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First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, California State University, Bakersfield

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #30208Improving Persistence and Success for At-Risk STEM Students through aSummer Intervention Program at a Hispanic-Serving InstitutionDr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineer- ing and Computer Science at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Dr. Danforth was the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth was the Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant (P031S100081) to

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Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Loring Nies, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

stormwater management problems, co-design solutions, maintain budgets, and evaluate impacts with community partners. Dr. Payne’s research sits at the intersection of sustainability, teaching and learning, and engagement focusing on transdisciplinary decision-making frameworks in community- based design projects. She also specializes in the assessment of instructional effectiveness and student learning in active learning environments. She is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, and is the Chair of the Teaching Academy. She has a B.A in Biological Sciences from DePauw University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Ecological Sciences and Engineering from Purdue University. She has also worked professionally in the non

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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Joanne Baltazar Vakil, Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, Ohio State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

professionalorganizations and then standards slowly developed and adopted by states [7]. This paper describesthe movement towards technology education reform in the state of Ohio and the intertwiningcomposition of gender and racial backgrounds of K-12 students and teachers in comparison tonational studies over the past decades. Literature ReviewThe Movement from Industrial Arts to Technology EducationStudies investigating the status of technology education programs across the United States can betraced to surveys conducted by Schmitt and Pelley [8] and the 1980 Standards for Industrial Arts(SfIAP) Project [9]. Also conducted over thirty years ago were the School Shop/ TechDirections studies of 1986 [10]. Technology teacher

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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Ryan Milcarek; Michael Garrett; Ryan Falkenstein-Smith; Jeongmin Ahn

’ requirements, generating concepts,investigating/testing concepts, building prototypes and delivering a final product. Often thestructure and skills of the engineering design process are learned through project-based learning.There are many ways to carry out project-based learning, but in general the design process andskills are learned while carrying out an actual design project. Some of the lecture time isoccasionally devoted to teaching engineering design skills and structure. While that basic approach to engineering design has been the norm for many years theconsiderations in the process have been expanding and evolving with the growth of thesustainability initiative that unfolded in the 1990s.4 The ever increasing demand for food, water

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1 - Skill and Competency Development through the Co-op Experience

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Haaniyah Ali, York University; Jeffrey Harris, York University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #30184Development of Employability Skills in Engineering Disciplines throughCo-opMs. Haaniyah Ali, York University Haaniyah Ali is a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student from York University, class of 2020. She has worked on engineering co-op education research projects since September 2018 and presented her first paper at a conference in June 2019. She is passionate about understanding the co-op education system, to provide the best experience for students. She is also very involved in her school community and works with students and faculty alike to improve community engagement.Dr. Jeffrey Harris, York

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

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Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg University; Nancy A. Rodenborg, Augsburg University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #31372S-STEM Lessons Learned: Supporting Community College Transfer Path-waysand Access to High Impact Practices during Transfer TransitionDr. Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg University Dr. Rebekah Dupont is Director of STEM Programs at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Dupont’s disciplinary background is in applied mathematics. She is committed to helping STEM students attain academic confidence and financial security by connecting them with resources and helping to remove barriers. Recent projects have focused on broadening participation in STEM through scholar- ships, professional development

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Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

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Rosalyn Delia Abbott, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Cameron Melville, Carnegie Mellon University; Steven Moore, Carnegie Mellon University

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Biomedical Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation, where he consults with faculty, graduate students, and post-docs to design, implement, and assess research projects that relate to teaching and learning in their classrooms. He also contributes to a variety of program-level assessment projects on the CMU campus. Mike’s training includes an M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of New Hampshire, as well as an M.Ed. in sport and performance psychology from Springfield College. His interests include the science of learning, research methodology, and data analysis. Prior to joining the Eberly Center in 2017, Mike worked as the Teaching and Learning Research

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Innovative Development for Various Faculty Lines

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Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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Environmental Engineering, Faculty Development Division

re- sources engineering design and permitting. In addition to her corporate experience, Dr. Parks served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa, supporting a local Non-Governmental Organization on water sanitation projects. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Working toward tenure in a teaching focused branch campusIntroductionBeing an environmental engineering professor can take many forms depending on the person, theposition, the institution, and the campus. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the experiences ofa tenure-track environmental engineering professor at a teaching-focused branch campus (~3000students) of an R1 university

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Angela Attia; Sierra Johnson; Shuza Binzaid; John Attia; Yusuf Isa-Yusuf; Warsame Ali

that the status on the load and source may be optimally bebalanced. Wireless networks is essential for the smart grid so that information can be transmittedwithout human to human or human to computer interaction. The objectives of this research projectare to: (i) design an Wi-Fi microcontroller application for microgrid system, (ii) establish peer-to-peer connection between the workstation and access point , and (iii) to send a Wi-Fi signal overextended distances Project DescriptionWe designed a circuit to collect data shown in Figure 1. The Arduino program written to collect datacollection program is shown in Figure 2. Solar PV and battery smart controller, shown in Figure 3,was built using Arduino to

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 1

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Heather Shipley, University of Texas at San Antonio; Krystel K. Castillo-Villar, University of Texas at San Antonio; Timothy Yuen, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. As financial constraints are a major disincentive forstudents to enroll and persist in higher education, this project combines scholarships with otherforms of academic and professional support to ensure student persistence and completion of aB.S. Engineering degree. Providing resources and educational opportunities for undergraduateengineering students will increase the number of students graduating with Bachelor degrees inengineering and could encourage students to pursue Master’s and Doctoral degrees in sciencesand engineering along with increasing and diversifying the technical workforce in South-CentralTexas. The overall objective of the proposed program will be accomplished by successfullycompleting the following three tasks: 1) Create

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachel Saunders, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Madison Elizabeth Levan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

’ academic pursuit, (2) establishing a military-safe environment, (3) authenticmentoring experiences, (4) appreciation and utilization of military assets for academic success,and (5) spearheading research endeavors while being in good hands. The results from this studyprovide important insight into the experiences of graduate engineering student veterans and howvarious units of higher education (e.g., institutions, programs) can develop an effective andculturally-relevant support system for student veterans in graduate programs.IntroductionThis study is part of a larger mixed-methods evaluation research that assessed theimplementation of and outcomes from an externally funded grant project at a large public urbanuniversity in the Southeast. The

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Materials Division Technical Session 4

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Mohamed Samir Hefzy, The University of Toledo; Mohammad Elahinia, The University of Toledo; Ahmadreza Jahadakbar, The University of Toledo; Bethany Arn, The University of Toledo; Mohammadreza Nematollahi, University of Toledo

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Materials

program, with sponsors including the OBOR, the NSF and the NIH. He has supervised two postdoctoral fellows and has served as primary graduate advisor to more than 30 masters and doctoral students. In addition, he has supervised more than 130 undergraduate senior design projects at UT as part of his community engagement and service learning activities.. Dr. Hefzy is the recipient of many awards, including the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the ASME, the Edith Rathbun Award for Excellence in Outreach and Engagement from The University of Toledo in 2006, the University of Toledo Outstanding Faculty Research Award in 2004 and the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Teacher Award and the Outstanding Undergraduate

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NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

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Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Erin McCave, University of Houston

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

education. This work was completed as partof a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) titled, Collaborative Research: SupportingAgency Among Early Career Engineering Education Faculty in Diverse Institutional Contexts. Inparticular, the project focuses on exploring the experiences of six early career engineering educationfaculty as they attempt to impact the engineering education experiences of students locally and morebroadly. The overarching question guiding this project is: How do institutional, individual, anddisciplinary field and societal features influence early career engineering education faculty’s agency toimpact engineering education in their particular positions? To address this question across our differentcontexts, we

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Graduate Studies

readings, an online discussion board, seminar-style discussions during classmeeting times and a semester-long research project. The paper explains the context for thiscourse, its role in NDSU’s graduate programs and the factors that led to course creation. Thetypes of content that were included are discussed and the discussion board questions andresources are included as an appendix.1. IntroductionIn the Fall 2019 semester, North Dakota State University (NDSU) launched a new graduate-levelresearch methods course focused on cybersecurity. This course is a part of the North DakotaState University’s graduate certificate in cybersecurity as well as a key component of M.S. andPh.D. programs in cybersecurity that are under development. The development

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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Bradley James Schmid, University of Saskatchewan

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

the explanations and example problems used in the textbook.IntroductionEngineering programs in Canada and the United states have similar accreditation processes andcriteria [1], [2]. ABET accredits programs in the United States while the Canadian EngineeringAccreditation Board (CEAB) accredits programs in Canada. In each system, the ability of astudent to consider the constraints of economics and incorporate economics into engineeringdesigns, projects and considerations is a requirement. As such, engineering programs must offerEngineering Economics in their programs and often fulfill this requirement with a coursededicated to this topic though it could be fulfilled in other courses such as design courses.As part an internal improvement study

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 4: Digital Learning Part II

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Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel

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Computers in Education

interfaced with multiple peripheral devices.The approach for this project was to adapt a UART (universal asynchronous receivertransmitter), based on the MC6811, to the memory-mapped I/O interface developed for theInstructional Processor. This implementation allows direct access to the UART data registers(receive and transmit), status register (flags), and control register (baud rate). Test programs,written in assembly language, were used to test the communication protocol and timing viaVHDL simulation. The FPGA microcontroller was also able to communicate with several serialdevices at various baud rates.This project successfully added serial communication capabilities to the Instructional Processor.Software and hardware implementations were

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2020 ERC

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Chris Brace; Bill Dunne

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Mentored K awards (e.g. K24) National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) New T32 requirements National Science Foundation (NSF) Post-doctoral mentoring plans AAAS/ PASEMEN STEM Mentoring 2030 Meeting Some INCLUDES Alliance Projects (SCI-STEPS, IGEN, APLU-CIRTL) Sloan Foundation University Centers of Mentoring Excellence Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Burroughs Wellcome Fund Mentor and mentee training for the Gilliam Fellow and PDEP ProgramsHow to Create a Culture of Effective Mentorship?Recommendation #2: Use an

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt; Joel Versypt; Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp

Capital event, select undergraduate researchers from public higher educationinstitutions from across the state presents their research projects in the rotunda of the state capitalbuilding to legislators, faculty, students, research administrators, and other guests. The event isopen to the public. Additionally, state and federal legislators are periodically invited to touruniversity facilities including new or renovated engineering research and teaching spaces or toview student posters or design project demonstrations.Activities presented to residents of retirement centersA local retirement center has a program called N2O (Never Too Old) Innovators for senior adultsto engage in design, entrepreneurship, and invention (Roach 2019). The group has

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NSF Grantees: Student Learning 1

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Patricia Ann Maloney, Texas Tech University; Weilong Cong, Texas Tech University; Meng Zhang, Kansas State University; Bingbing Li, California State University, Northridge

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mainly include ultrasonic vibration-assisted additive manufacturing process of high performance metallic materials and laser additive manufacturing of ceramic and composite materials. Dr. Cong has taught two undergraduate manufacturing classes and two graduate advanced manufacturing classes at TTU.Dr. Meng Zhang, Kansas State University Dr. Meng Zhang is specifically interested in preprocessing (pelleting and size reduction) for advanced biofuel manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and engineering education innovation. He teaches man- ufacturing processes and renewable energy. Dr. Zhang is actively involving undergraduate engineering students in his research projects with a tradition in providing research

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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Cristian Eduardo Vargas-Ordóñez, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

- gogic Consultant at the Planetarium of Bogot´ for the project Centers of Interest in Astronomy, Innovation a Mediator at the science and technology museum Maloka and Chemistry Teacher in school environments. He has worked in primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors, and in private and public companies throughout his professional life. He also develops as Hatha Radja Yoga Teacher.Dr. Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic

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Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

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Caleb James McCollum, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

allaudiences.” Sub- components of this goal include effective listening, reading, speaking, andwriting with a clear purpose and intent to diverse audiences using appropriate forms and media.Resourced activities designed to enhance student communication center on the West PointWriting Program (WPWP), which works across our university’s curriculum to help studentsimprove composition, critical thinking, academic argument, writing pedagogy, and professionalcommunication in all disciplines. Part of the WPWP is the Mounger Writing Center, whichemploys staff, postgraduate writing fellows, and student volunteers, to conduct one-on-oneconsultations, group workshops, and special events for all students working on writing andcommunications projects for any

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

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Robert M. O'Hara, Clemson University; Candice Bolding, Clemson University; Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Rachel Lanning, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

- Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries (CEDC) and Clemson Engage. Both courses include trips to developing countries, international internships and sig- nificant fund-raising to support projects with community partners. As a result of her efforts, the CEDC program grew from 25 students to over 100 from 30 different departments and was recognized by the Institute for International Education (IIE) with the Andrew Heiskell Award. As a first generation student, and the first tenured female in her department, Dr. Ogle is an advocate for improving inclusion and di- versity in Civil Engineering. In 2012, she was recognized by President Obama as a Champion of Change for Women in STEM. She continues to serve the university

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First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

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Rezvan Nazempour, University of Illinois at Chicago; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin P.E., University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah T. Abiade, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Annual Engineering Expo for the past 7 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 700 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful accreditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs. Dr. Darabi has been the lead developer of several educational software systems as well as the author of multiple educational reports and papers. Dr. Darabi’s research group uses Big Data, process mining, data mining, Operations Research, high performance computing, and

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Introduction to the Field of Biomedical Engineering - June 25th

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Christine E. King, University of California, Irvine; Beth A. Lopour, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

introduce BME applications to high school students,the authors developed a BME high school summer program that was piloted in the summer of2019. Aimed at introducing students to the BME field, the program focused on introducingneuroscience and neuroengineering principles using low-cost and open source materials.The California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) program“BioEngineering Your Brain: Controlling the World with Your Brainwaves” introduced basicneuroscience and bioengineering concepts to 24 high school students through lecture basedmaterial, in class assignments and activities, and hands-on laboratory projects. Through the useof low-cost and open source electroencephalography (EEG) devices (OpenBCI, Brooklyn, NY

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Jessica L. Murphy Ph.D., Jackson State University; Dawn Bishop McLin, jackson state university

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Technology Management undergraduate concentration of the Industrial Technology Program and earned graduate faculty status in Fall 2006. In 2008, Dr. Murphy assumed the role of the Technology Education Master’s Degree Program Coordinator; assisting the program to in- crease enrollment from approximately 30 students to around 70+ students (to date). Other responsibilities for Dr. Murphy as Program Coordinator include meeting with incoming graduate students, advising stu- dents, coordinating service-learning projects for students, and engaging students in research endeavors. Dr. Murphy was promoted to full professor in 2016. Dr. Murphy serves as Co-Principal Investigator on two grants sponsored by the United States Depart

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2-Year College Division: Students and the Pipeline

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Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Tiago R Forin, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

Paper ID #29472Transfer Students in Undergraduate EngineeringProf. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University.Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University Stephanie is a Ph.D. candidate studying postsecondary and higher education. Using organizational the- ories, she examines systems and structures that contribute to the oppression and symbolic violence of minoritized and underrepresented students. Her dissertation focuses on diversity and inclusion in engi- neering.Dr. Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University

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Concept Inventories in Mechanics

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Carisa H. Ramming, Oklahoma State University; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sinéad C. MacNamara, Syracuse University; Meredith Silberstein, Cornell University; Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics and bioconstruction (with emphasis in bamboo); appropriate technology; engineering ethics; and mechanics education. He has served as PI of several NSF-sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. He is active in the Mechanics Division.Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl holds an MS degree in mechanical engineering and serves as associate professor and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include developing, implementing and assessing active learning instructional strategies and auto-graded online

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Ilchung Park, Oklahoma State University; Chulho Yang, Oklahoma State University; Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Young Bae Chang P.E., Oklahoma State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

(ASEE) published a special education researchproject dedicated to retention related issues of engineering students in 2012 [1, 2]. This ASEEretention project collectively invited around 60 universities to share their perceptions on thistopic and, specifically, asked for a focus on exploring the best practices and strategies forretaining students in Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing programs [1, 2]. Themain focus of this study is to find the reasons why 40 to 50% of engineering freshmen had eitherswitched or withdrawn from the engineering major. The study indicated that it is mainly due topoor teaching and advising, difficulty of the engineering curriculum, and lack of “belonging”within engineering [2, 3]. Furthermore, these

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Julie Ford; Robinson Ford; Dominic Gallegos; Casper Huang

, test, and refine gravity-powered cars. With a budget of $500 per team (thanks tofundraising efforts initiated by the 6th grader), each of the four teams had freedom to design andbuild a unique car. The program successfully culminated in a race on the New Mexico Tech campusgolf course in April. Building on last year’s success, this year’s program has extended to include 15middle school students, representing three area schools. The goals for the Soapbox Derby Programare to teach middle school students the engineering design process through a hands-on project. Theprogram provides the college student coaches with the opportunity to serve as mentors for the nextgeneration of engineers. IntroductionAs

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Krista Nicklaus; Daniel Puperi; Patricia Clayton

teaching. The reflection journals allow student-teachersopportunities to practice the valuable skill of self-assessment. Practicing the art of self-assessmentas a graduate student will better prepare students as they become faculty members, to regularlyreflect on their own strengths and areas for improvement as a means of becoming a better teacher.Teaching Practicum in BME 214LBME 214L, Computational Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering Design, is hands-on, project-centered course that is second in a series of 4 “design” courses that all UT Austin BMEundergraduates are required to take during their freshmen through junior year. It consists of two 50-minute lectures per week and one 3-hour lab section per week. Typical fall semester enrollment