Conference Session

Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Enrique D. Gomez; Scott T. Milner; Yu Xia

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Chemical Engineering

EngineeringIntroductionIn 2019, as part of a large research-focused grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), achemical engineering department at a large research university in the mid-Atlantic states createdan undergraduate research experience program focusing on computational polymer science. Priorto the COVID-19 pandemic, the intention of the program was to allow students from theuniversity’s multiple campuses to gain experience in research, providing them with opportunitiesthat might not be available at their home campus. The original proposal planned for students atthe various university campuses to remotely engage in research during the fall and springsemesters, while participate in in-person research at the university’s main campus during thesummer

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi Patton Luks

allowedunder the new rules. The author created take-home laboratory kits for several of the experimentsto immediately cut in half the number in the lab at any time. The campus plans to be back to“normal” operations in the Fall 2021 semester, but these kits and many lessons learned willcontinue to make an impact in the classroom. In this paper, the author will discuss the originaland future use of these kits and ways that our laboratory courses will continue to functiondifferently.KeywordsLab, COVIDIntroductionThe 2020-21 academic year was an unusual one in many ways. Concerns about the spread ofCOVID forced faculty and students off campus, yet the function of the university needed tocontinue. This new virtual environment worked for some students, but

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew Roberts; Philip Parker; Christina Curras; Michael Penn; Max Anderson

the current emphasis on creating new in-frastructure. Unfortunately, the influence of civil engineers in infrastructure management andplanning has been waning in recent years.2To better prepare our students to participate in the planning and management of public works,we (the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UWP) are revamp-ing our curriculum with the goal of educating “citizen engineers.”3 Citizen engineers will bemore in tune with the needs of their communities and of the nation, and will be able to effec-tively address the technical and non-technical issues related to the infrastructure. To meet thisend, we are infusing an infrastructure theme throughout the curriculum. The revised curricu-lum will include

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

description of the attempts made to expand the horizon of ourstudents, anecdotal remarks from students throughout the years, and a plan to gather informationthat, hopefully, will show that those “extras” are not really that. They are important elements inthe education of the technical student, an education that must include a myriad of other topics toensure that we have fully rounded students entering the workforce. With multiple descriptionsprovided, the reader should be able to see a variety of activities that could easily be incorporatedat other institutions.IntroductionThe focus here is not to tell people how the effort needs to be done. It is more relating things thatshould be explored in the education of our engineers. Yes, they need the

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2003 GSW

Authors

E. H. Shaban

income. Both students and faculty can still plan for other activities or along summer vacation.Engineering program courses, however, are difficult to teach within two or four weekssession and they are planned for the long summer semester that extends for eight weeks.Classes are taught in a daily basis for a time period of one and half hour in comparison tothe regular semester time period. Sometimes, in some departments, there may not be Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for engineering Educationenough courses offered with acceptable student’s enrollment to allow the availableteaching

Conference Session

Working Against Unjust Social Forces

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo; Rebecca Walton, Utah State University; Natasha N. Jones, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

, religion, and class). First, she shares thereview. Then, she offers this analysis: Y’all this is supposed to be an equity and inclusion track—that’s why we put this work in there. I know I am the one who wanted to present this work here, but honestly, I don’t know if we want to expose our participants’ stories to this kind of audience. Heck, I don’t know if I want to expose you to this kind of audience.The coalition jumps in and affirms the injustice and then comes up with a plan.Here, the first reveal becomes a reject.Reject: To agree in coalition that something needs to **change or be done differently** and tomake a plan.In this case, the coalition came up with a two-prong plan: (1) Reveal – Since the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Abby M. Chapin, University of Michigan; Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

program and plans to pursue further educational and career opportunities involving human-centered design, product development, and global health.Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan Frank Marsik is the Faculty Director of First Year Student Engagement in Undergraduate Education within the University of Michigan, College of Engineering. He received his PhD from the University of Michi- gan. In addition to serving as the primary instructor for ”Engineering 110: Design Your Engineering American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34818Experience”, he also teaches a

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bekir Mugayitoglu, University of Wyoming ; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

less concerned about personally working toimprove how computer science is taught. On the post-post-survey (n=11), a minority (36%) ofthe K-12 teachers’ responses ‘strongly agree’ or ‘agree’ that they were concerned to improvehow to teach computer science.Figure 5Teacher responses on survey question #9: “I am concerned about working to improve how CS istaught.” Each set of 3 bars from left to right represent pre, post, and post-post survey responsesrespectively.Both question items indicate that K-12 teachers tend to be concerned, at least to some degree,about teaching computer science. Potentially because of the micro-credential PD which includedsample resources such as lesson plans, flashcards, and unplugged activities these concernsdecreased

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victor Hugo Minces, University of California, San Diego

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

a program uses to popularize its product, its plan will fail if the productdoes not connect with the stakeholders’ interests and needs. By creating tools to explore thescience of music, LTW connects with the children and educators' innate interest in music, andthe schools’ need for hands-on, engaging science activities. There are several other reportedexperiences connecting music with STEM. Most of them have required heavy support fromSTEM professionals [1]–[6] and consequently have not gone beyond a few implementations,whereas some others requiring less training have become more popular [7], [8]. Given theinherent interest in music on the part of both educators and students, I think it is possible toenvision a much larger and broader

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Chizhong Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology

the students,. The first part of the survey askedquestions such as “The activity helped me work better in groups”, “The activity helped increasemy understanding of engineering design process” and more. These questions requested a Likertscale response from 1-5 (1- poor, 5- excellent). The second part of the survey focused on whetherstudents were able to improve/learn/explore themselves. Figure 1 summarizes the studentresponses. FIGURE 1 SUMMARY OF STUDENT RESPONSE (ACTIVITY HELPED ME IMPROVE…) [21]General Advice for Planning the Activity: 1. Two minutes is a very short time for students to be able to make a strong pitch in first attempt. A mock rehearsal in the week before the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie M. Gillespie, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

practices, one goal of the published cards shouldbe transferability- could another faculty member use the documented ideas and resources at theirown institution? Unfortunately, not every card is a useful resource for adaptation. Some cardslack details or additional uploads of lesson plans, leaving readers looking for more information.Other cards lack clear indications of what the activity entails, or how much time it will take.Additionally cards can be thoroughly well documented, but may be less adaptable because theycontain too much information. As an example, many cards provide details on an entire coursethat has been modified to meet some of the entrepreneurial mindset competencies. However,unless a university plans to design a new course or

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session - Online and Remote Learning Communities

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Md Fashiar Rahman, The University of Texas at El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Johnny C. Ho, Columbus State University

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Manufacturing

differentstages of the product life cycle [10]. There are two LCA standards created by the Internationalorganization for Standardization (ISO) –ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 [11]. According to the ISOstandards on LCA, it can assist in decision making in industry, government, or non-governmentorganizations e.g., strategic planning, priority setting, product, and process design or redesign.LCA is also important for the selection of relevant indicators of environmental performance andeven in marketing from the perspective of the eco-labeling scheme or environmental productdeclarations.Clearly, the field of sustainability analysis and LCA plays a critical role in identifying theopportunities to improve the environmental aspects of products and services at various

Conference Session

Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea L. Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Desen Sevi Özkan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

sufficient preparation. In order tolearn and retain ways of continuously gaining knowledge across disciplines, students must alsopractice processes of self-regulating their own ways of learning. In the context of atransdisciplinary design education course, we used in-class critique as a type of metacognitioninstruction. Through thematic coding of student reflective writings, this qualitative study revealspatterns of metacognition that emerged as student teams identified problem spaces, conductedproblem framing research, and proposed solutions. Results indicated that while some studentswere prompted by the critiques to advance in cycles of metacognitive Knowledge andRegulation, the metacognitive action of planning was largely overlooked

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Keirien Taylor, Arizona State University, UOEEE; Daniel J. Laxman, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

modules with faculty and administrators at institutions in andoutside of the NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) network. As of February 2021,these materials have been accessed by 91 users (i.e., faculty, administrators, etc.) frominstitutions and organizations across the world.Two survey instruments were administered to registered users of the online platform tounderstand the motivations behind users’ interest in and use of the modules, how they are usingand/or planning to use the modules, how the materials impacted the users’ courses and students,and the effectiveness of these modules and the online sharing platform. Follow up interviewswere conducted with 5 users to better understand their challenges and successes in using thecourse

Conference Session

Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, Ohio State University; Kathryn Kelley, Ohio State University; Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Bachelor of Science inEngineering Technology (BSET) program at a higher education institution that has previouslygranted Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees. The new degree program was launched inAutumn 2020 at the regional campuses of The Ohio State University, which have traditionallybeen feeder campuses.To prepare for a new and effective degree program, an assessment team was formed. Thecommittee was charged to develop a plan for program assessment by following the criteriadefined by the Engineering and Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of theAccreditation board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). Team members collaborated withfaculty and administrators to gather information about the curriculum and developed a plan ofaction

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University; Maeve Drummond Oakes, Purdue University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

summarize complex studenttrajectory data across time.Summer Program EffortsCISTAR has run three programs for high school and undergraduate students over the past fouryears. In the first two years of the Center, the programs were offered in-person at PurdueUniversity. In year three of the Center, the COVID-19 global pandemic shifted plans (describedin more detail below). Plans for the upcoming fourth year of programs include mostly virtualofferings of the programs at all five sites of the Center.During the third year of the Center (2020), the plans and strategies of the EWD pillar weresubstantially impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Summer program efforts werechanged to a virtual program or postponed due to university restrictions for on

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abdullah Azzouni, Oregon State University; Jennifer Parham-Mocello, Oregon State University

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Computing and Information Technology

Education, 2021 Continuous Improvement in Academic Computing Programs is Rarely ComprehensiveAbstractRapid advancements in computing require academic computing departments to continuallyimprove. According to the literature, many of those departments claim to have institutedcomprehensive Continuous Improvement (CI) plans by building their own or using externallydeveloped tools to handle the process. This paper provides an exhaustive examination of the“comprehensiveness” of those comprehensive CI plans in the current literature and whether allcomponents of CI (360-CI) are addressed. We identify eight unique CI components, but we donot find any documentation of implementing all of them in a single program. The

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bill M. Diong, Kennesaw State University; Craig A. Chin, Kennesaw State University; Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University; Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University; Walter Thain, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

planned interventions was puton hold indefinitely.Introduction/BackgroundSeveral definitions and descriptions of the term “troubleshooting” have been presented inliterature. An example of this is in [1], which defined troubleshooting as a common form ofproblem solving that requires an individual to diagnose faulty systems and take direct, correctiveaction to eliminate any faults in order to return the systems to their normal states. Another is in[2], which described troubleshooting as a task that deals with problem-solving skills that arespecific to a domain such as computer programming, engineering, biology, medicine, orpsychology. Furthermore, the author described the task of troubleshooting as locating theproblem or malfunction in a system

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking II: Interpretation, Curricular Practices, and Structural Change

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa C Kenny, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Monique O'Connell, Wake Forest University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. ● ABET Student Outcome 3: an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. ● ABET Student Outcome 4: an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. ● ABET Student Outcome 5: an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet

Conference Session

Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madasamy Arockiasamy, Florida Atlantic University; Sudhagar Nagarajan, Florida Atlantic University; Hassan Mahfuz, Florida Atlantic University; Michael R. Maniaci, Florida Atlantic University; Ishwarya Srikanth, Florida Atlantic University; Stephen Michael Castillo; Reinaldo L. Dos Santos, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

activities, iv) Family Caféevents, and v) Summer workshop for STEM teachers.i) NASA-STEM content developmentThe NASA STEM contents were first identified based on the existing lesson plans adopted inparticipating schools in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Florida. Then, the NASA STEMcontents were embedded into the NGSSS based on the lesson plans and instructional calendar.The methodology adopted for NASA-STEM content development is shown in Figure 1. Thevarious steps were: i) Review and analyze the existing curriculum followed by the schools andwork closely with the STEM teachers to identify available time-slots to introduce NASA-STEMcontent to their existing lesson plans; ii) Download the NASA’s STEM content for Grades 6, 8,11-12 from the NASA

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Potpourri

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held different positions such as Process Engineer, Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, Production Superintendent, Manufacturing Engineer and Glass Technologist. During his time in the company, he co-authored two patents related to glass fabrication and glass coatings pro- cessing. Dr. Gonzalez is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and has participated in numerous process improvement projects. He has been trained as well in the Methodology of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) that he applied to solve complex problems. In the manufacturing operations field

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Hartenstine, Western Washington University; Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

began working with Dr. Brobst on research related to this projectin 2019.This summary gives a short overview of the program and reports on student demographics, butfocuses primarily on the research, including both the design and findings so far. This summarycloses with a brief discussion of plans for the future. Further details will be provided in the fullposter presentation.OverviewThe CS/M Scholars Program supports WWU students majoring in math or computer sciencewith scholarships averaging about $4500 per year, renewable for up to four years, and variouscurricular and co-curricular activities. Students are recruited from WWU’s applicant pool whilethey are still in high school. Typically, ten to fifteen new CS/M Scholars are recruited for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kakan C. Dey, West Virginia University; Md Tawhidur Rahman, West Virginia University; V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University; David Martinelli, West Virginia University; Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University; John Deskins, West Virginia University; Abhik Roy, West Virginia University; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Virginia University Dr. Pyrialakou is an Assistant Professor at the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental En- gineering at West Virginia University. She received her Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2011 and in 2016 she earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Pyrialakou’s expertise and interests involve the use of statistical, econometric, spa- tial, and economic analysis tools in the broader research area of transportation planning and evaluation of transportation systems. She started working in the area of engineering education at Purdue University when she taught Introduction to Transportation Engineering in spring 2016. She

Conference Session

Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; George K. Karway, Arizona State University; Mohammad Zaid Alrajhi, Arizona State University; King Saud University; Brian Carl Nelson, Arizona State University; Seungki Shin, Seoul National University of Education

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Alrajhi also serves as a teaching assistant in the College of Architecture and Planning at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. In 2015, he received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture (BArch) from Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Pursuing his long-term goals, Alrajhi obtained a full scholarship to continue graduate studies in the United States. He earned a Master’s degree in Architecture (MArch) from Arizona State University in 2020. Generally, Alrajhi’s ar- eas of interest are architectural education, learning environments, design thinking, and curriculum design.Dr. Brian Carl Nelson, Arizona State University Brian C. Nelson is a professor of educational technology with

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chi-Ning Chang, The University of Kansas; Guan Kung Saw, Claremont Graduate University; Uriel Lomelí-Carrillo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mingxia Zhi, Northside Independent School District; Kahlí Romano, Claremont Graduate University ; Ryan Culbertson, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

-to-face mentoring activities during the COVID-19outbreak were mainly replaced by video conferencing and emailing. Our structural equationmodeling (SEM) results indicated that e-mentoring inputs (i.e., e-mentoring attitude andindividual development plan) and processes (i.e., e-mentoring frequency, perceived instrumentalsupport, and perceived psychosocial support) are positively associated with mentoringsatisfaction, which in turn positively predicts student academic, career, and mental healthoutcomes. The findings also revealed that mentoring experience, academic progress, career self-belief, and mental health of underrepresented groups—females, lower socioeconomic status(SES) students, and students with disabilities—were disproportionately

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Patrick Sours, Ohio State University; Michael J. Hagenberger, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

-world projects, and 4. propose a continuous improvement plan for the course sequence.Course Development HistoryThe global capstone course sequence was created to give students an engineering experience in a real-world, global development context. This was first offered in the 2015-2016 academic year as a projectoption in a traditional civil engineering capstone (CE Capstone) course sequence for students interestedin working on a humanitarian engineering project. The initial project was a water supply, treatment anddistribution project in collaboration with a rural community in Tanzania. Due to the growth in popularityof the Tanzania project and minor differences in course deliverables that created student confusion, aseparate section

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Jalal Rastegary, NMSU

ResourceNetwork (ENMRN) that aid in finding and correcting those shortcomings through mathematical andscientific analysis, providing encouragement and assistance to such businesses that reach out to them.One such instance was a brewery that reached out to ENMRN in 2019 that, in only a few years it hadbeen in operation, was experiencing such growth that they were planning on expanding for the third time.Now a business does not often grow this quickly without finding effective ways to conserve resources, butoutside opinions and analysis can always be of benefit. By analyzing the practices already employed bythis brewery, combined with recommendations from NMSU’s faculty, staff, and students after conductingan on-site visit, the brewery’s savings and

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Patrick Jr, Texas State University

calculus and ordinary and partial differential equations.Face-to-face, collaborative problem-based learning activities consist of student groups (4-5students/group) developing numerical and analytical solutions to 35 biotransport problems throughout thesemester. Students actively dialogue and solve the problems, whereas the professor and teachingassistant roam the classroom to facilitate problem solving only when groups reach an impasse. Theresponse to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this teaching plan, resulting in the math-intensivecourse moving to online delivery. It was critical to ensure the student-centered active learning activity ofcollaborative problem-based learning was maintained during imposed changes in course delivery format.To

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Lillian L. Goettler

Math/Science Career Conferences for Girls Lillian L. Goettler North Dakota State University In 1975 a number of women scientists and engineers in the San Francisco Bay area organized the first Expanding Your Horizons career conference to interest girls in math/science based careers. These one-day confer- ences offer giris a variety of hands-on workshop experiences as well as an opportunity to get to know women active in math/science fields and discuss their career paths and plans. These conferences were well re- ceived in the Bay area and inspired many similar conferences across the country. Two years ago at this time, a colleague from the Mathematical Sciences Department, Dr. Doris

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Eric S. Musselman; Andrea J. Schokker

the data you are using comes from,the better the end product will be.To have a hands-on program it is critical that lab space be readily accessible and equipped forstudent use. UMD and the Swenson College of Science and Engineering showed considerableforesight when planning the building as they included significant state-of-the-art laboratoryspace in the new James I. Swenson Civil Engineering Building. The floor plan of the lab level isshown in Figure 1, with a photo of the completed general projects lab shown Figure 2.Figure 1: 1st Story Floor Plan of Swenson Civil Engineering Building 2010 ASEE North Midwest Sectional ConferenceFigure 2: General Purpose/Hydrology LabThe second focus area of the curriculum is