Conference Session

Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Olufunso Oje; Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Kristin Bryant, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

learning and plans to pursue a teaching career upon earning his Ph.D.Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University Jacqueline Gartner is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University in the School of Engineering, which offers a broad BS in engineering with concentrations in chemical and mechanical.Dr. Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University Prof. Prashanta Dutta has received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Texas A&M University in 2001. Since then he has been working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. He was promoted to the rank of Associate and Full Professor in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Prof. Dutta is an elected

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the market simulation experience and learning at two points in the semester (Section A), • Surveys administered after learning the market simulation tool and at the end of the course (Section A), mainly consisting of Likert-scale questions about perceived learning, and • Final project reports in which student teams listed their top 3-5 lessons learned in the course (Sections A-C).Prior to the data collection activities, the participants signed voluntary informed consent forms topermit inclusion in the research. The research plan was approved by the Stevens Institute ofTechnology Institutional Review Board (IRB) under protocol number 2017-016 (20-R1).Summary of findingsTo address RQ1 and RQ2, the concepts appearing in the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University; Marie Cassar, Saginaw Valley State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

technology (3 items), feelings of confidence whenworking independently, online learning, when working in teams, and when challenged (5 items).Finally, seven items from the Student Attitudes Toward STEM Survey ask students about futureacademic plans and personal contacts with individuals working in STEM-related careers.The pre-post intervention survey also includes the six items comprising the Revised ImplicitTheories of Intelligence (Self-Theory) Scale [4]. These items assess the degree to which studentsreport the belief in a growth mindset for intelligence. The items ask students to indicate agreementwith statements about the malleability of a person’s intelligence level, indicative of a growthmindset, using a 6-point Likert scale. The final three

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

believe their teams are not very capable at them. Figure 5: Student survey with importance and capability scores Figure 6: Student survey skill key and opportunity scores (max possible score is 20)This analysis readily highlights the skills in the lower right corner and with the largestopportunity score where addition study or student training might be done to improve thecompetition experience. The top six skills identified are as follows: 1. retain the team, 2. instill perseverance and drive, 3. recruit the team, 4. develop an operational plan, 5. document work, and 6. use project management tools.It is interesting to note that for seven skills, all the students responded with a rating

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Amy Kramer P.E., Ohio State University; Bailey Braaten, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

semester, we selected 37 participants to interview based ontheir responses to several open-ended questions (e.g., please describe your educationalbackground) and demographic information. The goal of our sampling plan was to capture storiesof participants from different pathways with varying social identities and life experiences. Ourinitial plan was to obtain a demographically representative sample, however, we ended upslightly oversampling those from minoritized groups and non-traditional students to ensure thatwe were capturing variation in the life experiences of the participants. Of the 37 participants, 28also participated in the second and third interviews during the Autumn 2020 semester and Spring2021 semester, respectively.In accordance

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

mindset, the student survey was adapted and administeredto 36 faculty in the College of Engineering at the University of New Haven.The core of the instrument contains 50 statements (not including demographics) which areloaded onto 14 factors for analysis. These factors include problem solving/logical thinking,engaging stakeholders, value creation, risk management, ability to learn, analyze marketconditions, system thinking, team building, exposure to entrepreneurship, ability to anticipatetechnical developments, intrinsic curiosity, ability to assess financial value, data driven decisionmaking, and career plan. Minor modifications to wording were made to ensure alignment of thequestions to the intended audience of faculty. Additional questions

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3

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Jessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Student

as valuable in engaging community voices, the literature suggeststhat an effective organizer will not work entirely within one approach or the other, but insteaduse a blend of both to best accommodate the particular context of a project[15]. This blendedapproach becomes the most useful for community organizers, who now have the dexterity toadapt their plan to changing situations. A flexible approach is also beneficial in standardengineering practice because an effective engineer will know how to adapt their approach for thenature of a specific project — an idea that contradicts the tendency for engineers to follow aconsistent framework that can be applied to all projects[16].In addition to a flexible approach, community organizing can

Conference Session

Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

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Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

thedepartment interacts with students, and that this is important on a department level.We found that across engineering disciplines there is a different expectation about pursuing anengineering career after graduation. Students pursuing bioengineering, for example, were lesslikely to indicate that they planned to pursue an engineering career, which might be expectedgiven the interest of some bioengineering students to attend medical or dental school.Self-reported stress, anxiety, and depression was found to be high in our study [14], which agreeswith previous work on mental health in college students [5]. However, while we found that theaverage self-reported stress, anxiety, and depression scores of all participants do not differ acrossengineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; David J. Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Miriam Howland Cummings, University of Colorado Denver; Gregory Edward Simon, University of Colorado Denver; William Taylor Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Mike S. Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver; Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering and a Pro- fessor with the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis. She directs the U of M’s Southeast Transportation Workforce Center and the West TN STEM Hub, and is Associate Director of the Division of Transportation and Logistics in the Center for Applied Earth Sciences and Engineering Research. Her technical research includes focus on journey to school in urban areas, transportation plan- ning (particularly related to freight impacts), livability assessment in urban communities, and strategies to engage citizens in the transportation planning process. She has a strong record of STEM workforce and education research, with special emphasis on transportation workforce development

Conference Session

Hybrid and Online Learning

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Alison K. Polasik, The Ohio State University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University

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Materials

trends in students’ responses in a five-phased cycle [9].A word cloud comprising responses to question 1 established an overall tone for the students’perceptions of the visit. Deidentified responses were analyzed for each question to understandthe themes. These themes were not always clearly located within a single question’s response –for example, several students discussed the impact the visits had on their career plans whenresponding to question 2. Thus, themes were identified from three questions subsets: Q2&3, Q4,and Q5-7. Common themes were found using inductive analysis methods, sorting the responsesinto similar groups as part of disassembling the data [5]. Overarching themes for the responsegroupings were developed and participant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

,prospective students, faculty, and employers to network and discuss project findings to date andprovide input. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Y3 Annual Meeting was held virtually and hadexcellent attendance. FLATE’s Marilyn Barger has provided keynote addresses each year. Theteam plans a final Annual Meeting in summer 2021.Regional College AcademiesThe research team devised and delivered Academies to selected faculty participants from theregional colleges. The purposes of this Academies were to: 1) gain formative and summativefeedback and validation of research approaches and findings; 2) build capacity among regionalcolleges to use the research approaches to assess their own programs; and 3) enhancedissemination of project products. Regional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Thomas Woodson, Stony Brook University; Rachel Faye Perlman, Stony Brook University; Marianna Savoca, Stony Brook University; Lauren J. Donovan, Stony Brook University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

ASSETS students spent a significant amount oftime in community college. The program is not for transfer students with only one semester atcommunity college or students who earned advanced community college credits while in highschool. Second, the grant specifically targets STEM transfer students who plan to pursue anon-medical STEM field. If a student mentions that they want to become a medicalprofessional (medical doctor, dentist, etc.), the student is not selected. Third, there are severalother particular cases in which we were not able to accept students. For example, if thestudent’s transfer was delayed from the fall to the spring semester or if they could notparticipate in the ASSETS bootcamp, the students were put on a waitlist.Thus far

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Jada Forrester; Andrew Qu; Shinkyum (Kevin) Rho, New York University; Sofia Rose Larson

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Engineering Libraries

first sub-team focuses on the frontend design and user experience, and theother focuses on the backend development. Students are welcome to work with eithersub-team, and can switch between them if they desire. The students meet with their sub-team each week to discuss progress and assign new work. There is also an active Slackchannel used by the team throughout the week. Students give a presentation in week 5 ofthe semester outlining their goals for the semester, and in the final weeks of the semesterthey give a second presentation to demonstrate their progress and start planning for thenext semester. In addition to the weekly sub-team meetings, leaders from each groupalso meet regular with the team advisor to discuss any issues that come up

Conference Session

Tech Tools and Tips

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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Civil Engineering

engineering students. Dr. Watson is also interested in understanding and assessing students’ cognitive processes, especially development of cognitive flexibility and interactions with cognitive load. Dr. Watson is the proud recipient of seven teaching awards and six best paper awards. She was previously named the Young Civil Engineer of the Year by the South Carolina Section of ASCE and currently serves as a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Civil Engineering Education.Dr. Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University Dr. Elise Barrella is the founder and CEO of DfX Consulting LLC which offers engineering education and design research, planning and consulting services. She is a registered Professional Engineer and was a

Conference Session

Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools

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Fernando Sesma, Texas A&M University; Eghosasere Alao, Texas A&M University; Hannah Stroud, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

easy for the player. Theoverarching analog is the idea that managing a map of space traffic is similar to managing a map of cartraffic on earth. Each car and spacecraft has the probability for a random event to occur, meant to simulatethe spontaneity of road and space travel. Moreover, players must plan the timing of each movement theymake with careful precision. The movements of each car and spacecraft are closely coupled with eachother. All of the aforementioned serve as an introduction to dynamics and controls, an important elementof aerospace engineering, which addresses problems relating to modeling, simulation, and control ofaerospace systems. Analogs are made even more apparent by the use of pop-ups, most of which serve asdirect

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University; Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University ; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University ; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education

participating in the study. We divided the students into six groups (2-4 students for eachgroup–these were the students' regular table seats) where every group had one set of the robotmouse game. They were encouraged to work together as a team in the coding activity with therobot mouse game. Each group had around 60 minutes to work, and they were initially told tobuild the map using the pieces provided and follow the map given to them. Then, the studentscreated their algorithm to help the robot mouse reach the cheese overcoming obstacles on theway. They used the map they built for this activity and other materials such as coding cards thathelped them make a coding plan before actually pushing the buttons on the robot mouse.Every time they achieved the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University; Sandeep Langar, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

struc- tural engineering and project management. Dr. Mosier has received regional and international teaching awards through the Associated Schools of Construction. Research interests include the cost of sustainable construction to owners and engineering education.Dr. Sandeep Langar, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Sandeep Langar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science in College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. He is also a licensed architect in India. Dr. Langar has authored multiple publications

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Samia Afrin, East Tennessee State University; Ty Reeves, East Tennessee State University; Levi Myers, East Tennessee State University; Kyle Davis, East Tennessee State University; Noah Benjamin Dowell

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Engineering Technology

of ergonomics in the industry has become significantly important nowadays, especiallyfor designing a workstation. The purpose of ergonomics application in industry is to make the workplacebest fit for the workers to ensure their comfort and safety. It impacts the workers’ satisfaction, reduces thenumber of injuries and production rate. To maximize the safety and productivity of a workingenvironment, an ergonomic approach must evaluate every aspect of the workplace and appropriatelyimplement rules, guidelines, and plans. This paper addressed an injury risk in the manufacturing industryand proposed multiple solutions to resolve injury and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk. The injuryrisks include bare skin exposure to sparks while grinding

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

addition to thestudents in the program, family members were invited to participate in the activities so that itbecame more of a family affair than simply a student-only program. Twelve students participatedin the program that was remotely delivered over a period of two months. A pre-program survey ofthe participants was performed before the start of the program and a post-program survey wasconducted after the program. Additional details of the program, the surveys, and the measuredlearning outcomes will be presented in this paper along with plans for program expansion.IntroductionPhiladelphia has the highest poverty rate among the largest 10 cities in the country[1]. Reflectiveof the high poverty rate, Philadelphia residents are more likely than

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton; Carson Lee Running, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

more diverse/reliable educational system.The movement to online teaching has taken on many different forms. Some institutions haveadopted a fully online instructional approach, while others provide a blended learning type, usingsupportive systems and implementing tools such as Moodle, Blackboard, Atutor, and CanvasLMS,among others. Effective online class is important for achieving institutional goals of both teachingand learning in higher education. Previous research on e-learning was mainly conducted with anin-depth focus on certain e-learning dimensions such as technology, faculty, support, pedagogy,readiness, management, ethics, evaluation, planning, and institution [3]. This paper investigatesZoom’s breakout room application and its effect

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

communication and interaction to achieve year 1 projectgoals. COVID-19 prevented only two planned activities: (1) physical tours to local and regionalindustry and governmental employers (who are currently working remotely) and (2) the outreachactivities associated with the Summer Coding & Cyber camps (which were cancelled for summer2020). As the public health situation improves in 2021 and beyond, these activities are expectedto be completed in person. If the COVID-19 restrictions continue, opportunities for virtual toursto industry and governmental employers will be explored.7.0 Conclusion and Future WorkDespite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions, in year1 of the ACCESS program, the project team

Conference Session

'Diversity' and Inclusion? Pedagogy, Experiences, Language and Performative Action

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, likely have implications forengineering students’ interest in continuing in engineering and professionals’ plans to stay intheir engineering jobs. Indeed, persons with disabilities are equally likely to enter engineeringmajors, but graduate with engineering degrees at lower rates. Similarly, only 65% of personswith disabilities who have an engineering or science degree are employed in STEM, versus 85%of persons without disabilities [9]. I thus examine students’ and professionals’ intentions to stayin engineering in the future.MethodsEngineering Students: ASEE Diversity & Inclusion SurveyThe ASEE Diversity and Inclusion Survey (ASEE-DIS) includes 1,729 students enrolled in anengineering program in one of eight US colleges or universities. 4 A

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

programstructure, activities, and timeline, and report on our preliminary findings (gained from surveys andinterviews), successes, and challenges from running the program in the hopes of making this modelaccessible to others interested in exploring it.ISMP Structure, Activities, and TimelineCohort 2 of the ISMP is running from Summer, 2020 through Spring, 2021. We planned to startwith the second cohort of ISMP in Fall of 2020, however we ultimately launched the programearly, in June of 2020, to buffer student disappointment of sweeping, COVID-19 pandemic-relatedsummer internship cancellations.We are facilitating the program using USD’s Torero Employer and Alumni Mentors (TEAM)networking platform, which is run by PeopleGrove (https://www.peoplegrove.com

Conference Session

Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

specific research questions for the overall project are 1. How doesparticipation in the program influence students’ social capital related to pursuing anundergraduate engineering degree and career opportunities? and 2. In what ways do students ondifferent pathways to engineering baccalaureate success gain awareness of, access to, andactively pursue social capital in making decisions to persist in engineering studies and formingcareer plans?This work in progress paper explores a subset of data, specifically those students who wereinvolved in and have complete data available from the first two years of the program. This papermainly speaks to the first research question posed by the project, exploring the question: Howhave students’ engineering

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Andrew Baracos

University of Manitoba was, however,accepted as meeting the educational requirements for registration by allexamining boards of the provincial and territorial Associations whileaccreditation was held in abeyance. The accreditation team did voice concern in 1973 regarding anumber of points. It felt that the administration of the program by aninterdepartmental committee simply did not permit enough attention tosuch matters as curriculum, staffing and planning. It noted withsurprise that the interdepartmental committee had met only once in abouttwo years. It noted that the main interests of Earth Sciences staffinvolved with Geological Engineering were in the fields of Precambriangeology, advanced structural geology, geophysics and geochemistry

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

O. Hawaleshka

civil, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering. 2. To improve the system of governemntal planning and regulation of thenumber of engineering schools and students, and the quality of engineeringprograms and courses. 3. To initiate and formalize a continuous process of faculty training,curricular development and theproduction, distribution and use of impro-ved instructional materials and equipment. 4. To plan and establish a sound foundation for the later developmentof specialized and advanced engineering courses.Common to all these aims is to make the engineering graduate of a qualityacceptable by international standards and particularly adapted to the needsof the Philippines.The Project with the assistance of an international

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Robert W. Williams; Salam F. Rahmatalla

toachieve deeper learning in accordance with Bloom’s Taxonomy (Bloom and Krathwohl 1956): Knowledge: students will be able to recall information from lecture Comprehension: students will be able to explain concepts to each other Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference 2 Application: students will be able to solve problems using concepts/formulae Analysis: students will be able to develop experimental plans and troubleshoot equipment Synthesis: students will be able to design and conduct experiments Evaluation: students will be able to discuss and critique procedures

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Stephen Patchin; Cody Kangas; Jamie Lindquist

.. Disagree Agree led me to a better understanding of my career goals 4.10% 14.10% 37.60% 44.20% made me think more about my continuing education after graduating from High School 2.60% 5.00% 28.10% 64.30% increased my interest in studying engineering in college 6.90% 18.20% 41.60% 33.30% increased my interest in studying science in college 5.90% 17.50% 45.40% 31.20% caused me to decide to take different class in high school than I planned to take

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Mike Rowe

and processdevelopment. These features include: Sequential flow the concept whereby one step is executed completely followed by the next step, and so on. This concept helps student engineers build an understanding and appreciation of process flow, ordering and the interdependencies of process steps. Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conference Conditional flow the concept whereby one of several alternative process paths is executed based on a set of run-time conditions. This concept helps student engineers understand contingencies and the need to plan for all possible process conditions and outcomes. Iteration the concept whereby a set of process steps is

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Nathan Johnson

planning and communicating to students through compiling assessmentresults.Curriculum SettingSeveral required lab courses, taught at the 3xxx level, could have been suitable for assessingexperimental design in the UMD Civil Engineering Curriculum. However, finding anappropriate laboratory exercise for design assessment was difficult since most experimentalmethods in Infrastructure Materials and Soil Mechanics follow well-specified standard methods.Exercises in Transportation Engineering involve complex computer programs are difficult todesign without in-depth knowledge of the software. In contrast, most lab exercises in Hydraulicsand Hydrology involve collecting and analyzing data from field or laboratory settings thatillustrate the theories