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- Culturally Responsive and Identity-Affirming Approaches in Pre-College STEM Education
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of Cincinnati
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- Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)
, raciolinguistics, and bilingual education to explore how language, race, and socialization shape engineering pathways and engineering practice. In 2025, Dr. Mejia received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award for his contributions to engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Leveraging Funds of Knowledge through Engineering Activities for Latino/a Students in Dual Language Contexts (Fundamental)IntroductionEngineering education is a critical domain necessary to foster innovation and address complexglobal challenges, yet it remains constrained by traditional ideologies that overlook the diverselinguistic and cultural
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- Promoting Social Sustainability, Cultural Assets, and Assessing Equity and Diversity Index
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Collette Patricia Higgins; Emily Joanna Kamp; Kenneth Stewart; Azadeh Bolhari, P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University
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- Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)
to pursue engineering as a future career more so than non-First-Generation students. Items D and P in Table 5 represent the “Positive” and “Negative” elements of the Social Capital dimension. Item D prompted respondents about their having a group of older working professional friends who offer them advice about challenges in engineering while Item P prompted respondents about their having a sense of being on their own when it comes to their engineering pursuits. Table 6. Item analysis between White Students (n = 47) and Students of Color (n = 26). Italicized items and means have been negated; and italicized, bolded font indicates a result with statistical significance. White Students Students of
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- Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)
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- Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)
Past President and Wise Woman of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. She has received career achievement awards from ICA, NCA, the Central States Communication Association, and Purdue University where she was a Distinguished University Professor in communication and engineer- ing education (by courtesy) and Endowed Chair and Director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. Her primary research areas are organizational communication, career, work-life, resilience, feminist/gender, and design. Her grants have focused on ethics, institutional transformation, and diversity-equity-inclusion-belongingness in the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Sean M
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- Improving the BME Classroom on the Ground and Virtually
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University; Loretta Driskel, Clarkson University; Erin Blauvelt, Clarkson University; Laura J. Perry, Clarkson University
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Paper ID #33385Teaching an Immersive Experiential Introductory Biomedical EngineeringCourse in the Land of Covid (AKA: An Old Dog Has to Learn New Tricks)Dr. Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University IEEE Life Fellow, AIMBE Founding Fellow, U.N.E.S.C.O. Academician. Director, Center for Rehabilita- tion Engineering, Science, and Technology (CREST), and Shulman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. (Retired) Senior Rehab Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, SUNY Upstate Medical
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- Changing How We Pursue Change
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Joseph Valle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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- Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity
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- Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Jeremy Grifski, Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Dira Melissa Delpech, Ohio State University
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- Educational Research and Methods
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- Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland
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in shifting student bias towards inclusion in the three interventions. The mostpromising approach is student-led, where senior students worked to change the student culturedirectly.Introduction and BackgroundImproving diversity in STEM fields is an important goal and has been widely studied. It is well-known that students and professionals in STEM careers in the USA do not reflect the generalpopulation of the country [1]. For example, white men make up 31.6% of the general populationwhile they make up 51% of scientists and engineers. Black men make up 6% of the populationand 3% of the STEM workforce. The percentage of non-white and non-Asian people in the USAis 31.3% while the percentage of this sub-population working in STEM is just 12%. In
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- Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Leah Paborsky, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan
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. [45]–[48]Engineering is Advances in knowledge are so rapid that even the [2], [3], [24],constantly evolving. fundamentals of engineering are no longer fixed. [41], [45]–[48] Engineers need to continue learning throughout their careers to keep up with changes in technologies and the contexts in which they are used.Engineering is about Engineers solve complex problems by synthesizing [2], [3], [9],synthesizing and information and approaches from STEM and non- [24], [41]–[49]integrating knowledge. STEM disciplines.Engineering makes the The goal of making the world better for all people [2], [3], [41],world a better
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- International Division Technical Session 3
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John Jongho Park, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mariza Tsakalerou, Nazarbayev University
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and/or in- crease energy saving behaviors. Dr. Lang’s current research interests focus on identifying, assessing, and developing key skills, knowledge, attitudes, and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for engineers to effectively lead others, particularly other engineers and across cultures.Dr. Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Meg Handley is currently the Associate Director for Engineering Leadership Outreach at Penn State University. Previously, Meg served as the Director of the Career & Corporate Connection’s office at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. Meg completed her PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on interpersonal
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- Assessment of Engineering Leadership Development
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College
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- Engineering Leadership Development
Paper ID #21233But How Do You Feel?Mr. Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College Werner Zorman is the Associate Professor and Annenberg Chair of Leadership at Harvey Mudd Col- lege. Before he joined Harvey Mudd, he was the Associate Director of Leadership Programs at Cornell’s College of Engineering from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Zorman received his M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Technology in Vienna. He worked for 23+ years in the telecom industry in Europe and North America as engineer, leader, mentor, coach and leadership development professional. After a long and fulfilling customer-facing career, Mr
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- Imagining and Reimagining Engineering Education as a Dynamic System
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder
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co-directs Project EPIC, an NSF-funded project since 2009 that investigates how members of the public make use of social media during times of mass emergency. Professor Anderson leads the design and implementation of a large-scale data collection and analysis system for that project. Prof. Anderson was a participant in the first cohort of the NCWIT Pacesetters program, a program de- signed to recruit more women to the field of computer science and encourage them to pursue their careers in technology. As part of his Pacesetters efforts, Prof. Anderson led the charge to create a new BA in CS degree at CU that allows students in Arts and Sciences to earn a degree in computer science. This new degree program
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- Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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of empathy within design, innovation and sustainability; synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research
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- First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Mary E. Goodwin, University of South Florida; John Pharo Morgan III, University of South Florida; Yan Wang, University of South Florida; Michelle King, University of South Florida College of Engineering; Blake A Burton, University of South Florida
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earning1.” (p.34)Learning communities help students make the sometime difficult transition from high school tocollege. By the 1990’s, universities across the country were experimenting with various types oflearning communities. The learning communities including residential communities can all varywidely in structure and involvement with faculty and staff. Alexander Astin5 defined learningcommunities as: Such communities can be organized along curricular lines, common career interests, avocational interests, residential living areas, and so on. These can be used to build a sense of group identity, cohesiveness, and uniqueness; to encourage continuity and the integration of diverse curricular and co-curricular
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- Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tamara Ball, University of California - Santa Cruz; Linnea Kristina Beckett, University of California - Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California - Santa Cruz
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continuing effort to assess the degree to which a particulareducational intervention (see description of the ASCEND program below) can be successful inenabling participants to practice and demonstrate STEM-linked abilities applicable to careers insustainable design and development for the emerging green-tech economy. An initial review ofdata collected during a two-year pilot quickly led to the realization that attempts to evaluate theeffectiveness of the intervention and assess learning outcomes would be limited by the kinds ofinstruments readily available. Instruments including exit-interviews and surveys that rely onretrospective participant “self-report” data can be helpful for evaluating changes in participants’assumptions, attitudes
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- Research Methods I: Developing Research Tools and Methods
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Freddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; David P. Crismond, City College of New York
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education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, and innovations in research-to-practice.Dr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robin S. Adams is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and holds a PhD in Education, an MS in Materials Science and Engineering, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. She researches cross-disciplinarity ways of thinking, acting and being; design learning; and engineering education transformation.Dr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is
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- They need more than technical skills!
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton; Roger J. Crum, University of Dayton; Eddy M. Rojas, University of Dayton
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(B.S.) in civil engineering from the University of Costa Rica. Dr. Rojas is also a Professional Engineer registered in the State of Michigan. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Rojas has led numerous research studies in modeling, simulation, and visualization of construction engineering and management processes; engineering education; and construction economics. He has served as prin- cipal investigator or co-principal investigator in more than 20 different projects. These studies have been sponsored by government agencies and private sector organizations such as the National Science Founda- tion, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Army, the KERN Foundation, the Construction Industry Institute, the New
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- Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Christine M. Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gregory John Kelly, Pennsylvania State University ; Natacha Meyer
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, elementary, and middle school curriculum and teacher professional development. Her recent book, Engineering in Elementary STEM Education, describes what she has learned. Cunningham has previously served as director of en- gineering education research at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, where her work focused on integrating engineering with science, technology, and math in professional devel- opment for K-12 teachers. She also directed the Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) project, the first national, longitudinal, large-scale study of the factors that support young women pursu- ing engineering degrees. At Cornell University, where she began her career, she created
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- Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 13
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- 2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
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- Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder
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- Collegiate, Diversity
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- Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teamwork in Design Education
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- 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Sydney Kropp, University of Oklahoma; Doyle Dodd, The University of Oklahoma
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- Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)
Paper ID #42151Accountability, Ownership, and Satisfaction: An Innovative Approach toTeamwork in Engineering EducationSydney Kropp, University of OklahomaDr. Doyle Dodd, University of Oklahoma Industrial & Systems Engineering Capstone Coordinator ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Accountability, Ownership, and Satisfaction: An Innovative Approach to Teamwork in Engineering Education Abstract Teamwork skills are essential for engineers to be successful in their careers. Engineersoften work in teams to solve complex problems. Unfortunately
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- Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2
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- 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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higher education research. The types of transitions include Transition as Induction (T1), Transition as Development (T2), and Transition as Becoming (T3). 1, Transition as Induction, describes the pathway that students take by moving into higherTeducation. This often describes the transition from high school to college, but other circumstances could be considered. Students who experience this type of transition must navigate the structures, systems, and policies of the institution. From here on out, this will be referred to as “Transition to the University.” T2, Transition as Development, describes students' life stage and their transformation from one identity to another (i.e., major, career, etc.). Students who
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- Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - AI and Digital Futures in Design Education
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Daniene Byrne Ph.D., Stony Brook University
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- Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)
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- Inclusive and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Labs and Research
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Jamie Clark, University of Washington; Alexis N Prybutok, University of Washington
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global challenges requires collaborationbetween diverse individuals. However, STEM careers remain inaccessible to individuals withdisabilities, who make up 29% of the U.S. population but account for only 3% of employedscientists and engineers [2], [3]. Unequal access to and satisfaction in STEM jobs for disabledpeople are worse for those also holding intersecting minoritized identities such as gender, race,ethnicity, and LGBTQ+ status when compared to white, non-disabled, heterosexual men [4].Inequalities in access to STEM jobs can be caused by systemic barriers–such as the absenceof accessible facilities and curriculum adaptations, and the presence of societal biases–thatexclude people with disabilities from training needed for STEM fields [5
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- Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 4: Sociotechnical Integration
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- 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University
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- Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Engineering Graduate Students
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Eunsil Lee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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- Formation and Development of Engineers
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Carlos Luis Perez, Arizona State University; Sharona Krinsky, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles
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looking at how mastery learning shifts instructors’ beliefs about teaching practices and assessments.Sharona Krinsky, California State University, Los Angeles Sharona Krinsky is an instructor and course coordinator in the Mathematics department at California State University, Los Angeles and the co-PI of the NSF funded project ”Commitment to Learning Instilled by a Mastery-Based Undergraduate Program (CLIMB-UP). She works with faculty on redesigning courses to utilize the principles of mastery-based grading in order to enhance student success and enable increased equity, inclusion, and access to careers in STEM fields for students from historically underrepresented groups. Sharona is a founding organizer of ”The
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- Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michael James Deigert, P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cole C. McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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and collaboration will be needed to ensure continuity andcoverage.When the semester system starts in Fall 2026, the first-year students will complete their degreesentirely on the semester system. Those classes which entered in the Fall of 2023, 2024 and 2025will experience part of their academic careers under a mixture of quarters and semesters. Therewill need to be a transition program for each of these classes. With a commitment to not delayany student’s path to graduation and the implementation of well-crafted course substitutions thatalways favor the student, this can be achieved with minimum rancor. The good news is that theproblem only lasts for three years and simply needs to be endured.Conclusions
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- Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Brian Tang, Mission Technologies, division of HII
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. Cultural preparation is essential for any study abroad program. It's important for students to understand the culture, customs, and expectations of the place they are visiting. This can help avoid misunderstandings and cultural insensitivity. In addition, communicating with people from different cultures and languages is a valuable skill that can benefit students in many aspects of their lives. Learning how to appreciate and understand other cultures can help avoid misunderstandings and create more meaningful relationships. 2. This can also be applied to learning about different organizational cultures they may find themselves in during their careers. 3. Employability skills are also important for
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- Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Mohammad Javad Ahmadi
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$88 billion dollars’ worth of damages in the tumultuous period [1]. The United NationsHuman Refugee Agency estimates that over 1 million Iraqis are living in protracted situations andover 2 million remain internally displaced [2]. Yet, the nation has been on a steady path towardreclamation, reformation, and rebuilding of its historical, cultural, and social infrastructure [3].Education has an important role to play in supporting a country’s economic recovery after yearsof conflict and instability[4], a fact that is not lost to citizens of the republic [5]. Particularly, highereducation has a critical role in providing career development opportunities that translate intosuccessful integration in community development in both stable and
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- Student Mental Health and Communities of Care
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Katherine Robert, University of Denver; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines
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doctoral student who supervises her in her researchjob because he was patient answering her questions “I felt comfortable, it wasn't ever awkward, I neverfelt stupid for asking the questions”. In terms of her future career in academia, Creek explained that shewants a community of minds and practice. “We're setting up the work for future generations to finishwhat we started. It's supposed to be this huge exploration of life, and we're all in it together”. Creekexpressed in the final interview how she was surprised how much community and relationshipsmattered to her. She shared how she now understands that support networks were necessary to 11Dignity
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- Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6
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- 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Ravi C. Manimaran, Department Chair, Engineering Technology, Austin Peay State University; Ali Haider, Austin Peay State University
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ET in APSU offers ETAC of ABET accredited degree programs at the four-year bachelor's degree level. For people interested in gaining practical skills, this degree can bean ideal fit. With its focus on applications, it fits the person who has been in the workplace andnow needs a degree for advancement as well as others wanting a hands-on approach toengineering and technology [5]. The ET program prepares students for technical careers inmultiple concentrations (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and mechatronics) in a widerange of applications and provides leadership in developing solutions to industrial problems [6],[7], [8]. The primary method of instruction for courses in the various concentrations in the ETprograms is based on the