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NSF Grantees: Student Learning 2

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Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Caleb Redshaw, Arizona State University; Abhishek Gupta; Shatrughn Gupta, Arizona State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Deanna Bailey, Morgan State University; Willie L. Thompson II, Morgan State University; Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Washington, D.C. She also worked in the industry for 5 years as a Software Engineer at SAP Labs India and Tyler Technologies c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31195 in Plano, TX. Her primary research focuses on semantics-based approaches for Big Data Integration, Web service description, discovery & composition, and tools for outcome-based instruction design in STEM education. She is also interested in Software Engineering Education research that focuses on experimenting various delivery models in project-centric courses. She designed and developed a Web service description

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

courses ranging from first-year projects and chemical engineering unit operations. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from CU, and a D.Phil. in mechanical engineering from the University of Oxford, England. Louie’s research interests are in the areas of faculty equity and re- tention, women’s success in engineering, diversity and inclusive practices, teaching effectiveness, and collaborative learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Interventions in Faculty Recruiting, Screening, and Hiring Processes Enable Greater Engineering Faculty DiversityI. AbstractRecruiting underrepresented faculty into tenured/tenure-track engineering

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First-Year Programs: Major Choice

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Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

men’s health-related attitudes and behaviors,” Psychol. Men Masc., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 5–16, 2008.[34] W. H. Courtenay, “Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men’s well-being: a theory of gender and health,” Soc. Sci. Med., vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1385–1401, 2000.[35] L. Hirshfield, J. Whinnery, D. M. Gilbuena, and M. D. Koretsky, “A study of feedback provided to student teams engaged in open-ended projects,” in American Society for Engineering Education, 2014.[36] L. Hirshfield, M. Dailey, and S. Edington, “Work in Progress: Common Reading Experience: Assessing the impact on perceptions, identity, and belonging among first-year engineering students,” in American Society for Engineering

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Educational Interventions and Pedagogy in Biomedical Engineering - June 22nd

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Qi Dunsworth, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Ben Murphy, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Yi Wu, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Biomedical Engineering

understand a single part of thecardiovascular system, a user of the GUI can see how different parameters affect the system aswell as how to help make an unhealthy heart healthy.”B. Lessons learnedThere was tremendous work involved in developing the simulation/GUI package. In our case, ittook the undergraduate student researcher nearly two years working part-time on the project tocomplete the development. Nonetheless, it seems the efforts are being paid back given thepositive student feedback and learning outcome. Results from the direct assessment demonstratethat students were able to analyze simple problems in circulation system & hemodynamicsefficiently, and they were able to provide viable solutions to a real-world case in just one week.In

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Student Approaches to Problem Solving

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Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Mary Rola, University at Buffalo; Hoda Koushyar

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering, particularly for ill-defined engineering problems where thebeginning of the modeling process requires an engineer to make assumptions (e.g. modeling anoddly-shaped beam as a prismatic rectangle) and discretize elements (e.g. modeling theindividual forces of people on a bridge as a distributed load over the entire span) to simplify theproblem. Making assumptions and discretizing elements are part of engineering judgment [1].Engineering judgment is defined as “judgment to make a final call on the reasonableness of theanalysis or design” (p.287, [1]). In practice, engineering judgment can be equated to expertise,which is developed as an engineer spends more time in the profession.This study is part of a larger project studying students

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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Engineering Ethics

engineering ethics: Assessment of its influence on moral reasoning skills,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 29–34, 1998.[6] J. Henrich, S. J. Heine, and A. Norenzayan, “The Weirdest People in the World?,” Behav. Brain Sci., vol. 33, no. 2–3, pp. 61–83, 2010.[7] Q. Zhu, C. B. Zoltowski, M. K. Feister, P. M. Buzzanell, W. Oakes, and A. Mead, “The development of an instrument for assessing individual ethical decision-making in project-based design teams: Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2014.[8] R. I. Murrugarra and W. A. Wallace, “A Cross Cultural Comparison of Engineering Ethics Education

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Understanding Student Behavior and Experiences

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Jack Elliott, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Joel Ellsworth, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

asynchronous online learningenvironments encouraged mixed (i.e. higher and lower) performer collaboration [17]. Casqueroet al. [17] suggested that course environments mediate these relationships between studentinteractions and performance. Although researchers [18] have found that student onlineinteractions correlate positively to student course performance in a small (40 students,) f2f,project-based, engineering course, a need exists to understand the potentially uniquerelationships that exist between student interactions and student performance in the context oflarge, f2f engineering courses.Interaction Types and FrequencyAmong small groups of engineering students, Zhu and Zhang [19] found that network densitywas positively correlated to team

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Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

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Alison Cupples, Michigan State University

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Environmental Engineering

purposes, they arenot harnessing the full pedagogical potential of LMS tools [15]. The hybrid approach hasresulted in increases in student-led learning [17], enhancements in student achievement,motivation and satisfaction [18, 19] and increases in student enrollment [20]. Research hasindicated that students’ perceptions and attitudes about the hybrid approach compared to face-to-face learning, are favorable and acceptable for the discipline of environmental engineering [21].However, the same study was not able to statistically prove that the hybrid option improved thequality of teaching and learning [21].The current project combined traditional face-to-face lecturing with voluntary on-line tutorials(short PowerPoint videos). Video lectures are

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Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

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Tommy George, Harvard University; Alexander Seth Klein; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University

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Chemical Engineering

asengineering, defined as accountable disciplinary knowledge (ADK) [6], change over the courseof an undergraduate education and entry into an engineering profession. In the first years of anundergraduate engineering degree program, introductory classes often focus on textbookproblems, larger lectures, and individual written exams. The ability to produce specificnumerical results to written problems is therefore ADK. In later years, ADK increasingly shiftstowards teamwork, communication skills, research, and collection and analysis of data. Coursesbecome more project-based and assignments have longer timelines with more open-endedsolutions. For students this shift in ADK can be a source of frustration or anxiety, as theyexperience a misalignment between

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3: Diversity in Mathematics Education

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Lee Singleton, Whatcom Community College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Todd Haskell, Western Washington University

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Mathematics

development of expertise, especially in STEM fields. He is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. In previous projects Dr. Haskell has worked on understanding how chemistry novices and experts navi- gate between macroscopic, symbolic, and small particle representations, and how pre-service elementary teachers translate an understanding of energy concepts from physics to other disciplines. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Getting Your Hands Dirty in Integral CalculusAbstractThe landscapes of many elementary, middle, and high school math classrooms have undergonemajor transformations over the last half-century, moving from drill-and

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ET Pedagogy III

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Brian Scott Rice, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

mechanicsclass at RIT are described next. The details of the surveys used to judge the effectiveness of thesepedagogical enhancements are also discussed. The grading breakdown for this class is shown below. • In class quizzes (extra credit) 5% • Homework 20% • Project 10% • Four exams 60% (15% each) • Recitation/Lab 10% 2 2.1 Extra credit quizzesThirty-eight and thirty-five (computer based format) extra credit quizzes were given during the 2018 and2019 lecture classes respectively; approximately 0.87 quizzes per class. If a student received 100

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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

? RQ3) What is the overall match between DOL’s AM Competency Model and AM program syllabi at five Northwest Florida community colleges?2.0. Literature Review2.1. Need for Advanced Manufacturing Technicians.In 2019, Florida AM jobs increased by 7,700 over the past year alone, evidencing Floridamanufacturing jobs plummeted from 520,700 to 308,900 from the period of 1990 to 2010 [5].Since 2010, Florida manufacturing jobs have begun to rebound, with manufacturing jobs at381,300 [5]. Manufacturing currently makes up 4.2% of Florida’s nonagricultural employmentshare, and projections indicate that these trends will continue [6].Because rural communities may not produce as much as other Florida locales, they are moreeconomically affected

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

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

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Engineering Libraries

MATLAB ** ** ** ** (Table 6: Workshop attendance for COE workshops by academic semester. * indicates that the workshop number of attendees not recorded. ** indicates an incomplete academic semester.)ConclusionAs the Subject Librarians for COE the authors have identified a few areas of growth they wouldlike to work towards in the forthcoming semesters. One area would be to increase the amount ofengineering class instruction invitations. Some possible targets to increase instruction includetargeting the researchers in charge of research groups as this would allow the authors to talk togroups of students actively participating in research projects with their professors

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Busting a Career Move? When and Why or Why Not?

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Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Cindy Waters, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

asubstantial impact or positive influence. If I lose sight of being able to contribute on a project, Ifind myself slowly disengaging. Thus, my strategy has to always revolved around maintainingfocus on goals.Panelist 2: It was really a combination. I was ready to move and looking for opportunities. Thisposition (founding dean) was very unique, an excellent fit for my skills and experience, andoffered an exciting and unusual chance to put into practice all that I had learned over my 26-yearcareer.Panelist 3: My transition was mostly opportunity driven. I was offered a position, which allowedme to demonstrate my leadership potential. I did not expect to be offered a promotion but wasafforded the opportunity.Panelist 4: I left a tenured position so my

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Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

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

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Educational Research and Methods

Butt is a doctoral student at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University. He is currently working as a research assistant on the CourseMIRROR project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). He is interested in designing educational tools and exploring their impact on enhancing students’ learning experiences. Before Purdue University, Ahmed has worked as a lecturer for two years at the University of Lahore, Pakistan. Additionally, he has been associated with the software industry in various capacities, from developer to consultant. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Perceived Motivational Constructs and Engineering Students' Academic

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Design Methodologies 2

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Arash Nourimand, University of Toronto; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #31098Prominence of Conceptual Design with Computer-Aided Design Tools forJunior and Senior Product DesignersMr. Arash Nourimand, University of TorontoDr. Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s University and her MS at MIT, both in

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

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Andrew Forney, Loyola Marymount University; Sunai Kim, Loyola Marymount University

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Educational Research and Methods

., vol. 61, no. August, pp. 98–111, 2017.[21] K. Yelamarthi, “A Scholarship Model for Student Recruitment and Retention in STEM Disciplines IoT Modular Architecture View project,” 2010.[22] J. L. Elizabeth Shin, S. R. Levy, and B. London, “Effects of role model exposure on STEM and non-STEM student engagement,” Inc J. Appl. Soc. Psychol., vol. 46, pp. 410– 427, 2012.[23] S. Steingass, S Jon; Sykes, “Centralizing Advising to Improve Student Outcomes - ProQuest,” Peer Rev., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 18–20, 2008.[24] S. D. Museus and J. N. Ravello, “Characteristics of Academic Advising That Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Minority Student Success at Predominantly White Institutions,” NACADA J., vol. 30

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Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

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Mohsen M. Dorodchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nasrin Dehbozorgi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Aileen Benedict, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Erfan Al-Hossami, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Alexandria Benedict, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Educational Research and Methods

classification.Alexandria Benedict, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Alexandria Benedict is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. She is a recipient of the STARS Scholarship, and is a research assistant under the RPP STEM Ecosystem Project which helps study the effects of computational thinking inside classrooms. Furthermore, she has been a teaching assistant under Dr. Mohsen Dorodchi for the Introductory Computer Science course at UNCC for the past 2 years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Scaffolding a Team-based Active Learning Course to Engage Students: A

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio; Amir Karimi P.E., University of Texas at San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

instructor, it is also important to understand that there can be many factors playing a role into why someone is walking in late. Being a student is hard and not everyone starts on the same level. And the more flexible and accepting a professor is of minor things, the more it makes students feel welcomed and excited about a class and also willing to approach the professor with academic, career, or even life questions.An instructor with a harsh response to a late student often alienates other students by projecting anunwelcoming attitude toward students.Some students commented on habitual tardiness. This is where some action by the instructor isjustified. Here is one such comment: Inappropriate student behavior involves

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Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Educational Research and Methods

isrequired from the students during the activities. This section has four subscales, described asfollows:1. Interactive instruction: An activity must involve the collective construction of knowledge; students' interactions create that construction. The items for this subscale include group activities performed during class, such as solving problems, hands-on activities, and group discussions; or outside the classroom, such as completing homework, working on a project, and studying outside of class.2. Constructive instruction: Promotes behaviors in "which learners generate or produce additional externalized outputs or products beyond what was provided in the learning material" [15]. Constructive activities include activities such as

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Roy Myose; L. Scott Miller; Steven Skinner; James Myose

10Engineers are involved with all types of infrastructure construction while Architectural Engineersare limited to building constructions. In some respects, Architectural Engineering may be viewedas a specialized subset of Civil Engineering. The average number of Architectural Engineersgraduating from K-State and KU total 75 graduates per year. These graduates are likely to meetsome of the demand for Civil Engineers in Kansas for the appropriate types of projects. AlthoughKBOR concludes that the supply of Civil Engineers does not meet demand, perhaps the gap is notthat large. In terms of Electrical Engineering, there is a gap that is moderate or large depending onwhich demand estimate is assumed. Finally, there appears to be a sizeable gap where

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Roy Myose; L. Scott Miller; Elizabeth Rollins

improve student success would need to be implemented earlier in the Statics course. Aliterature survey indicates that there are a number of different possibilities for intervention in Statics.Burkhardt15 reviews a variety of these different techniques including increased contact time,supplemental instruction, active learning, project-based learning, and one-on-one tutoring. He notesthat the effectiveness of any given intervention is highly dependent on the appropriate implementationof that technique. As a result, Burkhardt concludes that there is a need for high-quality assessment ofintervention techniques. The results of the current study should provide a benchmark for theevaluation of the efficacy of any intervention techniques applied in a

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Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

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Ariana C. Vasquez, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines

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Faculty Development Division

and Learning, and as a project manager for a large scale longitudi- nal research study in high school science classrooms. Prior to joining Mines Ariana was a Survey Team manager at GLG in Austin, TX.Dr. Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines Amy Hermundstad Nave is a Faculty Developer in the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at the Col- orado School of Mines. She earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University before going on to earn her PhD in Engineering Education and MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research has focused on conceptual understanding in core engineering courses, op- portunities to support engineering students’ professional development, and

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Liesl Klein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sydney Taylor Serban, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

is important tounderstand how “STEM” outreach activities, that often involve robotics, coding, and design,align with actual workforce demands/projections in the industry of manufacturing as it can spana wide range of careers in regard to the individuals who work to design, produce, transport, andsupport the company’s products. Therefore, this study focused on investigating children’sperceptions of manufacturing before and after an industry-education initiative titledManufacturing Week, that was developed through a regional commerce group and co-hosted byseveral large manufacturers in one Midwestern town located within a vibrant manufacturingecosystem. Research Questions The research questions that

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Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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Tracy Q Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

typically done outside of the classroom anyway (homework, projects, classpreparation assignments, etc.), this concern is not specific to online courses. For exams andquizzes, one can potentially be even more confident in an online environment than in a F2Fenvironment that the work credited to a given student is their own. This can require significantresources, if one chooses the policing route, but is possible as outlined below. Alternatively, onecould take the approach of designing quizzes and tests that allow students to use a broader arrayof resources (internet, book, notes, maybe even each other, etc.) to minimize the monitoringrequirements. This second option also comes closer to mimicking what students will be asked todo “in the real world

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Caroline Ghio, Northeastern University; Sydney Anne Morris, Northeastern University; Hannah Marie Boyce, Northeastern University; Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

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Fantasi Nicole, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Sherry Marx, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

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Materials Division Technical Session 4

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Jacob Kelter, Northwestern University; Jonathan Daniel Emery, Northwestern University; Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University

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Materials

largelyleft up to the students to make the connection between the levels. Similarly, we think studentswill better understand the dynamics of the macro-level by informally deriving Fick’s lawsthemselves before being shown a formal derivation. Results of this re-design will be reported infuture publication.4.4 Closing RemarksThis study reported on the first iteration of a design-based research project to develop a unit forlearning about diffusion at both the micro and macro levels using computational agent-basedmodeling representations, the traditional differential equation representations (Fick’s laws), andaccompanying graphical representations. Our findings suggest that the agent-basedrepresentation helped students understand the micro-level process

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Chean Chin Ngo, California State University, Fullerton; Sang June Oh, California State University, Fullerton

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popular trend in the last ten years.  Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Virginia Commonwealth University have a dedicated course in leadership, which is a skill that the engineering industry is seeking more from graduates.  University of South Carolina has a course in project management, which helps students in capstone senior design classes. CSU Long Beach, University of Texas Arlington, and University at Buffalo have a course to develop academic success skills of students.  Seventy-three mechanical engineering programs have a dedicated Introduction to Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (Non-CAD based) course during freshmen year. This course