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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Muhammad Asghar P.E., University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Jeremy Michael Olivar Hill, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati

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progress made in implementing FYE2.0 to date and discusses plans for the future.1.0 BackgroundFirst-year engineering programs (FYE) are a common way for students to be introduced to theengineering profession. [1]. FYE programs typically include one or two introductory courses on avariety of topics. The content of FYE courses can include any combination of topics such as design,communication, professional skills (e.g., teamwork, leadership), and engineering specifictechnology/tools (e.g., MATLAB, CAD) [2]. Fostering interactions between first-year studentsand faculty/upper division engineering students have been shown to aid in the retention ofengineering students. The goals of FYE programs are typically: • Provide FYE students with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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electric and autonomous vehicles, advancedbatteries, power storage, microgrids and smart grids, and carbon removal initiatives will all beenabled and made more efficient through the use of IoT applications. The present version ofSmart Phone technology, 5G, is being driven by M2M applications as contrasted with previousgenerations concerned with higher data rates. Already, plans to implement 6G smart phonetechnology by the end of this decade are taking shape and being driven by notions of how MLand AI can be used to enhance the system. Emerging Wi-Fi 7 standards are also being influencedheavily by IoT communication needs. All of these trends give rise to the flourishing of cyber-physical systems that have relevance to things like the electrical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debapratim Ghosh, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Samuel Harford; Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign

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participated in the study through an online survey.The survey was based on modified instruments from previous studies, specifically tailored toexamine academic major selection, rather than career decision-making.Survey InstrumentsThe online survey was developed leveraging 6 different survey instruments: 1) Career DecisionSelf-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDSE-SF) [7][8], 2) Career Decision Making OutcomesExpectation (CDMOE) [9], 3) Career Exploratory Plans or Intentions (CEPI) [10], 4) CareerExploratory Survey: Environmental Exploration (CES-EE) [11], 5) Career Thoughts Inventory(CTI) [12][13].The Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDSE-SF) [7][8] is a comprehensive surveyinstrument, consisting of 5 questions that use a 5-point rating scale

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech; Alan R. Kallmeyer, North Dakota State University; Holly Hermine Erickson, West Fargo Liberty Middle School

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the teacher approaches lesson plan designcreating more meaningful, engaging, and authentic learning experiences for their students. Sincethe majority of the school systems in the upper Midwest are characterized as rural, a uniqueaspect of this program is the focus on this demographic of teacher. To create the largest possibleimpact in a rural educational community, this program selects participants who are the only mathor science teacher in their school building. In addition, each in-service teacher works alongside apre-service teacher in NDSU’s mathematics education or science education program. Thisprovides a valuable experience for both the in-service and pre-service teachers while engaging ina collaborative experience. Having completed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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, and engineeringclasses in order to demonstrate their potential to succeed in engineering. Applicants submit abrief essay describing their interest in the program and why they think they are a good candidate,along with a recommendation letter from a faculty member. CLEAR Scholars remain in theprogram through their sophomore, junior, and senior years, provided they remain in engineeringand maintain a GPA of at least 2.5. The sophomore year was chosen as the starting year ofintervention because many existing campus efforts promoting student success and retentionfocus only on the first year, and resources for career planning are targeted primarily at juniorsand seniors, leaving second-year students an invisible population receiving the least

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen H. Hu, Westminster College; Clifton L. Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.

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institutions as they adopted POGIL by providingprofessional development, curriculum resources, and regular mentoring by experienced POGILinstructors. All 13 instructors plan to continue to use POGIL in their IntroCS courses.IntroductionProcess Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a pedagogy that organizes students inlearning teams to develop both content knowledge and process skills (e.g. problem solving,teamwork, and written/oral communication). Compared to most other active learning strategies,POGIL is more explicitly constructive because of the way its activities are designed andfacilitated. POGIL uses an explore-invent-apply learning cycle [1] by incorporating models(e.g., figures, tables, equations, code snippets) and a sequence of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Arkansas Tech University

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. Table 2: Selected REU participants’ survey results (in percentage) Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 TotalOverall experience: Excellent/Very Good/Good 67/22/11 64/27/9 55/36/9 64/27/9Interested in going to grad school: 67/33/0 73/18/9 46/54/0 62/35/3increased/same/decreasedInterested in research career: increased/same/decreased 78/22/0 64/27/9 64/36/0 68/29/3Highest degree planned to obtain: 44/56/0 36/55/9 36/64/0 42/55/3increased/same/decreasedAlthough the overall satisfaction/impacts are almost same in the three years, REU participantsthemselves realized significant improvements in different aspects in different

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech; Alan R. Kallmeyer, North Dakota State University; Holly Hermine Erickson, West Fargo Public Schools

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opportunities to help them further develop effective teaching strategies. Andtaking into consideration that these teachers may be the only STEM teacher their students havewhile in that school building, these teachers have significant influence over the educationaldevelopment of their students. Many of these teachers have 5-7 different class preparations aday with only one planning period. Teachers may struggle to implement and sustain effectiveteaching practices when policies and assessment methods need to be modified due to theadoption of new standards, such as with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics andNext Generation Science Standards [2] – [4]. During the RET program, teachers focused on theagricultural aspects of STEM education in order

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State university; Steven K. Ayer, Arizona State University; Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Christina K. Lam , Arizona State University

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. Ayer and his team can be found at www.ETBIMLab.com.Dr. Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno Wei Wu, PhD, LEED AP, GGP, CM-BIM, A.M. ASCE, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management in Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Built Environment and Equipment Engineering from Hunan Uni- versity in China in 2004, Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management from University of Oxford in the UK in 2005, and Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Construction and Planning from Univer- sity of Florida in 2010. Currently, Dr. Wu teaches courses in Construction Graphics, Design Build, BIM for Construction. Dr. Wu’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Misty L. Loughry, Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University; Frank Luchini; Siqing Wei, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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, Purdue University Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing teamwork skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Mr. Frank

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy A. Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Erin Elizabeth Bowen, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Carlos Alberto Castro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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Heavy Maintenance Representative for ASERCA airlines in Venezuela. In August 2002, Carlos received his Masters in Aeronautical Science, with a Management and Safety Specialization, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Carlos joined the Embry-Riddle NEAR Lab team in June 2003 as a Simulation Analyst, specializing in the Total Airspace and Airport Modeler (TAAM) simulation soft- ware. Carlos is currently the NEAR lab Project Manager. His duties include project lead and simulation support for different projects. He also is a simulation specialist for software such as TARGETS, SDAT, and TAAM. In addition to his NEAR Lab duties, Carlos is an Airport Planning and Design instructor for the College of Business at ERAU

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; R. Jamaal Downey

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manifests differentlybased on each team member’s positionality.Second, we planned to develop a transformative learning experience for engineering facultycentered around the role Whiteness plays in engineering education to co-construct ways todevelop critical consciousness. Critical consciousness allows an individual to understand theirown world more deeply while enabling them to intervene in their own reality and take actionagainst oppressive elements [6]. Originally, the development, implementation, and assessment ofthis learning experience (Years 2-4) took the form of a faculty development program in which werecruited and grouped engineering faculty from all over the nation. Data collected from thisfaculty development program would have included

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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-phase research agenda and an education plan. The first phase of theresearch agenda involved developing a conceptual model of student navigation [2] to guide theforthcoming stages of the project. The second research phase consisted of conducting semistructured interviews at one institution to develop an understanding of the role of identity instudent navigation. The final phase of the research agenda, which is upcoming, involvescollecting semi structured interview data from other institutions to develop an understanding ofthe role of context in student navigation. The education plan involves disseminating researchfindings via workshops, as well as developing an SJI to increase alignment between students andpractitioners around the utility of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lu Xiao, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Yu Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences); Andre Benjamin Bondi, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Eman Abdullah AlOmar, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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. Part 0: Project Planning: Students begin by creating aGantt chart outlining project tasks, timelines, and dependencies. Part 1: Requirement Analysis:Next, students study the MRTD specification 2 and project requirements, identifying ambiguitiessuch as unclear performance metrics. Part 2: Implementation and Unit Testing: students developand test the encoding and decoding algorithms. They adopt test-driven design, mocking forhardware and database components, and apply mutation testing to gauge how thoroughly their testsuite detects potential errors. Part 3: Performance Measurement: The students then measured howefficiently their algorithms handle large inputs containing 10,000 MRTD records, one encodedand one decoded. They record execution times

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

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STEM education. Teachers were recruitedfrom diverse school districts and regions, provided with room, board, and a stipend, and engagedin research, training, and curriculum development activities. They received instruction on anddiscussed topics of ethics, with an emphasis on science, technology, and engineering, developedlesson plans, and created posters showcasing their integration strategies. The participants alsointeracted with other E3 groups to explore best practices in engineering education. This paperdescribes the teacher selection process, program structure, and key outcomes, including ongoingdiscussions to assess the integration of ethics into their curricula. Lessons learned from thisexperience will inform future efforts to enhance

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Vikram Singh, Miami University; Fazeel Khan, Miami University

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program or from an undergraduate to a graduate program, by providing multiple curricular pathways and developing new bridge courses. ● Ensuring successful completion of S-STEM scholar's academic degrees by developing a holistic S-STEM scholar recruitment plan with academic support, faculty mentoring, learning communities, and various enrichment programs towards successful completion.Offering Multiple Curricular Pathways for Higher Degree Attainment: The singularlydistinctive feature of this project is the development of a multi-tier curriculum plan, whichextends from recruitment to new A.A.S- CIT A.A.S- METpathways for selected scholars fromAssociate Degree level to a Master's

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Entrepreneurship

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bahram Roughani, Loyola University Maryland

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project is measured by the quality of the prototypecreated, ability to adhere to a project timeline, quality of the written project report anddocumentations, the oral presentation, and the team project portfolio. Future plans includeleveraging concept map to assess the impact of the whole course as well as the “UserInnovation” module on students’ perception and attitudes about entrepreneurial mindset.Acknowledgement: Support for this work is provided by the National Science Foundation'sIUSE program under Award No. 1624882Introduction:Preparing STEM students for the knowledge economy requires combining technical andtheoretical knowledge with the 21st-century skills. These have typically been defined ascommunication, collaboration, critical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Kenyon M Richardson; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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teaching practices by engineering faculty islimited (e.g., [4]). Our own research confirms these findings at the University of Michigan (U-M,a large, public research university) where we recently observed a random sample ofundergraduate, lecture-based engineering classes and discovered that the use of active learningand effective student questioning was surprisingly low [2]. To achieve wider adoption ofeffective teaching practices at our college of engineering, we are working to develop aninstitutional change plan. This paper describes one part of that change plan: a series of facultyfocus groups we conducted to explore factors that influence faculty motivation to adopt effectiveteaching practices.We use the Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT, [1, 6

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; M. Golam Faruk, Prairie View A&M University; Latha Vasudevan, Texas A&M University

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present work were renewable energy and alternate energy.Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest public institution of higher learning in the stateof Texas and a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), has been systematicallydeveloping its capability through addition of equipment and personnel resources to supportnuclear engineering and radiation safety education and research. With the collaborative effortsand leveraged funding PVAMU developed course curriculum and a state-of-art nuclearinstrumentation and detection lab to facilitate undergraduate research. The first phase of thecomprehensive energy laboratory development plan is completed. This phase has covered themajor steps to involve the students in learning the basic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; William Stark, Macomb Community College; Joseph L. Petrosky, Macomb Community College; Douglas A. Fertuck, Macomb Community College

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continuing education areas.Mr. Douglas A. Fertuck, Macomb Community College Doug Fertuck is the Assistant Director for Automotive and Energy Programs at Macomb Community College. He is currently focusing on managing grant programs involving future automotive propulsion systems. One of several such grants is from the National Science Foundation for the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology. During his 35 year career with General Motors, he held a number of executive positions in Global En- gineering, North America Truck Engineering, Purchasing, and Product Planning. As an independent business adviser and counselor, he has helped many companies refocus their efforts on their core compe- tencies using simplified and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Rutwik Dehade, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

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Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the progress made in the first two years of a five-year NSF ER2 (Ethical andResponsible Research) project on ethical and responsible research and practices in science andengineering undertaken at a large public university in the southwestern United States. Overallobjectives of the project include: 1) conduct a survey of incoming freshmen college students toassess their ethical research competency and self-efficacy at the beginning of their tertiaryeducation and during their senior-level capstone course; 2) evaluate the ethical researchcompetency and self-efficacy of university students and identify any significantly contributingfactors to develop an intervention plan to improve their ethical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satchi Venkataraman, San Diego State University; Dustin B. Thoman, San Diego State University; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jose E Castillo, San Diego State University

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experts.Perspectives of our Students in Computational ScienceThe current SSTEM program admitted its first cohort in fall semester of 2020. In the midst of thepandemic and being restricted to virtual meetings, the first year was focused on providingacademic and emotion support for students, and building a cohort through virtual meetings, andprofessional development. In addition to lectures/discussions about academic planning, careerexploration, time management, mental health and wellbeing, we also developed activities to helpstudents understand the opportunities and challenges in interdisciplinary careers, particularly forinterdisciplinary computational scientists. We developed two activities that year that wecontinue to use., The first was a series of three

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres L. Carrano, Auburn University; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID); Matthew M. Marshall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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between reading level and written content.It is difficult for traditional, mainstream classroom approaches (e.g., lectures) to utilize morethan a few of these at any time. A benefit of the experiential, laboratory-based approach is that itenables the use of more of these principles than can be incorporated into a typical classroomsetting.(iii) PDCA Method: The problem solving methodology employed in this work was Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA), an approach that has been widely adopted by industry and popularized byToyota. PDCA is a legacy from quality guru W. Edwards Deming decades ago. The componentsof an A3 problem solving report are: 1. Identify the Problem [Plan] 2. Document the Current State

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Liusheng Wang, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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received question prompts during problem solving performed significantly better thanthose who did not receive question prompts, because question prompts could prompt students tomake meaningful and intentional efforts to identify relevant factors; help them organizeinformation and plan the solution process; assist them in articulating their solution process;evaluate the selected solutions, and compare alternatives for the most variable solutions. 25Davis and Linn also found that reflective prompts supported knowledge integration andencouraged reflection at a level that students did not generally consider. 26 Reflection helps toconnect metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive control. 27 Reflection prompts helpedstudents to self-monitor and study

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Pamela Renee Lockwood-Cooke, West Texas A&M University; Audrey Meador, West Texas A&M University

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welcomed; (ii) engage students from different backgroundsto learn about each other and come together to solve computational problems; (iii) to strengthenthe communication between students early on in their computing experience and student who arerelatively new to the field of computing. This paper will discuss the design of inclusively themedHackathons, the logistics involved during planning, the execution, the challenges faced, and theimpact it created to broaden the participation of underrepresented, underserved, andunderprepared community college students in computing related activities.IntroductionHackathons have grown in popularity as a venue for computer enthusiasts and aspiring inventorsto network and realize their ideas. Hackathons are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Elizabeth Ann McNeela, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Thomas Tran, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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pilotstudy indicates our curriculum’s potential to introduce students to engineering and its related careerpaths. The pilot also provided insight to the method of surveying used and justified for us the use of aretrospective survey in a full scale planned study. This program may serve as a pathway to engage adiversity of students in robotics and engineering leveraging new materials and applications.IntroductionGender disparities persist across engineering disciplines. This is especially true in traditional disciplinessuch as mechanical engineering (MechE) and electrical engineering (EE) [1]. Nationwide, ~15% and~14% of undergraduate MechE and EE degrees are awarded to women, respectively [2]. Alternatively,bioengineering and biomedical engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

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coordinators to centralize informational resources including support activities (e.g.tutoring, workshops, etc.) and opportunities (e.g. research opportunities, internships,scholarships, presentations, etc.). It also houses resources for the technical writing module andinformation on student enhancement plans and professional development funding. Thedevelopment and implementation of personalized student enhancement plans (SEPs) which allowprogram participants to identify long-range plans and set associated short to long range goals insupport of these plans is one of the primary aspects of the program (Kunberger & Geiger, 2016).Originally implemented for upper level students, the activity has been expanded to all programparticipants for this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University; Julia Yoo, Lamar University; Dorothy Sisk; Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Xianchang Li, Lamar University; Xinyu Liu, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University

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certificates. The program assessment was led by the assessment specialist,an associate professor of teacher education at LU. Teacher participants found the researchexperience with their mentors beneficial not only to them, but also to their students according toour findings from interviews. Also, sharing newly acquired knowledge by forming learningcommunities among teacher participants was mentioned as a benefit of this RET program. Theresearch mentors will visit their mentees’ classrooms to see the lesson plans being implemented.In the spring of 2018, the teachers will present their refined curricula at a local teacherconference and submit their standards-aligned plans to teachengineering.org for other K-12educators to access. 1. Introduction

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University

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formulate, solve, and properly tacklemultidisciplinary problems.Particularly, this paper addresses the effectiveness of combined virtual and physical hands-onactivities in students’ learning which was infused in the capstone senior design project. Seniordesign projects are open-ended and are similar to the research that scientists perform toward amore comprehensive understanding of nature or new scientific knowledge. As a reinforcedlearning methodology to greatly assist students’ reasoning and problem-solving skills, virtuallearning was first integrated at the planning stage of their projects. This approach is in contrastwith the typical senior design courses where only limited resources are available for planningexperiments. Using virtual learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Elzomor, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Chelsea Mann, Arizona State University

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integration across courses within CCEM curriculum. The goal of introducingsustainability concepts is two-fold: to enhance undergraduate students’ interest in andunderstanding of sustainability by engaging them in real-world sustainability projects; and toprovide students with necessary knowledge for advancing a career in sustainability withinCCEM. The PBL framework is developed and implemented at "Arizona State University" between alower-division construction management course, Construction Materials, Methods andEquipment (CON252) and an upper-division/graduate cross-disciplinary course between civilengineering course, sustainability, and planning, Urban Infrastructure Anatomy and SustainableDevelopment (CEE 507). CON252 focuses on the building