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Sense of Belonging and Diversity in Engineering Programs, Courses, and Teams

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Gretchen A. Dietz, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Erica D. McCray, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

and home. He left hisemotional side at home and was a commanding force at work. He identified as an “extremeprofessional.” William described that he deliberately did not bring his family to work events,attend happy hours, or befriend coworkers. Because he described this separation as being “basedon race,” we interpreted his experience as inauthentic in comparison to the White participants.William also experienced isolation because of the lack of peers on his level in the workplace.Structural racism was reflected in various forms throughout the interviews. All three participantsdescribed the hiring process as based on merit. This can prove to be disadvantageous tominoritized individuals, given they often don’t have the same opportunities to

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First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

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Siqing Wei, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rui Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gaurav Nanda, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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instructed to write constructive self-reflection and feedback to other team members based on a validated teamwork behavior modelthat was introduced and assessed via CATME [21].In our formulation, our problem is to determine whether a word in a sentence is the name of aperson. We can perform such analysis from two perspectives. One is a cloze-like task wheregiven the context of the word of interest, we can make predictions on the grammatical andsemantical representations, and the other is to perform classification on words with character-level information. To extract as much information as possible, we need to leverage both word-level and token-level information. We propose to use a machine learning model, an ensemble of5 models trained on different

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

beenmeasured through the use of student surveys and improved student passing rates [16]. Within theHCRD course various methods to ensure student knowledge gains and perceptions towards theircareer preparedness and progress towards degree completion will be assessed through pre andpost-semester surveys, reflections, and final exam/presentation scores. At the two south valleycampuses, students will be primarily be assessed to identify the length to which FC-E-POGILpedagogy is successful in improving knowledge gains. The impact of the two pedagogies onknowledge gains will be evaluated by conducting a one-way repeated measure analysis ofvariance (ANOVA). The ANOVA analysis will assess the difference in participants’ summativeknowledge gains based on final

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First-year Programs: Core Skills

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Anthony T. Cahill, Texas A&M University; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

, with additional members from the math department.The committee for the mechanics course (ENGR/PHYS 216) was comprised of faculty from thecivil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering departments, as well as members from the physicsdepartment. Likewise, the committee for the electromagnetism course (ENGR/PHYS 217)consisted of faculty from the electrical engineering department and physics department. Thedifferent faculty appointed to these committees took different levels of ownership of the work.These differing levels of involvement meant that the vision of some faculty members was morestrongly reflected in the committees’ final work.The implementation committees were formally independent of each other, save for the constraintthat the later

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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Kun Yao, University of Georgia; Adel W. Al Weshah, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia

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Electrical and Computer

of their own knowing orunderstanding (Schraw, 1998). Such self-awareness reflects in their awareness ofcontent, task and strategic knowledge that are germane to learning (Fin & Tauber,2015). For example, students should be able to monitor and recognize how well theyunderstand engineering content knowledge, calibrate the difficulty level of thelearning tasks, and recognize what strategic learning skills they would need tosucceed (Dunlosky & Rawson, 2012).Research suggests that the levels of students’ self-awareness and self-confidencecould positively or negatively affect learning (Finn & Tauber, 2015). For example,Dunlosky and Rawson found that inaccurate self-evaluation undermines learning andretention (Dunlosky & Rawson

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Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

towards degree completion will be assessed through pre andpost-semester surveys, reflections, and final exam/presentation scores. At the two south valleycampuses, students will be primarily be assessed to identify the length to which FC-E-POGILpedagogy is successful in improving knowledge gains. The impact of the two pedagogies onknowledge gains will be evaluated by conducting a one-way repeated measure analysis ofvariance (ANOVA). The ANOVA analysis will assess the difference in participants’ summativeknowledge gains based on final exams and presentations as the summative assessment method ateach respective campus. Institutional data on student’s majors and progress towards graduationand will indicate if participation in these courses helps meet

Conference Session

Degree Pathways and Cocurricular Experiences

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Beata Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

that ourapproach can be replicated in other fields and other student populations.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants1842166 and 1329283. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. We thank the SPHERE research group for their helpful feedback.References[1] S. Kovalchuk, M. Ghali, M. Klassen, D. Reeve, and R. Sacks, “Transitioning from university to employment in engineering: The role of curricular and co-curricular activities,” in 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2017.[2] R. Korte, S. Brunhaver, and S. Zehr

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Nicholas Hosein, UC Davis; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis; Andre Knoesen

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Diversity

. flipped a transportationengineering course and used questionnaires and class video recordings to show students had apositive view toward the change. The more broadly defined, blended learning method combinesface-to-face interaction with online tools in a general sense. In order to better teachentrepreneurial skills to students, Sidhu et al. incorporated a mock startup company course whichtakes students from concept to low tech demo. By shifting focus away from the time consumingtechnical details, more teamwork, self-reflection, and inductive learning could be taught. In a verydifferent approach Weaver et al. used a series of case studies of existing startups to give students amore holistic view of what it takes to bring an innovation to market

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Chandika Annasiwatta, Muskingum University; Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University

activities in the course includes project updates or status reports, preliminaryproject report and oral presentation, and final project report and poster presentation. All thewriting activities are connected to the design problem. Iterations and revisions of their work arerequired. The process of returning to the same core of information for each of the reports andpresentations encouraged the students to reflect upon the feedback and evaluation given andaddress challenging issues in the current report or presentation they were working on. Thisallows students to build on learning at the same time they apply their engineering skills to solvethe problem. At the end of the course, students were also required to present their projects to thecampus

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity

GrantNo. 1644119. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] J. Kruger, and D. Dunning, “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in RecognizingOne’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments,” Journal of Personality and SocialPsychology, vol. 77. pp. 1121-1134. 2002.[2] A. Duckworth and P. Quinn, “Development and validation of the Short Grit Scale (GRIT-S),”Journal of Personality Assessment. vol. 91 no.2, pp.166-74, Feb. 2009.[3] A. Duckworth, C. Peterson,M. Matthews, and D. Kelly, “Grit: Perseverance and Passion forLong-Term Goals,” Journal of Personality and Social

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Sanish Rai, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

it immediately thus not causing grading bottlenecks at theend of the lab. Furthermore, the implementation of approaches such as peer-programming couldreduce the grading time using this method significantly.ConclusionIn this work, immediate one-on-one grading feedback methodology was implemented inIntroductory computer science programming labs. The method showed improved experience instudent's programming learning and communication skills compared with the traditional methodof grading and writing comments online for students to receive at a later time. This method allowedstudents to reflect immediately on their code and improve it, as well as learn better ways of writingcode. Students also practiced communicating their source code and

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Kristin Brewster, West Virginia University; Patrick O'Donnell

fall semester GPA has been higher than the fall of the previous year.This change could be attributed to new programming that was revolved around academics.Credit for this change could also be given to the fact that each fall the LLCs get a new group ofstudents. Since spots are limited to the first students that sign up, students that achieve higheracademically could have been recruited.Even though the Engineering LLC Council is constantly reflecting on past and current practices,it’s hard to draw a correlation between programming and student achievement.ConclusionAs with many programs within Residence Life, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what effects studentperformance or data. However, with the rising average GPA each fall, its hard to deny

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel

engineering; therefore, strategiesto build self-efficacy may prove to encourage persistence of diverse groups in engineering.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) underGrant No. 1741611: Encouraging Civil Engineering Retention through Community and Self-Efficacy Building. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] A. Baisley and V.D. Adams, "The Influences of Calculus I on Engineering Student Persistence," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019. Avaialable: https://peer.asee.org/33386.[2] N. W. Klingbeil and A. Bourne, "A National

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Samuel John, Wayne State University; Cameron Hanson, Wayne State University; James Lenn, Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

moreenhanced and innovative projects.CONTROL MODULESThese modules implement algorithms which control actuators and indicators based on user andsensor inputs. An example is the algorithm which monitors inputs from an ultrasonic sensor andraises a drawbridge when a vessel is detected at a predetermined distance from the bridge. Thedistance measuring capability is based on the reflection of sound waves. The time interval betweentransmission of a pulse and the reception of its echo determines the distance which is calculatedas: Speed of sound ∗ time Distance = (1) 2Based on calculated

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Diana de la Rosa-Pohl; Catherine Horn

level of student engagement andhence student performance and persistence putting them on a path to graduation in STEM. Butfurther research is needed to meaningfully assess this assumption. Broadly, this work stands toinfluence the recruitment and retention of science and engineering undergraduates and give insightinto broadening participation in STEM. The investigators project that this work will aid in the designof transferable interventions that other universities can model.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1742579. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Liya Grace Ni, California Baptist University; Larry W. Clement P.E., California Baptist University; Ilyoul Lee, California Baptist University

reflecting on the Introduction to the Internet of Things course offered three times sofar at SAVC, the authors consider the following lessons learned not only worth sharing withinstructors of a similar course, but could also be beneficial to those teaching engineering coursesin a non-English-speaking country. • The topics to be covered must be selective within the three week intensive course format. The purpose of this course is to expose students to the key concepts of IoT and stimulate their interest in learning more advanced courses, rather than helping them gain thorough understanding of the technical details. • Student engagement and motivation to continue learning was substantially greater after the focus

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2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

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Jan Cannizzo, Stevens Institute of Technology

doingthis, instructors may wish to provide students with brief feedback on their work.Grading pre-class exercises, which can wait until after class, is again very straightforward:Students’ work should be graded for completion and seriousness of effort. A +/✓/− gradingscale should again be sufficient for this purpose. Since the pre-class exercises are thoroughlydiscussed in class, there is no need to provide feedback when grading. It thus takes seconds tograde each assignment.Post-class homework, which is intended to reflect the final level of achievement of each student,should be graded carefully for completion, correctness, and clarity of reasoning. Providingdetailed feedback is highly recommended.Conducting classTo prepare for class, the

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2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

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Dov B Kruger, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Gail P Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology

continue to collect data in a number of classes as assessments are written, and attempt toquantify the effect of scaffolded assessments on learning to program in a number of courses.One problem administering these kinds of questions is that existing assessment software inlearning management systems tends to destroy the format of questions to the point wherestudents find the code incomprehensible. In order to be effective, assessments must be reliable,accurately reflecting the knowledge and skills they claim to test, and the software must allow fastand efficient generation of as many assessments as needed to give students practice solving newproblems, not merely memorizing answers from previous ones. Current tools such as Canvasactively obstruct

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Tina Smilkstein, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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future classes with thatinstructor they would worry it might be reflected in their grade. (That said, the one instructorthey had that was inappropriate with comments during my time at this school was let go the nextterm after the comments were reported. The comments were passed on by a small group ofstudents but as more students heard that someone had been brave enough to report the instructor,more students came forward. The emergency had been defined and visible action was taken). Iasked if they would go to the chair and, again, the answer was “NO”. They were again worriedabout being found out and said they would just grin and bear it. We are not able to be in theclassroom for every class of every instructor but we do have meetings with our

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

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Dina Verdín, Arizona State University; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

]–[4]. Engineeringknowledge is not value neutral and—depending on how it is selected, organized, demarcated,delivered, and evaluated—it can have discriminatory effects on different populations (e.g., [5]–[7]. Often students are implicitly asked to leave aspects of themselves at the door before enteringthe classroom in order to learn “objective” engineering knowledge [8]. This history of theengineering profession means that class biases were baked into its educational systems, helping toexplain why students from low-income and working-class backgrounds describe the culture andcontent of undergraduate engineering programs as foreign, if not hostile (e.g., [9]). Critically reflecting on what knowledge “counts” as engineering knowledge is

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

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Nicole Danielle Trenchard, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christopher Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Design in Engineering Education

students to earn academic credit for their work on these projects. Based on the individualprogram, this credit bearing course is typically structured in one of the following ways:independent study, capstone design, or a stand-alone course. While historically, an independentstudy course has been a more common approach for academic credit, more recently stand-alonecourses such as Humanitarian Design Projects and/or integrated programs such as the EPICSprogram at Purdue and other universities are becoming more common.[7-9] This manuscriptpresents the Humanitarian Design Projects course, its structure and major assignments, andprovides evaluation data and reflections on the successes and challenges of implementing thecourse in its current form.2

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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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Sayyad Zahid Qamar P.E., Sultan Qaboos University; Majid Al-Maharbi, Sultan Qaboos University; Josiah Cherian Chekotu, Dublin City University

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Materials

and their sub-categories, adding the elements ofself-motivation and human interaction. A hierarchical structure is followed in Bloom’staxonomy, whereas Fink’s taxonomy is circular, indicating multidirectional learning. It isclaimed that using Fink’s taxonomy, enhancement of a student’s learning ability in any onearea improves the abilities in the other areas, delivering a better significant learningexperience [12]. For instance, an improvement in caring category will motivate to learnfoundational knowledge, while integration skill will reflect in learning more about themselves(human dimension).Figure-2 Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive goals (left), and Fink’s taxonomy of significantlearning (right)Foundational knowledge in Fink’s scheme covers

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Eric A. Dieckman, University of New Haven; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Samuel D. Daniels P.E., University of New Haven

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Mechanical Engineering

writing habits and on the first day of thermo-fluids lab to describe how the goabout writing lab reports. Later in the term the students were asked to reflect about working onprojects with team members; they were then asked to describe the process by which they write ateam tech memo. The responses were thematically coded. Their responses are summarized inTable 3. Table 3: Tally of student responses to short surveys regarding their writing habits. Describe your process for writing lab reports? Spring 2020 Fall 2019 Carry out analysis 1st 8

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ECCD Technical Session 5: Energy and Wind and Design

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, cooling, heating, pumps andcooling towers [7]. Thus, a reduction in the HVAC energy consumption load would reflect asignificant reduction in the total energy consumed. According to Madison Gas and Electric Company, “on average, a U.S. office building spendsnearly 29 percent of its operating expenses on utilities, and the majority of this expenditure goestoward electricity and natural gas. For the average office building, energy costs can exceed$30,000 per year,”[5]. Cooling towers contributes toward 6% of the energy consumption by office buildings [7].Whatever type of refrigerating system is being used in the HVAC system, it is fundamental tominimize the required heat extraction and to keep the difference between condensingtemperature (Tc

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First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

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Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Jenni M. Buckley, University of Delaware

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First-Year Programs

below the minimum standard to reflect a form of “partialcredit” for work, but also an effective “zero” standard for when work completely fails to addressa criterion.Once constructed, the algorithm for assessing student work is as follows, for each criterion: (1) Decide if the work matches the description of the highest standard. If so, mark this level; If not, move to Step 2. (2) Decide if the work matches the description of the minimum standard. If so, mark this level; if not, move to Step 3. (3) If the work is between the two descriptions, decide if it is closer to the highest or the minimum standard and mark the appropriate level; otherwise move to Step 4. (4) If the work appears to attempt to meet this criterion

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ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

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Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) under Award No. P200A180031.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or theU.S. Department of Education.The authors would like to thank Dr. James Freihaut for his advice during the development of thepresented Excel tool.References[1] V. Jones and J. H. Jo, “Ubiquitous learning environment: An adaptive teaching system using ubiquitous technology,” in Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, 2004, vol. 468, p. 474, [Online]. Available: https://www.ascilite.org/conferences/perth04/procs/jones.html.[2] T. L

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Military and Veterans

students. Responding to the statement “My military experience has positioned meto move into a leadership role as I transition to my next career,” only 50% of those surveyedstrongly agree with this statement, while 33.33% somewhat agree, and 16.67% remain neutral. Itis not well understood if this result reflects veterans’ modesty and humility, or points to feelingsof ambivalence toward civilian organizations as they contemplate a transition to a corporateenvironment.VAD students also slightly preferred a military style organization (58%) over a civilianorganization (42%). This result was a little closer than anticipated, as informal discussionsamong student veterans and with faculty tend to emphasize a stronger preference for military-style

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ENT Division Technical Session: Making and Maker Spaces

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Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Matthew Lamparter, Bucknell University; Sabrina Shankar; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

some additional maker-technologies like the ShopBot, and troubleshoot student projectsin progress. Further, as it often takes multiple academic years for a project to be optimallyeffective, we would like to return to past participants and encourage them to update their Cardsto reflect their project in its final form.AcknowledgementB-Fab workshops from 2017-2019 were offered with support from the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN).References1. Prince M (2004) Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education 93(3):223–231. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ j.2168-9830.2004.tb00809.x.2. Deslauriers L, McCarty LS, Miller K, Callaghan K, Kestin G (2019) Measuring actual learning

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NSF Grantees: K-12 Session 1

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

providers of professionaldevelopment opportunities and educators of prospective K–12 teachers ofengineering should align their work with guidance documents that draw on themost up to date understanding of research and best practices in teacher educationand professional development. As new knowledge accumulates about theprofessional learning of K-12 teachers of engineering, adjustments in programsshould reflect new insights gained from rigorous, high quality scholarshipRECOMMENDATION 5: As evidence accumulates about effective approaches topreparing K–12 teachers of engineering, it will be important to establish formalaccreditation guidelines for K–12 engineering educator preparation programs,such as those developed by the Council for the

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

the Rochester Institute of Technology. Thiscourse is typically taken by students in the 1st year of mechanical engineering and studentspursuing a minor in mechanical engineering. The structure of the course is shown in Figure 1. Thecontent is provided by two Mechanical Engineering faculty, one mechanical engineering staffmember, and a group of undergraduate teaching assistants. The design project for the course is arobotic chime machine. CAD modeling techniques are demonstrated to enable team members tocollaboratively design their chimes early enough to be able to build. Additionally, a full Figure 1- Engineering Design Tools Course Structuredocumentation and drawing package reflects the parts created in the context of the machiningportion of