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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; A.M. Aramati Casper, Colorado State University; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Christina Paguyo, University of Denver; Jody Paul, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Ronald R. DeLyser, University of Denver
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
to consider a wide variety ofusers. A second assignment addressed the need for psychological safety [2] in teams via a casestudy of the NASA Columbia disaster. A third assignment had students watch TedX talks relatedto why diversity makes teams smarter and reflect on how the students should consider diversityin teams as a strength and a highly desirable quality. Existing activities and documents aboutteam norms, team compacts and conflict resolution have also been updated and refined to set amore inclusive tone in these classrooms.Activities to teach students about diversity within the engineering or computing contextThis portion of the project has focused on developing activities that fit within technicalengineering or computing courses
Conference Session
Interest & Identity
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College
Tagged Topics
Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Engineering Ambassadors reflected on student learning andtheir own practice after each presentation. The EAs responded individually to a six-questionopen-ended survey (Appendix C). Responses that were general in nature are displayed in Figure3.Figure 3. Engineering Ambassadors’ General Reflections on Lesson PresentationsBriefly describe Which part(s) Which part(s) Which part(s) What will you What your lesson of the lesson of your lesson of your lesson do to make that knowledge went really will you do the will you change? and/or skill well? same? change
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Maya Rucks, Clemson University; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
factoranalysis (CFA) were performed to determine that five of the original items should be removedfrom analysis and six of the new items should be kept. The EFA and CFA lead to the threesubscales of (i) Generation & Evaluation, (ii) Reflection, and (iii) Impulsiveness/Lack of Process[5].A subsequent, third refinement of the DMCI (DMCI 3.0), is underway. Four items were added tothe Reflection subscale to show more of the learning phase of the Self-Regulated Model ofDecision-Making. Responses from 983 first-year engineering students are being analyzed withan EFA and CFA. Preliminary results suggest removing from analysis one additional item fromthe original instrument, seven items that were added to DMCI 2.0, and one item added to thisiteration in the
Conference Session
Track: Special Topic - Social Justice & Reform Technical Session 4
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Celina Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Camille Birch, University of Washington
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Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform
techniques to design solutions for diverse user groups.3. Propose approaches to promote social justice in science and engineering practice.4. Critically evaluate claims about the science of human difference and reflect on how these scientific theories have been used to promote or fight inequality. Gunnarsson, Birch, and Hendricks. 2019 CoNECD Annual Conference.Learning ObjectivesPlease see handout for complete list5. Evaluate the positive and negative impacts of science, engineering and technology on marginalized groups.6. Identify how scientists and engineers handle implicit bias during research and design processes.7. Recognize social justice issues in your community and field of study, and feel empowered to affect
Conference Session
T2A: GIFTS - Session A
Collection
2019 FYEE Conference
Authors
Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College
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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission
of themethodology and a thorough discussion of the results and are formally addressed to the campusFacilities staff.Through this activity, students familiarize with skills and concepts that will be further developedin upper level engineering courses, aiming to increase their curiosity to learn more aboutparticular engineering subjects, and expand their interest in developing and using technology toaddress problems that have a direct impact on the community, and resonate with their personalinterests. At the end of the semester, students reflect on the project, contemplating perspectivesfrom diverse engineering fields and roles. Feedback from student evaluations indicates that theyenjoyed developing their teamwork skills while working in
Conference Session
T2C: GIFTS - Session C
Collection
2019 FYEE Conference
Authors
Kurt M Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College
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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission
area of the project that connectswith their academic goals. Students must navigate an assessment objective with competingfactors. A low-stakes (3% of final grade) competition includes several conflicting factors:project cost, vehicle speed, trajectory accuracy (straight-line travel), load-carrying capacity, andpercentage of reusable parts. Students record and reflect on the struggle of balancing cost andreusability against performance goals. Should the car be light and fast, or focus on carrying alarger mass and reliably following a straight line? Should they invest in expensive remote-control car wheels or use old CDs?The higher the percent of the reusable cost (ratio of cost of reusable parts to total cost), the bettertheir performance score
Conference Session
T2B: GIFTS - Session B
Collection
2019 FYEE Conference
Authors
Kurt M Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College
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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Paper Submission
their individual strength profile, they can make their work more enjoyable andthereby achieve improved outcomes. Students become more effective at communicating theirtalents on resumes and in cover letters. They also share their personal reflection on strengthswith their faculty advisors and others, which makes it easier for those mentors to write powerfulreference letters and personalized guidance. The exposure to Strengths Finder in theIntroduction to Engineering course, enriches the student experience across all four years and intotheir professional life.References[1] T. Rath, StrengthsFinder 2.0, New York: Gallup Press, 2007.[2] R.A., M.L. Loughry, M.W. Ohland, and G.D. Ricco, G. D. “Design and validation of a web- based system for
Conference Session
Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology I
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jose M. Garcia, Purdue University; Brittany Newell, Purdue University; Erika Dawn Bonnett, Virginia Tech; Jorge Andres Leon-Quiroga, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
(Computational fluid dynamics), fluid power, and vehicle dynamics. In August 2017, he started with his doctoral studies at Purdue University. Currently, his research interests are hydraulic hybrid vehicles, and vehicle dynamics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work in Progress: Making Connections Between Applications and TheoryThrough Energy in Fluid PowerAbstractThis work presents the introduction of an of activity designed to help students enrolled in a basicfluid power course for the second year of the Mechanical Engineering Technology at ourUniversity. The students reflect on their own learning experience of energy in the context of afluid power class (hydraulics and pneumatics). This
Conference Session
Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia
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Manufacturing
, he investigates best ways to expand cutting edge technologies to the workforce. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Critical Thinking in Manufacturing Engineering Education AbstractAccording to A.B. Steyn, engineering education cannot be solely based on memorization andtechnical calculation. It is imperative that the engineering students develop critical thinking skillsfor better understanding and reasoning of problems they may face professionally in the future.Critical thinking is the process of conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/orevaluating information obtained by observation, experience, reflection, reasoning
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eliza A Banu, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
by performance goals focus more on the optics of lookingnot-smart or performing poorer than their peers. Research has shown that students’ goal orientationhas implications towards their academic performance [3]. Besides goal orientation, some researchershave proposed that the how students approach study reflects on their cognitive engagement withacademic material, and may affect their performance in school [3].The Students Approach to Learning (SAL) theory proposes two major levels of cognitive processesthat characterizes students approach to studying: surface-level strategy approach and deep-levelstrategies approach [4]. Surface approach to studying is associated with rote memorization and thereproduction of facts, without making any deep
Conference Session
Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kacey Beddoes; Rachel Miriam Vriend Croninger, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
discussion of the advancement of EER. More broadly, identifying such boundaryknowledge can facilitate new understanding of how the social construction of knowledge occursin interdisciplinary fields beyond engineering education. As a first step toward these largerobjectives, we review relevant literature and outline our participants as well as our analytic plan.BackgroundDisciplinary-specific norms reflect a field’s priorities and values, as well as assumptions aboutwhat qualifies as rigorous, trustworthy, or quality scholarship [1]. The ramifications ofdisciplinary normativities include which methodologies are widely endorsed, which questionsare investigated, and what is considered knowledge. As such, these normativities set theboundaries of a
Conference Session
Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jason Tedstone, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
of criticalthinking (Chinn et al. 2014). Both the broad term of critical thinking and the more niche term ofsystems thinking share similar meanings of thoughtful analysis or analytical reasoning, and callto mind King & Kitchener’s Reflective Judgement Model (King & Kitchener, 1994, 2001, 2004),a stepping stone between the cognitive development research started in the 1970s and morerecent epistemological research. This researcher argues that discovering the epistemic beliefs offaculty and the ideas being disseminated to students in their chemical engineering classroomswill prove useful in the field of chemical engineering education as well as related academicfields concerned with systems and critical thinking.TheoryResearch preceding
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Yue Liu, Arizona State University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
conceptual understanding of design).Making Thinking Explicit through Concept MapsModels of design are prevalent in textbooks and literature [4]. Once in action though, designpractitioners often synthesize and adapt their own experiences and learning into a mental modelof their design process. Engineering students demonstrate their design prowess and designlearning through either the creation of an artifact, or the documenting and reflection on theirengineering design process, or some combination of these. As design educators search for ameans to understand and evaluate what design learning may more faithfully look like, the notionof a spectrum of varying types and representations of individual students’ design processunderstandings has arisen
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
reflect thecurrent state of the profession’s identity. BOKs are dynamic, and must be systematically distilledand monitored as collection of activities and outcomes representing a profession’s most currentvalues, constructs, models, principles and instantiations. This monitoring entails continuousdiscovery and validation work by members of the profession with a goal of self-reflection andreproduction of the profession [6]. BOKs, then, are competency taxonomies that are specific butinclusive; updated and refined, i.e., “curated,” as profession changes; and guide, but not dictate,professional education, professional learning, and assessment. Professionals are not meant tomaster the breadth of the competencies in a BOK, but focus on the depth of
Conference Session
Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Storytelling And Utopia AsResistance To Marginalization Of African American Engineers At A PWI Chanel Beebe April 2019 WATCH AND REFLECT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD2o6soOe1I How did that make you feel? What stuck with you? What did you see? Key pointsEducation should prioritize active learning and embodied knowledgeEducational opportunities are different for different groups of people Marginalization exists AGENDA• My Story• Background of Project• Phase 1 and Phase 2• Phase 3• Summary of Findings• Recommendations• TakeawaysPROJECT BACKGROUND: MY
Conference Session
Track : Special Topics - Identity Technical Session 8
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Stephen Secules, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Cassandra J. Groen-McCall, Virginia Tech
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Diversity, Special Topic: Identity
understanding was further underscored in an ASEE Distinguished Lecturesession that I organized with Matt King, Facebook’s lead accessibility engineer. As he told meabout his transition into his blindness, he rhetorically asked me, “What do you do with thesighted blind kid?” His simple question validated my own feelings and experiences of trying tomake sense of my new identity. I often feel compelled to tell my story when asked about my research because of theirintertwined and reciprocal nature. As part of a community that is simultaneously sighted andblind (as reflected in the group’s emerging use of the hashtag: #itscomplicated), I recognize thatthe seemingly simple labels of blind or disabled are highly nuanced and context-dependent
Conference Session
International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne A. Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
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Diversity
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International
and old-age dependency, however, is evenmore revealing. Figure 4 below [1, p. 6] reflects this combined dependency on the working agepopulation. From the below figure, two lines in particular are worth noting. In the year 2020, thetotal dependency ratio, as a measure of the burden on the working age population, is 64. Meaning,in the year 2020, there will be two dependents for every three working age adults. The combineddependency ratio, with the elderly population taking a higher percentage of the total dependencyratio, increases steadily through 2060, the last of the current estimated years. This dependency is,again, a reflection of a slower growing population, a declining fertility rate and a generally agingpopulation
Conference Session
Engineering Design for Elementary Students
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Pre-College Engineering Education
roller coaster fora local amusement park in 60 minutes. Their interaction was videotaped and pictures of theirdesigns were captured. We have analyzed the video data video analysis approach based on thecodebook we developed by reviewing literature on problem scoping. The instances that we haveseen in mom-child interactions and conversation provided evidence that the child with autismwas capable of engaging in all three actions of problem scoping. The behaviors we haveobserved were mostly associated to Problem Framing and Information Gathering. However, wehave seen some evidence of Reflection. We believe, that the findings of this study laysfoundation for future studies on children with autism and engineering design, and how toeffectively engage
Conference Session
ERM Technical Session 11: Leadership and Collaborations in Engineering
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gemma Henderson, University of Miami; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Ines Basalo, University of Miami; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
recognize the existing efforts of educators and fostertheir curricula and scholarship ideas. A series of three workshops were conducted in 2018 byvisiting educators engaged in engineering education at both two and four-year HSIs. Before,during, and after the workshop series, attendees were asked to reflect on three guidingeducational philosophies: intrinsic motivation, students as empowered agents, and designthinking. Thirty-six engineering educators from thirteen HSIs from across the Southern UnitedStates participated in one of two, two-day workshops where attendees prototyped examples ofhow they would implement these philosophies at their home institution. Using these prototypes,participants identified the assets they already had and resources
Conference Session
New Developments in ECE
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Arthur Ball, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Creating a Climate of Increased Motivation and Persistence for Electrical and Computer Engineering Students: A Project-Based Learning Approach to Integrated LabsAbstractThis work in progress studies the impact on students and faculty and their perceived value ofintegrating project-based labs with lectures on student learning in a
Conference Session
New Developments in ECE
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Zoe Nemerever, University of California San Diego; Paul Andreas Hadjipieris, University of California, San Diego; Sheena Ghanbari Serslev; Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of California, San Diego
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Electrical and Computer
and watching the pre-lecture videos, andstudents who took the tests and/or watched the videos. The final exam grades and the surveyresults were used as the assessment tools for analyzing the effectiveness of the new componentsadded to the course and the revised structure of the course in the Spring quarter. Additionally,instructor reflections on the process of revising the course from Winter to Spring quarter areprovided in this paper.Literature ReviewThere has been an ongoing effort to improve engineering instruction and create learningexperiences that echo practical skill-sets in the field (Felder et al., 2000). Accordingly, there hasbeen a breadth of research that examines various teaching methodologies in the discipline. Toframe this
Conference Session
Engaging Community through STEM partnerships
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Community Engagement Division
is characterised by the use of realworld problems as a context for students to learn critical thinking skills and problem solvingskills and to acquire knowledge of the essential concepts of the course.” In fact, it has beenshown that learning to apply theoretical principles is much better done when given real problemsand hands-on activities in projects [​2​].Overall, PBL has been described as ‘reflecting the way people learn in real life’[​11​] and lendsitself as a teaching strategy that leads students to ‘learn to learn’ and encourages students todevelop critical thinking and problem solving skills that they can carry for life [​12​]. The goals ofPBL include fostering active learning, interpersonal and collaborative skills, open inquiry
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
concepts and techniques.However, a major portion of teaching still takes places in classroom settings. Educators adoptvarious pedagogical practices, teaching-aids, and technologies to engage students in learningthe course contents effectively within the controlled environment of classrooms. In ideal classsettings, an instructor should be able to reach out to all students regardless of their learningstyles. These learning styles could be sensory, intuitive, visual, verbal, reflective, active,sequential and global as defined in the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) classification system[1] - [5].Active and hands-on learning in environmental engineering is not new. More recently, theauthor has been involved in multiple studies focused on promoting
Conference Session
Mechanics Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Mechanics
engineers capable of working in both the social and technical dimensionsof contextualized, open-ended problems [6]. Wisnioski, a historian of engineering studies,reflected in his 2015 editorial that, while calls for engineering education reform towards “global,economic, environmental, and societal context” [7] have been existent since as early as the1920s, “each wave of reform has come with incomplete efforts to establish institutional rewardsthat value such historical and contextual work.” [8] However, since Wisnioski’s editorial, muchprogress towards contextualization has been made in the engineering community, largely in partdue to support from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and theNational Science Foundation (NSF
Conference Session
PCEE Resource Exchange
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Milton Johnson, Bioscience High School; Allison Wolf; Xavier A. DeLeon, QESST; Mayra Ramos; Meredith Marie Morrissey, Mountain Pointe High School; Alyssa Johnson, Kyrene School District; Scott Richard Currier; Lauren D’Amico
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Pre-College Engineering Education
grade, 3 hours): Working in small groups, studentscreate a solar scribbler and use the engineering design cycle to refine their STEAM design basedon a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, (i.e. Build, Test, Reflect, Refine, Repeat). For the entire set of lesson instructions and materials, please click here.This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) under NSFCA No. EEC-1041895. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect those of NSF or DOE.
Conference Session
First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University ; Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Jeremy Clinton Schwartz, West Virginia University; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University
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Diversity
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First-Year Programs
engineering can beexplored.MethodsStudy contextIn fall 2017, students in a total of eight sections of a common first-year engineering course tookfour surveys throughout the semester and were taught by three distinct instructors. Eachinstructor had an equal number of intervention (four sections, n =116) and comparison sections(four sections, n = 137).The students in the intervention sections participated in multiple activities, which are describedsubsequently. Table 1 shows when each of the activities occurred throughout the fall term.Table 1. Activities and Timeline Activity Week of Semester Dean’s Talk and Reflection Questions 2 Teamwork
Conference Session
PCEE Resource Exchange
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Christine Nguyen, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh
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Pre-College Engineering Education
-on engineering design challenges in the modules. During thisprocess, the phenomenon is also mapped to NGSS to ensure that material would be appropriate for a middleschool teaching environment.Hands-On Activities. Each module included hands-on engineering design challenges for the students toperform while working through the associated phenomenon. During these activities, students are required towork in pairs, which facilitates an environment conducive to learning through collaboration and integrativecomplexity. Additionally, after each section of the modules, students are required to reflect on their ownreasoning, which challenges them to compare their misconceptions about a concept before the module and theirfindings after the module
Conference Session
M1C: WIP - Readiness and Professional Development
Collection
2019 FYEE Conference
Authors
Bonnie S. Boardman, University of Texas, Arlington
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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission
really good lesson for the class. The class talked about how she should havespoken up more during the team part of the exercise and how she hurt her team by not doing so.This allowed everyone to see both the power of the team and also the importance of eachindividual on the team. Thank goodness for that one high scorer!Another of the activities was an escape room type exercise. Escape rooms are physical games inwhich teams must solve a series of puzzles or challenges using clues, teamwork and strategy tocomplete all objectives. In the developed escape room, teams were given a time limit in whichto successfully complete all objectives.Students were required to complete a reflection after each team building activity. This reflectionserved to bring
Conference Session
ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Adurangba Victor Oje, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Peter H. Carnell, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
reflects the ability to bounce back from adversity and unfavorable conditions.Previous studies have shown the importance of resilience to succeed in the workplace, as well asacademic career. Being resilient is particularly significant in engineering programs; encouragingstudents to develop resilience may be a key catalyst for academic improvement and subsequentcareer success.While the literature pertaining to academic resilience is well-developed, there are not manyinstruments that measure the construct. With a focus on engineering students. The current studyexamines the structure validity of the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS -30). Participantsincluded 113 engineering students enrolled in an engineering class who completed an onlinesurvey of the
Conference Session
Biomedical Division Postcard Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steven Higbee, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis
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Biomedical Engineering
approaching a design problem orproject. Students’ self-reflections of design confidence before and after each project werecollected. Students were also asked to rate how worthwhile and how enjoyable they found eachproject using a reflection grid [16].Results and DiscussionDemonstrating Knowledge of Engineering Design Process: Students engaged in each projectdemonstrated knowledge gains of the BME design process (Table II). Specifically, both projectshelped students identify components of the FDA waterfall diagram (p < 0.005) and apply themappropriately. Students in the 200-level course made gains in identifying design specifications (p= 0.028), whereas students in the 300-level course showed increased knowledge of designrequirements (p = 0.014