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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr., Oklahoma Baptist University; Christopher T. Jones; Jeffrey Anderson; Larinee Dennis; Steve Fendley

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

between industry and academia becausemost engineering students go to work in industry [11]. The report calls for the reinvention ofengineering education. Russell Rhinehart (2014) writes, “After 13 years in industry and 28 inacademia, I have concluded that neither the academic perception of excellence nor the tasksstudents are required to complete align with the perceptions and tasks that lead to success inindustry” [12]. While many shortcomings have been cited, this paper will focus on the followingdeficiencies: too theoretical, weak on soft skills, and not enough focus on innovation. They areconsidered next including how they will be addressed in the new engineering program.Too TheoreticalSome refer to academia as the ivory tower because of the

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Okere, University of Cincinnati; Chris Souder, M.S.

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 3: Projects and Student Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico; Alfred Schademan, California State University, Chico

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

students the opportunityto practice communication and team working skills. ABET requires soft (professional) skillssuch as “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” [criteria 3 (5)] and “an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences”[criteria 3 (3)], to be assessed once during the curriculum [5]. However, engineering graduatesfrequently face the challenge of acquiring or perfecting these skills in their first year ofemployment. Consequently, to prepare students to compete in a highly competitive job market,engineering programs must incorporate critical thinking and soft-skills training

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Work in Progress Papers in ECE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M Pavlina Ph.D., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; William Spencer Darby, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Parker D. Landon, Boston University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

introduced into the curriculum in the form of a semester long project. QFT engagesstudents to develop their own personalized questions for research as opposed to classes that relyon the instructor simply assigning questions or topics for research. QTF focuses on the studentsdeveloping an essential – yet often overlooked – lifelong learning skill of asking and creatinggood questions. The goals of this proposal are to generate curiosity and elicit connections forstudents on subjects they may have less exposure in and further develop students' soft skills. Theproject consisted of five prompts periodically spread out over the course in the form of an in-class activity. The students formed groups of 3-5 and generated questions that would then turninto an

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 2: Community Retrospectives

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Nichole Ingram, University of Kentucky; Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

.1-4 Proposed changes include discussion ofnew technology such as computer science or green chemistry or soft skills like professionalismwhich were not part of the curriculum 20 years ago. However, the same level of action is notseen in the articles regarding the graduate curriculum. There are limited papers on the integrationof new ideas into the graduate curriculum, and only one paper describing the course curriculumacross the US.1, 5-7 The study by David Kauffman attempts to capture the number of schools inthe US which require/suggest the core chemical engineering classes at the graduate level in2002.7 In the nearly 20 years since this paper was published, the research on graduate studiescurriculum in engineering has been lacking. This

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Caratozzolo, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Luis Alberto Mejía-Manzano, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Rebeca Maria Garcia; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Patricia Vázquez-Villegas, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Edgar Omar Lopez-Caudana; Jorge Membrillo-Hernández, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

communication, critical thinking, global citizenship, multicultural collaboration,adaptation to virtual work environments, and the use of technologies. The results show thatGSLC instructors must possess solid knowledge of their specialization and be trained inspecific global competencies and soft skills for COIL experiences to succeed.Keywords: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Challenge-Based Learning,Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), Global Shared Learning Classroom(GSLC).IntroductionInvolving education for global citizenship is defined by UNESCO as the "empowerment ofstudents to assume active roles, locally and globally, to build more peaceful, tolerant,inclusive and secure societies" [1]. This vision includes the cognitive

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Experiential Learning and Professional Skills and Competencies: Attainment, Assessment, and Evaluation.

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Buten, University of Michigan; Jack Boomer Perry, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

Perceptions of Engineering Service Experiences as a Source of Learning Technical and Professional Skills. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 8(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v8i1.4545Chaibate, H., Hadek, A., Ajana, S., Bakkali, S., & Faraj, K. (2019). A Comparative Study of the Engineering Soft Skills Required by Moroccan Job Market. International Journal of Higher Education, 9(1), 142. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v9n1p142Fisher, D. R., Bagiati, A., & Sarma, S. (2017). Developing Professional Skills in Undergraduate Engineering Students Through Cocurricular Involvement. Journal of Student Affairs Research

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Markeya S. Peteranetz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Clarence Waters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

the topic of their project intheir response. Conversely, of the alumni that identified the individual graduate project to beamong the most important experiences, respondents tended to highlight non-topic related reasons(e.g., allowed in-depth consideration of a technical concept, independent investigation,development of written communication skills).Non-Alumni Response ItemsMany non-alumni named “soft skills” like communication, teamwork, and willingness to workand learn as being important when hiring recent graduates, as well as industry-relevantexperience such as internships. Software proficiency in building information modeling (BIM)software or other discipline-specific design tools were also noted.Non-alumni participants were also asked

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Mosley, The Pennsylvania State University, Academic Adviser, Engineering Advising Center; Kellie Scofield; Jennifer Saltsgiver, The Pennsylvania State University Engineering Advising Center within the College of Engineering; Christine B. Masters, The Pennsylvania State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

participates in a one-credit class, ENGR 291. Learningobjectives for the course include: • Articulate different definitions and related sub-themes that could comprise peer advising, peer mentoring, interpersonal communication, and leadership soft skills. • Evaluate current level of development in soft skills and develop a plan for future reflection, evaluation, and adjustment to said skills. • Demonstrate effectiveness as an Engineering Peer Advising Leader and build confidence in providing advising assistance to engineering students. • Articulate familiarity with different resources and involvement opportunities in the College of Engineering and campus-wide opportunities and

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Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

confirmed these results,including “Hard Evidence on Soft Skills” (Heckman and Kautz, 2012), which uses rigorouseconomic analysis to conclusively demonstrate that “personality traits, goals, motivations, andpreferences. . . .predict success in life [and] causally produce that success” (p. i). A studyconducted at Harvard in 2016 yielded similar results: 85% of job success was attributed topersonality traits with only 15% of success depending on technical capability [Torun, 2018, p.6299]. Mann acknowledges that “personal traits like integrity, initiative, and common sensecannot be taught didactically like the rule of three [but argues that] it is no less obvious that thegrowth of these essential characteristics in students may be either fostered and

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Reviewing Emergent Topics and Theory in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Cao, Virginia Tech; Qin Zhu, Virginia Tech; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Impact of EC2000,” p. 12, 2014.[7] J. A. Shaeiwitz, “Outcomes Assessment in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 239–246, Jul. 1996, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1996.tb00239.x.[8] J. Lucena, G. Downey, B. Jesiek, and S. Elber, “Competencies Beyond Countries: The Re- Organization of Engineering Education in the United States, Europe, and Latin America,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 433–447, Oct. 2008, doi: 10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2008.tb00991.x.[9] C. Del Vitto, “Cross-Cultural ‘Soft Skills’ and the Global Engineer: Corporate Best Practices and Trainer Methodologies,” Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, vol. 3, no. 1, Feb. 2008

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Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ezequiel Aleman, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Ethan Paul Ruchotzke; Michael Brown, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

, we were only planning to engage students in simple linear conditionals, but students pushed themechanics of Bitsy beyond our expectations and created cyclical game loops (returning to game levelsmultiple times). In addition to mechanical skills, students were also introduced to “soft skills” through thedesign/feedback/iteration process we integrated into the workshop, which also adhered to a standard (CSTA2-IC-22; [8]).Workshop Design The workshop, entitled "Designing Games for Change" leverages the user-friendly game engine,Bitsy, to make computer science accessible to students with no prior programming experience. The gamescreated in Bitsy have a pixel-art style, with a limited color palette and small resolution, and provide youth

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renukadevi Selvaraj, The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Chennai, India

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Pedagogy and Psychology, Training Technology, Instruction Design, Soft Skills, Gender Studies, Student Guidance and Counselling, Mentoring, Emotional Intel- ligence, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Yoga, Mudras and Healing techniques. She has Coordinated more than 250 short term and overseas programmes. She Coordinated the M.Tech(HRD) programme of the Institute. She has trained more than 300 international teachers and administrators. She is Offering a course on MHRD SWAYAM Platform, covering 19,500 learners in 4 batches. She has Completed 5 doctoral Dissertations in Engineering Education. She has guided M.Tech (HRD), MCA and Overseas Trainees’ Projects. She has published around 30 papers in Journals and presented sev

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Miriam Kanini Peter

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

professional skills instruction across theengineering curricula. Without the commitment of the administration to integrated instruction inprofessional skills, efforts will remain little more than additional instruction tacked onto aprimarily technical curriculum. Truly integrating professional skills in the curricula requires theentire faculty’s collaboration. 13 References1. Merry, P. (2016). Changing education: Why we need more focus on ‘soft’ skills. Government Technology Magazine. Retrieved from: http://www.govtech.com2. The Foundation for Young Australians. (2017). The new basics: Big data

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc

Assessments. The collaborative work between the authors, two-engineering faculty andone educational faculty, proved the benefits of PBL applied to a different core course, especiallythe improvement of the students’ technical content and engineering skills (Cioc et.al. 2022,2022). Like earlier work by the same authors, a 75–question survey was given at the beginningand end of the semester to test the improvements in those engineering soft skills, includingentrepreneurial skills, communication, collaboration, and teamwork. Responses were based on afive-point rating scale: 1=strongly disagree; 2=agree; 3=neither agree nor disagree; 4=agree;5=strongly agree. Paired two-tailed t tests were performed to assess pre-course and post-coursedifferences.In

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Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Roy Thackeray, Utah Valley University ; Susan L. Thackeray, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

tohave" soft skills. Most organizations now consider communication, both verbal and written, andteam working skills a requirement [8]. Recent college graduates can expect employment Software Engineering Division (SWED)interviews that will include probes on collaboration and communication skill sets that go beyondsmall classroom group efforts.Curriculum ChallengesWhile this demand is apparent, most academia still operates within the constraints of the functionalsilo of the classroom. Project design and development are often products of a formalized courseassignment. The constraints are time based (Semester) and often scoped to the members of theclass. Functional specifications gathering, operations management, logistics cross department(Marketing

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University; Bijandra Kumar

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

for skilled workers across a range of energy sectors because ofretirements, infrastructure growth, and changing energy technologies [1]. Science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and a diversified workforce are the essentialbuilding blocks to accomplishing the U.S. Department of Energy's mission. Further, theConsumer Energy Alliance has indicated, STEM education is a must for the next generation ofenergy workers as a STEM bachelor's degree nearly doubles the likelihood of working in theenergy industry. Currently, the energy industry is facing three key workforce challenges: (i)technical and soft skills gap, (ii) lack of awareness of job opportunities, and (iii)underrepresentation of minorities and women. The adoption

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joie Marhefka, The Pennsylvania State University; Dalynn D. Park; Laura E. Cruz, The Pennylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

]. Student learning and development during theinternship experience occurs in the professional, academic, personal, and civic domains and caninclude knowledge, skills, and attitudes/values in each domain [1]. Specific examples of waysstudents benefit from internships include improving technical and soft skills, gaining confidenceand an understanding of how the industry works, getting opportunities to interact withprofessionals, and acquiring real world experience [2]–[4], [6], [8]. Much of the existingresearch focuses on these benefits to students, while attention to other aspects of buildingeffective, reciprocal internship practices is more limited.Benefits of InternshipsThere are few studies, for example, that focus on the benefits of the

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Lego, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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

, ethics, and respect that directly impact their future successwithin their careers [13]. In fact, there is a growing awareness that, in addition to application oftechnical knowledge, capstone courses’ primary efficacy is their role in allowing students tohone and practice teamwork skills while simultaneously fostering proficiency in other non-technical areas like independent learning and critical thinking [14]-[15]. In a 2021 studysurveying 489 companies who employed engineers, Hirudayaraj et. al. [16] found that, of 26“soft” skills linked to career success, industry firms rated entry level engineers as beingproficient in only two of them (“global and cultural awareness” and “social responsibility”). In

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothiax Shoushounova, Keiser University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

increasingly are expected to teach students and improve theirabilities in the so-called “soft-skills” in engineering: communication, teamwork, and groupproblem solving. However, it is clear that simply placing students into teams may havedetrimental results on student learning - both content and team skills. By forming effective teamsearly in the career of students and teaching them how effective teams work, we conjecture thatthe students will be better able to function in less-well-formed teams later in their education.Team management skills and knowledge can be internalized over several years, thus trulypreparing the students for future career success. Thus, we need some structured guidance toknow first how to form highly functioning teams and

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Disciplinary Engineering Education Research – Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mackinley Love, University of Calgary; Philip Egberts, University of Calgary; Joanna Wong, University of Calgary; Miriam Nightingale, University of Calgary

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

select responses, it can be seen that students value the industry knowledge andskills imparted by laboratories as well as soft skills: “The last lab that was done for the coursewas counting grains. This was a very important concept throughout the entire course”; “I dobelieve experience with different hardness and tensile tests are important, however I do not knowhow important these skills will be in industry as opposed to research”; “I think all labs inuniversity create better soft skills in group work”; “I believe working in group projects is a veryimportant skill to know.” Besides confirming one of the initial motivations for this study, thatlaboratories should include more industry-relevant learning, this also indicates that time spent

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janece Shaffer

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

understanding different perspectives, build connectionsbetween their ideas and those of their teammates, and can more effectively create value through adeeper understanding of how individual and community values shape the human experience.Despite its recognized importance [42], teamwork skills (and other inter- and intrapersonal skills)are often relegated to the realm of “soft skills,” considered separate from “technical” engineeringskills, and potentially neglected in favor of more “rigorous” content [43]. Similarly, the role thatreflection and internalization play in skill and mindset development is often undervalued inengineering [44] despite engineering education’s increasing study of their value [45]–[47]. SDLencourages students to engage in

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session #6: World-class STEM Leader

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Cartuche; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International Division (INTL)

States. [3][4]-[5]. This is understandable, given that engineering is a globalprofession [6] and culture can affect how we learn, work, and communicate with others.There is a growing body of engineering education research that focuses onunderstanding engineering culture. Although culture is a complex phenomenon [7]-[8],understanding aspects of it, especially at the disciplinary level, is important for findingways to improve engineering education in general.Understanding how engineering students form their identity as professionals help us todevelop pedagogies that enable students to become successful professional engineerswithin their field, enhancing important soft skills such as teamwork, creativity,problem-solving, and adaptive experiences [3

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Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 1: Program-level innovations in design, delivery, and assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laramie Vance Potts, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Huiran Jin, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mohammad Rabie

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Analyst tool without errors to analyze messyGIS data. Of course, a summative assessment will not include the “no evidence” category.Industry places a high value on soft skills for engineering graduates [20]. Communication, inparticular, is important for organizational behavior, strategic decision making, and supervisingall factors of project management. Communication skills are vital for EM and ET graduates whowill interact with diverse groups of professionals, technicians, contractors, and general workers.Seminal reports, based on recommendations by educators, professionals, scientists, and incollaboration with students, have called for undergraduate curricula to engage students more incommunication as a professional. Unfortunately, not much

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ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

answering the question “Are new graduates and rising professionals with an undergraduate degree adequately prepared when entering the [structural engineering] workforce?,” 72% of practitioners replied no, which is related to both technical skills and “soft skills” (e.g., technical communication). A list of additional “soft skills” noted by practitioners in the 2021 survey [7] included communication, creativity, flexibility, leadership, public speaking, and engineering teamwork. ● In the 2021 survey [7], practitioners were also asked to rate the importance of the additional courses/topics shown below, which were identified and listed by the BEC. The five most important additional topics identified by practitioners are

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Preethi Chandran, Howard University; Arlene P Maclin; John Harkless; Courtney J. Robinson, Howard University; Hassan Salmani; Sonya T Smith, Howard University; Gloria Washington, Howard University; Hessam Yazdani, University of Missouri

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Diversity

, and attaining summer internships. The learned bestpractices that emerged and were exercised in the project are presented.KeywordsUndergraduate Research Experience, Mentoring, STEM, InternshipIntroductionUndergraduate research experiences (UREs) are mentored co-curricular research opportunities widelyrecognized for having high educational impacts on improving persistence in science and enhancingacademic performance [1-4]. UREs are associated with positive outcomes such as learning research andtechnical skills, learning soft skills such as teamwork, communication, and presentation, boostingconfidence, heightened interest in the pursuit of a graduate degree, choosing careers in science, engineering,technology, and mathematics (STEM), and

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luiz A. DaSilva, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Liza Wilson Durant, George Mason University; Jordan Mason; Sarah Hayes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

their professionalnetworks, and improve soft skills such as time management and teamwork [7]. It is clear thatemployers recognize those benefits: a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges andEmployers shows a projected 22.6% increase in interns hired in 2022, by far the highest increasein at least a decade [8].Our work focuses on experiential learning in cybersecurity, a field that is experiencing rapidexpansion in the labor market and shortages of qualified professionals. Between 2013 and 2021,the number of open cybersecurity positions worldwide increased from 1 million to 3.5 million[9]. This demand for professionals is not being met: in the U.S. it is estimated that there are onlyenough qualified applicants to fill 68% of the

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary V. Villani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Lisa Cullington, National University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

responses (29%, 9/31)included gaining more knowledge. Such answers included statements like: “I hope to gain abetter idea of possibilities after undergrad,” “I am hoping to gain more knowledge” and “I hopeto gain a lot of insight of other women’s career paths and how they reached their goals.”What Students Gleaned from Attending ConferenceTable 4 below shows responses from attendees on what they gained from attending theconference in post-conference survey. Students rated gaining soft skills in sessions focused onareas outside of technology and on burnout/mental health in the industry/academia morefavorably. While 62% (18/29) indicated that they strongly agreed they learned from industryleaders, only 24% (7/29) strongly agreed that they gained

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Computer Science Education and AI research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayesha Johnson, University of South Florida, College of Nursing; Zachariah J Beasley P.E., University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

pairs in a more data-driven manner can help to mitigate issues, no method will be fail-safe. In fact, there is significant benefit to an instructor taking time to coach students in conflicton how to communicate and resolve issues such as scheduling, flexibility, setting and meetinggoals, and accountability. Doing so allows students to raise their EQ (emotional intelligence) andto prepare to handle the inevitable workplace or social conflict. In the experience of the courseinstructor, it is not always advisable to immediately switch pairs or split a pair when a conflict isfirst identified, especially if re-assignment may affect other pairs. Instead, effort should be madeto allow students to develop these soft skills before more drastic measures

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Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lara K. Schubert, UCLA; Cal State Los Angeles; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

WorkIntroductionAs articulated in the call for papers on the minoritization processes in engineering education,minoritization can stem from the “discriminatory disciplinary chauvinism such as thecategorization of ‘rigor’ or ‘soft skills.’” This sort of chauvinism, marked by what counts asknowledge and what types of work and expertise count for advancement, is also made visiblethrough study of an effort to make engineering fields more diverse and socially responsible. Ihave observed how the hierarchy of knowledges within structural engineering affects the effortsof an initiative within structural engineering called SE3, Structural Engineering, Engagement andEquity. This paper shows through spotlighting SE3 specifically how the hierarchy of types ofknowledge