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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Phil Doepker; James Brothers, University of Dayton

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

secure financial support fromthe PNC Bank to support minority-owned businesses in the Dayton area. The program’s successhas led to the donor donating an additional $100,000 to sustain the program. Generally, thestudents have enhanced their communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Moststudents indicated that the program helped them critically review problems and communicateeffectively in multidisciplinary teams. Additionally, the clients expressed satisfaction with thestudents’ work ethics and the quality of project deliverables. Thus, the program offers studentsan experiential learning opportunity to enhance their entrepreneurial and problem-solving skillswhile providing value for community partners through transdisciplinary

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Corey T. Schimpf, University of Buffalo, SUNY; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Elizabeth A. Sanders, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #38321Board 203: A Research Study on Assessing Empathic Formation inEngineering DesignDr. Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Hess’s research focuses on empathic and ethical formation in engineering education. He received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. He is the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics Center, deputy director for research for the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Anabel Mederos; antonio delgado

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

regarding computing and artificial intelligence. These market needs influenced howCC students defined their computing interests, relative competence, and need to perform certaintasks to be recognized as computing people.Lessons Learned - CC faculty developed and were approved to offer a 9-credit interdisciplinary AI awareness (college credit certificate) CCC to support students from a diverse set of majors (with no previous experience in coding). Courses include: AI Thinking, AI and Ethics, and AI and Business (the first of the AI interdisciplinary classes). Considerations are being made about the best timing and ways of facilitating these classes, including addressing the need for coding in the AI thinking class

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 10: Identity & Belonging 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Uri Feldman, Wentworth Institute; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, Mechanics, and Goals. Major engineering failures Week 3: The Engineering Profession: Education, Benefits, Disciplines Week 4: Engineering Research and Library Resources Week 5: Engineering Design Process, Map your Visual Journey Week 6: An EDP Approach to becoming a World Class Engineering Student Week 7: Grand Challenges in Engineering Week 8: Mastering the Learning Process Week 9: Making the Most Out of How You Are Taught Week 10: Informational Interviewing and the WCES Journey Week 11: Academic Honesty Week 12: Engineering Ethics Week 13: WCES ePortfolio assembly and review Week 14: Course Wrap-up, Project, EvaluationsCourse delivery innovations(1) In-class activities: To increase

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan L. Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Rebecca Napolitano; Wesley F. Reinhart, Pennsylvania State University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

reliance on cloud computing and big data will continuously increase, andnew data-centric technologies and engineering approaches will be developed. Due to this rapidlydeveloping field, there is a need to track these trends and incorporate the corresponding developments intoour current science and engineering curriculum. Besides data science skills already taught in traditionalengineering curricula, such as mathematical, computational, and statistical foundations, the NationalAcademies guide discusses that key concepts in developing data acumen include domain-specificconsiderations and ethical problem-solving. This work-in-progress (WIP) paper will highlight the foundation of a comprehensive study toexplore data science education in two

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Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

opportunity provided bycommunity capstone projects can provide an unquantifiable richness, texture, and ethicalpreparation to uniquely prepare students for responsible and ethical engineering praxis. And yet,we recognize the limitations in our current instructional model that prevent this ideal from fullycoming to fruition (yet).In this work in progress paper, we share preliminary findings from our nascent exploration of thestudent experience working on community capstone design project teams using studentreflections and instructor observations.ContextThe University of San Diego is a private, Catholic university, known for its commitment to theformation of values, community involvement, and preparing leaders dedicated to ethical conductand

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED): Best of Works in Progress

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Patrick Jr., Texas A&M University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Engineering components that synergistically result in solutions for biomedical problems. Design and evaluate a system, component, or process to meet desired needs and standards within realistic constraints such as those based on economic,Design environmental, sustainability, constructability, ethical, health and safety, social, legal, regulatory, and political issues. Apply knowledge of descriptive statistics, measurement concepts, hypothesisStatistics testing, and probability distributions.Computing and Data Apply knowledge of computer programming, numerical

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marina Dias; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Amazon ; Amulya Mysore; Wanqun Zhao; Amelia Rivera-Burnett; Shahriar Sadighi; Robert Pulvermacher

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

other factors. Workers hired after thenew scheme was implemented were on average 28% more productive than the ones hired in theold regime.Experimentation is an effort that requires collaboration among Science, Product, andEngineering teams which means it is typically multi-disciplinary in nature. Experiments typicallyhave three phases: the pre-experiment planning, the implementation and monitoring, and thepost-experiment analysis. During the pre-experiment planning, Science, Product, andEngineering work together to translate the business problem at hand into testable hypothesis,make ethical and legal considerations and submit the research proposal for review if applicable,define the details of the intervention, design the randomization, define

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S4B: Workshop VII

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Petronella A James, Morgan State University

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Workshops

State University and has experience in accreditation, and program assessment. Her research interests include broadening participation of underserved communities in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics and program assessment solutions 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference: University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee Jul 30 Workshop: Democratizing and Demystifying Engineering for All – A workshop to help you bring e4usa to your campusIn this workshop, participants will be introduced to the research-based Engineering for US All(e4usa) curriculum, will learn how the e4usa curriculum has been modified and offered asundergraduate

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Course Level

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarvnaz Lotfi, Loyola University, Maryland; Raenita A. Fenner, Loyola University, Maryland

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

intention to major, which reinforces theimportance of curricular structures that enable students to experience a sense of community andconnection.” While the National Academy of Engineering in [14] states the system to educateengineers should include several elements including “the economic, political, ethical, and socialconstraints as boundary conditions that define the possible range of solutions for engineeringproblems and demand the interaction of engineers with the public.[14, p. 18]” The NationalAcademy also stated that surveys of pre-college students consistently demonstrate an interest incareers where “helping-others” is a key aspect and that it would be “particularly helpful if theengineering community could successfully communicate the

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Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Fernandez, UMass Amherst; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ankita Kumar; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Zoii Arrianna Henry; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

promote a movement toward Solidarity Engineering that contributes to an ethic of care,love, equity, and justice among people and planet.Keywords: Solidarity Engineering, Ethics of Care, Love, Social Justice, Equity, Sustainability,Capitalism, Militarism, Collaborative Inquiry, Engineering PathwaysIntroduction “We live in a world in which a tree is worth more, financially, dead than alive, in a world in which a whale is worth more dead than alive. For so long as our economy works in that way and corporations go unregulated, they're going to continue to destroy trees, to kill whales, to mine the earth, and to continue to pull oil out of the ground, even though we know it is destroying the planet and we know that

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Interdisciplinary Integration and Sociotechnical Thinking: The Big Picture

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Chantal Rodier; Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus; Renato B. Rodrigues, University of Manitoba; Ken Tallman, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Engineering, English,Communication, Rhetoric, Theatre, Visual Art and Design, Science and Technology Studies, andEngineering Education. Our teaching responsibilities run the gamut of transdisciplinaryinstruction, including communication, science and society, professionalism, team skills,leadership and ethics, and responsibilities as an artist-in-residence, with instruction andsupervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our research interests reflect theseactivities and our career stages span from graduate school to near retirement. We are united by acommon interest in how engineering students develop mindsets that enable effective humanisticpractice, and we share common values in supporting our students’ development of

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

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Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Christian Jay St. Francis Clarke, Penn State University

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Diversity

effectively.To respond to these weaknesses, it becomes vital to find an equilibrium between AIincorporation and traditional pedagogical approaches, advocate for conscientious AI utilization,and stimulate dialogues concerning the roles and boundaries of AI in the educational sphere.Moreover, fostering awareness among educators and students regarding the potential for biasesand ethical considerations when engaging with AI tools is of utmost importance. In conclusion,while this AI has undeniable advantages in assisting students in computer classes, dependence onChat GPT has a significant impact on the development of critical thinking skills, which mayrequire a supplemental approach to its use in computer learning, with a carefully selectedquestion to

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Work-in-Progress Session: Emergent Methods for Engineering Education Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autumn Cuellar, Utah State University; Sarah Principato; Sakshi Solanki; Catherine McGough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

community engagement (e.g., likes) and interaction features (e.g., “stitch”) uniqueto this platform [29].To protect autonomy and equality of individuals, we designed our research following the InternetResearch: Ethical Guidelines 3.0 [64] when centering neurodivergent voices on the internet usingperson-centered research methods. We collected publicly available content only (not private) andstored the data in a secure Box folder. To protect the identity of the creators, we also usedpseudonyms for each content creator and blurred out faces and usernames on shared screenshots.We will delete all content on Box at the end of the analysis providing a deidentified dataset to theinstitution’s digital commons for study replication.4.2. Data Collection and

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Session 11 - Track 1: "Emotions can hinder Professional Experiences:" Emotional states of first-generation engineering students when introduced to hidden curriculum

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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R. Jamaal Downey, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Victoria Beth Sellers

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

often identify their work as rational, beyond emotion, and engineering is oftencharacterized as purely scientific, involving technical solutions to real world problems” [13].Consequently, in the code of ethics for the National Society of Professional Engineers’ (NSPE)[14] or Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [15], there is no mention ofemotions, what to do with emotions, how to take an emotional pulse of both teachers andstudents, how both positive and negative affect outcomes, nor how to engage with the emotionsof society within engineering. The lack of acknowledging emotions, much less the pervasive ways that unchecked emotionsdominate our ability to both learn and teach, is unfortunate at best because “it is hard to

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara E. Lego, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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

address both the ABET Student Outcomes and the “leakypipeline” issue, Penn State’s College of Engineering 2020-2025 Strategic Plan identified theintegration of ethics, inclusivity, and sustainability into undergraduate programs throughout thecollege as one of its primary unit objectives [11]. This emphasis updates and directlyimplements Penn State’s 2016-2020 University-wide Strategic Plan, which clearly highlightsdiversity as one of its core foundations [12]. In the Aerospace Engineering Department, seniorundergraduate capstone courses offer ideal conditions for exploring, learning about, andpracticing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) skills that promote inclusive and collaborativeclimates since these classes are team-based experiential

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Student Experiences and Development – Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon M. Clancy, University of Michigan; Berenice Alejandra Cabrera, University of Michigan; Sarah Jane (SJ) Bork, University of Michigan; Kayleigh Merz, University of Michigan; Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. IntroductionEngineering curriculum frequently focuses on technical, analytical, and decision makingknowledge and skills, evident by the common focus of courses on math and physics principles[1]–[3]. Course problem sets and projects routinely focus on determining variables and solvingequations where there is one “right” answer [4]. However, engineering work is inherently bothtechnical and social [5], [6]. To address major problems of today’s world, engineering studentsneed to develop contextual and cultural competencies, ethical responsibility, and socialengagement knowledge and skills, as well as the ability to work across disciplinary boundaries[7]–[10]. Engagement in these skills, which we collectively call “comprehensive engineeringknowledge and skills”, are

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Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

contradictions that arise in students’education surrounding ethics, including how engineering instructors often allude to theimportance of ethics in engineering practice but then avoid explicit discussion of ethical mattersthat arise in the context of students’ coursework. This type of contradiction served as a catalystfor our thinking about some of the other ways in which engineering students receive and copewith conflicting messaging across their educational experience, especially where implicitpractices regularly contravene explicit messages. As with the hidden curriculum scholarship inengineering education generally, we are interested in how implicit messaging undermines effortsto create more inclusive, more authentic educational experiences

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, 5 ethics, etc.). The other activities in that third instance were modeled on a class that had been well-received by students but had not been optimized to support doctoral students. ● Wave 2-Pivot. The fourth instance marked a new direction; a direction in which the student selected readings played a role in 100% of the learning experience. Responding to comments that the engagement with the student-selected readings in instance 3 had promise but was too fast; in instance 4, engagements with the student-selected readings were distributed over the entire 10-week term. In addition, instance 4 featured 12 analysis questions (each coupled with conceptual readings) that were applied to the student-selected

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Rosales, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Amit Sundly, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Svetlana Barkanova, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Cecilia Moloney, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

Paper ID #37226Engineering or Physical Sciences: How to Choose? An Exploration of HowFirst-Year University Students Choose between Studying the PhysicalSciences and EngineeringDr. Janna Rosales, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Janna Rosales works at the crossroads of the sciences and humanities, where she explores the intent, values, and needs that go into the decisions we make about technology. She teaches ethics and profes- sionalism in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She collaborates with the Memorial University-based MetaKettle Project, which studies the

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

and/or improving things [6]-[7]. In particular, wedraw upon Lucas and Hanson’s [7] habits of mind framework that identifies and describes sixengineering habits of mind and seven learning habits of mind for their potential to informinstructional practices and learning cultures across pre-kindergarten to post-secondary contexts.We used both habits of mind – engineering and learning – for what they both afforded. Forexample, learning habits of mind include Ethical Consideration, the concern for the impact ofengineering on people and the environment, which is not captured by engineering habits of mindbut remains a value important to the field of engineering [8-9].ASEE [10] has described HoM as one component that leads to the development of

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Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ezequiel Aleman, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Ethan Paul Ruchotzke; Michael Brown, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

. As a team we planned a three day game design workshop for middle school students that: ● fosters interest in computer science careers by exposing students to basic programming concepts; ● encourages the development of ethical decision-making capacities by designing games that address contemporary challenges in adolescents’ lives; and ● harnesses the motivational affordances of games to encourage students to engage in interest driven learning.Game Jam workshops are potentially well suited to achieving the goals we note above because of their open-ended nature [3]. Game jams build on the affordances of games, offering youth a playful and agenticperspective on design and problem solving, while exposing them to basic

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chithra Adams, VentureWell; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Phil Weilerstein, Broadening Impacts; Hope Liu

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Delphi exercise: a useful approach in empirical ethics?. Journal of medical ethics, 36(11), 656–660. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2010.036616 5. MK. Murphy, NA. Black , DL Lamping, CM McKee, CF Sanderson, J Askham, et al. 1988. Consensus development methods, and their use in clinical guideline development. Health Technology Assessment. 2:1–886. D. Crane, EJ. Henderson, DR.Chadwick. 2017. Exploring the acceptability of a ‘limited patient consent procedure’ for a proposed blood-borne virus screening programme: a Delphi consensus building technique. BMJ Open 2017;7:e015373. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-0153737. C. Koli, & SD. Pawlowski. 2004. The Delphi method as a research tool: an example, design considerations and

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

civil and environmental engineering.Dr. Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park Nicole Mogul is a professor of engineering ethics and Science, Technology and Society at the University of Maryland, College Park.Dr. David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park David is the director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. He works with STEM majors on the ethical and social dimensions of science and technology. David also does public engagement with science andAndrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park Andrew Elby’s work focuses on student and teacher epistemologies and how they couple to other cognitive machinery and help to drive

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

) following the passing of the Clean Air and the Clean Water Acts[3]. However, environmental engineering students often graduate with limited knowledge andinsights about the pathways that lead from scientific knowledge to policy, and the role of otheractors (constituents, industry, media, administrators), who can help or derail an effort to createpolicy consistent with the best scientific knowledge [4], [5], [6]. Gaps have also been identifiedregarding care-ethical responsibility of engineers toward the protection of human subjects,societal values and the environment [7].Regarding interaction with other actors, a gap exists in the area of communication with non-engineers and non-scientists. In a National Academy of Sciences study [8], researchers

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Novosel

programs and research.”The specific topics to be covered included: “reproducible research and data management; toolsfor collaboration and sharing (using GitHub and GitHub Pages); data analysis and visualizationfundamentals in Python and R; and an overview of interdisciplinary data practices and ethics.”The instructors for the bootcamp consisted of CRDDS faculty and staff as well as librariansaffiliated with the center. The CRDDS was developed in 2017 as a partnership between ResearchComputing and the University Libraries and consists of a collaborative team of data andinformation professionals who provide education, support, and community for data-focusedresearch, students, and scholars on campus. Much like the first iteration of the data

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University; Jack Bringardner, Colorado School of Mines; Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

technical presentation and writing skills,the engineering design process and design thinking, ethics and stakeholder impact,undergraduate and graduate opportunities, and more. Students will also present on their weeklylab activities or project milestone updates and receive feedback. Faculty provide guidance on theenhanced career development assignments, which now include a resume, cover letter, LinkedInprofile, and a digital portfolio. The cover letter and portfolio assignments are new for the 2022-2023 academic year and the design and implementation are described below.Module Creation and ImplementationImplementation of these new career development and professional skill modules is part of alarge-scale effort driven by faculty and administrators

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C Lee, Virginia Tech; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech; Taylor Y Johnson, Virginia Tech; Janice Leshay Hall, Florida International University; Artre Reginald Turner, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

quality, ethics, and equityconsiderations outlined in the project proposal and updated our methods and theories tostrengthen these considerations. We documented the process and justification for updating ourproject theories and methods from the original proposal in a ASEE 2022 conference paper [1].Current StatusConceptual ModelDuring the first year of the project, we developed propositions and a conceptual model toillustrate how localized, structural features unjustly shape the demands and opportunitiesencountered by students and influence how they respond. Our model highlights mechanisms anddynamics at work in influencing the experience, learning, or persistence of students inundergraduate engineering programs. This lens should prove useful for

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology ; Pinar Akcora, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

program aimed to create an experience that took students beyond the development of technicalcompetence in science and engineering and provided an expertise particularly on research and innovationin various areas of energy and bioengineering. Seminars and workshops complemented the programproviding students skills in areas such as laboratory safety, literature searching, entrepreneurship, effectivementoring and research ethics. The weekly group meetings with the program PIs fostered interdisciplinarycommunication between REUs which strengthened collaborations. The community was furtherstrengthened in the second year by incorporating more events with lab mates and students living togetheron campus.The RET program was designed to allow undergraduate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Acton, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas; Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

accessible to all students.” [4] In engineering, the hidden curriculum includesprofessional socialization, processes of developing self-efficacy, navigation of internships,professional ethics, and numerous other domains that may be implicitly addressed duringfoundational courses but can be navigationally frustrating or undervalued experiences fortransfer students [5]. Mentoring supports transfer students by establishing trust, buildingrelationships, and developing interconnectedness with faculty and peers. APEX scholars receiveformal and informal mentoring from faculty, industry, peer mentors and each other.Several research questions are posed in this work, which guide data collection. The team seeksto examine: (1) how well APEX recruitment