Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida; Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

motivations for this include “accommodation” of student interests andpreferences in hopes of influencing student learning outcomes and team effectiveness, whileproviding an efficient and fair method of assigning students to project teams.3. Objectives, Assumptions and MethodologyIn the interest of understanding how team selection might impact project results in a capstonesetting, we collected and analyzed data on over eight-two capstone project teams over foursemesters. The data consisted of a combination of quantitative and qualitative parametersincluding academic performance, practical engineering experience, career interests, projectpreferences, personality, and technical skills used to assign individual students to project teamsover four

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University; Tingxuan Li, Purdue University; Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012.Hillary Elizabeth Merzdorf, Purdue UniversityTingxuan Li, Purdue UniversityMiss Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 From Standards to Classrooms: A Content Analysis of How Engineering is

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Dyreson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Corinne R. Henak, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

by year in school.By examining many different possible models from the multiple linear regression analysis, twocandidate models were selected that can provide some insight. The first candidate model is amultiple linear regression with no interaction terms (Table 5). Student major is clearly animportant consideration. The model estimates that non-majors score about nine points lowerthan majors. Also quite significant was the year term. Earlier academic career students hadabout four points higher per year modeled scores. The gender effect is not as significant but theestimated effect is four points lower for women. The cohort coefficient is the least significant.Table 5: One candidate multiple linear regression model used to describe the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juebei Chen, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 16(3-4), 377-401.[12] Forsyth, D. R. (2009). Group dynamics. Boston: Cengage Learning.[13] Wilkinson, S. (1996). The factors affecting the career choice of male and femalecivil engineering students in the UK. Career Development International, 1(5): 45-50.[14] Huang, G., Taddese, N., Walter, E. (2000). Entry and Persistence of Women andMinorities in College Science and Engineering Education. Education StatisticsQuarterly, 2(3): 59-60.[15] Takahira, S., Goodings, D. J., Byrnes, J. P. (1998). Retention and performance ofmale and female engineering students: An examination of academic andenvironmental variables. Journal of Engineering Education, 87(3): 297.[16] Stephen, M. (2007). A study into the factors that

Conference Session

Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lexie Mitchell, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

Design from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. Prior to joining Mines she spent 20 years as a designer, project manager, and portfolio manager in Fortune 500 companies and smaller firms in the Silicon Valley and abroad. She is passionate about bringing the user-centered de- sign principles she learned at Stanford and in her career to Mines’ open-ended problem solving program, and is working with others on campus to establish a broader integrated context for innovation and design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Increasing Student Empathy Through Immersive Stakeholder

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

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International

Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HQ in Paris,France in 2007 and later ran the Chemistry programme and International Year of Chemistry 2011 andthereafter the Engineering programme. The Engineering Programme is working with countries, interna-tional partners and program experts to strengthen engineering education through curricula development,hands-on training and capacity building. In line with UNESCO’s global priorities on Africa and Gen-der Equality, it focuses on women and Africa. Rovani is passionate about women in engineering andencouraging more youth to pursue careers in engineering.She previously worked at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris on a biofuels strat-egy and also at the Wuppertal Institute of Climate Change in

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Students for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Andrés Esteban Acero, Universidad de los Andes

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

-Marcos School ofEngineering at the University of San Diego is working to produce and disseminate a model forredefining the engineering education canon with the goal of developing “ChangemakingEngineers.” One of the strategies for achieving this goal is to infuse traditional engineeringclasses with new materials that address this changemaking theme. The goal is for students todevelop the same fundamental skills that they currently acquire, but to see better how these skillscan be applied to problems and situations that don’t appear in traditional textbooks. This greaterperspective will encourage some students to pursue non-traditional career paths, and other topractice with greater awareness of the impact of engineering on society.In Fall 2017

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sura Al-Qudah, Western Washington University ; Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Andrew Greiner

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

international experiences including study abroad, internships,volunteer work, and faculty-led study tours. Western faculty plays an active role in their student’slives, not only in the classroom but also through advising student groups, supporting individualstudent career aspirations, and mentoring programs. The Engineering & Design Department atWWU is a new department formed in 2014 out of the former Engineering Technology departmentas part of a state-funded effort to transition the engineering technology programs to accreditedengineering programs. The department offers five undergraduate-only programs withdistinguished faculty in each program; the Electrical Engineering (EE) program, theManufacturing Engineering (MfgE) program, and the Plastics

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priyadarshan A Manohar P.E., Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

Guidelines are imperative for undergraduateeducation and the subsequent professional career. However, due to the lack of active learningtools and the dearth of engaged student learning, software engineering education may not beeffectively delivered, resulting in non-coverage by the instructors or non-retention by thestudents of the required software engineering knowledge area. A three years NSF TUES grantawarded to the authors institute in 2013 has specifically addressed these pedagogical issues. Theproject which involved partnerships in academia and industry developed 44 delivery contacthours of new Active Learning Tools, deployed to enhance knowledge delivery and retention inSoftware Verification and Validation (SV&V), specifically in these

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado, Boulder; Barbara M. Moskal, Texas Tech University; Olivia Cordova, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

amount of ambiguity, necessary collaboration, sociotechnical complexity, andpersuasion needed: Many [of the interviewed engineers] felt frustrated because they did not think that their jobs provided them with enough technical challenges. Others felt frustrated because they thought that a different career choice might have led to a job that would enable them to make more use of the advanced technical subjects they had studied in their university courses. Many of them were actually planning to leave their career in engineering. In our research, we found that more experienced engineers, those who had stuck with it for a decade or more, had mostly realized that the real intellectual challenges in engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Princy L. D. Johnson, Liverpool John Moores University; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

career engineers to experienced engineering leaders. Someglobal technical organizations go to extraordinary lengths to develop working environments thathone the creative skills of their employees, while an increasing number of academic institutionsstrive to deliver curricula focused on creativity from a variety of perspectives. Despite these efforts,engineering professionals and academics continue to debate the best ways to embed and facilitatecreativity in engineering programs. In this exploratory study, we investigated how engineeringstudents perceive creativity and whether we could positively influence their acceptance ofcreativity as part of their leadership development. We analyzed a sample of graduate-levelengineering students’ perceptions

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

offerings. For example,Architectural Engineering was taught first by a local architect and then by our campus architect.A course on Building the High-Tech Start-up has been taught by the manager of a localtechnology incubator. And for a number of years, an Internship course was facilitated by a localengineer with a lengthy career in a prominent firm. These adjunct faculty members havebroadened and enriched the courses available not only to Engineering Studies majors but to allstudents on campus.The program is thriving, yet challenges remain. Our campus culture professes to value“integration of engineering and the liberal arts,” but as a campus, we continue to struggle with

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University; Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University; Francisco J. Montalvo, Purdue University; Jason Marion Davis

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Graduate Studies

; increased leisure time; non-sequential learning formats; movement across educational systems; increased life expectancy;increased rates of mid-career changes; new trends in occupational licensing requirements; andeconomic restraints [12]. In articulating the growth of distance education, Ferguson [12] highlightsthe distinction between what Toffler [13] called “second wave” and “third wave” civilization.Second wave “industrial” citizens, having experienced the clashes and technological developmentsthat came with the First and Second World Wars, were more inclined to accept factory jobs andseek less education beyond what was needed for the majority jobs of in the U.S. On the other hand,influenced by the list of societal changes noted above, “third

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew M. Johnson, Penn State University; Amber Cesare, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools; Gabe Knowles, Center for Science and the Schools, Penn State University; Taylor S. Wood, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools

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Pre-College Engineering Education

place-based education strategies. He also has extensive experience in environmental stewardship and education outreach opportunities with the National Park Service, such as creating STEM curriculum and education workshops for Grand Teton and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Parks. Prior to his teaching career, Gabe worked in the field of wildlife ecology with the United States Geological Survey-Biological Resources Division at the Las Vegas Field Station in southern Nevada. His primary role was a field technician responsible for supervising field crews conducting research on several studies of the desert tortoise in the Mojave Desert. This position had Gabe working remotely across rugged desert terrain in

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #21527The Third Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge: An Updateand OverviewDr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Noah Salzman, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and the School of Architecture + Design. He is the co-director of the Virginia Tech E-textiles Lab and the associate director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His research and teaching interests include wearable computing, electronic textiles, and interdisciplinary design teams for pervasive computing. In 2006 he was selected for the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Nasser Alaraje; Vincent Druschke; Mark Highum; Joshua Hooker; Mark Kinney; Scott Kuhl; Aleksandr Sergeyev

406attainment, and 5) enhance support for graduate and early-career research 10. Our approachaims to address, through short and long term goals, each of these recommendations.Educational Need: Robotics is a great tool to promote STEM fields and educators have beenmaking measurable progress toward improving STEM education from primary to tertiary levelsof education, but challenges remain. Given the current shortage of student interest in STEMeducation, increased attention has been given to the appeal and attraction of Robotics. In theclassroom, robotics can easily be used to introduce a variety of mandatory skills needed topursue a variety of STEM career paths 14-17, 22, 24. More specifically, a robotics platform advancesstudents’ understanding of both

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Identity Technical Session 13

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Mara Rempe, Seattle University; Katie Kuder P.E., Seattle University

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Diversity, Special Topic: Identity

 strategies workshops (27% versus 9%), and to seek assistance from disability services (33% versus 16%). LGBTQ+ students were more likely than straight students to reach out to family members or close friends about difficulties with school (64% versus 43%), to get advice from a mentor outside of the university (64% versus 32%), to receive tutoring (43% versus 21%), to seek help from the career center (43% versus 29%), and to seek assistance from disability services (29% versus 12%).Students with disabilities were also more likely to reach out to family members or close friends about difficulties with school (69%). While students with disabilities were also more likely than other students to seek assistance from disability services (44%), the majority

Conference Session

Cyber Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Przyborski, University of New Haven; Frank Breitinger, University of New Haven; Lauren Beck, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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Computing and Information Technology

faculty perceived their experience, and how they performed comparedto other common course sections/topics. The last two sections include discussions of thechallenges we faced as well as the conclusion and future directions.Literature ReviewWhile highly technical courses in cybersecurity are essential for students training for a career inthe field, there exists a broader need for non-majors to understand the basics of cyber dangers andprotections from them. Although all of our students regularly use the internet and may besomewhat aware of dangers and security risks, most do not know how to protect themselves andact responsibly in many online situations [13].There are arguments that courses in computer science should be considered a core science

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danielle Marie Fredette, Cedarville University; Nathan Jessurun, University of Florida

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Software Engineering Division

Work time, Wed, Sep 25 Career Fair Required attendance at the Career Fair machine learning Fri, Sep 27 Team Meeting meeting mini-project #1 Mon, Sep 30 Leadership 1&2 Professor Greatest is the Servant/Show Justice Mercy Wed, Oct 2 Agile CH 1-2 Professor Development & Begin Agility Work time, CAN Fri, Oct 4 Team Meeting meeting Mon, Oct 7 Myth 4-5 ML game Mythical Man Month #2 Design Reviews

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

in 1998 and Missouri University Science & Technology in Civil Engineering in 1999, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University in 2004. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Michigan.Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, The University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Online and Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Nevin McKirahan Jr., Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University

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Graduate Studies

, the minimum number of credit-bearing hours required toward degreeattainment is 66 (beyond master’s degree). After twenty-one years of practice and 165 graduates,the program is successful despite many administrative difficulties, built into the curriculuminefficiencies, and program procedural issues.Currently, the Consortium has 126 students, but the number of active students is less, because ofthe nature of the students. Enrolled students are allotted nine years to complete the program.Though nine years may seem a bit too long for typical doctoral program students, the averageage of students in the Consortium program is 46. Typically, these are students alreadysuccessfully engaged in careers who have decided to pursue this significant

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

S. Norma Godavari, University of Manitoba; Anne E. Parker, University of Manitoba

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Engineering Libraries

engineeringcommunication classroom. For example, we have two student teams work together on theirprojects so they can learn more about technology, on the one hand, and writing, on the other. Inthis way, we likewise encourage these students to continue to keep learning over their 30-year-long professional career.3.0 Lifelong Learning Background The goals of the information literacy components of the communication course aresimilar to those of Feldmann and Feldmann’s [6] assignment for their class, which are thefollowing: to make students aware of the rich store of information available; to help the studentslearn the basic skills needed to locate their needed information; to encourage team-basedinteraction on their project; to understand the ethics of

Conference Session

Assessing Ethics Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #30155Measuring Curriculum Effectiveness for Developing Principled Leaders inan Undergraduate Engineering ProgramDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel Dr. Greenburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps. During his military career he served in a variety of progressively responsible command and staff and leadership positions in Infantry, Logistics, Acquisition, and Human Resources; with

Conference Session

Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Russell P. Lemler, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Leadership Development

becauseleadership is fully integrated into these programs, and the perception may be that leadership isnot explicitly addressed.The context of this paper is one of these overlooked military colleges: West Point. Whether thecadets at West Point enter the Academy from enlisted service or civilian life, they are all 18-24years of age and struggle with many of the same social and societal issues of their civiliancollege counterparts. Carved into granite at West Point and memorized by every cadet, themission of the Academy is: “To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that eachgraduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Countryand prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation

Conference Session

Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Elizabeth M. Fisher, Cornell University

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Educational Research and Methods

-Regulated Learning (SRL) conceptual frameworkalong with cognition, learning behaviors, and context [10]. A key assumption of the SRLperspective is that learners can exert some control over not only their behavior, but also theirmotivation, e.g. by positive self-talk, promising themselves extrinsic rewards, or connectingcourse-level goals with long-term career goals [10]. Our curriculum intervention strategy is basedon the hypothesis that we can increase motivation by helping students make connections betweenactivities and concepts in several required courses.Motivational constructs are not fixed for a given student, but are assumed to depend on theparticular learning context. The degree to which a student’s attitudes vary between coursecontexts may

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Penn State Abington; Omar M. Ashour, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies

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Computers in Education

and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education.Dr. Ashkan Negahban, The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies Dr. Ashkan Negahban is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies. He has a PhD and MS from Auburn University and a BS from University of Tehran (all in Industrial Engineering). His research interest is in the application of agent-based, discrete event, and Monte Carlo

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia Kay Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Anna Tanguma- Gallegos, Arizona State University; Emery DeWitt, Florence-Darlington Technical College

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain more girls in STEM to make it the new norm. She has also architected SFAz’s enhanced Community College STEM Pathways Guide that has received the national STEMx seal of approval for STEM tools. She integrated the STEM Pathways Guide with the KickStarter processes for improving competitive proposal writing of Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions. Throughout her career, Ms. Pickering has written robotics software, diagnostic expert systems for space station, manufacturing equipment models, and architected complex IT systems for global collaboration that included engagement analytics. She holds a US

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

interdisciplinary career that impacts global society and daily life. 2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop process-driven problem-solving skills that recognize multiple alternatives and apply critical thinking to identify an effective solution. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to integrate math & science in an engineering context. 4. Create motivated and passionate engineering students by challenging them with authentic engineering problems across multiple disciplines. 5. Instill in students the professional, personal and academic behaviors and common competencies needed to move to the next stage of their development.The Cornerstone courses are taught in two forms to accommodate the varying needs of ourfirst-year students

Conference Session

Faculty Development Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

declared their major as S&E at enrollment, were no longerenrolled in any institution three years after their initial college enrollment [2]. These numbersindicate that students lose enthusiasm or interest in S&E somewhere between high school, whenmany are interested in an S&E career, and graduation. Further, students are aware of this, asnearly half (49%) of surveyed engineering juniors report having doubts about majoring inengineering. Retaining students until graduation is recognized as a challenge by higher learninginstitutions across the US [4]. Due to the heavy focus on content, engineering in college turnsinto a “closed club” and becomes less attractive for students to persist in [3].1.2: Predictors of PersistenceSeymour and