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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Eugene Kwak, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

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Information Modeling (BIM). The following isthe catalog description of the Introduction to Graphics course: Introduction to architectural and construction graphics using hand drawing/drafting and Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). Hand drawing/drafting topics include: lettering, technical sketching, use of drafting instruments, the fundamentals of orthographic projection, plan, section, elevation development and pictorial drawings to develop the student’s abilities to visualize and describe objects graphically. CAD topics include software commands and drawing strategies for 2-D and 3-D CAD work, plans, sections, elevations, and details, information management, assembly of drawings and scales. Note: This

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 1

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Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Theodore Demetrius Caldwell, Michigan State University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University; Emily A. Bovee, Marquette University; Harrison Douglas Lawson, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Alexandra Anderson Lee, Michigan State University; Amalia Krystal Lira, Michigan State University; Kristy A. Robinson, McGill University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research interest are student learning and persistence in higher education. Her current projects explore student motivation and success in STEM disciplines at the undergraduate and professional education levels.Mr. Harrison Douglas Lawson, Michigan State University Graduate Student at Michigan State University pursuing a M.S. in Chemical Engineering. After graduat- ing, I plan to pursue doctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University. My research focuses are biology and education. After graduating I aspire to continue working with education programs and join a university as teaching faculty.Dr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is retired as an Associate Professor and Associate Director for

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International STEM Education: International Division Technical Session 6

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Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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International

Botswana towards sustainable economicgrowth, global competitiveness, and improved quality of life (Atkinson & Mayo, 2010). On October 1st, 2016 Botswana formed the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research,Science and Technology with the explicitly stated goal of transforming Botswana from aresource-based to a knowledge-based economy. The impetus for such an initiative was set forthin Botswana’s Vision 2036. Set forth in 2016, this new “vision” for Botswana was predicated onthe mapping of a transformative agenda that reflected the aspirations and goals of the nation. Forthis vision to come to fruition it was imperative that Botswana create a strategic plan to help withredefining their resource-based economy to that of a knowledge-based

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Design Across the Curriculum 2

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Johnathon Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ryan E. Harlow, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Estevan Andres Nunez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; lorena Isabel Velasquez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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seen by other universities to improve theclassroom engagement [3]. There were lab hours 2 hours a day, 4 days a week. There were nolab hours on Friday. Along with lab hours and more TAs, a new program was introducedexclusively for this course, our Peer Mentor Program. Unlike other peer mentor programs, thementors were from within the department at various levels, some being TAs. The Peer MentorProgram was specifically introduced to maintain retention not only within the MechanicalEngineering Department, but retention at NMT overall. They were responsible for planning andorchestrating mentor events and having office hours, both of which allowed students to get extrahelp with the course, other courses, and becoming acquainted with the department

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Hamidreza Sharifan, Texas A&M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

that are not considered minorities isessential to understand the planning direction for future investment. But many incorporatingfactors make it a very confounding issue and that calls for further studies. Most of the resultsindicate an inevitable role of the co-curricular spaces in the daily activities of students. Forexample, students of the surveyed group responded upon daily usage of the spaces, in which thenewly renovated space is among highly used regularly. The frequent use of the co-curricular areasof the library Annex and Zachry, suggested the interior design and environment in those two placesresemble in different aspects. For instance, both locations have access to coffee shops and studyresources. Also, the results further show the

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. The cash flow diagram below represents a breakdown of all cost considering present state,annual cost and future value. See Figure 14. Fig. 14. Cash flow diagram After calculating the yearly cost associated to the product, the rate of return needs to becalculated. Rate of return represents the time of the profit and the amount it will be. By findingout the rate of return, we can identify if the investment is a short term investment or long term;in-turn we can compare our profit margins to other alternatives and present investmentopportunities to the owner.IX. Project planning Planning was done through communication with the previous team to discuss what wereimprovements they had wish to complete. Then there

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Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

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Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Libraries

102 Electrical Engineering 21 108 Environmental Engineering 2 9 Industrial Engineering 8 43 Mechanical Engineering 25 125 Nuclear Engineering 5 21 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Number of Dissertations Used Total Number of DissertationsFigure 1The original plan was to use the same program created for the research done

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Sociotechnical Integration

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Maysam Nezafati, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mel Chua, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of the intervention was postponed to the summer semester due to the globalcoronavirus pandemic, so we will describe the planned activity instead. In this phase, each teamexpands their literature review and proposes recommendations for pursuing future design andresearch efforts. These proposed efforts should create value in some way for a stakeholder groupthat is negatively impacted (or not positively impacted) by the current design. Students will writea report quantifying how their proposed improvements could create value for their chosenstakeholder group via changing the dynamics of bias in the situation being modeled.In contrast to Phase 1, where teams wrote for a non-technical audience, students are told to writethis deliverable for a

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

pretending to be robots, (3) a hands-on station to plan and test routes through the maze, (4) panels with detailed information about different branches of engineering, and (5) an interactive coding video game that a robot should be coded. In this field trip children only interacted with the station number 2 and 5. Puppy Playground is an engineering design activity that 5- to 7-year old children are asked to design a puppy playground for Eva’s puppy. They use the giant foam blocks in the science center to build their playground. To analyze the video recordings, we utilized a coding scheme based on our CT framework. To gain a deep understanding of the competencies, we collectively watched several videos of K-2 aged children engaging in STEM+CT

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

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Brian D. Storey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Bradley A. Minch, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Linda Vanasupa, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

test sensing and measurement instrumentation circuits that use resistors,capacitors, op-amps, and sensors.Specifically, by the end of the course, the student will be able to:● Use a voltage divider to create a sensing circuit;● Produce a Bode plot and explain the frequency response of a circuit;● Design low-pass, high-pass, and band-pass filters/amplifiers;● Analyze data and transform measured data;● Troubleshoot a circuit.The equipment needed to conduct that labs and some of the p-sets include a computer, an AnalogDiscovery 2 (Digilent, https://store.digilentinc.com/), and 5V power supply circuit board,powered by a USB port of students’ laptop computers. The power supply was designed byBradley Minch (plans and materials list found at https

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A Focus on Sustainability

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Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Kenneth Stewart, Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

funded by the National Science Foundation Award # 1744006. The authors aregrateful to the help provided by the following research students at Angelo State University: JesseLee, Maria Ochoa, Austin Poole, Nicholas Manrique and Timmons (TJ) Spies.References[1] ODPM, 2004. The Egan Review: skills for sustainable communities. London: Office of theDeputy Prime Minister.[2] AlWaer, H., R. Bickerton, and R. D. Kirk. 2014. Examining the Components Required forAssessing the Sustainability of Communities in the UK. J Archit Plann Res. 31 (1): 1–26.[3] Male, S. A. 2010. Generic Engineering Competencies: A Review and Modelling Approach.Education Research and Perspectives, 37(1), 25-51.[4] Ritchie, H., Sheppard, A., Croft, N., Peel, D. 2017. Planning

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International Research Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 8

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Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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International

program early, designing a program structure that facilitatesthese planned research goals, and considering participation of undergraduate versus graduatestudents.IntroductionAlthough developing global competence is important for engineering students to be successful inthe globally connected workforce, many students find it challenging to participate in traditionalstudy abroad programs for financial or scheduling reasons [1]. One type of programming thataddresses these concerns is international research experiences, which not only support thedevelopment of students’ global competencies and technical engineering skills [2], but alsoprovide benefits and opportunities for faculty members who coordinate these experiences. Whileresearch has focused on

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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Courtney Hollar, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

this step, teams brainstorm andexplore different approaches to dispensing frosting onto the cookie (i.e. knife, frosting bag,frosting syringe, etc.). A prototype, written procedures, and safe food handling plan is thendeveloped to be used for creating cookie sandwiches. The teams are then provided a smallquantity of cookies and frosting in order to perform a test.Prior to the two volunteers performing the assembly test, teams are given ten minutes to train thevolunteers however they see fit. The purpose of utilizing volunteers during the assembly test is tohelp students determine if the procedures are clear, if any assumptions have been made, and ifthey effectively communicated with the volunteers. Oftentimes, teams quickly realized that

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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Brian Aufderheide, Hampton University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

understand that only their imagination limits them to using this flexible toolto develop scenarios to test the worthiness of the design project. Stress over and over again thepurpose is not to make a Financial Operational Model to get a value for the Internal Rate of Return,Net Present Value, and Payback time in years. It is to develop scenarios to test the project’sviability, to see potential weaknesses that must be studied further before moving ahead with theproject, and to plan for success. And that is not all. A good Financial Operational Model is a livingdocument. Once the design is built and put in practice, it still has use. It can be modified todetermine upgrades to potential equipment, changes to feed stocks, issues with labor wages

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Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elif Miskioğlu , Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

preliminary results attempting to define theconstruct of “engineering intuition,” specifically focusing on the establishment of our interviewprotocol. Semi-structured interviews with practicing engineers, nurses, and business managerswere conducted using: 1) implicit discussion around intuition informed by literature, and 2)critical incident technique [1], i.e., explicit discussion around the concept of intuition. Eachinterview sought to identify practitioner decision-making and problem-solving processes on thejob. The combined dataset and supporting literature are planned to be used as the basis of ourfuture work, which ultimately aims to develop a psychometrically tested instrument capable ofaccurately measuring engineering intuition. Dissemination

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First-year Programs: Focus on Students

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Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Saira Anwar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

educational psychology studies argued that the study strategies comprise of thestudents’ behaviors related to learning, such as the ability to organize information, planning,motivation, and so on [9], [10]. Also, Graham & Robin [11] considered study strategies as thespecific processes taken by the students to learn a specific topic.Prior studies have researched the relationship between study strategies with students’ academicachievement. For instance, Sangiry and colleagues [12] have studied the different factorsresponsible for the academic achievement of pharmacy students. They found that timemanagement (prioritizing the content for the exam preparation) and study strategies (whilestudying, ability to guess the important questions for the exam

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Cultural Issues in Engineering: International Division Technical Session 2

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Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; L. Felipe Perrone, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Deborah L. Sills, Bucknell University; Craig Beal, Bucknell University; Amal Kabalan, Bucknell University

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International

majors. We estimate about 5-10graduating engineers per year out of approximately 100 students currently qualify (or nearlyqualify) for this designation. It is our plan that by creating and promoting this Scholars Program,we will encourage more students to engage in these activities, potentially up to 25-50 students perclass year. To date we’ve had one cohort of nine scholars graduate with the next cohort expectedto complete their requirements this spring.In the rest of this paper we will discuss the history of the program, as well as our experiences todate in administering the program. We are interested in learning how or if this program deepenscultural competency among participants and if the credentialing aspect of the program

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First-year Programs: Professional Development and Skills

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Alexander James Carroll, Vanderbilt University; Joshua Daniel Borycz, Vanderbilt University; Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University

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First-Year Programs

students as Phase I of this project, for which no data willbe collected.In Phase II of this project, which will start in the fall of 2020, we will require student groups toinclude a reference slide as part of their oral presentations. We will plan to compare presentationslides and reference slides from groups that received the ILI intervention against control groupsthat did not receive the ILI intervention. To determine the effectiveness of this intervention inPhase II, student achievement of learning outcomes will be assessed in two ways. We willmeasure student achievement of two learning outcomes by customizing a rubric previouslydeveloped by a team of librarians for evaluating undergraduate research assignments [30]. Thisrubric, inspired by the

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Cognitive Skills Development

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Bria M. Booth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Educational Research and Methods

different kinds of engineering majors offered by the university,common processes students perform (building a four year plan, adding and dropping classes,etc.), and helps students to transfer successfully into their newly focused studies. Students thatelected to take the survey submitted their major, noted how long they had been attending college-level classes, and completed an engineering identity survey (Godwin, 2016).Nine of the students (less than 3%) in the University 101 class completed the survey. This poorturnout may be due to a lack of incentive to fill out the survey or because of the timing of thesurvey distribution (three weeks before final exams). While the survey only took a few minutesto fill out and the following interview would

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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Ben Ralph Bernard, North Dakota State University; Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University; Pranay Kumar Marella, Mississippi State University

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Community Engagement Division

originally planned. Forexample, instructional staff provided a cybersecurity card game used to teach key cybersecurityconcepts but had to leave early. A junior counselor was able to fill in and create a new activitythat incorporated the card game in a way that was much more fun for the student campers whileteaching the cybersecurity concepts better.Junior counselors introduced the campers to cybersecurity ‘Capture The Flag’ (CTF)competitions and coached a live cybersecurity CTF event with camper teams. This collaborationbetween the student counselors and cybersecurity campers became a very popular camp activity;the cybersecurity campers asked the student counselors for additional CTF resources and wereinterested in setting up similar competitions in

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Andrew James Ballard; Nathaniel P Fenwick; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University

plan wasdeveloped.Methodology and Project PlanBrainstorming took place to develop numerous potential solutions to solve the issues previouslydescribed. From this brainstorming, the three best proposed solutions were determined forconsideration in further development through the design cycle. A Pugh matrix was developed tocompare these proposals based on desired criteria collected from customer reviews andmarketing research (Appendix A). After analyzing the Pugh matrix, it was determined thatconsolidating a vacuum cleaning system and deep cleaning system into one device was the bestoption. This proposed solution utilized two separate intakes for each system connected via a y-joint, allowing for a split flow path leading to a universal

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

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Diversity

were invited to attend. A review of the cohort schedule showed thatapproximately three-quarters of the ENGR 2100 students had schedules that would allow them toattend.Students in ENGR 2100 were invited to participate in a survey related to their study habits (hoursper week in class, studying alone, studying with a group), use of tutoring, used of faculty officehours, and work hours per week. Two forms of the survey were administered, one for the start ofthe semester related to students’ plans for each of the categories and one for the end of thesemester related to their actual time allocation. The pre-semester version of the survey is alsoshown in the Appendix. Students who completed both start- and end-of-semester surveys wereentered into a

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Yabin Liao, Penn State Erie; Sheng Liu

students will be collected and analyzed to study theteaching and learning effectiveness of these modules for further improvement. Each module willbe a complete, and stand-alone package that operates in three modes, i.e. Learning, Assessment,and Game modes. The Learning Mode teaches fundamental concepts through simulations andvisualization, the Assessment Mode quizzes on the understanding of these concepts withconceptual questions, and the Game Mode gives problems for students to apply concepts andtheir critical thinking and problem-solving skills. All the activities are carefully thought throughand planned to cover, teach, and assess critical concepts in a systematic matter.2. MechGames: Projectile Motion moduleThis section discusses the pilot

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Kristin Brewster, West Virginia University; Patrick O'Donnell

each subjectwere determined by university planned common exam times. For example, Chemistry 115common exams were scheduled on Monday evenings from 7 – 9 pm so those tutoring sessionswere scheduled on “off weeks” from exams.Chemistry 115 was scheduled for Monday, Mathematics 155 (Calculus) was scheduled forTuesday evenings and Mathematics 153 / 154 (Calculus Part 1 & 2) was scheduled for Thursdayevenings. These subjects were chosen since the majority of students in the Engineering LLCwere enrolled in those courses.In the spring of 2019, tutoring was expanded to cover Physics 111 (General Physics) andMathematics 156 (Calculus 2) as those were classes that the majority of the students typicallytake in the spring semester.House Cup / Running

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Robert Michael P.E., Gannon University; Davide Piovesan, Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University

together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. 8. Every group in class participated equally. 9. Every person in my group participated equally. 10. As a result of this project, I have a better understanding of the amount of work involved to design a complex machine. 11. Having the entire class work on a single collaborative project is a better learning experience vs. every person working on individual projects. Students rated the questions above on a scale from 1 – 5 where a 1 was strongly disagreeand a 5 was strongly agree. Results from the assessment survey are shown in Figure 6 below: Figure 6: Course survey, before

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel

. Consequently, it may be especially important to ensure that students enroll in a mathcourse that aligns with their current skill set, even if they must devise an alternative plan to meetfuture prerequisite requirements. Among our population, and others [20], math self-efficacy wasmore dependent on grade earned, rather than course enrolled.To what extent might math self-efficacy be associated with persistence in engineering?We indeed found that math self-efficacy was highest among students who were retained throughtheir sophomore year. Given the potential role of math self-efficacy in retention, it may beimportant to encourage classroom environments and support activities that help to build mathself-efficacy, especially among students who do not

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Blakeley Calhoun

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Diversity

-advising model infused several Research on academic advising stands to gainformative topics and activities into the first-year engineering from applying a CRT lens. For example, previouscourse. These included major selection; identification of peer- research at one institution reported a change insupport mechanisms; references to available counseling, advising structure increased student satisfactiontutoring and career-planning resources; periodical remindersregarding academic deadlines; check-ins to identify students at overall [4]; however, it failed to account for possibleacademic and/or medical risk; and early interventions for differing experiences among engineeringstudents who experienced

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel

six General Education outcomes. The overalltheme of the seminar, as well as the topics of the individual seminar sections, are determined bythe faculty. Based on the freshman population, there are typically 14-28 different seminar topicsand 18-23 sections with approximately 20 students per section. Because of the broad nature ofthe General Education outcomes, each seminar section varies in its particular topic, spanningmany different disciplines. The School of Engineering at The Citadel used the curriculum updateas an opportunity to engage both engineering and non-engineering students with engineeringtopics in the freshman seminars. The new plan calls for each section of the Freshman Seminar tobe matched with a three-credit-hour composition

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Cynthia Fry; Zachary Steudel

important to plan out theimplementation process for the game. It was decided to first implement the core game functionality.To verify that core game functionality is correct, multiple exhaustive rounds of the new Snake gamewere to be played. After ensuring that the base functionality of the game was complete and correct,the hardening and obfuscation was to be included.As previously mentioned, obfuscation techniques were to be junk code insertion, rabbit-holefunction calls, and stack pointer manipulation. Junk code insertion is a common and relativelysimple technique in basic code hardening and obfuscation. The goal of this technique is to muddythe source code of an application without changing the functionality of the application. To do this,random

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; James Samuel Carter III, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

admissionsrecords. The academic plan (major), semester GPA and cumulative GPA for each semester astudent was enrolled were obtained from College of Engineering records. There are also recordsfor each degree the students were awarded and the year and semester of degreeawarded. Demographic information is coded as reported to the Integrated PostsecondaryEducation Data System (IPEDS).The students are grouped by cohorts of their attendance at ESCape. These cohorts alsocorrespond to the students’ first semester in college. All of the participants were first-time, first-year students. Comparison data comes from the College of Engineering and the Office ofInstitutional Research and Planning. Using these sources, a comparison can be made betweenthe ESCape attendees