the number of studies about underrepresented faculty inSTEM fields. These studies have focused on several areas including recruitment, retention andworkplace climate. Women, one of the underrepresented groups, are even less represented inEngineering and Computing fields compared to other STEM fields. Far less research hasfocused on female faculty of color in engineering and computer science. In addition to thebarriers related to gender, this

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Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veena Jayasree Krishnan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 9 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 62 journal articles, and 154 conference pa- pers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 35 M.S., and 5 Ph.D. thesis students; 58 undergraduate research students and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 500 K-12 teachers and 118 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di- rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM education of over 1,000 students annually. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019

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International Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Brathwaite, City College of the City University of New York; Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Claudia Ventura

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homogeneous groups [1, 2]. Yet, little empirical research has been devoted tointernational heterogeneous groups composed of different ethnicities and races, namely to howthese differences effect group effectiveness. Therefore, this research tries to narrow this gap andshed light on an exploration of international group analysis. At best, this research may serve asan engine to initiate more research with non-European American groups and understand theexpansive nature of human relations and interaction within international heterogeneous groups’domains. The aim of this paper is to examine the group dynamics of an international research groupcomposed of heterogeneous members. In this study, group dynamics refer to group effectivenesswhich is defined

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ET Pedagogy I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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paper presents the results of converting several modules in an undergraduate engineeringcourse in a “flipped classroom”. The target course is EET 316 - Digital Design. This course is afour credit junior level course (theory-3 credits, lab-1 credit) for electrical and computerengineering technology majors at Farmingdale State College-State University of New York. Thecourse introduces students to VHDL Hardware Description Language as the design entry methodfor digital circuits and to Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) platforms for theimplementation of the circuits, using Xilinx design tools.The students enrolled in this course have a large range of skills in term of experience withlaboratory equipment, computer-based-tools, programming

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Christina Nicole Willis, University of Utah; Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University

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demands for qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)workers continue to increase, supporting diverse groups of students towards success in STEMmay help mitigate future shortfalls in the STEM workforce. Education benefits like the post 9/11GI Bill may provide a viable pathway for increasing the STEM-qualified, engineering technician,engineering technologist, and engineer (ETETE) workforce through the nation’s veteranpopulation. Supporting student veterans along ETETE pathways may involve three key tasks: 1)building early awareness of ETETE pathways; 2) ensuring academic recognition for priormilitary work experience; and 3) providing seamless support from government agencies,academic institutions, and industry. Student

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Patricia Conry, Arkansas Tech University; Amber Harrington, Arkansas Tech University

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through the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) for theEngineering Physics program. Because ABET similarly offers accreditation for Physicsprograms through their Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC), wewill also seek ABET accreditation for our Physics program. The decision to seek accreditationfor both is feasible and practical because there is a significant amount of overlap between thecurriculum for the Physics and the Engineering Physics programs as well as overlap between theEAC’s and ANSAC’s Criterion 3, Student Learning Outcomes [1]. In an effort to streamlineassessment efforts for the two programs, while meeting the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)from two different ABET commissions, it is our goal to

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gokhan Egilmez, University of New Haven; Phillip A. Viscomi, University of New Haven ; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven

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their finalgrades, which indicates that the students’ positive response on their learning experience was found to beindependent of their letter grade.Key Words: ethics education, engineering ethics, online learning, survey, correlationIntroductionEthics is defined as the “science of morals” or the “study of morals”, which dates back to the famous workof Aristotle, “Nicomachean Ethics”[1]. Oxford defines the term as “Moral principles that govern a person'sbehavior or the conducting of an activity.” [2]. While its etymology addresses the field of study and themodern definition targets the individual, ethics is of the up-most importance for the individual, as well asthe organization that the individual works for, and for the community/society that

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, University of California, Merced; Ala Qattawi, University of Toledo; Sachin Goyal, University of California, Merced

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education.Ala Qattawi, University of ToledoProf. Sachin Goyal, University of California, Merced Sachin Goyal is faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Califor- nia, Merced. He has research interests in the areas of continuum mechanics, dynamics and controls with applications to several engineering and biological systems. He started a research program on Biomechan- ics and Mechanobiology at UC Merced with two ongoing research directions (http://me.ucmerced.edu/research- areas/biomechanics-and-mechano-biology): 1. Understanding biomechanical symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease from the perspective of feedback control theory 2. Modeling constitutive laws of biological filaments from their

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Christopher Zobel, Virginia Tech; Margaret Cowell, Virginia Tech; Jennifer L. Irish, Virginia Tech

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transferrable transdisciplinary graduate education and researchprogram to produce the next generation of researchers, educators, and decision makers focusedon dynamic collaborations across not only academic disciplines, but also among stakeholders.We are particularly interested in bringing together researchers, policy makers, and communitystakeholders in ways that foster mutual respect and value, and that adhere to the needs, goals,and engagement of the individuals most impacted by disasters.Previous work on disaster resilience demonstrates the importance of interdisciplinary teams indeveloping resilient solutions and effectively managing risk [1]. Disasters are complex problemsthat require solutions and collaboration from a wide-range of disciplines

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ERM Technical Session 2: The Study of Identity in Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Luis Miguel Procter, University of Texas, El Paso; Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

underrepresented in engineering fields. According to the National Academy ofEngineering’s (NAE) [1] renewed call for change, “Only 40 to 60 percent of enteringengineering students persist to an engineering degree, and women and minorities are at the lowend of that range. These retention rates represent an unacceptable systems failure to supportstudent learning in the field [...] Without refocusing and reshaping the undergraduate engineeringlearning experience, America’s engineering preeminence could be lost [by 2020].” Prior researchstudies had discovered this trend and tried to interpret it in their own way [2], [3]. Some, e.g.,[2], [4], sought to substantiate further the narrative of why retention of engineering students islow, but few consider identity

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Research, Innovation and Careers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge E Loyo Rosales, Rice University; Armineh Noravian, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University; Carrie A. Obenland, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

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NEWT’s logicmodel, and they are to (1) provide community college students, especially from underrepresentedminorities in science and engineering (URM), with professional research experience in NEWTlaboratories, (2) improve the program participants' communication skills, specifically posterelaboration and presentation, (3) increase the number of URM students choosing to pursuecareers or graduate studies in NEWT-related STEM fields, and (4) improve the mentorship skillsof NEWT graduate students and postdocs participating as mentors. The NEWT REU program isrun by NEWT staff from Rice and the participants are placed for ten weeks in NEWTlaboratories at ASU, Rice, and UTEP, where they are generally mentored by graduate students.From the inception of

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rene Alexander Soto Perez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan David Ortega, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and Universidad EAFIT, Colombia; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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students in the traditional sections (i.e., the control group) versus thoseof the students in the Peer Instruction section (i.e., the experimental group). The learninggains were measured by pre/post application of an adapted version of the DIRECT conceptinventory which was translated into Spanish. Preliminary results suggest that theimplementation of a Peer Instruction approach in an electric circuit analysis courseimproves the performance of students on the adapted version of the DIRECT test.1. INTRODUCTIONElectric circuit analysis is a common topic in electrical engineering undergraduateprograms worldwide. Although there is abundant educational literature on the adoption ofinnovative pedagogical strategies for teaching this topic, courses on

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lalita G. Oka, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker P.E., California State University, Fresno; Constance Jones, California State University, Fresno; Arezoo Sadrinezhad, California State University, Fresno; Maryam Nazari, California State University, Fresno

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in Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State University (ISU). Her research expertise includes ”Resilient and Sustainable Civil Infrastructures” and ”Smart Materials for Structural Health Monitoring”. In addition to her academic experiences, Dr. Nazari worked as a structural design engineer for five years, where she participated in several seismic rehabilitation projects. Her recent research grants and awards include SB-1 California Transportation grant, ASCE Fresno Best Research Project, SEI/ASCE Young Professional Scholarship, and ISU’s Research Excellence award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Assessing the networking preferences and resource satisfaction among engineering

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SED Technical Session: Applications

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgios Georgalis, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Karen Marais, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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interpreting the regression coefficients, we achieve our secondresearch goal to suggest specific improvements that instructors can use to give their students morefailure opportunities during PBL.1 IntroductionABET’s Criterion 5 requires engineering programs to provide all undergraduate students a majordesign experience that entails technical knowledge and skills acquired through the curriculum andincorporates realistic standards and constraints. The major design experience mentioned in thecriterion is an example of project-based learning (PBL): the theory and practice of using real-worldprojects that have time restrictions to achieve specific objectives and to facilitate individual andcollective learning [1]. PBL is a learner-centered approach that

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Interest & Identity

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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engaged? What types ofquestions did the students ask the presenters? Did the students show an interest in engineeringtopics?Engineering Ambassadors, along with the students, can provide insights into best practices thatencourage future STEM majors.The Engineering AmbassadorsWhile Engineering Ambassador programs generally define service to the college and engineeringprogram as a primary goal, they serve an equally important but often unstated goal of developingthe skills and attitudes of the Ambassadors themselves in networking with students, faculty, andother professionals. Alley, Haas, Garner, & Thole 1 describe the purpose of this networking as“… the right messenger (engineering undergraduates with advanced presentation skills) with

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin Dixon, Concord Consortium; Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium

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design and enables rapid cycles of improvement towardsinnovative solutions. However, iteration in engineering is described at different grain sizes of thedesign process and subsequently has many definitions within the fields of education and design,as well as within research [1], [2]. Where some see iteration as inextricably linked to action [3],others see it as primarily conceptual and more open-ended, a chance to explore all possibledesigns for a given problem [2]. Iteration can focus on problem framing, or on refinement of thesolution [1], [4]. It can happen around small problems within stages of the design process asdesigners troubleshoot, tweak, and make incremental improvements, or across stages in waysthat lead to large changes or

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University; Cadavious M. Jones, Alabama State University ; Carl Pettis, Alabama State University ; Uma Kannan, Alabama State University

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in 2017. She specialized in Cybersecurity, particularly on the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Big Data Analytics: with an infusion of statistics for the modern student1. IntroductionRecent technological advancements in various fields such as e-commerce, smart phones, andsocial media generate huge volumes of data on a scale never seen before [1]. New data aregenerated every second. For example, every second on average 40,000 search queries areperformed on Google; 520,834

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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(3259-Other Chemicals and 3344-Semiconductor) and in 2015, constituted 24.6% of the region’s total employment [1, 2]. Guidedby the overarching research question (RQ) “To what extent do curriculum content, employerneeds, and student experiences align within an advanced manufacturing educational pathway,”this study’s goals are to 1) investigate the role AM program pathways have in meeting the needsof employers and new professionals who are employed in the region; 2) expand the research baseand curriculum content recommendations for entrepreneur and intrapreneur education; 3) buildregional capacity for AM program assessment and improvement by replicating, refining, anddisseminating study approaches through further research, annual meetings with

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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development procedure for the Persistence of Engineers in the AcademySurvey (PEAS). This survey was developed as part of a multi-year, mixed-methods researchproject funded by the NSF to explore the experiences of women tenure-track faculty inengineering. Faculty are identified as the pivotal resource around which the outcomes ofpostsecondary education revolve; therefore, it is essential to understand who they are; what theydo; and whether, how, and why they are changing [1] [2]. Although they represent an increasingshare of engineering faculty, women continue to be underrepresented in many engineeringdisciplines [3] [4] and as tenured faculty [5] [6]. On average, women tenured/tenure facultyrepresented approximately 16.9% of the academic workforce in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra J. Groen-McCall, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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identity formation in undergraduate civil engineering studentswith disabilities as they experience their undergraduate careers and move into the workforce. Toprovide context for this ongoing work, we summarize the background, sensitizing concepts, andupdated research procedures underpinning this study. We then focus our discussion on ouremergent findings to-date, which include the identification of a sub-process referred to asEstablishing Definitions of Self. Overall, these findings begin to highlight the nuance and fluidityof disability identity as students form professional identities as civil engineers.Study BackgroundRecent research estimates that approximately 13% of U.S. college students identify asindividuals with disabilities [1], with 4.3

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Damian Ruiz, University of San Diego/San Diego State University; Vitaliy Popov, University of San Diego; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Danielle Gadbois

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well-being. Using funds of knowledge in the classroom has beennoted as an asset-based approach because students’ assets are explored while deficit notions ofstudents’ abilities are challenged. Dolores Delgado-Bernal [1] argued that “although students ofcolor are holders and creators of knowledge, they often feel as if their stories, experiences,cultures, and languages are devalued, misinterpreted, or omitted within formal educationalsettings” (p. 106). These perspectives have created a master narrative in engineering thatdisenfranchises students of color by delegitimizing their presence in engineering spaces. Creatingspaces that foster the ways of knowing, doing, and being of underrepresented students isextremely important in making

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Karl Haefner, Cankdeska Cikana Community College

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Cultivating Meta-cognitive Skills and Emotional Intelligence in First- Year Curricula MOTIVATIONColleges and universities have traditionally devoted considerable resources to restructuring andrefining learning environments in order to address deficits in "hard skills" such as reading,writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. Comparatively fewer resources have been devoted toimproving the cultivation of “emotional intelligence” and "soft skills/attributes" such asinterpersonal communication skills, metacognitive analysis of study methods [1], resiliency [2],[3] motivation, and problem solving around non-academic issues. However, research andexperience have shown

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffanie R. Smith, University of Florida; Juan E. Gilbert, University of Florida

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technologically advanced and the demand for more scientists,technologists, engineers and mathematicians is continually on the rise. In order to excel andpursue STEM career routes, Algebra has been a key requirement to gain access to such fields andrelated courses. Due to its importance, 32 states have made it a requirement for high schoolgraduation 1 ; the remaining states define the amount of math credits required to graduate, but donot specify which courses must be taken. Despite its importance and requirement by most states,students are not excelling in this area. While there is no national standard or standardized test tomeasure Algebra competency, most states offer their own end of course assessments.Additionally, there are national assessments and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter

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. Research experiences can provide critical opportunitiesfor exposure to authentic STEM research earlier in undergraduate careers.Research experience is shown to be one of the most effective methods for recruiting andretaining students in STEM career paths, with studies showing that undergraduate researchexperiences increase students’ interest in STEM careers, as well as increasing their anticipationof obtaining a Ph.D. [1]. Undergraduate research can provide valuable opportunities to applyclassroom content to real-world problems. Studies note significant positive effects ofundergraduate research on students’ interest in STEM majors, their career readiness, researchskills, critical thinking, disciplinary knowledge, understanding of the research

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University

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progress paper discusses the Academy of Engineering Success (AcES), an NSF S-STEMsupported program, which employs known best practices to support and retain underrepresentedstudents in engineering through graduation. The goal is to graduate more students fromunderrepresented populations in an effort to ultimately diversify the engineering workforce.This paper describes this program’s unique implementation of a specific subset of retention bestpractices, such as facilitating (1) the development of both a feeling of institutional inclusion andengineering identity by providing opportunities for faculty-student and student-student interaction aswell as major and career exploration, (2) academic support, including support for the development ofbroader

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joseph Amaya

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outcomes c (an ability to design a system to meetdesired needs [new ABET student outcome 2]), d (an ability to function on a team [new ABETstudent outcome 5]), and g (an ability to communicate effectively [new ABET student outcome3], which our program has allied with this sequence of senior design courses [1]. There are alsoa number of secondary objectives that are fulfilled in this design course sequence. These includerecognizing and addressing process safety issues, developing people skills, and introducingtopics relevant to the impending student transition from the academic environment to theprofessional environment, such as the need for life-long learning and the benefits of professionalregistration for chemical engineers. Observations of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Engineering Education, 2019 Defining and Assessing Systems Thinking in Diverse Engineering PopulationsEngineers are called to play an important role in addressing the complex problems of our globalsociety, such as climate change and health care. In order to adequately address these complexproblems, engineers must be able to identify and incorporate into their decision making relevantaspects of systems in which their work is contextualized, a skill often referred to as systemsthinking [1] - [3].Within engineering, research on systems thinking tends to emphasize the abilityto recognize potentially relevant constituent elements and parts of an engineering problem (e.g.,[4] – [6]) rather than how these

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henriette D. Burns, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Samantha A. Murphy, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Matt Johnson; Georgia Bracey, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Mark McKenney, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Ann Vogel, iBIO Institute

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)Introduction. ​This work-in-progress curriculum for a STEM + computational thinking(STEM+C) for minority girls’ exploratory integration study is a joint effort amongst a communitycenter, iBio Institute (an education-focused non-profit), and the Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville STEM Center. These partners will design, test and implement the integration ofcomputational thinking (CT) practices into a research-based STEM program designed forelementary-aged minority girls. The goal for the program is to inspire, motivate and bolsterminority girls’ STEM and CT abilities and perceptions. Studies indicate girls prefer areas of socialcaring and improving the world [1] - [3]. Therefore, our intent is to integrate the iBio’s StellarGirls STEM project

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George J. Delagrammatikas, Cooper Union; Estuardo Rodas, Cooper Union

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their findings. These experiments include the study of cantileverbeams, electric motors, water pumps, flame speed vs. air-fuel ratio, and basic electronics andmicrocontroller exercises.After the first week of experiments, students develop a design project that is inspired by anurgent research problem the FSAE team needs to solve. During the past three years, these haveincluded: 1) rebuilding, instrumenting and using a torsion rig to characterize the torsional rigidityof the vehicle’s frame, 2) building and using a dynamic impact attenuator test rig, 3) aggressiveuse of carbon fiber for weight savings in the steering wheel, suspension, pedal system, impactattenuator, and body, 4) novel techniques for the design and manufacture of