Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

more likely they are able topersist to transfer status. Figure 2 illustrates our theoretically grounded logic model, the nature ofits interrelatedness, its multidimensionality, and ultimately, its connection to persistence. Thismodel informs and guides our research design and provides grounding for our analytical choicesand associated results. The research plan that follows articulates this.Over the course of three years, our research employs a mixed-method design using arandomization procedure in which in which students are randomly selected from each CC schoolsite within the majors of engineering and science to participate with randomization of selectionoccurring at the school site level within each targeted academic program. During the

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

break thetraditional lecture dominant pattern when cooperative learning protocols are deployed. Thepaper will illustrate how cooperative learning can advance academic success, quality ofrelationships, psychological adjustments, and attitudes toward the college experience. Whatneeds to be done to move the process forward? What are the key components of successfuldeployment of active learning in general and cooperative learning in particular? How tofoster and expand the community of engineering faculty who use cooperative learning in theGulf States? What plans, efforts, and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalizepedagogies of engagement including cooperative learning at the department or college level?Next, it identifies barriers to

Conference Session

Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Deepa Gupta, The Boeing Company; Timothy Kieran O'Mahony, University of Washington, College of Education LIFE Center; Laura E. Meyers, City University of Seattle; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Danielle LoVallo Vermeer, The Boeing Company

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

partnership, the company plans to engage 80-100 engineers andscientists over the next 18 months, who will create 25 design challenges based on their work andexpertise. These challenges will be integrated into community-based programs that the GlobalCorporate Citizenship arm of the company supports with philanthropic dollars across severalmajor geographic sites. This study reports on the first two iterations of this program where twocohorts of volunteer teams (N=26) delivered STEM design challenges in different geographicregions in Family science events described here. To support the kick-off of the creation of thesedesign challenges, the engineering and technical function of the company co-invested in theprogram, providing labor budget to defray the

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

general population of the school, more than half of which was made up of underrepresentedminorities. By 2013, the once-dire school’s previously-declining enrollment had turned around,due in large part to the STEM initiative. About one in four students at the school was enrolled inthe academy, which boasted a total of 340 members. The academy was quite diverse, minorityand female students each comprising 35% of the population, while 23% were of low socio-economic status.Lacking the necessary funds to purchase ready-made engineering curricula at its inception, twoscience teachers had been tasked with creating the course plans themselves. These two, who alsoserved as the original instructors, possessed valuable backgrounds – one having earned a

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

object-orientedprogramming practices. The students enrolled in these courses are primarily computerengineering and computer science majors.The second set of participants are the project clients. Over the four years covered by this study,four different sets of clients were used. In 2014, the clients were engineering education studentsdeveloping materials in support of educational outreach activities. The software applicationswere designed to augment lesson plans developed as part of a series of teacher workshops thatthe students helped to deliver in the Dominican Republic. Due to the departure of the instructorleading the then-annual trips, in 2015 the focus shifted to having ASEE student chapter membersserve as clients in support of their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

) Program planning and execution support, and (3) Classroom and programperformance support. These categories led to development and refinement of a college levelpedagogical practice taxonomy and inventory which was used in a second and third stage of theresearch in which data was collected on 4929 community college students in STEM majors. Theintent of the research is to determine the role of students’ creativity and propensity of innovationon their persistence in STEM and the impact that use of particular pedagogical support practiceshad on persistence, creativity and propensity for innovation in STEM. Structural equation models (SEMs) have been developed and updated with multiplerounds of data collection. These models have been used for

Conference Session

Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Marie S. Call, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

feelthat citing financial restrictions is a more acceptable response [7], Other studies indicate thatfinancial constraints are not so much evidence of an active barrier to participation as a retroactivejustification for the decision not to participate [8]. Most studies believe that the apparentfinancial barrier is more of a misinformation barrier. There is often more financial aid availablethan most students are aware and this combined with the possibility that students tend tooverestimate the cost of study abroad in their minds [7].B. Socio-Economic BackgroundWhile the financial barrier is probably over-cited and blown out of proportion, it is important tonote that lower income students are less likely to plan to study abroad than higher

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

4th yearlearners together. Seniors have a higher level of performance expectation, including leadership ontheir project teams. In Design, student engineers learn and practice the essential elements ofengineering design: scoping, modeling, experimentation, analysis, use of modern tools,multi-disciplinary systems view, creativity, safety, business plans, andglobal/societal/environmental impacts.The project problems are sourced from industry clients or proposed by student engineers. Studentteams of 3 -5 members each write a Team Contract, occupy Project Rooms, and work togetherapproximately 15 hours per week to complete the project each semester. They select roles such asProject Manager, Client Communications, Documentation Manager, and Research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg University; Nancy A. Rodenborg, Augsburg University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, or physics major. ● Demonstrate progress in the major by enrolling in required courses. ● Have at least a 3.0 GPA in their major field (all STEM courses required for major).All S-STEM programs, as directed by the solicitation, should provide an ecosystem of supportthat includes faculty mentoring and a scholar cohort. The AugSTEM Scholars Program also usesan Individual Development Plan (IDP) framework to scaffold student contact and programming.IDPs can take different forms and appear in many workplace and educational settings. A scholaralumnus in graduate school suggested incorporating IDPs into the program. This led us to theAAAS ​MyIDP​ (an IDP platform for faculty, post-doctoral researchers and graduate students) [8],materials on

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mauro Rodriguez Jr, California Institute of Technology; Karen Mariela Siles, IBM Corporation; Dora Louise Renaud, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

namesake forreporting to a cycle-based, chapter-centered, growth mindset-oriented development program [8]. Summary of the NRP v.3 components1. Chapter Management Tool (CMT): a comprehensive chapter management and improvement tool consisting of a Chapter Plan is required by the chapters towards organizing their events and programs with continuous feedback from regional leaders and the NRP Reports;2. Chapter Assessment Reports (i.e., NRP Reports 1 & 2): two comprehensive NRP reports documenting the chapter's events, programs, and ability to further the SHPE mission and vision. The reports are be used to assess the chapters areas for growth and strength and making award determinations; and3. Chapter

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Alicia Nattoo, Stanford University; Crystal E Winston, Stanford University; Rachel A. G. Adenekan, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

not share any classes. Consequently, this author was often theonly black student in their courses. They found it much more difficult to find students who werewilling to work on assignments with them. They would often reach out to their classmates andother students would say that they “weren’t working with anyone” or “weren’t available” at thetimes this author planned to work. Those same students would later be seen working together atthe same times and locations where they were working. Another author noted having the same experience and also struggled to find students to studywith for qualifying exams. The few Black students who entered this author’s PhD program beforewarned her that the qualifying exam experience is often quite

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Bosarge, University of South Alabama

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Diversity

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

are beginning to plan how to equip students with thenecessary skills and competencies in AI. This literature review delves into AI literacy in highschool contexts. It employed Kitchenham and Charters guiding principles to plan, conduct, andreport on the status of high school AI literacy research. Following an extensive search acrossleading academic databases simply using the terms “high school” AND “artificial intelligence,”1,943 articles were initially found. Strong inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed toensure the selection of articles that only related to research primarily focused on high school AIliteracy. After rigorous screening for relevance and availability, we selected 16 articles related tohigh school AI literacy.We

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University; Asad Salem; Yousef Sardahi, Marshall University

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Diversity

skills commensurate with students’ educational levels. • To formulate a plan for skill-building and delivery in an interdisciplinary engineering curriculum, interfacing with existing courses on power and energy generation and distribution. • To instill a sense of urgency for learning and training in green energy, addressing current, new, and future challenges, and responding to the urgent impacts of global warming on human health, the environment, and overall well-being.The curriculum integrates diverse educational levels, faculty expertise, disciplinary areas, studentbackgrounds, industrial requirements, learning methodologies, and practical applications aligningwith students

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Jeffrey Jonathan Yackley, University of Michigan, Flint

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

a platform for students to role-play a fictional company for enterpriseresource planning [49]. Other online role-play simulations focus on students taking the role ofproject managers with students receiving immediate feedback on their decisions [50], [51], [52].The course redesign described in this paper builds upon the work of Maxim, Brunvand, andDecker [57], which used role-play in a redesigned game design course, CIS 488, at theUniversity of Michigan – Dearborn. We re-used this work with some modifications in therevision of the second course in our two-course game design sequence. This course beginning in2017 had the students role-play as developers of a failing game company with the goal ofsimulating concept to release creation of 3D

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asif Mohaisin Sadri, International Islamic University, Malaysia; Arif Mohaimin Sadri, University of Oklahoma; Khondhaker Al Momin, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma; Tahrima Rouf, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

framework’, ‘social medium’, and ‘participate outreach’.Figure 4d) demonstrates the bigram network related to tweets discussion online EE, where itwas observed that the education board in the central node connected with the words ‘distancelearning’, and Oklahoma State’. There are also conversations about ‘plans to keep the schoolbuilding closed’ in communication-related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional notablewords would be ‘institutional care fund’. These discussions were about the courses becomingonline and institute initiatives to cover the funds of the students who paid for campus coursesyet become online due to the consequences of COVID-19.Figure 4: Top bigrams for each group c) engineering profession, and d) distance learningFigure 4e

Conference Session

Transfer and Transitions

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland, College Park; Danielle Melvin Koonce, University of Maryland; Christin Jacquelyne Salley, University of Maryland, College Park; Sharon Fries-Britt, University of Maryland, College Park; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

Dean and Nariman Farvardin Professor of Engineering at the Clark School on Jan- uary 5, 2009, having come to the school in 1995 as an assistant professor and served as chair of the school’s Department of Aerospace Engineering from 2006 to 2009. As dean, Pines has led the devel- opment of the Clark School’s current strategic plan and achieved notable successes in key areas such as improving teaching in fundamental undergraduate courses and raising student retention; achieving suc- cess in national and international student competitions; giving new emphasis to sustainability engineering and service learning; promoting STEM education among high school students; increasing the impact of research programs; and expanding

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Creativity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Kelly Guerin, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

betaking the course. In general, since this knowledge did not come from specific users, insightsapplied to the entire group of students, or the potential variation in the group. Their focus wasinsights in two areas: student preparedness for learning and factors that could affect interest andmotivation. The team sought a general understanding such that they could plan content andactivities that were appropriate and engaging for the entire class.This technique may have stemmed from deep knowledge of prior students that has grown into acomposite image over time, and the assumption that future students will fit into this composite.For example, the instructor’s insights came from having taught the same class several times inthe past. However, since

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bartlett Michael Sheinberg, Houston Community Collelge; Amanda Smith Hackler, STEM Evaluations and Educational Consulting Services, LLC

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Diversity

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Materials

recruit underrepresented students who plan to major in one of the STEM areas. HCC is one oftwo community colleges in the six-member AMP Alliance. There is a great deal of synergyamong HCC AMP and REEMS objectives and activities. In addition to the required communityservice required of AMP students, HCC AMP students are encouraged to join the REEMSstudent cohorts in university tours, meeting university faculty, advisors, and administrators,participation in student development workshops. The REEMS PI also serves and the HCCprogram director for the HCC AMP program. Both AMP and REEMS students seek commonoutcomes: participation in programs that provide direction, structure, and motivation. Fourteenof the REEMS students from the 2015/2016 and 2016

Conference Session

Promoting Social Sustainability, Cultural Assets, and Assessing Equity and Diversity Index

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis R. Parnell Jr., University of Florida; Jabari Wilson, University of Florida; Karen Theodora Hicklin; Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

) overcoming imposter syndrome, and (6) valuing mentorship. Participantscollectively discussed their images and related experiences in a final group session. Steps toaddress emergent themes were also identified and presented to the Associate Dean for StudentAffairs, along with a plan to showcase their work.I. IntroductionThe discrepancy between the number of Black students who complete a college degree comparedto their white peers has been of national concern for many years [1], [2]. In engineering, thisproblem persists and has been exacerbated in the last decade by stagnant growth in awardeddegrees for Black students [2], [3]. Factors contributing to this educational gap may result frominstitutional racism in an institution’s policies, values, and

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 13: Attitudes & Prespectives of Teachers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler S. Love, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Andrew John Hughes, California State University, San Bernardino

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, there were no significant differences between the twogroups. Supplemental post-survey questions revealed that while most participants indicated theyplan to integrate more physical computing concepts within their courses, no significantdifferences existed between male and female teachers’ intentions to integrate such concepts. Thisstudy contributes to the limited literature on P-12 physical computing research within the U.S. Ithas implications for improving physical computing PD efforts offered by higher educationinstitutions and engineering education programs. Moreover, it provides some insight into males’and females’ attitudes toward physical computing, which can help inform the planning of futurephysical computing design challenges and PD

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Vanantwerp, Calvin University; Julie Anne Field Wildschut, Calvin University; Matthew Heun, Calvin University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

earning Year designation graduates designation 2017 7 100 7 2018 9 89 10 2019 10 107 9 2020 8 84 10 2021 13 88 15 2022 14 82 17Each year, graduating seniors who earned the sustainability designation are surveyed about theimpact of the designation on their job search and future plans. Six of 16 students (38%) in thefirst two graduating classes self-reported their post

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 4: Bring Your Own Experiments +

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of California, San Diego; Molly Y. Mollica, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

well as career and laboratoryinterests warrants future study. We aim to do this in collaboration with institutions with astudent population that better matches the diversity of the country. Additionally, in futurework, we plan to include an additional post-module demographic survey question: “Do youidentify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community? (Identities may include lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or other gender or sexuality identities notexplicitly named)”. The addition of this question would facilitate investigation of the impact oftoy adaptation on engineering on LGBTQIA+ students, which is important given thatLGBTQIA+ students face greater marginalization, devaluation, and health and wellness

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa V. B. Santos, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah J. Boehm, Pennsylvania State University; Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Tiffany A. Mathews, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

departments on participating & identifying students once they accept offer to graduate school April 15 Graduate School Decision Day; Graduate school coordinators in Physics and Chemistry identify students from accepted cohort April 15 – June 1 GREaT GradS offer letters are emailed May - June Planning of summer activities July 1 GREaT GradS Program starts August 15 GREaT GradS Program endsGREaT GradS Programming – GREaT GradS primary goal is to offer students a six-week immersive researchexperiences with programming in resources recognition, personal preparation, career preparation,and network building (Table 2, organized by the primary goal). The programming goal is

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sagnik Nath, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jennifer Quynn, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jose Renau

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Figure 5 CSE12 pass rate data from Fall ‘17 - Spring ‘22 In preparation for the greater ITL effort, we have been focused on closing equity gaps in ourlarge, gateway CSE12 course, beginning fall of 2021. We used institutional data and developed a processfor improvement as detailed in the later section Training Development Plan. Through a series of meetings,members of the ITL Team during academic year 2021 - 2022, collaborated in meetings to review 1)teaching methods, 2) assessments, and 3) scalability in relation to student outcomes and course data, andspecifically looking at equity gaps between URM and non-URM student subgroups. Inquiry was thefoundation for all pre-ITL meetings with the guiding question “How can we teach differently to

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Mentoring Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nahndi Tirrell Kirk-Bradley, Texas A&M University; Cara London, Texas A&M University; Eldridge Raymond Jr., Texas A&M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, thisis rarely the case for interpersonal relationships. There are documented benchmarks forgraduate students such as degree plans, proposals, and theses. Although important for thedocumentation of work completed towards the degree, they are very rarely qualitative orquantitative of the experience had by the student. Just as a degree plan or a proposal setsexpectations and outlines a plan of action for work, an Individual Development Plan (IDP)additionally documents the expectations and action items for the working relationshipbetween a faculty mentor and their student. The IDP was developed by the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science and experts from multiple universities as a toolfor students to assess their skills and career

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lamyaa El-Gabry, Princeton University; Martina Sherin Jaskolski

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Engineering equal numbers of male and female students wereselected from AUC and Princeton. The wind pump was intended to serve as a test vehicle for useof wind energy in this community. It was moderately successful but because of its relative lowflow rates, it did not have a huge impact on the community (unless the diesel engine was brokenor out of fuel in which case it was better than nothing). While the wind pump could not producesufficient water for flood irrigation, it can produce enough water for other low-water usageagricultural methods like small integrated protected systems or hydroponics.For the second edition of the programmed planned for the Summer 2020, the team was to designan integrated aquaculture and hydroponic system for El Heiz that

Conference Session

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Ferris, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

wherestudents share answers and aimed to create assignments and exams less susceptible to plagiarism.When faculty took a learner-centered approach to conscientiousness, they put in time and/oreffort to learn about their students’ interests, experiences, and lives; they used this information inplanning course activities and examples. For example, several faculty hired peer learningfacilitators—students who had just completed the course. Rather than simply asking thesestudents to grade, they sought their ideas in planning the course, situating the students as part ofthe instructional team. Such faculty also updated their course materials, but they put effort intoresearching authentic applications of course content and checking with peer learning

Conference Session

The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neha Kardam, University of Washington; Shruti Misra, University of Washington; Morgan Anderson, University of Washington; Ziyan Bai, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daiki Hiramori, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

48 7.3 I do not plan to get a bachelor’s degree 2 0.3 Other 121 18.3ResultsAn important decision in exploratory factor analysis is specifying how many factors to extract. Indetermining the number of factors, we use parallel analysis and Velicer’s minimum averagepartial (MAP) test. Although these tests are less common than other popular methods todetermine the number of factors, such as the Kaiser’s eigenvalue > 1 rule [25], research showsthat the eigenvalue > 1 rule almost always overestimates the number of factors to extract [26].The methods we use in this study are

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Tina Zecher, Northern Arizona University; Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

identified positive experiences, including providing help to find an internship,insight and encouragement. Other areas of help included providing support or a “steadying hand”to a struggling student, helping students identify goals and planning for the future, and strategiesfor how to succeed in challenging times. One mentor identified that a friendship had developedbetween themselves and the student. Three mentors identified that the student was not consistentor not responsive. As one commented, “I was not sure of how best to help as (the) student wasn’tsure what they wanted out of (the) program.”Fall mentors identified a few recommendations, including having students identify theirexpectations and goals and then revisit these items at each meeting