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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Rebecca Holcombe

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

mindsets and iteration guided data collection,analysis, and initial interpretation towards the development of three preliminary themes: 1) howstudents redefined failure as an opportunity to learn, and 2) how students reframe difficult tasksas challenging rather than risky, and 3) how the ability to iterate supported student agency. Inaddition, in these interviews, we explored how these preliminary themes related to the supportiveprogrammatic features that define this experimental program, and specifically, hands on, problembased learning and mastery assessment. Our discussion concludes with initial reflections on howexploratory findings in this pilot study can inform future programmatic decisions and directionsfor the larger research

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Sarah K. Bauer, Mercer University; Adaline M. Buerck, Mercer University; Hannah Nabi; Bremen Vance, Mercer University

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Diversity

learning in the classroom with real-world experiences in thecommunity. Studying abroad provides students with opportunities to learn how to navigatedifferent cultures, work with diverse peers, and gain new perspectives and global awareness. TheMercer on Mission (MOM) program at Mercer University in Macon, GA bridges service-learning with short-term, faculty-led study abroad opportunities to provide transformativeexperiences for students through academic instruction, cultural immersion, applied research,meaningful service, and personal reflection. In this study, the MOM program was evaluated forits impact on student participants. Program evaluation included a holistic assessment of theprogram. Research goals included evaluation of effectiveness in

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation, Globalization without Travel

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley J. Putman, Bucknell University; Khaled A. Al-Sahili, An-Najah National University; Abdelhaleem Khader, An-Najah National University; Alia Gilbrecht, An-Najah National University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

inequality, ignoring communityquestions and concerns, or failing to consider the consequences of communities when assessingprogram success [14]. The research tested CC with 150 students in two US universities through asurvey consisting of 46 items that capture systems of oppression in civil engineering throughthree indicators (Critical Reflection: Perceived Inequality; Critical Reflection: Egalitarianism;and Critical Action: Sociopolitical Perception). The study highlighted that such an instrumentcan also be used to assess ABET SOs 2 and 4.Baideme et al. conducted an evaluation on how group learning impacted the curriculum andcourses across junior- and senior-level environmental engineering courses at 14 institutions,considering ABET SO 5 which

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MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati; Iman Shayegani, University of Cincinnati; David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

further tested for student motivation in the future.Maalouf and Putzeys (2020) blended multiple interventions focusing on learning withtechnology and conducted a hybrid classroom before the pandemic lockdown. The paper waswell structured and used a very consistent standardized language and presented every aspect ofits work in detail explaining how they conducted their intervention and why. Their outcomeswere similar to Davishahl et al. (2022) in the sense that despite its results lacking significance,the students’ written and surveyed responses showed a preference for new changes incomparison to other previous traditional courses.Goldberg et al. (2015) conducted a practice-based intervention focused on student reflection andself-regulation

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marla Hilderbrand-Chae, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

only presented in English [7] and inaccurate assessment results that may artificiallylower GPAs [7], these factors generate a potential hardship and disadvantage in any STEM internshipapplication process.In attempts to remove these barriers, the traditional cover letter and resume application format were substitutedwith visual application requirements designed to reflect a candidates’ enthusiasm for STEM topics and aninsight into persistence and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, the PROPEL team created 1-2 min. videoswith host labs that relate the lab focus and the summer internship project. Applicants were asked to write a brief,250-word essay reflecting on a personal or academic challenge. This enabled the PROPEL applicationcommittee

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Blaine, University of Oregon; Nathan Jacobs, University of Oregon

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

by focusingon empathy and listening, exploring audience needs in a way that leads to sharply definedproblem statements. Through a process of divergent and convergent thinking, participants areasked to first generate lots of ideas and reflect on them with a group of peers, then narrow whatthey will write, say, or show, using quick sharing tools like storyboards or flow outlines andtesting both their messages and strategy. Then they give and receive critical feedback in realtime, allowing them to refine their approach and iterate through the process again until ready. Wefocus on practice for our trainees, emphasizing simple, memorable tools – the Elements – thatcan be applied at a variety of scales. A great illustration of this is a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

theclosing of the university campus and makerspace. When classes resumed in-person, themakerspace did not return to pre-pandemic student usage levels. As a result of this down-time inworking with students, both students and university staff had the opportunity to re-designsystems, including hiring. This forced pause and reflection, while not ideal, was an importantlesson learned to remind staff to re-evaluate existing systems. This shift resulted in a staff thatwas close to pre-pandemic gender parity levels at the time of interviews in 2022. One female-identifying student staff member described the this as “a good thing, In engineering, I have faceddiscrimination, of course, just being one of the minority women. I know in petroleumengineering, we're

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satchi Venkataraman, San Diego State University; Dustin B. Thoman, San Diego State University; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jose E Castillo, San Diego State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

reached.IDP module has been modified significantly over the last several years based on feedback fromearly participants and our own growth in understanding student’s needs and challenges innavigating an interdisciplinary program. In the early offerings of the course, we introduced whatan IDP is, why it is important and how to use it to assess progress and plan for the future.Students fill an IDP template with help and feedback from the course instructor (and sometimestheir research advisors). Student feedback and reflections showed that students struggled withthe IDP exercise.The current implementation of the course spends three to four lectures that building up themotivation for IDP development. The first lecture gives an overall view of the

Conference Session

Diverse Pathways: Exploring Inclusive Practices and Outreach in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra J McCall, Utah State University; Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University; Vanessa Tran, Utah State University; Agustina Dotta Ceriani, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

understanding of these students’ experiences. Todate, the research team has recruited and conducted Zoom interviews with 22 undergraduateengineering students from over 11 universities. The interviews consist of three major parts: 1)Students’ identity and impact on lives, 2) Engineering-related experiences, and 3) Reflection andGiving Back to the community. The details of the bigger project are described elsewhere [17]. 4We adopted narrative and discourse analysis techniques [18], [19] to construct narratives fromthe transcribed interviews. Constructed narratives centered around the final question of ourinterview protocol (i.e., “If you could tell

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Mary McVee

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

similardistricts.To accomplish the goal of including emergent bilingual students in engineering activities, we areemploying a design-based research approach with a participatory framework [3] to design,implement, and investigate a standards-aligned professional learning model for monolingualteachers. School leaders, principals, and teachers are working with the research team to co-construct and iterate a model of professional learning. This model introduces teaching toengineering design along with translanguaging (i.e., using all the linguistic resources in anylanguage that a student brings to the classroom within their engineering work). Our model alsoasks teachers to reflect on their language ideologies, or beliefs and conceptions of how languageis used in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Huff, Harding University; Amy L Brooks, University of Pittsburgh; Julianna R Beehn, Harding University; Olivia I Bell, Harding University; Chelsei Lasha Arnold, Harding University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research broadly focused on global issues related to sustainable waste management and plastic pollution. After earning her PhD 2021 from the University of Georgia, Amy developed skills in qualitative research methods in engineering education at Oregon State University. As part of this training, she used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine engineering faculty well-being and collaborated on the development of a reflective tool for researchers to build skills in semi- and unstructured interviewing. Building on her postdoctoral training, Amy aims to merge her methodological interests to pursue research questions in the nexus of engineering education, sustainable development, and resilient

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eunice Chow, WestEd; Linlin Li, WestEd; Nagarajan Akshay, University of California San Diego; Alec Barron, University of California, San Diego; Susan Yonezawa, University of California, San Diego; Victor Hugo Minces, University of California, San Diego

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

reflects the learning process [13], [14], [15]. Although the potential for STEMand music integration has long been recognized, the idea has been slow to become popular withmainstream audiences, such as school children in their classrooms. A previous experience by thisteam, supported by the National Science Foundation’s grant “Connecting STEM to Music andthe Physics of Sound Waves”, developed and implemented a set of activities geared towardsengaging underserved children in STEM through the connections with music. In it, members ofthis team visited 8th-grade classrooms and worked together with teachers, helping childrenexplore how physical objects and digital tools vibrate and create sound. The experience provedto greatly improve the children’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

indicate consistent use of digital Engineering Design ID Materials Process Log (EDPL) during implementation of 8th grade curricula, as suggested. Several teachers also observed using the EDPL with 6th and/or 7th grade classes as well. Teacher Interviews document teacher reflections on which stages of the EDP they Facilitation/Student found most challenging to facilitate. Challenges related to the Ideate and Engagement in Evaluate stages were most common. For example, Teacher 1 described Engineering Design students’ reluctance ideate and the challenge of facilitating iteration: Process “The biggest thing that they struggled with is the ideate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Joan Caserto, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

examining conceptual knowledge gains, affect, identity development, engineering judgment, and problem solving.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His lab’s design-based research focuses on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better reflect and prepare students for the reality of ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering practice. Their current projects include studying and designing classroom interventions around macroethical issues in aerospace engineering and the productive beginnings of

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Strategies II

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, SUNY Buffalo State University; Jill Singer; Jikai Du, SUNY Buffalo State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

serves as a learning tool forstudents, helping them to become more aware of their academic and professional strengths andweaknesses while supporting their efforts to identify strategies for expanding their knowledgeand improving their metacognitive skills.The method comprises several variants that reflect different educational settings. Currently, themethod includes EvaluateUR, EvaluateUR-CURE, and Evaluate-Compete(https://serc.carleton.edu/evaluateur). EvaluateUR, the initial variant of the method, wasdeveloped at SUNY Buffalo State University to provide feedback about student learningoutcomes from a summer research program with students conducting 8-10 weeks of independentresearch with mentoring provided by faculty. For more details about the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 19

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Behbood Ben Zoghi P.E., Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

faculty and industry 100 sponsor) Project Charter 100 *Should be signed by your industry sponsor as commitment of resources toward your project and authorization of work. Methodology 150 Submit PowerPoint slides for Project Plan to Communication professor n/a Project Plan Presentation (Capstone & Communication faculty and industry 100 sponsor) Project Plan 200 Midterm Reflection 50 TOTAL TCMT631. Capstone I

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler George Harvey, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

of a shortanswer question in which students succinctly describe their post-graduation plans, a freeresponse question which asks students to reflect on their personal strategic focus as a member ofthe BME community, and a copy of their professional résumé at the time they were enrolled inthe course.To date, we have collected over 1000 individual student assignments between both courses andare currently in the process of pairing them so the same students can be tracked across the twotime points. In addition to the students’ assignments, we are also collecting information about thefirst position students attained post-graduation, if available, from public sources such asLinkedIn or the alumni directory. Once data from all three time points is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy B Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Faculty Communities Exploring Data and Sharing Their StoriesMotivation and Project OverviewThis NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE: EHR) Institutional andCommunity Transformation (ICT) capacity-building project is designed to support faculty tocollaboratively explore questions on student learning and success in introductory and gatewayundergraduate STEM courses, such as early engineering courses as well as prerequisite math andscience courses. The project is motivating faculty to consider evidence-based teaching strategiesby including them as co-designers of learning analytics tools and storytellers inspired by the dataand their reflections. Learning analytics uses data about learners and learning to draw

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emily Fitzpatrick; Jessica Deters

Conference Table 2. Round 2 Piloting Process Note Change The protocol did not spark much reflection among A question was added: “If you could ask your future the participants. self who has already completed the course a question about Statics, what would you ask?” Participant 3 mentioned their anxiety about the Additional questions were added to the section on course and its anticipated challenges. well-being and outside commitments. When asking participants about their engineering The question was moved to an earlier section. story

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Jacquelyn D. Wiersma-Mosely; Ranil Wickramasinghe

community. The multi-tiered mentoring community provided them access topeer, graduate student and faculty mentors the students could seek out for representation,guidance and encouragement throughout the program. A presurvey indicated that the students didnot feel confident in their technical skills coming into the program, and a survey following theirinternship experience reflected a significant increase in their perception of their skills. Freeresponse question answers highlighted the program’s value to the students related toskills/experiences they obtained and their knowledge of biotechnology careers. Overall, thedesign of the program successfully provided community college students with a foundation topursue a STEM degree as well as a pathway

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2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Bobby Hodgkinson

effectivenessin streamlining grading and reducing the time required for grade finalization.Future WorkThe paper concludes with a reflection on the potential of these AI tools to contribute to theongoing discourse on peer assessment and grading in educational settings. While the study is inits preliminary stages, it opens up avenues for further exploration and enhancement of thefindings. Future work will focus on examining discrepancies between student-provided reviewsand sentiment analysis output, the impact of modified peer feedback on student performance, andquantifying the efficiency gains achieved by using AI-highlighted reports. The paper underscoresthe promising role of AI in augmenting human input, transforming educational practices, andenhancing

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa M. Simonik, State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad E. Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

semester by goingthrough this process and to provide a thoughtful conclusion on how this exercise can help themin the future. Reports were reviewed from four engineering communications sections, eachtaught by a different instructor, from the Fall 2023 semester for a total of 89 reports. Notes weretaken on anything that students indicated to be useful about the assignment, including things theylearned, applied, reflected on, etc.The secondary aims of the study will be addressed using quantitative data collected from first-year engineering students enrolled in the engineering communication course at *university*during the Fall 2021, Fall 2022, and Fall 2023 semesters. Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 gradesfrom the Teamwork Report assignment will be

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Mr. Burns' Brainchild: AI in the Springfield STEM Classroom, Release the Hounds!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Shailja, University of California, Santa Barbara; Satish Kumar, University of California, Santa Barbara; Arthur Caetano, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ayush Pandey, University of California, Merced

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

research projects. We also explorewhether a dual advising structure with a research mentor and a communication teaching assistantenhances student’s self-efficacy in computing. For both of these questions, we define key variablesto quantify student mastery and their computational thinking using qualitative student feedbackand student reflection using GPT-3. We provide a reproducible blueprint for using large languagemodels in this task to assess student learning in other contexts as well. We also correlate our resultswith a pre- and post-course Likert survey to find significant factors that affect student self-efficacyand belonging in AI.With our course design and dual advising mentoring model, we find that students showed a sig-nificant

Conference Session

Krusty's Creations: Robotics and Electronics in Springfield STEAM, Hey Hey!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Henry Philipp P.E., Ed.S., Pittsburg State University; Randy Winzer, Pittsburg State University; Byron Keith McKay

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

underscores the program's commitment to advancing STEAMeducation by empowering educators to inspire the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers in their classrooms and communities.Mobile Roadshow InitiativeThe AIR Program at Pittsburg State University is pioneering a mobile roadshow initiative toenhance access to its transformative workshops. Recognizing barriers to STEAM education, theprogram aims to bring robotics opportunities directly to underserved communities [3].This initiative offers condensed versions of the Summer Youth Workshops in a portable format,making STEAM learning more accessible to communities facing resource limitations orlogistical challenges. Beta-tested in October 2022, the roadshow concept reflects the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Kassim M. Tarhini P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

project, anticipated capstone specific products and deliverables, design and testingapproaches, timelines, and plans for demonstrating each of the ABET Student Outcomes. EPICScourse standard assessment practices applied to capstone projects include notebook documentationof work and accomplishments, weekly and summative reflections, design review presentations,transition documents, and peer evaluations. The notebook is filled with data on all the project-related activities the students are actively involved in, often with links to specific work artifacts,explanations of them, and concise narratives explaining the student's specific individualcontribution to them. The weekly and summative semester reflections ask students to write brieflyabout

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University; Chrystal S Johnson; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

. Engineering Design Process.PATHWAYS are thematically based curricular units reflecting categories of injustices that havegreat impact at the individual and community level which can also be connected to each other tohighlight systemic consequences. There are five PATHWAYS: Health, Traffic & Transportation,Economics, Gentrification, and Environment. The PATHWAYS have historical roots and policydecisions intended to sustain inequities which led to engineering artifacts that continue to haveimpact on students and communities today. One such example is the evolution of transportationsystems across the nation. The gentrification PATHWAY highlights a phenomenon that is a rippleeffect of redlining, which has connections to housing, schools, pollution

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Cory Budischak, Temple University; Shawn Fagan, Temple University

employ a qualitative methodology calledInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), which allows for a detailed exploration of theparticipants' experiences. This method involves organizing and preparing the data, reducing it to keythemes, and interpreting it through discussions and visual representations which is a similar analyticalapproach commonly found in qualitative research [14]. The data analysis will follow a structured process:managing and organizing the data, reading, and noting emerging ideas, describing and classifying themes,developing interpretations, and visualizing the data. In addition to IPA, the research methods will includecertain aspects of reflective lifeworld research [15]. The research will address the following

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Taylor Ashley Dotto, University of Michigan; Joseph Gilbert Restivo, University of Michigan; Christina Said, University of Michigan; Rinrada Watchara, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Elaine C Wisniewski, University of Michigan; Xiaoxia Nina Lin, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

completion of the activity and/or demo. • Completing focus groups with students not in the design group to see if their activity is pedagogically beneficial. • Developing protocols for implementation of the activity and/or demo for faculty and graduate students to teach in their classes.All teams presented their final prototype via poster and a demonstration at the College ofEngineering’s capstone design symposium as well as a final oral presentation in class.Student Authors’ ReflectionsOur team was brought together in our senior Chemical Product Design course. We were joinedby our collective interest in creating a product related to undergraduate chemical engineeringacademia. During initial brainstorming, we reflected on our

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tugba Ozdemir, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jillian Irene Linder, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Erdal Şenocak, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

reflections areshown in Figure 5 with the list of questions in the table below. Based on the survey students'confidence in being a tissue engineer averaged 4.15 ± 0.38. Also, students’ confidence in designinga tissue engineering bioreactor averaged 4.15 ± 0.80. Students' confidence in using the maker spaceand their tools in other projects, like a capstone or senior design project, averaged 4.77 ± 0.44. Thenext question surveyed students' opinions about themselves being good at engineering andaveraged 4.0 ± 0.82. When we asked students about their confidence in applying their theoreticalknowledge in tissue engineering the responses averaged 4.23 ± 0.44. Next, we asked about theirability to work in a team to accomplish a goal, the results averaged 4.77

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C Cooper, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

Collegesand Employers (NACE) Career Competencies framework into engineering courses. More thanthree quarters of engineering students are seeking career advancement or career changes withengineering degrees. The integration of NACE Career Competencies helps translate ABETstudent outcomes into practicable career readiness strategies. The courses used projects andguided reflection students to practice eight career competencies: Career and Self Development,Communication, Critical Thinking, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, Professionalism,Teamwork, and Technology. Preliminary observations from student reflections and advisinginterviews suggest students are intrinsically motivated to connect course exercises to careercompetencies. This study provides a