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First-Year Programs: Recruiting and Retention

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Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; Kun Zhang P.E., California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico; Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

the previous year willhighlight opportunities for improving virtual bootcamp delivery for preparing future engineers.I. MotivationThe Math and Engineering bootcamp was established at California State University, Chico (CSUChico) in Summer 2019 [1]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty decided to continueholding the bootcamp in Summer 2020, but in an exclusively online format for compliance withrequired safety protocols. The paper explains how the bootcamp contributed to the campusgraduation goals, the improvements that were made to the Summer 2019 bootcamp to develop anonline and more inclusive bootcamp, the challenges of delivering an online bootcamp, how weattempted to address the challenges, and how we can improve our experience in the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

its roots in the autism activism of the 1990s. In recent years, theterm neurodiversity has come to represent a wide range of cognitive or neurological variationsthat are present in the human population. A large body of literature suggests that neurodivergentindividuals, including those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, orautism spectrum disorder (ASD) possess a wide range of unique strengths that are assets inengineering. These strengths include divergent thinking, risk-taking, 3-dimensional visualizationskills, pattern identification, and systems thinking [1]-[5]. Despite the potential of nontraditionalthinkers to contribute to engineering breakthroughs, recruitment and retention rates ofneurodivergent students

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Working Against Unjust Social Forces

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Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo; Rebecca Walton, Utah State University; Natasha N. Jones, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

maneuverability. Rather than report onstudy findings, as proposed, this paper uses the opportunity of injustice within the review processto directly apply the 4Rs.IntroductionAcross the fields of engineering, higher education, and STEM education, the relative lack ofdiversity in STEM fields, particularly engineering, has been long lamented[1]. Colleges anduniversities across the United States have made efforts to diversify representation of faculty andstudents, but these efforts have not solved the issue of equitable inclusion of people frommultiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) groups in higher education generally and inengineering specifically. A number of scholars have shown that the perceived norm of anengineer is white and male and that

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Saryn R. Goldberg, Hofstra University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University; Amy Masnick, Hofstra University

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QuestionsThe ability to identify one’s own confusion and to ask a question that resolves it is an essentialmetacognitive skill that supports self-regulation [1]. Yet, while students receive substantialtraining in how to answer questions, little classroom time is spent training students how to askgood questions. The study presented here is from a pilot conducted in preparation for a largerstudy funded through NSF-DUE that investigates if training students to ask better questions, andgiving them practice and feedback on writing those questions, affects other important STEMlearning outcomes.One challenge in research around question-asking is defining what constitutes a good question,as there are many ways in which a question may be characterized

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Lisa Trahan, University of California, San Diego; Gennie Miranda, UC San Diego; Olivia A. Graeve, University of California, San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering

, 2021 Reflecting on 10 years of centralized engineering student diversity initiatives (Experience)0. AbstractThe IDEA Engineering Student Center at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs Schoolof Engineering was established in 2010 to focus on engineering student diversity and inclusioninitiatives following a series of racially charged incidents affecting our campus’ Black students.From its inception, the IDEA Center aimed to focus on 1) outreach, 2) recruitment and yield, 3)academic success and enrichment, and 4) retention and graduation for underrepresented minority(URM) students. Through the lens of nonprofit organizational lifecycles, the IDEA Centertransitioned from Idea to Start-up to Growth

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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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Cheryl Lynn Resch, University of Florida; Christina Gardner McCune, University of Florida ; Amanpreet Kapoor, University of Florida

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Computing and Information Technology

practice is an important skill for computing students to master; responding toreflection prompts can aid students in developing problem solving skills. However, there is limitedempirical evidence on the effectiveness of reflective practice in Data Structures courses, in whichcomputing students are honing problem-solving skills. To fill this gap, we evaluate theeffectiveness of assigning guided reflection prompts with programming assignments in anundergraduate Data Structures course in encouraging students to articulate their problem-solvingstrategies. 219 students completed two programming assignments and were asked to respond toreflection prompts after each. Students’ responses were (1) analyzed for word and sentence countas a measure of

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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Jocelyn L. Jackson, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

in STEM Entrepreneurship Jocelyn Jackson , Aileen Huang-Saad , Joi-Lynn Mondisa 1 2 1 The University of Michigan & Northeastern University 1 2AbstractIn the 1980s, businesses in the United States (U.S.) experienced an increased interest inentrepreneurship which created a significant growth in innovation through entrepreneurshipeducation and programming. This growth influenced the creation of new federal policies (e.g.,the Bayh–Dole Act) and federal government agencies’ programming (e.g., SBIR, STTR and I-Corps) that sparked

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First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year III

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Shannon Barker, University of Virginia

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University of Virginia’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Evidence-Based Practice Paper: The Use of Virtual Design Modules in an Introduction to Engineering Course--Impact on Learning Outcomes and Engineering IdentityAbstractThe Introduction to Engineering course is taken by all first-year students in the Engineeringschool of an R1 university. The learning objectives of the course are 1) to introduce students tothe engineering design process; 2) to practice applying the design process to solve problems incollaborative teams; 3) to learn the importance of effective communications; and 4) to feelconfident in their capacity to be

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Socially Responsible Engineering II: Pedagogy, Teamwork, and Student Experiences

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Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, Wake Forest University; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University ; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Adetoun Yeaman, Wake Forest University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

as askill, one that is not necessarily connected to morally good ends or supported by other virtues.This paper suggests that teamwork is better approached as a virtue and provides evidence forhow the virtue of teamwork might be intentionally cultivated through the use of seven research-based strategies of character development. Approaching teamwork as a virtue that can helpstudents develop into engineers that support the flourishing of their team and collectively worktoward good ends, we developed a module deployed in a project-based, first-year engineeringcourse to cultivate such virtuous teamwork. The course comprised two six-week projects, and themodule intervention began between the end of Project 1 and the beginning of Project 2

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

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two-Year College

platform than those that use their PC to do so [1]. To be sure, advancesin PC and smartphone hardware and software technology (memory capacity, operating systemimprovements, display and camera technology, etc.) coupled with Internet access speeds havedriven our acceptance and reliance on the Internet. But, to most consumers, the concept of mobilityhas been the key transformative technology. This mobility paradigm, implemented throughwireless technology, is most likely going to be the driving force behind the next generation ofInternet applications.Wireless is not a new technology. It has been with us for well over one hundred years. For a greatdeal of that time period, it was known as radio and was used to provide human-to-humancommunications and

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

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Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

critical to success.I. Theories of Education and Development in Graduate Engineering EducationThe design of our online MSME program occurred with explicit attention to evidence-basedpractice and graduate education theory. In this section, we describe the three main theories thatguide all decisions with respect to the online MSME program. In the subsequent sections, wegive more detail on the relevant contextual features of our program, focusing on the uniqueaspects that most clearly demonstrate how these three theories manifest.Community of Practice Theory: Originally conceived by Lave and Wenger [1] to describe thesocialization of professionals into their workplace communities, Community of Practice (CoP)theory centers on “legitimate peripheral

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Thermal Fluid Related

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John M. Pfotenhauer, University of Wisconsin - Madison; David J Gagnon, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Mechanical Engineering

-vapor, and c) the first-law balance betweenheat, work and stored energy within closed and open systems. Instructors are faced with thepedagogical challenge of providing this wealth of information in a manner that is not only clear,but also in a form that will stick in the students’ mind. As suggested by McCarthy [1] an activelearning approach such as that afforded by simulations, especially when utilized early in thesemester provides a successful method of meeting this challenge.The property relationships, thermodynamic regions, and first-law energy balance arefoundational for all the subsequent topics in the introductory as well as advanced levels ofthermodynamics. Thus, a clear understanding of their features is both crucial and enabling

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Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

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Jeremy Grifski, Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Dira Melissa Delpech, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

attheir beliefs about the cause of gender-based inequity in engineering. According to TaA, the typeof robust argument that is desirable for one to commit to their beliefs about the cause of complexsocial phenomena includes five distinct components: causal theory, evidence, counterargument,counterevidence, and rebuttal. By conducting interviews about gender-based inequity using TaA,we can explore 1) the ways in which individuals articulate their causal beliefs as arguments ofvarying sophistication, and 2) the ways in which individuals use evidence to commit to theirbeliefs. In this contribution, we: describe TaA as a framework, document how we used TaA in apilot study to inform our ongoing research on engineering faculty’s causal beliefs, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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ShaKayla Moran, Boise State University; Leslie Atkins Elliott, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

activities andinformal “tinkering” activities - as they produced physical artifacts to support their inquiries, wewere also struck by their activities as they produced ”knowledge” artifacts. That is, there wereclear hallmarks of tinkering [1, 2]– playful, iterative, self-directed, unplanned yet goal-directedactivity – as students manipulated theoretical “objects” that populated their developing models,particularly for one student, Lainie.1 This led to the follow question that frames this paper: how isstudents’ engagement with theoretical objects in the design of theory similar to students’engagement with physical objects in engineering design? In particular, we will argue that theirplayful, iterative work with ideas as they construct theory is

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University; Tanzeena Karim, Middle Tennessee State University; Tamir Shahir Hussain; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. The bill ofmaterials and the details of remote collaboration will also be included.On the educational front, we discuss a couple of efforts that helped the students: (i) We designedan introductory training lesson to introduce Arduino to them and (ii) We utilized project-basedlearning techniques to encourage them to learn new things along the way.1. IntroductionThis paper presents a summer research project conducted by three undergraduate students in theCollege of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS) at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU).The project was part of a summer program that aimed at engaging minority and underrepresentedfreshman and sophomore students in CBAS via multidisciplinary and collaborative researchactivities. Specifically

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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Chad E. Kennedy, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

consult- ing firm in automation and testing systems. Dr. Kennedy was the Co-founder and CEO of the start-up company, Restorative Biosciences Inc., an early-stage company that focused on developing anti-fouling, anti-inflammatory coatings, and therapeutics for ophthalmic applications. Dr. Kennedy was formerly the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for OraVu LLC., developer of the DeVA-1 Dental Vision Assistant system designed to provide microscopic live HD vision between the tooth and gum. Dr. Kennedy is currently a faculty member in the Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (TEM) Department in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University and former National Chair and Professor of Biomedical

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth Glass, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

world. Introduction Internships have long been recognized as valuable by students, employers, and career services professionals aiding job search, recruiting, and career development [1]. “For students and career services professionals, internships offer a range of benefits, including the opportunity to identify and clarify career direction, develop skills important to career readiness, and gain first-hand experience in the workplace. For employers, internships can serve as a valuable source of new hires, enabling the organization and potential hire to try each other out, thereby enhancing

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Ville M. Taajamaa, City of Espoo; Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #33509To Inhibit or Invite: Collaboration from Far AwayDr. Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University Barbara A. Karanian, Ph.D. , Lecturer, formerly visiting Professor, in the School of Engineering, in the Mechanical Engineering Design Group at Stanford University. Barbara’s research focuses on four ar- eas: 1)grounding a blend of theories from social-cognitive psychology, engineering design, and art to show how cognition affects design; 2) changing the way people understand the emotion behind their work with the intent to do something new; 3) shifting norms of leaders involved in entrepreneurial-minded

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Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

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Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Ashwini Menon; Guoyi Wang

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New Engineering Educators

classes, which often depended on employers, libraries, or testingcenters to supply proctors for individual students. This raised a great deal of concern thatcheating would undermine the integrity of exams, and thus subvert the validity of grades.Initial results seemed to bear out the concern. Jacksonville University [1] reported a sharp rise inspring-semester incidents. In the years 2015–2019, an average of 47% of the academic-integritycases were filed in the spring semester. In 2020, it was 61%, and 60% of those cases occurredafter the move to remote learning. Moreover, more of the incidents involved exams. In 2018–2019, only 7% of incidents involved exams, whereas in 2019–2020, 21% were on exams. Theonline proctoring company ProctorU reported

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Aly A. Farag, University of Louisville; Asem Ali, University of Louisville; Islam Alkabbany, University of Louisville; James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville; Tom Tretter, University of Louisville; Marci S. Decaro, University of Louisville; Nicholas Carl Hindy, University of Louisville

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andemotional engagement in turn predicts students’ cognitive engagement, which is validatedagainst academic performance in coursework. The ability to measure student engagement can beused by the instructor to tailor the presentation of material in class, identify course material thatengages and disengages with students, and identify students who are engaged or disengaged andat risk of failure. Further, this approach allows quantitative comparison of teaching methods,such as lecture, flipped classrooms, classroom response systems, etc. such that an objectivemetric can be used for teaching evaluation with immediate closed-loop feedback to theinstructor.1. IntroductionStudent engagement in the classroom is necessary for the successful learning outcomes

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Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Stephanie M. Arnett, New Mexico State University; Sandra M. Way, New Mexico State University; David G. Ortiz, New Mexico State University; Lorissa B. B. Humble, New Mexico State University; Analyssa D. Martinez, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

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MASS: Mastery, Assessment and Success of Students

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Edward Fritz Hillman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Gerald Luciano Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Isamarie Vega Morales, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Mechanics

the same question. These cycles can occur within a few minutes to over a couple of days, depending on how the ConcepTests are delivered.Results from both types of cycles imply that the rate of demonstrated learning is quite low incomparison to the time allocated for a typical course. For example, the pass rate for a MasteryTest is typically below 20%, implying that a typical student would require 5 attempts to pass thetopic. With ConcepTests, typically fewer than 1/3 of the students who initially answerincorrectly change to the correct answer by the time of the final poll. Yet within these apparentlydismal statistics appear promising marks of student progress, but at a rate that is markedly slowerthan what the academic calendar

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Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

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Arinjoy Basak, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Todd Patrick Shuba, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jianqiang Zhang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sneha Patel Davison, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David A. Dillard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

workflow, and describesupport for targeted feedback and analysis for the instructors. We present our plans to evaluatethe system, and discuss the results of a preliminary usability study.1. IntroductionRecent studies show problem-solving ability is being increasingly prioritized as a core aspect ofengineering curriculum and a fundamental competency demanded by employers. However, notonly are problem-solving activities time consuming for students, they are also often difficult toassess beyond simply checking for correctness of the final answer. In addition, it is difficult in aclassroom setting to deliver useful feedback [1]. While popular online tutoring frameworks exist[2], [3] that support structures for mathematical problem solving and some

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Design Methodologies 2

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J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Patrick James Herak, Ohio State University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Sherri Youssef, Ohio State University

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Design in Engineering Education

regular pre- and post-course surveys which are administered every semester. Datacollection was administered using Qualtrics and all analysis was conducted using Minitab.Instrument Development and ValidationThe Engineering Design Value-Expectancy Survey (EDVES) is intended to assess student attitudes aboutengineering design activities as well as their identification as and interest in being a future engineer.Attitudinal items are based on Eccles’ expectancy-value theory, with the intention to evaluate studentexpectations of success in engineering tasks and their valuation of those tasks. Students were asked torate their agreement or disagreement with a series of statements using a 7-point Likert-type scaleranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Travis Ford, University of Maryland Eastern Shore ; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Instrumentation

indifferent zones of the 15-acre field for a preliminary trial. The field which uses corn, soybean, andwheat rotation, was growing soybean during the preliminary trial reported here. A six-bandmultispectral camera that simultaneously images in the visible, near infra-red, and thermal bandshave also been flown on a DJI Inspire II drone to collect aerial imagery.1.0 IntroductionAccording to United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), only20% of the cultivated land is irrigated and provides 40% of the global food basket, the rest of the80% of farmland is rain-fed and accounts for only 60% global food basket [1]. Growth in worldfood demand will reflect the population growth, which is anticipated to be around 10 billion

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First-year Programs: Computation in the First Year

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Darren K. Maczka, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Rehan Shah, University College London; Andrew L. Gillen, University College London

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First-Year Programs

PhysicsTeacher, 30, 141–158 https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1119/1.2343497Lindell, R. S., Pea, E., & Foster T.M. (2007). Are They All Created Equal? A Comparison ofDifferent Concept Inventory Development Methodologies, American Institute of PhysicsConference Proceedings, 883(14), 14-17. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2508680Loch, B., & Lamborn, J. (2016). How to make mathematics relevant to first-year engineeringstudents: Perceptions of students on student-produced resources. International Journal ofMathematical Education in Science and Technology, 47(1), 29–44.https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2015.1044043Magana, A. J., Falk, M. L., Vieira, C., & Reese, M. J. (2016). A case study of undergraduateengineering students' computational literacy

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Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism

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Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

assimilationist implications. Theauthor is particularly concerned by how such initiatives position themselves to universalize howcomputing should be taught and performed, echoing the legacies of educational institutions thatenforced cultural and epistemic hegemony upon marginalized students [1]. These nationalcomputing education initiatives are primed to magnify problematic notions of equity withinefforts to broaden participation, if not computing more generally. Because a thorough review ofwell-intentioned yet inequitable computer science equity initiatives is outside the scope of thispaper, this review will highlight three salient critiques.First, discourse in broadening participation tends to frame underrepresented studentsexploitatively. A common

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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Ariana Gabrielle Smies, Michigan Technological University; Erin Vandenbusch; Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

develop a learningproject that would be beneficial to both preschool and first year engineering students. Thismutually beneficial project allowed the engineering students to learn basic principles of 3Dmodeling, 3D printing, and client centered design. It also taught the preschoolers about floatationand buoyancy, representing data through graphs (Figure 1), and inspiring/encouraging theirinterest in engineering.Figure 1. Preschoolers generated bar graphs by placing their votes (slips of red or yellow paper)above their favorite toysThe 2019 project included a single deliverable item for each 4-person design team: a 3D printedtoy. The project was worth 20 points and included the following four requirements (5 points perrequirement): (1) the toy

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First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year II

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Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin; Nisha Abraham, University of Texas at Austin; Mohana Seelan, University of Texas at Austin; Ramakrishna Sai Annaluru, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

California, San Diego in Computer Science Engineering.Mr. Ramakrishna Sai Annaluru, University of Texas at Austin Ramakrishna (Sai) Annaluru is a 3rd Year MS/PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, researching at the intersection of machine learning and signal processing. Sai’s educational background include 1 semester of graduate Teaching Assistant experience for Signals and Systems and Introduction to Computing, 2 semesters of head instructor experience for a 1 credit hour spatial visualization course, and 2 years of undergraduate tutoring experience in introductory electrical engineering and mathematics classes. American

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Critical Conversations on Being Valued

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Kalynda Chivon Smith, North Carolina A&T State University; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Scott Grant Feinstein; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

, relatively less research has specifically addressed the retentionof Latinx students in STEM disciplines. There is limited research regarding howmicroaggressions targeting Latinx students in engineering education settings impact theirretention in those programs. Guided by Sue’s definitions and taxonomy of microaggressions, andCritical Race Theory, the purpose of the current study was to answer the following researchquestions: 1) What microaggressions do Latinx students experience in an engineering educationenvironment? And 2) How do these microaggressions impact their academic wellbeing? Aphenomenological design was used to determine the microaggression experiences of Latinxstudents in higher education engineering programs. Qualitative data was