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Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shraddha Sangelkar, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Benjamin Emery Mertz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. Our work on teaming is part of a largercurriculum vision effort in our department.IntroductionOur work to map and coordinate the teaming instruction across the Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology Mechanical Engineering (ME) Curriculum is part of a larger curriculum vision effortwithin our department. In 2014 the ME department’s Curriculum Vision Committee was formedwith three primary goals: 1) to cast a vision of what our curriculum could be, 2) to help ourdepartment to think more broadly about what we do, and 3) to make explicit our departmentalvalues. In order to develop a longer range aspirational vision, several references were studiedincluding ABET accreditation requirements [1], our alumni survey, Engineer 2020 [2],Trevelyan’s

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Teaching Engineering Students and Library Staff: New Ideas and Best Practices

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeanine Mary Williamson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Natalie Rice, University of Tennessee ; Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jordan Kaufman; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Engineering Libraries

students.Background LiteratureILI has been a focus since the 1970s, and there is a substantial body of literature on best overallpractices [1-3]. AASL/AECT stressed the crucial role that these skills play in the process oflearning, saying that “information literacy is [the] keystone of lifelong learning,” and adding thatstudents “should have both information-gathering strategies and the critical thinking skills toselect, discard, synthesize, and present information…to solve real-life problems” [4].When it comes to the specific topic of information literacy instruction for undergraduateengineering students, the body of literature is more limited, but interest in academic research onthe subject of incorporating literacy skills into undergraduate engineering

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Interest & Identity

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

engaged? What types ofquestions did the students ask the presenters? Did the students show an interest in engineeringtopics?Engineering Ambassadors, along with the students, can provide insights into best practices thatencourage future STEM majors.The Engineering AmbassadorsWhile Engineering Ambassador programs generally define service to the college and engineeringprogram as a primary goal, they serve an equally important but often unstated goal of developingthe skills and attitudes of the Ambassadors themselves in networking with students, faculty, andother professionals. Alley, Haas, Garner, & Thole 1 describe the purpose of this networking as“… the right messenger (engineering undergraduates with advanced presentation skills) with

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Working at the Intersection of Industry and Academia

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas M. Freeman, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University

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Continuing Professional Development

this paper two experienced veterans in the fields of online teaching and supporting instructorsin teaching online will detail several best practices in promoting faculty-student interaction inonline courses. New advances in technology, modern tool alternatives, and the unique demandsfaced by those teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) coursesonline will be considered and addressed as well.Faculty-Student interaction is vital to the success and quality of any online course. The need todevelop a rich sense of active instructor presence in online learning has never been greater.Recently The US Department of Education [1]​ ​ and the Higher Learning Commission [2] ​ ​(HLC)have required "regular and substantive

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Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines; Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

the Colorado School of MinesThe results of a 2017 comprehensive survey of 70 programs [1] revealed that the unit opslaboratory course offered during a 6-week summer “Field Session” at the Colorado School ofMines is an outlier from other U.S. programs in many ways. The biggest differences betweenthis course and the typical unit ops course run concurrently with other courses are the immersiveexperience and the extent and nature of the real-time formative and summative assessmentsprovided. Students and faculty work full- or close to full-time (students ~40-60+ and faculty~30-40+ hours per week) exclusively on this course. This level of personal interaction &feedback, and the ways in which they are conducted, build connections and community

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Aditya Vora, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Allen Henderson, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Bracken, Pennsylvania State University; Neeraj Sonalkar, Stanford University; Stephen Harris, Community College of the Air Force

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Design in Engineering Education

-behavioralmodels of design teams that will be applicable in academic and industry environments, as well asnew tools for improving the effectiveness of those teams. In that original context, our aim is toidentify and map the behavioral building blocks of High Performance Design Teams (HPDTs)through two functional objectives: 1. Identify the behavioral interaction sequences and individual characteristics that characterize high performance design teams (i.e., the HPDT “genome”); and 2. Map these sequences and characteristics to creative design outcomes.The project utilizes a unique team interaction measurement system called the Interaction DynamicsNotation (IDN)1 to characterize interaction behaviors between individuals on a team, as well asthe

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Technical Session 7: Online and Distributed Learning

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taylor V. Williams, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Peter Bermel, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Computers in Education

photovoltaics * Fabricating and characterizing 3D inverse opal photonic crystals made from silicon for photovoltaics, and comparing to theoretical predictions * Explaining key physical effects influencing selective thermal emitters in order to achieve high performance thermophotovoltaic systemsHillary Elizabeth Merzdorf, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) College of Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Beyond the Means – Visualizing Learner Activity and Outcomes for Online InstructorsIt is now seven years since The New York Times declared 2012 "the year of the MOOC" [1]when the idea of online education through

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin Dixon, Concord Consortium; Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

design and enables rapid cycles of improvement towardsinnovative solutions. However, iteration in engineering is described at different grain sizes of thedesign process and subsequently has many definitions within the fields of education and design,as well as within research [1], [2]. Where some see iteration as inextricably linked to action [3],others see it as primarily conceptual and more open-ended, a chance to explore all possibledesigns for a given problem [2]. Iteration can focus on problem framing, or on refinement of thesolution [1], [4]. It can happen around small problems within stages of the design process asdesigners troubleshoot, tweak, and make incremental improvements, or across stages in waysthat lead to large changes or

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High-Impact Teaching and Learning

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Corrie Walton-Macaulay Ph.D., P.E., Saint Martin's University; Suresh Immanuel P.E., University of Evansville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Shawn Griffiths, University of Wyoming; Craig M. Shillaber, Northeastern University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Civil Engineering

included in the dataset) independently graded the 50 conceptinventory surveys, using an established solution to the instrument. The end result was adistribution of seven instructor scores for each question within the dataset of student responses.The objectives of this study are (1) to quantify instructor bias in grading concept inventorysurveys by examining whether there are differences between instructors' grading of their ownstudents and instructors' grading of anonymous surveys, and (2) to quantify instructor precision(instructor-to-instructor variability) in grading. Statistical analyses were performed on the scoresof the concept inventory surveys to quantify the distributions of instructor grading within thedistributions of student scores. In

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University; Cadavious M. Jones, Alabama State University ; Carl Pettis, Alabama State University ; Uma Kannan, Alabama State University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

in 2017. She specialized in Cybersecurity, particularly on the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Big Data Analytics: with an infusion of statistics for the modern student1. IntroductionRecent technological advancements in various fields such as e-commerce, smart phones, andsocial media generate huge volumes of data on a scale never seen before [1]. New data aregenerated every second. For example, every second on average 40,000 search queries areperformed on Google; 520,834

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Ronald S. Adrezin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

(fixed and rotary), Marine Engineering, Marine Safety (Prevention), AeronauticalEngineering, Fire Prevention Engineering as well as Engineering Officers.The Mechanical Engineering program offers courses in three tracks- Mechanical Design,Thermofluids and Controls/Mechatronics.The Mechanical Engineering Program has at its heart the philosophy of design, build and test.[6,7] Numerous publications discuss project-based learning and philosophy. [1-7] Introductionto Mechanical Engineering Design, IMED, is the first major course students take. IMED isoffered during their sophomore Spring Semester. This is usually a tough semester for studentsbecause they are also taking Chemistry II, Multivariable Calculus, Electrical Circuits andMachines, Dynamics

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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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ASEE Headquarters

PROGRAM 1 The IMPACT Mentoring Program: Exploring the Benefits of Mentoring for Emeriti Faculty Sylvia L. Mendez, Valerie Martin Conley, and Jennifer Tygret University of Colorado Colorado Springs Comas Haynes and Rosario Gerhardt Georgia Institute of TechnologyIMPACT MENTORING PROGRAM 2 AbstractThis evidence-based holistic single-case study reports on the benefits mentors derived fromparticipating in the Increasing Minority Presence within Academia through Continuous Training(IMPACT) mentoring

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

infrastructure form inland urban centers toports. Despite this, little attention is paid to the unique challenges and opportunities forsustainable rural civil infrastructure. Substantial challenges facing sustainable rural developmentinclude low population densities; communities experiencing flat or negative population growth;and the close connections between rural communities and their surrounding natural environment,and necessitate new technologies and approaches for civil infrastructure in these areas. Theprimary focus of our REU site will be on sustainable rural infrastructure with emphasis in threeareas: (1) environmental and water resources in rural and/or agricultural areas; (2) structuralengineering and materials research for sustainable rural

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical Engineering

accommodate this growing body ofknowledge, as well as growth in our student population, we went from a completely lecture-based course to a blended model using well documented active learning strategies [1-4]. Theformat we employed utilizes online lectures covering the foundational materials science,immunology, and traditional application of biomaterials. The in-class time was then repurposedfor three activities: 1. lectures on the latest research and applications in the field, 2. groupdiscussions around case-studies, and 3. hands-on laboratories. While the online material receivedmixed reviews, the repurposed activities were appreciated and improvements were seen in finalexam scores.IntroductionOur biomaterials course had been developed as a purely

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Paul E Slaboch, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

paper) two lab courses which are deemed writing-intensive courses. In thethermo-fluids lab course, students work within a group on a single technical document, andhence instruction on group based technical writing should be emphasized, with the expectationthat better writing and by effect, better overall communication on technical content, will reflectbetter understanding of the concepts.Background Previous literature on the subject of group writing in engineering education has shown anumber of interesting results. Shulz and Ludlow [1] focused on group dynamics as a means tosuccessful group technical writing. They looked at leadership within the group and how receptivestudents were to feedback and criticism from other group members. By

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Faye R. Jones is a Senior Research Associate at Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information. Her research interests include STEM student outcomes and the exploration of student pathways through institutional research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Developing a Body of Knowledge to Illustrate Advanced Manufacturing Competency and IdentityAbstractIn this theory-driven work in progress, we: 1) provide the history and justification for a Body ofKnowledge (BOK) in the context of technician education and professionalization; 2) detail ourmethod for creating an advanced manufacturing (AM) BOK; and 3) share subsequent steps to vetand

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

(3259-Other Chemicals and 3344-Semiconductor) and in 2015, constituted 24.6% of the region’s total employment [1, 2]. Guidedby the overarching research question (RQ) “To what extent do curriculum content, employerneeds, and student experiences align within an advanced manufacturing educational pathway,”this study’s goals are to 1) investigate the role AM program pathways have in meeting the needsof employers and new professionals who are employed in the region; 2) expand the research baseand curriculum content recommendations for entrepreneur and intrapreneur education; 3) buildregional capacity for AM program assessment and improvement by replicating, refining, anddisseminating study approaches through further research, annual meetings with

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Price Barnett; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Mechanics

theirmajor within the first three years, and within the Engineering and Engineering Technology fields32% of students changed their majors within the first three years [1]. Increasingly universitiesoffer various programs to help students understand different majors and possible career options.The author attends a university offers a co-op program in which the student may work inconjunction with a company to gain valuable work related experience and knowledge, or maywork on independent research on a topic within the students’ field of study with the aid of aprofessor. I, as the student chose to work on independent research to further my studies withinthe automotive and engineering industries. For the co-op program, I chose to study the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

development procedure for the Persistence of Engineers in the AcademySurvey (PEAS). This survey was developed as part of a multi-year, mixed-methods researchproject funded by the NSF to explore the experiences of women tenure-track faculty inengineering. Faculty are identified as the pivotal resource around which the outcomes ofpostsecondary education revolve; therefore, it is essential to understand who they are; what theydo; and whether, how, and why they are changing [1] [2]. Although they represent an increasingshare of engineering faculty, women continue to be underrepresented in many engineeringdisciplines [3] [4] and as tenured faculty [5] [6]. On average, women tenured/tenure facultyrepresented approximately 16.9% of the academic workforce in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra J. Groen-McCall, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

identity formation in undergraduate civil engineering studentswith disabilities as they experience their undergraduate careers and move into the workforce. Toprovide context for this ongoing work, we summarize the background, sensitizing concepts, andupdated research procedures underpinning this study. We then focus our discussion on ouremergent findings to-date, which include the identification of a sub-process referred to asEstablishing Definitions of Self. Overall, these findings begin to highlight the nuance and fluidityof disability identity as students form professional identities as civil engineers.Study BackgroundRecent research estimates that approximately 13% of U.S. college students identify asindividuals with disabilities [1], with 4.3

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Jarek, University of Tennessee; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

NationalAcademy of Engineering’s Engineer of 2020; President Obama’s Educate to Innovate program;AAU’s Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative). These calls for change extend beyond theclassroom experience to the curricular, co-curricular, and institutional levels. In response, recentchange efforts have targeted necessary components for comprehensive change, such as thedevelopment of targeted networks [1]and theoretical frameworks on systemic change in STEMeducation [2, 3]. The Journal of Engineering Education published a special issue [4] dedicated toresearch on change process strategies that can impact faculty teaching and student learning.Similarly, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) ongoing Revolutionizing EngineeringDepartments (RED) initiative

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Damian Ruiz, University of San Diego/San Diego State University; Vitaliy Popov, University of San Diego; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Danielle Gadbois

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

well-being. Using funds of knowledge in the classroom has beennoted as an asset-based approach because students’ assets are explored while deficit notions ofstudents’ abilities are challenged. Dolores Delgado-Bernal [1] argued that “although students ofcolor are holders and creators of knowledge, they often feel as if their stories, experiences,cultures, and languages are devalued, misinterpreted, or omitted within formal educationalsettings” (p. 106). These perspectives have created a master narrative in engineering thatdisenfranchises students of color by delegitimizing their presence in engineering spaces. Creatingspaces that foster the ways of knowing, doing, and being of underrepresented students isextremely important in making

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

external evaluator or advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects (CA- REER, iCorps, REU, RIEF, etc.).Dr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston University, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, worked at Argonne National Lab, 1996-1997, taught at Chicago State University, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in Aerospace Engi- neering @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on computational plasma modeling using spectral and lattice Boltzmann methods for studying plasma turbulence and plasma jets. His research has also included fluid physics and electric propulsion using

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Karl Haefner, Cankdeska Cikana Community College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Cultivating Meta-cognitive Skills and Emotional Intelligence in First- Year Curricula MOTIVATIONColleges and universities have traditionally devoted considerable resources to restructuring andrefining learning environments in order to address deficits in "hard skills" such as reading,writing, mathematics, and critical thinking. Comparatively fewer resources have been devoted toimproving the cultivation of “emotional intelligence” and "soft skills/attributes" such asinterpersonal communication skills, metacognitive analysis of study methods [1], resiliency [2],[3] motivation, and problem solving around non-academic issues. However, research andexperience have shown

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffanie R. Smith, University of Florida; Juan E. Gilbert, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

technologically advanced and the demand for more scientists,technologists, engineers and mathematicians is continually on the rise. In order to excel andpursue STEM career routes, Algebra has been a key requirement to gain access to such fields andrelated courses. Due to its importance, 32 states have made it a requirement for high schoolgraduation 1 ; the remaining states define the amount of math credits required to graduate, but donot specify which courses must be taken. Despite its importance and requirement by most states,students are not excelling in this area. While there is no national standard or standardized test tomeasure Algebra competency, most states offer their own end of course assessments.Additionally, there are national assessments and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Eva Schiorring, StemEval; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

learning model2 to improve math and scienceoutcomes. Over a decade ago a summer bridge program (STEP) was added for pre-matriculationfreshmen, in the form of a 7-week math bootcamp. STEP was organized around facultyinstruction and peer-led workshops, and concluded with an exit exam protocol to place studentsinto pre-calculus or calculus for the freshman Fall term.                                                            1  EAB’s Student Success Collaborative dashboard provides data and intelligence to assist faculty, staff and administrators in tracking, alerting, and gathering knowledge about student success. https://www.eab.com/2  Treisman, Uri. (1983). Improving the Performance of Minority Students in College‐Level Mathematics. Innovation

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University; Richard J. Puerzer, Hofstra University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

proficiency in Excel and MATLAB such that students caneffectively input, store, sort, plot, and output data. Math outcomes include the ability tomathematically model data, develop systems of equations, and properly define vectors. Toaccomplish this, activities are performed to reinforce the mathematical concept, collectapplicable data or systems of equations to teach Excel and MATLAB, and engage students incollaborations with their colleagues. Figure 1 shows the new model where the activities are thedriving force from which math, Excel, and MATLAB are learned. Figure 1 The new, activity centric modelAn ExampleOn the first day of class, students engaged in the activity, Bungee Barbie and Kamikaze Kendeveloped at

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Research experiences can provide critical opportunitiesfor exposure to authentic STEM research earlier in undergraduate careers.Research experience is shown to be one of the most effective methods for recruiting andretaining students in STEM career paths, with studies showing that undergraduate researchexperiences increase students’ interest in STEM careers, as well as increasing their anticipationof obtaining a Ph.D. [1]. Undergraduate research can provide valuable opportunities to applyclassroom content to real-world problems. Studies note significant positive effects ofundergraduate research on students’ interest in STEM majors, their career readiness, researchskills, critical thinking, disciplinary knowledge, understanding of the research

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Barlow, Utah State University; Max L. Longhurst, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Pre-College Engineering Education

part of the GEAR UP program. Themain purpose of the Engineering Camp was to increase interest in and knowledge aboutengineering among middle-school and high school students. The 2018 camp was specificallytargeting students entering the 10th grade and their teachers. During the camp, both students andteachers were able to participate in authentic engineering experiences led by engineering facultyrelated to water and air quality.Because of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the framework for K-12 scienceeducation, science teachers are being asked to incorporate engineering into their science classes.But research shows that it has been difficult for many science teachers to do this [1] [2] [3]. Thiscould be a result of a limited

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

progress paper discusses the Academy of Engineering Success (AcES), an NSF S-STEMsupported program, which employs known best practices to support and retain underrepresentedstudents in engineering through graduation. The goal is to graduate more students fromunderrepresented populations in an effort to ultimately diversify the engineering workforce.This paper describes this program’s unique implementation of a specific subset of retention bestpractices, such as facilitating (1) the development of both a feeling of institutional inclusion andengineering identity by providing opportunities for faculty-student and student-student interaction aswell as major and career exploration, (2) academic support, including support for the development ofbroader