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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

theproportion of authors within one or more of these groups is already underrepresented, the path fromauthor to potential reader is still a difficult one. Clearly, a more intentional approach to discovering and selecting these books is needed untilthese barriers and biases in the system are removed. Ideally, library workers charged with selectingmaterials for the collection are familiar with the subject areas, patron needs, and publishing trends forthose areas. However, no single library worker has lived-experience in all of the perspectives andbackgrounds within our world. Some communication with or from the experts in the subject area and ourpatrons is necessary. Blume and Roylance described an intentional project to build and

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PCEE Session 3: Robotics and Design Competitions

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Jason McKenna, VEX Robotics; Lauren Harter, VEX Robotics

full scale applications”4.Multiple literature reviews were conducted on use of reconfigurable and scalable modularrobotic systems in teaching industrial robotics and automation. The results showed alimited number of studies where a reconfigurable and scalable modular system beingused in teaching industrial robotics and automation at a pre-college or college level: • Hsieh has been teaching reconfigurable and scalable systems projects while applying a comprehensive approach that addresses multiple learning styles and integrates knowledge and skills5. Most intriguing part of Hsieh’s research is the use of Fischertechnik, which is a modular construction system that can be used in building and simulating industrial

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rice, Utah State University; Steven Jones, The University of Alabama

William J. Fulbright of Arkansasintroduced a bill in the US Congress in 1945 to create an international exchange program ofscholars and students. The bill creating the Fulbright program was signed into law in 1946.Today, the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards more than 800 fellowships annually to teach,research, and conduct professional projects in countries around the world. While often perceivedas a program for university academics the program is also open to professionals, artists,journalists, scientists, and independent scholars outside of academia.The authors are US Civil Engineering Professors who participated in the Fulbright ScholarsProgram in recent years. Dr. Rice completed his program in the Netherlands in 2019 where hetaught at the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Geoffrey Knowles, Bryan College; Jung Han, Purdue University; Todd Kelley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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) J. Geoff Knowles, PhD, Bryan College Jung Han, PhD, Purdue University Todd Kelley, PhD, Purdue University Abstract TRAILS is an integrated STEM education program designed to partnersecondary teachers in engineering technology education with science teachers toimplement integrated STEM curriculum. This year, an NSF scale-up grant wasfunded to continue research and implementation of the TRAILS project, TRAILS2.0. The continuation of this work is now expanded to include a collaboration ofpartners. The TRAILS 2.0 project will address the needs of diverse populationsin rural school settings. TRAILS seeks to impact underserved, underrepresentedstudents

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dyanne Baptiste Porter, Georgia Tech Center for Education, Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (CEISMC); Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Abeera P. Rehmat, Georgia Institute of Technology; Talia Capozzoli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jasmine Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology

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pro- fessional development, and student learning in integrated STEM environments. Dr. Alemdar is currently PI and co-PI on various NSF funded projects. Her expertise includes program evaluation, social network analysis and quantitative methods such as Hierarchical Linear Modeling, and Structure Equation Model- ing. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Policy, with a concentration in Research, Measurement, and Statistics, from Georgia State University.Dr. Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology Sunni Newton is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University Hazleton

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

focus on alternative energy and power generation. Thisprogram had its first graduates in 2014. Since then, we have undergone a continual growthprocess for Capstone Design, consisting of efforts to better integrate real-world projects that havea strong alternative energy focus and that can prepare graduates to work in the renewable energysector. In the 2022/2023 school year, capstone faculty became aware of the US Department ofEnergy Solar District Cup [7], [8] competition and went through a process to integrate thiscompetition into the program's Capstone Design. Several challenges were encountered during theprocess, leading to the goal of this paper: to share an overview of faculty experiences integratingthis competition into Capstone Design

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Michael Kim, Duke University; Charles Wallace; Margaret Wacera Gatongi

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

curricular updates to BME305L & BME306L that reflectsstudents’ comments on better preparations for these area core classes, measuring BME studentsuccess in research and industry careers in this sector, and assess improvements in BiotechnologyDesign I/II projects and ventures as a capstone design course.References[1] R. A. Linsenmeier and A. Saterbak, "Fifty Years of Biomedical Engineering UndergraduateEducation," Ann Biomed Eng, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1590-1615, Jun 2020, doi: 10.1007/s10439-020-02494-0.[2] D. Collias, R. Marshall, S. P. Collins, C. L. Beisel, and V. Noireaux, "An educational moduleto explore CRISPR technologies with a cell-free transcription-translation system," Synth Biol(Oxf), vol. 4, no. 1, p. ysz005, 2019, doi: 10.1093/synbio

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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ASEE and received the 2018 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award. She is a coauthor of The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering. She is a co-Director of the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Examining Scripts of Whiteness in Engineering EducationAbstractFunded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Racial Equity in STEM Education Program,this project aims to deeply interrogate the influence and pervasiveness of Whiteness inengineering culture. While there has been substantial research into the masculinity ofengineering, Whiteness has received far less attention. We claim the centrality of Whiteness inengineering curricula

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Allain, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University

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, technology policy, and law through the eyes of policymakers.Students work on public-facing projects in interdisciplinary teams applying strategic technologypolicy, regulatory concepts, and systems thinking to realworld policy issues to assist relevantpolicymakers in their policy decision-making process.Through the application of engineering systems principles (Figure 1), the use of systems design,and an understanding of sociotechnical systems, students in the MELP program will acquire theknowledge necessary for the understanding of policy and law as a system and how law, policy,and technology converge. Students will also develop skills for the analysis of complex systemsproblems, characterized by multi-stakeholder engagements reflecting the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Saylor Priske, Wartburg College; Britta Solheim, Wartburg College; Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Cristian Gerardo Allen, Wartburg College; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Jonathan D. Phillips, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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associate in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, Logan, USA.Dr. Jonathan D. Phillips, Utah State UniversityProf. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education Kurt Becker is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. His research includes engineering design thinking, systems engineering, engineering education professional development, technical training, and adult learning cognition. He is currently working on a USAID funded project in Egypt, ”Center of Excellence in Water”, and Department of Education funded GEARUP projects in the area of STEM education related to engineering education. He has extensive international experience

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas, San Antonio; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Luis E Montero-Moguel, The University of Texas, San Antonio

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. His research interests lie in creating equal opportunities for all students and developing research and teaching proposals in STEM-integrated education that promote quality, equity, inclusivity, and student-centered instruction. He also brings 18 years of experience in project engineering to his work, specializing in the design of stainless-steel equipment, stainless-steel piping, and welding. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Asset-based practices in a STEAM middle school: Lessons learned from teachers’ perspectivesAbstractThis NSF-funded study sought to explore the ways in which middle school teachers developedan understanding and appreciation for funds

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Self-Advocacy, Sense of Belonging, Measuring Authentic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Construction Management Education Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Paper ID #38765Career Outcomes of New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation Graduate Student Activities Coordinators 1998 to PresentDr. Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College Dr. Claude Brathwaite currently serves as the Director of Student Resources and Services at the City Col- lege Grove School of Engineering, utilizing a model of High Impact Practices and Engagement (HIPE). Dr. Brathwaite previously served as the Project Administrator and later Executive Director of the NYC Louis Stokes Alliance. He has also served as the Deputy Director of the City College Black Studies Pro

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aida Ghiaei, University of Connecticut; Alanna Marie Gado; Francesco Rouhana; Tasnim Zaman; Mahjabeen Fatema Mitu; Mayowa Festus Oladele; Adaeze Maduako, University of Connecticut; Suman Kumari, University of Connecticut

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,diverse, and equitable engineering leaders, educators, and researchers and to help bridge the gapbetween traditional academic graduate studies and the workforce demand for practical and appliedleadership skills.LEAD Division strategy priority: Inform.Key project objective: To assess the effectiveness of an innovative engineering-specificleadership group for graduate students. 1Project context: A study by the National Academy of Engineering identified technicalcompetence, business acumen, communication skills, leadership ability, and a global perspectiveas key skills for engineering leaders [1]. The development of graduate students’ leadership abilitiesthrough a

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

education.This paper draws from experiences of a multi-disciplinary research team studying researchingtalent management in the tech industry, including an engineering education research scientist,Industrial Organization (IO) psychologist, economists, and program and product managers topresent lessons from leading with science to understand, inform, and better employeeexperiences at a large private technology company. Through examples of two types of analysesthat the multi-disciplinary team has taken on (i.e., conducting experiments and content validationresearch), we exemplify how projects in industry leverage multi-disciplinary expertise. Finally,we provide recommendations for educators teaching engineers as well as training engineeringeducators to

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 14: Introductory Programming Assessment, Plagiarism, Motivation, Engagement, and Textbooks

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Alford, University of Michigan; Heather Rypkema, University of Michigan; Ryien Hosseini, University of Michigan; Megan Beemer, University of Michigan; Harsh Jhaveri, University of Michigan

literature.Historic Structure of Our Large, Introductory Programming CourseHere, we provide context for the study by detailing the relevant details of the course beforeshifting from two exams to four low stakes assessments.This introductory programming course of approximately 700 students/semester is typicallystaffed as the following: 3 faculty instructors, 9 graduate teaching assistants, 8 undergraduateteaching assistants, 1 grader, 1 administrative assistant. The assignments in the course weregenerally weighted as: Weekly Reviews (15%), Labs (15%), Projects (30%), Exams (40%).The course has used weekly reviews as low stress/low-level formative individual assessments as acheck to identify students who are struggling with the course material prior to taking

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering

mentoring students on senior design .projects. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comWIP: Integrating Modern Development Practices into a Software Engineering CurriculumAbstract: The field of software engineering is ever changing. The latest IEEE Curriculum Guidelines,SE2014: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering waspublished in 2014. Since then, the discipline has continued to evolve as the complexity of softwaresystems has reached unprecedented levels. This growth has resulted in organizations shifting to a formof development referred to as DevOps. DevOps is "an interdisciplinary approach and means to

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1 - STEM Outreach

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Aruch, University of Maryland College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland College Park; Rebecca Kenemuth

requirements into the mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students. He has received the Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) 2020 Faculty of the Year award, Engineering for US All (e4usa) 2021 Most Outstanding University Partner Award, and the VME 2021 Volunteer of the Year award. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Sezin Kadioglu, University of Central Oklahoma

lecture notes, tutorials, coding project documentation, and many more.Finally, cloud-based code sharing and versioning systems such as git [10], the fundamentalsystem used by web platform, github [11], have become standard operating procedure forsoftware engineers, so that git and related technologies are creeping into workflows ofengineers that are not software developers.MatlabAll students in the five engineering programs at UCO that take an introduction to engineeringcomputing course are exposed to Matlab [4]. Matlab training is an important skill for manyengineering students especially in signals and control systems. Our curriculum does use Matlabfor courses focused in these areas. The fact that some of our students need to know C, Matlab,and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Miriam Howland Cummings, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie Ivey, The University of Memphis; David Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Karen Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Danny King, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Jeffrey Watt; Craig Stewart; Michael Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Gregory Simon, University of Colorado Denver

activities andsupports designed to increase student success, attitudes, workforce readiness, and STEM self-efficacy; and to ensure substantial student participation in project activities through a specialbadge system incentivizing participation using an online academic social networking platformcalled Course Networking (the CN). Through the CN, students at all three campusescommunicate with each other, building a community among the students at each campus.The Urban STEM Collaboratory project goals are to: 1. Increase at each institution the recruitment, retention, student success, and graduation rates of academically talented and financially needy undergraduate mathematical sciences and engineering majors; 2

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2004 GSW

Authors

M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; M. M. Holt; R. H. Cox

faculty tostudent ratio for the department is less than 20. The smaller classes and close faculty-studentrelationships provides extra support needed by many students to complete their program of study atTWU. Texas Tech University (TTU), TWU’s partner in the current project, is a comprehensive state-supported university with approximately 25,000 students. The College of Engineering has 9departments, a current enrollment of approximately 2,300 undergraduate students, 500 graduatestudents, and 100 faculty members. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering currentlyhas approximately 525 undergraduate (B.S.) students and 90 graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) students, with21 faculty, 6 staff, and approximately $3.7 million in funded research

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights; Elizabeth Parry, STEM Education Insights

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #39888Board 170: PADS – The Performance Assessment of Design Skills (Work inProgress)Dr. Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded experiences with disci- plinary practices help children learn science, math, and engineering. Her work on STEM education research projects includes design, evaluation, and efficacy research. She also teaches the engineering of design for learning (Learning Engineering!) at Boston College.Ms. Elizabeth Parry, STEM Education Insights Elizabeth (Liz) Parry is a partner in STEM Education Insights, a woman

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jackson Marsh; Christy Dunlap; Stephen Pierson; Han Hu

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Introducing LabVIEW and Arduino as Data Acquisition System Alternatives Jackson Marsh, Christy Dunlap, Stephen Pierson, and Han Hu Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701AbstractIn the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, LabJack is usedthroughout the undergraduate curriculum for data acquisition (DAQ) in labs and projects.However, data acquisition techniques are not taught, and other DAQ systems are not used. Whendoing research or starting a capstone project, students are presented with the struggle of trying tocater LabJack to their

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Daniel Llamocca, Oakland University

preparing the next-generation Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education 1workforce on the features and challenges associated with embedded power microprocessors(e.g.: Intel Atom®), as well as to provide students with a hands-on learning experience. In this work, we describe the design and implementation phase of the project. The work isdivided as follows. Section 2 describes the finalized high performance embedded curriculum.Section 3 covers the implementation stage: the design and structure of the senior undergraduatecourse as

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (started 2008). Education B.A. in Liberal Arts Engineering from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL); B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX); M.S. in Computer Science from University of Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Caitlyn Aaron

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American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Is it Rocket Science or Brain Science? Developing an Approach to Measure Engineering IntuitionIntroductionSolving complex 21st century engineering problems requires an ability to judge the feasibility ofsolutions. This engineering judgement is an essential skill for today’s engineering practitioners.It is imperative that we prepare the future engineering workforce to exercise this judgement,informed by engineering intuition, while avoiding graduates who simply take output at facevalue without critical analysis. This requires that we first understand the construct of engineeringintuition.This project seeks to characterize and develop

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Russell Korte, George Washington University; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Association; Miguel Velez-Reyes P.E., University of Texas at El Paso

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engage joint PWI-MSI teams in the US education and research enterprise. The IECis a novel collaboration among nearly 20 MSIs, most of whom participated in an NSF fundedmulti-year, engineering education project. This new organization was built on the idea that thiscollaboration can be leveraged and moved to the next level to provide higher capacity building ateach of the consortium members. The hypothesis is that there are windows of opportunity openthrough establishment of research and educational collaborations between its MSI members withPWI research-intensive institutions. This is especially true since its member institutions serve aunique population of minority students. The IEC is developing the infrastructure and programs tofacilitate

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Travis Ford, University of Maryland Eastern Shore ; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Instrumentation CourseFieldwork reported here was conducted with appropriate social distancing and safety protocols.The undergraduate student assistants readily acknowledged the relevance of the experience withthe course material. The campus administration decided to advance the semester by two weeks dueto the pandemic so that the semester did not stretch beyond the Thanksgiving holidays andencouraged faculty to offer all courses remotely. Instrumentation, as well as other courses offeredby the primary author, were taught remotely using the Blackboard Learning Management System(LMS). The cloud connectivity of the wireless solar-powered soil moisture sensor network allowedthe author to demonstrate project results to all the students in the Instrumentation

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University; Marie Cassar, Saginaw Valley State University

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’ project funded by Michigan Space Grant Consortium. She is the author/co-author of 2 book chapters, 4 journal papers, 31 conference and symposium IEEE/ACM papers, and 3 of which has won the best paper award. In 2009, Dr. Muraleedharan was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award and also received her Certificate in University Teaching from the Future Professoriate program at Syracuse University. She is the reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Neurocom- puting, and Systems and Cybernatics, Wiley Security and Communications networks. Dr. Muraleedharan has participated in many professional and service activities university wide. In summer 2015, she in- structed Middle school Robotics and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Grace Lynn Baldwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Sarah Larose, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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continues into the second year.These positive results indicate that it would likely be advantageous to transition this program to amulti-university project to more effectively demonstrate the robustness of the process for RisingScholar students.I. Background and structure of the Rising Scholars ProgramThe project, NSF S-STEM 1644143: Rising Scholars: Web of Support used as an Indicator ofSuccess in Engineering, is a research/scholarship program that was initiated in September 2016at Purdue University. The research portion of the program was designed to determine whetherhaving a strong support network could outweigh high school grades and test scores in predictingsuccess in STEM majors, particularly engineering. ‘Rising Scholars’ (RS) is the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shari Weaver, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretchen Fougere, STEM Leadership Advisors

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Advisors Dr. Gretchen Fougere is an inventor, technology leader, and educator. Her broad, interdisciplinary train- ing prepared her well to have a successful career in industry-based technology development as well as education. Dr. Fougere has spent her career engaging people of all backgrounds to understand how engi- neering and design can enhance their lives. A significant fraction of her effort has focused on expanding STEM reach and impact through partners in industry, universities, and nonprofit entities. Her firm, STEM Leadership Advisors, is proud to have collaborated with WPI for this NSF-funded project and she also serves as Vice Chair of the Science Club for Girls. Dr. Fougere has had dual careers in