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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Nicole Delgado, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

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skills that are transferable in their decisions to enter into graduate studies or the professional worldDr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University Luis Rodolfo GARCIA CARRILLO received the PhD. degree in Control Systems from the University of Technology of Compi`egne, France. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center of Control, Dynamical systems and Computation at UC Santa Barbara, USA. He currently holds an Assistant Professor position with the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Mexico State University, USA. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Latinx Engineering Students Surviving the Odds to Accomplish

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Engineering faculty and high school teachers can use to teach and assess learning outcomes.Assess Learning and Evaluate Innovations  Collaborate with our advisory board to develop and evaluate game course modules.  Evaluate college students’ engagement in transportation engineering in relation to use of multiple teaching methods using motivational scale instrument.  Assess college students’ learning gains using performance assessment  Assess changes in high school students’ decision-making as a result of learning about the yellow light “dilemma zone” using game performance results.  Conduct focus groups with advisory board members and students.Conduct Research on STEM Teaching and Learning  Publish tested models of

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ekundayo Shittu, George Washington University; Dor Hirsh Bar Gai, George Washington University ; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University; Erica Cusi Wortham, George Washington University; Annamaria Konya Tannon, George Washington University

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Improve Student Engagement and Enhance the Curriculum of Engineering EducationAbstractIn February of 2019, the authors convened a workshop to explore ways to improve student engagement inengineering education. The two-day workshop assembled an uncommon range of stakeholders includingprofessional engineers, engineering faculty, psychologists, anthropologists, pedagogy and educationalscientists, students, curriculum developers, entrepreneurial evangelists, members of the diplomaticcommunity and representatives of industry. Collectively we sought to share existing approaches toimproving student engagement in order to discern what works and what does not. Uncovering strategies toimprove student engagement has meant

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter C Lee, Virginia Tech; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech; Taylor Y Johnson, Virginia Tech; Janice Leshay Hall, Florida International University; Artre Reginald Turner, Virginia Tech

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. She was previously a member of the student support staff for the Virginia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity where she served as an instructor for the first-year professional development seminar and as co- ordinator for the summer bridge program. Her research interests include equity in engineering education, middle-years of engineering, and engineering student support.Mrs. Janice Leshay Hall, Florida International University Janice is a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech. Her research centers on diversity equity and inclusion with a focus on broadening the participation of historically underrepresented groups in the engineering workforce. Specifically, she examines theArtre Reginald

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mark F. Roll P.E., University of Idaho; Brian K. Johnson P.E., University of Idaho; Michael R. Maughan, University of Idaho; Michael Lowry, University of Idaho; Melinda A. Davis, University of Idaho; Connor J. Hill, University of Idaho

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small group sessions with students andemail between faculty mentors and scholars was used to improve communication. Additionally,six seminars were held with follow up discussions and student reflections. While the averagenumber of program activities in which students participated increased somewhat, the program teamwas concerned that these program-specific activities were having limited reach and impact. During the grant period, loss of the team’s clinical faculty member led to a reevaluation ofthe program structure, specifically the role of the cohort facilitator. In the academic year 2018/2019the program team made the decision to hire a graduate student to serve as the coordinator ofactivities and primary point of contact for students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Phillip M. Cormier, SUNY - University at Buffalo; Amy M. Johnson, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Wei Chen, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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and authentic experience for thestudents. Our current work and future plans include the following: • While not statistically significant, we did note an improvement in the results between the Spring and Fall semesters. While different faculty were often engaged between the semesters, this might reflect collective and shared learning among the involved faculty members, increasing their ease and experience with which to incorporate the developed curricula in various classroom settings. We are interested in studying the level of comfort faculty have with the teaching material and the impact of multiple exposures on students’ learning across their curriculum. • We are processing the results for the

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University

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in manyaspects included in such research. This included activities such as the literature reviews andresearch, research design and implementation, solution brainstorming, being resourceful, dealingwith unexpected challenges, data analysis and publication of results.We arranged field trips to give the students a better understanding of how theory, methods, andresearch connected to real-world applications. The travel time during the field trips also allowedfor extended one-on-one contact with faculty during which students had the opportunity todiscuss graduate education and careers in an informal setting.Students had an opportunity to work one-on-one with a member of the university writing centerto refine their research papers in the last two

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State university; Steven K. Ayer, Arizona State University; Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Christina K. Lam , Arizona State University

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helping students situate civil engineering concepts in anauthentic learning environment. Unfortunately, not all universities have the financial resourcesnecessary to fund these types of hands-on projects. Thankfully, technology has the potential tomitigate some of these inequities. This paper presents an update on a three-year NSF-fundedproject that aims to: develop mixed reality (MR) technology aimed at sufficiently replicatingphysical design and construction learning environments to enable access to students atinstitutions without sufficient resources; and assess the impact of a MR-facilitated cyberlearningenvironment on cognitive-, affective-, and skill-based learning that occurs during traditional (in-person) design and construction

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Kerrie Pieloch, Suffolk University

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scholar completed the following questionnaires: Career ThoughtsInventory (CTI) [13], Career Decision Making System-Revised (CDM) [14], and the StrongInterest Explorer [15] The CTI is an assessment geared toward college students to help identify dysfunctionalthinking and decision-making in relation to careers. This is a 48-item self-report measure aimedto improve the quality of students’ career making decisions [13] After completing and scoringthe CTI, the co-PI helped students interpret their results and identify and decision-makingdifficulties, such as pressure from family members to choose a particular career, related to careerdecisions. Answers on the CTI fell into one of three categories: decision-making confusion,commitment anxiety

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Tori Wagner, University of Connecticut

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often place undue emphasis on the categorization ofknowledge and skills, while not sufficiently addressing the process through which studentsnavigate and act on ethical dilemmas. This, we posit, is an area that needs redefining, given thatethical decision-making is rarely a linear process with single objective “right” answers and ofteninvolves iterative reasoning and interactive engagement with the problem. As such, we havedeveloped a suite of ethics-driven classroom games that have been implemented and evaluatedacross three universities, engaging over 400 first-year engineering students over the past 3 years.Now in the grant’s final year, we are finishing the design of two of the game-based ethicsinterventions to (1) more accurately align with

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Penny Rheingans, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lee Blaney, UMBC; Marie desJardins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; E. F. Charles LaBerge, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan Martin, University of Maryland; Carolyn Seaman, UMBC; Gymama Slaughter, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University

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of both the University Career Center & The President’s Promise and The Graduate School, she creates, builds, and implements programs and services that support doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers to fully explore and actively prepare for a wide range of highly satisfying careers in academia, industry, nonprofits, and government. She has held advising, career development, administrative, research and assessment positions that directly impacted student success at research universities and in the community college setting. Her work has positively impacted hundreds of culturally diverse college students, including adult learners and transfer students, to identify and achieve their academic and

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; David Torres, Purdue University

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. 327-349). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.[5] Zoltowski, C., Buzzanell, P., Oakes, W., & Kenny, M. (2013). A Qualitative Study Exploring Students’ Engineering Ethical Reflections and their Use in Instrument Validation, Proceedings of the 2013 Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2013.[6] Fyke, J., & Buzzanell, P.M. (2013). The ethics of conscious capitalism: Wicked problems in leading change and changing leaders. Human Relations, 66, 1619-1643. doi: 10.1177/0018726713485306Trevino, L. K. (1986). Ethical decision making in organizations: A person-situation interactionist model. The Academy of Management Review, 11(3), 601-617.[7] Trevino, L. K., Butterfield, K. B., & McCabe, D

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, Georgia State University-Perimeter College; Brandi Villa, Belay Consulting LLC; Naranja C Davis, Georgia State University Perimeter College

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and peers) is crucial to retention andpersistence for these STEM students.36,37Foreign-born blacks may initially distinguish themselves from native-born blacks, buteventually, the system itself imposes a black racial identity, thus forcing foreign-born blackstudents to “identify” with native-born black students. This occurs impart because race is theoverall determinant of underrepresented black minorities but is not always an effective groupingbased upon cultural distinction theory.14Barriers in STEMDespite their heterogeneous backgrounds, members of foreign-born and native-born blacksreport experiencing cultural or structural marginalization, peer racism, less equitable treatmentby faculty, and stereotyped perceptions that they lack academic

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Andrea Ferro, Clarkson University; Cesunica E. Ivey, University of California, Berkeley; Shakira Renee Hobbs, University of California Irvine; Maya A Trotz, University of South Florida; Cliff I. Davidson, Syracuse University; Susan J. Masten P.E., Michigan State University; Sheryl H Ehrman, San Jose State University; Chang-yu Wu, University of Florida

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), American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME)), EnvE activities are dispersed across an array of professionalsocieties. Key professional societies that EnvE faculty engage with often have a narrower focuson their particular research interests. A number of these groups are partners in the SPACESeffort (see Table 1). The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors(AEESP) is comprised primarily of academics including faculty and graduate students. AmongAEESP members, 89% engage in research on water/wastewater, 26% on soil and sediment, 21%on energy, and 14% on air (on average, each respondent identified 1.7 topics among optionsprovided in a recent survey) [3].Table 1. Examples of EnvE Related Professional Organizations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanxia Jia, Arcadia University; Tiantian Wang, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Chaomei Chen, Drexel University; Yu-Fang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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research activities outside the classroom, such as participatingin summer research internships, fellowships, programs, and guided research projects.Undergraduate research experience serves as a valuable platform for fostering students' interestin research, attracting more individuals to pursue advanced degrees in Science, Technology,Engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-related fields, and cultivating a well-trained and diverseworkforce in STEM careers. The impacts and benefits of the REU program have been confirmedby several large-scale surveys [1-6].Recognizing the importance of involving undergraduate students in meaningful research andscholarly activity alongside faculty members [6], numerous REU sites have garnered supportfrom various agencies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Johanna Milord, University of Missouri - Columbia; Fan Yu, University of Missouri - Columbia; Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia; Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri - Columbia; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri - Columbia

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-evaluative outcomes. Bandura hypothesizes that outcome expectations are determined by self-efficacy beliefs, as people will expect positive outcomes for activities that they possess strongself-efficacy. Sheu and colleagues’ meta-analysis of 104 STEM studies found that the foursources explained 42% of the variance in outcome expectations [5].Engineering Career Success and Social CognitionsPrior studies confirm the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and decisions aroundpursuing or persisting in careers such as in engineering [14,15]. The importance of self-efficacyis reinforced for success in engineering. Thus, attending to the development of students’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations may support engineering student’s persistence in the

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Acton, University of St. Thomas; Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser, University of St. Thomas; Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas

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career mentoring is the key to setting students up for a smoothtransfer experience. The APEX faculty in the School of Engineering have implemented aproactive faculty mentoring initiative aimed at supporting students who may transfer from anumber of our local 2-year colleges. APEX Faculty members visit classes at nearby communitycolleges to connect directly with students. Over the past two years - these visits have taken theform of both on-campus as well as virtual visits via Zoom/Teams. The APEX faculty mentorsprovide an overview of the undergraduate engineering programs, the various student focusedsupport structures, the transfer process, financial aid and scholarships. More importantly, facultyhighlight the benefits of expressing an interest

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Jarek, University of Tennessee; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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scholarly and systematic innovation in engineering education: Ensuring U.S. Engineering has the right people with the right talent for a global society. 2009: Washington, D.C.7. Hixson, C., et al., The Rising Engineering Education Faculty Experience (REEFE): Preparing Junior Colleagues, in 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2015: Seattle, WA.8. McCord, R., et al., Graduate Student and Faculty Member: An Exploration of Career and Personal Decisions, in 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2014: Indianapolis, IN.9. Hixson, C., et al., Teaching with the Innovation Canvas: A tool for value-driven, integrated design education. 2014: 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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. (2008). Why the unskilled are unaware: Further explorations of (absent) self-insight among the incompetent. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 98-121.8 Kruger, J. & Dunning, D (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 1121-1134. Page 26.1566.59 Thomas, G., Martin, D., & Pleasants, K. (2011). Using self- and peer-assessment to enhance students’ future-learning in higher education. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 8(1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Elizabeth A Adams P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nihal Orfi, Fresno City College; Emily Evans, Magnolia Consulting

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a betterunderstanding of engineering research (Figure 3).Figure 3. FCC Scholar Ratings of the Personal/Academic Outcomes of Faculty Mentoring (n = 6)As part of the ESP, scholars had the opportunity to mentor students in subsequent cohorts. CohortA served as peer mentors for Cohort B in year 2, while Cohort B students provided peer mentorsupport to Cohort C in year 3, and during the fourth year students in Cohort C provided mentoringto students in Cohort D. An Engineering Scholar faculty team member provided peer mentors withtraining, during which they learned about effective mentoring, received guidelines on their role,and received resources to support them as peer mentors. The faculty team supported mentorsthroughout the academic year

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pankaj Mallick, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Ghassan Kridli, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Elsayed A. Orady, University of Michigan, Dearborn; German Reyes, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Jennifer M. Makas, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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and staff advisors on academic and other issues that are of concernto them. Several other group activities are being planned in the current semester. One of them is avisit to a design and product development center of an automotive supplier. The STEM studentsare now discussing and planning to reactivate the student chapter of the American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME). Several students have become member of ASME and some ofthem have come forward to take the leadership role in the ASME student chapter. The possibilityof working with the student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) to holdcampus and community events is also being explored. To understand the student’s needs and concerns, a self-assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Douglas Edward Pruim; Deana Lucas; Todd Kelley, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jung Joo Sohn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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exist.Figure 2 provides a graphic of how thisidea of convergence learning can exist, Figure 2. Promoting Transdisciplinary Learning through Topicsalong with disciplinary and convergence of Convergence while Preserving Academic Disciplines.research of an institution. As studentsenter academic institutions, they typically enter in a major within a disciplinary home which eventuallyresults in them graduating with a degree. Within these disciplinary homes, faculty also refine expertiseand generate new knowledge within their disciplines. But, if there are strategic opportunities for thesedisciplines to converge to provide transdisciplinary learning experiences for students, the university canpromote additional academic outputs such as innovations spurred

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Adekemisola Olufunmilayo Asahiah, Morgan State University; Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks ; Krishna Bista; Uttam Gaulee; Md Mahmudur Rahman, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University

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bestsuited where a need for a change in vision, process, or culture is necessary [9].Teamwork and productivityUnderstanding and maximizing the skillsets of team members will ensure that resources areused effectively. To have a productive team, team members must work in synergy andcomplement each other.Tools that Aid Effective Personnel ManagementPersonality testsThe personality test is an assessment tool designed to understand the make-up of a person interms of traits, likes, dislikes, areas of strengths, weaknesses, and patterns of thoughts. It isthe consistent differences existing between two people that can either be inherent or learned.This set of tests seeks to unravel the unique set of drives, attitudes, emotional patterns,opinions, etc

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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made them think deeply about their goals and how to achieve them.Undergraduate research opportunities: Undergraduate research funded by the CREATE programhas been very well received by both scholars and their faculty research mentors. A total of sixteenscholars were placed in laboratories of engineering professors who indicated interest in givingthem a research experience. An evaluation was conducted on scholars’ performance and allresearch mentors deemed that their scholars had participated satisfactorily. Some scholars havedecided to pursue graduate school based on these experiences.Career and graduate school guidance: CREATE may have given information on careers andgraduate school a bit too early in the program to the second cohort and

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NSF Grantees: REU 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Gurcan Comert, Benedict College; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Zulfikar Berk, University of South Carolina; Nathan N. Huynh; Robert Petrulis, EPRE Consulting LLC; Majbah Uddin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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included statements aboutteam work, critical thinking and problem solving, and personal skills. For example, one studentsaid, “The most important thing I learned was to stay focused and while doing research you haveto keep an open mind.”The strength of agreement items asked the participants to share some summary perceptionsregarding their experiences (Table 9). The students indicated that they had found value in the cross-disciplinary set of peers they had worked with. They liked the style of problem-based learning theyhad experienced in the REU. Although not necessarily in transportation, students were able to seethemselves in graduate study, academia, or research-based careers. That four of the fiverespondents “strongly agreed” that they were

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

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decisions about technology? The module includes an assignment that hasstudents reflect on a robotics film of their own choice and discuss it from the perspective of thequestions posed. This work is complemented by technical research assignments that result instudents identifying new opportunities for robotic applications in the context of these social andethical considerations.ENGR 494 - Engineering PeaceAn engineering faculty member and a faculty member from a school of Peace Studies havedeveloped this course that focuses both on the design and use of drones while cultivatingempathy across disciplinary boundaries. [1, 13, 14, 15]. The class is taken as an elective byengineers (usually seniors) and graduate students in Peace Studies. The first

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Anna Montana Cirell, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Audrey Boklage, Arizona State University

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, especially, the experiences of under- represented undergraduate engineering students and engineering educators. She is a qualitative researcher who uses narrative research methods to understand undergraduate student and faculty member’s experi- ences in engineering education. Dr. Kellam is interested in curricular design and has developed design spines for environmental and mechanical engineering programs when she was a faculty member at UGA, and recently helped design the EESD PhD program at ASU. She teaches design courses, engineering sci- ence courses, and graduate courses focused on qualitative research methods. She also serves as a Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.Dr. Anna Montana

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut

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attitudestoward their diagnosis and requests for support can have a direct impact on their academicsuccess [14], [21]. In other words, when students perceive that faculty are more supportive andopen to discussing their learning needs, these students are more likely to succeed academically.To address this need, I-Course instructors provide an inclusion statement that directly addressesneurodiversity, acknowledges strengths and challenges, and invites students to communicatewith the instructor about these strengths and challenges. The statement may be provided orally,in writing as part of the syllabus, or in both formats. Rather than simply provide a standardstatement, faculty are encouraged to personalize this statement. Model inclusion statements

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Karl W. Reid, National Society of Black Engineers; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Tikyna Dandridge, Purdue University; Donovan Colquitt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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of K-16 engineering learners; and teaching engineering.Dr. Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University Dr. Glenda D. Young Collins completed her doctoral work at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Her research interests include the role of university-industry partnerships in shaping student career expectations and pathways, the student to workforce continuum, and broadening participa- tion in engineering. Dr. Collins has worked as an Employer Relations Assistant for the VT Career and c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #27724 Professional

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Luciana Cancado, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Cindy M Walker, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Dian Mitrayani , University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

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Undergraduates (REU) programs. For example,Willis, et al. studied the impact of an NSF-sponsored REU on ten students in mechanicalengineering and found that, while the students gained experience and knowledge, thenumber of students who were strongly considering graduate studies declined whileparticipating in program [8]. Hung, et al. considered students at a summer REU focusedon micromachining, which had a large percentage of students from groupsunderrepresented in engineering; their findings demonstrated that most of the studentswished to pursue a research career through graduate school [12]. Mahmud and Xu foundthat students’ participation in an REU resulted in an improvement in their technicalcommunication skills [13]. Finally, Willits and Barnett