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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Making activities and maker spaces in childrens’ museums.There is a trend for museums and science/technology centers to establish Maker spaces. ThePittsburgh Children's Museum has created Makeshop, a maker space reflecting 7 specificlearning practices, for example. Research has shown Maker spaces as sources ofmultidisciplinary learning, a blending of communities of practice with formal learning, andfinally that the depth of learning is in the making. While the research points to the values ofMaking in general, and specifically making in museum maker spaces, there seems to be littleresearch on family making, and how museums can encourage family making. This researchhopes to bridge both these gaps by studying the importance of family making and

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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International Forum

statistics is provided for the period of 2007 – 2015 (or 2007-2014 as the2015 data are still under processing). The university obtained its National ResearchUniversity status in 2010, so the 2007-2009 period is given for reference. The 2010-2015block of data is the statistics reflecting implementation of its Development Program andpractices intended to boost its internationalization.Description of best practicesFocusing on internationalization while obtaining a national research university statusFollowing the experience of the U.S., where the universities are the key national centers ofresearch activities, the Russian Government launched an initiative of creating nationalresearch universities in 2009. Such universities were thought to become

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; Mary Ragnhild Hilja Hatakka, Petroleum Institute

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Diversity, International Forum

GulfIntroductionSeveral studies have been done on the kinds of qualifications, knowledge and skills that the 21stcentury engineer should have. To illustrate an example of such skills reflecting the needs ofindustry, Rajala [4] defines the areas of competence necessary for a global engineeringprofessional as global competence, technical competence and professional competence.However, she points out that the attributes which are associated with each of these competencespresent a challenge for engineering educators regarding both the context in which they should beintroduced, as well as “determining what can be accomplished within the constraints of auniversity education” [4]. From an educational stance, the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mandy Liu, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET); Liang-Jenq Leu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University; Charlie Than, Myanmar Engineering Council

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International Forum

support to MEngC should there is a need called for. Asindicated above, the ultimate goal of MEngC is to achieve signatory status of theWashington Accord. IEET is sure that through a continuous support from the Myanmargovernment and the local engineering community, this goal will be achieved sooner thanit seems.REFLECTION As IEET reflects on the past years mentoring Myanmar, the following points andissues are of significance: 1. Development of any accreditation system must consider and remain sensitive of the local education systems and needs, it is not possible and prudent to copy one system into another country without any modification. 2. Internationalization and mobility of engineers are of key purpose for upcoming

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Vitaliy Popov, 1. University of San Diego. 2. The Global STEM Education Center; Larisa K. Schelkin, Global STEM Education Center, Inc.; Russell Faux, DSRA

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International Forum

working inteams, generally multicultural teams in the United States or global teams collaboratingthrough technology. Today’s students—tomorrow’s workers— without ability to learnand work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, and skills to functionproductively in an interdependent world community will not be able to improve theUnited States’ economic competitiveness, and provide leadership in innovation andcreativity. The Global-STEM Classroom® reflects these rapid changes, addresses thenew skill requirements, and provides innovative technology experiences for students andteachers by modeling authentic, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary collaborative, STEMprofessional teamwork processes.The Global STEM Education Center, Inc 501 (c) (3

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Libanos Redda, SPEED; Fabian Reichl, SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development); Agustin Ferrario, National Technological University, Resistencia Faculty, Argentina; Rohit Kandakatla, SPEED; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development

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Diversity, International Forum

note that the 11.1% of students thatsaid that they would “do nothing” in the pre-GSF survey dropped to 0% in the post-GSF results.There was also a 13.7% increase in students who would take the initiative themselves betweenthe pre- and post-GSF results (Fig 3B & 4B). In short, GSF seems to have boosted thewillingness of students to take action in their EE.ConclusionThe GSF has developed into a well-established model for uniting a diverse group of students forthe common cause of improving EE. With approximately one decade of GSF experience behindus it is a critical point in time for us to reflect on ways to further bolster our principal event. Inthe future we would like to develop more creative ways to preserve the strong sense ofmotivation

Conference Session

Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Christine Perkins, Texas A&M University; Gary T. Fry Ph.D., P.E., Texas A&M University; Carol L. Stuessy, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

centuryinstruction is process-oriented, evaluation of instruction can thus reflect a process-orientedschema to more clearly reflect that under evaluation.30 The field of engineering education needsmore contextually relevant evidence-based research about evaluation methodology for GBL.Adding the results of this study to the literature base can help bridge educational researchmethodology and actual practice of GBL for engineering education. The authenticity of oureducation research methodology has wide applicability for engineering education researchersdesiring to assess the effects of GBL unobtrusively on students’ learning while doing.2. Problem statementA critical component missing in education research literature are methods to reliably andcredibly

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Robert Stambach, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

) have been created in a flexible manner that supports theiradaption to multiple venues and grade levels. The design presented here simplifies the lessoncreation process while supporting a broad dissemination to pre-college teachers and students.The importance of this effort is reflected in the research findings that many young students donot know what engineers do.3 The proposed approach supports faculty and graduate students inmaximizing the potential impact of their outreach efforts, reaching a broader population of youngstudents. Two specific lesson plans are presented, Mining Coal and Bridge Building. These lessonswere selected because they illustrate flexibility in design and our initial efforts at embeddingsuch flexibility

Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hossein Ataei P.E., Syracuse University; Ossama M. Salem, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Ethics

areimposed on and expected from members of an Engineering society or association. These rulesand regulations, similar to the rules of law, identically apply to all members of the profession. Inother words, compliance with the deontological approach to professional ethics, does not requirefurther reflection on personal or societal value systems. Professional engineering ethics is adeontological approach (Quebec Order of Engineers, Professionalism, Ethics and Deontology).Moreover, on the other side of the engineering ethics, is the engineering social responsibility(ESR) which is an organizational matter. Society is best served by pursuing joint-interests of allthe stakeholders involved in an engineering project or initiative and through an

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Birou; Alistar Erickson-Ludwig; Mira Olson; Kevin Scoles

@Beeber have given the Peck Scholars students significant latitude in completing this project. While one constraint was for the project to be cost­effective, OEMS’s definition of “cost­effective” is dependent on each individual school’s resources; when presented with the combined $2000 that the Peck Scholars Program and SLA@Beeber set aside for the project, OEMS did not find that unreasonable. This trend is reflected in other areas of the project: as long as the Peck Scholars are addressing the five focus areas of OEMS’s sustainability plan (above), OEMS has let the students work fairly autonomously. Given the other commitments of the partner teachers at SLA@Beeber, opportunities for collaboration, input and constraints from SLA were minimal

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; George Tremberger; M. Chantale Damas; Alexei Kisselev; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

atoms. A typical Synchrotron-based X-ray Absorption data plot would show absorption at energy beyond the regular K-edge(or L-edge). When the incoming X-ray energy exceeds the K-edge energy, the remainingenergy would be given to the released photoelectrons. Furthermore, a photoelectron would showresonance when partially confined by the potential imposed by the neighboring atoms. Althoughthe quantum resonance for the superposition of the reflected electron wave and the out-goingelectron wave has no analogy in the first year physics courses, the vibrating string experimentprobing the wave velocity as proportional to string tension divided by mass per unit length andalso the product of frequency and wavelength would offer a working analogy where

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eileen Haase PhD; Harry Goldberg

study groups which met outside ofclass which could be viewed as a reflection of the student’s perceived value of this activity.Another popular class activity was celebrating Noble Prize week in October, which involvedannouncing each day’s winner, their research, and relevance to the course. Even though lectureswere recorded, last fall over 90% of the students (n=126) still came to lecture each day. Webelieve that the quality and value of the classroom experience prevented a drop in attendance, aproblem that seems to be of national concern.Weekly Team Based Learning (TBL)There has been substantial research documenting the value of team based learning on studentunderstanding and comprehension4,11. However, team based learning is only effective if

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

: majority and minority power. Because the characters that show compassion do not have happy endings in the novel, are readers led to believe that power is only given to those who display more animalistic behavior? In any case, it is important to keep in mind that a power figure in the novel ended up dead: Joe Dale. Therefore it is certainly plausible to say that if given enough time, minority figures can eventually overthrow the majority. Readers must reflect on both issues carefully before coming to concrete conclusions. Does this novel foreshadow a possible future? Where will modern society end up in the future? These are questions that will remain unanswered until humans truly understand the power

Conference Session

Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Angela Harris, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

, thestakeholders did not add information to fill any gaps in the information they provided during theinterviews.LimitationsOur primary limitation was the small number of people interviewed at each site and, therefore,we may not have saturated the data set. However, our participants did include the key personnel,by title, at each location (e.g., director of career services and engineering liaison). In addition, areview of our findings with stakeholders at each site demonstrated that the themes developedaccurately reflect our two case sites. Finally, our participants were subject matter expertsregarding student career services for their respective universities.ResultsWe organized our results by case site and then compared the sites. The results for each

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Timothy W Mays P.E., The Citadel; Monika Bubacz, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Kaitlin Marley, University of California - San Diego; James Michael Grayson, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

(depending on site and weather) with competitive team activities. The mentorsalso use meals and morning / afternoon snack breaks for team building, reflection time, anddiscussion. A closing dinner provides participants with an opportunity to interact with othersoutside of their own teams and to celebrate their achievements after four days of hard work.Mini-ExCEEd Teaching Workshops: A Mini-ExCEEd Teaching workshop is a two-dayworkshop that focuses on presenting two demonstration classes by master teachers and 9-10seminars (normally Seminars 1-9, 11, Table 1, occasionally Seminar VII is minimized to onlythe assessment form presented before demonstration class 2). As can be seen in the typicalExCEEd Teaching Workshop schedule (Figure 3), the

Conference Session

Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra S. Fuentes, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randall Davies, Brigham Young Unversity

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Raul N. Tackie, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

are of greatimportance, while others may only need to be briefly mentioned in the lecture. To reflect thisrelative importance in the skeleton notes the instructor should rank each topic in the list; in effectcreating a hierarchy of importance. The next step is to reorder the list of topics as they wouldappear chronologically in a lecture; the topics should build on one-another in a logical fashion tocreate a progression of thought that serves to inform the student and demonstrate how theconcepts relate to one another. This reordering can take many forms, and should be written in away that encourages the instructor to think about how the topics are related. Some instructorsmay find that a bulleted list serves this purpose best, while others

Conference Session

Effective Use of Technology in Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Magpili, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (EMSE), Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Preetham Sathish Ullal, Old Dominion University

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Computers in Education

learners surpasses unsupported instruction with regards to the effective transfer ofknowledge.6 Collaborative work largely reflects the actual environment in engineering-intensiveorganizations that use interdisciplinary teams to solve engineering problems. By carefullyconstructing guidance to support the team in the form of tools and guided activities, we canfacilitate and evaluate interactions and then further determine design improvements to ensurethat effective collaboration takes place. The structure and goals of the collaboration tool andinstructional scaffolds aligns with evidence-based research and the foundational knowledge ofteam processes and team effectiveness.14-16 The collaboration tool was built using Google Appsthat are freely

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Classroom Practice

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Oscar G. Nespoli, University of Waterloo

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

order to optimize the classification effort while attempting toinform us of feedback activity nature and level. For example, we recognize the importance ofneed analysis and the emphasis that experts place on this stage verses novices, and so theimportant coding classifications of problem identification, representation and communication areprominent in our model. Additionally, the verification classification is available at each stage, asthis reflects best design practice. Figure 1. A generalized engineering design process model with coding classifications Initiating Planning

Conference Session

Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

engineering can have on human lives, as is the focus ofmany recruitment campaigns and messages within undergraduate engineering programs as partof diversity campaigns. Indeed, the fact that the National Science Foundation requires thegraduate students to meet the same Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts criteria required bygrant awardees signifies commitment to requiring engineers, future academicians, andresearchers to carefully consider the merits and impacts of their work. This is potentially avaluable form of reflective practice (essential for developing expertise)35, and contributes to thedefinition of the essence of engineering and what it means to be an engineer, although facultydefinitions of engineering largely still differ from the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Yousef Ismail, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Bing Guo, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Konstantinos E. Kakosimos, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Raelene Dufresne, Texas A&M University - Qatar; Nasser Alaeddine, Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

offers a venue for increasing awareness,demonstrating relevance, building confidence, and proving satisfaction for faculty audiences.Furthermore, the influence of peers can play an important role in promoting change in theattitudes of faculty audiences 19, 20, 21, 22. The competition acting as a medium for triggering acontagion effect, or social spillover effect, can lead faculty audiences to imitate the adoptionbehaviors of their peer group of participants.Finalist ProjectsResults from the 2013 competition have demonstrated the potential of the approach in promotinginnovation in engineering education 18. In 2014, there was a variety of projects reflecting thevision of contributing faculty members in relation to advancing education through

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

needs. Firstly,the benefit is for the community that is served by students, and secondly, students areencouraged to connect and reflect how their education connects to their professional career.Through this experience students feel better about their actions and understand the need andtherefore the impact engineers have on a community. This encourages them to learn more abouttheir chosen profession, and feel more confident about their achievements.Also, students have a chance to practice and apply what they learn in class in a real project wherethey are exposed to the results of their design. The positive side of the service learning is in theend, the students are giving back to the communities and society the knowledge they gained inthe

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

1 2 Full Professor 11Other quantitative and qualitative data was gathered for this study through a post-class survey. Thesurvey was designed to capture student’s attitudes concerning the use of Active Learning in theMC/MSD class and also to assess the overall student experience. To answer the final question,Instructor B was asked to reflect on his experience of using Active Learning and his plans forfuture implementation.Typical ClassFor the MC/MSD class described here, the student receives four credit units. They meet in 50-minute lecture sections on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; and a three-hour laboratory sectionon either Tuesday or Thursday of each week. The students in the laboratory sections are

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Outreach in K12 through College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Iversen, Start Engineering

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

participate in anoutreach survey than those not. We could well have a disproportionate data set. But outreach certainly“feels” like a nearly pervasive activity among universities, and this magnitude of extrapolation is likelyto be generally valid.Three programs reported about 65,000 of the 147,000-plus student total, each with about 20,000participants. The median figure for student programs was 200. The spiky-ness of participation numberspoints up something fundamental about the nature of the field. Outreach is a highly varied undertaking.Different schools have different goals, capabilities, and opportunities. Programs come in all shapes andalso all sizes.The community member total does reflect one unusually large program total that might bear

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina S. Morton, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students’ entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, it is not surprising that the Theory of Planned Behavior and Social Cognitive Theoryare commonly used. Although all of the papers in this review placed an emphasis on gender within theirstudies, there appeared to be little consensus regarding which theoretical frameworks to use thatpertain to gender. Three of the 24 papers (12.5%) used Eagly’s Social Role Theory33, whichdescribes how beliefs concerning the different sexes are reflective of the sexual division of laborand gender hierarchy within society. Other theories pertaining to gender that were used to framestudies included Gender Schema Theory34, Liberal Feminism Theory35, Gender Role Theory36,and Sex Role

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Telenko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Saldana, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd Sulchek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shannon K. Yee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

activitiesmust be structured to meet the appropriate knowledge levels and learning goals. Students mustbe clearly informed in their role as researchers or contributors to research. As part of this role,they should be given some level of autonomy, such as the ability to tweak the experiment orgiven access to equipment or tools for their creative projects. Despite the level of autonomy thatstudents thrive on, it is important that faculty realize students may be slow to question ahypothesis when engaging in experiments. They thus require mentoring and reflection withregards to research methods. Faculty must also invest in these activities by purchasing orproviding access to equipment, or consulting with students regularly. Additionally, many ofthese

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Yonemura, University of Washington ; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

is that the individual feels isolated and is able to identify potential sources of those feelings.• Mysterious Pathways: covers feelings of being stalled, stuck, or unable to move forward in a career. Originally classified as a result of not knowing the pathways to promotion or advancement, this category was expanded slightly to also reflect those career pathways that are stagnant or stalled for both men and women.• Diving Catch: refers to a tendency of some workplaces to put those who are risk averse at a disadvantage. In a diving catch work environment, the individual who feels less comfortable with risk feels more at a disadvantage with regard to advancement or performance because he or she is penalized by not

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L Sullivan, Rice University; David Daniels, DREAM - Achievement Through Mentorship; Imani O. Butler, Rice University; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Understanding functions rank asthe strongest influencers on Head Mentors’ motivation for volunteering. The differencesbetween Values and the Understanding are statistically significant compared to each other, andare also statistically different when either function is compared to all of the others. Asinfluencers these are followed by Enhancement, Social, Career, and Protective, although theonly statistically significant difference among these four functions is between Enhancement andProtective. It is important to emphasize that the ANOVA results reflect trends in the relative impact ofthe functions on the average respondent: specifically, that the Values score for the averageDREAM Head Mentor was greater than their scores in the other functions

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Cibele V. Falkenberg, Auburn University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

important part ofengineering research and practice.Finding ways to normalize mistakes and failures, and make them safe to perform in public,enables a number of learning enhancements. Foremost, it allows us a much less complicatedmeans of understanding what our students are learning and what they find challenging. Butperhaps more importantly, when mistakes seem safe, it enables students to practice seeingmistakes and feedback as helpful and nonthreatening. A learner’s constructive attitude towardmistakes is a major component of current pedagogical concerns such as growth mindset,mastery-based learning motivation, reflection and resiliency 16–19. Improvisatory educationmethods provide us with a very promising strategy toward scaffolding a value for

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

rather than a high performance by the students. Instead, the criteria for performanceat the Analysis level might more accurately be defined as demonstrating an understanding of thecompeting measures of success for the various project criteria and how to obtain, process, andanalyze the appropriate data associated with success in each category. If so, the performance ofthe students would occur, at best, around the Application level. It is more likely that other levelswould then be re-scaled to reflect average performance occurring around a mean of 2.5 (betweenComprehension and Application). Note the large coefficient of variation of 0.4. Such a largevalue suggests significant scatter about the mean. (Given the changing perspective of the