Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

an S-STEM team member for an end-of-semesterone-to-one meeting to discuss their current academic status along with their graduate school orprofessional career goals.Mentoring also plays a crucial role for women and minority students who are significantly under-represented in academia, particularly in STEM fields [15]. When asked about the key factors inrecruiting and retaining women to careers in the trades and STEM fields, Donna Milgram [16],the executive director of the Institute for Women in Trades Technology and Science (IWITTS)identified the paucity of female role models and female mentors in STEM careers. In line withher impressions, some of our activities have been explicitly aimed to encourage and supportfemale students, such as

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Graduate Studies Potpourri

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

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Graduate Studies

into academia from the workforce. They often have less recent experience withadvanced mathematics curriculum [11], have different work style preferences than their youngerpeers [12], and may be more likely to have significant family responsibilities like care forchildren or aging parents that make balancing their academic and personal commitments morechallenging [13], [14].Our team’s earlier research used Eccles’ Expectancy Value Theory (EVT) to explore the factorsthat might influence returning and direct-pathway students’ decisions to enroll and persist inengineering doctoral programs [7]. Expectancy-value theory suggests that individuals’achievement related choices are motivated by their expectations of success (or competencebeliefs) given a

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ChemE Curriculum: Junior, Senior, and Graduate

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney

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Chemical Engineering

ethics (50%) and broader impacts (46%). Graduate student ESI education wasperceived to be even weaker; 76% rated ethics education insufficient and 74% rated broaderimpacts education insufficient. At the median, chemical engineering faculty identified threedifferent types of courses where they believed undergraduate students in their program learnedabout ESI, most commonly capstone design (72%). Over half of the chemical engineeringinstructors reported teaching safety, professional practice issues, engineering decisions underuncertainty, environmental protection issues, sustainability, ethical failures, and the societalimpacts of technology in their courses. The survey and follow-up interviews with three chemicalengineering faculty members

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also received her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr. Ivy served as the 2007 Chair (President) of the INFORMS Health Applications Society and is a past President for the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum. Her research interests are mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, and humanitarian logistics.Dr. Cara

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

challenge will be integrating ethics in all programs andreaching all engineering students [15]. However, achieving this end will require overcoming“resistance from students, scientific educators, school directors and from the professionitself or sometimes from employers” [15, p. 300]. In the United States, 80% of engineeringstudents graduate from programs that do not require an ethics course [7]. Althoughchallenges in engineering ethics education have been well documented, the literature mainlycomes from the observational and anecdotal perspective of few educators. This researchattempts to better synthesize and characterize the challenges that faculty have encounteredand how they have overcome them so that lessons can be extracted from their

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Pennsylvania State University; Eduardo Mendieta; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

workshops, in which the BE faculty and ourproject team explored frameworks of ethical reasoning, pedagogy for ethics education,and ethics-related learning objectives. These engagement activities resulted in a list of 11ethics related learning objectives agreed upon by the BE faculty; these learning objectivesformed the basis of an ethics-across-the-curriculum experience for BE students. Informed by the interview findings and the list of ethics learning objectives, theauthors continue to work with a team of BE instructors to develop appropriate coursecontents, instructional materials, and delivery methods in four successive courses thatspread across the junior and senior years of the BE curriculum. The design,implementation, and assessment of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Sarah Morton; Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Julie A. Kmec, Washington State University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

experiences, implications, or effects of a phenomenon across settings [21], we will gleangreater understanding of women’s curricular and career decision-making process.In each country, we conducted focus groups with each of our EUAs—undergraduate students,faculty members, and PEs—in the three country sites. In this particular paper, we explore thepatterns of career decision-making within and across two EUA (faculty vs. PEs) in the Malaysiancontext. Focus groups were chosen to illuminate the social and psychological mechanismsunderlying women’s educational and work choices and any perceived structural constraints andopportunities shaping those choices. The study of women in multiple sectors of the workforceallows us to gain greater insight into

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Simmons’ research is supported by awards from NSF, including a CAREER award. She oversees the Simmons Research Lab (www.denisersimmons.com), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of undergraduate and graduate students and a post-doctoral researcher from various colleges and de- partments at Virginia Tech who work together to explore engineering and construction human centered issues with an emphasis on understanding difference and disparity.Dr. Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Professional Identity Development in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Students Who Experience DisabilitiesAbstractRecent calls throughout the

Conference Session

Learning Outcomes and Pedagogical Strategies: Problems of Alignment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

can be more genuine with my class, it makes it more impactful to them.Another interviewee who is chair of a civil/environmental engineering department with five ofits six faculty members holding profession engineering licenses noted that students have positivereceptions to this perspective because it relates to what they might encounter after graduation. If you have a faculty member who has done professional work or you have a professional engineer from industry who is working as an adjunct, that’s looked upon different than someone from the history department who students perceive as not really ever having a job.Although not all engineering faculty have industry experience, those who do can leverage thisexperience in their ESI

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Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Leadership Development

given its title “Women, Naturally Better Leaders….”; 8 male students alsoread this paper. The reading prompts asked students to reflect on their personal strengths andweaknesses with regards to the leadership traits and attributes described in the paper. Thisprocess of metacognition hopefully allowed each student to develop self-efficacy aroundleadership (congruent with EVT), as well as personal plans for improvement. Many studentsspecifically planned to apply their leadership knowledge in the context of their upcomingcapstone design course.Summary and ConclusionsThis study began with an exploration of student opinions on the importance of leadership in theirfuture engineering career, relative to other knowledge/skills/attitudes. This is

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J. Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University; Eileen Haase Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Ahmed Ibrahim, Johns Hopkins University; Jane Brock Greco; Kelly F. Clark, Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

, 2010.[4] S. Brownell and K. Tanner. “Barriers to faculty pedagogical change: Lack of training, time,incentives, and… tensions with professional identity?” CBE-Life Sciences Education, 11(4), 339-346, 2012.[5] D. Feldon, J. Peugh, B. Timmerman, M. Maher, M. Hurst, D. Strickland, J. Gilmore, C.Stiegelmeyer. “Graduate students’ teaching experiences improve their methodological researchskills.” Science, 333(6045), 1037-1039, 2011.[6] J. Supovitz and H. Turner. “The effects of professional development on science teachingpractices and classroom culture.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 37(9), 963-980,2000.[7] A. Austin. “Preparing the next generation of faculty: Graduate school as socialization to theacademic career.” The journal of higher

Conference Session

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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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

there are actionablesteps that faculty members and graduate teaching assistants can take to positively influencecareer interest in computer science for undergraduates. Results also underscore steps that facultycan take to design educational approaches within their classrooms that would sustain interest in acomputer science degree among both males and females.Keywords: career interest, interactionalist theory, personal factorsIntroductionRecent trends point to increased interest in computer science as a career as colleges nationallyare experiencing an increased number of enrollments in computer science courses and programs[1]. Institutions are not able to match the demands in student enrollment with increased facultyhires or even appropriate

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

views in the open, and many prefer to relate their concernsprivately through formal channels. The views that have been expressed point towardsthe need to restructure programs, revise current educational methods, provide forprofessional development of faculty and students, and to graduate “well-rounded”engineers who could address variety of challenges represented by a highlycompetitive global market place, and be able to adapt to the ups and downs ofbusiness cycles. The views of the graduates have, by and large, been similar to thoseof the author and to views of some faculty members in Region’s colleges; and areconsonant with developing a more responsive educational environment.It is interesting to note that the evolution of engineering

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacey Leigh Kelly, Virginia Tech; Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Engineering Major Choice and Self-concept through First-Year Surveys 2018-04-30Choosing an appropriate major is an important factor in ensuring a productive and successful college experience.Major choice determines the type of work the students will engage in and the faculty and peers that they will come incontact with, both of which have been shown to impact student learning, satisfaction, and persistence.1 Forengineering students, the selection of a discipline can be an overwhelming task. Many first-year students have onlyvague notions about what engineering is and a limited understanding of the scope of the work that might be typical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mathias J. Klenk, Technical University of Munich; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

preparing and exploring. This is due to the nature of the innovation experience, that healso was actively involved in the development of a feature which wasn’t received well.These examples start to illustrate the interaction of the dimensions in making up a meaningful(in this case innovative work effort) event. While offering limited information on whattriggers moving from one dimension to another, what we see is evidence that thesedimensions somehow make-up an experience. We come back to this point in the final sectionthe paper.4 Discussion and ImplicationsAiming to gain more knowledge about how early career engineers are engaged in meaningfulwork and innovation activities, we analyzed the experiences of 13 newly graduated softwareand computer

Conference Session

Internship, Co-Op, and Professional Development Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Gayle F. Doyle, Villanova University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

moderate research activity (R-3). Currently there are 974undergraduates in the College.Overview of ProgramDeveloped in conjunction with industry leaders, engineering alumni, faculty, and students,Career Compass is a series of six required courses and two optional courses. The first six coursesare completed during the first three years of the undergraduate curriculum and the two optionalcourses may be completed during the fourth year. Program content is grouped around four majorthemes as follows: 1. The Engineering Profession 2. Setting the Stage for Personal and Professional Success 3. Post-Graduation Career Planning 4. Effective Communication Skills for the 21st CenturyCareer Compass is largely self-directed and

Conference Session

Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Students' Perspectives

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University; Naeun Cheon, University of Washington; Elba Camila Moise, University of Washington; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

education; learning in the workplace; curricular and pedagogical development; and the preparation of professionals for social justice goals.Naeun Cheon, University of WashingtonMs. Elba Camila Moise, University of WashingtonDr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Investigating Student Perceptions of an Engineering Department’s Climate: The Role of Peer RelationsDiversity in engineering remains low despite decades of rhetoric and efforts to broadenparticipation and retention. Social and cultural groups historically underrepresented in STEMeducation and careers

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First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

with others,talking about cycling on internet forums, or in person, complimenting other cyclists on theirbikes among other practices. The members of an affinity group can be spread across differentregions; the affinity group is based on individuals’ “participation in specific practices” [4].Each of these views of identity is interrelated and support one another. For instance, as a studentat a university, there is institutional-identity imposed by the university as well as affinity-identityif the student takes part in the student activities that are university-related, for instance, sportingevents. Discourse-identity becomes a factor in the interactions and dialogue that occur amongstudents about such events.MethodsThe students whose sketches

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

possess an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’. Considering the significant financial and time investments involved in the creation ofentrepreneurship programs, institutional funding competitions, and accelerator programs, it isnotable that there are no in-depth, qualitative studies that explore the entrepreneurshipexperiences students have because of these programs. In general, there is very little research onthe personal impacts of these experiences including how they can affect an engineering student’sattitudes, behaviors, career goals, or personal competence (Duval-Coetil, Reed-Rhoads, &Haghighi, 2011). There is also no consensus on what developing an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’means. This study builds off current literature in addressing these

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IED Technical Session: Preparing Students for the Future

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Andrés Esteban Acero, Universidad de los Andes

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

for students to develop thesame fundamental skills that they currently learn, but to see how these skills can be applied toproblems and situations that don’t appear in traditional textbooks. By placing the technicalconcepts in new contexts, students will learn to critically evaluate the impact of their work innew ways, and they will graduate with a better understanding of their potential to useengineering to create change. For industrial engineers and systems engineering (ISyE) majors,this presents an opportunity to include examples of ISyE outside of traditional manufacturing,supply chain, or healthcare settings to show how the field can to address broader societalproblems.In Fall 2017, this changemaking content was introduced to ISYE 340

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven

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American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Integrated e-Learning Modules for Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Direct Assessment of Student Learning AbstractIn an effort to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in all our engineering and computer sciencestudents, the University of New Haven is embedding entrepreneurial concepts throughout the 4-year curricula in their majors. This is done with the use of several short e-learning modulesdeveloped by content experts. The modules are integrated into engineering and computer sciencecourses by faculty who reinforce concepts through a related activity, project, or assignment. Thee-learning modules, available online through course

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

share like experiences at some point in their career. Creatingauthenticity in the global engineering investigation during a short-term study abroad course, iseasier said than done. Short-term study abroad coursework with such an aim is challengingbecause to meaningfully incorporate both technical and local cultural elements requires makingstrong connection between the two, else the students compartmentalize the experiences, failing tomake gains associated with integration of both. The choice of destination location and selectionof the experiential focal point must work synergistically to both scaffold the unfamiliar anduncertain, while concurrently providing ample room for exploration, meta-examination,informed trial and error, and sufficient

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Berizohar Padilla Cerezo; Maria Manzano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #22321Reflections on a new community partnership: How does an engineering sum-mer camp evolve to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student popula-tion? (WIP)Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Emily Liptow currently works at a tech startup accelerator in Cleveland OH where she manages a cowork- ing space and promotes community and diversity in the city’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where she was involved with a variety of diversity and inclusion efforts in the College of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin; Shaen Corbet, Dublin City University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #21094Economic and Pedagogical Analysis of an Alternative Model of EngineeringEducationDr. R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, followed by 14 years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on ultrafast optoelectronics and engineering edu- cation. While at Oklahoma State, he led a major curriculum reform initiative. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Foundation, he took a chair position in electrical engineering at Bucknell University. He is

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Pringle, Vantage College, University of British Columbia; Gabriel Potvin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #21632International Engineering Student Motivation to Develop CommunicationSkills: a Case for an Integrated Training ApproachJohn Pringle, Vantage College, University of British Columbia John Pringle M.Ed. (Applied Linguistics) has been teaching academic and professional writing for 15 years. He has previously researched the value of Systemic Functional Linguistics as pedagogical tool to teach report writing, and the benefits of collaborative writing on second-language acquisition.Dr. Gabriel Potvin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Dr. Gabriel Potvin is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and

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Maker Communities and Authentic Problem Solving

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Derek Wright P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Andrew J. B. Milne, University of Waterloo, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering; Eugene Li, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods

time to develop, and results are best measuredupon graduation (by the formal accreditation processes in place in each Department), theresearch team focussed their evaluation efforts on the first two levels of the framework.Given the strong focus on real-world application, this study1 is informed by a pragmaticworldview. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to assess the first twolevels of Kirkpatrick’s framework. Initially, observations from members of the course teachingteam, and student survey data were collected. After reviewing this data, focus groups were heldwith small groups of students to gain a greater understanding of the impact of engineering days.The teaching team members surveyed included faculty

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Tak Cheung; Vazgen Shekoyan; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos, Queensborough Community College

could be translated to an application in tomography while keeping thesame engineering designs. The high school muon project could work with high signal to ratio(S/N) cases while the low S/N cases would be tackled by college students with college levelacademic subjects including engineering and technology. Faculty members usually participatewith the goal of delivering inspiration to high school students in terms of design concepts andengineering mindset development which are already implemented in college student projects.On the one hand, the high school students applying for Regeneron Science Talent Searchcompetition usually show aspiration, perhaps with some misconceptions. On the other hand, ourcommunity college students would need to see

Conference Session

Institutional Change

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Massie Chance, Dublin Institute of Technology ; Gavin Duffy, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

?Although this learning group was not the only driver behind the transformation that occurred, itsmembers believed the formation and operation of the group epitomized and/or drove the changesthat unfolded. Because the learning group was central to a range of key decisions, the group’s roleand function seemed to merit exploration. We studied this example in detail hoping that learninggroups could be established and facilitated within other contexts where transformation is desired.The group provided an effective way of learning about and overcoming challenges associated withfacilitating and assessing students’ group work.Participating in a group allowed the teachers to experience group work themselves and begin toregard it as an effective and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

with the faculty members supervising their projects, graduatestudents, and one or two industrial mentors. Students also take part in other activities such asindustrial research lab and facilities tours, weekly group meetings, meetings with workingengineers and automotive researchers, an SAE conference, and seminars. The summer researchexperience is then capped with students giving oral and/or poster presentations of their researchprojects both at OU and at research conferences.Students participating in the REU program receive a stipend, free on-campus housing, as well asa small meal allowance and membership to the campus recreational facilities. Travel expenses toOU are reimbursed and if students get a conference paper accepted, funds are

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering Dept.; Marissa Elena Thompson, Stanford University; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

undergraduate research experiences[10].In a 2004 three-year study, researchers interviewed 76 students, mostly rising seniors in eightscience disciplines across four small private STEM-serving institutions [11]. They conductedthree interviews: two before graduation and the third post-graduation. For students who hadcompleted an undergraduate research experience, 91% of them reported gains after graduating.Gains were based on a checklist of possible faculty-defined benefits derived from literature.There were seven different kinds of gains including: personal/professional, thinking and workinglike a scientist, and gains in various skills. Seventy-four percent of the comments in thepersonal/professional gains category referenced increase in confidence