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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ross Tapia, New Mexico State University; Elizabeth Ann Howard, New Mexico State University; Rolfe Sassenfeld, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

mathematicsco-requisite course to college algebra, in order to reach more students. We have alsoimplemented a mandatory peer mentor led workshop for all students. Peer mentors provide thestudents with an upper classman peer who can provide support inside and outside of theclassroom. In our paper we will continue to discuss specifics regarding the ENGR 100 course,peer mentoring, intervention strategies, and FYE components.Literature ReviewAccording to Kuh (2008)1 freshman year experience programs are highly influential inimproving student success and create positive impact on their pathway to a degree. Keycomponents of successful FYE programs are utilizing learning communities. In addition Kuh(2008) recommends writing intensive curriculums that focus on

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shweta Chopra, Iowa State University; Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Chad M Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International

Page 26.753.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015International DivisionThree choices of session topics: 1. Global Research Opportunities in Engineering and Engineering-related fields 2. International Research Compliance- Guidelines and Rules of the Game 3. International Collaborations, Experiences, Partnerships, Service Learning Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technology scholars: The case study of agricultural supply chain Page 26.753.2 Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technology scholars: The case study

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ETAC/ABET Related Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). Each commission accreditsprograms in its discipline. Despite harmonization efforts over the last few years, differences inseveral of the criteria do exist. This paper will provide explanations and cite criteria used in theETAC commission.There are a lot of terms and supporting documents used by ABET that need to be defined. Someof the more important ones are listed below. 1) Team Chair (TC). The Team Chair represents ABET and is the central point of contact once a program’s request for evaluation has been accepted. The Team Chair is a highly experienced Program Evaluator who helps the Program Evaluators and program being evaluated. 2) Program Evaluator (PEV). The Program

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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Donna Kay Chrislip; Rex Allen Parr; Victoria Alexandra Sauber, Arapahoe Community College

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Two Year College Division

application of the skills they need to becompetitive in the global marketplace. Page 26.168.2The National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) programfunding for the project that initiated this work ended in August of 2011, and follow-through byCIS faculty in continuing the problem-based learning methodology has been inconsistent.IntroductionTwo metro-Denver community colleges participated in the Colorado ATE Partnership (CATEP)in order to advance technician education in the region. This NSF/ATE-funded project (DUE#0802439)1 had a shared vision to develop a model for Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) responsive to

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Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

ethnic group, were the most certain of choosing engineering or CS as a major (79% were very certain or certain).  Males were also more likely (p=.153) to transfer to ASU than females.The students were asked to rank several areas for which they wanted more information. Theareas in order of rank were: 1. Financing a Bachelor’s degree 2. Learn more about engineering 3. Where engineering jobs are located 4. Know more about the engineering majorsIn Fall 2012, we designed a survey for CC students to answer the question: “What about Page 26.550.4engineering attracts or does not attract you

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Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the gender diversity of AfricanAmerican engineering BS degrees is shown in Figure 1, which also shows the initialdecline and slight recovery in gender diversity for all engineering BS degrees across thepast nine years. The female fraction of engineering BS degrees had reached its highestlevel in 2002 at 20.9%.6 Page 26.618.3 Figure 1 Female fraction of African American and all US BS engineering degrees.2African American male recipients of engineering BS degrees grew from 2398 in 2005 to2742 in 2013, an increase of approximately 14%.4 In contrast, the number of femaleAfrican American recipients of engineering BS degrees declined 23%, from 1144 in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl P.E., California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

contextualizationThe four courses were contextualized in a hypothetical remodeling project of a small, singlefamily residence. This scenario was chosen because it is familiar to students, it is a realisticapplication of class principles, and it lends itself well to integrating material from differentcourses. An overview of the house is shown in Figure 1. Students analyzed two houseremodeling improvements in this project: installation of an air conditioning (AC) unit on theroof, and removal of an exterior wall to open up access to the yard. These two tasks are shown inFigure 2. In what follows, a chronological account is given of the exercises in the class related tothe project.Figure 1: Single family residence used in the remodeling project. Architectural

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelsalam Salem, Text Scope; Mais Nijim, Texas A&M Kingsville

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

board and controlling the frequency of a piezoelectric speaker. This previousresearch was presented in several papers 1. The idea has shown great promise in terms ofengaging students in learning programming.Recently, the technology began to offer the new tablet devices that incorporate the capability ofreading eBooks and run different application ranging from games to sophisticated scientificapplications. The major limitation for these devices to spread out quickly in the markets was tillnow the price. Prices have dropped rapidly due to several factors like the mass production,competition, cloning and fast pace of advances in the hardware and manufacturing technology.These devices are now in the hands of almost all college students and very

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER award, the ASEE Mechanics Division Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnson Jr. Outstanding New Educator Award, and the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association. Page 26.1213.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Outcomes of a Systems Engineering Project for K-12 TeachersIntroductionPresident Obama’s Educate to Innovate initiative set a goal of preparing 100,000 new andeffective STEM teachers over the next decade.(1) Concurrently, the publication of the NextGeneration

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Green, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

with guidelines concerning theexpectations of their final presentation. Although the national Future City competition includesthe production of a physical model of the city, there was not adequate time to design, simulate,and construct a physical model in our competition so we instead relied on SimCity™ screenshotsand a narrative in a final written report.The design competition culminated with a presentation by each team in the Pecha Kucha style Page 26.1274.5(Figure 1). Presentations were exactly six slides presented in a 3-minute period (30 seconds perslide). Since teams were large, only a subset of team members presented. Teams were givenonly

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kathleen Louise Nazar; Paul Bonfanti, Villanova University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

) for the 25th to the 75th percentile istypically 1850 to 2100. The breakdown by area of the exam per year is shown as Figure 1.Typically, 95% of the students enrolling ranked in the top 25% of their high schools with the lowof 91% occurring in 2009 and the high of 97% occurring in 2011. Nearly all of the studentsenrolled within the program are considered “traditional,” indicating that they are full-timestudents that enrolled in college immediately after graduating high school2. Page 26.1315.2 750   730   710   690   670   SAT  Score

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Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devika Patel, Stanford University; Jonathan Edward Pang, Stanford University; Sarah Salameh, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

sanitation crisisAbstract:According to the WHO, 2.5 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Integral tothis alarming statistic is the absence of sanitation technology. Current engineering initiativeshave responded to this challenge with toilet fairs and competitions showcasing cutting-edgetechnologies in the sanitation sector. That is, engineers have often approached this sanitationcrisis as well as other world problems from a technocentric perspective―the philosophy thatconsiders technology as capable of solving human problems.2 Technocentrism speaks to thecurrent outlook of engineering education. We as engineering students are trained to design andbuild technical solutions for world problems. Furthermore, this focus within

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Emily Arija Ezerins, United States Military Academy; Dalton Jefferson Alexander Combs, United States Military Academy; Jacob Neil Palmer, United States Army

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Environmental Engineering

environmental engineering and conducted an independent study on anaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Nexus of Science and Engineering: Structuring Individual Studies to Inform Senior Design Projects(1) Introduction Engineering can be described as the application of science to identify and solve problems.1An engineering student spends years learning about how the universe works then builds uponthis knowledge constructing a mental framework of engineering principles. Ideally, uponcompletion of an accredited engineering program, the student’s mental framework will be robustand flexible enough to process and respond to any problem within their specialized

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugo Gomez, University of Texas - El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas - El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

peers andgained the knowledge and skills to be applied in future Challenge-It sessions. Learning Blockswere broken down into sections with specific expectations as shown in Figure 1.Figure 1: Learning blocks used to guide camp activitiesThe learning blocks were divided into different categories, subjects and sections. Learn-Itsections were 10-minutes in duration and consisted of brief explanations of the theory,introduction and purpose of the activity, and expectations with facilitators providing fun andengaging presentations using videos and live examples. The emphasis here was to provide asummary of the key terms, topics and strategies without elaborating in regards to specificsolutions or challenges. This gave campers a basis for

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division (MFG) Technical Session 8

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Colin Carroll, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

, it also explains diverseperspectives and roles engineers play in collaborative product development and appreciation forknowledge gained in prior courses like Machining, CAD/CAM, GD&T, and Computing.BackgroundBuilding blocks for utilizing Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) and tolerancerepresentations for Smart Manufacturing (SM) are showing up more and more in researchprojects/literature and industry/product/process specific applications. For example, rapidprototyping, composite structures, robotic assembly, augmented reality, and architecture forincorporating business functions that depend on information from applications and productengineering activities were found [1]. Developers of standards like International Organizationfor

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New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 2 - Technology Tools

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ke Tang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Thomas Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Abdussalam Alawini, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew D Goodman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Halim Beere, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

practice.Data-driven instruction has continued to attract interest for its promise to help addressinstitutional objectives as well as increase the quality and standardization of instruction at thecourse level [1, 2].Instructors, informed by student data, can gain an insight into student learning environments andprogress and then reshape course design and lesson planning [3]. To facilitate data-driveninstruction, numerous learning analytics tools have been developed to collect, analyze, andvisualize student data. The tools can be as simple as spreadsheets and be easily applied to showstudent performance data in charts [1]. Such simple data collection and visualization can helpinstructors with data-informed decision making to adjust their lesson plans

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International Division (INTL): Inclusive Global Engagement

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marta Perez Vidal-Ribas, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mohammed Seyam, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International Division (INTL)

programs [1]. Although many US universities have resumed in-personstudy abroad opportunities post-pandemic, there still exists a benefit to continuing virtual exchangeprograms.Virtual exchange programs can offer an alternative for many students to broaden their access tointercultural learning. It allows students to engage with peers around the globe without having toleave their home institutions and can provide access to a more diverse range of students [2]. Tohelp understand the impact of virtual exchange on students, assessment tools will help to measurethe development of intercultural skills and global awareness.Additionally, this paper introduces the Virtual Exchange and Study Abroad (VESA) kit, a portableresource designed to help faculty

Conference Session

Effective Teaching Potpourri

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeed Khan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ann C Sychterz Ph.D., P.Eng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

understanding of threshold concepts in structural engineering is essential for improvingstudents' learning experiences and ensuring their professional success. These concepts aredefined as transformative, integrative, and often troublesome for learners, as they representpivotal ideas that fundamentally change the way students understand a subject once mastered[1]. They lead to a significant shift in comprehension and allow students to integrate separateideas into a unified framework. However, because these concepts are inherently complex, theyoften present significant barriers to learning [2].Structural engineering, a specialized branch of civil engineering, requires a deep understandingof theoretical knowledge combined with practical application. This

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 7: Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

vision ofeducation extended beyond the confines of his own professional career in rhetoric. He saw aworld that integrated all areas of human knowledge. . . .[and] owned a conceptual scheme thatembraced the whole of rhetoric, giving meaning to all the bits and pieces upon which hiscontemporaries focused” (pp. 1-2). Their comprehensive biography reveals many of theexperiences that contributed to the breadth and depth of his knowledge, for example, his work asan assistant librarian tasked with cataloguing the items in a large library on political economy.Those experiences put him in a position to meet one of the most important tasks polymaths take

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meera Alagaraja, Texas A&M University; Jieun Yi, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Jean-Francois Chamberland, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

. Mobility, a corecomponent of boundaryless career theory, refers to interorganizational movement that enhancessubjective career success by fostering autonomy, validating personal accomplishments, andproviding an opportunity to escape toxic work environments, ultimately improving careersatisfaction (Varela et al., 2023). However, the impact of mobility is moderated by the industrysegment, suggesting that the significance of early career movements varies depending on thecontext.Within the context of boundaryless career theory, the scholars emphasized core competency-based perspectives underlining the knowledge-driven nature of faculty careers (Beigi et al.,2018). Identifying the dimensions of (1) know-why (culture), (2) know-how (skills), and (3)know

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mishel Odalis Camargo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Ignacio Guerra P.

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

,additionally centralizes resources and allows you to hold organized and productivemeetings. Respondents stated that “the use of BIM facilitates team engagement byimproving communication, coordination, and access to centralized information,which reduces errors. Increase productivity by automating repetitive tasks andenable informed decision-making. In addition, it contributes to the success of theproject by minimizing delays and cost overruns, generating an efficient andorganized work environment.” It was also noted that this tool “allows for quick anddirect collaboration with the people involved, thus avoiding reprocessing orinterference that could affect both the schedule and the results.” Table 1: Table of Results obtained from the analysis of the

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christian . Janke ., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Yuetong Lin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Ghazal Barari, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

, spanning from 2020 to 2023, propelled the adoption of online education tounprecedented levels. Initially implemented as an emergency measure to address school closures,online modality has since been embraced by numerous higher education institutions due to itsinherent advantages [1, 13], which include enhanced flexibility, increased interactivity, and theability for students to pace their own learning.Historically, online engineering programs have faced skepticism, particularly due to concernsover the lack of hands-on lab experiences. There has been a strong belief that students mustphysically engage with real machines, equipment, and circuits that closely mirror those used inreal-world applications—something simulations alone cannot fully

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Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Li, University of Maryland College Park; Houbing Herbert Song, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

Paper ID #45882GPS Spoofing on UAV Simulation using ArdupilotDavid Li, University of Maryland College ParkProf. Houbing Herbert Song, University of Maryland Baltimore County Houbing Herbert Song (M’12–SM’14-F’23) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in August 2012. He is currently a Professor, the Founding Director of the NSF Center for Aviation Big Data Analytics (Planning), the Associate Director for Leadership of the DOT Transportation Cybersecurity Center for Advanced Research and Education (Tier 1 Center), and the Director of the Security and

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Impact of Curriculum for PreK-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph E. Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

participants moved closer to fullparticipation in the community of practice over the course of the robotics competition. Bycombining quantitative measurement of interest with longitudinal qualitative analysis ofparticipant interactions, this research contributes to our empirical and theoretical understandingof the emergence, development, and maintenance of interest in after-school settings, withimplications for how to best design such programs in order to broaden participation andengagement in engineering.1.0 IntroductionWithin the last decade the number of out-of-school STEM learning programs available to schoolage youth has drastically increased 1. Many of these programs were developed with the intent toaddress the well-documented need for increased

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engaged in engineer-esque activities, we hopeto further the conversation surrounding educating the engineer of the future.Broadening Engineering PathwaysA more inclusive vision of engineering crossed with making could build future engineeringcapacity as well as raise awareness to the general public of the work and impact such workoffers. Findings from the Center on the Advancement of Engineering Education’s AcademicPathways Study studying undergraduate persistence in engineering and students’ pathways byand through engineering studies, found two groups of students with different motivations forengagement.1 The first seeks financial security, overcoming barriers of foundational math andscience courses to continue, aiming for graduation. The second

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

languages,and communicating with people from marketing and finance will be just as fundamental to thepractice of engineering as physics and calculus”.1 Bordogna similarly asserts that “[d]emands areincreasing for a holistic breed of engineers–graduates with the skill to work across intellectual,social, and cultural boundaries”,2 while Duderstadt has advocated for “fluency across boundaries”and “integration of knowledge across an increasingly broad intellectual span” (p. 45).3A growing body of scholarship adds further weight to such assertions. Studies by Lynn andSalzman, for instance, lead them to conclude that engineers urgently need “cross-boundary skills”to enable working “across disciplinary, organizational, cultural, and time/distance

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina S. Morton, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their University Innovation Fellows initiative and mentored faculty teamsrepresenting 50 institutions through the Pathways to Innovation program (personalcommunication, VentureWell). While the NSF I-Corps program was specifically created to helpNSF funded scientists and engineers explore opportunities for their innovations beyond the lab, asecondary effect of the program has been the growth of university faculty exposed toentrepreneurship education, Lean Launch, who then incorporate these methods and pedagogiesinto their own classrooms and institutions. Currently, there are 18 research 1 (R-1) universitiesthat are involved in teaching the Lean Launch curriculum to NSF funded engineers and scientistsand 36 I-Corps sites8. The rapid rise

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Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Janice L. Hall, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

addressing itsproblems of social inequality.1-4 Riley, Slaton, and Pawley5 argue that we have framed theproblem poorly and failed to examine structural forces at work that maintain color lines andgender gaps in engineering. There is a need to look beyond the discipline of engineering (orengineering education) to develop a deeper understanding of these structural forces and effectivestrategies for resisting or dismantling them.On the occasion of ASEE’s meeting in New Orleans, where long term social inequalities wereexacerbated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it seems appropriate to examine the efforts torebuild New Orleans and what it can tell us about engineering and engineering education. Wechose to focus on the case of rebuilding the public

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Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Page 26.616.2more as a metaphor for conveying students’ experience of disappointment than to insinuatemalicious intent.(i)In K-12 engineering programs, the overwhelming curricular emphasis is on engaging, design-based classroom activities: open-ended, hands-on projects requiring creative synthesis acrossmultiple domains of knowledge on the part of the student.1 In university engineering programs,students confront an educational philosophy that can be characterized as exclusionary and builtupon a “fundamentals first” approach to learning:2 analytically rigorous, rote learning of basicprinciples in math and science (e.g., calculus, chemistry, physics) followed by engineeringsciences (e.g. statics, fluid dynamics) followed by engineering analysis

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Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

through the Lens of LiminalityAbstractThe purpose of this study is to learn about the experiences of postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) inscience and engineering fields. It is guided by the theory of liminality. Forty-two postdocsemployed at a Mid-Atlantic, research-intensive University, participated in individual interviewsto describe their experiences as postdocs at the University. This paper provides answers to thefollowing three research questions: (1) What are the benefits and challenges of science andengineering postdoc positions? (2) What liminal experiences characterize the postdoc position?and (3) What recommendations to improve the postdoc experience emerge from this study?IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to learn about the