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Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

] participants, ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates [REU] or Research Experience and Mentoring [REM]participants, Young Scholar Program participants).This study brings particular challenges in development and implementation that we discuss in therest of this paper. In particular, program evaluation often focuses on immediate or outcomessome time after the event (often up to 6 months). In this study, we take advantage of the unusuallength of the ERC grant duration (10 years) to be able to reflect on the long-term impact ofSTEM programs in the development of identities and motivations along career pathways. In thisWork in Progress paper, we describe the ongoing process for developing the first round ofsurveys, as well as discussing considerations for

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Martha L. Torres, University of Texas at El Paso; Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso

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Instrumentation

://www.analog.com [Accessed: April 9, 2021].[9] National Instruments, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.ni.com [Accessed: April 9, 2021].[10] C. Williams and S. Eberechukwu, “Collaborative Learning in a Virtual Classroom: Its Status in the Current Digital Era,” European Journal of Research and Reflection in Educational Sciences, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 45-51, 2015.[11] R. Chandra, “Collaborative Learning for Educational Achievement. International Journal of Research & Method in Education,” IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR- JRME), vol 5, no. 2, pp. 4-7, March 2015.

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Mechanics & Mechanics Related

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida; Ricardo Zaurin P.E., University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

and ensure that the later value is smaller than the former value for any givensurface. The students were also asked to verify and report their obtained values against thosereported in the literature as much as possible. Additionally, the students were also asked toidentify the sources of error in their experimental model that would have resulted in deviations(if any) of their calculated friction coefficient values. Majority of the students (greater than 90%)were able to report values and reflect upon their results and the deviations they observed.Considering that this is not a controlled laboratory experiment where all the equipment andparameters are strictly controlled, the simple experimental models built by the students workedquite well to

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Student Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Catherine Hendricks Belk, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Student

information registered in a multidimensional code [6, 7].The term episodic reflects its capacity to hold integrated episodes that extend both spatially andtemporally. It is a buffer because it offers a multidimensional code that allows information fromdifferent subsystems to be integrated and linked to LTM. Such a multidimensional capacity tendsto be computationally demanding, hence the buffer's limited capacity [8]. The buffer is assumedto be controlled by the CE, using conscious awareness as an effective retrieval strategy [9-11].The episodic buffer's prominent feature is information chunking. Chunking is where storagecapacity increases by integrating several disparate features into a single whole [12]. The episodicbuffer involves the more complex

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Negar Beheshti Pour, University of California, Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

transcripts independently andidentified positive and negative teamwork interactions. The researchers then tabulated thesuccessful and unsuccessful interactions according to the following categories and subcategories: 1. Team relationships a. Members show respect for each other b. Members demonstrate commitment to team success c. Members resolve differences to benefit the entire team 2. Joint work products a. Members contribute to developing shared team goals b. Multiple members produce joint outcomes reflecting synergistic inputs from everyone c. Members enable one another to contribute effectively in joint work 3. Individual work products a. Teams allocate some work of

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrew L. Gillen, University College London; Michael L. Woodrow, University College London; Jose Luis Torero, University College London

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Design in Engineering Education

product and reduced redundancies to add clarity for bothinstructor and learner on what the central outcomes of the course should be. See Table 1 for alist of the proposed learning outcomes. Table 1. Proposed Learning Outcomes Learning Theme Specific Student Outcome Design Expertise • Deeply formulate a civil engineering infrastructure problem including identifying stakeholder needs and problem constraints beyond the superficial. • Exercise design skills on a civil engineering problem to provide creative, original, and feasible solutions. Reflective Practice

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Todd Freeborn, University of Alabama; Memorie M. Gosa, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

trips.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1852161. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Pariyothorn, M, Autenrieth, R.L, “Strategic use of summer undergraduate research experiences,” ASEE Annual Conf. & Expo, San Antonio, USA, 2012. doi: 10.18260/1-2--21934[2] West, M., Cross, W., Kellogg, S. Boysen, A., “A novel REU program to develop the skills of the engineer of 2020,” Proceedings – Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Rapid City, SD, USA, 2011. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2011.6143019[3] American Speech

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Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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Casey Lynn Haney, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Brenden Christopher Drinkard-McFarland, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

individuals was incomplete or otherwise coded in a way that led tomissing data. To account for this, several steps were taken to recode variables andimpute data. First, all data for individuals under the age of six was eliminated, for theydid not complete the numeracy test. Several variables such as grade and school typedid not account for individuals who were not in school. A grade variable for those inschool and a last grade completed variable for dropout students were combined into asingle variable that reflected the last grade completed for all students. Additionally,those individuals who had never attended school were coded as a “-1” in grade. Forschool type, those who had never enrolled or dropped out were coded into a “‘noschool’” factor. Once

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Bosco Yu, McMaster University; Liza-anastasia Dicecco, McMaster University; Dakota M Binkley, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada and Université de Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France; Hatem S. Zurob

. We are takingadvantage of social media by creating novel science-related posts every few weeks, to encouragelearners to engage with the subject and conduct further research about various scientific conceptsthat are related to the course content but are outside the syllabus. The goal of these social mediaposts is to make students excited about learning and guide their self-directed studies in materialsscience (see Instagram posts in Fig. A6). It is also worth mentioning that some learners haveprivately mentioned to the instructor that they appreciate the additional content, which provides apersonal touch and demonstrates a sense of caring for the students during the global pandemic.6. Student Evaluations and Teaching Reflections In

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Victor S. Frost

; the student provides an answer and getsimmediate feedback; if their answer is wrong then they can try again. The ebook also containsmany worked problems; these guide the students toward solutions of some of the in-lineinteractive questions.Not only can the student directly interact with the material, a unique pedagogical approach isused to present communication systems concepts. After a review of signals and systems thepresentation directly goes to building baseband waveforms from a stream of information bits,where analog-to-digital conversion is discussed as just another way to generate information bits.This approach reflects our current world, where information is often already in the form of bits,e.g., documents, e-mail, and texts. After

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Michael A. Rother

uncertainty analysis. Part of the natureof the comment on ‘exact requirements’ may be reflected in students’ natural desire to be toldprecisely what to do. Once again, however, the course is designed to be open-ended, so thatstudents work out an experimental strategy on their own.From the weekly peer assessments, the most common comments dealt with studentdissatisfaction concerning having to work in groups. These make an interesting contrast to theremark above that, “Being able to work in a group was a godsend.” Such a disparity of opinionis to be expected in group work, where interpersonal interactions can vary so widely.Instructor ObservationsI have now taught May-term lab eight times, six times in person in the Unit Ops Lab and twiceon-line. In

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Joshua Mitchener; Imam Al Razi; Yarui Peng

throughout the course of this program. The authors are also grateful for staff support of the POETS REU program. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1659794 and EEC-1449548. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceVIII. References [1] I. A. Razi, D. R. Huitink, and Y. Peng, “PowerSynth-Guided Reliability Optimization of Multi-Chip Power Module,” in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Charmane Caldwell, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Roxanne Hughes, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

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Diversity

performance as the general engineering student population.Please note that the information in Table 1 is self-reported by the students, while the high schoolperformance is obtained from official reporting sources. Reflective of most engineeringdepartments, each program has a majority of males but ranges from 21% females in the ECI 6-week summer bridge to 35% in the Engineering LLC. The demographic that varies most over thefour cohorts are first-generation, for example, the ECI 5-day summer bridge has less than 10%,and the general population has almost a quarter self-reported students. More than 40% of allgroups had students on free or reduced lunch, and over 80% Black students in each cohort.Because these aspects were self-reports, some students

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Emilia Mediavilla, Western Washington University ; Asaki Nelson, Western Washington University

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Diversity

disconnection that has occurred as a result of the pandemic.The authors share their insights and reflections on the process of adapting to online mentoringand summarize the challenges and opportunities of exploring new ways of connecting students.The new program will continue to be developed and modified as the department begins toresume in-person operations and adapts to the changing needs and expectations of incomingstudents.IntroductionIn March 2020, academic institutions all over the globe were forced to close classrooms andstudent gathering spaces, temporarily suspend programs, and move teaching and learning online,leading to significant challenges to the higher education community [1]. This sudden shift leftfaculty and students scrambling as they

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University

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Diversity

diameter of the opening during post-design reflective groupdiscussions. Failure was defined as either coins falling into the mug or falling onto the tablesurface. An example of a proof-of-concept bridge constructed by one of the authors is providedin Figure 4.Figure 4. Pilot test of design challenge constructed as a proof-of-concept by one of theauthors. Washers, nuts, and scrap steel were used as ballast.The design challenge was conducted in a 25-minute Zoom session divided into threeapproximately equal intervals. The first was used for introductions, providing directions for thedesign challenge, and addressing questions. The second was used for design-built-test. The thirdwas used for discussion of design strategies and results. After the first

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Susan Amato-Henderson; Jessica Mariano; Pete Cattelino; Brian Hannon

conducting the pre-and post-event surveys in their classrooms. Twenty-four educators agreed to participate. Pre-event surveys were completed 1 – 2 days prior to attending the YES! Expo and post-eventsurveys were completed within 2 weeks of attendance. Students who completed both the pre andpost event surveys were included in the data analysis for this project.Results The mean response across the15-item engineering self efficacy instrument was calculatedfor each participant on both the pre- and post-event assessment. Thus, a pre-event and post-event engineering self-efficacy score resulted for each participant, with values ranging from 0 to6. Higher values reflected higher levels of engineering self-efficacy beliefs. To examine the

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Pasi T. Lautala; William J. Sproule

, photographs and videoclips of tours are on the web site www.cee.mtu.edu/railroad. 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional ConferenceFrom an instructor’s viewpoint, it has been extremely rewarding to see so many studentsdevelop a passion for railroads and discover a foreign culture. For many students, it wastheir first trip outside of the United States. It will be one of those special experiences thatwill change their lives. Setting up and maintaining an international program in a field inwhich there was no previous experience on campus turned out to be a challenging butrewarding experience.Tips on Setting up a Study Abroad ProgramAs one reflects on our experience with this study abroad program, there are excitingopportunities for

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Cristinel Ababei; Anca M. Miron

and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The authors also thank the Dept. of ECEat NDSU for providing the lab space and facilities, to prof. Kalpana Katti for thepresentation and tour of her research labs, to the engineers at Phoenix International,Packet Digital, Appareo Systems for their presentations and tours, and to Whitney Conmy,Courtney Becker, and Nancy Rossland for their assistance. Finally, many thanks are due tothe six participants who made WEE-GIRLS 2012 a fun and rewarding experience.Bibliography1. National Council for Research on Women. Balancing the equation: where are women and girls in science. http://www.ncrw.org/reports-publications

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Nannan He; Gale Allen; Cameron Johnson

experiencesinvolve use of current real-time open-source software and supported microcontrollers.At the beginning, to introduce students the topics on defining real-time systems, power pointslides presentation and class discussion are used to in the lectures. As these topics are the basisfor further learning, it is important to help students to set up a solid and comprehensivefoundation. In class discussion questions are designed to enable student to reflect on keyconcepts in real-time systems, and to encourage active learning. Here are some examples: 1) Arereal-time systems synonymous with ‘fast or high performance’ systems?, 2) “In the statement‘All practical systems are ultimately real-time systems’, what is your idea of the degree of ‘real-time’?, 3

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Cory J. Prust; Stephen M. Williams

Subsystem Test Plan 8 Team Charter and Project Plan 9 Subsystem Test Results 10 Personal Growth Plan 11 Formal design reviewTerm 2 – EE-408. In the second course in the three-course EE senior design sequence each teamcompletes the Final Design of their system solution, on paper. Upon reflection, each studentassesses their team processes and defines ways to use team processes more effectively in supportof team productivity. Following that, all major subsystems are built and tested. The second termends with an oral Final Design Review. Throughout the quarter there are weekly meetings withthe advisor. Substantial, continuous individual

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Wen-Chen Hu; Naima Kaabouch; Hung-Jen Yang; Hongyu Guo

of HTML5 Geolocation interfaceThe getCurrentPosition method returns the current position of a device. ThewatchPosition method monitors the device’s position. When the position changes, thecallback function must be invoked with a new Position object, reflecting the current locationof the device. Table 5 gives the attributes of the Postion interface. Position Interface Attribute Value Unit Descriptioncoords.latitude double degrees The latitude of postioncoords.longitude double degrees The longitude of positioncoords.accuracy double or null

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2020 Northeast Section Meeting

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Jordan Martino; Maddy Weaver; Taran Lee; Umang Rastogi; David Hunter; Bala Maheswaran

decoder needs to output the correct Results and Discussionsignals to the LEDs to display the chord. To receive feedback from the public, we created a survey for the people at theEach time the user presses left or right, the engineering expo to fill out which serves toprogram shifts forward or back in the chord reflect their opinions on our product. Fromlist and outputs the four signals required to the survey, we were able to see that everydisplay the next chord. This repeats until the person who filled out a form had somecenter button is pressed, at which point the musical experience. This could suggest somecode moves to the last mode. In the last mode, voluntary

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Edward Z Moore, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

be seen as a reflection of the honest and forthrightapproach taken to explaining to students that engineering education is not an exact science andthat every class we teach is an experiment intended to make their education better.DiscussionConsidering only students who failed the pre-test, the average student score on the PSVT:R post-test was 18.6 percentage points higher, which falls in the middle of the range reported by otheruniversities [4], where reported gains ranged from 1% - 29%. The 𝑝𝑝 value for the 1-sided t-testfor the comparison of means was less than 0.001 with 𝛼𝛼 = 95%, indicating that the improvementwas statistically significant. The effect size of the training was 𝑑𝑑 = 8, which is large. Not allstudents who received

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Yixin Xiong, Penn State University; Stephen Porter, Penn State University; Swaroop Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University

that reflect the disciplinary backgrounds of other 3 3 0% team members Talk about a project design using other discipline language 3.5 5 42.86% Average 24%From survey, it is apparent that both students have been interested in analog circuit design and a careerin the same area. The pre- and post-survey indicated 24% on average improvement in various aspect oftheir skills that have been impacted by the project. They also found that the board tested their knowledgeand skills of the theoretical knowledge gained from related courses. Future implementation of the boardin classroom will be followed by more detailed survey and

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Jennie Perey Saxe, University of Delaware

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Diversity

. Engagement assignments also increased in value to contribute a greater portion of theoverall course grade. “Lost and found” engagement assignments have been used since theinception of the course; these assignments require students to reflect on course material toidentify one topic from a lecture or module which left them feeling lost and one topic that theyfound interesting. These assignments receive individualized responses to guide “lost” students toadditional resources to clarify concepts or correct misunderstandings. The instructor also gainsinsight into topics of more significant student interest.The semester project for the course is integrative, requiring a stakeholder analysis, creation of amessage map [16], and production of several written

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; John B. Napp, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo

with a range of strategies,student-centeredness, collaboration, flexible thinking, scaffolding, lifelong learning, andcommunication [11]. The project aligns with moving beyond lower-level assessments to favorhigher order outcomes that reflect knowledge creation and real-world performance expectations[12]. The current HVAC project requires students to complement the in class learning andactivities with independent project work, in which they research relevant procedures and designand implement a solution. Second, it represents a culminating experience that requires thestudents to apply their content knowledge from various courses like Technical Drawing,Technical Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, and Fluids Mechanics. Finally, the HVACindustry

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Steven T Rowland; Michael William Eckels; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

. Figure 5: Arduino Mega to the digital sensor interfaceTable 2 summarizes the activities and the equipment [8] needed in each laboratory experiment. Table 2: Laboratory experiment and activities summary Lab Number Laboratory Experiment and Activities Summary Arduino Microcontroller: Students will experiment with the Arduino microcontroller and IDE. Students will Introduction communicate with two temperature sensors, one digital, the other analog. This will introduce the idea behind reading from sensors locally. Server-Client Communication with XBee Modules: Students will experiment with an IR reflective sensor and

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Uchenna Asogwa, The University of Toledo; Timothy Ryan Duckett, The University of Toledo; Matthew W Liberatore, The University of Toledo

replaced with aproject-assigned ID number to maintain privacy and to mask group membership from raters. Allstudents’ solutions were scored using the PROCESS rubric after the semester. Thus, PROCESSscores did not reflect or influence students’ course grades.In the present analysis, four different raters used the PROCESS tool to assess problem solving toeliminate possible rater bias. Raters’ assessments were analyzed to determine how consistently 3raters measured problem-solving ability. Traditional statistical (intraclass correlation coefficient,ICC) and item response measures (rater severity from the Rasch many facets model) of inter-raterreliability were computed for the four raters, as previously

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

, American Society for Engineering Education 83. B. S. Bloom, Reflections on the development and use of the taxonomy, In Rehage, Kenneth J.; Anderson, Lorin W.; Sosniak, Lauren A. (eds.). Bloom's taxonomy: A forty-year retrospective. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. 93. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education. ISSN 1744-7984, 1994.4. S. Davee, L. Regalla, and S. Chang, Makerspaces: Highlights of Select Literature, Retrieved from http:// makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MakerspaceLit-Review-5B.pdf, 2015.5. D. Dougherty, The maker movement, Innovations, 7(3), 11–14, 2012.6. J. Gilbert, Educational Makerspaces: Disruptive

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Shelley A. Lorimer P. Eng., Grant MacEwan University; Jeffrey A Davis P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University

], communication issues [12,16,18], pacing [12,18], andeffects on at-risk students [16,19]. There has been a lack of agreement in the literature with respect tothe results of the use of blended learning in terms of both student attitudes and performance (see [20]).The goals of this research are to take an inventory of concepts and techniques used to teach first-yearengineering, to reflect on recent online teaching experiences, and to discuss opportunities forimprovements.Teaching Modality – Face-to-FaceFor the first-year engineering curriculum, students take a mix of math, physics, chemistry, english, andengineering courses. The current study is restricted to the engineering courses which includeengineering mechanics I (statics), mechanics II (dynamics