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Practice III: Multimedia Learning

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Faye Linda Wachs, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Juliana Lynn Fuqua, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Michael Pavel Ramirez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Laura Queiroz DaSilva, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ; Nguyen Nguyen; Cheyenne Romero, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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. Paul’s current research interests involve studying the impact of technology in engineering education.Dr. Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaMichael Pavel Ramirez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Undergraduate fourth year and graduating Cal Poly Pomona student studying Psychology and Physiology.Laura Queiroz DaSilva, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaMr. Nguyen NguyenMiss Cheyenne Romero, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Successfully flipping a fluid mechanics course using video tutorials and active learning strategies: Implementation and AssessmentAbstractThis paper investigates

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Practice I: Academic Success

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University

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and has resulted in many publications (see https://sites.google.com/view/chenderson). He is a Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Henderson is the senior editor for the journal ”Physical Review Physics Education Research” and has served on two National Academy of Sciences Committees: Under- graduate Physics Education Research and Implementation, and Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018A systematic literature review on improving success of UG woman engineering students in the USIntroduction Over the past three decades, women in the Unites States

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Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chi-Ning Chang, Texas A&M University; Courtney Lavadia, Texas A&M University; Douglas Allaire, Texas A&M University; Debra A Fowler, Texas A&M University; Raymundo Arróyave, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

,qualitative analyses may provide more detailed information on the quality of interdisciplinaryresearch conducted within this program. Further, qualitative analytical strategies would also beuseful for providing evidence regarding how each student’s prior experiences (e.g.,undergraduate training, prior work experience) and learning engagement in program activities(e.g., learning and writing communities) impact individual interdisciplinarity. Thus, furtherstudies are needed in order to best understand these processes within engineering doctoralstudents.AcknowledgementsFunding for this research was provided by the NSF NRT program (NSF-DGE-1545403).Data-Enabled Discovery and Design of Energy Materials, D3EM.References[1] C.H. Ward, and J.A. Warren

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Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A. Mattox Beckman Jr., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois; Nicole Johnson-Glauch

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Graduate Studies

campus, designed a new teaching and leadership program and successfully offered it as apilot course for three semesters. Desiring to prepare graduate students for careers in bothacademia and industry, this program aims to enhance the teaching skills of graduate teachingassistants (GTAs) while simultaneously augmenting their professional skills. The goal is to trainthe next generation of leaders who will possess technical and academic expertise as well ascritical skills such as communication, organization, and relationship building. The team used anintegrative approach to design and later modify the course. This paper describes this approach, aswell as the results of an investigation into whether the course impacted GTA perceptions ofteaching

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The BEST InDEED

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Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Lisa Marie Stabryla, University of Pittsburgh; Leanne M. Gilbertson, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

-training program through the NSF-funded Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network to gain the knowledge and skills to be an effective teacher and implement research-based best practices in different learning environments.Dr. Leanne M. Gilbertson, University of Pittsburgh c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Use of Active Learning and the Design Thinking Process to Drive Creative Sustainable Engineering Design SolutionsAbstractIn a Design for the Environment upper-level undergraduate engineering course, the designthinking process for creative problem solving as well as a host of in-class, active-learning designsessions were implemented, with

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Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

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John Y. Yoritomo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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identified by our team as having a significantwriting component. The second survey, hereafter referred to as the department survey, was givento faculty having key department administrative roles in every engineering department of theuniversity. Both surveys contained multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply, rate-on-a-scale, andshort-answer questions. The instructor survey consisted of four sections: i) participants’perceptions of writing within their discipline and expectations for their students after graduation,ii) instructional practices and assignment design related to writing, iii) participants’ perceptionsof challenges related to writing instruction, and iv) participants’ current best practices. Thesurvey contained 30 questions and took

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Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context

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Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

judgments and exercise ethical practices.With funding from the National Science Foundation’s Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEMprogram (Award 1540298), the research team has been integrating CSR content into targetedcourses in petroleum engineering, mining engineering, design, and the liberal arts at theColorado School of Mines, Marietta College, and Virginia Tech. As described in greater depthbelow, those modules range from single assignments and lectures to a course-long, scaffoldedcase study. The material for the modules draws from existing peer-reviewed literature as well asthe researchers’ ongoing ethnographic research with engineers who practice in the mining and oiland gas industries. One of the common findings from interviews and

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

; materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include: contemporary issues of engineering education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States in particular. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 How Engineering Design Learning May be Improved: Thoughts, Practices, and RecommendationsAbstract: Design is considered by most to be the central activity of engineering. Also, it isknown that engineering programs should graduate engineers who can design effectively to meetsocial and environmental needs. Though the role and perception of design across a wide range ofeducational institutions have improved markedly in recent years; however, both

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Computing Technology Applications-II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Antoni Gelonch-Bosch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Jeffrey Reed, Virginia Tech

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Computing and Information Technology

valuable addition tothe electrical engineering curriculum.We argue that the reasons behind the technical choices, their impact on the resource consumptionand the performance versus flexibility tradeoffs are relevant for cellular communicationsstandards education. Moreover, project management, team work, development of realisticexpectations and practical solutions are skills that are much demanded by industry in addition todomain-specific technical specialization. We therefore propose a methodology for teachingstandards that creates favorable conditions for developing those skills.The combination of lecture-centered education [2] with laboratory-centered approaches [3], [4],has been adopted in the engineering curriculum when the Conceive, Design

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Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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International, Minorities in Engineering

for posterity and toencourage engagement within other academic institutions and professional societies. Some of ourexamples and strategies can be scaled and adapted to address institutional or regional challengesor to increase awareness and engagement in other national societies. Outcomes seen throughinitiatives have resulted in increased connections with previously disenfranchised members tothe ASEE community, engagement across divisions, and expanded programming in support ofdiversity, equity, and inclusion practices.1. Importance of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionEngineers have a significant impact on society. Their actions shape future technology,infrastructure, and innovation. Improving workforce diversity has been shown to

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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Nicholas Barendt, Case Western Reserve University; Nigamanth Sridhar, Cleveland State University; Kenneth A. Loparo, Case Western Reserve University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

University.Dr. Kenneth A. Loparo, Case Western Reserve University Kenneth A. Loparo is the Nord Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and holds academic appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Case School of Engineering. He has received numerous awards including the Sigma Xi Research Award for contributions to stochastic control, the John S. Diekoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching, the Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Engineering and Science Pro- fessor Award, the Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Carl F. Wittke Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and the Srinivasa P. Gutti Memorial

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Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Nidaa Makki; Esther R. Wain-Weiss, Universtiy of Akron

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Graduate Studies

an hour. All of the doctoral students in cohort one were invited to participate andthey all agreed to be interviewed and audio recorded.The following questions guided the focus group interview: 1. Can you tell me about the impact the program had your preparation and interest for an academic career, with respect to your role as an engineering educator? 2. To what extent are you using the information learned about teaching engineering in your current practice? 3. How prepared do you feel in the teaching aspects of an academic career? 4. To what extent did this program support your job search efforts in relation to teaching engineering? 5. How would you describe a good engineering educator? 6. What were the best

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caitlin A. Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

), Washington, D.C., Boston, Modesto (Calif.), Hong Kong and Mel- bourne (Australia). In the fall of 2001, she was invited as the Lise Meitner Visiting Professor, department of design sciences, Lund Technical University, Lund, Sweden. Prior to teaching at WPI, she worked as a manufacturing engineer for the Norton Company in Worcester, Mass., and product development engineer for the Olin Corporation in East Alton, Ill. Professor Ault’s primary teaching responsibilities include undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in computer-aided design, mechanical design, and rehabilitation engineering. Her research interests include computer-aided mechanical design, geometric modeling, kinematics, machine design, rehabilitation engi

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Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

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Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, New York City College of Technology and the City University of New York; Diana Samaroo, New York City College of Technology and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Armando Dominguez Solis; Sandie Han, New York City College of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

. The NSF S-STEM Scholarship is an excellentprogram, and I would highly recommend it to any student.ConclusionThere are numerous ways to measure success in a particular program: retention, graduation,increased GPA. One metric that we have observed is the increase in undergraduate researchactivity. Undergraduate research, as considered by George Kuh, is a high impact practice, whichgives undergraduate students the skills needed in the workforce and supports STEM gains [19,20]. Practices such as this and others, integrated in our NSF S-STEM program, are proving to beeffective in retaining students in their respective degree majors through graduation. Students areengaged by the variety of seminars, speakers, workshops, field trips, one-to-one end

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Integrating Additive Manufacturing Practices in Education

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Donna Lynn Stallings

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Manufacturing

studentsparticipated in at least two different poster competitions (2017 Appalachian Energy summit, andMSIPP Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Annual CAM Scholar PosterCompetitors), utilizing the work learned at the summer camp. These competitions are usuallydesigned for undergraduate and graduate university students.More evaluation research utilizes mixed-methods approach employing both qualitative andquantitative data sources to determine the impact of the workshop on student learning. Mixedmethods designs are methodologically superior to simpler designs because of the ability toleverage the strengths of several different methods. Consistent data from both qualitative andquantitative methods increases the trust worthiness of

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Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzette R. Burckhard P.E., South Dakota State University; Joanita M. Kant, South Dakota State University; Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Ross Peder Abraham, South Dakota State University; Richard Reid P.E., South Dakota State University

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, ASMR, and several other professional societies. She is a certified distance education specialist and also practices and studies active learning techniques in engineering classrooms as well as the impact of climate on hydrology, water resources and related infrastructure.Dr. Joanita M. Kant, South Dakota State University Dr. Joanita Kant is a Research Scientist in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University (SDSU). She holds gradu- ate degrees from SDSU in geography and biological sciences with plant science specialization (M.S. and Ph.D., respectively). She has conducted research into heavy metals concentrations in plants and soils

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Practice I: Academic Success

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Cynthia Jane Wilson Orndoff Esq., Florida Southwestern State College; Elizabeth W. Schott, Florida Southwestern State College

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," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 27-39, 2003.[8] G. Zhang, T. J. Anderson, M. W. Ohland and B. R. Thorndyke, "Identifying Factors Influencing Engineering Student Graduation: A Longitudinal and Cross-Institutional Study," Journal of Eningeering Education, pp. 313-320, October 2044.[9] B. F. French, J. C. Immekus and W. C. Oakes, "An Examination of Indicators of Engineering Students' Success and Persistence," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 419-425, October 2005.[10] American Society for Engineering Education, "Going the distance in engineering education: Best practices and strategies for retaining engineering, engineering technology, and computing students.," 9 January 2018. [Online]. Available: Retrieved from http

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Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

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Emily Miller, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #22223Influences on Variability of Perceptions of Behavior on Student EngineeringProject TeamsEmily Miller, University of Virginia Emily Miller is a graduate student in Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. She has previously worked for the National Integrated Cyber Education and Research Center and as a researcher at the University of Virginia, Olin College of Engineering and Ohio State. Her research interests include motivation, expertise recognition, and teamwork.Prof. Reid Bailey, University of Virginia Reid Bailey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Systems and

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Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

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Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Olivia W. Murch, Purdue University ; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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addition to the ratings of team members on their behavior, CATME also allows for commentsabout team members and their peers to support the ratings. This provides both the relevance andaccountability that is called for in best practices in business and educational settings to enhanceteam performance and outcomes. This paper discusses the quality of peer feedback and how itinforms peer ratings in an educational setting.3. MethodsThe data for this analysis was taken from students enrolled in the second Introduction toEngineering (Engineering 2) course that used team-based learning assignments at a largeMidwestern university in the Spring of 2016. This course had 15 sections with a total of 427teams, each usually having four students. Team members

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Institutional Change

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Secules, University of Georgia; James John Bale Jr., University of Georgia ; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Transformations Institute (EETI) in the College of Engineering. The Engineering Education Transformations Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of engineering. Dr. Walther’s research group, the Collab- orative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic interdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research

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Career Development for Engineering Professionals

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S. Nelson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison

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’ research and practice, which informs howthey teach a project management course for experienced, practicing engineers as part of theMaster of Engineering Management (MEM) program [1] at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.This paper significantly updates and expands upon a paper presented to the ASEE EngineeringManagement Division at the ASEE 2016 Conference [2]. Key features of the subject program follow: Students • All students are practicing engineers, working full-time, as they pursue their graduate studies. All entering students must have at least two years of professional practice. At present, students average about eight years of preceding professional experience, with some having

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

thefindings from our research on LGBTQ in Engineering. This is done by various means such asdirect presentation of quantitative results, case studies about experiences of LGBTQ individualsin STEM, and activities exploring how STEM culture impacts LGBTQ individuals. Uponcompletion of Safe Zone training, graduates receive a Safe Zone sticker to display in theirworkplace. This simple symbol of LGBTQ alliance has been shown to benefit LGBTQ studentsand faculty in powerful and meaningful ways [24].Safe Zone workshops were first introduced at the ASEE Annual Conference in 2014 and offeredagain at the 2015 Annual Conference [31]. Through this project we redesigned the Safe Zoneworkshops for a STEM audience. Since 2016 we have offered multiple Safe Zone

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Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benedikt von Unold, Stanford University; Annette Isabel Böhmer, Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Nicolas Ledl, Stanford University; Udo Lindemann, Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design; George Toye, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school

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Engineering Education Graduate Research Consortium (EEGRC) Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Newley, American College of Education; Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Computer Science(CS) education. He is also interested in improving STEM+CS education for minorities. He has been volunteering in many education outreach programs including Science Fair and Robotics programs such as First Robotics competitions. Areas of research interest include engineering education, STEM+CS, and robotics in K-12 education. Kaya advocates his view that research, teaching and learning are best practiced as a unified enterprise that benefits students and society. He has received numerous teaching awards as well as grants for his research from several foundations. Kaya is an active member of AERA, ASEE, ASTE, NARST, NSTA, and CSTA, has presented at over 15 conferences

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Professional Development for Teachers and Counselors

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington; Jill Lynn Weber, Center for Research and Learning; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

students have participated in activities fromthe RET curriculum units. In this paper, we describe the design of the RET program, the programevaluation methods implemented by an external evaluator, and our evaluation findings. Wereport yearly evaluation findings as well as trends over the program’s six year history. Bysharing information on program design and longitudinal evaluation findings, RET programcoordinators at other sites may benefit from our lessons learned and the best practices we havedeveloped over the program’s history.Introduction The Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program is a model supported by severalNational Science Foundation directorates as a successful approach to teacher professionaldevelopment. The NSF’s

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., Newport News Public Schools; LaTricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

engineering design. The focus in the final year has been to ensure that research practices arecovered in more detail so that students are adequately prepared for the final summer researchexperience in a STEM faculty lab. At the conclusion of this program, we aim to explore thelongitudinal impact of the program on students’ decision to pursue STEM studies.References1. PCAST. 2012. Engage to excel: producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_2-25-12.pdf2. U.S. Census Bureau. 2008. An older and more diverse nation by midcentury. Retrieved from http

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Design Thinking and Creativity

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Barbara G. Ryder, Virginia Tech; Margaret O'Neil Ellis, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

, Virginia Tech My research interests include examining ways to improve engineering educational environments to facil- itate student success, especially among underrepresented groups. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Factors Influencing the Continued Interest in a Computer Science MajorAbstract: For this research paper, our study used a qualitative approach to better understandfactors that impact the retention of students in computer science majors and minors at VirginiaTech, a large research university, and whether there were differences by gender. With increasingindustry demand for graduates with computer science degrees, it is important

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Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther W. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Manish Kumar

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StudentsAbstract Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs have been shown to promotepositive outcomes such as increased interest in graduate school and STEM careers for theirparticipants. Research has also shown how graduate students benefit from mentoringundergraduate researchers—namely they receive instrumental research support, improveteaching skills, and develop socioemotionally. Less research, however, has investigated the waysin which graduate students mentor undergraduate REU participants, and how the mentoring rolemay impact the graduate students. To address this gap in the literature, the current studyexamines the way in which graduate students mentor, and the impact of the mentor role ongraduate students participating in a

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Research Methods

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Hixson, Rowan University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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design-based research, action research, and qualitative interviewing. We seek to explore thisconnection for multiple reasons. First, we find that both the lean and customer-centriccharacteristics of this approach are synonymous with engineering education’s iterative, adaptive,and user-centered forms of qualitative research. Second, we, like the National ScienceFoundation, predict these processes will have a positive impact on educational technologies,programs, courses (Chavela Guerra et al. 2014), and engineering education research. Lastly,while we are not the developers of Lean LaunchPad®/Customer Discovery process and have nofinancial stake in promoting it, our team is successfully using this approach and believe theinsights from this work are

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Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

program allows engineering students to spend an hour witheither the dean or a department head discussing what is engineering, how society benefits fromengineers, and what career options are available upon graduation. This is followed by two hoursparticipating in engineering courses. Faculty open their classrooms to the student prospects andengage them in the classroom environment. This is a sharp contrast to whatever the freshmanhost’s classes might have traditionally been engaged in (i.e., humanities, leadership, ROTC,physical education, etc.). There is minimal impact to programs to prepare for this activity.Faculty are simply contacted to ensure there will be minimal disruption to their class by havingguests observing. The goal of this activity