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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Malcolm W. Daniels, University of Dayton; Amy Anderson, University of Dayton; Marjorie Langston, Hamilton Township High School ; Megan Shepherd; Madeline Mock

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. Dating back to the 1960s, researchershave explored the theoretical characterization of intercultural competence and the effectivenessof varying classroom practices [24]. More recently, various researchers have explored theefficacy of CEL and research immersion experiences. Research shows that teachers learn tonavigate complex, intercultural encounters through challenging CEL experiences promoting,“reflective, critical and ethical practices” [25].Since international engineering CEL has the potential benefit to both increase interculturalawareness, while also demonstrating engineering as a career that helps humanity, engagingteachers in this type of experience may prepare them to encourage and inspire their students,particularly females and other

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Roman Taraban; Curtis Craig; Srinivasa Murthy Gunturu; Edward E. Anderson

variables to create four composite variablesthat are scored on a percentile scale. The normed percentile scales make these variables ideal forsmall sample sizes as in the present case. The four composite variables are defined as follows in theLIWC Manual [6]: • Analytic Thinking - A high number reflects formal, logical, and hierarchical thinking; lower numbers reflect more informal, personal, here-and-now, and narrative thinking. • Clout - A high number suggests that the author is speaking from the perspective of high expertise and is confident; low Clout numbers suggest a more tentative, humble, even anxious style. • Authentic - A higher number is associated with a more honest, personal, and disclosing text

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Approaches to Encouraging Student Engagement

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Michael N. Littrell, Tennessee Technological University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Technological University; Lauren A. Michel, Tennessee Technological University ; Steven R. Anton, Tennessee Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

game design mechanicswere also taught via weekly board game sessions conducted inside and outside of class wherestudents both played and deconstructed the mechanics of the games experienced. In the latterpart of the course, a major course project was assigned in which four teams of students inconjunction with graphic design students developed unique games meant to teach others aboutclimate change and civilization collapse. Specific game mechanics were not prescribed; instead,student teams were encouraged to explore a variety of mechanics and design elements that bestsuited their chosen audience and game theme. In addition to this final board game product,students wrote a reflective paper to (a) explain how the board game accomplished the goal

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Sangram Shinde, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan KSA

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

with ARC officers and the courseinstructor. After the training students formed teams of three and visited homes in the most fireprone neighborhoods of Philadelphia to install smoke alarms, replace alarm batteries and helpresidents make home fire escape plans. The students also provided education and materials onhome fire preparation. In the past five years they distributed materials and provided informationto over ten thousand people in homes and on the streets of the city.The students were required to submit a technical report about the behavior of steel under hightemperatures (i.e., home fires). The report also required a two-page reflection on the service.“The Environment” class was taught 23 times from Fall 1991 through SP 2013. An

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Undergraduate Research and Industry

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Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University; Qi Dunsworth, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Resig

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Manufacturing

related topic so that they can use to teach a STEMconcept required by the school’s curriculum. This way, the instructional unit can bridge the gapbetween textbook knowledge and real-world applications. The high school students will learn theselected concept in the context of manufacturing industry through simulation and automationhands-on experimentation. This paper introduces the RET program at the Penn State Behrend’s site. We will start witha program description, the research and curriculum design components, followed by curriculumimplementation and evaluation status to date. A reflection on lessons learned will also be shared.2. RET Program DescriptionThe RET program recruits 13 teachers and community college faculty each year from

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jennifer Kracha, University of Colorado Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

addition, course outcomesincorporate successful team dynamics, individual skills development, and multiple opportunities forself-reflection of steps of the design process.Courses involving collaborative design teams — and grades that are dependent on the associatedteam deliverables and final project — can be frustrating to individuals placed on teams that do notperform to their expectations. The EFC course grades have a team-based set of graded components;half of students’ final grade is set by team projects deliverables. However, individual courseelements have been included throughout the semester to allow students more input into their finalgrade. These elements include personal reflections on skills development, user testing, and

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

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Qiushi Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Design in Engineering Education

,creative thinking and hands-on skills [8]-[10]. Moreover, it was hypothesized thatengagement in the SDPs was closely associated with the steep growth in students’epistemological development during the last year of college [1]. Students’epistemological thinking refers to their reflections on “the limits of knowledge”, “thecertainty of knowledge”, and the “criteria for knowing” [11]. Expert engineers tendedto demonstrate more sophisticated manner of epistemological thinking than novices[12]. Nevertheless, few studies have specifically explored engineering students’epistemological thinking and the associated factors in the context of SDPs. Therefore, in order to further explore the epistemological development ofengineering students and its

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University; Rebecca D. Swanson, Tufts University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

videos showing device functionality, share programming code, and post a reflection on their design processFigure 2: Tasks and sample student work from final design project of first elementary contentcourseOur research questions for exploring this conjecture with TEEP program asked: 1. How did teachers respond to engaging in meaningful engineering for teachers in the TEEP program? 2. What did teachers identify as important things they learned about engineering content and pedagogy?METHODSParticipantsIn this exploratory study, we analyzed the transcriptions of semi-structured interviews of elevenelementary teachers and specialists in the 2017-2018 TEEP program. The group of teachers, 10females and 1

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo; Homeyra Pourmohammadali, University of Waterloo; Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo

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Mechanical Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Cross-Cohort Dynamics Project Study Kamyar Ghavam, Homeyra Pourmohammdali, Lucas Botelho Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON CanadaINTRODUCTIONEngineering educators are constantly seeking methods to improve the education of their students.This paper will discuss the motivation behind introducing the students to a cross-cohort projectand its effects on the learning outcomes of engineering students.Problem Definition: In undergraduate programs students often work on their projects within theirown cohort. However, this is hardly reflected outside of the

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Jessica Koehler, Wake Forest University; Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University ; Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University; Alana Demaske, Wake Forest University; Carlos Santos, Wake Forest University; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University; Dylan Franklin Brown, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Performance Virtues Autonomy Compassion (Empathy) Citizenship Confidence Critical Thinking Courage Civility Determination Curiosity Gratitude Neighborliness Motivation Judgment Honesty Service Perseverance Reasoning Humility Volunteering Resilience Reflection Integrity Community Teamwork Resourcefulness Respect Awareness (Collaboration) Justice (Equity, Equality)It

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Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

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Katherine E. Reuther, Columbia University; Rachel Diane Field, Columbia University; Aaron Kyle, Columbia University

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Biomedical Engineering

monitoring market) Pre-natal monitoring of pre- equipment and kit) eclampsia in Haiti Table 2. Project Topics and Sample ContributionsTeaching Methods. Our within-semester survey results (response rate=80%) reflect “stronglyagree” or “agree” in 100% of the student responses that the inclusion of case studies and externalspeakers support their learning in the course. 93% of the student responses also indicate“strongly agree” or “agree” that the interdisciplinary classroom environment and the groupproject support their learning in the course. Our final course survey results (response rate=80%)reflect “strongly agree” or “agree” in 100% of the student responses that

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kent A. Crick, Iowa State University; Matthew T. Seipel, Iowa State University; Lisa M. Larson Ph.D., Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

leadership course with otherECSEL participants. This course was designed to promote professional development, communityamongst the scholars, and connection to the campus community at large while enhancing theiridentity as ECSE majors. As a part of the course students were required to volunteer on campus,share current events with their fellow scholars, participate in in-class activities centered onleadership practices, participate in faculty mentor meetings and complete a reflection paper aboutthat experience, and present to the class an artifact reflective of one’s background. Theseactivities were designed to cultivate an environment of support and connection among scholarswhile also engaging participants in an active learning experience. Such

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

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Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

of EER&I research, audiences that need to be aware of the impact onengineering education, potential systematic processes for documenting impact, and plans forpiloting some processes for documenting impact. Metrics ranged from the relativelystraightforward measures of the number of engineering education programs and productivity ofthose programs and individual researchers, which could be expected to have impact, to the moresubtle changes in attitude toward EER&I and extent of implementation of the results of EER&Iresearch, which would reflect the impact. Some of those subtle changes include attitudes towardwho can/should be an engineer and how the engineering culture, and courses, can change tobroaden participation in engineering

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel Koh, Smith College

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

product. Another problematicassumption made in the students’ economic proposal was that what works under consumercapitalism in the U.S., where a high percentage of the population has expendable income, wouldwork in the very different economic circumstances of Nicaragua. The project was ultimatelystalled at the proposal stage because of disagreement about this point.By the time they reach their senior capstone, engineering students have often had few- if any-courses that require them to consider empathic approaches to designing for a client orcommunity whose racial, ethnic, national, socioeconomic, or other demographic backgrounddiffers from their own. This experience gap is reflected when students don’t have the tools tounderstand the needs of

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mary Andrade, University of Louisville; Michael Scott Keibler, University of Louisville; Josh Rivard

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

which provides a historical contextof not only the Inca people, but also the generations from as early as 3000 BC in that region.Cultural activities are followed by formal discussion and guided reflection to create additionalcontext regarding the technical project and the cultural and geographical influences that areimportant for consideration. Also in country, the students made an initial presentation tocommunity leaders to ensure project objectives were in alignment with community expectations.Course Content – TechnicalThe technical portion of the course is determined by the scope of the project that is identified.During the first two years of the program, using semi-structured interviews, the communityidentified water loss of the crumbling

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NSF Grantees: Diversity 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Describe contemporary challenges caused by or related to energy resources, such as economic impacts, sociopolitical tensions, and environmental impacts 5. Explain how various methods of both passive (e.g. evaporative cooling) and active (e.g., electric, fuel-powered, heat pumps) heating and cooling in buildings work 6. Analyze how the natural environment (e.g., tree shade, sun angles) and built environment (e.g., windows, insulation) impact heat transfer into and out of buildings, with consideration for cultural and climatic contexts 7. Apply concepts from class to inform decisions about energy consumption or conservation in your everyday lifeThese learning outcomes reflect several salient aspects from our research

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2020 PPC

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Miriam Quintal

Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE priorities• 2019 Efforts and Successes – Increased funding for the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense basic research – Building champions for new modes of NSF support – Outreach and awareness of engineering technology – Enhancing Department of Defense workforce and industry collaboration – Engagement on Higher Education Act reauthorizationASEE/EDC Congressional Priorities• Advocate for Funding at Critical Agencies –National Science Foundation research and

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Amanda Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

development.Science Content Description of the problem that students are presented with inFocus/Grade the unitLevel ofimplementationLight and Laser Secure, Inc., designs security systems to protect valuableWaves assets, and the company is seeking help from students to design a laser security system to protect the artifacts in a traveling6th grade museum exhibit. Students investigate properties of light, including reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission. Their solutions must protect the artifacts by having an intruder cross the laser light at least three times between entering the door and encountering the artifact using

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Clarissa Belloni, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

all four courses were compared to determine if student grades reflect a differencewith the addition of a humanitarian engineering project. The goal of this study is to betterunderstand whether humanitarian engineering projects may be used to improve the motivation,retention and educational outcomes of female engineering students.IntroductionHistorically, there has been a discrepancy in engineering between the retention rates of thosestudents who identify as male versus those identifying as female, with women earning 21.9% ofall engineering bachelor’s degrees [1]. Different engineering disciplines have been moresuccessful in increasing representation of women than others, specifically in the fields ofenvironmental, biomedical, and biological

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Faculty Development Medley!

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Faculty Development Division

faculty in engineering educationresearch, regardless of institution type. While only a small fraction of CAREER proposals arerecommended for funding, former EEC deputy director Sue Kemnitzer frequently remindedapplicants that the process of applying for a CAREER award has value in itself. By this claim,she included the self-reflection on a faculty member’s research agenda, a plan to integrate theresearch and education activities throughout the individual’s career, and the discussions heldbetween the early career faculty member and their department chair, senior mentors, and, insome cases, deans and other constituencies. These key activities provide many opportunities forfaculty development and encouraging growth in all aspects of faculty life

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Krista Nicklaus; Daniel Puperi; Patricia Clayton

toinclude the student-teacher in course planning before the semester begins, to provide guidance inpreparing and teaching a major portion of at least five classes, and to support participation in gradingand responding to student work. The student-teacher participates in all aspects of course planning,lesson planning, and student assessments with opportunities for reflective self-assessment andstructured feedback from faculty and student-teacher peers from lesson observations. Thispresentation will provide perspectives on the teaching practicum experience of a student-teacher,supervising faculty mentor, and students in a sophomore-level computational fundamentals ofbiomedical engineering design laboratory course. The student-teacher and supervising

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New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Huma Shoaib, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

. Hence, the key components of this review focus onlearning and pedagogy based on Computational Thinking. We develop a synthesis of suggestionsand explanations to answer the proposed questions based on literature from recent research incomputational thinking. As for the instructional implication, based on our initial analysis wepropose that a constructionism-based problem-solving active learning environment, withinformation processing, scaffolding and reflection activities, could be designed to enhancelearning through computational thinking.IntroductionIn recent years, Computational Thinking research has bloomed. Computational thinking is a 21stcentury way of problem-solving and is also a competency that has enduring outcomes given weare in the

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower, The Citadel; Tara Hornor, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

support were also used to help students engage more deeply with course materials.Content was managed by a separate instructor who coordinated with the face-to-face instructor to ensurealignment of activities and learning outcomes. Weekly, students were required to post and respond toquestions on the online discussion board, which required them to demonstrate conceptual mastery oftopics (rather than procedural problem solving). In addition, students completed weekly journalsubmissions, which required critical reflection of course preparation, performance, and application to civilengineering. Twice per week the instructor was available for tutoring sessions via an online platform.Sample discussion board questions and journal prompts are provided in

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Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lynn Albers, Hofstra University; Edward H. Currie, Hofstra University; David M. Rooney, Hofstra University; Robyn Alma, Hofstra University; Travis Chen Shen, Hofstra University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

to reflect on three areas of learning. Theirresponses are presented as case studies.IntroductionEngineering schools with predominantly undergraduate enrollments traditionally emphasizeresearch opportunities for upper level undergraduates working in conjunction with facultymembers. At such institutions, the level of faculty research is often congruent with what a highlymotivated rising senior can contribute to in a meaningful way. Consequently, accommodation isoften made through offering independent study courses taken during the academic year for credit,or focused summer research stints of variable length, or even a combination of the two, to enablethese experiences for students, especially those who may be thinking of going to graduate

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

possible actions, then chooses to act in a particular way.Their choice determines what they pay attention to following the action. To make sense of theresults of their action, at least the ones they paid attention to, they develop mental representationsor perspectives of the result of the action. There are many possible perspectives that can bedeveloped based on the actor’s attention and interests. Regardless of how they interpret theresults of their own actions, they leave the field of action with new knowledge which informsfuture intentions, thus starting the cycle again. Thus in Macmurray’s system one’s interactionwith, or coupling to, the world is defined iteratively through action that is reflectively informedby knowledge gained through one’s

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

learner actively engages in the process of sense-making and knowledgeconstruction [4]. Carefully selected content knowledge [5] and reciprocal interactions with others(i.e., instructor, peers)[6, 7] will mediate and facilitate learning. This perspective challenges thetraditional view of teaching and learning that portrays a learner as a passive individual simplyreceiving the knowledge provided by an authority figure. Experiential learning, a concept andpedagogical practice inspired by Constructivist learning theory also upholds the learner’s activerole and focuses on “learning through reflection on doing” [8]. Experiential learning isrepresented as a cycle of four stages, a) Concrete experience, b) Reflective observation of the newexperience, c

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ellen Lynch, Australian National University; Jeremy Ingle Smith, Australian National University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

for the field as a whole of this recent growth using the Australian case as anexample to reflect on the growth of the area and its current status. This is in order to encouragefurther discussion nationally and internationally, to further expand the capability and capacity ofthe engineering profession to respond to increasingly complex, large, and more frequenthumanitarian and human development challenges and responses in the 21st century.Humanitarian Engineering in AustraliaEmergenceThe first organisation in Australia to bring specialist engineering expertise to bear onhumanitarian and development challenges was RedR Australia, founded in 1992. Working underthe same model as RedR-UK, it maintained a register of experienced engineers who could

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

toundertake, evaluate, and communicate about our work as educators, and to imagine newpossibilities. Concluding, we reflect on the ethical “wellness” of a whole engineer–and, indeed,whole communities in which engineers live and work—to frame questions about what ethicseducation could mean if we approached it differently.IntroductionDeveloping effective ethics training for engineers is an important but challenging proposition.When engineering educators teach ethics, we hope we are doing so in ways that will havepowerful effects for our students: not just familiarizing them with tools they can use to navigateworkplace legal structures, but also changing how they perceive engineering as a field for ethicalaction. Indeed, while only ABET outcome 4 deals

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Entrepreneurship

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bahram Roughani, Loyola University Maryland

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

reflect a technocentricmindset that may be a prevailing attitude in other areas of basic sciences, especially when therole of science and scientists is exclusively viewed in context of search for truth about mattersand energy and discoveries about natural phenomena. This approach pays little or no attention tounearthing the truth about the connection between scientific knowledge and the impact ofscientific discoveries on human life. However, a sociotechnical perspective offers an alternativeapproach by connecting technical skills with social impact, as described by Leydens and Lucena[3]. Our motivation for introducing “user innovation” is in part to provide an example forimplementing a science and engineering course based on a sociotechnical

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Scott Martin Hanson, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Paula Jean Comeau, North Dakota State University; North Dakota State College of Science; Megan Even, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Daniel John Luecke, North Dakota State University; Jean Ostrom-Blonigen, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Kelly A. Rusch, North Dakota EPSCoR and North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

understand and reflect upon its valueto each component of STEM. A significant emphasis was placed on the teaching methods andapproaches used in math to prepare participants for sessions 2 and 3. Math was implemented, notas rote memory and use/re-use of given formulas, but as a form of project-based learning; as thelanguage of science, technology, and engineering; and, as a place of critical thinking anddiscovery [8].Because the theme of the camp was sustainability, the authors titled the first math activity “TrashMath.” To begin the activity, seven participants and six instructors formed three groups of fourto five individuals and collected roadside trash at three sites near the TMCC campus. The goal ofthis activity was to have participants