Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.w. Bruce, Tennessee Technological University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

, 2007.[Chr2014] R. Christensen, G. Knezek, and T. Tyler-Wood, “Student perceptions of Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content and careers”, Computers in HumanBehavior, Elsevier Press, 2014.[Fel1995] R.M. Felder, G.N. Felder, M. Mauney, C.E. Hamrin, and E.J. Dietz, “A LongitudinalStudy of Engineering Student Performance and Retention. III. Gender Differences in StudentPerformance and Attitudes, J. Engr. Educ., vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 151-163, 1995.[Hut2014] C.J. Hutto and Eric Gilbert, “VADER: A Parsimonious Rule-based Model forSentiment Analysis of Social Media Text”, Proc. Int’l Conference on Web and Social Media,2014.[Ita2016] M. Itani and I. Srour, “Engineering Students' Perceptions of Soft Skills, IndustryExpectations

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Faculty Development Medley

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Brent James Sebold, Arizona State University; Sarah Hoyt, Arizona State University

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

, the instructors, and the client involved in theinnovation [9]. Additionally, rather than focusing solely on the technical content that isprevalent in many other required engineering courses, capstone faculty reported the followingtop six content areas: Written communication (87%), Oral Communication (83%), EngineeringEthics (76%), Project Planning and Scheduling (72%), Decision-Making (68%), andTeambuilding (66%) [8].Entrepreneurial Mindset in EngineeringThe unique structure, design, and topics addressed in capstone courses provide ampleopportunities for embedding innovative instructional best practices as well as complementaryskill sets such as sustainability, soft skills, and the entrepreneurial mindset (EM). It has becomeincreasingly

Conference Session

Engaging Community through STEM partnerships

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. Additionally, project-based courses require a lot of time andresources that typical lecture-based courses might not. For example, at every class meeting eachteam gives an informal project status to the professor. At these meetings, the professor helpsguide design, gives feedback, and provides resources for project materials for projects toprogress. Furthermore, project management and other “soft skills” (also often known as“interpersonal” or “people skills”, “EQ” (Emotional Intelligence), or “communication skills”) aretaught as part of the course. Frequently students have no experience in these areas and thus theirintroduction takes time to implement meaningfully as part of student projects. Furthermore, eachcommunity partner is unique and has

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guoyang Zhang; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Yang Da Wei

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Diversity

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International

self-reported learning design knowledge, fundamentalengineering knowledge, Chinese cultural knowledge; In the skills domain, learningoutcomes included both hard skills (e.g. design skills, programming skills, hands-onskills and using software skills) and soft skills (e.g. time-management skills,navigations skills, people skills, and timework skills); In the attitude domain, studentsself-reported to be more hard-working, open-minded, and confident, less judgmentaland yet more respectful towards different cultures and ideas. Meanwhile, as we increasethe diversity of subject population in terms of their home countries, their engineeringdisciplines, and their degree levels, we will maintain an open mind as to new learningcomes.Our findings support

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Chengbin Ma, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

ethics, and “soft” skills such asleadership, communication skills, social awareness, etc. Figure 1 illustrates the kind of engineerswe want our graduates to be through the interdisciplinary curricula we designed for them. Figure 1. Goal of our interdisciplinary curriculaMultidisciplinary Design ProjectsThe freshman students matriculated into the JI do not declare a major until the sophomore year.In the first year, all students take an Introduction to Engineering course where they work inteams on self-proposed engineering design projects. In this course, they go through the entireengineering process from an initial idea to the design to manufacturing and finally to a workingprototype. They learn about the skills and

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Ian Linville, University of Virginia; Angielyn Campo, University of Virginia; Suk Jun Kim, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduate students learna great deal from these partnerships, though they tend to learn different things. This findingsuggests that partnering novice and advanced researchers can help fill gaps in both partners’technical and professional knowledge and skills about research.Research skills, such as collaborating with others and identifying and producing “good”evidence, are crucial for future engineers and are difficult to learn. These skills overlap withother categories such as professional skills, technical skills, and "soft" skills. They are necessaryfor conducting research, although they are rarely explicitly defined. Scholars in Science andTechnology Studies (STS) have gained important insights into how experts, such as engineersand scientists

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley M. Berhan, University of Toledo; Aaron Lee Adams, Alabama A&M University; Willie Lewis McKether; Revathy Kumar, University of Toledo

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

they have going now is actually pretty good. I can't see it being any better. Interviewer: Again thinking about your experience in the workforce, is there anything that you feel your education could have given you more of to prepare you? Male Speaker: Yeah. I guess how to deal with people in the work place. Like, aside from doing your job, you also have to deal with people. I feel like there should have been more soft skills maybe that you educate people on. There's some stuff you don't really find in a book. I would say that.The preliminary social network analysis results provide some interesting data on the networksof

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ferris Pfeiffer, University of Missouri; Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri; Suzanne Burgoyne, University of Missouri

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Design in Engineering Education

thinking in engineering undergraduates," 8, pp. 1495-1522, 2017.[9] A. Valentine, I. Belski, and M. Hamilton, "Engaging engineering students in creative problem solving tasks: How does it influence future performance?," in 44th SEFI Conference: Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation, 2016, pp. 1-9: European Society for Engineering Education.[10] H. R. Associates, "Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success," (in English), NACTA Journal, vol. 60, no. 1a, pp. 1-6, 2016.[11] A. Blom and H. Saeki, "Employability and skill sets of newly graduated engineers in India: a study," IUP Journal of Soft Skills, vol. 6, no. 4, p. 7, 2012.[12] P. Tulsi and M. Poonia, "Expectations

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. In a systematic review including 52 studies (27 quantitative and 25qualitative) addressing what competencies engineers need and which are the most important,Passow and Passow (2017) indicated that communication is among the 16 generic competenciesthat are essential to engineering practice, and that engineers spend more than half of their workday (55% - 60%) communicating. Nathans-Kelly and Evans (2017) added that not only iscommunication essential, but it can no longer be seen as a distinct element of the engineeringpractice as proposed by the misleading dichotomies hard skills versus soft skills, or technicalskills versus professional skills.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) introduced in 2000 and haskept

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University; Robert Bass, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

March 2015, pp. 249–54. [10] Valentin, J. Carvalho, R. Barreto, “Rapid Improvement of Students’ Soft-skills Based on an Agile-process Approach,” in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015, DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344408. [11] R. de Souza, S. Zorzo, D. da Silva, “Evaluating capstone project through flexible and collaborative use of Scrum framework,” in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015, DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344249. [12] L. Collingbourne, W. Seah, “Teaching Project Management using a Real-World Group Project,” in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015, DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344301. [13] Rover, C. Ullerich, R. Scheel, J. Wegter, and C. Whipple

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2 - Design & Manufacturing Topics

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sang Hoo Oh, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

themanufacturing economy [20]. The Advanced Manufacturing Competency Model is a pyramidgraphic with four tiers:Tier 1: Personal Effectiveness Competencies are personal attributes essential for all life roles.Often referred to as "soft skills," personal effectiveness competencies are generally learned in thehome or community and honed at school and in the workplace.Tier 2: Academic Competencies are primarily learned in a school setting. They include cognitivefunctions and thinking styles. Academic competencies are likely to apply to all industries andoccupations.Tier 3: Workplace Competencies represent motives and traits, as well as interpersonal and self-management styles. They are applicable to a large number of occupations and industries.Tier 4

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Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 4

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University; Trevor Kenneth Carlisle, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

disconnection from social,political, and cultural forces in ways that prevent authentic movement towards socially justpractice (Cech, 2013; Riley, Pawley, & Slaton, 2013). Other findings point to the persistence ofcultural norms that emphasize and prioritize technical skills over those related to communication,teamwork, intercultural competence and others often termed professional—even soft—skills(Faulkner, 2000, 2007; Tonso, 2006; Trevelyan, 2012). This tendency to dichotomizeengineering skills in terms of hard/soft or technical/professional also drives perceptions of what“counts” as engineering. Put differently, by positioning engineering as a primarily technical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Shawn A. Carson, University of Tennessee; James H. Lampley, East Tennessee State University; William H. Knight, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

conceptual framework.Relationship RisksMaxwell and Lévesque identified a relatinship between behaviors related to relationship risk andinvestment decisions in the early stateges of decision making (see Table 2) [17]. Whenquantified these relationship factors are a) different and b) have greater weight than previouslyanticipated. See the left hand column in step four of the conceptual framework.Much has been discussed about the availability of objective, risk mitigating frameworks and theemergence of the “soft skills”; those categories of relationship-based risks. Entrepreneurshipeducation has done a good job of incorporating the former into curriculum and pedagogy andperhaps the latter will find its way as well. But little if no research has

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Brandiff R Caron

., et al. "The changing face of engineering education." BRIDGE-WASHINGTON-NATIONAL ACADEMY OFENGINEERING- 36.2 (2006): 5.11visited repeatedly throughout the history of the professional “system” in the US. Resistance from industry (dueto the associated increase in cost of wages for professional engineers) as well as a general apathy toward the“soft skills” in engineering on the part of professional engineers seem to be the two biggest obstacles to the ideaof the coupling of licensure and accreditation being taken seriously. The argument for coupling the two is a simple one. Since it is the case that the profession values ethics(as demonstrated by the code of ethics that binds all professional engineers) and especially values publicwelfare

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Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Torres-Sánchez, Loughborough University; Paul P. Conway, Loughborough University

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Graduate Studies

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

months of discussion that wasinformed by evidence gathered from students, faculty and alumni; input from thought leaders; a NEET-commissioned global engineering education benchmarking study, and; inputs from industry. Seniormanagers from over forty companies were interviewed and surveyed on the NEET Ways of Thinking, interms of how proficient(scale of 0-5) they would expect a graduating MIT engineer to be on each ofthose cognitive approaches. Many managers said, for example, that it was no longer a question oftraining students on “communication skills” or “soft skills”. The ability to sell an idea properly ---marshal technical and other resources within the company and from outside (experts from MIT, otherexperts, conferences, online, etc.) and

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Lorena Villarreal, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christian Hassard, Digipen Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

competent.Students agree that this course helps them practice and improve the ABET Student outcomes.We assess their technical and soft skills using different rubrics and also compare the grades withresults from subsequent years. Even when the course has been recently developed, we find thatthere is a trend between the grades of different courses. The tendency shows that if students areproficient in this project course, they will do better in further theoretical courses.IntroductionA critical goal of an engineering program should be to expose students to state of the art andemerging technologies in order for them to achieve and develop all the skills and abilitiesrequired in industry. Today, easy access of information and knowledge through the internet

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Xiafei Yang, University of Virginia; Sitong Wang, Chongqing University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

use, and the patience to listencarefully and overcome the communication gaps. One interesting finding is that for those who reportedthoughtful prompt results and active engagement, their communications were often not limited toprompt interviews but covered topics not directly related to the course content. For example, studentsdiscovered that the KFC menu in China and American are very different, from there they became moreinterested in learning what shape the differences/similarity between two cultures. These experiences, though not always positive, have made students realize that communicationis not just a “soft skill”, but the core of global engineering practice: Through communication studentsdiscovered nuances of how engineering

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Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace

. But Fair and enjoyable. The difficulty depended on the rest of the classmates and how engaged they were.3. Comments on academic preparedness • While there were certain areas in the course that I knew little about the benefit of working on a multidisciplinary team meant that there were certain areas where I was better equipped to do the work and somewhere another student was better equipped. Overall though I felt prepared for this class. • Academically I was very prepared. I think this course hit hard on soft skills that are not easily obtained or perfected through courses at a university. What helped people to be prepared to take the course was life experience of working at a real job or a lot of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beata Johnson, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

to professional development: “It gives you so much freedom. I haven’t goneto IR in maybe two or maybe one rounds just because right now I already have it all lined up….While everyone else was trying to find jobs, I’m getting experience…I already have an offerbasically every semester and then I can just work on other soft skills while I’m working…. Sothat sounds like a win-win to me.” Non-co-op students also associated a co-op with commitment,but they described this commitment in different terms from co-op students, as the followingsection explores.RQ2: What reasons do students give for not pursuing co-op participation? A. While non-co-op students list characteristics of co-ops and internships in similar ways as co-op students, non-co

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devanshi Shah, Florida Institute of Technology; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology ; McKenzie Carol Clark, Florida Institute of Technology; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

. Ourresults show that industry team students had the lowest presentation anxiety among all the otherteams. The fall data states that they were confident to present in comparison to students of theother teams. Soft skills play an equal role in the success of an engineer to the technical skill sets.Industry teams get an extra layer of exposure to overcome presentation anxiety and thus wehypothesize that it does plays a significant role in the overall motivation of the senior capstonedesign students.Thus from the ANOVA analysis performed on the cohorts of senior design students, the industryteams started their senior capstone design course with lower cognition and lower self-regulationthan the non-industry teams. They also started with lower

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Engaging Students with Creativity and Innovation

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Anderberg, New York University; Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Mikolaj Wilk, New York University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

addressing the“soft skills” that are often absent in the typical engineering curriculum. Respondents 1 and 2mention the ideas of project and time management as applicable skills gained from thecontest. Respondent 1, 2, and 3 all mention gaining practice in presenting their research toothers, through the proposal and the pitch. Respondents 3 and 5 talk about being able to developtheir ideas, both through iteration and through research. This aligns with our plan for the contesttimeline to be an entire semester, rather than a compressed hackathon. These students indicatethat researching and writing proposals is useful practice as a professional skill. Perhaps evenmore inspiring is that Hack Dibner seemed to spark true commitment and enjoyment in

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Patrick Dumond, University of Ottawa

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Design in Engineering Education

them to an authentic and iterative engineering design activity helps studentsincrease their self-efficacy and confidence in relation to their design skills.This paper addresses the research gap in the Maker Movement literature about the impact thatthe integration of making activities into cornerstone design courses has on engineering students.The existing literature lacks studies that aim to determine specific impacts of maker education onstudents’ technical or soft skills [16]. This study follows fourth-year mechanical engineeringstudents in their capstone design course and explores the effects of different students’ learningexperiences on the outcome of their capstone design project. Students who took one or both ofthe courses discussed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Laurie O. Campbell, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Melissa A. Dagley, University of Central Florida; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Tian Tian, University of Central Florida; Zhongzhou Chen, University of Central Florida; Julie Donnelly, University of Central Florida; Adrian Tatulian, University of Central Florida; Florencio Eloy Hernandez, University of Central Florida; Shadi Sheikhfaal, University of Central Florida; Hossein Pourmeidani, University of Central Florida; Hans Esteves, University of Central Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

content. Further, an increase inproficiency in multidisciplinary design teams was sought by immersing students in alternateproblem-solving strategies of their peers, while simultaneously encouraging the development ofteam interaction and other soft skills. The primary objective of DMTL is to provide students andinstructors with an effective technological and pedagogical framework for use during large groupinstructional sessions. In addition to the benefits to the learner, DMTL provides the instructorwith a dynamic view of the learning process, student conceptualizations of content, andchallenges associated with specific topics. This information allows the instructor to intervene andreiterate, elaborate, and reinforce concepts that require

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Alan E. Ellstrand, University of Arkansas

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society