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Improving the BME Classroom on the Ground and Virtually

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Jeffery Ethan Joll II, Vanderbilt University; W. David Merryman, Vanderbilt University

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Paper ID #34434Improving Programming Content Delivery in an Introductory BiomechanicsCourse Using a Blended Classroom ApproachMr. Jeffery Ethan Joll II, Vanderbilt University Ethan is in the final year of his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University where he works under Dave Merryman. His laboratory work investigates the mechanobiological underpinnings of cal- cific aortic valve disease and post-menopausal osteoporosis. His education research focuses on blended learning strategies to improve content delivery in undergraduate biomedical engineering courses. He is investigating careers in educational research

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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J. Jill Rogers, The University of Arizona; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Melissa Wendell, Tempe Union High School District - Mountain Pointe High School (ENGR102HS - UofA)

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, biology, and engineering. For the past three years, Melissa has been a content specialist for CTE where her role is to support and advocate for all CTE teachers across the Tempe Union High School District and teaching engineering part-time. Melissa’s undying passion and love of science, technology, and mathematics are what drives her in her teaching career. Melissa has a bachelor’s of science education from New Mexico State University and a Master’s in Education from the Teachers in Industry program at the University of Arizona. During her Master’s degree program she discovered her passion in education by becoming apart of Career and Technical Education. She started the engineering program at Mountain Pointe High

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Computational Tools & Analysis

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Kisung Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Cecilia Leal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Pinshane Y. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Materials

Foundation CAREER award and the NIH New innovator award.Prof. Pinshane Y. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Pinshane Y. Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, as well as a B.A. in Physics from Carleton College.Prof. Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Andr´e Schleife is a Blue Waters Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineer- ing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Diploma and Ph.D. at Friedrich- Schiller-University in Jena, Germany for his theoretical

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Ebenezer Rotimi Ewumi, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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learning.Keywords: NSSE, high impact educational practices, engagement IntroductionResearch shows that engineering majors lose talented, capable individuals to other non-engineering majors and careers [3]. Despite ongoing efforts to improve science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate persistence and success, the attrition ratesamong women and students in underrepresented minority groups have increased over the pastdecade. A recent report suggests that nearly half of college students starting in STEM majors leavethe STEM field before the fourth year of their degree program [13]. Over the years, researchershave developed innovative ways to increase engagement among engineering students

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Academic Success and Retention

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Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Oluwafemi J. Sunday, Washington State University; Ebenezer Rotimi Ewumi, Washington State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., Utah State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

not see the relevance of such coursework in advancing their studiesand careers. Students generate coursework motivation when they see the relevance to their careers.Coursework overload could have a negative effect on academic success, especially among first-year students, because they might develop overwhelming feelings. Also, faculty must be aware ofthe diverse background of E/CS students, which means that some students are less equipped tohandle overloaded coursework than others.Academic achievement is also a marker for persistence, admission, and further studies in agraduate school in an engineering major. Academic achievement is powered by a students'deliberate practice, willpower, interest, love of learning [11]. Over the recent years

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Student Division Technical Session 1

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Meg E. West, The Ohio State University

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Student

. C. Flanagan, “The Critical Incident Technique,” Psychol. Bull., EDP careers poems. Phase 2 will uncover the experiences and contexts critical to Figure 3: Data analysis sequence with purpose of each phase vol. 51, no. 4, 1954. the development of engineering teacher professional identities forFigure 1: Superstar elementary teacher of engineering superstar teachers using the fourth step of the critical

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Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

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Calvin Sophistus King, MCET; Venugopalan Kovaichelvan, TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #32668Quality Improvement Using a Stage Gate Approach in EngineeringProgrammes and CoursesDr. Calvin Sophistus King, MCET Heads Outcome Based Education division of the college. Is responsible for implementation and review of outcome based approach in programmes offered. Teaches engineering at the first degree level.Dr. Venugopalan Kovaichelvan, TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership Dr. V. KOVAICHELVAN is the Director of TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership, the Corporate University of TVS Motor Company Limited, India. The Institute focus on holistic development of talent through career lifecycle with focus

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Innovative and Impactful Engineering Leadership Pedagogy

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Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University and A&M College; Joseph Learned Odenwald

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Engineering Leadership Development

: emotional and psychological support; directassistance with career and professional development; and role modeling. In academic support forSTEM majors, peer mentoring has often referred to upper-year students serving as academicsocial role models for lower-year students. For the purpose of this study “peer mentoring” andsubsequently “peer mentor(s)” will refer to year 2-6 students who lead first-year students in pre-college engineering camps, serve as Supplemental Instructors in historically challenging coursesin engineering, conduct community outreach events, and assist first-year students withscheduling their courses [6]. Crisp and Cruz [7], and Kiyama and Luca [8] contend that there is a gap in the literatureon the experience of mentors

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Assessment in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Lennon Rodgers, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Caroline Benish, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

research is related to engineering education and modeling, designing, building, instrumenting and testing complex systems ranging from spacecraft to electric vehicles.Caroline Benish American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Assessing the Value and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Activities in Academic Makerspaces and Machine ShopsIntroductionThis paper first investigates the value that engineering companies place on (1) interdisciplinaryexperiences and (2) hands-on skills learned in university makerspaces and machine shops. Asurvey was completed by 259 company representatives at the University of Wisconsin College ofEngineering (UW CoE) career

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Elizabeth Gross, Sam Houston State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

me.One of the returners referred to his experiences making him more confident, and extrapolatedthat beyond his coursework and into his future possible career trajectory, stating that I actually feel confident that if I got sent to China and someone would translate the code for me I could make sense of it, you know, or Europe, so I like the fact that those courses marry the theory, which I appreciate, with the practical knowledge, which makes you a better engineer, a more intellectual, intelligent engineer. It makes you more versatile. It makes you understand where everything comes from, that's the whole point.Decreases in ConfidenceWhile the majority of those who mentioned confidence reported that theirs had been

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. Respondents (N=16) estimatedthat they had used these curriculum materials with over 3,600 students across grades 5-12.Evaluation results indicate that 93% of RET teachers who authored and used the units “agreed”or “strongly agreed” on a five-point Likert scale that: their students were very interested in thecurriculum activities; that the curriculum increased their students’ awareness of neuralengineering careers; and that the curriculum was a useful teaching resource that used engaging,real life contexts and had strong ties to neural engineering concepts.Acknowledgements: The RET program was conducted at the Center for Neurotechnology. It was supported byAward Number EEC-1028725 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Supplementary funding

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Jake Fava, Siebel Center for Design; Sneha Subramanian, Siebel Center for Design

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Design in Engineering Education

or beyond theircollege careers. TABLE VI PRACTICE PROBLEMS QUOTES (MATRIX LOWER HEMISPHERE) Pseudonym Quote Momo “I’d like it if I had more choice into the projects I want to work on… but it is important to give students the option of choice to a certain limit - it might be unfair to students if it was totally open” Azula “I really like what Solar Car does - giving students free reign to work on the problem… but in classes, initially I wouldn’t want to get a very broad problem and figure it out, especially in intro courses.” Haru “So far we’ve just been doing the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

(Chabalengulaet al., 2017). The grouping of engineering as part of STEM has essentially left the decision to teachengineering topics in pre-college setting up to science or technology teachers (Honey et al., 2014;NGSS Lead States, 2013).If engineering is offered as its own course, it is typically included under the Career and TechnicalEducation (CTE) electives (Lewis & Zuga, 2005). This option then leads to other challenges ofmeeting state CTE standards that tend to emphasize technology learning. The decision to lumpengineering in with these other disciplines is also closely tied to the difficulties associated withfinding teachers trained in engineering content areas. The majority of currently available pre-service teacher education does not cover

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Natalie Green, Michigan Technological University

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Systems Engineering

pole representing programs emphasizing systems thinking and low fidelity modeling, interaction competencies , and leadership competencies and (B) the opposite pole representing programs emphasizing an in-depth treatment of numerical analysis, and subfields such as reliability engineering, and requirements engineering. A key takeaway from the paper is our program is designed to intellectually stretch our students consistently by requiring coursework in some area the student has not been in before. We believe that our curricular design will develop students who are more nibble, less averse to ambiguity, and with a leaning to remaining a life long learner over their careers. This is an unproven

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Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

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Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University; Ramanathan Arunachalam, Sultan Qaboos University; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

concise definition of “critical thinking” (CT): the objective analysisand evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement. Wikipedia defines CT as the analysis offacts to form a judgment; the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, or evaluation of factualevidence. Everyone agrees that critical thinking is a desirable trait. However, it is difficult toexplain exactly what it is, and even more difficult to teach it. The Indeed Career Guide [7]includes the following five common and impactful critical thinking skills in its top list:observation; analysis; inference; communication; and problem solving. Jessop [8] gives a verycomprehensive definition of CT: “Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process ofactively and skillfully

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Education at Tufts University. Her research efforts at at the Center for Engineering Education and Out- reach focus on supporting discourse and design practices during K-12, teacher education, and college- level engineering learning experiences, and increasing access to engineering in the elementary school ex- perience, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). https://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/faculty/kristen- bethke-wendellDr. Chelsea Andrews, Tufts University Chelsea Andrews is a post-doctoral researcher at Tufts University and University of Massachusetts-Boston in STEM education. She received a B.S. from

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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, behaviors, and mindsets relevant to various STEM careers. Through students’participation, program leadership and researchers expect students to internalize attitudes andbehaviors that can support a future career in STEM. As a result, the program design intends todefine what it means to be STEM professional for the pre-college participants. By exposingdiverse pre-college students to the field of engineering, the program design becomes a criticalcomponent of the STEM education ecosystem that defines who belongs and what counts inengineering education.This paper uses critical reflection to challenge cultural ideologies commonly embedded in aninformal engineering program. This paper includes critical reflections of two engineeringeducation researchers

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 8 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Julie P. Martin, Clemson University

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

,constructive feedback avoids personal criticisms.Is speedy. We all need feedback. Our careers are dependent on it. The great work weare doing cannot be shared and be used by others if it is not published in a timelymanner. 7One way that you might think how to start your review is to ask yourself these 3questions. If the answer is yes to all 3. it’s likely that you want to convey yourenthusiasm for the work and offered specific and addressable suggestions to theauthorsNicki Sochacka talks about there being a common exception to this approach. What ifthe answer is yes but the problem, theory (if used), methodology/methods, andfindings do not align and, therefore, the

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Committee on the Integration of Education in STEM, Humanities, and Arts, culminating with the release of the National Academies report ”The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineer- ing, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree.” He is currently a member of the National Academies Planning Committee for the Convocation on Promotion and Tenure. Professor Martello is the author of Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American En- terprise, a study of how Paul Revere’s manufacturing career helped pioneer America’s transition into the industrial age, and is currently researching Benjamin Franklin’s printing and business endeavors

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencewith a project conducted on Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) University Design Challengeand it illustrated that the approach enhanced the design functionalities stipulated by the AFRL. Figure 1 Subject matter experts (SME) integrated into the traditional series of steps in engineering design [4] 2. Description of the Program, Capstone Course and SME Integrated Approach The curriculum in mechanical & industrial engineering (MIE) emphasizes design,manufacture, and automation while preparing students for careers in industry and continuededucation. A four-credit engineering design course is designed

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Cristián Eduardo Vargas-Ordóñez P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew James Gray, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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-Ordóñez, Graduate student; Dr. Morgan Hynes, Supervisor. Link to full curriculum and support resources: Please, follow the QR code This curriculum was based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under RET grant no. EEC 1454152—CAREER: Broadening Contexts to Motivate Participation in Engineering through the Purdue University-CISLUNAR Initiative

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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John R. Reisel P.E., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Wilkistar Otieno, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Christine Beimborn, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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the math and science courses and lower-level engineering courses allhave tutoring available in the center. Faculty and teaching assistants are required to have officehours, and students can seek out additional help from faculty and TAs during these hours. As forstudent organization participation, CEAS has numerous student chapters of professionalorganizations as well as special-interest student organizations involving engineering disciplines.The university also has other special interest student organizations. Students in the PECSprogram as encouraged to take advantage of all these opportunities.The activities available only to PECS program students are designed to give students an addedbonus to help them prepare for their careers (making the

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The Curriculum at Two-year College's Engineering Technology and Engineering Transfer Programs

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Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center; Lakshmi Jayaram, Inquiry Research Group LLC

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Two-Year College

Paper ID #33930Students Talk: The Experience of Advanced Technology Students atTwo-Year Colleges during COVID-19Dr. Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Director of FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center a part of the FloridaMakes Network, and previously funded by the National Science Foundation. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into techni- cal career pathways; has produced award-winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post- secondary Career and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan; Jacob Frederick Fuher, University of Michigan; Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeremiah Ogunbunmi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Engineering from the University of Michigan.Mr. Jacob Frederick Fuher, University of Michigan Jacob Fuher is an engineer working in the automotive industry. His academic and research interests in- clude Data Analysis, Optics and Network, Communication and Information Systems, as well as education. He plans to further explore engineering education research throughout his career. Jacob Fuher has earned a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University.Ms. Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology Heydi Dominguez is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Lauren A. Griggs, Pennsylvania State University; Ryan Scott Hassler, Pennsylvania State University; Mark William Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Michael Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Peter J. Butler, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya L. Peeples, Pennsylvania State University

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. Griggs explored novel techniques to investigate the intersection of diabetes and breast cancer progression. Dr. Griggs is now an Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of the Multicultural Engineering Program and Director of the Clark Scholars Program at Penn State University. In this role, Dr. Griggs drives initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups pursuing degrees in engineering and strives to foster a welcoming environment that celebrates culture and inclusion. Her passion lies in working directly with students, serving as an advisor, inspiring others through meaningful career discussions and helping others to gain confidence as well as succeed in their chosen degree fields.Dr

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University; Jennifer D. Moss, Emporia State University; Jose M. Garcia, Purdue University; John H. Lumkes, Purdue University

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another fluid power course and students reported that they felt theirunderstanding and interest both increased due to the activities [9]. In yet another course,students completed interactive, competitive, and ungraded activities in class to enhance theirlearning of fluid power. Faculty involved in this course reported observing enhanced learning inthis redesigned classroom climate [10]. These studies and others demonstrate that methods existto increase learning and interest in fluid power at the undergraduate level [11].Exposing students to fluid power and engaging students in related activities in middle school orhigh school is important to increasing the number of trained workers in later years, as studentsbegin to choose career pathways during

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Engineering Technology Capstone Projects

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Kevin Myles, Texas A&M University; Zach N. Adelman, Texas A&M University; Madhav Erraguntla, Texas A&M University; Mark A. Lawley, Texas A&M University; Eun Jung Kim, Texas A&M University; Joseph Louis Burgi; Kevin Price, Texas A&M University; Keith Fritz, Texas A&M University; Dakotah Hawke Stalcup; Zhihao Pan, Texas A&M University; Zachary Stokes, Texas A&M University ; Blaine Wilson Harris, Texas A&M University; Fernando Aguado, AIM-N; Carter B. Wheat, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Gavlick, AIM-N; Maxwell Macauley Martin; Hunter Street, Texas A&M University; Sungkeun Kim; Xuan T. Dang

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Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition3. Do you think Capstone will be beneficial to your current or future career? Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree N/A 5 4 3 2 1 04. Do you think the organization of the three capstone teams for the mosquito research themeseffective? Strongly agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly disagree N/A 5 4 3 2 1 05. Did COVID-19 affect your capstone project Strongly agree Agree

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Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

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Jayanta Kumar Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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into a totally new and novelworld of academic freedom! The student needs the “touch of a helping hand” of a senior professor whocan instill enough confidence and security in the heart of a newcomer. Without this helping hand thereis no mastery learning [10].The same is true when the student in the final year, finishing capstone courses, and needs professionalorientation from an experienced faculty member regarding the onset of a lifelong career path in future.This is not only on the technical gadgets but also a focus on the difference between the academia andthe industries in relation with time management, safety factors and cost analyses. A command andhence a control on each of these areas can only be achieved through mastery learning.The

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Catherine E. Douglas, University of California, Los Angeles; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Anabella Gonzalez

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Paper ID #33635NSF BEATS – Creating an Academic Innovation Ecosystem to Drive StudentSuccessMs. Catherine E. Douglas, University of California, Los Angeles Catherine Douglas currently serves as the Director of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED) Program. For over twenty years she has worked on the pre-college and undergraduate levels to prepare students to pursue and succeed in STEM based majors and careers. She received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Norfolk State University and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Hofstra University.Scott

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Lorelie Imperial, University of Florida; Corey Payne; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida; Maria Korolev, University of Florida; Philip J. Brucat, University of Florida; Chang-Yu Wu, University of Florida

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potentialway to address this issue and our NSF-funded IUSE project (DUE-1625378) has produced onesuch example as a career-forward, project-based approach to laboratory for general chemistry.Our curriculum involves teams of students working on Design Challenges (DCs) (Figure 1),which are scaled-down, developmentally appropriate versions of the National Academy ofEngineering’s Grand Challenges [7]. For example, students are tasked with recommending asubstance, concentration and volume for sequestering 5.0 gigatonnes (GtC) of CO2 for areservoir that Pacific Gas & Electric would submerge beneath the ocean floor. Using a chemicalsystem composed of CO2 from breath and alkaline solutions, they use a probe to measure theCO2, consider potential