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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Elizabeth A. Adams, Cuesta College; Nihal Orfi, Fresno City College; Carol Haden; Yushin Ahn

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, including those who remain in theprogram after transfer, are supported with annual scholarships of up to $6000, depending onfinancial need. In addition to scholarship money, students participate in a variety of programactivities throughout the school year in the form of academic seminars, extracurricular events,professional development, faculty mentoring, peer mentoring, academic advising, andundergraduate research opportunities. Noteworthy elements of the program in years three and fourinclude 1) the selection and award of the fourth and final cohort entering the program, 2) atransition of leadership to a new principal investigator for the program at the two-college, and 3)the increase in number of students who have continued with the program

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Liesl Folks, The University of Arizona; Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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data science micro-credential have unique opportunities to improve critical super-skills, including writtencommunication, project management, iterative thinking, and real-world problem-solving.THE NEED FOR DATA ACUMENEngineering disciplines are increasingly adopting and integrating data science into their problem-solving and experimental approaches [1-3]; yet few engineering programs directly integrate datascience and visualization into their curriculum. In an effort to address this need and respond tothe NASEM report on Data Science for Undergraduates, which calls on institutions to increase“data acumen” through “a range of educational pathways,” [REDACTED] School ofEngineering and Applied Sciences launched an undergraduate micro-credential

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan DelVescovo, Oakland University; Darlene Groomes, Oakland University; Bianca Bryant; Laila Guessous, Oakland University

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University WISE@OU NSF ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) grant. She is also in charge of faculty mentoring in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at OU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Enriching the REU experience through student-led outreach activitiesIntroductionThe benefits of undergraduate student experiences are well known. Students participating inresearch experience for undergraduates (REU) programs report increased skills and self-confidence, a greater sense of empowerment as learners and more motivation to pursue science orengineering careers and graduate degrees [1-8]. REU programs

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Kumar, University of Texas at Austin

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method captures students’ attention andinterest and allows them to experience the process of doing real-world engineering. The paperprovides background information and methodology for developing an engineering coursethrough murder mysteries. The course rating improved significantly, achieving a rating of 4.9 outof 5.0, the highest in the last twenty years. Comparing student performance between murdermysteries and traditional teaching in an exam shows a statistically significant result. Students inthe murder mystery-style class performed nearly two standard deviations better than those in thelecture-based teaching course.1. BackgroundMany students perceive Geotechnical Engineering as challenging, as evidenced by a straw-pollsurvey conducted in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama; Memorie Gosa; Debra Moehle McCallum, The University of Alabama

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Institute for Social Science Research. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Furman University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Evaluation of a 3-Year Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Focused on Engineering Solutions in Support of Communicative DisordersIntroductionParticipating in undergraduate research is a high-impact practice for enhancing student success[1, 2]. It is useful in promoting collaborative interdisciplinary research efforts [3], raisingawareness of the societal context of research [4], engaging under-represented students [5, 6

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Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Kurt M. Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Azize Akcayoglu; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

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hasmatured and expanded, and through a regular meeting Community of Practice, they have debateddetails of question phrasing to larger questions of how to make use of student responses.Additional issues that are addressed in this article relate to the effect of timing, repetition, andmodality of deployment on student performance.2. Institutional ProfilesTables 1 and 2 provide descriptions of the participating institutions and the modality ofdeployment of the CW questions. Table 1. Summary of Institutions and Modalities for Statics. Institution Description S1: University of Puerto Public, mid-sized, urban, bilingual, HSI. Primarily deployed in class after substantial discussion Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM) on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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informs the culture, climate, and discourse of engineering education,leading to an exclusionary culture within engineering as reflected by the lack of diversity andlower retention of students and faculty of color, and contributes to systemic barriers negativelyimpacting racial equity. Moving towards racial equity in engineering education requires afundamental shift in thinking in two important ways: 1) we must reframe how we think aboutunderserved populations from minority to minoritized by a dominant discourse, and 2) to beginto dismantle the impacts of Whiteness, we must first make this barrier visible.In the first year of this project, the diverse team of PIs began to explore scripts of Whiteness inengineering education by conducting a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of Montana; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Lower-Performant StudentsTo develop the model for identifying lower-performant students, we collected data from the ALPand conducted a descriptive analysis during Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters. The coursewas taught face-to-face during both semesters. The data was collected for 30 topics calledobjectives, each of which had individual lessons called nodes. The data was collected under threecategories, namely activity type, participation type, and performance type.1) Activity Type: These activities are related to ALP interactions for instruction, practice, andreview. Instruction involves covering a lesson before the due date, review involves doing alesson without any changes to the grading criteria, and practice involves redoing the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shasta Ihorn, San Francisco State University; Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Michael Savvides, San Francisco State University; Ilmi Yoon

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diversity.4 The program consists of five classes,unique to the minor, that span across two academic years (4 semesters) and relies on the use ofcohort-based program structure, near-peer mentoring, and project-driven learning. The cohortstructure allows for close relationships to form, combatting the social isolation that historicallymarginalized students may feel in CS classes. Peer mentoring benefits students by offeringfurther academic, social, and professional development support within the program. Project-based learning provides strong ties to students’ major area(s) of study (primarily biology andbiochemistry) and supports students’ future success in fields that are becoming increasingly data-driven.1 Finally, the minor program courses focus

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Stepanova, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University; Christina Belanger; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Christine A Stanley, Texas A&M University

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more positive experiences and attitudes toward micropaleontology thanthose in the Control group.Background and motivationThe microfossil remains preserved in sediments play key roles in determining the ages ofgeologic records, reconstructing paleoenvironments, and monitoring modern ecosystems [1–3].However, training undergraduates to identify these microfossils requires a lot of time, and moststudents are not exposed to micropaleontology in their courses, which limits the number of futurespecialists entering fields that use them [4].We developed FossilSketch [5], an interactive software that introduces students tomicropaleontology through educational videos, mini-games, and exercises focused on theirapplications in geosciences, to enable

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 12

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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researchquestions: ● Research Question 1: What are characteristics of physical and virtual spaces which enable RedShirt students to develop engineering identities? ● Research Question 2: How are spaces utilized by RedShirt students to form connections and identities in engineering? ● Research Question 3: How have the spaces in which engineering students live, study, work, socialize, and exist changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and after returning to in-person learning?MethodsData CollectionThe dataset this paper focuses on includes a total of six focus group sessions convened across threestudy sites, with each site having an initial focus group session of approximately 60 minutes to establisha baseline and provide

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark A Chapman, University of San Diego

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professionaldevelopment sessions focused on scientific communication have been developed and provided tothe IRES students during the first two years of the program. While both technical and non-technical trainings have been developed for this IRES site, the focus of this paper is to highlightthe technical training sessions since these materials were identified as an area for improvement inthe external evaluation following the program’s first year.Summary of the ProgramFollowing the open application and student selection phases, this program is composed of 3different parts: (1). Virtual Training Series: from March-May the PI meets with the selectedstudents weekly over Zoom to discuss program logistics, acquaint students with their projectsand to facilitate group

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura R. Murphy, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Thanina Makhlouf; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan

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to its practice, we constructed anarrative-based educational tool for students, educators, and practitioners. The engineer’s first-hand experiences demonstrate that to think divergently, engineers must understand systemconstraints, explore widely, seek information from many sources, take risks, seek variedperspectives, and explore multiple methods to solve problems.Introduction Exploring many options is key to developing innovative and inclusive engineering solutionsfor complex systems, diverse stakeholders, and “wicked” problems [1], [2]. However, researchhas shown that engineers often focus on finding a single solution rather than exploring multiplepotential solutions, methods, perspectives, and even problems during their problem

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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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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, Weakness,Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis presented in the paper revealed an efficientmanagement strategy anchored on the social management theoretical framework andfacilitated by the project management tool.IntroductionSTEM projects in academia are centered on science, technology, engineering, andmathematics. Some of these projects are based in one of the fields, while others cut acrossmore than one discipline. Managing such multidepartment STEM projects can beoverwhelming, complex, and challenging, necessitating effective organization andcollaboration between multiple teams and stakeholders [1]. Most such multidisciplinaryprojects are funded to drive cross-cutting knowledge acquisition and sharing, includingdeveloping tools that can be

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisol Clark-Ibanez, California State University, San Marcos

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Science Foundation (NSF, Grant #1742618). We focus on preliminary analysis on theimpact of “Fab Friday,” the centerpiece of our SSTEM program. Fab Friday was an on-campus,semester-long hackathon where our fabulous scholars worked in teams on Friday afternoonsto fabricate computing solutions for real world projects and challenges presented by communityand industry partners. CS faculty also participated as project mentors. Fab Friday was created toenhance the SSTEM Scholars’ social capital, defined as the information and resources generatedthrough one’s social relationships and social networks [1].1.2 The SSTEM Program as the Context for Fab FridayOur SSTEM program created cohorts of students who were called SSTEM Scholars. They wereselected based

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abigail L. Beck; Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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are expected to play the role of risk managers who consider and balance potentialsocietal, environmental, and economic impacts, along with opportunities for improvements [1],[2]. With the shift of the risk management paradigm in recent years, holistic views of riskconsidering the socio-economic impact of physical failures, i.e., community resilience, have beendriving studies for innovative risk management solutions in civil engineering. With such aparadigm shift, structural engineers are also increasingly called to consider the broaderimplications of the design levels they adopt for structures and infrastructure. No longer is adesign level simply selected for its technical implications but a design level should be selected inlight of the

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Community Engagement Division 4 - Cultivating Engineering Excellence through Mentorship and Humanitarian Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; Amelia Elizabeth Cook, Lipscomb University; Lewis Ngwenya, Lipscomb University; Hannah Grace Duke, Lipscomb University

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across the sub-groups. Data from two students who participatedin the questionnaire before and after participating in a humanitarian engineering project is alsopresented. From these results, the authors conclude that the sampling methods may have had animpact on the mixed significance and that further qualitative methods may be appropriate fordeeper study. For future work, the project team will conduct interviews with selected participantstoward building a model for creating inclusive engineers through humanitarian engineeringprojects.Background:This paper details part of the work of an ongoing project previously described in [1] and [2]. Theproject’s objective is to study the impact of humanitarian engineering projects (HEPs) onprofessional

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Heather Lynn Johnson; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; David C. Mays; Tom Altman

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Engineering, Design and Computing at the University of Colorado Denver, afaculty learning community (FLC) is exploring how to apply known pedagogical practicesintended to foster equity and inclusion. Faculty come from all five departments of the college.For this three-year NSF-funded project, Year 1 was dedicated to deepening reflection asindividuals and building trust as a cohort. Now, in Year 2, the FLC is focused on translatingpedagogical practices from literature and other resources into particular courses. This cohort hasexperienced some adjustments as some faculty leave the FLC and new faculty choose to join theFLC. Since this cohort continues to grow, this paper presents key features that have supportedthe FLC’s formation and then transition

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Selyna Perez Beverly, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Donald L. Gillian-Daniel

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Summer Institute Model for Engineering StakeholdersIntroduction There have been many initiatives to improve the experiences of underrepresentedstudents designed to increase their desire to pursue the field of engineering. Programs include K-12 outreach initiatives as well as STEM interventions to address issues related to interest, self-efficacy, and retention [1], [2]. However, despite these efforts, the number of underrepresentedpopulations in the engineering workforce indicates lingering disparities. For instance, within the2021 engineering workforce, women and underrepresented minorities (e.g., Black, Hispanic, andAmerican Indian/Alaskan Native) comprised only 16% of those in science and engineeringoccupations [3]. Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Kevin L. Moore, P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Jeffrey C. Shragge

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university’s newHumanitarian Engineering and Science master’s degree, in which students integrateknowledge from engineering, geoscience, and social science to solve contemporarychallenges alongside the communities they seek to serve. Our program is grounded in afunds of knowledge (FOK) approach to teaching and learning, mentorship, and studentprofessional development. Funds of knowledge are “historically-accumulated andculturally- developed bodies of knowledge and skills essential for household orindividual functioning and wellbeing” [1]. Our faculty integrate a FOK approach in theirown teaching, and students who receive the scholarship are invited to participate inco-curricular activities to support their professional development.Grounding the HESA

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Cartuche; victor R viteri; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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the role of both civil engineer and architect. In 1818 the Institute of CivilEngineers appeared in Great Britain, and it was not until 1834 that the Royal Institute ofBritish Architects was formed in the same country. The creation of these twoinstitutions gave rise to different specializations in each profession. On the one hand,engineering and structural problems and, on the other hand, design and functionalspecifications [1]. This event initiated the creation of a gap between both constructionbranches that has been growing until today so that even though both professions sharesimilar design objectives the standards experienced are different [2], [3]. Nowadays, dueto technological advances and the growth of the demand for infrastructure

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Benjamin Cieslinski, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Tala Katbeh, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hassan Said Bazzi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lufan Wang, Florida International University; Ruoying Chu; Fangzhou Xia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Zhuoxuan Li, Stanford University; Yan Wei, Southern University of Science and Technology; Yiming Rong, Southern University of Science & Tech

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addressthese challenges, we proposed a novel PBL course design methodology to involve localenterprises and entrepreneurs as course co-instructors, thereby compensating for the lack ofindustry participation in the current PBL course development efforts. The methodology consistsof five main pillars: (1) inquiry-based problem solving using practical real-world problems; (2)active knowledge construction through a multidisciplinary team; (3) situated learning throughmeaningful social interaction with a community of practice; (4) guided investigation withscaffolded instructions on research methodology and technology; and (5) prototypedemonstration with expert feedback. To test the effectiveness of the PBL course designmethodology, we performed two

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jason Ostanek, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Esteban Soto Vera

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REU (in-person, 10 weeks over summer, full-time) versus an REU delivered virtually,part-time, and over 10 months?2. Methods2.1 Study Design and ParticipantsThe study was based on an REU program at a Midwestern University. Program Participants wereundergraduate students from various engineering majors across the United States (with apreference for students enrolled at minorities serving institutions). The demographiccharacteristics of each group of students are presented below: • Year 1 REU (virtual + part-time + 10 months): A total of 15 students participated in the study, 9 females and 6 males; 11 students from minority-serving institutions (including historically black college or university, tribal college or university, and

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanko Kranov; Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

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points (referred to here as snapshots) were alsoincluded that encouraged effective project management. Students were required to review eachother’s designs, and students in the follow-on capstone course also provided feedback to theteams as their designs progressed. In this work-in-progress paper, details about the coursestructure and materials are presented, learning assessment approaches are discussed, andpreliminary assessment results from the initial offering are described.Introduction and MotivationEvery ABET-accredited engineering program is required to include “a culminating majorengineering design experience that 1) incorporates appropriate engineering standards andmultiple constraints, and 2) is based on the knowledge and skills

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Sherry Hsi, BSCS Science Learning

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experience conducting evaluation and design-based research studies in complex settings including and community- based settings. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Material Agency with Summer STEM Youth Designing with Micro:bitsIntroduction and Research PurposeIn this poster, we report results related to an NSF EEC CAREER project that characterizesframing agency, defined as making decisions and learning in the process of framing designproblems. Our past studies of framing agency have relied on discourse analysis to characterizeagency in talk [1-3]. However, this analytical approach, with its focus on talk, misses muchabout the materials in the design process, and given that design is commonly cast as

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Andrew G. Klein, Western Washington University

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cohorts of low-income undergraduate students interested inmajoring in engineering. The BEES program supports Scholars for the first two years of theirstudy at WWU. BEES program cohorts are small (12 max), and students are supported through aseries of co-curricular and curricular elements, including a summer bridge program, cohortcourse structure, multilevel mentoring, project opportunities, and social events [1].This paper focuses on one component of the BEES support elements: the summer bridgeprogram. Regarding student support structures, participation in summer bridge programs isassociated with increased retention rates among STEM [2]. WWU has an existing campus-widesummer bridge program called “Viking Launch,” where participating students

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Maeve Bakic, Boise State University; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Devshikha Bose, Boise State University

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to facilitate student engagement with the content, instructor, andfellow students. This approach leveraged the social-constructivist learning theory: a connectedcommunity of learners with classroom peers and co-construction of knowledge where theinstructor’s role is that of a subject matter expert who facilitates learning. To examine the impactof mobile devices on student learning in this two-year study (year one fall 2021 - spring 2022), thefollowing research questions were addressed, hypothesizing improvements in the areas ofengagement, enhancement of learning outcomes, and extension of learning to real-life engineeringscenarios: (1) Does mobile device use facilitate engagement in thermal-fluid science coursecontent? (Engagement), (2) Does

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Stephen M Goodnick, Arizona State University; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. (ECEDHA); Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; John C. Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University (CoE); Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; John Janowiak; Sinais Alvarado; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Wayne A Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tymia Wilson; Yeimidy Lagunas

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, partnerships only work ifthere is sufficient trust, which comes from knowledge of and engagement with one another.IntroductionThe Inclusive Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a collaboration of 21 Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) programs from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and similar programsfrom several Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), along with several industrial partners.Established in 2019, IEC aims to improve the diversity and preparedness of Electrical andComputer Engineers by fostering collaboration among its member institutions. The IEC wasborn from a successful NSF-funded project that aimed to implement Experiment CentricPedagogy (ECP) in 13 HBCU ECE programs [1]. The participants in this project realized

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 7: Partnerships Making It Real! II

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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engineering programs and professionals in theengineering workforce do not accurately represent the general population. For example, despitemaking up 50 percent of the population, women represented only 24 percent of engineeringbachelor’s degrees conferred in 2021 [1]. Furthermore, although 12.1 percent of the USpopulation is Black only 4.7 percent of engineering bachelor’s degrees conferred were to Blackstudents. Research suggests that earlier exposure in K-12 programs to STEM active learningexperiences encourages greater participation in STEM amongst women and UnderrepresentedMinority (URM) students [2], [3]. As such, it is vital that K-12 districts introduce students to andinterest students in STEM fields and careers. An effective strategy