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Social Identities and STEM Experiences: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan

all ages use engineering for activism. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comEngineering as “white kids’ groups”: Examining Black and Latina/o/x youths’ discussions and experiences with engineering programming.Abstract With an increased emphasis on K-12 engineering education [1], [2], researchers andpractitioners alike are grappling with the necessary considerations for developing equitableengineering programming. Some programs with a heavy emphasis on developing technical skillsor engaging with specific engineering content may not attend specifically to critical theorizationsof learning [1]–[3]. As a result, such program

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PCEE Technical Session 8: Engineering Design in Elementary School

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ron Skinner, University of California, Santa Barbara; Danielle Harlow

epistemic engineering practices such as envisioning multiple solutions to problems,iteratively designing and testing prototypes to optimize designs, working effectively in teams,and persisting and learning from design failures [1].The practice of persisting and learning from design failures is essential to engineering design asengineering problems are rarely easily solved. Engineers often encounter unforeseencircumstances, impediments, and even changing criteria or constraints that lead to failure ofdesigns. In fact, engineers value the opportunities that design failures provide for learning andimproving designs [2], and the anticipation of how failure might occur is a critical element insuccessful design [3].While engineers regard failure as an

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 2: Enhancing Energy-Related Education with Student Design Projects

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev

environmental objectives of the Paris agreement thatstrengthens the global response to the threat of climate change. National Renewable Energy Labs(NREL) and International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) predict that there will bemore than 3 million EVs roaming the U.S. highways by 2025 [1-2].Design and construction of EV charging stations using zero-emission photovoltaic (PV) solarpanels are expected to positively impact environmentally friendly efforts on reducing carbonfootprints specifically in metropolitan areas. This applied research paper reports efforts ofengineering technology faculty and students to design and build a sustainable charging stationthat is fully sponsored by an energy services company. Department of Engineering

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CIT Division Technical Session #7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daqing Hou; Yu Liu, Clarkson University

”, for the pastthree years. The original three-year REU site program was designed to support 10 studentseach year, targeting those who are underrepresented in STEM fields or have few researchopportunities at their home institutions. The literature has shown that undergraduate studentsbenefit from the undergraduate research experience in a variety of ways; more specifically, thatundergraduate research is linked to heightened graduate school performance [1], undergraduateresearch has an overwhelming positive effect on students [2, 3], engaging students early in Mentors REU Students Site Directors

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Curtis, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Carah Watson

results indicate that in all modalities professor had aneffect on student cognitive gains with respect to differences in pre/posttest score and posttestscore only. Future will focus on qualitative analysis of features of classrooms yield highcognitive gains in undergraduate engineering students.1. Introduction and Methods1.1 Theoretical FrameworkIn the past twenty years, active learning has been increasingly used in the undergraduateclassroom and results in positive student learning outcomes. Several types ofimplementations report success including smaller activities like minute papers or think-pair-shares [1] or course changes like in flipped classrooms [2]. Demonstrations and hands-onactivities are also increasingly used in class in

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CIT Division Technical Session #8

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tasmeer Alam, Morgan State University; Hashmath Fathima, Morgan State University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; John Attia, Prairie View A&M University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Shujun Yang; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Corey Graves, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE)

Powered by www.slayte.com The Evolution of Multi-Site Combined REU/RET Program: From In-Person to Virtual to Hybrid AbstractIn 2018, the Smart City Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and ResearchExperience for Teachers (RET) (SCR2) Mega-Site program was launched, aiming to improve theparticipation and graduation rates of post-secondary students of underrepresented and minoritygroups in the field of Engineering. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the SCR2program has been successfully conducted for the last three years, engaging a consortium of 14Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and 1 Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).Morgan State

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EMD Technical Session 2: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Entrepreneurs and their ventures are critical to the economy and to the long-runeconomic growth and productivity of the nation (Gonul, 2018; Bates, 2018; Diez, 2014).It is important that all members of our society have supportive opportunities to establishnew ventures and deliver value to stakeholders. Inclusion and support of women andURG entrepreneurship is important to economic growth and competitiveness of the U.S.Bates et al. (2018) finds that nearly 40% of all new firms created nationwide in 2015 wereminority-owned (includes women-owners) and around 30% are from under-representedminority populations. Figure 1 shows the distribution of new business ownership in theU.S. in 2015. Nationwide New Entrepreneurs By

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion

in the past, especially in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics areas such as active learning, flipped classroom, online discussiongroups, and peer mentoring [1]-[6]. Differences in the learning environments, higher academicexpectations, complicated admissions process, and time management are some of the factors thatcause anxiety among engineering freshmen. In addition to these underlying causes of anxietyamong students, if the disruption occurs in the learning routine, students tend to getoverwhelmed and stressed which results in a lack of concentration and feelings of withdrawal.In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic began disrupting almost all types of activities and socialinteractions globally including teaching and learning

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CIT Division Technical Session #2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmad Javaid, The University of Toledo; Quamar Niyaz, Purdue University Northwest; Charlene Czerniak; Sidike Paheding, Michigan Technological University

andknowledge sharing, mishaps always happen. As more people depend on online services, theybecome more exposed to these cyber-attacks. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we haveseen a record-breaking number of data breaches and cyber-crimes, mainly targeting individuals,corporate industries, and government organizations. On average, every minute $2.9 million is lostto a cybercrime [1], and every 32 seconds, a hacker targets a user over the Internet [2]. Accordingto the Identity Theft Resource Center, a total of 163 million identities were exposed in 2020 [3],and around 790k Internet crime complaints were received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center(IC3) [4].Cybercrimes are on the rise, and it can be safely assumed that they will only worsen as

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CIT Division Technical Session #3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa Ober, University of Notre Dame; Emmanuel Johnson, University of Southern California; Philip Gonsalves; Mayank Kakodkar, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Janice Zdankus

development, are considered.IntroductionThere is a growing interest in developing students’ interest in computer science, programming,and computational thinking as computing has become ubiquitous in various fields. 1 Withinengineering fields, there is a growing recognition of the need to provide an undergraduateeducation that supports the development of computational and mathematical modeling skills. 2Figure 1 shows examples of STEM+C programs available across the lifespan. Such interest hasled to several online educational platforms offering computer science content for learning. Whilethere are many widely available platforms promoting computer science content, and more generalcontent in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computing

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LEES Session 8: Care and Commitments

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Ausman; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Rea; Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of Mines; Beck Corby, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

situational analysis of semi-structured interviews, we attribute this lack of competenceto “undone ethics” in engineering education. Here, we want to formulate what the ideas aroundundone ethics might look like, particularly in the context of engineering education andengineering ethics. This paper develops the terminology “undone ethics” through exploring theconcept of “undone science,” drawn from literatures of science and technology studies (STS).Undone science is defined as research that has been “left unfunded, incomplete, or generallyignored”[1],[2]. In order to map out the connections of undone ethics to undone science, weattempt to create a typology of undone ethics, drawing from empirical, qualitative data throughinterviews with engineering

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CIT Division Technical Session #6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Biswajit Biswal, South Carolina State University

healthmanagement. Smart farming is the intertwined platform of technology and farming science wherea huge variety of sensors from IoT measure environmental variables, crop status, and animalwelfare; remote sensors such as drones and satellite data to monitor farm and territorial scaleconditions; data science to interconnect and exploit existing Open Geospatial Consortium data andweather forecast from modeling, mathematical algorithms in AI to make decisions and predictions;and cloud-based systems to store and share agricultural data and information on a local, regional,and small and large agricultural enterprises systems [1].Water plays an important role in supplying plant nutrition. A healthy plant root produces qualityfood. Less water and more water in

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CIT Division Technical Session #6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emil Salib, James Madison University

message is sent to the farmer’s cell phone alerting him to the type ofmalfunction.Our phased, incremental, and keep it simple approach in tackling the implementation and testingof the system design paid off handsomely when at the end, we were able to successfully test andevaluate the system in the field (that is, on our sponsor’s farm). Our assessment of the systemwas very impressive. In it, we included detailed cost of the system, potential future cost savings,a comparison of our system against potential competitors, and a thoughtful list of what should bedone next to commercialize the monitoring alert system.1 Introduction and BackgroundToday, society is faced with a wide range of environmental problems that are continuing to grow inseverity

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CIT Division Technical Session #6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon Ferguson, University of Toronto; James Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto; Katherine Mao, University of Toronto

skillsmay also be a positive predictor of long-term intentional persistence. We providerecommendations to educators to meaningfully discuss ML/AI ethics in classes and encouragethe development of interpersonal skills to help increase diversity in the field.IntroductionArtificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have demonstrated tremendous capacityand promise to revolutionize data analysis and decision-making across sectors, includingengineering [1]–[3]. Global ML/AI hiring continues to rise, and the world’s top universities haveincreased their investment in AI education. In fact, from 2017-2021, the number of ML/AIcourses at the undergraduate level has increased by 100%, and at the graduate level by 40% [3].While the shift towards ML/AI

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Boong Yeol Ryoo, Texas A&M University; Aaron Perea, Texas A&M University; Christopher Davila, Texas A&M University; Chase Burciaga, Texas A&M University; Saqib Domki, Texas A&M University; Carmelo Bustos, Texas A&M University; Luis Orozco, Texas A&M University; Gabriel Consuelo, Texas A&M University; Ramon Vazquez, Texas A&M University

complex than the scope of acapstone project. This is the reason that the work for the research project needs to be brokendown to several components and some portions can be covered by multiple capstone projects.This requires careful planning because the capstone course has its unique requirements, whichmay not be consistent with that of the research project. In this paper, two capstone projects were carried out as a part of the building structuralanalysis research project [1-3]. The first capstone team designed and built a custom quadcopterthat could fly close to the building to find potential damage to the building [4][5]. The secondcapstone team designed and built an underwater robot to inspect the portion of a buildingstructures that are

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Quintero, San Francisco State University; Silverio Lopez; Nicolas Perticari Pesci

Texas at Dallas. He joined San Francisco State University in Fall 2018 as an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering for the School of Engineering. His research focuses on 1) designing lightweight, low-cost wearable robotic systems for people of disability and 2) developing novel control schemes that provide individuals with human-like motion using wearable robotics as part of their active daily living. Mechatronics and robotics education is another primary research focus he has been involved in to enhance project-based curriculum with evidence-based strategies to train the next generation of diverse engineers in this field. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Serendipity Gunawardena, The Ohio State University; Krista Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

theirclasses been in person. Because a majority of each class did not participate in the survey, theconclusions on gender and connections were limited to the students who responded. Future workwill include creating social network diagrams in order to visualize connections within each class.Future work should also collect additional responses and include follow-up interviews to betterunderstand student perspectives on connections and virtual learning.IntroductionBecause of gender imbalances in STEM fields, the participation and retention of women in STEMhave been studied for decades [1] [2]. Many factors contribute to gender inequality in STEMeducation, one being social marginalization. Women often enter male-dominated fields and feelunwelcome because

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CIT Division Technical Session #10

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Gross; Kevin Coogan; Sarah Heckman, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Gabriel Silva de Oliveira, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

; Alpert defined subclass polymorphism as a property that”allows different objects to respond individually to precisely the same message” [1], a definitionaffirmed by Armstrong’s survey of definitions of object-oriented (OO) concepts [2]. Becauseimplementing a polymorphic solution requires correctly integrating several challengingunderlying concepts, polymorphism is among the most complex topics taught in introductorycourses.A very simple example of subclass polymorphism can be demonstrated by calling a method vialate binding on each element in an array containing multiple types. In Java, a programmer must(see Listings 1 and 2): 1. Define a superclass with at least one method (Foo, Line 18) 2. Define one or more subclasses (Bar & Grault

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CIT Division Technical Session #11

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quamar Niyaz, Purdue University Northwest; Jansen Tan, Purdue University Northwest; Divya Ravindra, Purdue University Northwest; Sidike Paheding, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Javaid, The University of Toledo

intelligence to various computing domains including but not limited to education, cybersecurity, healthcare, human-machine teaming, and digital forensics. His projects have been funded by various agencies including the NSF (National Science Foundation), AFRL (Air Force Research Lab), NASA-JPL, Department of Energy, and the State of Ohio. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comMini-projects based Cybersecurity Modules for an Operating System Course using xv6 Jansen Tan1, Divya Ravindra1, Quamar Niyaz1, Xiaoli Yang2, Ahmad Y Javaid3, Sidike Paheding4 1

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Cecilia La Place, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

develop and apply skills developedduring hackathons in the classroom, the following research questions guided this study: 1. What technical knowledge do students use in capstones and hackathons? 2. Where do students learn the knowledge used in capstones and hackathons? 3. How does the software development process used by students differ between capstone and hackathon projects?This paper builds upon a previously published work in progress, finding that students whoattended hackathons and a project-based learning Software Engineering degree, built transferableskills between hackathons and capstones. Participants described the employment of softwaredesign methodologies in both hackathons and capstone projects, various problem solving

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - PBL with Control Theory, Writing, ABET, and Shaping Ethical Worldviews

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Snyder, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

designed a study to explore how the various connections faculty make withinthe university may potentially 1) influence their perceptions of ethical worldviews, 2) lead tonew multidisciplinary experiences for students in STEM courses. As a part of a major revision tothe undergraduate education curriculum at a southeastern R1 university, a plethora ofmultidisciplinary minors were created. The design and implementation of these courses over thepast 5 years have created numerous examples of multidisciplinary courses, for students ofvarying discipline and level of experience to participate. While efforts have been made to assessthe individual courses that are a part of the general education reform, little effort has been madein examining how the

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Integrated Engineering and Interdisciplinary Impacts

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed K Faris, University of Mosul / Iraq; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina; Gurcan Comert

1provides a representative list of eight programs [1-13] designed to integrate undergraduatestudents from engineering and the sciences. Depending on the program, participants are eitherrecruited from multiple institutions or limited to students from the host institution. Cohortsranged from about 10 students per summer to as large as 100+ students in one program.Research projects are often broad in scope to encourage participation from students acrossseveral majors. Examples include multi-scale systems bioengineering [3], the LearningEnhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) Lab [4], and Interdisciplinary Research inSustainable Energy and the Environment across Disciplines, or IR-SEED [11].Most summer programs are hosted at doctoral or master’s

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4- COVID and Virtual Learning

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Angelina Rivera, Colorado School of Mines

Paper ID #37988Humanitarian engineering, global sociotechnical competency,and student confidence: A comparison of in-person, virtual,and hybrid learning environmentsAngelina Nicole Rivera (Student Researcher)Jessica Smith Jessica M. Smith is Professor in the Engineering, Design & Society Department at the Colorado School of Mines and Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Science graduate program. She is an anthropologist with two major research areas: 1) the sociocultural dynamics of extractive and energy industries, with a focus on corporate social responsibility, social justice, labor, and gender and 2

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Jeffrey Radloff; Cristina Diordieva, Nanyang Technological University

raters during the coding phase. The standards relatedto engineering were all combined for the data record. During the coding phase, the researchersrated “0”, “1” or “2” for each phrase from standards that contained engineering relevance.Similar coding approaches to the K-12 standards exist in other studies (e.g., Yetter, Livengood,& Smith, 2017). For example, the physics O level, Newtonian mechanics-dynamics, has astandard related to engineering context where the key indicator called “sub-indicator of POD –PI” was rated as “1”. As we agreed that the standard met the key indicator requirement. “(d)recall and apply the relationship resultant force = mass × acceleration to new situations or tosolve related problems.” Another key indicator

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PCEE Session 13: Equity in P-12 Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Holly, Jr., University of Michigan; Madison Buford

andskills. The latter report came after the widespread implementation of the Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013) which include engineering concepts, and thisreport aimed to “consider the capacity of the US education system to meet current andanticipated needs for K–12 teachers of engineering” (NASEM, 2020, p. 1). Following suchreports, the national discourse on P-12 engineering education has shifted from making the casefor teaching engineering in P-12 education to the question of how to do so with excellence. The literature on PCEE has expanded to include new frameworks (Moore et al., 2014),curricula (Chabalengula & Mumba, 2017), and standards for preparing teachers of engineering(Farmer et al., 2014); however, we

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Broadening Participation and Inclusion in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 8

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY

between teams. This work is incredibly important for thecompany, but doesn’t count much toward individual career progress. According to productivity logics, this is actually how it is supposed to work. Media studiesscholar Melissa Gregg [1], in her analysis of self-help literature, points out that people seekingcareer success are encouraged to identify the types of work that are most important and eliminatenon-essential tasks or delegate them to others. The small team leader is doing what he knows isnecessary for his own career progress. The central tension in this story, however, arrives whenwe consider those to whom the non-essential tasks are delegated, the ability of those individualsto resist or otherwise exercise agency in response, and

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Computers in Education 6 - Best of CoED

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elma Hernandez, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri, Texas Tech University; Ameri Gurley, Texas Tech University

engineering, the college recently adopted a commoncore curriculum for first year students. The common core engineering curriculum emphasizes threeaspects – 1) Computational Thinking and Data Science; 2) Bio-Inspired Design and 3) Socio-TechnicalReflections. Introductory courses related to these topics have been developed and are required of allfirst-year engineering students regardless of their intended major. The development of these introductorycourses were based on a variety of factors including, trends identified by professional engineeringsocieties, evaluation of job advertisements, discussions with industry groups, exit interviews of studentsas well as review of pedagogic literature (e.g., Talmi et al., 2018; McGunagle and Ziska, 2020; Lavi

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DEED Technical Session 4 Best in DEED

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Corey Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Paper ID #38001An Engineering Course as a Design ObjectNicholas D. Fila (Research Assistant Professor)Corey T Schimpf (Assistant Professor) Corey Schimpf is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo, SUNY his lab focuses on engineering design, advancing research methods, and technology innovations to support learning in complex domains. Major research strands include: (1) analyzing how expertise develops in engineering design across the continuum from novice pre-college students to practicing engineers, (2) advancing engineering design research by integrating

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CIT Division Technical Session #9

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bassam Alshammari, Pittsburg State University; Erik Mayer, Pittsburg State University; Zachariah Woods, Pittsburg State University; Austin Smith, Pittsburg State University; Estevan Hernandez, Pittsburg State University; Kevin Birk, Pittsburg State University; Trenton Allison; Jacob Brennon, Pittsburg State University; Caleb Chase, Pittsburg State University; Brandon Kincheloe, Pittsburg State University; Donna Lenharth, Pittsburg State University; Kailash Chandra, Pittsburg State University

is a subset ofmachine learning and can involve large amounts of data. Deep learning involves the use of a neuralnetwork that mimics the biological brain. The neural network is trained by examples as opposedto being explicitly programmed. Deep learning makes it possible for computers to learn verycomplex models that were previously difficult to learn. This allows engineers to build manyapplications and solve problems that were hard or impossible to solve in the past. Fig.1: TI – RSLK MAXThis paper describes a hands-on approach to teaching students deep learning and involves creatingline follower robots that use deep learning. This curriculum was used for undergraduate andgraduate microcontroller courses in

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Machine Learning, IoT, Writing Center Peer Tutors, Conceptual Modeling

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Anika Pirkey, West Virginia University

addressed in this study: a) how can adding prompts to wordproblems help us better understand the first steps of the problem solving approach?, b) are thoseprompts sufficient to extract information from the first steps of the problem solving approach?,and c) does the use of prompts interfere with students ability to solve word problems?This study will benefit engineering programs searching for ways to identify issues in students’problem solving skills and looking for ways to correct those deficiencies.Background:Word problems are the type of problems most frequently solved in engineering programs. Wordproblems are classified based on their complexity, content, and structuredness [1].To provide a consistent metric to evaluate student work, rubrics