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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Nanyang Technological University; Kelli M. Frias

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graduates, many from traditionally underrepresented groups, who were preparedto be innovators and managers in industry. An intrapreneur is someone who is entrepreneurialwithin an existing organization. The combination of faculty and industry mentorship, workforcedevelopment seminars, an industrial internship, entrepreneurship programs, and scholarshipsproduced graduates who were sought after by various engineering sectors. Industrial partnersprovided mentorship, funding, and employment to the scholars.The project incorporated evidence-based practices and previous research that had shown that: 1. Mentoring is vital to foster underrepresented groups’ retention in undergrad courses, graduate school, and the professional workforce [1]. [2] 2

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University; Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University; Margaret A Hunter, Hofstra University; John Carmine Vaccaro, Hofstra University; Scott T Lefurgy, Hofstra University; Jacqueline Lee, Nassau Community College; Rakhi Agarwal, Nassau Community College

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and Challenges in the First Year of ImplementationThe Nassau Community College and Hofstra University Integrated Achievement and Mentoring(iAM) Program is an NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) Track 3 (multi-institution) fundedprogram built on the theoretical framework of legitimate peripheral participation [1] with anemphasis on inclusivity, community, and belonging [2]. The iAM Program has increased Scholarretention, academic performance, and engagement with student support services relative to peers.The program received NSF funding in 2022 to include a collaboration between NassauCommunity College (NCC), a local two-year community college, and Hofstra University (HU)to create a seamless pathway for students from local

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 14

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary S Jia, Duke University; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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three sections that: (1) asks students to write apaper on a treatment plan including an orthopedic implant for a provided patient profile, (2) createa presentation presenting this plan to the stakeholders, and (3) determine the biomechanicalproperties that the implant and any selected materials need to satisfy. Using a pre- and post-projectsurvey from two cohorts of students, we determined the effectiveness of the assignment andgauged the extent to which students believed that their demographics influenced their motivation.Demographic-based influences are defined here as whether students believe that they are moremotivated to be successful in their major based on their race, gender, community, etc. Our datademonstrate that EML scores, which is

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nolgie O. Oquendo-Colón, University of Michigan; Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Laura Carroll, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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the social model ofdisability, we are conducting three sequential studies. Study 1 analyzes the relationships betweenpre-college factors, college experiences, and academic success. Findings reveal that academicadjustment partially mediates the relationship between an ADHD diagnosis and first-year grades,suggesting instructors recognize and support first-year students’ differences in academicadjustment. Study 2 is a scoping literature review of the college experiences of students withADHD. It examines 2,589 articles, resulting in 40 fully examined and coded articles. Analysis isunderway, but preliminary findings of the 40 articles indicate a wide range of definitions andstudy types, limited application of theory, and considerable

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

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, especially for historically marginalized and minoritized students [1], [2]. Ong et al statethat as the demographics of the United States continue to shift, educational institutions have boththe obligation and motivation to develop learning environments that benefit students of allbackgrounds [3]. The classroom experience is a pivotal piece of a student’s collegiateexperience, and research has demonstrated the positive impacts of prioritizing and improvinginclusivity in the classroom to improve student experiences and belonging [1], [2], [4], [5]. Thisis especially important in the context of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) classrooms, and more specifically engineering classrooms, because historically, the lackof diversity in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melanie B Butler, Mount St. Mary's University; Rosina Bolen; DINA YAGODICH, Frederick Community College; Aubrey Allen Smith, Montgomery College; Christine McCauslin; Isaac N Mills, Mount Saint Mary College; Jeffrey Simmons; Kraig E Sheetz

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. FCC is a two-year school in Frederick, MD, amoderately sized city north of Washington D.C.The project began in fall of 2020 with four objectives: 1. Increase the number of academically talented and low-income students that transfer from community colleges to MSMU, 2. Improve the retention and graduation rates of community college transfer students at MSMU in STEM fields by providing them with evidence-based curricular activities, co-curricular activities, and support services, 3. Increase the number of MSMU students placed into STEM graduate programs or professional positions by providing intensive faculty mentoring and research opportunities, and 4. Generate new knowledge about how partnerships between CCs and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Rachael Gabriel, University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Christa L. Taylor, University of Connecticut

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belonging inengineering. The study found that classroom inclusion was the only significant predictor ofbelonging and could predict it positively to a moderate degree. Further, it was found that studentsin revised inclusive courses reported significantly stronger feelings of inclusion and belongingthan their peers in traditional courses. These findings suggest that systematic efforts toimplement neuroinclusive learning practices in engineering education may contribute to a senseof belonging for all students.IntroductionThe concept of neurodiversity, a term coined by sociologist Judy Singer [1], emerged asmembers of the autistic community challenged the predominant disability framing of autism andembraced the notion that diversity of minds is both

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine McGough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Emilie A Siverling, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, then a quantitative description of students’ community and sense of belonging at IRE.1.1 Iron Range EngineeringIRE students complete lower-division coursework at community colleges around the nation [1]. Studentsthen join IRE for one semester, named Bell Academy, on campus; this semester is focused on developingstudents’ professional, design, and technical skills. After this first semester, students earn their degreewhile working in a co-op and earning an engineering salary (average $21.5k per semester). Studentsremain full-time students through the co-op based learning format by taking 1-credit hour technicalcompetencies and design, seminar, and professionalism coursework. They also earn course credit forcoursework related to their valuable

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Kow Quainoo, North Park University

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, andinternships provide students with pathways to build skills and improve career outcomes [1] - [5].This is especially important in STEM education to develop skills for the workplace and careernetworks. Thus, the NSF grant proposed scholarship funding and industry immersionexperiences for a cohort of science students with financial need. This S-STEM InterventionProject is based in curricular and co-curricular enhancement at a small private liberal artsuniversity to develop job skills and knowledge about science and engineering-oriented careers.However, the “COVID years” disrupted this intervention by making it difficult to providestudents with off-campus experiences in the first years in the learning cohort. Students in oursample were completing their

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Billyde Brown; Ray Phillips, American Society for Engineering Education; Jennifer Tygret; Taelor Malcolm, Georgia Institute of Technology

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., 2020), with only 19.6% identifying asfemale, 2.5% as Black, 3.9% as Hispanic, and less than 1% as Indigenous (ASEE, 2023).Mentoring has been heralded as the solution to offset the demographic inertia in engineeringacademia. Faculty from underrepresented backgrounds receive many benefits from successfulmentoring: enhanced advancement opportunities; expanded professional networks; and a greaterunderstanding of the norms, power dynamics, and expected performance metrics in academia(Buzzanell et al., 2015; Randel et al., 2021; Villanueva et al., 2019; Zambrana et al., 2015).Mentoring also helps mentees navigate the complex workload of a professor that often isdifferent for faculty of color and white women, particularly as it relates to the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janeth Martinez-Cortes, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mark Appleford, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jose Francisco Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Harry R. Millwater Jr., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Heather Shipley, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Universit ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024The Fidelity of Implementation of a Lesson Study Framework in Engineering Courses at a Hispanic-Serving InstitutionThis paper reports on one aspect of a four-year NSF-funded transforming STEM undergraduateeducation initiative carried out at a public, research-intensive Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)in the U.S. Southwest. The aim of the initiative focused on improving the academic achievementof Latinx undergraduate education in STEM courses through 1) the restructuring ofundergraduate STEM courses, 2) providing research opportunities, and 3) developing a near-peermentoring program. This paper examines university faculty engagement in a language-rich1STEM

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Rush Leeker, University of Colorado Boulder; Marlene Sulema Palomar, University of Colorado Boulder; Lyndsay Rose Ruane, University of Colorado Boulder

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tinkering with theory for eco-social justice. Canadian Journal of 1 Participatory Research: Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 18, 187-192. Metro-Roland, D. (2015). Knowledge, power, and care of the self: The Facilitates deeper engagement and investment

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valentina Kuskova, University of Notre Dame; Nitesh Chawla; Sugana Chawla, University of Notre Dame; Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame; Ann-Marie Conrado, University of Notre Dame

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revitalizing these cities.The Center for Civic Innovation at the University of Notre Dame (UND) piloted a programleveraging what we know about STEM engagement, project-based learning (PBL), academiccommunity engagement, and asset-based community development [3-12] with federal support(NSF IUSE Exploration and Design Tier for Engaged Student Learning & Institution andCommunity Transformation). Through examination and refinement, researchers developed theCommunity-Engaged Educational Ecosystem Model (C-EEEM, pronounced ‘seam’) [1, 4, 13].The C-EEEM pilot contributed to our understanding of how to build learning environments thatsupport 1) improvements in student motivation and retention in STEM; 2) changes in placeattachment for participants; and 3

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nellone Eze Reid, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Americans, LatinX, women, students with disabilities and first-generation college students. Thegoals of this project are to 1) engage undergraduate students to foster innovative research cancerdiagnostics to therapeutic intervention; 2) cultivate multidisciplinary research among NJIT faculty; and 3)increase the participation in research by underrepresented minority groups, resulting in participants beingco-authors on publications and presenters at scientific conferences. During the 10-week summer program, -related researchprojects in biomedical engineering, materials science and photonics. Students gain perspective on theircareer paths through weekly seminars

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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, necessitating effective team dynamics – this is true ofour core research team as well as the larger CoP. The emergence of the science of Team Science(SciTS) reflects the growing recognition of the complexities inherent in collaborative researchefforts [1]. SciTS is an interdisciplinary field focused on understanding the conditions thatfacilitate or hinder effective team-based research and its unique outcomes in productivity,innovation, and translation [2].Team Science is a collaborative research approach that promotes openness, mutual respect, andshared responsibility among team members [3]. It encourages researchers to tap into a broaderrange of expertise, leading to more comprehensive and innovative solutions [4]. Effectivecommunication and teamwork

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College

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, andproject development of the participants. This paper will also focus on the continued use of remote internshipsand experiential opportunities as a High Impact Practice to engage students at an urban commuter universityacross all majors.BackgroundHigh Impact Practices (HIPs) have been shown to be effective in retention, persistence, and overall studentsuccess [1-5]. These practices include activities such as undergraduate research, service learning, experientiallearning opportunities, internships, study abroad, collaborative projects and writing intensive courses. Theseactivities have been found to be very beneficial for underrepresented students. Institutional resources,curriculums and student body demographics limit the effectiveness of the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine R. McCance, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Vanessa Ann Sansone, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mark Appleford, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Arturo Montoya, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Harry R. Millwater Jr., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jose Francisco Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Heather Shipley, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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and Dean of the University College and Burzik Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds a BS degree in Chemistry from Baylor Universit ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Transforming STEM Undergraduate Education Through a Hispanic Student Success Servingness Framework Given the need for continued scientific innovation and a diverse, skilled STEM (science,technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce in the United States, increasing therepresentation of women, Hispanic, Black, first-generation, and other underrepresented groups inSTEM is vital [1]. Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; NAHAL RASHEDI, University of Cincinnati

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paper discusses the developments during Year 2 of a project concerned with analyzing thecurricula of engineering programs in the United States to understand the structural barriersembedded in degree requirements that could push out diverse groups of students. We are usingan emerging method for quantifying the complexity of these programs called CurricularAnalytics. This method involves treating the prerequisite relationships between courses as anetwork and applying graph theoretic measures to calculate a curriculum’s complexity. In Year 1,we collected 494 plans of study representing five engineering disciplines (i.e., Mechanical, Civil,Electrical, Chemical, and Industrial) across 13 institutions - spanning a decade. To ensure thedataset is as

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quintana (Quincy) Clark, Oregon State University; Chidinma Grace Okoye; Theodore Ja

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. eNotebookis a comprehensive online notebook app that enables students to develop study strategies andevaluate their performance for corrective measures. This study proposes to 1) pilot testeNotebook’s AI-enhanced study features and 3) investigate how well eNotebook enhances self-regulatory efficacy in Ecampus and hybrid STEM courses. eNotebook was designed anddeveloped by the PIs and EECS collaborators based on the prototype feedback of 140 Universitystudents during the Fall 2022 term. The results of this study are expected to inform AI-enhancedstudy methods and self-regulatory efficacy in Ecampus and hybrid STEM courses.Keywords: AI-study app, STEM, personalized learningIntroductionAlthough face-to-face STEM education has a 60% retention rate [4,5

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert B. Bass, Portland State University; Jen Lindwall, Portland State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the nation’s workforce,and meet the objectives of the Justice40 Initiative. Justice40 mandates that at least 40% of thebenefits of certain federal investments must flow to disadvantaged communities, which DoEdefines as “being marginalized, underserved, [or] overburdened by pollution” [1].These requirements present opportunities for universities to provide undergraduate engineeringstudents with career development pathways within the industries targeted by the IIJA and IRA.The opportunities are particularly well-suited for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), such asAsian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) andHispanic Serving Institution (HSIs). Our university

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Rossi, University of New Haven; Pulin Agrawal, Pennsylvania State University; Negein Immen, Pennsylvania State University; Angelina Krystal Valentin, Pennsylvania State University; Neha Sagi, Pennsylvania State University; Domenico Alford-Egizio, Pennsylvania State University

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anefficacious mechanism for fostering a dynamic feedback loop, thereby ensuring the continualrefinement and authenticity of academic courses within esteemed institutions.Background Investigation into the use of conceptual videos as supplementary tools in a first-yearprogramming course is informed by the systematic review titled "Blended Learning Models forIntroductory Programming Courses." The study classified models into five types, includingFlipped, Mixed, Flex, Supplemental, and Online-Practicing models, with a focus on enhancingthe learning experience of novice programmers [1]. These discoveries emphasized the effectiveness of blended learning approaches, with theMixed model, known for flexibility, showing potential for improved student

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Engineering Technology Division Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Khoa Ngac, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

of expertsbeyond a program’s faculty. The consensus building method included two operations by theexpert crowd: (1) validating the existing list of curriculum topics and their subtopics; and (2)suggesting additional topics and subtopics to be added to the current curriculum. We will showresults yielded by a finalized experiment utilizing consensus building method against a graduatetechnology management course’s curriculum development.We will then detail how this research effort incorporated a professional diversity factor into theconsensus building method when performing expert crowdsourcing. Professional diversity isimportant because when building consensus among the experts, we also want to ensure thereare enough representatives from

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Robotics and Circuits

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Joseph Murzynski, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Hussein - Abdeltawab, Wake Forest University; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Ahmed Sammoud, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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usability score (A+)for these platforms.1. IntroductionSeveral studies have used educational robots to teach STEM concepts [1]–[3]. Robotics is amultidisciplinary topic that can be integrated into several engineering and engineering technologyprograms. Constructing a robotics lab provides educational opportunities for undergraduatestudents to learn programming, mechatronics, and other skills. Hands-on experiential learning isan essential component of any engineering and engineering technology programs. Replication ofindustrial robotic platforms can help students receive hands-on experiences aligned with industrialpractices. However, these platforms are usually costly [4], [5]. Achieving an affordable-reconfigurable-industrial setup can be

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Saint Martin's University; Moses Tefe, Norwich University; Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Xiaomei Wang, Brigham Young University; Gloria Faraone; Thais Alves, San Diego State University

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of the Center for InfrastructureTransformation and Education (CIT-E) community of practice to assist and empower faculty indeveloping lessons related to past or present infrastructure inequities based on case studies thatcould be used in any course. The broad goals of the lessons that are developed using thisframework are for students to be able to: 1) explain inequities in the context of infrastructure andits development, 2) describe and discuss the historical context with which infrastructure wasdeveloped and constructed, and how communities were affected by it, and 3) generate, create, orpropose solutions to rectify past infrastructure inequities, while designing more equitablesolutions in future work. This framework will help guide

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Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; René Marie Rosalie Marius, Lipscomb University; Mark Sedek, Lipscomb University

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design andrevision as well as the iterative participant selection process. As next steps, the research teamwill be interviewing a mixture of engineering students and alumni from Lipscomb University.From these interviews, the team will build a model which may be utilized by other engineeringorganizations to create inclusive engineers and increase diverse representation in the field.Background:This paper is part of a larger study on the impact of humanitarian engineering projects on studentprofessional formation and views of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) [1-3]. The studybuilds on a wealth of research around the lack of diversity in engineering [4-7] and the positiveimpacts of service learning in higher education [8]. Various programs have

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Bridging Cultures, Advancing Justice: Fostering Inclusion and Sustainability in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Kyoung Ro, University of North Texas; Shirley Anderson, University of North Texas

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

education [1].HSI scholars have emphasized the sense of communal or family orientation among Latinxstudents in engineering and computing, attributing it to their validated experiences and academicsuccess [2], [3]. However, research and policy reports suggest that STEM programs often fail toincorporate aspects of Latinx culture, such as representations of Latinx faculty, societal issuesrelevant to Latinx communities, Spanish language, Latinx music, or art [2], [4], [5], [6]. Inparticular, Núñez et al. [2] indicated that canfianza (interpersonal and community connections),respeto (moral integrity), and familismo (family connections in Hispanic culture) in computingare crucial for Latinx computing students' success in Computing Alliance of Hispanic

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Voices of Diversity: Perspectives and Experiences in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Najme Kishani, University of Toronto; Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto

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, University of Toronto Prof. Aimy Bazylak is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Clean Energy and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the U of T. In 2011, she was awarded the I.W. Smith Award from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, and she received the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2012. From 2015-2018, she served as the Director of the U of T Institute for Sustainable Energy. In 2015 she was named an Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow (Germany), and in 2019 she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 2020 she was awarded the U of T McLean Award and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

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ET Capstone Design Projects

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Emily Westerman; Junkun Ma, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Autumn Smith-Herron, Sam Houston State University

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Challenges in the Southern United StatesCyst Nematodes are a major parasitic pest present on a variety of different crops throughout theworld [1]. These pests feed on plant roots, weakening the host plant. As the female nematodesmature, their bodies swell to become round or lemon-shaped with the rear protruding outside theroot. After the female nematodes die, their bodies harden forming a cyst, change color, andbecome visible on a macroscopic level [2]. The current methods of surveying fields for cystnematode infestation require uprooting agricultural crops to examine the root system and/or signsof crop contagion which can result in the termination of uninfected plants [3].The objective of this multidisciplinary senior design project is to assist in

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ELOS Technical Session 3 - Diversity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Rosene Conover Kimmel, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Maya Sri Miriyala, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hanwen Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Megha Agrawal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kaitlyn Tuvilleja, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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ideas for improvement. Several ideas wereinvestigated further for feasibility. In the second phase of the project, a few of these ideas wereimplemented in the course and feedback was solicited from current students. This paper willdiscuss the brainstorming process and outcomes, changes made to the course and space, as wellas some preliminary feedback.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Access in Undergraduate Laboratory CoursesDiversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and access (DEIBA) is an initiative that emphasizes thesignificance of constructing environments where individuals feel welcomed, respected, andpresented with equal opportunities to succeed [1]. Lab environments have often lacked DEIBA,resulting in potential or inadvertent

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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fostering inclusivity andproviding pathways for marginalized individuals to pursue engineering by familiarizing studentswith engineering careers [1]. Increasing the participation rate of diverse and marginalizeddemographics in engineering continues to be a critical aspect of meeting the increasing shortfallof engineers in the United States, as seen in Figure 1. Effective partnerships between researchuniversities and institutions with large populations of students from underrepresentedbackgrounds plays an important role in addressing this shortfall [2]. Increasing participation is akey part of maintaining the overall participation rate in engineering, and essential to fuelinginnovation in the United States [3], [4], [5], [6]. The shortfall is set to