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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda, Austin Peay State University; Ravi C. Manimaran, Department Chair, Engineering Technology, Austin Peay State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

and deliverables of the project are clearlystated in advance to keep students informed. The objective of this project is to incorporateIndustry 4.0 skills and knowledge to the students in addition to learn the methods to stay currentin industry. The project deliverables are (1) students will present their work to the rest of theclass, and (2) submit a reflective paper on their experience. This paper will discuss the setup ofresearch problems, survey results of the student experience before and after working on theproject, and summary of findings on the student experience from the reflective papers. Reflectivepapers serve as a tool both to summarize the student experience and for continuous improvementin the context of this project and future

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Evaluation, Assessment, & Performance

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Aaron Wood, P.E., The Citadel; Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

reflection implementation asks students to submit initialattempts at the homework problems to earn credit for completion. Then the students use aninstructor-provided solution to check and correct their work, also for completion-based credit.Alongside the dual submission homework problems, students may develop their metacognitiveskills by completing short reflections on their learning. To increase student responsibility forcontent mastery in a junior-level course, initial submission with immediate assessmentimplementation asks students to check their own work without granting credit for corrections. Ina senior-level course, an auto-graded with rework submission implementation gives students anopportunity to earn 100% credit regardless of initial

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Realff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sydney Mae Ayers; Julianne Latimer; Lily Sullivan; Clara Blue Templin

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

classes was lower than that for students in small classes(Figure 3).Figure 3: Response rates for large classes (1,079 students in six sections) was lower than those of smallclasses (15-20 students per section).Students were asked to rate their agreement with six different statements.Statement 1: The pre-work prepared me for the in-class discussion.Statement 2: This session equipped me with a defined and common language by which a team could discuss the various skills and strengths of different members.Statement 3: This session aided my ability to discuss team strengths and skills with a view to developing specific and helpful strategies for my team.Statement 4: This session helped me to reflect on past team

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Billal Tamer Gomaa, Penn State University

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Diversity

-lifeexamples of physics principles being used. The text will be split into subsections based on thefirst unit of an “Introductory Physics II” course, which covers topics such as lenses, parallax,reflection, refraction and vision. The paper is meant to supplement course content and lessonobjectives. The paper aims to approach the applications from a student point-of-view and presentinformation in a compelling and digestible manner such that it can be understood by members ofa variety of disciplines. The paper is being written to honorize the introductory physics II courseand to further passion for the medical field through physics.Light: An IntroductionVisible light has been the subject of research and theories for centuries. Many of the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 3: Projects and Student Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

. Amy received the 2019 KEEN Rising Star award from KEEN for her efforts in encouraging students in developing an entrepreneurial mindset. She is interested in curricu- lar and co-curricular experiences that broaden students’ perspectives and enhance students’ development, and the use of digital portfolios for students to showcase and reflect on their experiences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A First Year Design Project that Encourages Motivation, Curiosity, Connections, and MakingAbstractThis paper describes a design project, the Mars in the Making project, that was developed toencourage more motivation, curiosity, and connections in first year

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Akcali, University of Florida; Saron Getachew Belay; Elayne Colón, University of Florida; Jade Williams

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

chain systemscourse. Table 1 provides an overview of the entire creative writing component of the course.This paper focuses on Poems 2 and 3 along with Reflections 1 and 2.Table 1. Assignments for the creative writing component of the course. Contribution to overallAssignment Brief description course gradePoem 1 A poem about oneself 1%Poem 2 A poem about a concept related to deterministic inventory modeling 1%Reflection 1 Reflecting on one’s experience of writing Poem 2

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Mentoring Programs in Graduate Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xixin Qiu, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, engineering doctoral students werefound to be the most difficult to attract in terms of willingness to work with writing centers[16].Discipline-Specific Writing-Intensive CourseSituated within a complex sociocultural context, each discipline under engineering enjoys aspecialized epistemology and rhetorical convention that are co-constructed and practiced byits members [17]. As newcomers to the discipline, graduate students are waiting to beapprenticed into their respective domain, sometimes through a discipline-specific writingcourse. According to research in disciplinary writing education, analyzing discipline-specifictexts is an excellent starting point for writing instruction, allowing students to reflect ondisciplinary norms and incorporate these

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session #1: Global Competency

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tunno, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

employedparticipant interviews to identify the components of the “Como, Italy Technical Presentation andCross-Cultural Engagement” faculty-led study abroad program that were most relevant todeveloping global competencies in engineering students. In addition, the factors that helped andhindered the acquisition of this skillset were explored utilizing Critical Incident Technique(CIT).Local student interactions, an academic preparation and culture class, free time/personalexploration, guided excursions, and reflection were found to be significant as both programcomponents and helping factors in the development of global competencies. Cultural immersion,interactions with locals, and faculty encouragement were important as program components butnot explicitly

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Van Kirk; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Emily York, James Madison University; Shannon Conley; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Marisa Renee Brandt, Michigan State University; Kathryn Peck

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

intersection of science and/or technology in society, and the theme for our work is “what is good engineering and science.”This is an excerpt from an email that two authors of this paper, Elizabeth Reddy and MarieStettler Kleine, sent out in the summer of 2022. We were excited for the opportunity to invite ourcolleagues to join us in the project of interdisciplinary engineering education, informed byScience and Technology Studies (or STS). This project was an opportunity to stage playfulworkshops and facilitate conversations we did not often get to have, all designed to stimulateinterdisciplinary reflections on what we do and why we do it. We were informed by theories of“trading zones” from STS and theories of the classroom drawn from

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Supporting Underrepresented and LGBTQ Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Pattison, TERC, Inc.; Smirla Ramos-Montañez; Viviana López Burgos; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Wagner, University of Notre Dame; Annie Douglass; Julie Allen

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

diversity of the MHCC Head Start community, andensuring that the research was feasible for families. Data collection spanned approximately 1year and included in-depth qualitative interviews via phone or video before, in the middle, and atthe end of the program and during the fall of the child’s kindergarten year. Data collection alsoincluded observations of all program events, tracking of program participation, anddocumentation of other program artifacts, such as pictures, reflections, family communication,and meeting notes. Each case study family was assigned a research liaison that maintainedongoing contact with the family and spoke either Spanish or English, based on the family’spreference. All data were collected and analyzed in the preferred

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

design as one of his project assignments over the years, including industrial designaspects. However, through a collaborative effort, the project had to be modified to reflect the newaim. Thus, student groups were asked to design a product (possibly a fastener, a light fixture, or aconstruction toy) with 4-6 components based on the idea of biomimicking climbing plants. Thedesign was expected to have an obvious art component via use of industrial design, also includingaesthetics, colors, or movements. Students followed the steps of the product development processwith additional assignments being interjected into the regular project workflow. These assignmentsincluded a “Business Thesis Template” a document that defines the business idea or the

Conference Session

Project-Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Photovoice reflections as well as written and oral presentations during andat the end of the term and are based on evaluating the level of practical knowledge gained by the studentsduring the development of such projects. As a general outcome, students became more involved duringclass time, and also they have shown interest in other research areas, being involved in extra courseresearch activities. Details related to the intervention and lessons learned will be provided so otherengineering instructors can easily re-create in the classroom. Overall, many different fields ofengineering instructors can benefit from this project-based approach to combine theory and practice toprepare the students to become better problem solvers and obtain practical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sawsan Werfelli, State University of New York, Binghamton; Amber Simpson, State University of New York, Binghamton; Peter N. Knox, University of Vermont; Kelli Paul, Indiana University, Bloomington; Adam Maltese, Indiana University, Bloomington

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineerThese questions revolved around the idea of reflecting on what it is like to be an engineer, aswell as reflecting on what they personally did that resembled an engineer. Embodying these traitsand reflecting on them has the function of shaping both, their subjective and objective identities,as perceived by others [6]. The first question was asking about what these children thought thetraits of an engineer to be, and the second part of the question was about which of these traits didthe children display while engaging with the kits. A discussion follows below of the moreprominent responses. Realistic Thinking. Realistic thinking was one of the traits that was recognized asimportant for engineers. Engineers do need to be realistic when

Conference Session

COED: Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Dillon, Morgan State University; Theodore Wimberly Jr.; Mariah McMichael; Lauren Brown, Morgan State University; Abigail Dina; Krystal L. Williams, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Computer Science (A Case Study)Abstract:As technology continues to evolve and spaces in the field of Computer Science (CS) areexpanding, the promotion of equity, inclusion, and representation for all need to reflect thisevolution and expansion. Even though efforts have been made to address such challenges forwomen and minorities in CS, more work needs to be done. This is especially the case for blackwomen, who account for less than 3% of the tech workforce. As Computer Scientists, blackwomen face regular affronts to their character and capabilities because of their race and gender.While the combination of racial and gender discrimination have spanned over decades for blackwomen in CS, the tech industry, and related spaces, efforts regarding their

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Mark Berczynski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

assistants. Any studentinterested in applying as an undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) was required to complete aone-credit course titled “Psychology applied to teaching” before they can begin their duties as ateaching assistant. In this program, faculty are instructed to “integrate the student into thedevelopment of the course” and provide mentorship to the students. At the end of the semester,each UTA is given a questionnaire to reflect on their experience as a teaching assistant [5].The psychology department at the University of Scranton [2] used a similar approach in theirtraining of UTAs in their undergraduate coursework. The students must first complete aone-credit seminar to prepare for their teaching assistantship. The training seminar

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 6: Mentors & Teams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Kaz Burns; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ameya Palav; Elena Rose Hume; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Chris Woods, NYU

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

workshop series provides teaching assistants with the ability to recognize andconfront bias among individuals and within teams, helps them develop an understanding ofpower, privilege, and oppression, and equips them with the tools to employ their knowledgeprofessionally. The workshops feature individual reflection activities and small groupdiscussions, culminating in a community-wide discussion on lessons learned and actionableitems to build an inclusive community within our first-year program.To understand the value of this training for the undergraduate teaching assistants, a survey wasconducted of participants before and after participation in the workshops. The survey aims tocapture the practicality of the training and the teaching assistants

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Mohammad Javad Ahmadi

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings were further used todesign and facilitate a virtual 7-session three-month faculty development workshop. Our researchteam was interested in the cultural lens of engineering education in this context. Our researchquestions were as follows: What does culturally relevant engineering education look like in thecontext of Iraq? How do engineering faculty members who participated in a focused professionaldevelopment workshop provide culturally relevant support to their students? We recruited 19workshop participants, and 9 consented to participate in this study. Our data consist of semi-structured interviews, reflection journals, and survey questions developed to investigate the threecriteria (academic

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 6: Engineering in the Home

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter N. Knox, University of Vermont; Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

and aparent of two. His research focuses on how youth develop and maintain interest in STEMeducation across formal and informal learning contexts. As a parent, educator, and researcher hehas experienced multiple moments of failure in all of those roles and tried to make sense of theintersection of theories around learning through failure, experiences in supporting learnersthrough failure and seeing his children and other kids and parents experience failure, particularlyin STEM. These experiences and extensive self-reflection influenced his input on the design ofthis intervention and the interpretation of data produced.ResultsGuided by our research questions ‘How was failure perceived by participating families?’ and‘What was the subsequent

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nagash Antoine Clarke, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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

by white men [5]. Given that white males have maintained a position ofdominance in STEM, they can use this privilege and power in addressing the concerns statedabove. In particular, white men can recognize, and act against inequity both in their classes, aswell as overall systemic inequity in STEM departments [4]. However, disruption of privilegecannot occur without continuous reflection on their whiteness, and significant engagement withpeers and students of color [17], [18]. There is a paucity of research reporting on the structuralinequity in STEM fields [5]. The goal of this paper is to explore how collaboration between aBlack and white scholar on an equity-focused research project can inform racial allyship in whitemen within the

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2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sofia M Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

inevitable that dental institutioncurricula will need to be updated (Thurzo et al. 2023).Impact of AI tools on Pharmacy EducationThere is a well-known proverb that says “We do not learn from experience. we learn from reflecting onexperience” that depicts the foundational work on teaching and learning. Critical self-reflection has beenincreasingly identified as pivotal to the development of independent, self-regulated learning, as stated invarious educational research studies. Reflective writing is one of the most common approaches used forcritical self-reflection in education. However, teaching, learning, and grading reflective writing presentschallenges, as it is often an unfamiliar style for both students and teachers (Dewey, 1933).The evaluation

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology; Weijie GAO; Shi Siyi

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

history of engineers. At present, 30 textbooks reflecting the concept of greenengineering education have been revised and newly edited, covering variousdisciplines such as engineering, science, management and law.2. Construction of Green Engineering Courses ECUST has offered a series of courses related to green engineering. First,"Fundamentals of Enterprise EHS Risk Management" has been offered to allengineering undergraduates as a compulsory course. This course built by over fortycorporate alumni and university faculty was listed as a national-level MOOC in 2017.Taken by about 2,300 people each year, it has been listed as a required or electivecourse by 106 universities nationwide. Second, eight "Green Engineering" electivecourses have been

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Work-in-Progress Session: Supporting Students To, Through, and Beyond Transitions

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Kostolansky, Tufts University; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. The interviewer asked open-endedfollow-up questions to prompt participants to reflect on these emotions, repeating this process forall eight contexts.We conducted and recorded hour-long interviews with 20 undergraduate students described inTable 1. We transcribed excerpts of interview recordings of four contexts: doing a problem setfor Mechanics 1 alone, doing a problem set for Mechanics 1 with friends, making something in amakerspace for yourself, and making something in a makerspace for Electronics 1. The firstauthor conducted line-by-line open coding [11] of three interview transcripts from a second-,third-, and fourth-year participant each, from which themes of emotional configurationsdeveloped organically. She shared the coded

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Benjamin Grier; Brooke Morin, The Ohio State University; Amy Kramer P.E., The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

on how students learnand included many practices useful for developing student learning; these included retrievalpractices, increasing sense of belonging & decreasing stereotype threat, metacognition & self-regulated learning, and transparency in teaching and learning. The workshop presentedresearch on these topics and provided time for faculty to brainstorm class changes based onthese ideas. The goal of this workshop was to communicate to all faculty teaching practicesbased on learning theories while also giving faculty time to reflect on their current practicesand propose course modifications.The course modifications focused on the first of a two-semester first-year engineeringsequence for honors designated students at The Ohio

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Cortney Holles; Cynthia James; Roel Snieder; Qin Zhu

, although we oftenassociate love with teachers of younger students. The project incorporates principles ofmindfulness, empathy, and social connection, and draw upon research in psychology andeducation to inspire participants to consciously bring love into their classrooms. The purpose ofthis paper is to reflect on the experiences of the first cohort of participants who completed theTeaching with Heart workshop. The researchers will explore what we have learned so far aboutthe impact of the workshop on participants' personal growth and teaching practices and point tothe next phases of the project.FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKSHOP DEVELOPMENTIn practice, the primary focus of STEM higher education is the acquisition of the academicknowledge and technical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Best Of FPD

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

learning,perseverance, reflection, commitment [5] [25]. Despite the challenges, it is important forengineering programs (and faculty) to commit to doing this work as it is an essential componentof educating future engineers.Internal Motivation & Course Development ProcessWestern Washington University (WWU) is a public institution with approximately 15,000 full-time undergraduate students. The Engineering and Design Department (ENGD) at WWU hasfour undergraduate-only programs: Electrical & Computer Engineering (EECE), IndustrialDesign (ID), Manufacturing Engineering (MFGE), and Polymer Materials Engineering (PME).Students interested in majoring in engineering at WWU must formally apply to a program aftercompleting a series of prerequisite

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Selen Güler, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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

learner-centered pedagogies [4]. Through interactions, self-reflection, andcritical introspection, the participants contribute to the collective creation of knowledge [4].Research suggests that the resources movement actors gain access to might be closely related tothe structure of learning itself. For example, Cornfield and colleagues [5] find that activists of theNashville nonviolent civil rights movement relied on nonlinear and iterative processes ofcollective learning to design and implement action. Leaders of the Highlander Folk School, acritical center that trained and empowered many activists during the Civil Rights movement [11],relied on experts and guest speakers to deliver content to the participants, but they also usedtechniques such

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 2: Assessing the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Curiosity, and Workplace Preparedness

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatemeh Mozaffar; Cheng Chen, University of Georgia; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia; Jianfeng Ma

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

, students completed a photovoice reflection for one of the assignments(manufacturing lesson on corrosion and erosion) to reflect on the manufacturing survey. In thispaper, we present the survey assignment and photovoice reflection on corrosion and erosion,specifically, as it is traditionally considered a negative surface phenomenon. Thematic analysisof the photovoice reflections show that students are motivated to explore mechanisms forincreasing system value and identifying opportunities. Ultimately, findings suggest that the useof hands-on surveying assignments to compliment the traditional teaching methods used inmanufacturing classrooms can promote an entrepreneurial mindset when studying manufacturingcontent.1. Introduction Industry 4.0

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 4: Engaging Authentic Engineering Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azizi Penn, Purdue University; Rachel E. Higbee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Hillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

shown that learning activities that reinforce concepts help students understand thecontent they previously struggled to master [12]. This approach also improves theirunderstanding of concepts, the principles that link concepts, and the linking of concepts andprinciples to conditions and procedures for application [13]. It is critical to allow students torelate concepts to their application by providing realistic scenarios for students to solve usingtheir knowledge of STEM. Integrated STEM activities can foster self-regulated/self-directedlearning in several ways. One is by prompting students for explanations via guiding questions,which help students reflect upon and integrate the knowledge they require to solve the problem[14]. For the

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 4: Professional Preparation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University; Timothy Cyders; Cody Petitt; Kouree Chesser, Ohio University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

intention is totransform the identity and mindset of the learners in our engineering programs from ‘student’ toengineer in training, or engineering apprentice.A key feature of pro-ops is that students take on professional roles in experiences intentionallydesigned to resemble a professional experience in all aspects, to differentiate them from justanother class project. We use immersion as a measure of the level of industry-like context, with ahigh level of immersion being required to qualify as a pro-op. The overarching goal of Pro-opeducation is to create a healthy professional culture (Pro-culture) within our engineeringprogram, where students engage in repeated professional experiences and tell stories about themthrough the reflective lens of

Collection

2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Pinar Omur-Ozbek

of ethics, discussing theresponsibilities of professionals to society, employers/clients, and colleagues. The use of casestudies brought up by the instructor as well as the ones the students research and find can fosterthe discussions on the topic (McGinn, 2003; Rabins, 1998).Any EJ coverage in class brings along SJ concerns, and it is best to cover both conceptssimultaneously. Therefore, starting with basic definitions, especially developed by the students isa great starting point. The students may start by reflecting on what these terms mean to them,then get in groups to discuss their definitions and perspectives with each other. Finally all classcomes together to share their definitions. Class discussions may continue around the case