Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, Rice University; Renae Danielle Mayes, Ball State University; Carol Villanueva-Perez, Ball State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

pipeline in three areas including gifted education, special education, and urban education.Ms. Carol Villanueva-Perez, Ball State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Barriers to Persistence of Engineering Students with Disabilities: A Review of LiteratureAbstractUndergraduate student retention is dependent not only on academic aptitude, but also on non-academic factors, which include the ability to integrate fully into their academicenvironments. Non-academic factors are likely to more significantly impact the success ofstudents with disabilities compared to their peers who do not have disabilities, especially withinscience, technology, engineering, and

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

,this program is engineering discipline specific, open only to incoming students enrolled in thefall semester, and it is closely tied to the first engineering course offered at the university. Bootcamps at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Washington (UW)are similar, but they focus on Math and Writing or Science and Math respectively [15], [16],which means that students will not necessarily meet others in their major.All incoming freshmen engineering students are encouraged to apply to E-FIT, which is designedto suit students of all ability levels. Currently, there is space for 132 students (approximately20% of incoming engineering students) to participate, but the program plans to be available to allincoming

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Dena Garner, The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Rebecca A. Hunter, The Citadel; Breeanne Baker Swart, The Citadel; Shankar Madhab Banik, The Citadel; Michael P. Verdicchio, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

addition, Hu and colleagues find that students who participate in undergraduate research havegreater interactions and relationships with their faculty, improved writing and communicationskills, and enhanced critical thinking skills [2]. Moreover, summer undergraduate research hasalso been found to support these outcomes, with Lopatto finding that such programs supportnetworking skills and professional development for students [3]. Due to these findings, TheCitadel initiated the Undergraduate Research Office in 2016 and the inaugural The CitadelSURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) program in the summer of 2017. Notethat this program is not quite the same as typical REU programs where students come frommultiple universities to work on one

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony E. Sparkling, Purdue University; Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Aayushi Sinha, Purdue University; Trenton Thomas Hasser, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

@purdue.edu.Dr. Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently she is exploring the performance and attributes of engineering technology students and using that knowledge to engage them in their studies.Ms. Aayushi Sinha, Purdue University I’m a undergraduate student studying mathematics and statistics who is interested in analysis of data. Working on this paper will give me a good idea of how to analyze data and what goes into writing a research paper.Mr. Trenton Thomas Hasser, Purdue

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Dr. D. Patrick O’Neal, Louisiana Tech University D. Patrick O’Neal is an associate professor in the Biomedical Engineering program which is part of the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to moving to academia in 2005, he served as PI on industrial nanomedicine-based development projects supported by NSF, NIH, and NIST funding. Given a research focus in biomedical optics, he has published peer-reviewed articles in basic and clinical cancer research, nanomedicine, and applied electro-optic instrumentation. Based on experiences instructing courses like Biomedical Engineering Senior Design and his ongoing involvement with the medical

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Rush Leeker, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

efficient supply chain for urban water projects. Jessica has worked for many successful consumer product companies including Unilever, and Georgia Pacific. Currently, Jessica is completing her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University to focus on practical methods of corporate outreach in STEM for minority communities. In her free time, writes children’s books, teaches yoga to children, and enjoys her family.Dr. Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Mary Pilotte is Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She is an instructor for Multidisciplinary engineering course- work, and is

Conference Session

Technical Session 4 - Paper 4: Developing a Strategy to Include Financially Disadvantaged Undergraduate Students into Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

a student encountering other students with diverse backgrounds, it does notguarantee a high-quality interaction. Gurin et al. [1] discuss two other forms of diversity:informal interaction diversity and classroom diversity. The former involves interaction withdiverse students outside of the classroom, and this is where most meaningful interaction happens,while the latter involves learning about diverse people and interacting with such peers in theclassroom. Informal interaction diversity and classroom diversity generate the impact oneducational outcomes, but structural diversity is required for the other two to exist.Piaget [3] states that encountering diverse students results in differing perspectives and equalityin relationships, and both

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadah Al Theeb, Purdue Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Mathematics (STEM) fields, particularly in engineering. This studyconducted a systematized literature review to identify these challenges, guided by the researchquestion: "What challenges affect Arab women's engagement in STEM fields, particularlyengineering?" A search was conducted using databases such as ERIC, Education Source from theEBSCO platform, and Compendex, Inspec from the Engineering Village platform. After applyinginclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of twelve peer-reviewed articles were selected and analyzedto examine the challenges that Arab women encounter in these fields. The analysis revealed threemain themes: The inherent nature of Arab culture and society and the role of family support in theEngineering field, gender

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Yoo, Lamar University; Selahattin Sayil, Lamar University; Gleb Tcheslavski

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

study the effectiveness of online lab experiences with the goal of improvingstudent success and self-efficacy. Online lab sessions must offer active learning experiences,which may include ample opportunities for students to interact with their peers and instructors,and tackle real problems by experiencing trials and errors. This research on the online labs cangreatly contribute to enhancing EE engineering student learning. Further, it will address thecritical component of EE engineering - experiential learning - with a lot of hands-on lab learningexperiences that can lead to a deeper understanding of engineering concepts. Well-designedonline labs can help students maintain enthusiasm for engineering fresh and can also increase theretention rate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston; Erik M. Hines, Florida State University; Ayesha Boyce, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Jared Larenz Davis, University of Houston; Waldemiro Muanha Junqueira, University of Houston; Tyron Slack, Florida State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Counseling and Development, Professional School Counseling, The High School Journal, and Urban Education. Equally important, Dr. Hines is an ACA Fellow and received the Al Dye award for co-editing the special issue, Group Work with African Americans Children and Adolescents published in the Journal for Specialist in Group Work. Dr. Hines received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in Counselor Education with a concentration in Urban School Counseling. Finally, he has worked as a counselor in various K-12 settings and for the Ronald E McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.Dr. Ayesha Boyce, University of North Carolina

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

course involve technical communication, team writing, and analysis of thedata collected in lab. While creation of devices and collection of data occurred in the lab spaces,the rest of this work typically occurred outside of lab. As such, it is perhaps no surprise thatmoving from UOL to MIL had no statistically significant impact on student project scores. Whileteam projects were scored higher on average in MIL than in UOL, the p value was only 0.088.Furthermore, it may be worth noting that the same observations could be made for student peerevaluations of their team members. In the test course, students switch teams for each of their sixprojects and they tend to work with almost every peer in their section. Part of the score for theirteam

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Rebecca Kuntz Willits, University of Akron; Linda T. Coats; Debora F. Rodrigues, University of Houston; Lakiesha N. Williams, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Fellows from each yearindicated that they would recommend the professional development to their peers. Table 5contains a few comments from each year as to why they would recommend it to their peers. Acommon theme was the how much was learned about they learned about the topics andacademia. Table 4. ACADEME Fellows perceptions of the quality of the professional development workshop % Strongly %Disagree %Agree % Strongly Disagree Agree Cohort year 17 18 19 17 18 19 17 18 19 17 18 19 Content was useful for my 0 8 0 0 4 0 20 0 26 80 88 74 professional

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

12 African-American 2 9th Grade 6 Asian 2 For 2016, the ninth graders shown in Table 2 were miniGEMS Peer Mentors. All thepeer mentors participated in the 2015 miniGEMS camp and had the opportunity to share theirexperiences and, acting as group leaders, provided further assistance to the 2016 campers for theduration of the camp.miniGEMS Program Content Each day of the camp was different and fun-filled with interesting and engaging studentactivities that emphasize active learning with minimal lectures and extensive collaborativelearning. The purpose was to encourage the students to actively participate in the camp andthereby to

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is an Assistant Professor and Director of International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neal I. Callaghan, University of Toronto; Jose Luis Cadavid, University of Toronto; Huntley H. Chang, University of Toronto; Ileana Louise Co, University of Toronto; Nicolas Ivanov, University of Toronto; Nhien Tran-Nguyen, University of Toronto; Jonathan Rubianto, University of Toronto; Locke Davenport Huyer, University of Toronto; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

have external barriers to learning.Therein, focus tends to be on additional resource deployment or encouragement to perseverethrough challenge for specific students. However, not all strategies need focus exclusively on theindividual student; a powerful means to enhance a student’s academic interest and performanceis through the culture and environment of the classroom [7-8]. In fact, one could speculate thatindividual focus on particular students by an educator need be optimized, as social implicationscould have detriment to equitable goals. Therefore, this sum of interpersonal interactionsbetween students and the educator, in its optimal form, would allow for shared experience andachievement between students, spurring peer support and

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Wealthmodel. We discuss the role of financial support, navigating a predominantly white institution(navigational capital), a smoother transition into university life (Social Capital), peers as socialsupport (Social Capital), and aspiring to make a social impact (Resistance Capital).It is our hope that this paper gives voice to these students who have brought with them assets asthey maneuver this predominately white institution. It is our hope the insights from this paperwill help all of us develop support structures that will transform our institutions and others like it.IntroductionIt has been four years since the first cohort of students in the S-STEM PEEPS grant started at CalPoly. There are only 13 of them, but we wanted to capture their

Conference Session

Teaching and Advising Tools Using Computers and Smart Devices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Barbara Louise Stewart, University of Houston; Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT)

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

ERM Division, and a past Chair of the Gulf Southwest Section of ASEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Mobile Devices and Lifelong Learning: The Students’ PerspectiveIntroductionAlvin Toffler, writer and former associate editor of Fortune magazine has often been quoted assaying that, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, butthose who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn”.1 With rapid advances in information andcommunication technologies (ICTs) that include devices becoming more portable, moreintuitive, and not particularly costly, the process of pursuing knowledge for a lifetime hasbecome more impelling. With advanced technical tools readily

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sura Al-Qudah, Western Washington University ; Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Andrew Greiner

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

. A largenumber of factors can make URM students of varying ethnic backgrounds feel like they do notbelong. Most of these factors appear in direct contact with are directly related to students’interactions and relations with people around them such as faculty, classmates, lab instructors,teaching assistants, significant others, family members, friends, and college staff. The researchersemphasized that faculty and peer interaction is one of the biggest driving forces behind increasingthe sense of belonging among those students in higher education. This can range from saying helloto having a casual interaction with a professor in the hallway. Accordingly, faculty plays one ofthe most crucial roles in improving students feeling of belonging to

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Latanya Robinson, Florida International University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Candice Guy-Gaytán, BSCS Science Learning; Joshua Alexander Ellis, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

and solution for the mass of mixture/solution3 Students drawing their own Determining the filtration devices concentration of a solution4 Providing labels and Determining Writing numerical expression measurements for filtration saturation of a for saturation devices solution5-6 Students give feedback and Materials that receive feedback from peers filter out bacteria on their drawings7-8 Students design and evaluate Deriving flow rate ratio for their filtration devices selected materials in the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory; Craig G Rieger, Idaho National Laboratory; Aunshul Rege, Temple University; Saroj K Biswas, Temple University; Michael Haney, University of Idaho; Michael John Santora, University of Idaho; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Ronald Laurids Boring; D. Subbaram Naidu P.E., University of Minnesota Duluth; John F. Gardner, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

developed for the Resilient Control Systems class.Dr. Craig G Rieger, Idaho National Laboratory Craig Rieger, PhD, PE, is the Chief Control Systems Research Engineer at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), pioneering multidisciplinary research in the area of next-generation resilient control systems. In addition, he has organized and chaired eight Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) technically co-sponsored symposia and one National Science Foundation workshop in this new research area, and authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. Craig received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University in 1983 and 1985, respectively, and a PhD in Engineering and Applied

Conference Session

Reviewing Methods for Educational Research

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

engineering students are often notconsidered [4, 13].As described by Polkinghorne [20], narrative research commonly includes two forms of analysis:narrative analysis, in which structured narratives are built from existing data, and analysis ofnarratives, in which data already exists in narrative form. This outcome of the analysis ofnarratives technique often consists of a set of themes that the researcher can use to makeinferences about the sample they studied. Meanwhile, the outcome of the narrative analysistechnique is a story, ordered chronologically, that synthesizes various data into a cohesiveelement. This form of narrative analysis can be thought of as writing an account of someone'slife, such as a biography. The researcher may interview the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn Walters, Temple University; Cory Budischak, Temple University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

and thus effective teamwork?InterventionWe have adopted several modules of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tools for Teamwork:Asset Mapping and Team Processing Handbook [11] to introduce students to important teamconcepts. Prior to forming groups and as part of the Handbook, students are asked to reflect ontheir identities, strengths, communication and conflict styles. As part of this, they complete aseries of self-assessments [12] and generate an asset map where they give thought to how theirlife experiences, not only educational experiences, will benefit a team. For an example of whatan asset map looks like, see examples in [4], [13]. Further, students read several articleshighlighting diversity and engineering and write a short

Conference Session

STEM Education at the Two-Year College

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeynep Akcay Ozkan, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Yuanhong Yu, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Ewa Stelmach, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Native Alaskan Age 13-73 Gender Female, Male New Student Description First-time Freshmen, Transfer GPA 0-4 Credits completed 0-188 Course Grade A-D, F, W, Other Math/Reading/Writing Passed, Failed, Exempt, Not tested Placement Exam Score First Generation Status Yes, NoData set comprises characteristics of students and the sections they are enrolled. The students’characteristics include age, gender, ethnicity, first-generation college status, placement examscores, GPA, credits completed, and whether they are freshmen or transfer students. Coursecharacteristics include

Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Rashmi Deodeshmukh, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

theworld of work and education vis-a-vis guest speakers and interaction with university faculty. This paperpresents the implementation of the pilot and discusses the initial findings, challenges and lessons learned.MethodologyThe program activities were designed to emphasize self-efficacy and belonging and will be describednext. Faculty researchers developed partnerships with local organizations working with young womenwith a focus on women of color, in grades 6-12th. Based upon partner scheduling and the academiccalendar a twenty week/year program was developed. Students will attend an in-person session (two and ahalf hour duration) every other week, with take home materials the week after. The hands-on exercises arebased on peer reviewed

Conference Session

The Curriculum at Two-year College's Engineering Technology and Engineering Transfer Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center; Lakshmi Jayaram, Inquiry Research Group LLC

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

interaction between peers, increased relianceon instructors, and a significant decline in experiential learning such as labs, groupprojects, demonstrations, problem-based learning, and service-learning. Themajority of students report feeling worried about making progress toward theirdegree, and about half worried about completing the semester. Two benefitsstudents identified was having access to course materials all the time through theLMS and the flexibility of remote learning. Findings also show that technicianstudents are quite diverse by way of age, partner status, having a family, race-ethnicity, employment status, and educational background. About one-third ofstudents who responded are women. This paper concludes with several

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Briber, University of Maryland, College Park; Romel D Gomez P.E., University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, microelectronics, electromagnetics, quantum theory and magnetic technology. As the associate chair for undergraduate education, he helped strengthen the ECE curriculum in communications, embedded systems, cyber security, and power. He is the architect of a novel freshman course that introduces fundamental principles of ECE using hands-on pedagogy and a science course for non-STEM majors. Dr. Gomez is also a researcher in the broad areas of micromagnetism and biosensing. He has co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters and has three U.S. Patents. He earned his PhD from the University of Maryland, MS from Wayne State in University and BS from the University of the Philippines all in Physics. Among his

Conference Session

ETD Freshmen Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Zachary Linkous, University of Toledo

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

the objective of increasing studentretention and overall satisfaction. Since this course is one of the first technical courses thestudents have to take, the latest approach is to incorporate hands-on laboratory experience withthe goal of getting the freshmen accustomed with novel techniques of acquiring data, buildingthe skills to analyze and investigate data using Excel software, writing a laboratory report, usinga Word processor, and comparing their results with computer simulation results using Matlab orSimulink. At the end of the course each student will have the opportunity to improve theirpresentation skills by presenting their findings in front of their peers using PowerPoint. For thefirst hands-on experiment the students used a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas E. Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

and confidence.Lab 2 Arduino Pulse Width Modulation: instead of using the bench top instrument of a functiongenerator to make the PWM signal, the students needed to write software on an Arduinomicrocontroller. With software and the microcontroller board, the students generated the samePWM signals that they had previously made with the function generator. This lab exposedstudents to the process of writing computer programs, downloading to hardware, running andtesting that hardware. The trial and error experimentation and control of the motor alloweddevelopment of insight and confidence.Lab 3 Sensors and Conditionals: sensor input to the microcontroller was introduced. Studentsactivated sensors, setup analog-to-digital conversion on the

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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International

thistechnology.Project 3: Performing a mock hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee for Energy and NaturalResources to approve the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative on a specific parcel of public land. Theclass would be split into different groups with differing opinions on the subject, such asInvestors, Locals, Policy Makers, Environmental Protection agency, etc. The students were askedto research and strategize and then in class debate their side of the initiative.Project 4: In groups of 3, the students are asked to design an alternative energy proposal for acity. They are asked to propose a plan to reduce the amount of fossil fuels that a city uses forboth electricity and transportation. They are asked to write a proposal to the major of the cityexplaining the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

awareness of complex social issuessuch as the digital divide and the associated gender gap in computer professions.Several strategies are have been used to cover this course material. The first was the standardreadings and lectures on the gender gap in STEM fields. However, this did not lend itself well toassessment of the student awareness as an outcome, as reading and listening to lectures are notquantifiable.The next approach tried was an assignment using an Implicit Association Test to gauge studentattitudes toward the gender and science. This assignment, detailed in an earlier paper,1 askedstudents to read a relevant chapter of the course text, then to write a paragraph on why they thinkthat there are so few women in engineering, the sciences