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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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Pallavi Ramakanth Kowligi, Florida State University; Priyanka Prajapati, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

text-mined competencies in both syllabi and the AM CompetencyModel and compared them to identify: 1) frequently addressed topics; 2) verbs guiding courselearning outcomes versus the skill depth desired by employers; and 3) overall match betweendocuments. Our findings indicate that despite being developed to reflect the same curriculumframework, the five AM programs’ topical and complexity emphases varied widely. Overall,AM Competency Model content reflected higher levels of the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy ofEducational Objectives, highlighting industry commitments to fostering analysis, evaluation, andcreation. We conclude with implications for educational institutions, AM policymakers, andindustry, outline the need for an AM Body of Knowledge

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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

curricula in project-based courses, whichmay be implemented earlier in the degree program rather than the senior year.Keywords: Leadership, Qualitative Methods, CapstoneIntroduction and MotivationThere are many definitions of leadership and numerous tools to assess leadership and relatedpersonality styles, such as DISC, KAI, Meyers-Briggs, and the Clifton Strengths assessment [1–4]. Rather than conducting one of these assessments, we are interested in the formation of the skillsthat help students to develop an effective leadership style, as well as the self-identification of saidleadership style. We observe individuals that are identified as good leaders by their capstoneproject adviser and attempt to understand and identify their personal

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

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Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

, internships, and social interaction with faculty and their peers as positive factorsthat helped them make their decisions.Introduction Nationally the STEM industries in the United States face a looming retirement cliff asskilled baby boomers begin to retire and leave the workforce [1]. With the continuous increasein demand for the STEM jobs, it requires highly qualified STEM professionals to fill thosepositions to maintain its competitive edge. Improvements in student retention and graduationrates by providing them with a robust college STEM education are essential to meet the demandsof regional and national employers. The Mechanical Engineering (ME) S-STEM Scholarship Program in our institution wasestablished to provide enhanced

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Sociotechnical Integration

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Cynthia Helen Carlson P.E., Merrimack College; Catherine Woodworth Wong, Merrimack College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

concepts again; there are multiple group projects and researchprojects in their time at our school, as well as courses on ethics and professionalism. However,introducing these concepts in their first semester prepares students for future courses, and helpsthem understand that engineering is not just problem sets and robotics.Background: The College and the CourseEngineers often do not arrive at college with an appreciation for the importance of professionalresearch and communication skills [1]. These skills are necessary not only for their successfulundergraduate career, but also for a successful engineering career. Engineering students areoften unaware of the number of reports and presentations they will be expected to deliver, or theamount of

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Engineering Librarian Collaborations in the Library, On Campus, and Beyond

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Denise Amanda Wetzel, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Kelly Grove, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Engineering Libraries

comparative analysis of shared and multi-institutional engineering programs acrossthe United States.Comparative analysis of joint engineering schoolsIn an effort to compare the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering to other similar programs theauthors conducted a series of searches using an individual comparative contrast approach tobetter understand how other shared colleges and/or programs are created and maintained by twoor more separate universities. An individual comparative contrast involves comparing two ormore instances for the purpose of examining the specifications that are both unique and similarbetween the instances of interest [1]. Results were compiled using the databases ERIC (aProQuest product), Web of Science Core Collection (a Clarivate

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Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

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Jacob Allen Cress, University of Dayton; Patrick W. Thomas, University of Dayton

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Educational Research and Methods

communicationactivities into engineering curricula at the University of Dayton, a mid-sized, private universityin the Midwestern United States. As a way to establish outcomes for engineering students’learning in professional communication, the purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to understandthe values, standards of practice, and texts that engineering companies require of entry-levelengineers; and (2) to locate opportunities in engineering curricula where such values, standardsof practice, and texts can be integrated. The research question asks what kinds of activities cansuccessfully integrate developmental experience with professional communication (written,visual, verbal, and/or multimodal forms) while demonstrating students’ learning of

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Teaching Statics: What and How?

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Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; Josh Taylor Hurt; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

used to measure the improvements in the conceptual understanding of the students.The results show that students who solve their homework using Mechanix outperform their peerswho do not in one school, whereas the results are similar across the two groups in the secondschool. The evaluation of the concept inventories shows that the students who used Mechanix hasthe same level of improvement in their conceptual knowledge compared to the control group.Keywords: FBD, sketch, statics, dynamics, engineering education.Introduction & BackgroundIn engineering education, feedback on a student’s work plays a vital role as shown by existingliterature [1-5]. It can promote knowledge acquisition and motivate new learning [6, 7].Formative feedback can

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Risa D. Hartman, University of Texas at Austin, NASCENT Center; Darlene Yañez, University of Texas at Austin, NASCENT Center; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

-management Certificate, Pan American University at Edinburg, TX 1975 Teaching Certification, Pan American University at Edinburg, TX Appointments 09/2018-present RET Master Teacher Coordinator; Special Projects, The University of Texas at Austin; Cockrell School of Engineering, NASCENT Education Research Center 11/1/12-2018 Evaluator, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, NASCENT Education Research Center 09/1/11-present External evaluator, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and Renewable Resources (IGERT) 09/2003-08/2005 Principal Investigator, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at

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NSF Grantees: Entrepreneurship

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Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University; Samantha Asbell, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

until fall 2019. Overall, program participantsrepresent diversity in gender (29% females), ethnicity (14.6%% Hispanics & 4.5% Blacks),majors (with 10 or more majors), and classification (from freshman to graduate students) asshown in Figures 1 through 4 below. Figure 1. Number of Teams Per Year Figure 2. Participant Major Distributions (All Cohorts) Figure 3. Ethnicity Demographics (All Cohorts) Figure 4. Classification (All Cohorts)After a pilot study in spring 2018, as one way to evaluate the program, the I-Corps Site programhas implemented pre-post surveys to understand the impact of the program on student changes intheir knowledge, perceptions, and practice of entrepreneurship as aligned with the program

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

numbersAt X university in 2018, women constituted 23.4% of the overall engineering student population. Thisnumber varied significantly depending on the engineering major. Figure 1 shows the variation across 15engineering majors between 2012 and 2017. In addition, the total percent for engineering and for theHumanitarian Engineering Scholars program is also shown. Figure1 shows that majors with aboveaverage female enrollment percentages are Environmental, Industrial Systems, Material Science andBiomedical Engineering. The Humanitarian Engineering Scholars (HES) program is centered around thetheme of humanitarian engineering, shows consistent higher than average female participation, with over50% in 2016. The majors of Computer Science, Electrical

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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Grace M. Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Cecilia Leal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Maass, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Pascal Bellon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Pinshane Y. Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Materials

Engineering class; thus,students will be expected to use computational tools from their first year onwards. In this paper,we survey students who are currently taking courses with integrated computation to explore theeffects of gradually introducing students to programming as well as both macro- and micro-scalesimulations over multiple years. We investigate the improving confidence level of students, theirattitude towards computational tools, and their satisfaction with our curriculum reform. We alsoupdated our survey to be more detailed and consistent between classes to aid in furtherimprovements of our MSE curriculum.1 IntroductionComputational tools have become indispensable for materials science both in research andindustry. According to the

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Grading and Feedback Models in Mechanics

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Andrew Dongjin Kim, Georgia State University

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Mechanics

tedious. Considering that human beings makemistakes under various circumstances; instructors commonly offer partial scores for minorerrors. However, in general, no standard grading rubric for such failures exists. Even with highlyprescriptive rubrics, still grading depends on each instructor as well as each question’s level ofdifficulty and complexity [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].While the author was using the classic open-ended questions, there were appeals and ‘begging’for further partial scores (even after a detailed explanation on how the grading was made) asstudents considered there was a room for instructor’s subjective factor. In fact, the authorexperienced a dramatic grade difference (standard deviations 29.8% and 53%) between twosections taught

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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Joanne Baltazar Vakil, Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, Ohio State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

@osu.edu post.1@osu.edu AbstractCurrently, technology education continues to be considered an elective area in most states, withthe process of writing and approving these state standards challenging. The inclusion oftechnology education into STEM education has made it even more critical now to assess thecurrent status of technology and engineering education curriculum, implementation, andinclusion of minority populations. This quantitative research revisits a national 2001 status studydescribing technology education programs. Using stratified random sampling of high schooltechnology programs in Ohio, the online survey reassesses enrollment numbers of instructors

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Brad Rowland, Oklahoma State University; Joe Conner, Oklahoma State University; Brian K. Norton P.E., Oklahoma State University; Qinang Hu, Oklahoma State University; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

technology through the dedicated undergraduate (MET 4173) class as well as through the hands-on training sessions and certification (level 1 to 4) in the Endeavor Digital Manufacturing Maker Space.Dr. Brad Rowland, Oklahoma State University Dr. Rowland has extensive military experience that includes military acquisition; research and develop- ment related to test and evaluation of military equipment; management of high risk technical programs and advanced application of statistical designs. He served as the Chief Scientist for the Chemical Test Division at the Dugway Proving Ground, as well as the Director of Research for NitroLift Inc. Currently, Brad is the ENDEAVOR Operations Manager who helped design the facility

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations

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Anibal Sosa, Universidad Icesi, Colombia; Norha M. Villegas, Universidad Icesi, Colombia; Stephanie Celis Gallego, Universidad Icesi, Colombia; Diego Antonio Bohórquez, Universidad Icesi, Colombia

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Mathematics

. We evaluated the effectiveness of theproposed approach through qualitative evidence gathered by an external observer, thereflection made by the instructor himself, and through two tests that allowed us to assessstudent performance. The first test (diagnostic) was applied before the intervention tomeasure the level of attainment of prerequisites. The second test (closure) was applied afterthe intervention to measure the level of attainment of the learning objectives addressed inthe case study. Findings demonstrate that our proposed approach effectively contributed toimprove the level of attainment of learning objectives associated with the concept ofsubspace in linear algebra.1. IntroductionOne of the most difficult courses for science and

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CPDD Session 2 - Professional Development - Where Are We Going?

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Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana

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Continuing Professional Development

other ongoing changes to curricula has longbeen viewed as an important part of teacher satisfaction and student achievement, barriers,including limited time, financial support and applicable content, can make professionaldevelopment of educators difficult to maintain on an ongoing basis [1]. Professional development can occur in a wide variety of formats including partial day or one-day workshops, multi-day workshops and conferences, multiple week intensive training coursesor long-term mentor-based relationships [2]. With the onset of online learning platforms,teachers have additional opportunities for access to training and resources that eliminates theexpense of travel. Online learning platforms also provide larger networks for

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Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

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Emily A. Bongiovanni, Colorado School of Mines; Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Libraries

mini-grants include addressingaccessibility, dissemination, and copyright concerns. This project contributes to the discussion onthe role of OER in STEM curriculum and techniques librarians can use to facilitate OER adoptionat their institutions.IntroductionAccording to the College Board’s estimated student budget for 2018-2019, undergraduatestudents at public four-year institutions are expected to budget an average of $1,240 a year ontextbooks and course supplies [1]. According to Mines’ 2019-2020 Cost of Attendance, theinstitution informs students they should budget $1,500 a year on books and supplies, whichmeans the university’s approximately 5,000 undergraduate students should collectively budget$7,500,000 this academic year.Universities

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Student Approaches to Problem Solving

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Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Gregory Litster, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods

EngineeringAccreditation Board (CEAB) requires graduates of engineering undergraduate programs todemonstrate the ability to identify, analyze, investigate, and design solutions to complexengineering problems [1]. In order to ensure that these skills are developed in engineeringprograms, we must both regularly expose students to engineering design problems andeffectively measure if positive outcomes have been achieved.For the last four years, the University of Waterloo has been developing a series of EngineeringDesign Days (Design Days). These are two-day, discipline-specific design sprint activities thatprovide a mechanism for introducing students to open-ended and ill-structured problems. Morebackground on Design Days and examples of their implementations in

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5

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Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Dayna Lee Martínez, Northeastern University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

efficient. An example is in the Pharmaceutical industry where statisticaltools are used to determine the need to speed up the drug-development process, and the Food and DrugAdministration's (FDA's) expectations for the incorporation of the principles of quality by design (QbD)and process analytical technology (PAT) in process and analytical development [1]. In addition, employersof chemical engineering graduates require applicants to understand statistical tools prevalent in industry.Currently, statistics is not a required course in Chemical Engineering (ChemE) curriculum at NortheasternUniversity. There is a need to teach and apply valuable statistical tools into the ChemEcurriculum. However, the industrial engineering (IE) curriculum includes

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

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Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University; Konstantin Cigularov, Old Dominion University; Tancy J. Vandecar-Burdin, Old Dominion University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

persistence and graduation rates [1-2]. Manynon-traditional students in engineering majors face significant challenges including financialhardship and lack of institutional support networks, which may negatively affect their degreepersistence and graduation rates [2]. The term ‘career’ is defined as an occupation, which relatesto a range of aspects of an individual’s life, learning, and work and is undertaken for a significantperiod of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress [1-2]. In addressing the needs ofSCS engineering students in the context of workforce development, the present program,supported by NSF S-STEM, focuses on manufacturing of advanced materials (MAM) as one ofthe key driving factors for innovation and economic

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Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

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Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin; Nathan Hyungsok Choe, Ohio State University; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

from 1992 to 2011. We considered seven-year completion rates in ourmodels, since only 4% of participants remained in the program after seven years. We ran sixstep-wise logistic regression models predicting persistence in Years 3, 4, and 5 (Models 1 – 6),since doctoral students who drop out without receiving a PhD in these years have investedsignificant time and energy towards their degree. Additionally, we ran six step-wise logisticregression models predicting completion in Years 4, 5, and 6 (Models 7 – 12), which were themost common years of graduation for participants in our dataset. Predictors for both sets oflogistic regression models included funding type in a specific year, such as TA 3rd year orFellowship 4th year. Student funding

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NSF Grantees: Student Learning 3

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Misty L. Loughry, Rollins College; David J. Woehr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

 (NSF’s) prior investment in the Comprehensive Assessment of Team‐Member Effectiveness (CATME) system to measure teamwork [1]. The CATME system automates some of the data collection and feedback, providing input to some of the seven empirical studies required to explore these research questions. The entire research protocol is shown in Figure 1. The two outcomes measured in this research are team‐member effectiveness and the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of peers.       Figure 1. Model for improving self‐ and peer‐evaluation skills and teaming skills. Progress on research protocol

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Faculty Development Research

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

in turn creates a respectful environment, and removes the barriers to cultivation ofdiverse student retention in engineering disciplines.1: IntroductionAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, STEM occupations are expected to grow by8.8% from 9,708.3 (2018) to 10,566.8 (2028). This is a significant growth when compared to thepercent growth for all occupations (5.2%). There had been warning signs and continuing concernabout the shortage of qualified candidates from a diverse pool to fill these jobs. In this paper wediscuss retention in science and engineering, by focusing on specific predictors of persistenceincluding gender, student- instructor rapport, and year of study [1].1.1: Retention in Science and EngineeringIn a 2016 study

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Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

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Kristen M. Ward, Arizona State University; Yingyan Lou, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

feedback to make progress, and perform better on a finalwritten exam and overall in the class. Instructors were better able to follow the progress of theirclass, give more detailed and individualized feedback, and adjust content level based on thestudents in their course. Oral assessments proved to be an effective tool to aid students indeveloping exam preparation, active discourse, and self-evaluation.IntroductionSignificant challenges for instructors at the university level are found in assessing students’progress in a course, adapting the course to fit student learning pace and style, and providingadequate feedback that motivates students [1]. Grades and paper corrections of writtenassignments and exams are often delayed and underutilized by

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Research in Faculty Development

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Kristen Ferris, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico

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Faculty Development Division

Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academic interests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may be reached at pilkang@unm.edu

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Women in Engineering

described here.Discourse AnalysisDiscourse analysis is a qualitative method that allows for systematic analysis of textualdocuments. Discourse refers to “certain ways of using language, acting, interacting, behaving,believing, using tools, sign systems, and so forth, which characterize a particular community”(Allie et al., 2009, p.361). It can be defined simply as “language in use to do something” (Jones,2012), where the meaning is derived from the social practices in which the discourse isembedded (Gee, 2004). Discourse conveys thought in a way that is “somehow prior and moreessential than language” (Lerman, 2009, p.1). Gee says that “words have histories” (2004, p.54),and their meaning in the present is an artifact of the past, an outcome of past

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NSF Grantees: REU 2

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Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

identifying novel drug targets and ascertaining the etiology of complex diseases suchas cancer and heart disease, but also for achieving truly personalized medical diagnostics,therapies, and surgical approaches toward treating these diseases [1-3]. Biological systems canbe defined and studied at multiple scales: the molecular scale (protein structure and folding), thepathway and cellular scale (network behavior and “emergent properties”), and the multicellular-to-population scales (tissue-, organ-, and population-level dynamics and interactions). Moreover,inherent biological complexity and high-throughput measurement approaches lead to massive“big data” sets, often with thousands of heterogeneous values [4]. The ability to apply rigorousand

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Electrical and Computer

. Theinstrument was developed based on a social constructivist perspective on assessment and usestest-taking and grading opportunities to provide feedback on the quality of students’ engineeringproblem-solving skills.Presently, the assessment of engineering problem-solving skills is generally accomplishedthrough grading individual assignments and then summing those grades at the end of the term[1]. As Carberry et al. point out, this type of summative grading does not provide formativefeedback on key course learning outcomes and can mask the student’s true demonstration of askill, or lack thereof. Conceptually, assessment in engineering education has been shifting awayfrom a measurement of knowledge perspective to an outcomes-based stance that is meant

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Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

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Matthew James Scarborough, University of Vermont; Katherine D. McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

the underlying factors of student motivation is likely key to improvingstudent performance.Poor performance in undergraduate chemistry courses is largely the result of affective,motivational challenges [1-4]. There are four factors affecting student motivation: purpose,competence, autonomy, and community [5, 6]. To improve student attitudes towardschemistry, all four of these aspects should be addressed. While teaching chemistry toundergraduate students is known to be a challenge, student performance improves whenstrategies to implement active-learning are used [7, 8]. Case studies are useful tools for engagingSTEM students in active-learning [9]. For example, an undergraduate green chemistry coursesuccessfully used several case studies

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New Engineering Educators 4: Tips and Tools

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Ivan Detchev, University of Calgary; Elena Rangelova, University of Calgary; Sheng Lun (Christine) Cao, University of Calgary

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New Engineering Educators

offering.Theoretical frameworkThe numerical methods course in question contributes to the accreditation of a number ofengineering programs at the school and as such it must abide by the requirements set by theengineering accreditation body in Canada. It is however worth explaining a broader theoreticalframework before delving into how the accreditation constraints influence the design of thecourse. This is addressed next in terms of both the course design / development and the coursedelivery.In terms of course development, the theoretical framework that is advised to be used in thedesign of engineering courses is Bloom’s taxonomy [1], and more specifically the version of thetaxonomy modified by Krathwohl [2]. Bloom’s taxonomy presents a congnitive spectrum or