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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

among engineering students. Theargument in favor of this has been that engineers, with their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, if equipped with an entrepreneurial mindset, will be better suited to “createpersonal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime of meaningful work” [1]. The practiceof promoting and developing entrepreneurial thinking of engineering students extends beyondthe KEEN institutions, and the collective efforts appear well documented. For instance, a simplesearch for the phrase “Entrepreneurial Mindset” within the Papers on Engineering EducationRepository (PEER) reveals a steadily increasing appearance within ASEE-related conferenceproceedings [2]. Figure 1 depicts the count of papers related to these

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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Jessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Student

BS degrees in civil/environmental engineering, as well as bachelor’s degrees in journalism and art history. Her research group investigates the relevance and application of context to engineering and entrepreneurial processes both domestically and internationally. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Contextualizing Engineering Service Learning by Applying the Practices of Community OrganizingIntroductionService learning projects are recognized in engineering curricula as an excellent means oftangibly applying fundamental concepts, as well as allowing students to see a greater purposebehind their studies[1]. However, the

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International Division Technical Session 5

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Sweta Saraff, Amity University Kolkata; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Ramakrishna Biswal, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

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International

University of Delhi. His research interests are broadly in the field of child development and disability with a specific focus on emotion processing, mental health, adolescent issues, and information processing among the students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Creating an Internet Platform for Indian and USA Students to Share Ethical ViewpointsAbstractEthical engineering practice is a global issue. Future engineers must learn about ethics inclassrooms and apply the knowledge and skills in workplaces that are locally relevant andglobally sustainable [1]. However, cultural norms and social realities may result

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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Elizabeth Mays, Michigan State University; Valerie A. Troutman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Geoffrey William John Grimm; Elizabeth Rose Pollack, Michigan State University ; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University

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Biomedical Engineering

Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Creative Biomechanics Project using an Interactive Digital Experience as an Alternative Laboratory (IDEAL) – Phase 2 Active learning is known to improve learning and retention [1], and gamification via a“Choose Your Own Adventure” structure has been shown to improve student motivation to study[2]. We previously implemented Phase 1 of the Interactive Digital Experience as an AlternativeLaboratory (IDEAL) for a creative biomechanics challenge problem [3]. Students were asked toanalyze musculoskeletal biomechanics data to determine the mechanism of injury and the person-at-fault in a fictional forensic investigation. A storyline and unique characters were

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Within Chemical Engineering

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Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University

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Chemical Engineering

minimal; studieshave previously determined that students should be able to achieve the same score on a testwhether taken through the computer or taken on paper.1-3 Some concerns persist in that thechange in format may allow more technology-skilled students to gain a boost compared to otherstudents,4 as well at the inequality in digital and internet resources between students, which couldlead to an imbalance in performance,5 all of which is before considering any potential increasedchance of student cheating on exams.6Primarily, however, additional perspective for the fall 2020 semester was provided based onevents not directly related to coursework. With the backdrop beyond the classroom of a globalpandemic, a movement for racial justice, and a

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Carolyn Kelly Ottman, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

andcolleagues in campus offices. In part, these elements make us good teachers. Prior to March2020, face-to-face interaction was the way we taught, collaborated, served and learned. Then,COVID-19 became real and, within a week, we could no longer be physically present with ourstudents and peers. We shifted instruction to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). We alsoshifted the way we collaborated in our scholarship and service. Informed by research, this paperhighlights aspects of our journey, challenges along the way and lessons learned to apply to thefuture.As educators in a predominately engineering university, the courses we teach address identifiedgaps in traditional engineering education and focus on the “soft skills” [1]. Team-based learningand team

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Engineering Education Culture: Mental Health, Inclusion, and the Soul of Our Community

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Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Departmental Analysis of Factors of Engineering CultureIntroductionEngineering culture is described as unique compared to other academic disciplines. A 2010 studyby Godfrey and Parker described engineering culture as one that has an expectation of harshnesscoupled with continuous struggles [1]. Rigor and competition within engineering programsperpetuates a perception of a “meritocracy of difficulty” [2] where student success can bedescribed as “being able to take it” [1]. “Horrific” workloads create an environment of

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Chemical Engineering Pedagogy

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Eric Burkholder, Stanford University; Francis Ledesma; Julie C. Fornaciari, University of California, Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

the recitation would be devoted to students working on special homework problems(“section problems”) which we describe next.Each week, one of the students’ homework problems, written by E. B., was more authentic than a typicaltextbook problem. Students would be required to make their own assumptions and set their own designcriteria, and might have to look up information to solve the problem (i.e. in handbooks, published researcharticles, etc.). In general, they would have to make design decisions with limited information, just as anengineer would do in the workplace. An example problem is in Figure 1. These section problems were 50%of students’ weekly homework grades. Students would be given 15 minutes in section each week to workon these

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Academic Success and Retention

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Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Chandra Bhushan Asthana P.E., Elizabeth City State University

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Educational Research and Methods

pedagogical strategies employed by the instructor are alsodiscussed.IntroductionOne of the primary goals of an instructor is to present all the required course material and assessthe student learning outcomes (SLOs) as often as possible. The assessment results provide theinput to the instructor to adjust, improve, modify, or adopt new pedagogical strategies to achievebetter results on SLOs. The principles of pedagogical learning analytics intervention design [1]and the quality indicators for learning analytics [2] adequately emphasize the need to analyze thedynamics of the learning process. The intervention techniques or pedagogical strategiesemployed by the instructor to improve SLOs can be viewed as a controller to the dynamic systemof teaching and

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

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Matthew A. Verleger (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Mustafa Ilhan Akbas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Philip Craiger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

including cave diving in over 50 caves throughout the U.S. and Mexico, and several cave dives to 300 or more feet. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-In-Progress: Developing Undergraduate Research Experiences in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) CybersecurityDuring the fall 2020 semester, nine students were recruited to participate in a UAS cybersecurity-focused undergraduate research experience. Three faculty members each identified a small topicarea for undergraduate students to pursue. The three areas are: 1. Small UAS (sUAS) Vulnerability and Threat Assessment and Mitigation 2. Effects of Cyber Attacks on Communication in UAS

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

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Joseph Churchill Tapia II, University of Kentucky; Danielle Nicole Dutton, University of Kentucky; Ronald Justin Vogler, University of Kentucky; Evan Yang, University of Kentucky; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

they might have had in the classroom withoutleaving the safety of their home. Additionally, it removes the burden on parents of having topurchase outreach materials. The contents of the kits were designed with the followingconstraints: 1) experiments must be easy to complete with minimal instructions, 2) there must bea limited mess and 3) they must be easily and inexpensively shipped. With these constraints, fourexperiments were developed: analyzing the pH of household acids and bases using a red cabbageindicator (chemical engineering), building a popsicle-stick bridge (civil engineering), creating adrinking-straw prosthetic hand (biomedical engineering), and assembling an automatic LEDnight light (electrical engineering). The instructional

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Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

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Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University

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Educational Research and Methods

model developed by the authors thatencourages students to learn and solve complex problems pertinent to current challenges facing society. Since its beginnings, the IBL model has evolved to improve upon course aspects and processes from previous course iterations [1]–[11]. IBL is currently implemented into a cardiovascular engineering course within four institutions across the United States. This model strives to emphasize freedom and responsibility to students through self-directed learning. In the course, students identify relevant societal problems, form diverse multidisciplinary, multi- institutional teams, and work collaboratively towards innovative solutions. IBL uses an online learning management system (LMS) that was designed and

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

help students understand the projectthey will work on over the summer and allow them to hit the ground running upon arrival to thehost labs. Examples of planned activities for this virtual training series are outlined in Table 1. Table 1: 10-week virtual training series – weekly 90-minute Zoom sessions Week Topic Homework 1 Welcome & Introduction to Sweden and Swedish culture (inside and outside of the lab) N/A 2 Genetics - DNA & RNA structure and function Reading 3 Genetics - Gene expression

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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Emily Moreno, University of California, Davis; Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis; Anthony G. Passerini, University of California, Davis

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Biomedical Engineering

plans.This is perhaps the tougher skill of the two to develop, which, if successful, will help immenselywith their senior design manufacturing planning.The purpose of this Works in Progress paper is to document our initial attempt of a completevirtual introduction to machining and manufacturing, highlight successful strategies andchallenges, and provide insight on what could be improved. This is still an ongoing effort as thiscourse is currently being taught again. The current course strategy is based on what is describedin this paper, with minor improvement implementations based on student feedback.GoalsThe traditional course learning objectives were for students to (1) learn safe use of machiningtools, (2) demonstrate an understanding of design

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Aroba Saleem, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Early Exploration of Engineering Students' Perspectives about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in an Introductory Materials Science and Engineering Course Aroba Saleem1,2, Sindia Rivera-Jimenez1, Idalis Villanueva1 1 Department of Engineering Education, University of Florida 2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of FloridaAbstractDespite numerous efforts made by the engineering community, maintaining a diverse, equitable, andinclusive education environment still seems a distant goal. Persistently, nationwide

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Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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Nicole Svetlov, Texas A&M University; Aamir Fidai, Texas A&M University; Christine M. McCall, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

in future careers. Sadly, themiddle school students have shown a lack of interest in STEM careers in the recent years [24].This lack of interest in STEM fields is even higher for female students [4]. Early exposure canhelp improve students’ interest in STEM career pathways [3]. In addition to interests, middleSchool students' attitudes towards STEM education play a significant role in their academicperformance as well [2]. Student’s attitudes towards science are one of the biggest factorsaffecting students' science achievements [1]). Students’ negative attitudes towards STEMsubjects have detrimental effects on their STEM career choices [18]. Improving student’sperceptions towards STEM subjects and careers can greatly improve the chances of

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Jorge R. Lara, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University; Mark H. Weichold, Texas A&M University; Patrick Linke, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

), called for a Decade of Education for sustainabledevelopment from 2005 to 2015 [1]. This worldwide reflection is creating a new engineeringeducation culture. Engineering educators are observing significant shifts in societal expectationsof the engineering profession to help address immediate and longer-term sustainable developmentchallenges. According to the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO),engineering plays a significant role in planning and building projects that preserve naturalresources, are cost-efficient, and support human and natural environments [2]. The NationalAcademy of Engineering formulated in 2004 its vision of the engineer of 2020 [3]. This reportoutlines a number of aspirational goals where it sees the

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Lee Keel, Tennessee State University; Charles David McCurry, Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

annual earnings. According to U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics, the overall employment of electrical and electronics engineers is projected togrow 3 percent from 2019 to 2029, about as fast as the average for all occupations 1. However,minorities continue to be underrepresented in science and engineering fields as reported by theNational Science Board, Science & Engineering Indicators 2. Hence, it is essential to enhanceundergraduate EE education in historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and minorityserving institutes (MSI) to achieve the goal of diversifying and improving minority students’interests and academic achievements.Over the last two decades, the modern EE systems have changed significantly due to theincreased complexity

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Marshall Brain, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-semester sequence (offered Fall-Spring) where studentslearn about launching new technology products/services, start-up companies, and designing andbuilding new products. The broader goal is to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in students.Students form teams themselves, choose an idea together, prove a market for their idea,prototype the idea, and build a viable business plan and financial model. At the end of theprocess, the teams own the core concept and intellectual property for a valuable start-upcompany to take with them after they graduate. The core deliverables for EEP students are (i)Product Development Plan, (ii) Business plan, (iii) Financial model, (iv) Prototypes 1 and 2, (v)Project status reviews (v) Senior design day public

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Workforce Preparation at the Two-year College

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Alicia Boudreaux Kiremire, FlowStream Management LLC; Gerry Caskey, Louisiana Delta Community College; Marvin Nelson Jr., Bossier Parish School for Technology & Innovative Learning; Sidney Taylor Thomas, Applied Research for Organizational Settings (AROS); Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University

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Two-Year College

university curricula. See his YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBomPE American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Adding Industry-Based Certification and a Recruiting Partnership to Increase High School Participation in a Workforce Pathways ProjectAbstractThe objective of this paper is to share how an industry-based certification (IBC) and a strategicrecruiting partnership were integrated with a federally-funded, Arduino-based high school dualenrollment course in basic electricity and instrumentation in order to increase high school teacherparticipation in the project (see Figure 1). Project COMPLETE is

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

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Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yaoling Wang, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Engineering Management

careers.The Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Program at the University of Nebraska Lincoln(UNL) has no face-to-face component or requirement, and it is offered through Canvas, aLearning Management System, widely adopted by many institutions. The entire program is web-based and delivered asynchronously. The MEM is a professional master’s degree for individualswith STEM undergraduate degree and employed in engineering and technology industry.Relevant work experience is required for admission. Average experience (post baccalaureatedegree) was 59 months (~ 5 years) for those enrolled between July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020.The non-traditional demographic of MEM students is a key criterion to consider inadministration of the program, engaging the

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First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

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Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University at West Lafayette; David Ray Waller, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Hayaam Osman, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

effect of takingAP credits on GPA computed at the end of the first year. To reduce the bias, propensity scoremethods were used to analyze the data. A doubly robust approach was used to estimate the averageeffect. The findings show that students who come into engineering with AP credits have a first-year college GPA that is 0.222 higher, on average, than those who do not come into engineeringwith AP credits.BackgroundIn 1952 the Advanced Placement Program, also known as AP, was initiated by the College Board.The goal has been to offer high school students with college level courses to close the gap betweenhigh school and college[1]. These courses are offered in a majority of high schools across thenation, however, not all of these schools offer

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Using Technology to Support Learning in Mechanics

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Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Amie Baisley, University of Florida

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Mechanics

freshman year. In most curricula, computing is then systematicallyignored for the remainder of the program, resulting in graduates who are weak in computational science.In many institutions, ours included, the freshman computer science course fell victim to cuts caused bypressure to reduce the number of total hours in the curriculum. These outcomes stand at odds with thefeedback from industry that students need more computational knowledge upon graduation [1].There is room for debate as to which computational environment is best for students to learn and whatshould be the nature of computational knowledge taught. The answers vary across disciplines anduniversities, yet faculty generally agree that students need more education in how to use

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How We Tackled the Pandemic

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Carl W. Luchies, The University of Kansas; Molly McVey, The University of Kansas

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Mechanical Engineering

course [1]. During my “check-in”surveys after the emergency move to online teaching due to COVID-19, my students reported alack of student-to-student interactions. This paper examines methods explored and utilized toimprove student-to-student interactions, specifically in the context of the Team-Based Learning(TBL) pedagogy.BackgroundThis paper will describe the transition from in-person to fully online instruction for twoundergraduate mechanical engineering courses, (1) Statics and Introduction to Mechanics ofMaterials and (2) Dynamics. The courses had enrollments of 56 and 36 students, respectively,and both courses were taught in an active learning classroom by the primary instructor withsupport from a graduate teaching assistant and

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Women in Engineering Division: Panel on Advocacy and Allyship by Men for Women

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Brian Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Lisa Abrams, The Ohio State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, NASA Glenn Research Center; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Washington Bothell; Philip Ritchey, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

encourage greater allyship for women in the academic world and beyond. Thepanelists include both men and women from across multiple intersectional identities. Thequestions include (1) for what reasons are you an ally or advocate for women in engineering-related fields, (2) what experiences have you had in which you have had to take immediateaction as an advocate or ally, (3) what do you recommend for easy-to-implement actions toadvocate, and (4) how can advocates and allies help implement change at their own institutions.For the paper, each panelist would be asked these questions and their answers would be providedunedited, followed by a summary discussion of actionable items. For the panel presentationsession, each panelist will have the

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

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Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

sampling receiver.IntroductionIn modern signal processing systems, the input analog signal is usually digitized first and thenfed into a digital signal processor. The digitizing process can be divided into two steps: samplingand quantizing. The sampling process can be described mathematically as a multiplication with acomb function, which is a periodic pulse train with very narrow pulse width. In the frequencydomain, the multiplication becomes a convolution. The comb function is very interesting inFourier transform, since the result is still a comb function. Therefore, the effect of theconvolution is generating many copies of the transformed input signal with the spacing of thesampling frequency, which is shown in Fig. 1 [1]. If the sampling rate

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

actively engages with powersystems and dialogue, honoring lived experiences and committing to an ethic of care andaccountability. This provocation provides a sample case for understanding accomplicerelationships and suggests heuristic for potential accomplices to use in establishing enduringcoalitions between Black and white women.IntroductionIn 1979, Audre Lorde [1] published a letter she’d written to Mary Daly, author of Gyn/Ecology.In it, Lorde, a Black queer woman poet and theorist, praised Daly for her work and yet shared thereality facing Lorde as she read it: To imply, however, that all women suffer the same oppression simply because we are women is to lose sight of the many varied tools of the patriarchy. It is to ignore

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Professional Formation and Career Experiences

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jake Walker Lewis; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and one‘control’ group, plus interviews with 14 engineering alumni. Among engineering alumni whohad received at least one exemplary ethics educational experience, 58% rated the level that theybelieved they were adequately prepared through their education to face ethical issues in theirwork at 8-10 (on a scale of 1 to 10), and 49% rated their preparation to consider societal issues at8-10; only 1% and 4% rated these at 4 or less, respectively. These averages differed acrossinstitutions (e.g., average for ethical issues 8.2 at a religiously-affiliated R2 institution versus 6.3at a Public R2 institution). Alumni described courses in college (undergraduate or graduate), ifany, that impacted their understanding of the role of engineering and/or

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Andrea MacGregor, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

groups before and after the experiment. In addition tothe survey, the sketches generated by the participants in both groups were collected and analyzedfor novelty. Self-perception before and after the creative activity was compared to see if acreativity activity has an effect on how creative an individual perceives themselves to be. Thenovelty analysis has shown that the difference between the two groups is insignificant.Introduction/ MotivationCreativity has recently become increasingly important in our knowledge-based economy, and thepressure to perform creatively is ever-present in many aspects of our lives. How creative weperceive ourselves to be can have an impact on how we perform creatively [1]. Throughout life,people perceive themselves

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Mel White, Cornell University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

challenge students to Ruler, scissors, sharpie, colored square stickythink creatively and critically about engineering notes, white posterboard, projector, computerdesign through the example of resolution in digitalcameras, and in turn empower students to besmarter consumers.While the target audience is middle school, part 1can be done by children in grades 1-5, and morechallenging extensions can scale to the level of thestudents.Keywords: resolution, optics, trade-offs, engineeringdesign, digital cameras, middle school, hands-on Learning Objectives Preparation Synthesis and Abstraction 1. Draw 3"x3" sqares on