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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tugba Ozdemir, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jillian Irene Linder, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Erdal Şenocak, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Paper ID #43941Engineering Design Integrated Tissue Engineering Course Module: ScleraxisTendon Bioreactor ProjectDr. Tugba Ozdemir, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr Ozdemir is an Assistant professor in Biomedical Engineering Department at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. SHe completed her PhD in 2013 at The Pennsylvania State University Biomedical Engineering Department. She completed postdoctoral research in University of Delaware Materials Science and Engineering Department and University of Pennsylvania Clinical Studies and Advanced Medicine Department respectively. Her research interest

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sierra Lynn Repp, University of Portland; Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland; Jacob P. Kimball, University of Portland

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Student Division (STDT)

students were expected at the student workshop and there was only oneworkshop planned with 8 different problem-solving methods and an expected 5 participants permethod. This would have resulted in a significant sample size to assess each method andcompare the participants both individually and as a group. Because of scheduling conflicts, theactual turnout was 11 students total, leading to the addition of the second workshop which washosted for the practicing engineering group. A comprehensive list of the ideation methods whichwere going to be introduced in the presentation were Chindogu, Mind Mapping, Biomimicry,Rapid Ideation, Problem Definition Process, SWOT Analysis, and What, So What, Now WhatAnalysis. Because of the small number of

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University

by Evrekli et al.8 has been applied in this study. Evrekli et al.evaluated the reliability of the scoring system and determined it to be consistent in areas such asinter- and intra-rater reliability, and variances. The scoring system is depicted in Figure 1 andTable 1. In this Work in Progress paper, mind maps have been evaluated by one rater, the author. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education 1 Table 1. Mind map scoring system (adapted from Evrekli et al.7) Component

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

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Mary L Bowden, University of Maryland, College Park

) to serve as teachers, mentors, and team leaders – and there are tremendousbenefits for these students as well. Benefits to 1st and 2nd Year Students Benefits to Upperclassmen • development of basic engineering skills • learning by teaching & problem-solving • community of like-minded students • mentoring and being a role model • motivation for further learning • developing leadership skills • connecting w/ academically useful upperclassmen • belonging and running community • learning to deal with failure • resume, internships, moneyFor an extracurricular community like this to thrive, it is important to instill in these students ashared set

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Cultivating Community, Wellness, and Character Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glaucia Prado, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis; Sara Sweeney, University of California, Davis

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

others.(10) Coping strategies for stress relief isdependent on an individual’s preferences, however, reliance on peers has been reported to be themost common approach used by engineering students.(3)(5)(10)Due to its importance, institutions, departments, and professors have developed programs and/orincluded assignments to promote wellbeing and stress management techniques to students. Someexamples include meditation (mindfulness(11)(12)(13), Tamarkoz(14), Yoga(15)), a resilienceprogram(16), dance movement therapy(17), engaging in acts of kindness and giving(18), anassignment consisting of developing an actual plan for mental wellness(19), and increasing student-faculty interaction through informal social events.(20) It is worthwhile to mention

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

within thecurriculum.Philosophy and the Engineering LaboratoryPlato’s account of learning as recollection may seem unusual on first hearing; however, it will beargued that recollection provides a model for the process of learning that should take place in thelaboratory. The theory of recollection holds that learning is not the process of knowledge comingfrom the outside into the mind, but rather the recovering of something an individual has alwayspossessed but which was previously unrecognized. The review of recollection that follows islargely based on Jones’s dissertation [12]. Plato explores recollection in three dialogs – theMeno, the Phaedo, and the Phaedrus. The Meno introduces this idea of recollection throughsomething like an experiment

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Daly, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

guidelines for applying problem solving skills andserves as a roadmap for integrating troubleshooting into academic curriculums. Table II. Framework for Teaching Troubleshooting Skills Elements Phases Tools/Methods for Teaching 1. Identification - System Diagrams Understanding the 2. Comprehension - Product Manuals Problem - Flow Charts - Mind Maps - Reverse Engineering Exercises 3. Data Collection - Product Manuals

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lin Zhang

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Introducing Deep Learning to Undergraduate Engineering Majors Lin Zhang University of Central ArkansasAbstractArtificial intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest growing technologies. The undergraduatestudents, especially those majoring in engineering, are demanding more encounters with AI.Deep learning (as one of the most popular and fundamental subcategories of the AI) isintroduced to the undergraduates through a 4-course education. The students will acquireintuitions on the concepts, the theoretical/mathematical backgrounds and practical

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Technical Sessions 5

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2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

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Bryan James Higgs, University of the District of Columbia; Ujwalkumar Dashrath Patil, Department of Civil Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia.

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Professional Papers

climate change. Theintroduction of new courses in risk and resilience and Game Theory at the graduate level isproducing engineers with the capabilities to address the challenges of climate change in newways.IntroductionClimate change is one of the greatest societal challenges of the 21st Century, the impacts ofwhich extend throughout the critical infrastructure systems that society depends on for daily life.It is the responsibility of engineers to design, maintain, and protect critical infrastructure systemssuch that the quality-of-life of at-risk communities can be preserved. With this in mind, thefuture engineers that are being produced through universities and colleges must be prepared forchallenges that are unlike what has been historically

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Systems Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamsnaz Virani Bhada, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

to consider and design with ethical, equity, andsocial justice implications in mind. Further, there is still a general lack of diversity ofstakeholder parameters in early engineering design classes. Introduction to systems engineeringcourses lack integration of current thinking on community engagement ethics and that absencecan be seen across the systems engineering curriculum, as well. We ask: How do we createlearning opportunities/engineering interventions that are technically sound, and also prioritizecommunity voice, cultural appropriateness, and contextual efficacy? In this paper, we reviewthree methods of stakeholder analysis taught in system engineering courses and identify whereand how one can integrate community voices through a

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ben Jelen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

onassessing the impact of telling the stories, by the storytellers who recorded for the podcast. In thefuture, we may assess the impact on listeners.Table 1. Survey questions for pre- and post-experience surveys. Pre-experience survey questions: 1. Think for a second about what makes you, you. Fill in the following blank with the first five things to come to mind. 2. The rest of this survey will refer to STEM professionals. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. You should think about yourself as a professional in your primary major. As a STEM professional, you could be a Scientist, Biologist, Chemist, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Computer Scientist, etc. Do you agree or disagree

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

course load, studentsmainly used words associated with feeling scared. Meanwhile, the interpersonal contexts ofengineering, which vary across students, such as academic peers, professors, and women inSTEM, evoke a wide variety of emotions within and across students, with words emerging acrossthe emotion categories of angry, confident, happy, loved, and scared. The most salient emotiongroups that emerged during our interviews across contexts were confident, happy, and scared.Our results indicate that navigating engineering is inherently emotional across a variety ofstudents and in a variety of contexts. With that in mind, one recommendation we have formaking student support more responsive is anticipating and responding to the emotional needs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Smith, CSEdResearch.org; Monica McGill, Institute for Advanced Engineering; Jacob Koressel; Bryan Twarek

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

high school computer science programs; she is also co-editor of the SIGCSE Bulletin.Monica McGill, Institute for Advanced Engineering Monica McGill is President & CEO of CSEdResearch.org and a Temporary Research Specialist at Knox College. Her area of scholarship is K-12 computer science and cybersecurity education research with a current focus on diversity and improving the quality of research.Jacob KoresselBryan Twarek ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Reimagining Essential Computing Content for High School StudentsAbstractThere are several changes anticipated in computer science (CS) education over the next decade,including

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Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanos Matsumoto, Olin College of Engineering; Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

for wording survey questions inan accessible manner [40]. Our survey instrument consists of three parts, which we explain ingreater detail below.Terminology. Our survey begins with an assessment of participants’ understanding of softwareengineering terminology. This section of the survey begins with the following prompt: This section of the survey asks about how you understand terms from the field of software engineering. To ensure that your response reflects your understanding, please do not look up the meaning of these terms until you have completed the survey. Consider each of the following topics within the context of developing software. What words, phrases, or concepts come to mind?The survey then presents each

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Lagoudas Wilkerson, Texas A&M University; Joanne K Olson, Texas A&M University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

%); 67% were tenure-track, and 23% were in an instructional or clinicalrole. Respondents were 61% male and predominately White/Caucasian (73%).ResultsThis work-in-progress paper presents preliminary results for RQ2, which includes a ranking taskwhere participants were asked to consider the importance of various engineering topics for a highschool curriculum. Respondents were asked to identify the engineering topics as "essential,""nice to have," or "not important" (given a score of 3, 2, and 1, respectively) for two groups ofstudents: high school students intending to major in engineering and all high school students.The selected topics were derived from the FPEL [5], which defines K-12 engineering learning asincluding habits of mind

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Kai Zhuang; Dimpho Radebe; Mojgan Jadidi

-Inspired Pedagogies: Six Reasons for Bringing Art into EngineeringEducationReflecting on our experiences developing and applying these art-inspired pedagogies, we havedeveloped a list of six reasons (Figure 3 below) for bringing more art into engineering education: 1. Whole Head: To help students develop both the methodical and logical mind, as well as the spontaneous and creative mind. 2. Whole Heart: To invite students to bring their passion and emotions into the world of logic, reason, and equations. 3. Fun and Creativity: To create spaces for students to explore their creativity and have fun with learning. 4. Meaning and Purpose: To offer meaningful opportunities for students to learn and create with prosocial

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Engineering Engagement Activities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yury Alexandrovich Kuleshov, Purdue University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #44264Designing a Series of Activities to Expose High School Students to ManufacturingMr. Yury Alexandrovich Kuleshov, Purdue University Yury A. Kuleshov is a graduate student earning his Ph.D. in Technology degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his Diploma in Engineering (6-year program) from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, where he majored in Robots and Robotic Systems, and specifically Underwater Robots and Vehicles, and his M.S. in Engineering Technology degree from Purdue University. He has experience working as an engineer, a research and teaching assistant, and an

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Systems Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Gregory, The University of Arizona; Rick Steiner, The University of Arizona

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

Paper ID #42593Leveraging Active Learning Techniques to Teach Model-Based Systems EngineeringDr. Joe Gregory, The University of Arizona Dr. Joe Gregory is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Arizona. His research interests include engineering education, digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, and the application of semantic web technologies to support engineering. In 2022, he received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Bristol for his development of the SysML-based ’Spacecraft Early Analysis Model’. He is the co-chair of the Digital Engineering Information Exchange (DEIX

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Computer Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jamieson, Miami University; Nathaniel David Martin, Miami University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #41046The Forgotten Horseman: Digital Implementation of Arithmetic Division andResources to Learn and Teach Its ComplexitiesDr. Peter Jamieson, Miami University Dr. Jamieson is an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Miami University. His research focuses on Education, Games, and FPGAs.Nathaniel David Martin, Miami University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Forgotten Horseman - Digital Implementation of Arithmetic Division and Resources to Learn and Teach Its ComplexitiesAbstractOf the four arithmetic functions, Division is the

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Zanin Flanagan, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

]. The ability of human beings to beempathetic towards one another and create designs with other people in mind may become evenmore vital in the age of artificial intelligence. This necessitates its inclusion in engineeringclassrooms. Flanagan found that through the incorporation of empathy into first-year engineeringcurriculum, students begin to think about whom they are solving problems for and their role incommunicating with those stakeholders [5]. This paper will further examine this phenomenon byinvestigating how empathy modules in a first-year class affect engineering identity. If there is ashift in the role of an engineer that the student is identifying with, how does that interact withtheir engineering identity?Theoretical Frameworks

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First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abigail Clark, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

could implement in our context, eitherdue to lack of specificity in the paper, or because the passport was used for another purpose(such as an engineering outreach program). Therefore, we decided to develop our own. Thisprocess began by reviewing the course outcomes (listed above) and identifying activities whichcould support students’ achievement of them. We sought to be particularly mindful of theworkload, as our orientation class has zero credit hours. Some, such as outcomes 2 and 4, werecovered in other assignments. However, outcomes 1 and 3 were sparsely addressed and assessedin the orientation curriculum, and thus became the primary goal of the passport. The activitiesdetailed in Table 1 were identified to meet course outcomes 1 and 3

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 29

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew M. Grondin, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

students. Matthew has been nominated for numerous teacher awards including Early Excellence in Teaching, Innovation in Teaching, and Honored Instructor. His kind nature and consideration brings connection, community, and ongoing mentorship for his students.Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Michael is an artist and musician masquerading as an academic, honored with the opportunity to research and design educational technologies that engage the body and the mind to make learning fun. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Students’ Multimodal Discourse: How Speech and Gesture Reveal Emerging Epistemologies When Reasoning About Mechanics of Materials

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Ali Kamal, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Syeda Fizza Ali, Texas A&M University; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

single definition. However, it is generally agreed that wellbeing is amultidimensional concept that encompasses positive emotions and effective functioning amongmany other context specific aspects of the studied population.Within engineering education there has been an increased focus on exploring students'psychological state of mind in recent years. While more studies have focused on undergraduatestudents and investigated their mental health [12], [13] and subjective well-being [14], fewerstudies have focused on graduate engineering students [15]. However, studies conducted outsideof engineering on graduate students indicate that graduate students suffer from mental healthconditions like depression and anxiety at a rate much higher than the

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The Global and Cultural Dimensions of Engineering Ethics Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Qin Zhu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Andrea Gammon, Delft University of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

: 10.1007/s11948- 017-9910-6.[10] J. Haidt, The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage Press, 2012.[11] J. D. Greene, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap between Us and Them. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.[12] M. H. Bazerman and A. Tenbrunsel, Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012.[13] R. F. Clancy, “The Ethical Education and Perspectives of Chinese Engineering Students: A Preliminary Investigation and Recommendations,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1935–1965, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11948-019-00108-0.[14] B. Keysar, S. L. Hayakawa, and S. G. An, “The Foreign-Language Effect,” Psychol. Sci., 2012, doi: 10.1177

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Engineering Technology Division Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Kim, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

toprepare the students with practical skills that are directly applicable to the industry. With thisgoal in mind, a seamless integration of the RF courses into the program curriculum should bedevised. One of the ways to implement the necessary courses seamlessly is to use technicalelectives allowed in the program curriculum to teach the necessary RF engineering courses. Thisapproach minimizes the impact of creating the RF engineering program on the existingcurriculum. Figure 1: RF Curriculum OverviewEven with RF engineering courses as technical electives, it would not be easily feasible to add allthe traditional RF engineering courses to the degree programs due to the restriction on themaximum number of credits for a

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Felix Ewere, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Diversity

perceive thatthe Engineering Design Process helped them complete their project successfully. Future workincludes investigating the different phases that make up the design process to evaluate students’perception of that phase, collecting similar data sets from future sophomores’ class andcollaboration with faculty from other departments to gage their student’s reception of thismodule. Furthermore, an entrepreneurial minded learning approach will also be explored. Seemore details on the card: https://engineeringunleashed.com/card/3984.References [1] L. L. Bucciarelli, “Designing and learning: a disjunction in contexts”, Des. Stud., vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 295–311, May 2003. [2] F. Ewere, “Exploring Sources and Skill levels of Accidental

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University; Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #44464Encountering Axiology: Engineering Graduate Students’ Experiences withValues in an Engineering Research CenterMr. Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University H. Ronald Clements is an engineering graduate student at Purdue University.Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University Alex is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is interested in furthering the use of motivational theory in engineering education research, and investigating how departmental culture can affect students’ persistence. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Encountering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furnbach Clavijo P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

few interview questions focused on familiarity with ABET professional skills and theimportance of each skill. The subsequent questions were about other professional skills neededfor engineering graduates and, lastly, if any 21st-century skills came to mind that would beuseful for engineering graduates. The interview participants preferred “soft skills” rather thanprofessional skills. The researcher prepared Table II, which indicates how faculty memberswould classify each skill. TABLE II ENGINEERING FACULTY DEFINITIONS OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 21st- ABET Soft Skills century

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 4 - Engineering for One Planet & Sustainability Innovation

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

, especially if we bring them to people like Sarah, so it works well. With that in mind, the time with Sarah was a great addition to the class.”From this open-ended comment, a number of conclusion may be inferred. First, the tone andcontent suggest at least a degree of positive reception to the opportunity to engage in qualitativeresearch. Second, the involvement of a recognized expert is highlighted as important. And third,the specific inclusion of an instructor of nursing was viewed positively by this student ofenvironmental engineering. In contrast to the positive aspects of this comment, the student alsoconveyed a suggestion for improvement, namely: clear learning objectives and the use of gradingrubrics so that students could better

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Travis Fuerst, Purdue University; Jorge Dorribo Camba; Angshuman Mazumdar, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

modeling habits. To combat these preconceived ideas of what CAD is and how it isused, students are informed in the first lecture that the course will mimic a medium-sizedengineering company where the instructor serves as the engineering design lead, the teachingassistants take on the role of first line supervisors, and the students serve as engineeringcontractors. As a contractor, the students are provided with Assignment Requirement Documentsthat they must complete to standard to receive maximum points which serve as the currency forthe course. This scenario puts the student in the frame of mind that they are not simply taking acourse, but also operating within a professional environment.Beyond the technical content of the course, a number of