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2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Raymond Spinelli

. (n.d.). https://keystonetech.widen.net/s/2ljsvlgkzv/kteb-332-uv-is-n- p_vd1The Climate Act also called for the assembly of a Climate Action •NYSERDA. https://climate.ny.gov/Council. It tasked the council with creating a Scoping Plan

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Systems Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tingjun Lei, Mississippi State University; Timothy Sellers, Mississippi State University; Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Zhuming Bi, Purdue University; Gene Eu Jan, Tainan National University of the Arts

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

University, New Taipei City, Taiwan since 2004, where he also served as the Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 2007 to 2009. Currently, he is the president of Tainan National University of the Arts. He has published more than 270 articles related to parallel computer systems, interconnection networks, path planning, electronic design automation, and VLSI systems design in journals, conference proceedings, and books. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing Computational Intelligence Curriculum Materials to Advance Student Learning for Robot Control and Optimization Tingjun Lei1 , Timothy Sellers1 , Chaomin Luo1 , Zhuming

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Caeden Robert Goodnough, State University of New York, Canton; PS Dhanasekaran, State University of New York, Canton

and readiness for the challenges. This paper aims to explore the concept ofprofessional development for achieving excellence and preparedness in the engineering world,along with strategies for effectively positioning oneself for future success. The advantages andcriticality of professional development and how a student still in college can plan to take thesenext steps to become a complete engineer will be discussed.Introduction:This paper explores the realm of professional development for engineers. This study aims tounderstand what exactly professional development is, and how students can better themselves inthe future by planning. In the dynamic and ever-evolving field of engineering, professionaldevelopment stands as a cornerstone for

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Track 1: Technical Session 6: stEm PEER Academy: the Power of Human Capital

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Elizabeth H. Blume, Northeastern University Engineering PLUS Alliance

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

. Utilize data (IPEDS, etc) to inform broadening participation efforts for women and BIPOC engineering students. Engage in models, interventions and evidence-based practices that have been proven to support engineering degree attainment for women and BIPOC students at community colleges, public and private institutions. Build partnerships to engage stakeholders at their institution, in their region, and nationwide. Develop an Action Plan to implement at their institution (or with otherinstitutions) during the 2-year professional development period. 6To date, 65 people (faculty, professional staff, postdocs) have applied over the 2years. 40 were invited to

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2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jenna Greenwood; Phil Courey; Amanda Parker; Malinda Zarske

scholarship model alsoprovided a reason to cover financial wellness because as mentioned previously, each student’saward is based on their financial need, and not every student is fully funded with the award. Thisputs finances in the forefront for some students as they need to create a plan for paying theirbalance each semester. Additionally, once students continue to their second year and pursue off-campus living, students will be responsible for managing their housing allowance to take care oftheir basic needs. The students’ experiences have served as the perfect model to learn aboutfinancial wellness in a hands-on and directly applicable way.The seminars are designed to engage students in building relationships and community so thatstudents may

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

where the university could provide more support to the faculty. If a faculty member isfound to be performing very well, units are encouraged to positively recognize that performance.If a faculty member is found to be not performing satisfactorily, an action plan is to bedeveloped. Absent from the policy is discussion of employment termination. While such anoutcome might be able to be implied if an action plan is not successfully completed, it isnoteworthy in comparison to other policies that employment termination is not stated explicitly.The collective bargaining agreement between the California Faculty Association and theCalifornia State University system [5] outlines a comprehensive post-tenure review process thatwill occur every five years

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

students having to create plans that completely redesignedexisting structures that were owned by the organizations. The courses’ scope did not extend toactual construction although the students’ final designs were given to the organizations in thehope that the designs could be leveraged in future grant applications to fund construction.The instructor, who was a professional architect, reported that she had organized the classroomas if it were an architectural firm. This setup led to multiple intersecting conversations in eachclass period between peers as they navigated the desires of their “clients,” as well as thechallenges of utilizing new design software and building codes to complete their designs. Thelogic of designing the class as if it were

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Systems Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Goncher-Sevilla, University of Florida; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Mengyu Li, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

foster Systems ThinkingSkills in engineering students.Study participants were tasked to complete a scenario-based assessment proposed by Grohs et al. (2018)that focuses on systems thinking and problem-solving as engineers by responding to a scenario that,according to the authors, elicits students' goal definition skills. The scenario prompts (Prompts 5 and 6)asked students to formulate goals/objectives for this specific issue. Data was collected electronically andanalyzed following the guidance provided by the assessment tool rubric for evaluating students' ability toidentify short-term and long-term goals for technical and contextual aspects. We rated their answers on theexpectations of a successful plan and a draft idea,Results show that when

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

entrepreneurial process, and the business model canvas, and work inteams of three to four students on what will be their final deliverable at the end of the semester: abusiness plan for a social enterprise of their creation, that addresses a sustainability/climate issue.The course has been very successful in its implementation, with consistently positive commentsfrom students. This paper provides an overview of the course, course topics, and courseassignments. The course places a strong emphasis on the positive impact businesses andentrepreneurial pursuits can have on addressing societal problems, and in particular onaddressing climate change, and highlights the positive role engineers can have on humanity.These foci have been found to be especially

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebekah Riddle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Todd Schenk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lucas Michael Goodman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

Paper ID #43147Combating the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance Negotiation Simulation: UsingSerious Games to Simulate Policy DeliberationMrs. Rebekah Riddle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University REBEKAH RIDDLE is a doctoral student in the Planning, Governance, and Globalization program and is a member of the SPI (Science-Policy Interface Lab) at Virginia Tech. She works closely with scientists and engineers to bridge the gap between science and policy using serious games. She holds an M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering from

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Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Suzy Gorospes Marzano, Sr Manager of Industry Development, SME; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Neil Littell, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

2practices worldwide. The aim is for the Advanced Four Pillars to be a living documentwith periodic reviews to remain current.Four Pillars BackgroundThe Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge, (Four Pillars) was first published in 2011as a component of the Curricula 2015; A Four Year Strategic Plan for ManufacturingEducation [1] (see Figure 1). The concept of the four pillars includes foundation skills inA) Mathematics and Science and B) Personnel Effectiveness with four major categories:1) Materials and manufacturing processes; 2) Product, tooling, and assembly engineering;3) Manufacturing systems and operations; and 4) Manufacturing competitiveness. Mottet. al. [2] credits the process of developing the Four Pillars to the Society ofManufacturing

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3 - Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

: Planning,Monitoring, and Evaluating. Reflection is a complex process, and it takes time to reach thelevel of critical reflection. The purpose of the study was to investigate the change in students'level of engagement in three dimensions of metacognition when reflecting on the third andtenth-week assignments of the environmental engineering course. Data collection took placein the Fall of 2023 at a large Midwest University. Students’ responses to the assignedreflection prompts for each dimension were coded for their level of engagement in eachelement of the three dimensions using a revised prior coding scheme. Results showed that forboth assignments, students' responses were mainly at the vague level for all elements of thethree dimensions

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Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Andrew Greenberg, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

and teams metmostly during class times but were allowed to have one online meeting per week. Projectdemonstrations were conducted with full class participation.In ECE 211 teams select their own projects which are supposed to address a specific need. Areasof interest covered by projects vary widely. Students are instructed to be realistic in theirexpectations and planning but to also push themselves to reach for goals that may not seemdoable at first. “Failure” or risk taking is encouraged so long as it is accompanied by hard work,ambition, and learning from such failures. Teams are trained in Scrum-like project managementand we provide Scrum Leaders who are recruited from upper-division students. Scrum enablesfrequent iterations of product

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Lis Pankl, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024The Role of University Research Libraries on Improving Education inScience, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics: A Focus onInstitutional Collaborative CultureJason M. Keith1 and Lis Pankl21 Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi StateMS, 397622 Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University,Mississippi State MS, 39762The Role of University Research Libraries on Improving Education in Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics: A Focus on Institutional CollaborativeCultureAbstractThe Mitchell Memorial Library is in the heart of the campus of Mississippi State University(MSU). As part of a new strategic plan to transform MSU

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Instructional Showcase

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity, Professional Interest Council (PIC)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

. 3.2. Walked through the parts of the sensor using example sensor that we (the virtual instructor) had. (*Note – At Pitt, we had the same monitor so we were able to talk about the monitor through both pictures on the slides and physically over Zoom.) 4. To prepare for the next module, we instructed the students to consider what places or areas they want to set up the monitor to collect data. Module Session 5 LO 5. Creating a Monitoring Program and Collecting Data 1. Reviewed major takeaways from previous modules 2. Creating a Monitoring Plan 2.1. Defined what a Monitoring Plan is for the students 2.2. Think-Pair-Share Exercise on brainstorming AQ monitoring locations 2.3. Finalized the Monitoring Plan

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Naomia A. Suggs-Brigety, The George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, The George Washington University

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Diversity

Community Based Participatory Instruction Design analysis: include community members, Study Roadmap Research (CBPR) • Weekly lesson plans guides are crafted based understand community assets and creation of• Utilizing an exploratory sequential design to • CBPR prioritize human-centered design on the DOE Energy Literacy objectives and Next a unique tool. build a tool based on the specific community through iterate engagement with and

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Technical Sessions 2

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, Pdip (CM), Architect, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York

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Professional Papers

University of NewYork (SUNY) Board of Trustees and SUNY "to develop a plan to make approved appliedlearning activities available to SUNY students enrolled in the 2016-17 academic year, and thatthis plan will include individual campus plans" [10]. SUNY system worked with the New YorkState Governor's office to allocate budget funds to each campus, and a SUNY Applied LearningSteering Committee was created in 2015. This committee, comprising members of theUniversity Faculty Senate, Distinguished Faculty, SUNY Student Assembly representatives, andsystem administration staff, was tasked with developing specific guidance to campuses abouthow to proceed in developing applied learning plans. The committee's responsibilities includedidentifying best practices

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber F Young-Brice, Marquette University; Allison Murray, Marquette University; Somesh Roy, Marquette University; Lisa Chase, Marquette University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

appreciation of informal lunch periods embedded within the session.Although the team questioned the time spent on lunch during the session, our participants felt ithelped them to discuss the content and build community. Participants also reported in both thein-person CoP and online SLG that they were more likely to make changes to their pedagogybecause we asked them to frame each session’s content within one course and to not consider alltheir courses, which could lead to being overwhelmed and reduce chances of pedagogicalchange. As we plan for our next iteration of programming, these lessons learned will reinforceelements that went well.We learned lessons from challenges the team encountered. Lessons learned regarding ourdisciplinary perspectives and

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Jonathan Mellor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Stephanie McGoldrick, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

cohesive design solutions for an extensive northeastern US are planning for climate commercial design project change. • Students are able to document iterations using • Create novel solutions to increase the the design process and synthesize results resiliency of civil engineering systems.The IAD students met Monday and Wednesday for three hours at a time. The CEN and IAD students met in a combinedclass for one hour Monday and Wednesday and the CEN students met alone for an hour on Friday. The first half ofthe combined course focused on helping students from both CEN and IAD majors understand how greenhouse gasesare causing

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Track 2: Technical Session 3: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: a Practitioner's Look "Under the Hood" of Implemented Program Recommendations Four Years After a Needs Assessmentor supporting LGBTQIA+ engineering students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

is to assist WE@RIT in planning and implementingevents for current students. Sometimes these events are social in nature, such as ourmonthly pop-up lounge series or Stress Relief Extravaganza before finals, andsometimes they are more professional/academic in nature, such as resume reviews,corporate visits and alumnae panels to name just a few. Their scope does not includeNew Student programming or K-12 outreach.The Good:The Leadership Board has overall been a positive change for WE@RIT. Having studentvoice involved in event planning has meant greater buy-in for events over time, andnew events taking place because of the fresh perspectives brought by an ever-rotating membership. Having the Board also allows me as a Director to utilize

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University; Samuel Shaw, Utah State University; Allison Miles, Utah State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

plan comprises a ResearchPlan to develop deeper understandings about how SVSM participate, persist, and produceprofessional identities in engineering education, and an Education Plan to place newunderstandings into practice through collaborative development, implementation, dissemination,and sustainment of targeted anti-deficit, assets-based educational and support resources forundergraduate SVSM in engineering.The research plan builds from existing cross-sectional, transition-focused research with studentveterans, documented in the engineering and higher education literature, using a longitudinal,narrative inquiry research approach [5] and an innovative, two-strand theoretical framework.The theoretical framework centers social theories of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; William H Pennock, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton; Fahmidah Ummul Ashraf, Bradley University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

maps and reflections will be used to assess student’sgrowth in EM connectedness. A description of each institution’s partnership development andimplementation is presented in this paper. We anticipate key results will include: 1) students’positive perception through engaged learning, 2) student growth in EM connectedness, 3)students’ increased appreciation of multiculturalism, 4) all modalities support growth in student’sEM and multiculturalism competencies, and 5) in-person international travel componentsdemonstrate a larger increase in multiculturalism competencies due to cultural immersion. Theteam is finalizing plans for these experiences in fall 2023 and will implement the experiencesand collect data in spring 2024

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donna Taylor, STEM Education Center at WPI; Erin Solovey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

teacher PD”). In addition, theteachers gather as a cohort for activities such as Friday group lunches, lab and campus tours,speakers, an industry panel and networking session, and other special events. The summerculminates with a RET Poster Symposium and the RET program continues into the academic yearwith quarterly meetings to report on the implementation of their research-inspired lesson plan intheir classroom.Continued engagement with the research mentors can result in the WPI researchers visitingclassrooms or inviting the teachers back the following summer. The final deliverable for the RETparticipants is to finalize their lesson plan for posting on an online repository of teacher resourcesand to present their research experience and lesson

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

technology as a supplementary tool for freshmen and sophomoreConstruction Management (CM) students who often struggle with understanding 2D plans and visualizing3D projects. These skills are essential in the field of construction management. The study assessedLiDAR's effectiveness in enhancing students' learning outcomes in an "Estimating" course by comparingtraditional plan-based learning with LiDAR-assisted learning. Students were tasked with reviewing aconstruction plan and then given access to a LiDAR scan of the same project for virtual exploration andmeasurement. A survey was developed with multiple questions about students’ overall experience, theircomfort level with working with either mode of data delivery, and some basic

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 26

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushant Makarand Padhye, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Nahal Rashedi , University of Cincinnati

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. His main research interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold concepts, curricular complexity, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Nahal Rashedi , University of Cincinnati PhD Student of Engineering Education ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Analyzing Trends in Curricular Complexity and Extracting Common Curricular Design Patterns AbstractThis research paper explores how curricular design patterns can be extracted from plan of studydata systematically. Engineering is a notoriously sequential

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

promoted through reflection, orthought about one’s own actions. With reflection, students become more aware of their ownprocesses. Although reflection is essential for learning, there has tended to be limited systematicreflection and metacognitive instructional activity in engineering (Ambrose, 2013; Cunninghamet al., 2015; Marra et al., 2017).Our NSF-funded research aimed to address this gap. Our research was conducted in a flippedfluid mechanics classroom, in which step-by-step instruction in planning, monitoring, andevaluating (PME) of problem-solving was provided as part of in-class exercises (i.e., directinstruction “in context”) to support metacognitive skills development and problem-solving.Students also reflected weekly in writing about

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: International Programs and Curricula II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University; Mengzhou Chen, Purdue University; Amanda Danielle Wolf, Purdue University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

engineering student, the first point the AIrecommended for consideration was “curriculum compatibility,” saying that “Engineeringcourses often have a strict sequence of prerequisites. Ensuring that the courses you take abroadwill be recognized by your home institution is crucial. This might require detailed planning anddiscussions with academic advisors” (OpenAI, 2024). In summary, both academic reports andbroader conversations suggest that curricular complexity can be a challenge for students studyingabroad in engineering. However, no studies have attempted to measure this relationship, whichwe wanted to explore in our own context at Purdue University.Characterizing the Complexity of the Curriculum With the aim of providing metrics to support

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Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard (Rick) Warren Blank, Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals; Stanislaw Tarchalski, The Johns Hopkins University

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Paper ID #41624Preparing Future Generations for Executive Leadership Roles in TechnicalOrganizationsMr. Richard (Rick) Warren Blank, Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals Richard W (Rick) Blank, B.A., B.S., M.S. Mr. Blank is a Lecturer in the Engineering for Professionals Master of Engineering Management Program at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. In this program he teaches Planning & Managing Projects; Finance, Contracts, & Compliance for Technical Professionals; Strategic Communications in Technical Organizations; and Executive Technical Leadership. He also holds an appointment as the

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Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Alvarez Pino, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Mona N Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

environment and to improving the overall quality of life of the communities. Paula plans international research experience programs for undergraduate and graduate students in collaboration with international partners. She has helped organize and develop international workshops in the field of sustainability and smart cities. Paula has also developed outreach programs that educate the youth about the principles of sustainability. Paula received a Bachelors and Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering from UAB.Dr. Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham Dr. Fouad H. Fouad, Ph.D., P.E., is Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Alabama at

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DSA Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yiming Zhang, The University of Arizona; Gregory L. Heileman, The University of Arizona; Ahmad Slim, The University of Arizona; Husain Al Yusuf, The University of Arizona

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

success outcomes. However, finding efficient and effectivetransfer pathways between institutions is challenging, particularly when accounting for programrequirements that are constantly changing, students changing their major plans, the creation of newcourses, etc. Crafting a suitable plan for transfer students demands expert knowledge, effort, andsometimes collaboration among multiple institutions. Managing all of this complexity manuallyis partly accountable for the credit loss issue mentioned above. In this paper we consider the rolethat data and analytics can play in addressing this problem.To gain a deeper understanding of this challenge, we first formally define the Optimal TransferPathway (OTP) problem, which involves finding a two-year to