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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, necessitating effective team dynamics – this is true ofour core research team as well as the larger CoP. The emergence of the science of Team Science(SciTS) reflects the growing recognition of the complexities inherent in collaborative researchefforts [1]. SciTS is an interdisciplinary field focused on understanding the conditions thatfacilitate or hinder effective team-based research and its unique outcomes in productivity,innovation, and translation [2].Team Science is a collaborative research approach that promotes openness, mutual respect, andshared responsibility among team members [3]. It encourages researchers to tap into a broaderrange of expertise, leading to more comprehensive and innovative solutions [4]. Effectivecommunication and teamwork

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle L Beckner, Clemson University; Robert M O'Hara, Clemson University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

time within each course and introduced engineering-tailored communicationassignments to students. In the sophomore year, students focus on public speaking skills throughthe Springer 1 course, which includes two individual speeches, a design charrette, and a teamfinal design presentation. During their junior year, civil engineering students have moreopportunities to practice public speaking in design studio courses. These courses typically focuson students presenting their design solutions or research. Finally, in the Keystone course, thesenior civil engineering students present their designs three times – at the proposal, conceptualand final design phases.Despite the clear benefits of this initiative, a significant challenge emerged due to

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aaditya Khanal, The University of Texas at Tyler; Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

to reducing GHG emissions through renewable energy sources,improvement in efficiency, or novel technologies. The courses included modules covering two supervisedmachine learning algorithms, video lectures, and tutorials for analyzing and evaluating data sets of eachtechnology using computational tools. Finally, indirect and direct assessments were carried out, includingpre- and post-course qualitative surveys completed by students to assess the impact of the modules andcourse. Based on the results from the current work, future implementation will aim to (1) expand andimplement additional machine learning instructional and training modules for sustainability projects usingexperiential learning, (2) promote a data-driven approach to solving

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

, andproject development of the participants. This paper will also focus on the continued use of remote internshipsand experiential opportunities as a High Impact Practice to engage students at an urban commuter universityacross all majors.BackgroundHigh Impact Practices (HIPs) have been shown to be effective in retention, persistence, and overall studentsuccess [1-5]. These practices include activities such as undergraduate research, service learning, experientiallearning opportunities, internships, study abroad, collaborative projects and writing intensive courses. Theseactivities have been found to be very beneficial for underrepresented students. Institutional resources,curriculums and student body demographics limit the effectiveness of the

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge; Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University ; Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

student desiring aneducation in a STEM field can seem insurmountable [1]. Collegiate educations are alsoexpensive in terms of both the cash outlay to attend college and the missed income during thecollegiate studies. Low SES families have meaningful financial constraints that can have lessimpact on other higher status families [2]. Compounding the barriers, low SES families are lesswilling to utilize debt to invest in education [3]. Students in these situations may try to workmenial jobs to earn some money, either to help support themselves or send home. This dilutestheir collegiate studying time, lessening their chances of success [4]. These students areunfamiliar with the academic environment, as no one within their circle of acquaintances has

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine R. McCance, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Vanessa Ann Sansone, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mark Appleford, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Arturo Montoya, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Harry R. Millwater Jr., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jose Francisco Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Heather Shipley, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and Dean of the University College and Burzik Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds a BS degree in Chemistry from Baylor Universit ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Transforming STEM Undergraduate Education Through a Hispanic Student Success Servingness Framework Given the need for continued scientific innovation and a diverse, skilled STEM (science,technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce in the United States, increasing therepresentation of women, Hispanic, Black, first-generation, and other underrepresented groups inSTEM is vital [1]. Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; NAHAL RASHEDI, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

paper discusses the developments during Year 2 of a project concerned with analyzing thecurricula of engineering programs in the United States to understand the structural barriersembedded in degree requirements that could push out diverse groups of students. We are usingan emerging method for quantifying the complexity of these programs called CurricularAnalytics. This method involves treating the prerequisite relationships between courses as anetwork and applying graph theoretic measures to calculate a curriculum’s complexity. In Year 1,we collected 494 plans of study representing five engineering disciplines (i.e., Mechanical, Civil,Electrical, Chemical, and Industrial) across 13 institutions - spanning a decade. To ensure thedataset is as

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quintana (Quincy) Clark, Oregon State University; Chidinma Grace Okoye; Theodore Ja

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

. eNotebookis a comprehensive online notebook app that enables students to develop study strategies andevaluate their performance for corrective measures. This study proposes to 1) pilot testeNotebook’s AI-enhanced study features and 3) investigate how well eNotebook enhances self-regulatory efficacy in Ecampus and hybrid STEM courses. eNotebook was designed anddeveloped by the PIs and EECS collaborators based on the prototype feedback of 140 Universitystudents during the Fall 2022 term. The results of this study are expected to inform AI-enhancedstudy methods and self-regulatory efficacy in Ecampus and hybrid STEM courses.Keywords: AI-study app, STEM, personalized learningIntroductionAlthough face-to-face STEM education has a 60% retention rate [4,5

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiping Li, University of Toronto; Zhiqiang Yin, University of Toronto; Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

a timely manner that adds to their stress levels.These limitations make the task of locating an unfamiliar classroom not only time-consumingbut also problematic for students who need to quickly locate their classroom for quizzes orexams. One of the existing solutions is ClassFind [1], a website that offers indoor navigationthrough the use of real photos and textual explanations. However, it comes short in terms ofcritical features that allows to navigate conveniently and accurately. In particular, ClassFindcannot: • Display each room location within each floor. • Determine user current location of the user. • Map or search offline.We have designed and implemented a mapping system called CampNav. It is an

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

-level understanding of thedifferent algorithms taught in class and aided in recalling the materials as they prepared for theexams. In future iterations of the course, we plan to revise the language and frequency of theassignments to more effectively assess students' understanding of the theoretical concepts.1. IntroductionMachine learning courses are gaining more popularity in electrical and computer engineering(ECE) programs. They offer the students an opportunity to practice multiple concepts related toalgorithms and software programming while learning an important topic. A typical machine-learning course focusses on the theory of different machine learning algorithms during class timewhile focusing on programming and application in the

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B. Bass, Portland State University; Jen Lindwall, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the nation’s workforce,and meet the objectives of the Justice40 Initiative. Justice40 mandates that at least 40% of thebenefits of certain federal investments must flow to disadvantaged communities, which DoEdefines as “being marginalized, underserved, [or] overburdened by pollution” [1].These requirements present opportunities for universities to provide undergraduate engineeringstudents with career development pathways within the industries targeted by the IIJA and IRA.The opportunities are particularly well-suited for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), such asAsian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) andHispanic Serving Institution (HSIs). Our university

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

eugene leo draine mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Program1. Introduction The geographically specific mission and teaching focus of community colleges empowersstudents from populations that have systemically been excluded from university programs.Community colleges stand apart from other higher education institutions for their role incultivating a demographically diverse, talented pool of engineering and technology scholars fromlow-income backgrounds [1], [2]. Engineering associate degree completion by women, Blackand Latine/Latinx students is nearing demographic parity [3]. Community colleges have beenable to meet the needs of underserved students in engineering education while establishinginclusive practices, and student services that counter the marginalization that students experiencein

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rossi, University of New Haven; Pulin Agrawal, Pennsylvania State University; Negein Immen, Pennsylvania State University; Angelina Krystal Valentin, Pennsylvania State University; Neha Sagi, Pennsylvania State University; Domenico Alford-Egizio, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

anefficacious mechanism for fostering a dynamic feedback loop, thereby ensuring the continualrefinement and authenticity of academic courses within esteemed institutions.Background Investigation into the use of conceptual videos as supplementary tools in a first-yearprogramming course is informed by the systematic review titled "Blended Learning Models forIntroductory Programming Courses." The study classified models into five types, includingFlipped, Mixed, Flex, Supplemental, and Online-Practicing models, with a focus on enhancingthe learning experience of novice programmers [1]. These discoveries emphasized the effectiveness of blended learning approaches, with theMixed model, known for flexibility, showing potential for improved student

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A Kuczenski, Santa Clara University; Christelle Sabatier, Santa Clara University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

StudentsIntroductionOne current gap in many engineering programs is a focus on teaching students how to createrelationships with professionals from scratch, a.k.a. build social capital at the organizationswhere they might want to work after graduation. The skillset of building professionalrelationships is considered the most important aspect of career education because it acceleratesthe career exploration process, leads to internship and job opportunities, and increases student’sself-confidence related to life after college [1]. This is particularly relevant as 70% of jobs andinternships go to professionals who already have a connection with the company [2]. Theseinternships and jobs are located in what is referred to as the ‘hidden job market

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Engineering Technology Division Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Khoa Ngac, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

of expertsbeyond a program’s faculty. The consensus building method included two operations by theexpert crowd: (1) validating the existing list of curriculum topics and their subtopics; and (2)suggesting additional topics and subtopics to be added to the current curriculum. We will showresults yielded by a finalized experiment utilizing consensus building method against a graduatetechnology management course’s curriculum development.We will then detail how this research effort incorporated a professional diversity factor into theconsensus building method when performing expert crowdsourcing. Professional diversity isimportant because when building consensus among the experts, we also want to ensure thereare enough representatives from

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Over, Virginia Tech; C. Cozette Comer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

aclear description of information sources and the search strategy, ideally presented in full for eachdatabase [1, Items 7 & 8]. Further emphasizing the importance of transparency of the search forES reviews, in 2021 PRISMA introduced the PRISMA-S searching extension [2], providingadditional guidance regarding the details that should be reported for systematic review and othercomprehensive ES search strategies.ES is no longer a methodology exclusive to health sciences. The value that ES methods can bringto the knowledge-translation process is highly applicable across disciplines. In recent years, thesemethods have been adopted by non-health fields like engineering. Even more recently, therehave been calls for increased rigor and adherence to

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Robotics and Circuits

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Joseph Murzynski, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Hussein - Abdeltawab, Wake Forest University; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Ahmed Sammoud, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

usability score (A+)for these platforms.1. IntroductionSeveral studies have used educational robots to teach STEM concepts [1]–[3]. Robotics is amultidisciplinary topic that can be integrated into several engineering and engineering technologyprograms. Constructing a robotics lab provides educational opportunities for undergraduatestudents to learn programming, mechatronics, and other skills. Hands-on experiential learning isan essential component of any engineering and engineering technology programs. Replication ofindustrial robotic platforms can help students receive hands-on experiences aligned with industrialpractices. However, these platforms are usually costly [4], [5]. Achieving an affordable-reconfigurable-industrial setup can be

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Bridging Cultures, Advancing Justice: Fostering Inclusion and Sustainability in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raul Mishael Sedas, Caltech; LIGO

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

and accessible to learners from marginalized populations.“The word ‘engineer’ derives … from the Latin root ingeniarius … someone who is ingenious insolving practical problems… In the words of Henry Petroski, ‘To engineer is human.’” — David Blockley [1]Unknown to many, Latine youth in Mexico and other Latin American countries are more likelyto study engineering than Latine and non-Latine youth in the United States, confirming systemicproblems with the pedagogical practices in the United States that deter youth from initiating andcompleting degrees in engineering [2]. The current engineering classrooms and workplaces aredominated by white males and burdened by Herculean

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Sterling, Auburn University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

viaanonymous end-of-semester reviews. Furthermore, the engineering forensic investigation activitysupports ABET Student Outcomes 1 (an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complexengineering problems), 3 (an ability to communicate effectively), 4 (an ability to recognizeethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations), 5 (an ability to functioneffectively on a team), 6 (an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyzeand interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions) and 7 (ability to acquirenew knowledge). These outcomes are assessed via a pre- and post-activity assessment.1. IntroductionMechanical engineering classes typically cover a wide range of topics, and it is important

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

undergraduate degree program. Throughout their time in the GCSP, students engage incurricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular experiences (courses and experiences) to achieve theprogram outcomes, known as the GCSP Competencies: Talent; Multidisciplinary; ViableBusiness/Entrepreneurship; Multicultural; and Social Consciousness [1]. To achieve eachcompetency, students must complete two courses and/or experiences, except for the ViableBusiness/Entrepreneurship competency which only requires one course or experience, and SocialConsciousness which requires 80 hours of service-learning experience. Each student tailors theirexperiences in alignment with their personal interests and focuses their experiences on anoverarching theme (sustainability, health

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Saint Martin's University; Moses Tefe, Norwich University; Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Xiaomei Wang, Brigham Young University; Gloria Faraone; Thais Alves, San Diego State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

of the Center for InfrastructureTransformation and Education (CIT-E) community of practice to assist and empower faculty indeveloping lessons related to past or present infrastructure inequities based on case studies thatcould be used in any course. The broad goals of the lessons that are developed using thisframework are for students to be able to: 1) explain inequities in the context of infrastructure andits development, 2) describe and discuss the historical context with which infrastructure wasdeveloped and constructed, and how communities were affected by it, and 3) generate, create, orpropose solutions to rectify past infrastructure inequities, while designing more equitablesolutions in future work. This framework will help guide

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Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; René Marie Rosalie Marius, Lipscomb University; Mark Sedek, Lipscomb University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

design andrevision as well as the iterative participant selection process. As next steps, the research teamwill be interviewing a mixture of engineering students and alumni from Lipscomb University.From these interviews, the team will build a model which may be utilized by other engineeringorganizations to create inclusive engineers and increase diverse representation in the field.Background:This paper is part of a larger study on the impact of humanitarian engineering projects on studentprofessional formation and views of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) [1-3]. The studybuilds on a wealth of research around the lack of diversity in engineering [4-7] and the positiveimpacts of service learning in higher education [8]. Various programs have

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Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl B. Schrader, Wright State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Creating Learning Communities for Student Success in Gateway Discrete Linear SystemsAbstractWright State University is a multi-campus, public research university headquartered in Dayton,Ohio, which has one of the largest concentrations of electrical engineers and computer scientistsin the United States [1]. By the early twentieth century this region was well-known as a centerfor innovation and entrepreneurship, becoming the top site in the country in patents per capita in1903 when the university’s namesakes Orville and Wilbur Wright flew. Wright State Universitywas created in 1967 to meet the region’s needs for research, innovation and education and issituated

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Bridging Cultures, Advancing Justice: Fostering Inclusion and Sustainability in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, University of North Texas; Shirley Anderson, University of North Texas

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Diversity

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

education [1].HSI scholars have emphasized the sense of communal or family orientation among Latinxstudents in engineering and computing, attributing it to their validated experiences and academicsuccess [2], [3]. However, research and policy reports suggest that STEM programs often fail toincorporate aspects of Latinx culture, such as representations of Latinx faculty, societal issuesrelevant to Latinx communities, Spanish language, Latinx music, or art [2], [4], [5], [6]. Inparticular, Núñez et al. [2] indicated that canfianza (interpersonal and community connections),respeto (moral integrity), and familismo (family connections in Hispanic culture) in computingare crucial for Latinx computing students' success in Computing Alliance of Hispanic

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Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Rasmussen, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Teach” surveys focus on a particular core chemical engineering courseeach year and have recently covered topics of Capstone [1], Material and Energy Balances [2],Kinetics and Reactions [3], Intro Classes [4], Thermodynamics [5], Unit Operation Labs [6],Process Control [7], and Transport [8] individually. However, fundamental limitations arepresent with any survey, such as non-response bias, and misrecollection.This work serves to complement department surveys using three sources of publicly availabledata: 1. the ground truth of published course schedules; 2. Faculty numbers and position fromstaff pages on department websites; and 3. Each program’s recommended 4-year BS program,BS/MS program, and masters program. Data was collected from the 2022

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

and responsibilities via presentation of technical course material. Overall, this casestudy investigates nuclear engineering for its curricula-embedded epistemological foundationsand offers reflections on the relevance of beliefs about knowledge to engineering problemsolving.2 Introduction The term “engineering”, linked in origin to both “ingenious” and “engine”, describes aprofession linked to the virtues of originality and innovation as well as the artifacts and processesdeveloped to enhance human flourishing. We take these elements (production of tools, originalinnovation, and the commitment to human welfare) to be foundational (though incomplete) dueto their ubiquity and use this as a starting point for our analysis [1], [2

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Learning through Instrumentation: Experiences and Applications

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

. Projects contain engineeringrequirements, schematics, software code, and results. Then, an example of a student project utilizingdata acquisition and Wi-Fi is provided.IntroductionData acquisition (DAQ) involves sampling signals utilizing sensors that measure electricalparameters, processing these signals into real-world values, and displaying the information. Thissystem is typically implemented with a USB DAQ device (e.g., myDAQ, etc.) connected to aPC, and software employed with graphical or text-based programming (e.g., LabVIEW, Matlab,etc.).A variety of courses encompassing both electrical and computer disciplines involve dataacquisition. One such course is Measurements and Instrumentation [1]. This reference describes ajunior-level course

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DSA Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas Leger, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA)

computer science or computer engineering-specific formal education or degrees. Toassess varying perspectives, we conducted a study utilizing Reddit posts. Reddit is a platformwhere many engineering students and practitioners may talk openly about different topics. Wecollected data using web scraping and analyzed it using a couple of Natural Language Processing(NLP) techniques, including Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). Using the top keywords, wethen took a manual approach, using whole posts for context to perform thematic analysis toderive the topics. Our findings suggest that non-computing engineers are generally positive aboutdata science and its potential applications. They see it as especially important for 1) CareerProspects and

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Voices of Diversity: Perspectives and Experiences in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Najme Kishani, University of Toronto; Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, University of Toronto Prof. Aimy Bazylak is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Clean Energy and Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the U of T. In 2011, she was awarded the I.W. Smith Award from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, and she received the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2012. From 2015-2018, she served as the Director of the U of T Institute for Sustainable Energy. In 2015 she was named an Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow (Germany), and in 2019 she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 2020 she was awarded the U of T McLean Award and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

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ET Capstone Design Projects

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Emily Westerman; Junkun Ma, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Autumn Smith-Herron, Sam Houston State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Challenges in the Southern United StatesCyst Nematodes are a major parasitic pest present on a variety of different crops throughout theworld [1]. These pests feed on plant roots, weakening the host plant. As the female nematodesmature, their bodies swell to become round or lemon-shaped with the rear protruding outside theroot. After the female nematodes die, their bodies harden forming a cyst, change color, andbecome visible on a macroscopic level [2]. The current methods of surveying fields for cystnematode infestation require uprooting agricultural crops to examine the root system and/or signsof crop contagion which can result in the termination of uninfected plants [3].The objective of this multidisciplinary senior design project is to assist in