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Statics Fanatics 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yemisi Oyewola, Utah State University; Brian Cowburn, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ryan Barlow, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Wade Goodridge, Utah State University; Kurt Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

biological and environmental engineering majors, but it oftenfocuses solely on mechanical and civil engineering applications. With no connection to theircareer, students often see a drop in performance and career development. Therefore, newproblems from biological and environmental engineering disciplines are introduced into thecourse. This study examines the self-efficacy developed within students and the perceived valuethey ascribe to new problems that teach fundamental statics concepts and focus on biological andenvironmental principles. The study collected data from 133 students over three semesters. Theeffect of this intervention was measured by administering a pre-and post-survey at the beginningand end of the course to the Biological, Civil

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francois Jacobs, University of Wyoming; Renxiang Lu, University of Wyoming

field, they can relay to the students their experiences in which these topics areapplied. As these individuals know best, the most efficient way to pass on the information isto provide the most memorable examples that took place in their careers [9]. Additionally,they may also provide their opinion about the usefulness of the topics as well as thefrequency that they may be applicable in the jobsite [10]. Second, industry practitioners cannarrow down the emphasis of the classes to the current needs in the industry. As fields inCTE programs are in constant expansion and development, only individuals who participatein projects in a daily basis can have the perception of the most required skills [11]. Ratherthan teaching a broader pool of case

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig Scott, Morgan State University; Mohamed Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Barry Sullivan; John Kelly, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE); Stephen Goodnick, Arizona State University; Mark Smith, University of Texas at Austin; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. (ECEDHA); Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Ben Oni, Tuskegee University; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Abdelnasser Eldek, Jackson State University; Shujun Yang; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Cole Joslyn, University of Texas at El Paso; Ivonne Santiago, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Romine, Navajo Technical University; Shayla Sawyer; Rodrigo Romero, University of Texas at El Paso; Yuanrui Sang; Hassan Salmani; Delia Saenz, Arizona State University; Miguel Velez-Reyes, University of Texas at El Paso

Remote Sensing Technology. He was the Founding Director of the UPRM Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering, and Associate Director of the NSF CenSSIS ERC. His research interests are in integrating physical models with data driven approaches for information extraction using remote or minimally intrusive sensing. He has over 160 publications. He is Fellow of SPIE and the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico. Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers award from the US President in 1997. He chairs the SPIE Conference on Algorithms, Technologies and Applications for Multispectral, and Hyperspectral Imaging. He is board member of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium

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DEED Technical Session 5 Design Teams

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Paul Leidig, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew Pierce, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

integrated, first-year to final year, and multidisciplinary, across and beyond engineering. Additionally, the projects are not connected to the semester timeline, so students may be working on different parts of a project and in different phases of the design at any given time. 3) Authentic: A key attribute of the program is that all projects are real projects that will be delivered to their community partners when completed. Assessments should flow from the project development where possible and align with professional habits that will be useful later in their careers. 4) Life Habits: Assessments should develop skills, provide experiences, and promote habits that will make the students better

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Alycia Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Molly Moore, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

be nebulous – from entrance to graduation, processes involvedwith financial aid, work study, faculty office hours, forming student connections, career fairs,and more can be intimidating for many students. For first-generation students, whose familymembers have no or limited experience with the process, these hurdles can seem almostinsurmountable. The SD-FIRST program will help fill in the gaps of first-generation students’home-to-college transition, provide a robust support system by connecting existing campusresources, and provide guidance for staff and faculty on interactions and unique challenges withthis student population. Programmatic elements specific for first-generation students, driven byevidence-based resiliency research, aim to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Darnishia Slade, Michigan Technological University; Logan Burley, University of Michigan

manager in the psychology department at the University of Michigan. During his undergraduate career at the University of Michigan, he studied psychology and women's studies. His personal research focuses on how individuals perceive nonbinary gender in others.Denise Sekaquaptewa (Professor) Dr. Denise Sekaquaptewa is University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Her research program in experimental social psychology focuses on stereotyping, implicit bias, and the experiences of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering. Her research program has been supported by the National Science Foundation, and the National Center for

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sherylyn Briller; Douglas Pruim; Todd Kelley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jung Sohn, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Rebecca Martinez, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Jackson Otto

Learning in the Pursuit of InnovationIntroductionInnovation education experiences have now become an expectation of the University to helpprepare students with creative ways of thinking to address the issues they will face in their livesand careers. These innovation-focused experiences have seemingly become more important asuniversities are now touting their national rankings related to innovation output (i.e., patents,start-ups, etc.) while at the same time more people are questioning the value of higher educationitself. As more people question the value of post-secondary programs, thinking about howinnovation education contributes to students’ personal and professional success is both vital andtimely. That being said, it may be possible for

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Lee; Garam Lee, Michigan State University; John Keane, Michigan State University; Goun Choi, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University

Paper ID #36882From a Mentor’s Perspective: Discovering Factors thatFoster Achievement Motivation in EngineeringAlexandra Lee I am a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education at Michigan State University (MSU). I am broadly interested in how students’ motivational beliefs develop as a function of their unique experiences, and in turn, how these beliefs affect their achievement and career choices. To understand these processes, I use a variety of quantitative methods (growth mixture modeling, latent

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ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Leidig, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); William Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

1 CEBOK3 Sustainability 1 CEBOK3 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 2 CEBOK3 Professional Attitudes 3 CEBOK3 Professional Responsibilities 3 Career 3Initial drafts of the instruments were developed based on the categories and frameworks above.Where appropriate, items were inspired by or adapted from the Prototype-to-Production (P2P)[19] or EPICS Alumni [12] instruments. The P2P study included an alumni survey designed tocompare the experiences of early-career engineers with their college preparation [20]. TheEPICS Alumni study included a survey as the first part of a mixed-methods

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LEES 3: Assessing/Addressing Mental Health

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Wilson, University of Kentucky; Courtney Wright, University of Kentucky; Melanie Miller; Lucy Hargis; Ellen Usher; Joseph Hammer; Natalie Ban; Halle Shannon, University of Kentucky

. They help mediate the effects of academic and non-academic stress on academicperformance [1], as well as positively impact undergraduate students’ cognitive motivation andachievement [22]. Students who have an outlet to relieve stress are likely to have more personalcontrol and self-efficacy, leading to lower mental health distress [22].To combat the stress that students face through their college careers, students develop a multitudeof coping strategies. A study of undergraduate students found that the coping strategies employedby students were physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, and social support (parent and peer)[23]. In a study looking at gender differences in stress and coping mechanisms, women were morelikely to utilize

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Jackson; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce Oestreich; Cheryl Bodnar, Rowan University; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

ofstudents. They showed that engineering students and other STEM majors scored lower inIdeation than Arts and Business students. They also observed that more experienced students intheir later years of their undergraduate career scored themselves higher in Altruism and OpenMindedness.Longitudinal EM DevelopmentStudies in the area of longitudinal EM development often assess students at different curriculumlevels at the same time to determine overall progression [9, 18, 21-22]. It has been shown thatsenior level students often showcase greater levels of entrepreneurial interest and curiosity,innovation and design skills, motivation, and making connections than lower levelundergraduates [9, 21-22]. Though, when compared to the skills of professional

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Professional Skills and Community Building in Chemical Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Goldberg, University of Maryland College Park

designed to developR&D-oriented skills through a multi-year learning trajectory [3]. They identified 14 key skillsneeded for research and development, with a strong emphasis on following the scientific method,including formulating research questions and hypotheses, designing experiments, collecting data,and drawing appropriate conclusions. They analyzed how each skill was taught through thecurriculum and concluded that project work and laboratories were especially important atreinforcing these skills. Finally, Gross et al. investigated a guided inquiry activity to preparestudents for careers in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, specifically focusing onhelping students relate their knowledge and experiences to business needs

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jameka Wiggins, The Ohio State University; Amanda Johnston, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kerrie Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Ines Direito

instructor decisions and student support during COVID-19 and impact the pandemic is having on engineering students. She also recently won the prestigious CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study increasing the fairness of engineering assessments. In total, she has been on the leadership of more than $24 million dollars in research awards. Her research on evaluation of online learning (supported by two NSF awards #1544259,1935683, ) has resulted in more than 20 peer-reviewed conference and journal publications related to engineering learners in online courses. She was a FutureLearn Research Fellow from 2017-2019; a 2018 recipient of the FIE New Faculty Fellow Award and was the 2021 Program Chair for the

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamita V, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Eileen Fong, Nanyang Technological University

an improved method of teachingengineering. Purpose of the Study As this study was conducted in Singapore, the location and demographics of thestudy differed greatly from previous studies on the same topic, which were generally held inthe United States of America. Singapore is a diverse, multicultural society. Hence, one canexpect a range of different experiences from different people and groups and, thus, a largevariety of methods that were learned. Many Singaporeans are not encouraged or motivated topursue an engineering or science major as they may believe other career options offer betterjob prospects. They may also believe they are not intelligent enough to pursue education inscience-related fields (Begum, 2019). Moreover

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Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 2)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Brown, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Leroy Long, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Taylor Mitchell, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Chad Rohrbacher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL where he directs a research team called Engineering, Arts & Sports Engagement (EASE). Dr. Long has helped to lead research, funded by the NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant, to improve the well-being of the student-athlete through support of their career readiness. He has helped to lead research funded by NSF (award # 2024973) to examine the potential benefit of using critical narratives as a pedagogical tool in the professional formation of engineers.Taylor Mitchell Taylor Joy Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Humanities and Composition at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She teaches general composition

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Student Success Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs, and Living Learning Communities

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Arturo Fuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

immediate family to attend college) lacking role models; and is exacerbated by theeffects of the COVID-19 pandemic.II.2. Gather Inspiration.Having framed the central question, inspiration for this study was attained by discovering whatincoming students really need. The authors communicated with faculty members with the intentionof understanding the needs and challenges of the incoming cohort, which included: • Difficulty realizing when they are in trouble. • Not asking for assistance. • Weak study habits and learning networks. • Lack of time management skills. • Lack of involvement in engineering activities, organizations, or research. • Lack of intentionality in planning for academic resume building and future career

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Student Division Technical 1: Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity (DEI)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Young, The Ohio State University; David Delaine

Paper ID #37666Examining Engineering Education Research with AmericanIndian and Alaska Native Populations: A Systematic ReviewUtilizing Tribal Critical Race TheoryEdward Tyler Young Tyler Young is a graduate student at The Ohio State University currently pursuing a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. He graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering before embarking on a career in STEM education.David A. Delaine (Assistant Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joy Harris; Janece Shaffer

the fast-changing world [5]. Along with this vision, the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) calls engineering education for facilitating engineering students tobecome entrepreneurial-minded individuals who create societal and global value. In response tothis call, in addition to teaching students the technical knowledge of engineering, theentrepreneurship education program at our university provides students with curricularentrepreneurship education programs where students gain entrepreneurial knowledge and skills,and resources to pursue an entrepreneurial career path. We aim to not only support engineeringstudents with the resources to start their startup companies but also instill entrepreneurialmindset and self-efficacy into

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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tina Cartwright, Marshall University; Julie Lynn Snyder-Yuly, Marshall University; Wook-sung Yoo, Marshall University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

participants included 8 females, 3 firstgeneration, 6 Pell-eligible, and 1 underrepresented minority.Course descriptionThe PWS offered a one-credit required seminar course per semester for students in years one(2021-2022) and two (2022-2023). The series consisted of lectures and hands-on activities,promoted professional development, and prepared students for real-world projects. (See Tables 1and 2.) Weekly seminars for PWS scholars included speakers from University service offices(such as Financial Aid, tutoring services, Career Resources, etc.) and industrial partners whoaddressed issues, ranging from gender segregation and cultural mismatch of women tonavigating and succeeding in the current engineering culture [21]. Orienting scholars enabledthem

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles William Weigandt, Austin Peay State University; Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda, Austin Peay State University; Ravi C. Manimaran, Austin Peay State University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

summer of2022, several major airlines in the United States canceled a record number of scheduled flights orran delayed due to the same reason [1]. A unique approach adopted by the airlines to address thischallenge is to look for non-traditional sources such as retired military and veteran rotary wingpilots. This led to a growing shortage of helicopter pilots in the medical transport and offshore oilsupport industries [2]. This challenge also opens new opportunities and career pathways forveterans. Additionally, special training and experience requirements for certificated flightinstructors (CFIs) to be able to provide flight instruction in the Robinson R22 and R44 variantsmake it cost-prohibitive for most military helicopter instructors to

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Jodi F. Prosise, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Moira Kelly Smith

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

valuable learning in the classroom for students. The course content canbecome integrated with more real-world examples so students can directly apply concepts andtheories learned in the classroom to industry, which gives them a better understanding of thematerial while simultaneously preparing them for the workforce [5].IABs are sometimes used to provide opportunities for students to benefit through offeringinternships and employment opportunities. The Structural Design, Construction, and EngineeringTechnology Advisory Board at Penn State Harrisburg [6] emphasizes networking betweenexternal professionals and students at specific career job fairs, through guest speaking in-classlectures, and assistance on field trips. The result is consistent

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Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 3: Engineering Management — From Classroom to Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek Hillestad Ph.D, Arizona State University; Rebecca Kassa, The University of Kansas

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

6 3 0 Figure 5: Literature Representation of Facility Engineering DisciplinesThe built environment is supported by organizations in the delivery of facility engineering. Theseorganizations can be a crucial resource for engineering educators to fuse career pathways forstudents. Industry affiliations and organizations supporting the facility engineering profession arepresented in Table 2.Table 2: Organizations Representation of Facility Engineering Disciplines Facility Engineering Discipline Organization A C E M S T EM AIA (American Institute of

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karina Ivette Vielma, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Analyzing the Needs of Engineering Teaching Assistants: Examining Hidden Deficit IdeasIntroductionThe lack of preparation of graduate students for the professoriate has been documented bydifferent scholars [1, 2]. It is well known that graduate education prepares students to pursuedifferent career paths [1], but a large majority of engineering graduate students will followprimarily corporate and industry positions while a small percentage will chase faculty careers[3]. According to Choe and Borrego [3], doctoral international engineering students are morelikely to pursue an academic career. Nonetheless, it

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

academic, social, and economic support.The expected outcome of the SD-FIRST program is to achieve a sustainable increased retentionand graduation rate, and an increase in emotional intelligence for students participating in theprogram. The initial cohort of SD-FIRST scholars began in the fall 2021 semester, and thedetails of the program as well as initial implementation are included in this paper.Introduction and MotivationThe higher education system can be nebulous – from entrance to graduation, processes involvedwith financial aid, work study, faculty office hours, forming student connections, career fairs,and more can be intimidating for many students. For first-generation students, whose familymembers have no or limited experience with the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Douglas Edward Pruim; Deana Lucas; Todd Kelley, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jung Joo Sohn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

solutions.The entry courses along with the collaborative courses build a learning sequence that leads to a minordegree in design and innovation. While minor degrees are not novel, it was found that the programminghad to be linked to something of recognizable/tangible value to students. Through student and advisorinterviews, it was found that advising programs are automated to direct students toward “checking boxes”for a plan of study without consideration of the nuances of different types of learning opportunities. Themain goal of pursuing higher education for students is to essentially receive credentials that have value forfuture careers. So, it is important to understand the degree planning systems and use them to enablestudents to get more out of

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Crystal E. Peoples, Duke University; Alicia Nicki Washington, Ph.D., Duke University; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her career in higher education began at Howard University as the first Black female fac- ulty member in the Department of Computer Science. Her professional experience also includes Winthrop University, The Aerospace Corporation, and IBM. She is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (B.S., ’00) and North Carolina State University (M.S., ’02; Ph.D., ’05), becoming the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at the university and 2019 Computer Science Hall of Fame Inductee.Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University Shaundra B. Daily is a professor of practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Sci- ence at Duke University and Levitan Faculty Fellow, Special

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend ; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural re- cipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include data-driven decision-making, modeling and simulation, data analytics, immersive technologies, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve design and engineering education.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CUˆa C™s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State Universit

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Pierson; Benjamin Fleming; Han Hu, University of Arkansas

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

practice. Leaders in industry and government began to recognize this in the 1980sand 1990s [1] [2], and major employers, spearheaded by Boeing, made concerted efforts duringthis time to pressure universities into better equipping engineering students with skills codifiedas most valuable for career-readiness [3].Tensions between industry needs and higher education came to a head in the mid-1990s when“American industry successfully lobbied the National Science Foundation to fund reform ofeducation” and influenced the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) tooverhaul the basis for accreditation in 1996 with Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) [4].Although EC2000 has been mostly successful in improving engineering education, the

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Instrument Design and Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyeonghun Jwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Capturing attrition decisions in engineering graduate students using longitudinal SMS dataKeywords: Attrition, longitudinal study, SMS (Short Message Service), time series dataAbstractThis research paper reports results from a longitudinal Short Message Service (SMS) text messagesurvey study that captured attrition decisions from engineering graduate students who decided toleave their Ph.D. program or change degree objectives from Ph.D. to M.S. (Master’s-leveldeparture). While past research has investigated doctoral attrition across disciplines to

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

of 2020 report [5, p. 125], noting “The questionsof… how much specialization there should be at the undergraduate level, how to preparestudents for careers that include both technical and managerial tracks, and how to meet the needsand expectations of society all seem timeless.” This tension is echoed in a more recent 2018NAE report [6]. Bear and Skorton [7] state, “the notion that disciplinary specialization andtechnical depth are the only important prerequisites for employment turns out to be false.” Kingand Pister [8] also advocate for broadening engineering Bachelor’s degrees, and present a varietyof ideas to achieve this aim.According to data from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) [9] only asmall number of students