Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Mistele, Radford University; Sandra Nicks Baker, Radford University; Sarah L. Strout, Worcester State University; Prem Uppuluri, Radford University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

- versity. She has a Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from Saint Louis University and has been involved in academic assessment for over 20 years.Dr. Sarah L. Strout, Worcester State University Dr. Sarah Strout is the Assistant Vice President for Assessment and Planning at Worcester State University and was the Associate Director of Assessment at Radford University.Dr. Prem Uppuluri, Radford University Prem Uppuluri is a Professor of Computer Science at Radford University. His primary interests are in cyber security and computer science education. Dr. Uppuluri’s work is supported by grants from NSF and NSA. He is the PI of the NSF S-STEM project titled RU-Nextgen (2014-18) c American

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Caroline Murrie Clevenger P.E.; Laura Thornes; Svetlana Olbina

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International

formed a partnership to host a 12-day travel study program. CSU had originallyoffered the program in the Caribbean in 2009; the following year it was offered in partnershipwith the University of Costa Rica. Most recently, the latest iteration of the course is based on anew partnership with EARTH University. This paper provides context about the organizationalchallenges and lessons learned from this partnership. First, this paper describes a brief overviewof the study abroad program including the content, structure, and assignments. Second, the paperprovides a discussion of the challenges related to planning and executing this course. Finally,lessons learned by the faculty leaders and support staff provide insights about what to expectwhen

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy ; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Army; Patrick Baker, United States Military Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

Paper ID #22609Integrating Army Doctrine and Engineering Design: Preparing Millennialsto Become Future OfficersLt. Col. Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy LTC Raby is an Engineer officer with experience within both US Army Corps of Engineers and within Combat Units at the battalion, brigade, district, task force and corps levels. His most recent experi- ences include four operational engineer assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and one engineer assignment in support of Operation Joint Guardian. His research and teaching interests are in master planning, water resources, sustainable LEED design

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 1: Assessments

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Batie, East Carolina University

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Construction Engineering

Standards for Accreditation Fall 2016Ultimately the new Outcome Based Standards 103 ((http://www.acce-hq.org/accreditation_process/accreditation-procedures/) were approved with all programsrequired to use the new standards in fall 2016 [8]. They are:1. Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline.2. Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline.3. Create a construction project safety plan.4. Create construction project cost estimates.5. Create construction project schedules.6. Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles.7. Analyze construction documents for planning and management of construction processes.8 .Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #22315The Write Background Makes a Difference: What Research and WritingSkills can Predict about Capstone Project SuccessDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She is Director of the Galante Engineering Busi- ness Program as well as the Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has also been an active member of

Conference Session

Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Shraim, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

concept of variation and statistical quality control • Understand how a company can address continuous improvement programs using Six Sigma or the seven-step A3 process • Select and use the appropriate quality control or management and planning tool • Work in a team environment to complete a project using applicable tools identified in in this course and report results in written and presentation formatsThis project follows the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology, where the catapult is used as a process.The “product” is the horizontal traveled (in-flight) distance between the catapult itself and thepoint where the ball first hits the ground. The measurement is visually taken by an inspectorusing a measuring tape. The actual

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Christian, Stony Brook University; Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Keith Sheppard, Stony Brook University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

include planning of a project. 52 43 4 0 0 4. I am interested in learning more about engineering and design through in- 30 57 4 9 0 service workshops. 5. I am interested in learning more about engineering and design through 27 26 26 17 4 college courses. 6. I am interested in learning more about engineering and design through peer 30 43 22 4 0 training. 7. I would like to be able to teach my students to understand the design 52 35 9 4 0 process. 8. I would like to be able to teach students to understand the types of problems 57 35 9 0 0 to which engineering and design can be applied. 9. Engineering and design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

programs.Additionally, the design of the assessment and evaluation plan and data from the 2016-2017cohort will be reported.2. Recruitment and SelectionIncoming freshmen in AE or IE are eligible to apply for the ASPIRE program. Recruitingapplicants for the ASPIRE program focuses on advertising the program to as many high schooljuniors and seniors as possible. Consequently, in addition to advertising the ASPIRE Scholarshipon the university’s Office of Admissions and Scholarships webpage, the College ofEngineering’s webpage, and on departmental webpages, we developed a brochure that is sent tohigh school students and guidance counselors.ASPIRE Scholarship eligibility is determined by a combination of financial need, academictalent, interest in the field, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Anetra J. Grice, Western Michigan University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

cohorts (e.g., Mathematics, Chemistry). There are also two external board members consisting of engineering educators – one in our state and one in a neighboring state -- such that travel time and cost for the external board members to attend meetings are not hurdles. The STEP Advisory Board meets two times a year -- once in fall and another time in spring – and the meeting format consists of a reporting component and a planning component. In the reporting component, the Advisory Board reviews project progress and provides feedback; in the planning component, the Advisory Board assists the Project Team to set priorities and provides suggestions for strategies. More importantly, the Advisory Board can influence institutional

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jenilee Stanley-Shanks, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lori A. Floyd-Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #22097Engagement in Practice: the Student Engagement Continuum (SEC) – Op-portunities and Challenges for a Sustainable Pipeline Enhancement Model atan Urban InstitutionDr. Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University Triplett is a Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Triplett oversees all aspects of graduate engineering programs including curriculum de- velopment, student recruitment and matriculation, strategic planning, student funding, graduate research, and online education. Prior to being Associate Dean, Triplett was Director of

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 3: Case Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Perrenoud, University of Oklahoma; Juvenal Huizar, University of Oklahoma

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Construction Engineering

% 57% 13% 13% 0% Q18.E Civil Engineering 10% 29% 19% 29% 14% Q18.F Interior Design 0% 19% 29% 33% 19% Q18.G Electrical Engineering 5% 41% 23% 23% 9% Q18.H Mechanical Engineering 5% 55% 14% 18% 9%Research Question Three – Career PathTable 7 indicates that only one participant plans on retiring in the next five years and seven (27%)will be retiring within 5 to 10 years

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University; Mike Benton, Louisiana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Louisiana State University (LSU) in energy researchto engage participating students in innovative projects related to biofuels, energy storage, andcatalysis. Participants interact with university faculty as well as local industry and entrepreneurs.Over the course of the summer, students develop a commercialization plan for their summerresearch project aided by mentors from the LSU Business & Technology Center. The combinationof local industry, entrepreneurship, and world-class research facilities and faculty offer the REUstudents an opportunity that is hard to match. In recent years the authors have discussed the uniqueopportunities available to those with graduate degrees with undergraduate chemical engineeringstudents at LSU. Through these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Scholarships. New Junior Awards Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 7 Junior Senior 7 Junior Senior 7 Junior Senior 7 Junior Senior Number of Scholarships per Year 7 14 14 14 7 Total Number of S-STEM Scholars 28As shown in Table 1, we were planning for seven juniors to receive scholarships during the firstyear of the grant. Then, these seven students were to

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Sundheim, St. Cloud State University

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Engineering Technology

The educator determines what constitutes acceptable evidence for indicating those results have been achieved. In this approach the assessment is planned before the classroom instruction is planned. Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction The educator now plans the learning experiences and instruction to meet the goals.It is sometimes referred to as “backward design” because it promotes the development of acourse or unit in reverse of the typical sequence. The method was extended and shown toeffectively promote student learning in a variety of settings. See [4] – [12].The details of the approach strive to move to the higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy, training thestudent to analyze and evaluate effectively rather

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bercich, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

) informal and formal reports2) memos3) oral presentations4) technical drawings5) otherThe “other” category is a catch-all for uncommon or less significant forms of TC such as briefpresentations, memos written from a template, lab books, and brochures. These categoriesallowed us to organize the information collected during the interviews into a single figure basedon a plan of study flow chart that has been used in the ME department for many years. Figure 1shows this flow chart in which each of the TC categories is assigned a color. The colored band(s)contained in a course box indicate which types of TC are required within that course. A half bandin a course box indicates that this type of TC is required by some instructors but not others. Aswe move

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 2: K-12 through Adult Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Justin Earl Weidman, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

Paper ID #22461Increasing Student Construction Interest by Engaging Elementary Studentsin an Inquiry-Based 3D Modelling After School ProgramDr. Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright is a professor of Technology and Engineering Studies in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University.Dr. Justin Earl Weidman, Brigham Young University Justin Weidman is an Assistant Professor in Construction Management at Brigham Young University. He earned his PhD from Virginia Tech in Environmental Design and Planning. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Joseph A. Levert P.E., University of New Haven; Bijan Karimi, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

actual proposalreview experience, three reviewers (the Senior Design engineering instructor, the writinginstructor, and the external sponsor) for each of the six teams were invited to read the proposaldraft and provide qualitative feedback in response to four guiding questions: (1) How thoroughlydoes the proposal address the client’s needs and design criteria/constraints? (2) Is the proposalsufficiently persuasive to convince the client/sponsor that the team has a sound plan for carryingout the work, as well as the capability to succeed in that work? (3) How well is the proposalwritten and organized? (4) Does the proposal display a high level of professional appearance andattention to detail? These questions correspond to the Proposal Grading

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Scott Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eleanor C. Sayre, Kansas State University; Mary Bridget Kustusch, DePaul University

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Faculty

should be responsive to the needs of the participants andthat this responsiveness should be reflected in both the preparation and enactment. Thus, we workwith participants and local organizers to understand and anticipate needs ahead of each fieldschool to plan a schedule and topics that would be most appropriate for each environment andgroup. Then, during each field school, we make space for discussions and topics that reflect theemerging needs of participants as they engage with the research.Second, not only do we believe that our field school should be responsive, but that research itselfis and should be responsive. We address this fluid and generative nature of research by framingresearch as “play”: an enjoyable process by which we generate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Xichen Jiang, Western Washington University; Sean P. Dever, Western Washington University; Lindsey Bear, Bellingham Technical College; Tim Mark Christman, Western Washington University; Dana Hickenbottom, Itek Energy/Western Solar; Sam Winters, Itek Energy

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

tomake a positive impact on both the local and global community. By manufacturing solar panelslocally, Itek creates local jobs and offers access to clean, renewable energy without all the wasteof international shipping.2.1 Partnership DevelopmentFrom the beginning of the development phase of the BTC Clean Energy degree, Itek Energy wasinstrumental in the design and evolution of the program. Itek provided feedback on the draft ofthe degree plan, reviewed new courses, and helped identify projects and topics forcontextualizing the curriculum. Due to their involvement in the development process, ItekEnergy was very familiar with the outcomes of the technical program as well as the abilities ofthe students in the program. As such, Itek was a first

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhen Wei; Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

behaviors on a mobile robot, • describing the difference between artificial intelligence and engineering approaches to robotics, • functioning on a multidisciplinary team to complete mobile robotics projects on a hardware platform, • comparing and contrasting the various robot paradigms including hierarchical, reactive, deliberative, hybrid, and behavior-based, • analyzing and implementing metric and topological path planning on a mobile robot, • analyzing and implementing subsumption architecture and potential field summation to implement obstacle avoidance on a mobile robot, • describing the methods for localization and implementing the Kalman filter algorithm on a mobile robot, and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel E. Friedensen, Iowa State University; Erin E. Doran, Iowa State University; Sarah Rodriguez, Iowa State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

research design [15]. Based on ourinterest in examining how this department constructs engineering identity in its documentaryartifacts, we focused on two specific types of documents: internal documents and public-facingdocuments. Public-facing documents analyzed included outreach information on the universitywebsite about the department and the three majors, transfer plans from state community colleges,graduation/curricular requirements, and plans of study. Internal documents included ABET self-study reports for each of the three programs. Some documents we included blurred the linesbetween public and internal, such as the college and department strategic plans. Additionally, welimited our analysis to current documents produced within the last

Conference Session

Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Jane Wilson Orndoff Esq., Florida Southwestern State College; Elizabeth W. Schott, Florida Southwestern State College

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #21415Rewards of an Engineering Prerequisite AssignmentDr. Cynthia Jane Wilson Orndoff Esq., Florida Southwestern State College Dr. Cynthia Orndoff received a J.D in 2014 from Ave Maria Law School and a B.S. in 1984, an M.S. in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2001, all in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prior to Florida SouthWestern College, she was an Associate Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University and an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She has taught courses in infrastructure management, planning, transportation and

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 2: K-12 through Adult Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B. Austin, Bowling Green State University

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Construction Engineering

writings have been on concrete repairs, structural plastics and flash track project management were funded by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Construction Industry Institute. Dr. Austin’s teaching and research interests cross the spectrum of the construction management, with a current focus on project management, construction equipment, planning and scheduling and research and teaching methodologies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Tailoring Construction Management Instruction to the Emerging Adult LearnerIntroductionAccording to the National Survey of Student Engagement [29], Bowling Green State University(BGSU) is a

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Dana Hamadeh, Palm Beach State College; Annie Laurie Myers, Broward College; Michael Vitale, East Carolina University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

Unlock Regional Excellence(CAPTURE) program sponsored by the Florida Board of Governor (BOG) and addressescurriculum mapping and articulation to support student degree completion in computer scienceand engineering programs. Specifically highlighted as part of the transfer model are curriculumalignment and mapping, degree-specific “flight” plans, and program-geared advising. Thecollected data validates the effectiveness of the proposed model in increasing both the studentpipeline, and graduation rates. The process has also deepened our understanding of the needs ofstudents to better align student careers aspirations with industry workforce needs. Theeffectiveness of the collaborative model could be replicated among other institutions interested

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette "Peko" Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amitava "Babi" Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interconnected community of faculty, students, industry partners, alums and athletes who are dedicated to applying their technical expertise to advance the state-of-the-art in sports.Dr. Amitava ”Babi” Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Amitava ”Babi” Mitra is Executive Director, New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET), MIT. He was the founder-Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, BML Munjal University, Gur- gaon, India and the founder-President and Vice-Chancellor, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India. Mitra is passionate about evangelizing and implementing an educational vision that he believes in; he enjoys formulating, designing and planning its implementation, and then taking it through to

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University; Veronica S. Rodriguez Chavarria

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #22193Lessons Learned from the First Round of Course Assessments After Curricu-lum Restructure Based on ASCE BOK2Dr. Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University Dr. Kelly Brumbelow is an Associate Professor and the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has been a faculty member at Texas A&M since 2002, where his technical specialty is water resources engineering, planning, and management. Prior to this position, he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Georgia Tech, where he taught undergraduate courses

Conference Session

Computing Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Gretchen Achenbach, University of Virginia; Lecia Jane Barker, University of Colorado; Leisa D. Thompson, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Computing, Diversity

women are under-represented.INTRODUCTIONExtension Services for Undergraduate Programs (ES-UP) at the National Center for Women &Information Technology (NCWIT) employs a multi-pronged, systemic approach to increasing theenrollment and retention of women in undergraduate computing departments. ES-UP advocatesimproving the environment for all students using research-based strategies that correspond to thesix components of the NCWIT ES-UP Systemic Change Model. The components include creatinga Recruiting Strategic Plan; retaining students with Inclusive Pedagogy, Curriculum, and StudentSupport; securing appropriate Institutional Policies and Support; and finally, implementing acomprehensive Evaluation and Tracking System (See Figure 1.)Figure 1

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Paula Lynn Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Race/Ethnicity

2formal and informal education. Examples of student comments, questions, and ideas stemmingfrom the dialog are shown in Table 3. Key take away messages include: ! Students want more diversity in terms of demographics; they want to know both how well the university and college are currently doing as well as what is planned to achieve improvement. ! Students want to feel faculty are invested and interested in them; they want to be able to relate to the faculty as well as to other students. ! Students want to see a greater awareness of DEI issues within the college, including education about diversity from college faculty, as opposed to getting this education entirely from the

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

semester), we are now expanding this into a 4-credit SocialWorld course at UMass Amherst. Section 2 of this paper describes the first offering of the course duringSpring 2016; section 3 describes the second offering during Fall 2016, where changes were made in theschedule based on student feedback and instructor experience. Section 4 describes the logic and plan toimplement this course as a 4 credit course in the future. Section 5 offers conclusions, and references are givenin section 6. The appendices to this paper reproduce verbatim comments that students have provided abouttheir experiences in this course.2. First Course Offering: One Credit Seminar, Spring 2016 Queer Lights was initially developed in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

offered by CSUCI would not be a good fit for a transfer programfor CREATE students. However, university-community college faculty discussions led toa CREATE proposal to NSF to fund the development of a BSIT degree which wouldmeet both community college transfer needs, industry demands for a prepared workforce,and possibly as an alternative for students entering the computer science degree butunable or uninterested in pursuing the higher calculus requirements. While CSUCI wasan ideal partner as a young institution open to new ideas and programs, it was stillrestricted by California State University procedures for adding a new program. A fiveyear plan was developed to use some NSF CREATE funding to write and pilot test theadditional coursework