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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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John Case, United States Military Academy; Dereck Kennedy, United States Military Academy

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course is generally more participatory inclass and motivated to invest the time and energy to do well on assignments and assessments.Additionally, effective learning and retention of fundamental concepts is essential to developingthe depth of knowledge required when critically applying the material beyond the classroom [1].Enabling effective learning in the classroom is not a simple task. Many factors must beconsidered when developing an approach, such as the student population being taught. In a singleclassroom, each student is unique in how they receive and process information based on factorssuch as preferred learning style, personal experience, competence in fundamental concepts, andindividual motivation [1]. Such considerations necessitate

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University; Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Denine A Northrup, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

importantfor realizing design functionality, and to aid in the communication of engineering design ideas to others.The constructionist theory identifies that the act of creating an external artifact which can be shared andreflected upon will promote learning and lead to the generation of new ideas [1-2]. As engineering designinstructors, it is often difficult to get students out of the conceptual design space and into the mindset ofprototyping and building physical artifacts. To evaluate the student experiences, engineering self-efficacycould help to understand the intrinsic motivation as well as their academic performance [3-4], especiallywhen evaluated in a making environment that utilizes the constructionist framework in the designclassroom.The

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Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2

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Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Aerospace

the fourth course is a senior course in Advanced Design Methodologies that has a FMEAcomponent [1]. The student teams are exposed to FMEA in lectures and use FMEA in designproject assignments. The students analyze their design in terms of a severity-occurrence-detectability score, demonstrate understanding of the implications, and make changes to thedesign as needed. Their pedagogical approach seeks to combine DFx and FMEA so that studentslearn theory and gain from hands-on applications. “The learning outcome for students is amethod that they can systematically identify and correct potential product or process deficienciesbefore they occur” [1, p 29].Process FMEA is used in the aeronautical engineering technology two-course series of

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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Allen J. Antoine Jr, Rice University Office of STEM Engagement; Carrie A. Obenland, Rice University; Roger Ramirez, Rice University; Christopher Barr, Office of Research, Rice University; Matthew Cushing, Rice University; Carolyn Aitken Nichol, Rice University

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Mathematics

). It is interesting tonote that this correlates to participating teachers’ students having an average score in the “MeetsExpectations” category while the comparison group fell in the “Approaches Expectations”category as defined by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). This report will provide a practicalgroundwork for crafting cross-curricular professional development opportunities that lead toincreased teacher self-efficacy and student achievement on standardized mathematicsassessments.IntroductionMathematics courses have been described as a gatekeeper for student achievement for decades[1]. Although some contest that performance in these courses is merely an indicator of studentsuccess and not a contributing factor, many studies point to the

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STEM Issues

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Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jennifer A. O'Neil, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science Technology Engineering & Math(NSF S-STEM) address the need for a high quality workforce to ensure the nation’scompetitiveness in the global economy is maintained [1]. The S-STEM program aims to increasethe number of students with demonstrated financial need obtaining degrees in STEM fields,improve STEM undergraduate education, and advance the understanding of best practices for theretention and graduation of low-income, academically talented students in STEM. Funding forthese projects supports scholarships and curricular and co-curricular activities that supportstudent success.The Self-Determined Critical Mass of Engineering Technology Scholars (SD-COMETS)program is a comprehensive program

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Innovative, Engaging Pedagogies for Engineering Ethics Education

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Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Huzefa Rangwala; Alexander Monea, George Mason University

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Engineering Ethics

-playing scenarios (RPSs) promote an active learning environment beyond what is possiblein a traditional classroom and encourage students to contextualize the case or scenario they areworking on (Shaw 2004; Loui 2000) and engage in sensemaking (Johri, 2009). RPSs provide acollaborative learning pedagogical approach that is effective because 1) collaboration triggerscognitive processes associated with learning, including perspectival thinking (Hmelo-Silver,Chinn, Chan & O'Donnell, 2013); 2) collaborative activity allows learners to strengthenunderstanding of material they have already learned and repair mental models that maybefragmented or incomplete (Webb, 2013); and, 3) a cognitive-elaboration approach withincollaborative learning requires

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

“roadmap,” the skillset can provide bothstudents and their advisors a clear picture of the skills necessary to conduct a successfulcompetition project, from the early stages of recruiting and retaining a competition team to thefinal work of communicating the value of the team’s work during the competition event itself.Our goal is to share the roadmap and encourage faculty advisors to employ it with their students.Student Development and Entrepreneurial MindsetAs we have noted elsewhere, engineering competition team projects provide students with theopportunity to apply learning from the technical classroom to real world, open-ended designprojects. [1] Examples of competition team activities include Formula SAE, Human PoweredVehicle, Concrete Canoe

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2: Special Topics

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Jean L. Bossart, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

United States (U.S.) a Professional Engineer (PE) is licensed by the state in which theypractice. The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) wascreated in 1920 to advance licensure and facilitate mobility among the licensing jurisdictions [1].Engineering schools teach their students that those that enter the engineering profession areaccountable for the lives affected by their work and engineers must hold themselves to highethical standard of practice [2]. Students are taught that protection of public health and theenvironment is an engineer’s professional responsibility [3]. However, not all engineers take theextra effort to obtain and maintain a professional engineering license. Only about 25 percent ofall

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First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

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Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Jon Harcum, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Bristol Community College; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

readiness, and itsultimate goal is increasing retention in this population [1], [2]. In addition to cohorting studentsin STEM courses, the GELC program requires students to co-enroll in a learning strategiescourse. The course is designed to develop self-regulatory, academic, and social-psychologicalcompetence for students through its three primary units: Habits of Professionals, Habits ofLearning, and Habits of Mind. An overarching goal of the course is to support students inbecoming successful STEM students and future engineering professionals. While the course is inits fourth iteration, the Fall 2020 semester marks the first use of the LASSI within the learningstrategies course. Our approach went beyond using the LASSI as a measure of

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Program Support Initiatives

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

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #33229Using the SWIVL for Effective HyFlex Instruction: Best Practices,Challenges, and OpportunitiesDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the

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Computers in Education 8 - Video Technology

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Markus Iseli, University of California, Los Angeles; Tianying Feng, University of California, Los Angeles; Gregory Chung, University of California, Los Angeles; Ziyue Ruan; Joe Shochet, codeSpark; Amy Strachman, codeSpark

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

topic of interest in K-12 education. Childrenthat are exposed at an early age to STEM curriculum, such as computer programming andcomputational thinking, demonstrate fewer obstacles entering technical fields [1]. Increasedknowledge of programming and computation in early childhood is also associated with betterproblem solving, decision-making, basic number sense, language skills, and visual memory [2].As a digital competence, coding is explicitly regarded as a key 21st Century Skill, as the“literacy of today,” such that its acquisition is regarded as essential to sustain economicdevelopment and competitiveness [3]. Hence, the reliable evaluation of students’ process data incontext of problem solving tasks that require CT is of great

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shari Weaver, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretchen Fougere, STEM Leadership Advisors

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Pre-College Engineering Education

asmath, science, or tech/engineering teachers. We sought to better understand the experiences andthought processes of potential and current pre-service teachers to improve recruitment strategiesin efforts to grow and diversify teacher candidates that will ultimately teach successfully in high-need schools. This project is part of a Noyce Capacity Building grant [1] to strengthen ourprogram to better prepare our TPP students to teach in urban, high-needs schools and supporttheir students in inclusive and relevant STEM.Our TPP is somewhat unique in that it is notassociated with a School of Education sinceour university does not have one. However ourCenter consists of former middle and highschool teachers and staff with science andengineering

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette; Grace Lynn Baldwin; Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Sarah Larose

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

-state, residential students. This is particularly problematicfor low socioeconomic status (SES) students, because they tend to overwhelming select publicland grant universities as their schools of choice for higher education [1]. Most of the popularmajors offered at these institutions are in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) fields, and those are especially competitive for admission. An additional burden on thelow-SES students is that many of them are in the first generation of their family to attend collegeor are underrepresented minorities (URM). These students contend with issues that manyaffluent, majority individuals cannot comprehend [2].An NSF S-STEM grant, Rising Scholars: Web of Support used as an Indicator of

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International Division Technical Session 5

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Zuleka Woods, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Johnny C. Woods Jr. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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International

institutions have turned to study abroadprograms. These programs have taken critical steps in marketing and depicting study abroadexperiences in ways that attract students. However, minimal research has given attention to themarketing and promotion of study abroad programs. In this study, using content analysis, weassessed how engineering programs are presented to students as consumers using materials fromfour Research 1 Universities websites. Our purpose was to identify how internationalengineering program websites’ content depict and market study abroad programs. Our resultsshow depending on destinations, study abroad programs are more or less likely to beengineering-driven.Keywords: Engineering, Global Engineering, Study Abroad, International

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

perceptions and mission. Given the growing national demand for engineers’innovations, the timing is ideal to study engineers’ communicative capacity and the conditionsand interventions that offer them the greatest support for communicative success.BackgroundThe globalization of product development has ensured the continuing adoption of hybrid andvideo-mediated forms of communication and instruction [1]. Many companies with a globalpresence anticipate employees having overlapping skills and knowledge in other areas, sharingknowledge and resources, and taking a systems approach to operations and development. Theseexpectations lend themselves to VMC usage across the globe. While pandemic and climaticevents may appear to drive increasing dependence on

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Kathleen Marie Hauser P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

overlook professional skills suchas teamwork [1, 2], creative problem-solving skills, leadership, interpersonal skills, and globalawareness, and self-regulation. These “twenty-first century” professional skills are required to besuccessful in today’s knowledge-based economy, and the importance of preparing students with21st Century skills has widely been emphasized in the literature [3]. As the long-term effects ofthis sudden transition of millions of students to remote learning on students’ professional skillsdevelopment are yet to be investigated, instructors and administrators are tirelessly searching forways to enhance students’ remote learning experiences and continue providing students withopportunities to practice and develop their

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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Sandra Furnbach Clavijo PE P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

phase into the semi-final and the final rounds of our elevator pitch competition forengineering students.BackgroundThe Capstone Design experience is the culmination of the engineering educational experience.Several authors have identified that the senior design project is the perfect opportunity to applyentrepreneurship skills and further develop the entrepreneurial mindset ([1], [2], [3]). Whilemany definitions of entrepreneurial mindset persist, many authors include communication skillsas one of the specific skills relevant in acquiring an entrepreneurial mindset ([4], [5], [6]) [7]).ABET student outcome #3 also focuses on "an ability to communicate effectively with a range ofaudiences" [8]. These specific outcomes are typically met with

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Femineer® Program is currently a three-year hands-on curriculum 1) Creative Robotics, 2)Wearable Technology, and 3) Pi Robotics. Each year is comprised of a 30 to 40-hour project.Creative Robotics focuses on Scratch programming by using the Hummingbird control platform.The robot structure is open-source and includes a controller board, sensors, motors, and realwiring. Wearable Technology concentrates on C programming with an Arduino chip controlplatform, sewing with conductive thread, and soldering. The focus of Pi Robotics is on RaspberryPi by using the Python programming language to build a robot and give tasks to the robot toperform. The skills that the Femineer® students are learning in the current three-year programentail skills that

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Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

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David R. Wagner, San Jose State University; Fanny Huang

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Chemical Engineering

Engineering education, many theories and concepts are used to understandthe inner workings of equipment, and students get opportunities to interact in physical labs. Theequipment that is used to showcase the phenomena can take up benchtop space to half the room.Therefore, the costs required to purchase and maintain equipment, space for storing theequipment, and faculty supervision must be available for students to access the lab. Furthermore,installed physical units are static and hard to change, leading to limited experiments andparameters that students can study [1]. When reviewing the financial impact physical labs have,certain universities with more disposable capital can afford to invest in improving the quality ofthe lab experience. Other

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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Patricia Caratozzolo P.E., Tecnológico de Monterrey; Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Peter Jan Randewijk, Technical University of Denmark; David Navarro-Duran, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

the Fourth IndustrialRevolution [1][2]. Table 1 shows the skills expected to be trending by 2022: Innovation,Active Learning and Creativity are on the rise. Table 1. Increasing skill demand by 2022 1 Analytical thinking and innovation 2 Active learning and learning strategies 3 Creativity, originality, and initiative 4 Technology design and programming 5 Critical thinking and analysis 6 Complex problem-solving 7 Leadership and social influence 8 Emotional intelligence 9 Reasoning, problem-solving and ideation 10 System analysis and evaluationSeveral researches in the literature review addressed the issue of how to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

program since fall 2017. The number of Connecticut campuses grew from 1 to 8and overseas partner campuses grew from 2 to 5.Participant survey data shows that the program is continuously improving in helping studentsgain a better worldview and collaborate cross-culturally and helping faculty incorporateinternational collaboration into their courses. Teachers running a module for a second or thirdtime are more likely to involve a full class, rather than a section of their class. It is worth notingthat the retention rate for CT CLICKs teachers (those who have continued and/or plan tocontinue in the future) is currently 90%.Furthermore, in the face of the pandemic, CT CLICKs became one of the only options forproviding robust global skillsets

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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Carlos Martin Chang, Florida International University; Adeeba Abdul Raheem, University of Texas at El Paso

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

experiences develop essential skills needed tosucceed in the ever-increasing global marketplace and are appreciated by prospective employers.Also, students with international educational experiences have increased awareness of careeroptions and a clearer idea of their career goals [8,9]. Braskamp [1] suggested that study abroadexperiences enhance global learning and development, which has become the core of holisticstudent development.One of the most important goals of any study abroad program is to broaden students’ globalperspectives and train future leaders to be more effective, respectful of other cultures. Studieshave demonstrated that these programs have the potential for nurturing a global citizenry ifeffective pedagogical techniques are

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University-Bloomington; Sana M. Syed, Saint Louis University; Traci Aucoin

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workshop. The purpose of the study wasto simply determine if a virtual workshop could improve teachers’ self-efficacy like other in-person workshops have in the past.Background The Department of Education’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness forUndergraduates Programs (GEAR UP) program focuses on improving college readiness amongstudents from low socioeconomic backgrounds [1]. The activities vary considerably acrossawardees ranging from after school programs for students to professional development programsfor teachers and vary in subject matter from writing to math and even general information aboutpost-secondary opportunities and careers. In recent years, STEM programs have landed on thetop of many awardees’ priority lists. Teacher

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Yanmei Xie, North Dakota State University; Huojun Yang, North Dakota State University

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Architectural Engineering

initial learning app through an Augmented Reality (AR)environment, where virtual objects (augmented components) are superimposed onto a reallearning setting during online lecture instruction. Specifically, to facilitate students’ gainingpractical skills, a library of virtual objects was established for the main physical components orsystems related to the undergraduate “Heating, Ventilating, and Air-conditioning (HVAC)” classto allow students to be immersed in an augmented learning reality representing the real physicalworld. Design: The library of virtual lab modules was established by 1) including all the mainHVAC components in an HVAC course; 2) refining these components’ 3D models with learningmaterials (e.g., concept and evaluation); 3

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Innovative Pedagogies Afforded Through Technology and Remote Learning

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Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

them to drop out of college? Extensive research thereforeis still being conducted to determine how people learn [1], [2]. The importance of engagementhas been identified as key to retention, learning, and the development of self-regulated learners[3] – [9]. Interest as an affective state representing students’ experience of learning has beenproposed to be the result of integration of the three dimensions of engagement which arebehavioral, cognitive and affective engagement [10], [11].The effect of engagement in meaningful academic activities on retention of first year students [5]showed statistically significant impacts on GPA and persistence. It was also noted aproportionally higher positive impact of educationally engaging activities on

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Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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Raluca Ilie, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Eric Shaffer, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Cynthia Marie D'Angelo, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Daniel Cermak, Illinois Informatics; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ; Mei-Yun Lin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Hsinju Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

gain when the VR technology is employed.IntroductionConcepts in electricity and magnetism (E&M) are notoriously challenging for students to learn 1 ,due to the difficulty in grasping abstract concepts such as the electric force as an invisible forcethat is acting at a distance, or how electromagnetic radiation is permeating and propagating inphysical space. The sources of these difficulties are a lack of intuitive familiarity with thephenomena, physical principles and mathematical relations, and the three-dimensional (3D)nature of the concepts that do not translate well to two-dimensional platforms. Building physicalintuition to manipulate these abstractions requires means to visualize electromagnetism conceptsin a three-dimensional space

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Ricardo Miguel Garcia Pineda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jaya S. Goswami, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Minorities in Engineering

a TexasA&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), a Minority Serving Institution (MSI). Few STEMstudents get the opportunity to experience an authentic work environment before being thrustinto the workforce after graduation. Exposing college students to research projects early in theiracademic careers has demonstrated strong evidence of improved student-persistence [1]. TheNational Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering states that students should developtheir own project-based learning opportunities that are part of a team project effort [2].To help STEM students increase their preparedness and readiness for their future careers,TAMUK offers a three-week summer research internship (SRI) program to TAMUK sophomoreand junior students

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

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Phuong Truong, University of California, San Diego; Karcher Morris, University of California, San Diego; Nicholas Stein, University of California, San Diego; Katie Hsieh, University of California, San Diego; Ravi D. Patel; Farnia Nafarifard, University of California, San Diego; Chen Du, University of California, San Diego; Kien Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego; Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego

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skills workshops,industry/alumni engagement, and campus resources). The program concluded with studentspresenting their final projects and submitting a project report. Top performing students receivedresearch internship opportunities provided by our faculty. The costs and benefits associated withvirtual programs as they compare with traditional in-person programs are discussed.IntroductionIncreasingly, engineering students are expected to have a strong record of technical skills as wellas professional development skills before they enter a globally competitive workforce [1-4].Typically, students attain these skills at the university through a myriad of ways, includingcoursework, student organizations, engagement with peers and faculty, and hands

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

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Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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engineering design courses have shown to have a positive impact onstudent’s motivation, engineering identity formation, intellectual and skill development to meetthe challenges of the 21st century [1-4]. Many such courses are delivered in a makerspace typeenvironment, where hands-on physical prototyping and teamwork are essential parts of thecourse experience.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most courses are forced to switch from face-to-face instructionto either entirely online or to a hybrid mode. This transition poses special challenges for this typeof project-based courses that require access to physical tools and building materials [5-7]. Manycourses adapt to this transition by switching to computer/online simulation and/or shippingparts/project

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Educational and Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

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Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Audra N. Morse, Michigan Technological University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Nathan M. Kathir P.E., George Mason University; Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University

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Civil Engineering

, policies, and programs. The ASCE Committee on Accreditation Operations (COAO)focuses on recruitment, training, assignment, and evaluation of program evaluators foraccreditation of programs in the six areas for which ASCE serves as lead society [1].ASCE staff and volunteers provide significant effort to support accreditation activities. ASCEstaff and volunteer time is required to recruit and support a 200-plus person roster of PEVs, 16TCs who also serve as Commissioners in the Engineering or Engineering TechnologyAccreditation Commissions (EAC or ETAC), and three ASCE volunteers who serve as ABETArea Delegates. ASCE serves as the lead society for six sets of program criteria spanning twodifferent ABET commissions (i.e., EAC and ETAC).ABET