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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethani Cogburn, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rachel Saunders, University of Cincinnati; Stephanie Galloway; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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concretes and incorporation of wastes and c ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIGURED WORLDS OF HIGH ACHIEVING, LOW INCOME ENGINEERING STUDENTSBackground The ongoing lack of diversity in engineering fields has been described as both: a) acritical issue with a detrimental impact on the United States’ ability to compete with globalinnovation [1] and b) a systemic issue that excludes certain groups of people from opportunitiesfor economic mobility and job security [2]. Historically excluded groups, including women,Black/African Americans, Latino/Hispanic Americans, and economically disadvantagedindividuals, continue to be in

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack Saylor Priske, Wartburg College; Britta Solheim, Wartburg College; Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Cristian Gerardo Allen, Wartburg College; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Jonathan D. Phillips, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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working on technical training and engineering projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Countries where he has worked include Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. In addition, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in engineering education for the department. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Influence of Role Models on Students’ Interest in STEM (Work-in-Progress)IntroductionSTEM fields drive our nation’s economic growth and competitiveness with new innovativetechnologies [1]. In a projection, it was estimated that from 2019 to 2029 STEM

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Fitzpatrick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: A Pilot Study on Faculty Perceptions of the Impact of COVID-19 on Undergraduate Engineering Student ReadinessIntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread school closures across all levels, beginning inMarch 2020. Since then, K–12 schools and higher education institutions across the globe havebeen forced to alter their content delivery in order to maintain safe learning environments andcomply with local, state, and federal regulations [1]. During 2020 and 2021, many K–12 schoolsand higher education institutions implemented virtual learning, lost critical instruction time, andwere unable to cover the same amount of content as a typical pre-COVID-19 school year [2

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qian Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU); Biying Wen, Liverpool University; University of Liverpool

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have been considered as masculine fields.Despite long-standing initiatives to improve gender equity in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field, the underrepresentation of women has persisted[1]. Studies show that although there has been an increase in women earning PhDs incomputer science and engineering, the percentage of female faculty members has notincreased as much [2]. One possible reason could be that demands to publish and teachstudents have created challenges for female faculty of STEM to balance between work andfamily [3]. If such assumption is true, this reality indirectly but undoubtably have pushedback boundaries of the traditional ideology regarding women’s family and work roles andresponsibilities [4] and

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Supporting Students with Disabilities and Understanding Spatial Ability and Accessibility

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Searle, Utah State University; Daniel Kane, Utah State University; Natalie L. Shaheen; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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and lower spatialawareness as a result of the effects from the COVID-19 pandemic.Introduction The ability to represent, manipulate, and transform mental imagery has often beendefined as spatial ability [1]. Research has shown that students with higher spatial ability tend toperform better in both STEM educational settings and STEM occupations [2]. Furthermore, weknow from previous research that spatial ability is something that can be improved upon overtime through the implementation of interventions and/or training [3]. These findings highlightthe importance of assessing spatial ability for future performance predictions, and also for theimplementation of effective interventions and/or training for increasing spatial ability

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey; Kim E. Pearson, The College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, The College of New Jersey

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in coordination. The instructors, goals, and outcomes of each course aredistinct, but the courses are connected by a science-focused project that is developed through anactive collaboration with a community partner. Over the past three years, we have conducted pre-and post-testing of 571 students at a primarily undergraduate institution in 30 courses todetermine whether students who completed a course-based CAB project experienced growth inscience literacy.Among the participating courses are: Database Systems (6 sections), Software Engineering (6sections), Electronics (1 section), Environmental & Biotechnology Systems (1 section), andFundamentals of (Civil) Engineering Design (1 section). Paired sample t-tests determined thatstudents

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Luis E Montero-Moguel, The University of Texas, San Antonio

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of inferior educationalopportunities through organizing and activism in the U.S. Southwest primarily [1-3], educationaloppression and school failure for Latinos/as/xs has been marked by institutional processes thathave led to detrimental outcomes – particularly deficit thinking [4-6]. Even though deficitthinking has not been widely explored in engineering education research, there is a growing pushfor asset-based perspectives [7-9].Despite the resistance of the Mexican and Mexican American communitie in the U.S. Southwest(one of the areas with the largest proportion of Latino/a/s students) against unfavorable policiesthat have negatively impacted their educational attainment, the borderlands continue to have “thelongest and most pronounced

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Amy Richardson, P.E., Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Hamidreza Taimoory, Virginia Tech; Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech

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the Transfer Student Pathway: Findings from an S-STEM-Enabled PartnershipBuilding partnerships between community colleges and four-year institutions has been identifiedas a cost-effective strategy for academically talented low-income students to earn a bachelor’sdegree [1]. What often happens, however, is that the onus is placed on the community college tosupport students through the transfer pathway with much less engagement by the four-yearinstitution during this process [2]. Funded through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF)Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)program, the Virginia Tech Network for Engineering Transfer Students (VT-NETS) project hasfocused on improving

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harpreet Auby, Tufts University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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

, labs, and discussion sections [1], [2]. LAs also attend a pedagogy seminar where theylearn about responsive teaching and active learning. Previous research has investigated LAs’impacts on improving undergraduate courses and student outcomes [3]. Studies related to LAsand their impacts on social justice have focused on applying quantitative critical race theory toevaluate the impact of LAs on reducing learning gaps between dominant and historicallymarginalized students [4] and on classroom equity [5]. A greater understanding of LAs’conceptions of status and how they navigate dismantling status differences in the classroomwould support this work.This study utilized thematic analysis [6] to characterize how LAs construct the idea of statuswithin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Maher, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; John Kevern, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Jacob M. Marszalek Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea; Carol Nicole Pflum, Longview Community College; ANTHONY WEISS

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challenged this assumption and forced us to recognize obstacles constraining theMCC-UMKC transfer partnership. To gain systematic insight into these obstacles, the KCUREprogram’s external evaluator interviewed MCC and UMKC project stakeholders. The purpose ofthis poster paper is to identify the obstacles that have shaped, at times tacitly, our MCC-UMKCengineering transfer partnership. In doing so, we hope to encourage other two- and four-yearengineering education transfer partners to pause, name, and creatively seeks ways to addressobstacles to their engineering transfer pathways.Contextual BackgroundInitiated in 2020, our S-STEM program links two Midwestern area higher education institutions:MCC and UMKC. Program objectives are to: (1) increase the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Gregory Mason P.E., Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University

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, therelative levels of difficulty as seen in retrospect, how educative they are to us, and the potentialfor others to make use of the activity. This paper summarizes these activities in each of the fourareas of change. We then describe our audit process and briefly present the results of theseactivities.Project BackgroundThe theoretical background that guided us throughout the project remains unchanged; hence, thissection combines content from our previous ASEE NSF Grantees papers [1] - [5] to summarizeour project background.Identity influences whom people think they are, what they think they can do and be, and whereand with whom they think they belong [6] - [9]. People’s identity shapes the experiences theyembrace; reciprocally, those experiences

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Labrie, Northern Virginia Community College; Christopher Russell; Antarjot Kaur

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total of 14,644 jobsat data centers themselves, with 45,290 additional positions with affiliated industries (e.g.,consulting, construction)[1]. The jobs created as a result of these investments will offer a highaverage salary at entry levels ($62,500), which compares favorably to starting salaries for collegegraduates with a 4-year degree in Virginia [2][3].However, despite the high wages associated with these jobs, institutionalized pathways to datacenter careers do not exist. In 2020, 50% of data centers report “significant difficulty findingqualified candidates for open jobs,” up from 38% in 2018 [4]. Employers report that the sector islargely invisible, with low levels of public familiarity with data center careers. LowUnderrepresented

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary V. Villani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Lisa Cullington, National University

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college,public institution in NY State. Participants participated in a pre- and post-conference survey todetermine the perceived impacts. Participants were also surveyed one month and eight monthsafter conference attendance to determine longer-term impacts. The study findings demonstratethat women computing majors felt an improved sense of belonging and academic self-conceptafter attending the conference. Students felt more optimistic about their ability to connect withpeers, faculty, and industry partners and their ability to persist through the computing degree.Implications for institutions and research are also discussed.1. Introduction and BackgroundFarmingdale State College (FSC) is a four-year commuter college with approximately

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karina Ivette Vielma, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio

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engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Analyzing the Needs of Engineering Teaching Assistants: Examining Hidden Deficit IdeasIntroductionThe lack of preparation of graduate students for the professoriate has been documented bydifferent scholars [1, 2]. It is well known that graduate education prepares students to pursuedifferent career paths [1], but a large majority of engineering graduate students will followprimarily corporate and industry positions while a small percentage will chase faculty careers[3]. According to Choe and Borrego [3], doctoral international engineering students are morelikely to pursue an academic career. Nonetheless, it

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University

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group meetings, we develop deep, contextualized, andnuanced understandings about how diverse SVSM participate, persist, and produce professionalidentities in engineering.Research plan work is guided by two research questions (RQ) and sub-questions: 1. How do SVSM participate and persist in undergraduate engineering education? a. How do personal and professional assets combine to create SVSM community cultural wealth in engineering? b. How do SVSM negotiate educational structures to participate and persist in engineering? 2. During their undergraduate engineering education, how do SVSM produce engineering identities? a. How do SVSM experience transitions

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S. London, Virginia Tech; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Virginia Tech; Nicole Adia Jefferson, Virginia Tech

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Brown students’ access to engineering education and careers. This executive summarypresents insights about the second year of the study and is organized around threetopics—project overview, year 2 research activity summary, and looking ahead to year 3.MOTIVATIONBroadening participation efforts aims to transform those who can access opportunities toparticipate in engineering by targeting individuals historically excluded from it. However, Blackand Brown students’ participation in engineering at all levels remains stifled [1]–[5]; theexclusionary culture and practices ingrained in engineering is part of the reason for this persistenttrend [6]–[9]. As a result, there is a growing demand for scholarship to advance ourunderstanding of how to enact

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alaine M Allen, Carnegie Mellon University; Darlene Saporu; Elisa Riedo; Shelley L Anna; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Douglas, The Johns Hopkins University; Nathalie Florence Felciai; Neetha Khan, Carnegie Mellon University; Jelena Kovacevic, New York University ; Stacey J Marks; William Harry Sanders, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah "Ed" E. Schlesinger, The Johns Hopkins University; Yao Wang; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charlie Díaz, University of Pittsburgh; Nelson O. O. Zounlomè

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establish collaborative partnerships that address 21st century societal grand challenges, promote entrepreneurship, and educate the next-generation workforce. Its primary goal is to conduct purpose-driven research and education that create actionable results that will have tangible results throughout the economy, including those for the underserved. As DPI’s first full-time director, I have moved the institute from vision to reality while engaging a diverse set of stakeholders. During the 8 months that I have served as interim director, I have 1) built strong faculty support and engagement (including ˜1000 faculty across our three system universities), 2) built strong support and engagement with the Chicago business and

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Awatif Amin, Johnson C. Smith University; Suryadip Chakraborty

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demonstrated the appropriateness and efficiency of machine learning by usingAI models to enhance decision making prediction and pattern recognition. In addition, usingan open-source tool like RapidMiner unified the methodology of the entire data scienceprogress from data mining to machine learning/AI and predictive modeling. “RapidMiner, aleading enterprise AI platform for people of all skill levels, announced that it has beenrecognized as a Visionary in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science andMachine Learning.”. [1]The worldwide pandemic caused by coronavirus has painted the general picture of minoritygroups are at more risk to be infected with COVID-19 and account for a disproportionatenumber of deaths. [2] Under the circumstances of the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra J McCall, Utah State University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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revealed exclusionary and oppressive structures within oureducational systems (e.g., Simmons & Lord, 2019), studies have expanded the scope ofbroadening participation scholarship to include the representation and experiences of individualsbelonging to other marginalized groups such as those of low socio-economic status, members ofthe LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities, among others shown in Figure 1 (e.g.,Cech & Rothwell, 2018; Haverkamp et al., 2019; Mobley et al., 2019; McCall et al., 2020b;Smith & Lucena, 2016). This body of work is relatively new, and while we are gaining afoundational understanding of how academic systems impact the recruitment and retention ofdifferent student groups in engineering, more work is needed

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Anabel Mederos; antonio delgado

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computing pathways, particularly in the CC space and for a diverse student population.Key objectives for the project have included developing and implementing a 9 creditinterdisciplinary AI certificate at the CC level, creating initial entry points to AI (e.g. bootcamps,workshops), and coordinating mentoring and other support activities to build engagement. Grantstaff are also making significant progress related to the AS and BS degrees, as one of theobjectives of the grant is to secure and provide a basis to establish the AS and BS.As part of this National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the institution is working on thefollowing areas: 1. Provide industry-based professional development for MDC faculty to develop and pilot AI courses, and

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elena Filatova, CUNY, New York City College of Technology; Yu-Wen Chen, New York City College of Technology; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

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presented findingsshow the trends in courses enrollment, passing, failing, and withdrawing from the courses. Inaddition to a core three-course sequence, the project examines the general department retentionnumbers.1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on college enrollment across the United States.“Enrollment reductions were largest among black and Latinx students” [1]. This work presents ananalysis of how COVID-19 affected the enrollment numbers in City Tech in general and at theCST department in particular. The CST department offers three degree programs: an Associatedegree (AAS) in Computer Information Systems, a Bachelor of Technology degree (BTech) inComputer Systems, and a Bachelor of Science degree (BS) in Data Science

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raul Mishael Sedas, University of California, Irvine; Mizuko Ito

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Development: A Case Study of Ego-Centric Network Analysis of RelationshipsIntroduction Unfortunately, it is not unexpected that young individuals who belong tounderrepresented and marginalized communities have limited access to a diverse network ofresources that support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education,especially in areas like coding, innovative engineering, and project-based activities that areemerging. Studies on informal education outside of schools [1]–[3] have acknowledged thatthese learning environments can foster involvement in STEM, and their continuous programsacross various settings, such as home, libraries, youth clubs, and museums, can be essential ininitiating and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veronica M. Catete, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Isabella Gransbury; Marnie Hill; Devin Jean; Brian Broll; Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt University; Tiffany Michelle Barnes; Shuchi Grover

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students as they try out computing courses in theirhigh school pathways. Our aim is to increase the interest and career awareness of CS for highschool girls so they may have an equitable footing to choose CS as a potential major or career.IntroductionAfter previously piloting three innovative computer science modules developed specifically forhigh school audiences, we drew from our prior findings to develop and implement the fourthmodule, Software Engineering (SE) [1] [2]. For our module design framework, we usedproject-based learning and expansive framing in order to situate software engineering in ameaningful context for the desired audience [3] [4] [5] .Module DescriptionThe SE module challenges students to address a local or community problem

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn Y. Stevens, WGBH Educational Foundation; Joshua Littenberg-Tobias, GBH; Ranida McKneally, GBH; Ethan Cayko

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engineers and other STEM professionals.However, despite the increasing need, there has been declining interest in pursuingSTEM-related careers [1]. Given the rapid growth of available engineering jobs and the shortageof talent or motivation to fill these roles [2], it is imperative to develop new approaches forincreasing the interest of a broader range of students to fill these roles.One way to enhance participation in engineering is to expand the participation of historicallyunderrepresented populations (e.g., women, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous groups). Anothergroup that is often neglected is rural students. Although over six million students are enrolled inschools serving rural communities, these students are a relatively unexplored group in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald P. Visco Jr., The University of Akron; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, American Society for Engineering Education

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children. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing a National Framework for Recognition of Engineering and Engineering Technology Faculty Instructional ExcellenceBackgroundMore than 100 years ago, a former president of the precursor to ASEE (SPEE) made thefollowing call “The time is ripe for [teachers] to prepare themselves expressly to teach inengineering colleges.” [1] While progress has been made over the last century, such progress isbest characterized as localized and minimal, especially in the US.Outside of the US, frameworks exist to recognize faculty professional development in teaching.For example, such systems exist in the UK [2], Scandinavia [3], and Australia [4

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabrina Lynette Strong-Nasabal, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lara Hebert, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Meagan C Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu

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the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A former m ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in progress: Developing and creating affective knowledge spacesfor teachers as advocates for social justice and equity in informal STEM (poster)AbstractBroadening the talent pool in STEM fields starts with increasing social justice and equityfor racially minoritized undergraduates and women. While the demand for STEMworkers and high-earning wages provides an excellent opportunity for upwardsocioeconomic mobility, women and people of color remain significantlyunderrepresented in most STEM fields [1], [2].Centering middle

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn C. Brown, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Zackary Tyler Hubbard

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additional communitycolleges and four more MEPs. While the development of a digital badge was not one of theproposed deliverables of the TRACKS-CN grant, working collaboratively, network membersdeveloped a micro-credential to help meet the goals of the ATE project.According to Hunt et al. [1] , micro-credentials offer a number of benefits, including: flexibility(can be earned at the learners pace), cost efficiency (lower cost and fewer barriers to participate),competency (learners develop and demonstrate competence in a skill or knowledge area), andcollaboration (micro-credentials allow content to be easily shared among educators). Whilemicro-credentials have become accepted in some fields, such as Information Technology [2] andin some sectors, such

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadear Ibrahim Hassan, Texas A&M University; Luis Angel Rodriguez; Abheek Chatterjee; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

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connections between how biological information is represented (e.g., figures,terminology specialization, and age-based reading levels) versus the ability of an engineer (andespecially a student) to produce successful bio-inspired designs is critical. This paper reviews apreliminary classroom study that sought to understand 1) how the source of biologicalinformation impacts resultant ideation success, 2) how the form of the biological representationinfluences resultant solutions, and 3) what the critical characteristics of a biological inspiration’srepresentation are for it to be successfully transformed into an engineering idea. The long-termgoal is to understand critical characteristics needed for successful knowledge transfer from non-engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yiyi Wang; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Fatemeh Khalkhal

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experiencespromote learning, technical communication, metacognitive ability, social-technical thinking, andother skills. However, little is known about how teamwork informs or is informed by students’engineering identities. Understanding the connection between teamwork and the engineeringidentity of diverse students, especially among underrepresented groups, enables instructors tocreate inclusive teaching and learning environments. Such learning environments improvestudent performance and promote interest and recognition, which are crucial to a student’sprofessional formation.Funded by the Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) program of the NationalScience Foundation, our project aims to (1) depict teamwork experience through the behaviors

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Angela Beatrice Warren Lichauco, University of Illinois, Chicago; Anastasiia Rozhkova; Diana Diaz

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community.IntroductionIn this paper, we provide an update for the years 2019-2023 to the implementation of the EarlyResearch Scholars Program (ERSP), developed at the University of California San Diego, to ourinstitution, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The program, funded by the NationalScience Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, was designed to supportretention of students from marginalized backgrounds in the field of computing especially duringthe second year of their major [1].Currently, the project at UIC is in its fourth grant year, having served four cohorts of students since2019. The program has served majority women or non-binary students and continues to strive forrepresentation of minoritized students in the fields