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Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Emily Elizabeth Wellborn, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

26.1170.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Fundamental: Motivating Factors for Choosing Engineering among Minority StudentsIntroduction Minority populations continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM).1 Increasing the diversity in these fields must start with growingminority students’ interest in pursuing STEM undergraduate degrees. In 2009 less than sixpercent of undergraduate engineering students were African American, ten percent wereHispanic, and less than one percent were Native American.1 Klotz compares the need for diversity in engineering to the need for biodiversity in anecosystem in order to

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Delorme, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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Design in Engineering Education

Marketplace was created by the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) tohelp address a critical challenge of developing the next generation of systems engineering (SE)talent for future US DoD and defense industry needs. Given the scope of engineeringopportunities generated by the US DoD, and the increasing complexity of engineering projects intoday’s world, it is clear that the emerging engineering workforce needs to have anunderstanding of systems engineering processes and tools. According to a 2010 NationalDefense Industry Association, Systems Engineering Division study “The quantity and quality ofSystems Engineering expertise is insufficient to meet the demands of the government anddefense industry”.1 NDIA has identified this as the second

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Persistence and Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Van Dyken, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Patrick Gerard, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 26.1225.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Persistence in Engineering: Does Initial Mathematics Course Matter?AbstractThis study is situated within a larger project that seeks to understand how students that start inprecalculus and struggle in their math courses persist and complete an engineering degreeprogram. The specific aims of this study are to determine 1) the extent to which students thatstart in precalculus persist in engineering after one year, 2) correlations between the grade inengineering students’ first math course and/or the level of that course and persistence inengineering one year later, and 3) the relative number of students that

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Community Engagement Division

the community projects mightbe just community engagement and not service learning. That is not the case. Thestudents involved in these projects are benefitting from all the four stages of learningdefined by Kolb (1984).Figure 1: Kolb’s model of experiential learning Page 26.1367.3 1. Concrete Experience: The students are going on field trips, organizing meetings with the project stakeholders, and presenting updates to members of the team at the sponsor. They will be making presentation with their results to the governmental agency and even to the public that will be affected by the results of the project. They are very actively

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Innovative Use of Technology II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ting-Ting Wu, Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; Rustam Shadiev, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University; Yueh-Min (Ray) Huang, National Cheng Kung University; Chin-Feng Lai, National Chung Cheng University

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Computers in Education

-book system provides not only common functions, but also features speed reading,intensive reading, main concept reading and professional knowledge database ofterminologies of embedded system. In additions, it offers various multimedia annotations andassistance learning functions. All students’ reading activities can be recorded in back-endlearning portfolio database of the e-book system. The information stored in students’ learningportfolios allows them to monitor their own reading progress, achievements and issues. Inthis study, we attempted to test the feasibility of the e-book system as well as to explorestudents learning behavior during the e-book-assisted reading. The following researchquestions were addressed in this study: (1) Do

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystel Castillo P.E., The University of Texas - San Antonio; Mauricio Cabrera-Rios, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Michael W. Persans, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Hudson R. DeYoe, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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of Texas Rio Grande Valley Expertise in water quality and algal physiology and culture. Interest in use of algae as biofuel. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engaging Minority Students in Sustainable Bioenergy and Water Quality through an Education and Research Network Krystel K. Castillo-Villar1, Mauricio Cabrera-Rios2, Michael Persans3, Hudson Deyoe3 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, PO BOX 9000, Mayaguez, PR 00681 3 Department of Biology, The University of Texas

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Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D. Cenk Erdil, Marist College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

undergraduate education—to (i) have hands-on coding skills at moreadvanced levels, (ii) be aware of how to orchestrate data and computational infrastructures, and(iii) know about contemporary tools and methods to analyze large datasets efficiently.1 IntroductionHealth Informatics is a translational discipline at-large. With recent popularity of big data inalmost every single health informatics field, from bioinformatics and medical informatics, topublic health, two particular skill sets have become increasingly important to train professionalsin these fields to deal with big data: (i) data analysis, and (ii) computational sciences. While mosthealth informatics programs have included courses to equip students with relevant data analysisskills, the

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Works in Progress: Facilitating Student Success and Inclusion

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie P. Martin, Clemson University; Samuel S. Newton, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

author to debrief and discuss the next steps.Results to DateOur summary of intermediate results (n = 8) is presented in Table 1. Our presentation of quotesprovides an example of how we mapped participants’ words (raw data) to the a priori themescorresponding to the CCW framework. Additionally, we include an example of an emergenttheme. The rightmost column in the table indicates whether the participant categorized theirstatement as an unearned advantage or disadvantage (or both). Table 1: Forms of capital and wealth salient in testimony data. Unearned Theme Evidence Advantage or

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Pedagogies of Making and Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Sustainability).This prototype was still very rough, however, at the end of that summer’s work (2014). Duringthe summer of 2015 the Grand Challenge students chose to work on further testing anddevelopment of the device targeted at Haiti. We were contacted by leaders of a humanitariannonprofit organization affiliated with another university that specializes in work in Haiti. Theleaders of that nonprofit became informal clients for our project, providing feedback andsuggestions to our students as they worked through their design process. The 2015 design can beseen in Figure 1 below. Figure 1: The 2015 Device PrototypeThe students designed the device so that it could be shipped as a kit that is then assembled on theground in

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Engineering Economy

) HVAC control Upgrade: This project involves the recommendation to change the controls throughout the 20+ story building from 50-year old pneumatic thermostats to wireless controls. Previously, consultants recommended changing the controls but this was many years ago before wireless controls were popular. Also, the previous data was collected when utility prices were significantly different than today, so it makes sense that this project is worth evaluating. Below are photos from the tour given by the building staff. Figure 1: First picture from tour of mechanical Figure 2: Second picture from tour of mechanical room current controls room – condensate pumps• Geothermal Well Expansion

Conference Session

Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vidya K Nandikolla, California State University, Northridge; Vibhav Durgesh, California State University, Northridge

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Mechanical Engineering

and informationsystems as seen in figure 1. This course is made up of measurement systems, drive and actuationsystem, control system, microprocessor system and computer system that are required to createmore functional and adaptable products. As mechatronics is multidisciplinary in nature, properdesign of the hands-on experience is crucial for the success of the educational experience. Figure 1: Interdisciplinary nature of mechatronics1All instruments, equipment, and appliances used by us incorporate scientific knowledge andknow how from the fields of engineering. It is of paramount importance that mechanicalengineering students have an in depth understanding of Mechatronics, and it has thereforebecome a core mechanical

Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University

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Aerospace

does one evaluate such a program?Purpose This paper describes the evolution of an evaluation strategy for this unique approach toSTEM education. The reader should note that as a case study, this paper will have a differentorganizational format than one might normally expect. The focus of this report is on theevaluation strategy and methods, rather than program outcomes. After the introduction andpurpose here, 1) we report a summary of the program outcomes, 2) a description of the externalevaluation, 3) key analysis, and 4) conclusions. First we report the results, then the rest of thepaper is a description of how we produced the results. The true outcomes here are our methods. Clearly, systematic approaches to reflecting on and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudia J Rawn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Richard Bennett is the Director of the Engineering Fundamentals Division at the University of Tennessee. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Research and Instructional Strategies for Engineering RetentionThe Research and Instructional Strategies for Engineering Retention (RISER) was funded by theNSF STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP) in July of 2011 and has focused on two specificundergraduate populations within the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) College ofEngineering (COE) where retention was low. Both groups were freshmen, specifically: 1)freshmen who do not qualify for the freshman Engineering Fundamentals (EF) program due toACT math scores of

Conference Session

Capstone and Collaborations in Civil Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeremy R. Chapman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Anthony Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

practical for senior design as well.Figure 1 shows a typical team of four students surrounded by the three types of mentors, theCourse Instructor (in the industry role of administrator), the Team Coach (in the role of seniorproject engineer) and the Technical Design Mentor (obviously in the role of technical mentor). Figure 1. Team mentoring structure, report products, and timingThe Course Instructor on the top left, leads multiple teams during all three terms, teachingcontent and helping the teams and coaches stay organized. The Course Instructor is also asecondary reviewer of the teams’ work products and determines final grades for CE486, CE488and CE489. The Team Coach on the top right typically only coaches one team through all

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Agnew Trevey, Marquette University; Andrea L. Gorman, Marquette University; Kristina M. Ropella, Marquette University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Century LeadersAbstractWe have created a three-year leadership curriculum for undergraduate students enrolled in theOpus College of Engineering at Marquette University - a medium-sized, private, urban,religiously affiliated university. The objectives of this people-focused, technical leadershipprogram are to: (1) develop engineers who are able to address 21st century global challenges;(2) prepare individuals to lead, not only through innovation and technical expertise, but alsothrough their ability to motivate, engage and guide people and organizations who represent thefull range of diversity across the human spectrum; and (3) educate and develop the leadershipand character of outstanding engineering students, who are able to lead technical teams

Conference Session

Student Motivation and Faculty Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

themajority of problems. The practice is quite common: out of the 83 engineering undergraduatesand alumni we interviewed, all but three had experienced the practice. 1 And, as we indicatedabove, our research has also found that female students are particularly troubled by left-of-centergrading, suggesting that the practice may have major implications for the retention of diversepopulations. 1LOC grading is a subset of norm-referenced grading. Norm-referenced grading, popularlyknown as grading on a “curve,” involves grading students on the basis of their rankings within aparticular cohort. It is typically contrasted with criterion-referenced grading, which involvescomparing students’ achievements with clearly stated criteria for learning outcomes and

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Manisha Tripathy, Texas A & M University; Arun R Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; Rebecca C Simon, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

displayed the decrease of Napoleon’s army during the Russian campaign would be veryhelpful in formulating effective interventions. This is the ultimate intent of very preliminarywork presented in this paper.Progress through a Four-course Mathematics SequenceLike many engineering programs, undergraduate engineering curricula at Texas A&MUniversity require four courses in mathematics: Calculus I, Calculus II, Multi-variable Calculus,and Differential Equations. Catalog descriptions of the curricula indicate these four courses aretaken in a sequence in consecutive semesters. What percentages of students take and completethese four courses as presented in the course catalog? Figure 1 depicts results of 14,047

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer I. Clark, Montana State University ; Sarah L. Codd, Montana State University; Angela Colman Des Jardins, Montana State University; Christine M. Foreman, Montana State University; Brett W. Gunnink, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Katherine Ruth Stocker

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Women in Engineering

, computer science, and physicsJennifer I. Clark1, Sarah L. Codd2, Angela C. Des Jardins3, Christine M. Foreman2, Brett W. Gunnink2,Carolyn Plumb2, Katherine Stocker3Affiliations:1 Department of Education, Montana State University2 College of Engineering, Montana State University3 Department of Physics, Montana State UniversityThe College of Engineering (COE) and Montana Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) PeerMentoring Program at Montana State University began as a pilot program in 2013 with twoupper-division female peer mentors. Each of these women was assigned about 35 freshmanfemale engineering, computer science or physics students. The program was an overwhelmingsuccess, and a survey at the end of the year indicated that 90% of the freshmen

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International Division Technical Session 7

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University; Sneha Ayyagari, Stanford University

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International

ofengineers in working towards sustainable development. This is reflected in the creationand adoption of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 which included six professional skillsto prepare engineers who were more aware of how their profession, products and servicesare embedded in the larger global, socio-economic and political context. The question ofhow to measure and evaluate preparedness of engineering students to meet theserequirements remains an open question[1].Responding to the ABET criteria and the growing consensus that engineers of the future Page 26.1294.2should be trained to work in multicultural, global environments has lead to engineeringeducation

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ECCD International Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Project Genesis and Community NeedMuhuru Bay, Kenya is a fishing village located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to theTanzanian border. Although a few small shops in the business district of Muhuru Bay areconnected to the national grid, the vast majority of households are not. Most people rely on smallsingle-wick kerosene lamps (see Figure 1) and flashlights or candles for lighting. Kerosenelamps are hazardous, noxious, expensive and produce low-quality light of generally less than 20lumens, which is inadequate for studying or reading3. Approximately 4000 people live in thegreater Muhuru Bay area, most of them surviving on a few dollars per day. Figure 1. A typical kerosene lamp, fabricated from a used aerosol canister. A quarter is shown

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Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University; Tom M Leathem, Mississippi state university

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Student

of female engineers has increased from approximately 1% in the 1970s to 20%today while rates for females entering construction have shown minimal growth. This increaseseems promising, but there has been a decrease in the enrollment of female engineers since 2008in several countries (Beddoes & Borrego, 2011).Low female enrollment in engineering has long been acknowledged as a problem by engineeringeducation researchers. While the problem is well documented through admissions data,researchers are still in the process of identifying motivational factors for females into the field(Johnson & Sheppard, 2004). Architecture and Construction are experiencing similar issues withlower enrollment rates, but the fields have less data on this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Lunt, Southern Utah University; John S. MacLean, Southern Utah University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. They face manyobstacles that include a lack of knowledge of the campus environment, its academicexpectations, and lack of family support.2In accordance with these difficulties, it is not surprising that first-generation, minority, and low-income students also have lower retention rates. For example, 45 percent of first-generationstudents who began higher education in 1989-1990 had not obtained a degree or certificate andwere no longer enrolled by 1994, compared with 29 percent of non-first-generation students.1 Infact, students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds are among the least likely to beretained and complete a degree.2To increase retention rates of low-income, minority, and first-generation students, institutionsmust

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud K. Quweider, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

understanding."The approach is even more challenging to implement in the SMT (Science, Mathematics, andTechnology) fields at minority-serving institutions requiring trained faculty.This paper describes in detail our efforts to implement CBI in the Computer Science curriculumin general, and Computer Graphics (CG) and Software Engineering (SWE) in particular. Theeffort is part of an NSF grant awarded to UT Pan Am and UT Brownsville (both are now part ofthe newly merged university of UT Rio Grande Valley). The CG and SWE courses were selectedbecause of the initial high enrollment but the low retention rate. The paper documents the effortsthat have been made in specific areas of the newly implemented courses. These include: 1. The process of identifying

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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College; Denise Hum, Cañada College

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Two Year College Division

for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year Strategic Plan indicates that the United States needs make STEMeducation a priority. To achieve that goal, the Department of Education has committed $4.3billion to encourage states to develop “comprehensive strategies to improve achievement andprovide rigorous curricula in STEM subjects; partner with local STEM institutions

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Strategies Beyond the Classroom to Tackle Gender Issues

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine G Nelson, Arizona State University; Susan Shapcott, University of Bath ; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

this study represent our participants’ shared experiences thatinfluenced their choice to pursue and remain in engineering.Introduction Policy makers and media have put a spotlight on STEM’s gender inequalities,1 yet,engineering’s public image suggests that the field has become more inclusive. The fact thatFacebook hired Sheryl Sandberg, and support her efforts towards women leadership intechnology is one example of the perceived change. Such high-profile female role-models shouldbe celebrated. However, the expected motivational effects of high-profile female role-models arenot yet translating to grass-roots female participation. In fact, the graduation rate of women fromengineering programs is declining,2 and women only make up 18% of

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shih-Chung Jessy Kang P.E., National Taiwan University; Yifen Li, National Taiwan University; ChingMei Tseng

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Engineering Design Graphics

on their shifts in favorability scores of the environments, such aschanges in their ratings from the soft classroom to the hybrid or hard classroom in the first,second, or third round of the survey. Seven students were interviewed. As shown in Table1, this group was composed of the following: 86% were freshmen from civil engineering,and 14% were seniors from bioenvironmental systems engineering; 57% were male and43% were female; 71% changed the ratings and 29% did not. Questions focused onchanges in students’ preferences and reflections on the learning environment, as well asany effective learning strategies they developed in response to this innovative environment.!!!! Table 1 The backgrounds of students in the focus group

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Issues in Engineering Technology Education I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

representativesneed to constantly update their knowledge base. Besides all the reasons mentioned above andrelated to the implementation of various teaching methodologies, the current economy affects thecollege students in a way that many undergraduates have to work to secure the funds for theireducation, which in turn requires a more flexible class schedule. In order to accommodate theneeds of both groups: the university enrolled students and industry representatives, theeducational units must adequately adjust their curriculum, providing students with theopportunity to learn via traditional, blended or purely on-line class styles. Figure 1 depicts allthree educational approaches. The first case represents a traditional model, in which the theoryand hands-on

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Danielle L. Watt, Center for Chemistry at the Space Time Limit (CaSTL Center); Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeremy Alexis Magruder, University of Florida; Chanel Renee Easley, Techbridge; Yael-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, University of Tampa; Makita R. Phillips; Arielle M. Benjamin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 STEM and the obstacles that must be overcome to achieve desired representation and retention goals.   Understanding Womanism  Womanism, also known as Black feminism, considers the intersectional identities of Black women and accounts for experiences related not only to sex, but to race, class, and the other multiplicative identities that traditional feminist perspectives do not readily take into account. Alice Walker, attributed as one of the mothers of womanist thought, explained that “Womanism is to feminism, as purple is to lavender.[1]” This deeper, more encompassing representation of women’s experiences maintains the central ideal that various forms of inequity are bound together. That is to say, oppressed individual identity dimensions

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Evaluating and Measuring Recruiting and Major Selection Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Claire Y. Yan, University of British Columbia - Okanagan

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on whostayed in engineering based off of their first math course grade12.ResultsTable 1 below shows the breakdown of the 2007 and 2012 engineering freshman cohorts. 2007 Cohort Total Male Female Number of Students 720 576 144 Number of Leavers 167 146 21 Number of Movers 191 146 45 Number of Stayers 362 284 77 % Leavers 23% 25% 15% % Movers 27% 25% 31

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Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University

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Mechanics

past four years. In the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering alone, the entire five course sequence in mechanics and structures is now offered inthis format as indicated in Table 1. In all five of these courses, students are required to watchtheory-based lecture videos that are designed with the primary intent of preparing students forsolving problems in class. While the format and delivery of the lecture videos is similar, thestrategies for encouraging, ensuring, and rewarding students for watching videos vary among theindividual courses. Some courses give credit for viewing videos, and some courses use shortquizzes based on the lecture video content. The course that is the subject of the study in thispaper, Mechanics I, does not