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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Christina McCoy P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

FabricationAbstractThis paper seeks to evaluate the challenges and successes in incorporating a beam fabricationmodule into a Concrete 1 engineering design class for Architecture and ArchitecturalEngineering students. While this class is usually taught in a lecture format, the inclusion of ahands-on activity aimed to accomplish the following goals: • Student learning about principles of flexure and shear through hands-on exercises • Engage students in course material by giving the first-hand experiences with concrete construction • Structure task to encourage competition between small groups • Prompt students to consider multiple solutions to a given problem • Involve other learning settings to give students a more well-rounded

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Star Tech: Bringing Data Science and Technologies into the Classroom

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Jinwoo An, University of Mount Union; Alan M. Hunter, University of Central Florida; Xi Wang P.E., University of Mount Union; Boo Hyun Nam, University of Central Florida ; Yong Je Kim, University of Central Florida; Byoung Hooi Cho, University of Central Florida

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Civil Engineering

platforms make them very comfortable with images and visual learning.Laptops and cell phones are constant sources of distractions, especially if course materials are largely text-based. In order to ensure that a solid understanding of concrete is achieved, course material should be moreGen Z-friendly. Due to advances in image processing and optical technology, instructors can providevisualized and example-based course materials to explain concrete now more than ever before.This study presents a visual, data-based, and engaging approach to teaching concrete. This study introducesvisuals of (1) crystals of clinker, (2) hydrates growing around cement, (3) microstructures of hydrates(hydration products), (4) Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ), (5

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NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

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Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Gian Bruno; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Sami Rollins, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. He received his Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and his B.S. degree from the University of Pune, India.Mr. Gian BrunoXornam Apedoe, University of San FranciscoProf. Sophie Engle, University of San FranciscoSami Rollins, University of San FranciscoProf. Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION, JUNE 2020 1 Engendering Community to Computer Science Freshmen through an Early Arrival Program

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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Shengyong Zhang, Purdue University Northwest; Alain S. Togbe, Purdue University Northwest

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Mechanical Engineering

real engineering problems and the mathematical concepts andtheorems learned in classes (Laplace transform, transfer functions, finite difference methods, forexample). Student feedback on these projects is positive.1 Introduction Mechanical engineering students usually complete Calculus I and II, Multivariate Calculus,Linear Algebra and Differential Equations in four or five semesters. All these mathematicalcourses are required in the program curriculum. Primary contents that students learn from thesecourses include: (1) differentiation and integration, calculus of one variable and infinite series inCalculus I and II; (2) differential and integral calculus of functions of two or more variables andvector functions in Multivariate Calculus; (3

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4

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Nandita Biswas, Washington State University; David Torick, Washington State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Societyof Mechanical Engineers [1]. From the experience of teaching this class multiple times, it wasobserved that students usually miss the connection between dimensioning and actualmanufacturing processes as a manufacturing experience is not offered until junior level. Lack ofmanufacturing experience makes it very challenging for our students to construct the knowledge[2] and make this skill be recalled throughout their career. Our undergraduate assessment continuesto show that we are not performing well in this area. This paper allows us to address the problemsthrough a virtual experience based around the success of MOOC’s [3] and literature thatemphasizes key qualities of online video content [4]. The target students in this project arefreshman

Conference Session

Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

meritocracy [1], can create conflictinginterpretations of what it means to be an engineer and even promote a culture of disengagement[2].The motivation behind this work began as we sought to incorporate exercises into ourengineering courses to help students integrate their personal values with how they envisionthemselves as professional engineers. Research indicates that sometimes the personal values ofstudents and their everyday experiences clash with the social norms and practices created byformal schooling [3]. These “cultural borders” exist for a variety of reasons and it is up to theinstructors to act as “culture brokers” [4]; thus, we continued to foster the spaces where studentscould engage in conversations that acknowledged their everyday

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Donald Jerome Hake II, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

where he worked on modeling the transient dynamic attributes of Kinetic Energy munitions during initial launch. Afterwards he was selected for the exchange scientist program and spent a summer working for DASA Aerospace in Wedel, Germany 1993. His initial research also made a major contribution to the M1A1 barrel reshape initiative that began in 1995. Shortly afterwards he was selected for a 1 year appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point where he taught Mathematics. Following these accomplishments he worked on the SADARM fire and forget projectile that was finally used in the second gulf war. Since that time, circa 2002, his studies have focused on unmanned systems both air and ground. His team

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Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

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Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Win Gilbert Bruhl, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the 21st century, creativity will grow in importance.”1 Thesewords were written in 2004 as the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) described what theyenvisioned of the engineer of 2020. The NAE includes creativity as one of six “engineeringhabits of mind” that successful engineers must develop, in addition to mastering technicalcontent (the other five are systems thinking, optimism, collaboration, communication, and ethicalconsiderations).2 As the third decade of this century approaches, the indispensable nature ofcreativity for engineers is evident; calls for developing creative and innovative engineers havebeen made.The 3rd Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge published by the American Societyof Civil Engineers (ASCE

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Jessica Taylor, Iowa State University; Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

resources, health and human rights crises, andmore – require complex, multi-faceted solutions [1], [2]. As such, developing these multi-faceted solutions requires a multidisciplinary approach. Policy-makers and leaders,communications and community developers, scientists and health-care professionals,economists, engineers, and many other disciplines must all come together if there is to be hope todevelop workable and sustainable solutions [3]. Leaving the problem definition and solutiondevelopment in the hands of anyone of these groups alone will not suffice [3].The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define the 2030 global agenda forstrengthening universal peace for people, planet, and prosperity. Established in 2015, the 17SDGs and 169 targets

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting; Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation; Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Michael A. Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

served in the 2018-2019 school year. The intended number of scholars was 8, yet only 6were awarded based on quality of applications. Table 1 below highlights the actual and plannednumber of ambassadors by cohort between 2018 and 2023. Number of Applicants Number of Ambassadors Year Cohort Who completed their Expected (# Selected in application parentheses) 2018-19 1 52 8 (6) 2019-20 2 47

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Nelson Fumo, University of Texas at Tyler

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Mechanical Engineering

careers. Two groups/cohorts have beenthrough this approach (of a sequence of courses) so far. The results suggest that the approachmay have better results than working in a senior design project without the previousexperience/knowledge gained through the approach presented in this paper. Results from thesetwo groups/cohorts also suggest that the interest the project generates in the students is a keyfactor for the overall goal of the approach.IntroductionIn 2008, using data collected by the National Survey of Student Engagement, George Kuh [1]examined several educational practices thought to be high-impact in terms of the benefits theyoffer students. One of the practices highlighted was the capstone or senior project, which utilizesmany of the

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Joseph F. Camean P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

poignant isthat too much of our industrial, infrastructure, transportation and military components are nowforeign sourced. Our domestic development and production capability is being forfeited onaccount of engineering research culminating as no more than paper.The acceptance of paper solutions as an academic R&d end game has led to development andproduction increasingly occurring outside the U.S., where our academic work products aredeveloped, scaled, and put into production overseas [1]. The National Science Foundation(NSF) report to the President and Congress The State of U.S. Science & Engineering 2020 [2],contains some ominous warnings relative to the state of our national science and engineeringenterprise, which states

Conference Session

Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

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Lara Cristina Perez-Felkner, Florida State University; Chelsea D. Shore, Florida State University; Tarik J. Dickens, Florida A&M University; Mingchia Dawn Yang, Florida A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

methods, and process development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Engineering Resilience through Research Mentorship:Manufacturing Pathways to CareersWithout comprehensive systems change, the entrenched stratification of engineering byrace/ethnicity and gender will not be meaningfully remedied [1, 2]. The STEM labor systemcontinues to entice and attract underrepresented groups and communities to invest energy andtime into fields that have been and continue to resist change, argue Scott and Elliot [3]. Pawley[4] interrogates the engineering education research base to assert the importance of shifting to anintentional centering of the voices and experiences of women and underrepresented groups, to

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 3: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

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Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta; Lianne M. Lefsrud P.Eng., University of Alberta; Fereshteh Sattari; John Donald, University of Guelph

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Engineering Management

professional skills in undergraduate and graduate studentsbetter preparing them for their future roles in a world demanding sustainable solutions.1. IntroductionEngineering education must equip graduates with an understanding of the role ofengineering in society and the complex interactions of engineering designs with theenvironment, people, organizations, and society. To support the educational developmentof engineers equipped for this complex environment, program accrediting bodies, such asthe Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), have introduced a broad array oftechnical and non-technical outcome-based graduate attributes (Appendix A). In thispaper, we argue that sustainable design and sustainable operation of complex systemsrequires

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2-Year College Division: Transferring and Smoothing Transitions

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus B. Bartels, San Antonio College; Charles Chris Navarro, The DoSeum

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

San Antonio Children’s Museum [1]. It presents the development,implementation, and results of this project, which is included as a component of a freshman-levelIntroduction to Engineering course. Initially, the museum’s Education Coordinator requested ourhelp to develop thematic toys and games to teach visiting children various physics concepts. Thisevolved to align with the re-development of The DoSeum into a STEM center during the pastdecade. The project starts with the museum education team, the “customer,” presenting toengineering students the physics concepts they need addressed as well as the aesthetic, technical,and safety requirements of the project. Each student engineering team chooses a physics conceptto design and build a toy or

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First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

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Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shannon M. Clancy, University of Michigan; Richard Olaf Blorstad, DeMatha Catholic High School; Ryan Reinhardt; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; L. D. Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

Architecture from the University of California.Prof. L. D. Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engineering State of Mind Instrument: A tool for self-assessmentIntroduction Undergraduate student recruitment and retention in engineering continue to be animportant topic in higher education, especially as it relates to diversity and inclusion. In 2016about 45% of freshmen indicated they planned to major in an S&E field (up from about 8% in2000); [1]. While the number of degrees awarded in the STEM fields has increased steadily inthe past 10 years, only 16% of bachelor’s degrees awarded were engineering degrees. Best practices (i.e

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 4

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Oscar Sanchez-Mata, McGill University; Mathieu Brochu, McGill University; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Diversity

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Materials

-related positions: he was the Research Officer on electron beam welding and freeforming of aerospace materi- als at the NRC-IAR-AMTC, and Post Doctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. He is leading research projects in two main fields: (1) additive manufacturing and joining of advanced materials, and (2) high heating rate sintering processes. He received several distinctions, including the ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers (2009), the METSOC Brimacombe Award (2011) and the AAC Donald I. Johnson Award (2014).Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago,Chile Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Qiushi Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Design in Engineering Education

and their self-regulated learning skills washighlighted.Introduction In engineering education, researchers have exhibited increased interest in students’epistemological thinking in their development from novices to competent engineers[1]-[5]. Prior research suggested that students’ design experiences had positiverelationship with their epistemological development [6]. Also, extensive experientiallearning experiences in engineering courses positively influenced students’ intellectualgrowth [7]. Senior Design Projects (SDPs), as culminating, comprehensive design experiencesfor engineering undergraduate, are believed to bring about many learning outcomesamong engineering students, for example, independent thinking, critical thinking

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Yang Yang, Kansas State University; Bette Grauer PE, Kansas State University; Jennifer Renee Thornburg, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, retaining engineering students in the first two years of college is acritical issue when the attrition rate has been persistently high. 1, 2 In this study, we looked at onetool that has been widely used to help first year students and sophomores succeed in challengingcourses in universities, i.e., supplemental instruction and peer tutoring. 3-5In an earlier study we examined the effectiveness of a peer tutoring and supplemental instructionprogram in the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, a large Midwestern land grantresearch institution. This free tutoring program called Scholars Assisting Scholars, SAS, wascreated to increase the retention rates of first and second year engineering students. SAS wasimplemented as a part of an NSF

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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Barbara L. Christe, State University of New York; Scott C. Dunning, University of Maine

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Engineering Technology

prior to the self-study due dateA pivotal part of preparation for a visit is the engagement of faculty in the process. Theidentification of tools that can motivate instructor contributions to the preparation efforts may becritical to success. The use of faculty workshops, incentives, and one-on-one consultations maybe valuable, incorporating strategies identified in the work by Bern, et al [1].ABET on-site review requires samples of student work and course materials, typically textbooks,assignments, and exams. Since some courses may be taught only once per year, planning isgenerally required to gather the display materials. Policies and procedures may not specifyexactly which courses must be documented or how much material is required. However

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NSF Grantees: Student Thought

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Andrew Olewnik, State University of New York at Buffalo; Randy K. Yerrick, State University of New York at Buffalo; Manoj Madabhushi; Rachith R. Ramaswamy, State University of New York at Buffalo; Yonghee Lee, State University of New York at Buffalo; Hala Alfadhli, State University of New York at Buffalo; Amanda A. Simmons, State University of New York at Buffalo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

his assessment that engineering students are often not preparedfor problems common in practice because they are not adequately exposed to the different typesof problems, nor the varied technical and non-technical aspects of engineering problem solving,during their education.Based on first hand observation, the work of Jonassen [1–3] and other researchers investigatingthe nature of engineering work [4] and novice versus expert problem solving [5], we believe it iscritical that students be given both opportunities to practice solving ill-structured problems and areflective framework and language representing the different types of problems encountered byengineers to help them in unpacking and translating those experiences to other

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford; Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Paul E. Slaboch, University of Hartford

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Materials

further develop students’ technical writing skillsthroughout the semester by introducing a three-part strategy: (1) Focused instruction time –Allocating select times throughout the semester to focus on one section of lab report; (2)Reviewing samples as a group – determining which samples or attributes of samples wereeffective or ineffective; and (3) Peer review – Students reviewed each other’s lab reports andgave feedback. The goal of focused instructional time and reviewing samples was to allowstudents to improve their writing skills by focusing on one section of lab report at a time, andthus learning the writing techniques more effectively. The peer-review part of the strategy wasdesigned to draw students’ close attention to quality of writing

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NSF Grantees: Student Development

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Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Qing Duan, University of Cincinnati; Jacinda K. Dariotis, University of Cincinnati; Mark Crocker, University Kentucky

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

preferences of trainees, and overlooks theincreasingly interdisciplinary and international nature of research [1], [2]. Traditionally, mostgraduate training tends to follow a model that lacks synergy and faces common challenges acrossdisciplines, such as student mentoring relying on a single adviser [3] and the lack of training forboth mentors and mentees [1], [4], [5], [6]. In addition, graduate training is also challenged bythe fact that the skills students need are self-evident to advisors but rarely communicated tostudents, producing suboptimal results [7], [8]. Indeed, graduate programs tend to employ a one-size-fits-all approach that undervalues the diverse learning experiences and cultures of students[9]. Furthermore, there are issues

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Design Graphics

second language acquisition in programming languages, flipped classroom, and virtual training. She is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Enhancing Learning of Engineering Graphics through GamificationIntroductionGeneration Z, who were born after 1997 are the majority in today’s college classrooms ([1]–[3]).Comparing to millennial predecessors, they grow up immersed in technology, regularly playvideo games, have an even shorter attention span, and prefer engaged and interactive learning([4]–[7]). As college professors, how do we face challenges posed by tech-savvy Gen Zers andengage their learning using new

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Understanding Student Behavior and Experiences

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Arif Mohaimin Sadri, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

the function of network agents. Thisdistinctive interdependence has important consequences on the robustness and resilience of realnetworks as they respond to random failure, targeted attacks or any other external perturbations[1]. This has emerged in the domain of Network Science that provides an interdisciplinaryperspective to the study of real networks having complex, irregular and versatile topology [2-4].This knowledge of the coupled dynamics between network structure and function has manifoldapplications in various fields including infrastructure systems, supply chain and logistics, biology,social and financial systems, information and communication networks, and many others [3, 5, 6].This joint association of network structure with the

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13

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Perihan Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; Stephanie L. Wendt, Tennessee Tech University; Jeremy Wendt, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET

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Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Biswajit Biswal, South Carolina State University; Eugene Kennedy, Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

findings presented in this paper maybe used by interested parties involved in STEM curriculum. IntroductionThe benefits of active learning have been supported time and again in the literature [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9]. By comparing student learning gains in introductory physics courses, Richard Hake was able to showthat interactive courses were over two times as effective in promoting conceptual understanding ascompared to traditional ones [6]. Freeman et al. reported results from 225 studies across STEMdisciplines, comparing traditional lecture to active learning [5]. In general, students’ average examscores were shown to improve by around 6% in active learning classes. Additionally, students

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

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Afshin H. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Materials

Materials is an important foundation course for several engineering andengineering technology programs such as Mechanical and Civil Engineering and EngineeringTechnology. Over the past 18 months, the author has developed and taught a set of LaboratoryExperiments for this class at Purdue University Northwest (PNW), using a range of differentlearning and teaching methods, to enhance and improve the student learning in this coretechnical course.Laboratory experiments, using different methods, have been employed and examined to enhancestudent learning. Development of Virtual Reality (VR) experiments has received NSF supportand several VR experiments have been developed for on-line or physical delivery [1] [2] of theStrength of Material courses. Also

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima, Old Dominion University ; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

quality, andhaving relevant knowledge, skills and abilities. The gain in the teamwork effectiveness did notdiffer across majors, with both UES and PST showing similar gains. A noticeable positiveincrease in student attitudes towards the task was also observed between the midway and the endof the project. Findings from this study provide some preliminary evidence that an innovativeinterdisciplinary service learning experience partnering engineering and education students wasconducive to the development of teamwork skills.Keywords: teamwork skills, service learning, interdisciplinary teams 1. IntroductionTeamwork skills have an unquestionable value in both academic and professional settings. In theacademic environment, engaging in collaborative

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 4

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Blake Herren, University of Oklahoma; Ryan Cowdrey; Weston Scott Sleeper; Colin Bray; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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Materials

mechanicalengineering programs, in most instances, without demonstrating the connection of concepts andapplications [1-3]. Most undergraduate curricula of mechanical engineering programs emphasizehow well students can solve textbook questions of a single topic, without deeply understandingthe connection between various courses and fundamental engineering concepts. Althoughengineering curricula are well-designed and highly structured, a few research studies have reportedthat students who successfully completed the engineering education still faced challenges duringthe college to career transition [4, 5].In the last two decades, significant efforts have been focused on the development, implementation,and application of novel additive manufacturing technologies