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2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Anna Tanguma- Gallegos, Arizona State University; Emery DeWitt, Florence-Darlington Technical College

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for developing competitive ATE proposals to NSF to preparetechnicians in advanced technologies that drive the American economy.Introduction/BackgroundThis paper is the second in a series of annual papers about the role 2-year Hispanic ServingInstitutions (HSIs) have in educating technicians from underrepresented groups and how theNational Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored HSI Advanced Technological Education (ATE)Hub program supports faculty at HSIs in improving Hispanic/Latinx student success. Last year’spaper [1] described the research need, provided a project overview, included baseline and initialdata, and discussed early lessons learned and their implications for future research. This paperdescribes continued fostering of the HSI ATE

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

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Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University at West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University

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important part of this process is empathy. Byempathizing with their users, engineers design innovative solutions that focus on their needs,discover new product applications, avoid potential future mistakes, and save money andresources. Although the benefits are clear, research shows that engineering students become lessempathetic over the course of their studies [1]. According to a longitudinal study conducted byErin Cech from Rice University, engineering students rated the importance of matters that showcompassion, such as wanting to improve society, being active in their communities, and helpingthose in need, lower after they completed their studies [1]. According to Cech, “If students arenot prepared to think through issues of public welfare

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17

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Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Karin Brown, University of St. Thomas; Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of St. Thomas; Tami Brass, University of St. Thomas and St. Paul Academy and Summit School; Rebecca Ann Leininger, University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

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learners of all ages. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Empathy, Engineering and Girls (Fundamental)Women’s participation in engineering remains consistently underrepresented. Mechanicalengineering, the discipline with the highest percentage of engineering graduates, hasapproximately 25,000 graduates per year, with only 10.9% women in the discipline; civilengineering and electrical engineering, which tally the second and third highest numbers ofengineering bachelors degrees, with approximately 12,500 graduates per year each, has 14.8%and 9.4% of all employment apportioned to women [1] [2]. The need for establishing a criticalmass of women and the need to evolve engineering

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Julee Farley, Montgomery County Public Schools and Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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spanningusing a range of criteria (see Table 1). ​They used this meta-analysis to generate an understandingof what boundary spanners are and how they are relevant to the field of engineering. We use​ thisframework to better understand the benefits and challenges of the liaison role being pioneered inour center for STEM outreach and engagement.Table 1. Four key areas of boundary spanning (Jesiek et al., 2018) Types of Boundaries Definitions and Roles of Activities of Boundary Competencies of Boundary Spanners Spanners Boundary Spanners organizational linking pin information and no formal categories, but

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

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engineering and mechatronics engineering courses. These are the first courses inour college that met or will meet the service learning definition in our QEP. This paper detailsthe successes and the ‘lessons learned’ through service learning in those classes at KennesawState University, including feedback from the instructors and students. We also explain futureplans for expansion into other engineering courses.Service learning has been shown to enhance personal outcomes, social outcomes, learningoutcomes, career development, and student retention [1]. In engineering specifically, Pierrakoset al. found sophomore students in a service learning experience better learned and were able toapply engineering knowledge, they valued and were challenged by

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Rob Rouse, Southern Methodist University; Juan Torralba, University of Miami; Kathryn Krummeck; DiMitri Higginbotham, Good Shepherd Episcopal School

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Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: The SMU Maker Education ProjectIntroductionFor nearly two decades, collections of like-minded individuals have united to createmakerspaces in their communities. Community makerspaces serve as places where people cancongregate, access high-tech tools and materials, share design knowledge, and make unique andpersonally-relevant items [1]. This phenomenon, known as the maker movement, has spread toinstitutions such as universities, libraries, and museums [2], [3]. A number of these institutionshave created makerspaces and launched maker programming with the goal of fostering the skillsand mindsets commonly exhibited by the people participating in the maker movement [4].More recently, K-12

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Christina McCoy P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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FabricationAbstractThis paper seeks to evaluate the challenges and successes in incorporating a beam fabricationmodule into a Concrete 1 engineering design class for Architecture and ArchitecturalEngineering students. While this class is usually taught in a lecture format, the inclusion of ahands-on activity aimed to accomplish the following goals: • Student learning about principles of flexure and shear through hands-on exercises • Engage students in course material by giving the first-hand experiences with concrete construction • Structure task to encourage competition between small groups • Prompt students to consider multiple solutions to a given problem • Involve other learning settings to give students a more well-rounded

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NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

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Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Gian Bruno; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Sami Rollins, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco

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. He received his Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and his B.S. degree from the University of Pune, India.Mr. Gian BrunoXornam Apedoe, University of San FranciscoProf. Sophie Engle, University of San FranciscoSami Rollins, University of San FranciscoProf. Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION, JUNE 2020 1 Engendering Community to Computer Science Freshmen through an Early Arrival Program

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting; Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation; Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Michael A. Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder

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served in the 2018-2019 school year. The intended number of scholars was 8, yet only 6were awarded based on quality of applications. Table 1 below highlights the actual and plannednumber of ambassadors by cohort between 2018 and 2023. Number of Applicants Number of Ambassadors Year Cohort Who completed their Expected (# Selected in application parentheses) 2018-19 1 52 8 (6) 2019-20 2 47

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Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Joseph F. Camean P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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poignant isthat too much of our industrial, infrastructure, transportation and military components are nowforeign sourced. Our domestic development and production capability is being forfeited onaccount of engineering research culminating as no more than paper.The acceptance of paper solutions as an academic R&d end game has led to development andproduction increasingly occurring outside the U.S., where our academic work products aredeveloped, scaled, and put into production overseas [1]. The National Science Foundation(NSF) report to the President and Congress The State of U.S. Science & Engineering 2020 [2],contains some ominous warnings relative to the state of our national science and engineeringenterprise, which states

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Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

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Lara Cristina Perez-Felkner, Florida State University; Chelsea D. Shore, Florida State University; Tarik J. Dickens, Florida A&M University; Mingchia Dawn Yang, Florida A&M University

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methods, and process development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Engineering Resilience through Research Mentorship:Manufacturing Pathways to CareersWithout comprehensive systems change, the entrenched stratification of engineering byrace/ethnicity and gender will not be meaningfully remedied [1, 2]. The STEM labor systemcontinues to entice and attract underrepresented groups and communities to invest energy andtime into fields that have been and continue to resist change, argue Scott and Elliot [3]. Pawley[4] interrogates the engineering education research base to assert the importance of shifting to anintentional centering of the voices and experiences of women and underrepresented groups, to

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2-Year College Division: Transferring and Smoothing Transitions

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus B. Bartels, San Antonio College; Charles Chris Navarro, The DoSeum

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San Antonio Children’s Museum [1]. It presents the development,implementation, and results of this project, which is included as a component of a freshman-levelIntroduction to Engineering course. Initially, the museum’s Education Coordinator requested ourhelp to develop thematic toys and games to teach visiting children various physics concepts. Thisevolved to align with the re-development of The DoSeum into a STEM center during the pastdecade. The project starts with the museum education team, the “customer,” presenting toengineering students the physics concepts they need addressed as well as the aesthetic, technical,and safety requirements of the project. Each student engineering team chooses a physics conceptto design and build a toy or

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Materials Division Technical Session 4

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Oscar Sanchez-Mata, McGill University; Mathieu Brochu, McGill University; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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-related positions: he was the Research Officer on electron beam welding and freeforming of aerospace materi- als at the NRC-IAR-AMTC, and Post Doctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. He is leading research projects in two main fields: (1) additive manufacturing and joining of advanced materials, and (2) high heating rate sintering processes. He received several distinctions, including the ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers (2009), the METSOC Brimacombe Award (2011) and the AAC Donald I. Johnson Award (2014).Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago,Chile Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Yang Yang, Kansas State University; Bette Grauer PE, Kansas State University; Jennifer Renee Thornburg, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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, retaining engineering students in the first two years of college is acritical issue when the attrition rate has been persistently high. 1, 2 In this study, we looked at onetool that has been widely used to help first year students and sophomores succeed in challengingcourses in universities, i.e., supplemental instruction and peer tutoring. 3-5In an earlier study we examined the effectiveness of a peer tutoring and supplemental instructionprogram in the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, a large Midwestern land grantresearch institution. This free tutoring program called Scholars Assisting Scholars, SAS, wascreated to increase the retention rates of first and second year engineering students. SAS wasimplemented as a part of an NSF

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NSF Grantees: Student Development

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Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Qing Duan, University of Cincinnati; Jacinda K. Dariotis, University of Cincinnati; Mark Crocker, University Kentucky

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preferences of trainees, and overlooks theincreasingly interdisciplinary and international nature of research [1], [2]. Traditionally, mostgraduate training tends to follow a model that lacks synergy and faces common challenges acrossdisciplines, such as student mentoring relying on a single adviser [3] and the lack of training forboth mentors and mentees [1], [4], [5], [6]. In addition, graduate training is also challenged bythe fact that the skills students need are self-evident to advisors but rarely communicated tostudents, producing suboptimal results [7], [8]. Indeed, graduate programs tend to employ a one-size-fits-all approach that undervalues the diverse learning experiences and cultures of students[9]. Furthermore, there are issues

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STEM Issues in ET

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Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Biswajit Biswal, South Carolina State University; Eugene Kennedy, Louisiana State University

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findings presented in this paper maybe used by interested parties involved in STEM curriculum. IntroductionThe benefits of active learning have been supported time and again in the literature [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9]. By comparing student learning gains in introductory physics courses, Richard Hake was able to showthat interactive courses were over two times as effective in promoting conceptual understanding ascompared to traditional ones [6]. Freeman et al. reported results from 225 studies across STEMdisciplines, comparing traditional lecture to active learning [5]. In general, students’ average examscores were shown to improve by around 6% in active learning classes. Additionally, students

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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Afshin H. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

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Materials is an important foundation course for several engineering andengineering technology programs such as Mechanical and Civil Engineering and EngineeringTechnology. Over the past 18 months, the author has developed and taught a set of LaboratoryExperiments for this class at Purdue University Northwest (PNW), using a range of differentlearning and teaching methods, to enhance and improve the student learning in this coretechnical course.Laboratory experiments, using different methods, have been employed and examined to enhancestudent learning. Development of Virtual Reality (VR) experiments has received NSF supportand several VR experiments have been developed for on-line or physical delivery [1] [2] of theStrength of Material courses. Also

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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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Christine Michelle Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Susan Herring, Bucks County Community College; Tracy A. Timby, Bucks County Community College

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Connections: Manufacturing Manufacturing CourseFigure 1. Collaborative model for technician education.Through a formalized connection between our two sectors of the college, the credit and non-credits sides, the goal is to modernize the educational experience for our students to assure theyare more workforce ready by establishing a model curriculum that will become a blueprint forother institutions. Figure 1 depicts our collaborative model, that connects our credit side to ourCWD, and highlights manufacturing. We routinely receive solicitations from surrounding companies reaching out to ourcommunity college for technicians to fill internships and job openings, and it is important that wemeet this growing demand. Our Industry Advisory

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Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Loring Nies, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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graduate degree programs. Inthe U.S., during the 2017-2018 academic year, 2805 masters degrees were awarded inCivil/Environmental or Environmental Engineering (EE), and 457 doctoral degrees wereawarded (1). Over the decades, there has been discussion about needs, challenges and assessmentrelated to environmental engineering graduate programs (2-4), and development of an acceptedBody of Knowledge for Environmental Engineering (5,6). The challenges include graduatestudent cohorts that are comprised of students whose undergraduate training is drawn from avariety of engineering and natural science disciplines. This is in contrast to many otherengineering graduate programs, whose graduate students are comprised primarily of studentswho earned an

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Melissa McDaniels, Michigan State University

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2017, an NRMN-trained “Master Facilitator” adapted (with permission) portions of curriculathat focused on equity, inclusion and ethics. The result was a 3-4 hour interactive workshop forengineering students that: (1) introduces issues in equity, inclusion and ethics as they apply toengineering; (2) models approaches for establishing safe and inclusive learning spaces; and (3)engages participants in case studies and active learning experiences. As part of the workshop,participants examine the code of ethics of the National Society of Professional Engineers (or anappropriate ethical code from their area of engineering specialization). This paper describes thedevelopment of this workshop, including early pilot testing and training of facilitators

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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place with participants from WesternEducated Industrialized Rich Democratic (WEIRD) cultures, which have been found to beoutliers on a number of psychological dimensions.[1]–[8] Since engineering and technology areincreasingly cross cultural and international, it is important to expand empirical research onengineering ethics beyond these narrow samples. Further, a growing body of work has called intoquestion the extent to which ethical judgments and behaviors result primarily or exclusively fromethical reasoning, a prominent and influential example of which is Moral Foundations Theory(MFT).[9]–[11] According to MFT, ethical judgments result primarily from intuitions, associatedwith suites of fast-acting, informationally encapsulated, and

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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, experimentation, and iteration. This paper argues that 1) being attentive isrequired to achieve awareness of a given need or problem, 2) taking responsibility is a necessarypractice for making and acting on one’s judgements related to the need at hand, 3) competence ina relevant skill is needed to experiment with one’s judgements, and 4) careful consideration ofhow others respond to how one has addressed a need is essential for the purposes of iteration.While all four contribute to the notion of engineering in ethics, the relationship betweencompetence and experimentation is where engineering is most evidently seized as an ethicalexpression. How one competently wields engineering knowledge and skillfully performsdisciplinary techniques is, here, foremost

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2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

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Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer X Wu, Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, Pennsylvania State University

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whotransfer to finish their degrees or finish at their original campus. To confirm this positivecorrelation, a longitudinal statistical study was conducted to examine the retention rate of thestudents who participated in the MC REU program with that of other regional campus students.Results from this study have the potential to confirm a multi-campus undergraduate researchexperience as a viable strategy to improve retention of students participating in the 2 + 2 pathwayto an engineering degree.IntroductionThe significant attrition rate (~ 50 %) for engineering students is well documented [1, 2]. Othershave found the attrition rate to be similar or even higher for students who transfer universities tofinish their degrees [3, 4, 5]. Some attribute the

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Capstone Pedgagogy

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Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University; Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University

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, design processes and student teams. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluating ABET Student Outcome (5) in a Multidisciplinary Capstone Project SequenceAbstractABET has published a revised list of student outcomes detailed under ABET General Criterion 3,which replaces outcomes (a) through (k) with outcomes (1) through (7). The revised studentoutcomes place greater emphasis on measuring students’ ability to consider a wide range of factorsin engineering situations and to address problems in multidisciplinary teams. The wide scope ofoutcome (5) presents unique challenges. This paper describes an assessment method for ABETstudent outcome (5), which assesses

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STEM Issues in ET

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Matthew Turner, Purdue University, New Albany; Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany

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knowledge base to formtables of subject, action, and application keywords. These tables provide an empirical databasethat will enable future evaluation of collected student definitions for accuracy. By betterunderstanding student understanding of TMs, the authors hope to provide a resource by whichthe educational community can improve their messaging and better communicate the role andvalue of technology degrees to stakeholders (i.e. students, parents, industry, etc.).I. IntroductionMuch of the research into student motivation relating to choice in science, engineering,technology, and math (STEM) majors share an underlying assumption: selection is largely basedon a correct conceptual understanding of the major [1]. However, little to no evidence

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

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Caleb James O'Malley, University of Florida; Ashish Aggarwal, University of Florida

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a two-credit course, out of which 29were also enrolled in a one-credit programming lab course. We find that overall lab enrollment isa factor affecting student performance. However, students with little to no prior programmingexperience benefit significantly more from the lab, compared to students with substantialprogramming experience. This effect is further found to be concentrated towards the first half ofthe course, implying a greater importance of the lab in the first few weeks of the course. Theseresults will help guide instructors in tailoring the course design to meet the needs of studentswith varying prior programming experiences.1. BackgroundIntroductory programming courses have a reputation for being difficult and continue

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Education, 2020 Evaluating the Impact of Training on Increasing Cross-Culture CompetencyIntroduction:Technological, political and economic changes worldwide have driven an increase inglobalization [1] and many industries that operate globally need to hire engineers that will besuccessful in that arena. Assigning the most technically competent engineer to a project withoutconsidering their global competency can be very costly for organizations. If these engineers fail,wasted travel and living expenses, lost contracts, and personal costs could be significant [2].Therefore, many employers state that cross-cultural competency is important for career developand actively recruit that skill set [3].For some time now, industry and academia have tried to

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Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Tech; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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-integrated curricular structure. The studies presented in this report includeassessment of the EPICS programs at two universities, Purdue University and the South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technology (SD Mines). The assessments evaluate 1) the impacts oncritical thinking skills as measured by the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT); 2) theimpacts on intercultural competence as measured by the Intercultural Development Inventory(IDI); and 3) the impacts on student perceptions and attitudes as measured by focus groups. Toexamine the impact, the results of students who are enrolled in the EPICS courses werecompared to matched samples of students in other courses to determine whether the results canbe attributed to service learning. The intent of

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Rachel D. Mosier, Oklahoma State University; Sandeep Langar, University of Texas, San Antonio

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praised by students and department for his outstanding teaching and research excellence. To supplement his teaching and research, he has been involved in numerous professional societies, including ASCE, ACI, ASEE, ASC, ATMAE and TRB. His research output has been well disseminated as he has published thirty journal papers and thirty-nine conference papers. His research interests are 1) Creating Innovative Sustainable Materials, 2) Structural BIM Integration, 3) 4D/5D BIM, 4) Virtual Testing Lab, 5) Innovative Construction Demolition, and 6) Carbon Footprint Analysis on Roadways.Dr. Rachel D. Mosier, Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University and is licensed as a

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New Directions for ET

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Michael Shenoda, State University of New York

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should be addressed by OER use in Construction ManagementTechnology. These include: (1) meeting required student learning outcomes, (2) improvingstudent attitudes regarding educational access, and (3) fostering adaptation of the material toenhance student learning and provide current information. Having previously established aframework for evaluating the effectiveness of implementing OER in a Construction ManagementTechnology course, the current work reports on the performance of OER use in an estimatingcourse. Two sections of the course being offered in the Fall 2019 semester are evaluated hereinbased on cost of materials and achievement of the three goals outlined. These are compared to anon-OER section of the course also being offered in