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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Lego, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

collaborativeand inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” [1]. The emphasison inclusivity and collaboration within this outcome is noteworthy, as its language impliesrecognition of the growing body of research indicating that team climates promoting diversity,psychological safety, and inclusivity perform more effectively and creatively than those that donot [2]-[6]. In addition, retention of engineers from underrepresented demographics continues tobe a concern at all levels – undergraduate, graduate, and professional - with multiple studiesindicating that departures from STEM fields are directly influenced by experiences stemmingfrom unwelcoming, exclusionary, and biased climates [7]-[10].Recognizing the need to directly

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 7: Making

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherri Youssef, The Ohio State University; Meagan Eleanor Ita, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

MindsetIntroduction(Full Research Paper). Much of the history of engineering education has revolved around mathand science so deeply that students expect they must excel at both if pursuing engineering as acareer [1]. However, at the onset of the century, the National Academy of Engineering publisheda study stressing the need to prepare for the future of engineering and called for a transformationto our engineering education landscape [2]. While math and science are vital to understandingand applying foundational concepts in engineering, the field has grown beyond this limiteddefinition and requires engineers become involved with design activities to adequately identifyproblems and create solutions [3], [4]. An element of empathy and considering human

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED): Best of Works in Progress

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Abigail Schafer, Northwestern University; David P. O'Neill, Northwestern University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Keble, New, University, and Harris Manchester Colleges, was College Lecturer for New College and a Senior College Lecturer in Engineering Science for Keble College. He taught approximately 75% of the core degree topics, as well as human physiological measurement laboratory classes for medical students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work-In-Progress: Improving Student-Instructor Relationships and Help- Seeking through Office HoursIntroductionStrong relationships between students and their instructors have an undisputed link to positivestudent outcomes such as retention, motivation, sense of belonging, and academic achievement[1]. These observations are

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 2: Thermo-Fluids Projects and Active Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Hassan P.E., Texas A&M University at Qatar; Omar Al-Ani, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

design and analyze systems in the real world. IntroductionOne of the primary goals of engineering education is to prepare students for the currentengineering workforce. Today’s modern world is moving at breakneck speed, but progress andchange in engineering education is not matching that same pace. Engineers constantly faceworkplace challenges such as rapid advancements in technology and the demands of changingworkplaces [1]. This necessitates innovative pedagogical advances that encourages creativity,problem solving, and learning independence. Educators must customize their classes to assiststudents to excel in jobs available in today's market, but also jobs that might not yet exist. Thedesired end goal

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Exploring Learning and Development in Engineering Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevion S. Henderson, Tufts University; OnKee Min, Tufts University; Jessica Ostrow Michel

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

positive relationship betweenactive learning strategies and students’ likelihood of engaging in organizing behaviors forsustainability. Furthermore, we found a positive relationship between futures thinking andsustainability-related activism behaviors, indicating that students who reported spending timethinking about climate change and its future impact also reported being more likely to engage inactivism behaviors.Keywords: active learning; sustainability Introduction and BackgroundWhile educators and policymakers give much attention to issues such as workforce development,global competitiveness, and economic advancement as important long-term outcomes of highereducation [1-3], colleges and universities should

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Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

].We previously reported on 1) the ExSJ framework, 2) the infrastructure, mechanisms, andactivities we are using to apply this framework, and 3) the challenges and complexities we arefacing as we apply it [13]. At its core, the framework is meant to support the connection betweenengineering and social justice, and it operationalizes this effort through multiple mechanisms thatfit within the university context. For example, the ExSJ, “provides a system wherebycommunities are encouraged and supported to submit project ideas, which are developed andchanneled through a panel of professionals and academics to create suitable projects for studentsin a wide variety of programs inside engineering disciplines and across campus” [14]. One suchmechanism

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Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

undergraduate level engineeringcourses, the overall learning effectiveness of online delivery at least does not degrade relative totraditional face-to-face modality. Moreover, there is either no difference in student satisfactionlevel or even a bias toward online modality.For instance, reference [1] shows that for three sophomore, junior and senior level MechanicalEngineering courses the quality of online learning is comparable with the traditional classroomenvironment. Furthermore, the research highlights that online students are better satisfied with thecourse and the instructor in comparison with in-person group. In addition, research presented bySsemakula [2] provides the same observation on learning effectiveness for Engineering EconomicAnalysis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gbetonmasse B. Somasse, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Wrobel, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

includecommunication skill development throughout their curricula. ABET-accredited engineeringprograms, for example, must demonstrate that graduates can communicate effectively with arange of audiences (Student Outcome 3) [1]. Furthermore, over 75% of AACSB-accreditedbusiness programs include oral communication as a learning goal [2]. Oral presentation skills inparticular have been recognized as a great need for graduates since the 1990s [3] but researchthat focuses on oral communication, except for in ESL and EFL classrooms, tends to be sparse.Effective oral communication cannot just be “studied” but requires practice. In higher education,this practice often comes in the form of delivering oral presentations (e.g., PowerPoint/seminars,posters) in the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 10

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Johns Hopkins University; Alissa Burkholder Murphy, Johns Hopkins University; Jenna Frye, Johns Hopkins University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

changing global economy and workforce,engineering students need to be prepared to work on complex problems within multidisciplinaryteams and design solutions with diverse social and ethical considerations in mind. To addressthis need, the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University initiated aMultidisciplinary Design Program. Currently, the program offers a two-semester sequence whereteams of multidisciplinary engineering students are engaged in design challenges with projectpartners from medicine, industry, or the social sector. Students are mentored through a human-centered design process to (1) conduct technical, contextual, and user research, (2) focus thechallenge, (3) ideate, and (4) prototype and test their solutions. In this

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A Harper, Case Western Reserve University; Kurt R. Rhoads, Case Western Reserve University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

required course for all engineeringmajors. As such, the faculty leading the program are still learning about the range ofbackgrounds, skills, and attitudes typical of their institution’s first-year students. The activitydescribed here serves two sets of intentions: 1) to collect baseline information for introducing students to engineering and buildingtheir confidence 2) to help instructors learn about their students’ backgrounds and attitudes to tailor thatintroduction from cohort to cohort.Speaking to the first motivation, new engineering students can be unsure about what anengineering career entails and are usually unaware of the breadth of available engineeringopportunities. Additionally, some first-year students have a narrow

Conference Session

Disciplinary Engineering Education Research – Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorena S. Grundy, Tufts University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

aspects of engineering work andin teaching engineering. According to Rittle-Johnson et al. [1], conceptual knowledge is definedas “understanding of the principles that govern a domain,” while procedural skill is “the ability toexecute action sequences to solve problems.” This distinction is commonly discussed inmathematics education [1, 2, 3, 4] but also in other fields, including biology [5], chemistry [6],engineering design [7], electrical engineering [8], structural engineering [9], and statics [10]. Inthis work, we investigate conceptual understanding in statics, a core course in undergraduatemechanical and civil engineering education that is also often taken by students in otherengineering majors. Engineering problems presented to college

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jamieson, Miami University; Eric James Rapos, Miami University; Nathaniel Bryan

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

broad audience.In reality, to improve our teaching we need to consider how to break these teacher mindsets andlook deeper into the process of teaching and learning. For this reason, we have developed ateaching intervention at Miami University that takes the form of a faculty learning community(FLC). FLCs provide a development space for faculty on their respective campuses to improvetheir teaching approaches [1]. Our main idea is to allow staff and faculty, in a shared learningcommunity, to have frequent opportunities to experience role reversal by being a learner again [2].FLC members take on the role of active learners by learning and playing modern board games tohelp them remember the experience of being a learner again. By choosing different

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 11

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

mechanical capstone design project course is one of the most important courses for anymechanical engineering program curriculum. The settings for capstone design projects are thatstudents are assumed to be design engineers and instructors serve as consultants. Students lookfor ideas as design projects or secure an industry-sponsored design project, define the designprojects, use all they have learned to conduct design projects, build & test prototypes, and finallyprovide engineering documents for the design project including presentation, technical report,technical posters, and engineering drawings [1~5].Capstone design projects are typically open-ended projects. Students as design engineers notonly use what they have learned but also need to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 9: Online Learning Environments

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Gordon, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Adrian Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin; Alicia Clark, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Bryan Gambrel, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Linda Ratts, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Jennifer L. Welter, Wiley; Ryan Barlow, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Yamuna Rajasekhar, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Nikitha Sambamurthy, zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Lauren Fogg, zyBooks, a Wiley Brand; Jamie Emily Loeber

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

read and engage.IntroductionResearch over the last four decades shows that a majority of students ignore textbook readings[1]-[7]. For example, over 72,000 first-year students were surveyed between 2018-2022 andasked how much of their time is spent on assigned reading when preparing for class in a typical7-day week. 45-49% of students responded that they spent less than half of their time onassigned reading [3]. The research also indicates that lower rates of textbook reading correspondsto lower course grades [2], supporting the importance of reading for students' learning andachievement. Furthermore, students know that reading is important and that it impacts theirgrade [7]. Thus, strategies that motivate students to actively read textbooks

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 2: Let's Get Thinking Computationally

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan Williamson; Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

(Fundamental) Jordan Williamson1 and Monica M. McGill2 1,2 CSEdResearch.org 1 jordan@csedresearch.org, 2 monica@csedresearch.org Abstract Research Problem. K-12 school systems are racing to implement Computer Science (CS) education within classrooms across the United States. Prior research on education reform movements suggests that without rigorous research, combined with careful technical support for implementation, we should expect wide variation across districts in how they choose to implement computer science education as well as extreme inequality in

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 5: Work-in-Progress Part 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Jean Klemetsrud, P.E., University of North Dakota; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

engineering design in K-12 classrooms and applying them to undergraduate engineering coursesIntroduction and Background:This work-in-progress paper describes lessons learned from the first two years of a three-yearprofessional development (PD) research project [1] focusing on culturally relevant engineeringdesign implementation in upper elementary and middle school classrooms in rural North Dakota.This paper highlights how some of the key findings are being implemented into undergraduateengineering courses.Oftentimes, engineeringdesign tasks within the K-12 and college classroomsare missing cultural andcommunity connections.K-12 teachers are nowrequired to teachengineering design withintheir curricula due to theadoption of the NextGeneration

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 5: Work-in-Progress Part 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gaurav Giri, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. For core courses that are taken by all chemical engineeringundergraduate students, it is imperative that the knowledge is retained across multiple semesters.In this work in progress, a study is undertaken of how students retain knowledge delivered in thecourse taught by the instructor. The instructor’s course "Modelling and Simulations in Chemical Engineering” is a corecourse taken by all chemical engineering undergraduate students in their second year, in thespring term. The average class size ranges from 45-60 students. The learning objectives of thecourse are as follows:1. Convert the physical problem into a set of mathematical equations, identify appropriatetechniques and make an informed choice of one of these techniques.2

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Burleson, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

incorporating contextual factors intodecisions iteratively throughout their design processes in a curricular engineering design project.The findings from this work have implications for engineering design pedagogy and, ultimately,the potential to improve engineering graduates' abilities to develop contextually suitablesolutions.KeywordsEngineering design, Capstone design, Contextual factors, Global health, Student engineeringteams1 Introduction Incorporating relevant contextual factors, e.g., socio-cultural, environmental, andindustrial considerations, into engineering design processes supports the development ofsolutions that function appropriately in their intended use context, particularly in global healthsettings [1]–[3]. Indeed, engineers

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 12

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, P.E., Dartmouth College; Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Eugene Korsunskiy

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

having an observer assigned to them.Student Impressions: Student feedback at Thayer and Dartmouth is sought via end-of-term courseevaluations. We cannot change the current evaluation form, but we can add questions. A set of newquestions has been added to the course evaluations of all Thayer faculty members. These questions focuson tangible and observable course characteristics that can be more objectively judged by students, thuseliminating some of the bias inherent in student evaluations (Boring et al., 2016, Falkoff, 2018; andFlaherty, 2019). The questions that we have been piloting include four Likert-scale questions:1. The instructor created and maintained an environment that was welcoming, inclusive, and respectful of diverse students and

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aadhy Parthasarathy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rupal Nigam, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aanchal Gupta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Tove Elisabeth Kopperstad, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ani Pirosmanishvili, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Theresa Ann Saxton-Fox, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

genderminorities in science and engineering fields for decades [1]. As of Spring of 2023, women andother gender minorities make up only 13% of Master’s students, 16% of Ph.D. students, and 18%of undergraduate students in the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, for example [2]. Recruitment and retention efforts for gender minorities areongoing at every level for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and faculty positions across academiaand STEM. The efforts of the current initiative focus on the transition from undergraduate tograduate education, which was identified as one of three critical points in a woman’s engineeringcareer, defined as a time when significant numbers of women leave the field [3, 4]. The

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arezoo Sadrinezhad; Lalita G. Oka, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker, P.E., California State University, Fresno; Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Catalina Eleonora Cardenas Arriaga; Feruza Amirkulova; Maryam Nazari; Kira Abercromby; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

) women, aunique focus. Although the speed mentoring events are open to all engineering faculty in theCSU system, there is specific emphasis on those who are normally excluded from formalmentoring. In this paper, the post-event survey results which include the demographics of theparticipants are reported and the importance and impact of these events are discussed.Background:Mentoring interventions, particularly mentoring that incorporates networking, have beeneffective at meeting the professional needs of women and URM faculty ([1], [2]). However,women in STEM careers have reported feeling left out of networks and thus face decreasedsocial and administrative support [3]. Moreover, past studies have found that women born ortrained outside the US

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei-Yun Lin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Hsinju Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leah Espenhahn; Erin Marie Raftery; Alyssa Huang; Mayura Kulkarni

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

Technology, only 25% of engineering degrees, includingBachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D., were awarded to women in US institutions [1]. Theunderrepresentation of women in engineering may be due to a lack of diversity when recruitingstudents, as well as the fact that women have higher attrition rates than their men peers, so-called“the leaky pipeline” [2, 3, 4].Many studies have attempted to understand this high attrition rate of women students inengineering careers. Some suggest that women students have fewer opportunities to develop theirengineering interests or chances to be recognized as engineers compared with their mencounterparts [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Others note that women students face additional professionaldevaluation and chilly climates in

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

support student learning before, during, and after lecture.Assessment data and student feedback show that such approaches are effective and welcomed.1. Introduction and Literature Review Probability is a fundamental course for students in both electrical and computer engineeringmajors at Purdue University Fort Wayne. This course serves as an introduction to probabilities andstatistics, as well as their applications to engineering problems. Most students consider probabilityand statistics a hard subject, partly because it requires a combination of math theory and real worldthinking, and the connection between the two is often not very intuitive. It is also challenging forstudents to apply the theory to problem solving, especially on how to

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Tejal Udhan Mulay, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo Regalado, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Behnam Shadravan, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; David Akinsanya, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

hands-on engineering technologysummer camps can attract underrepresented high school students to STEM majors and allow themto engage in authentic engineering design experiences and learn about the various careers availablein the field. The key components of successful hands-on engineering technology summer campsinclude hands-on activities, trivia games, and a focus on boosting self-confidence and teamworkskills.Keywords: Hands-on, STEM, summer camp, underrepresented minorities, engineeringtechnologyIntroductionThe fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are essential foraddressing society's complex problems and driving innovation [1, 2]. However, minority students,including those who identify as Black, Hispanic

Conference Session

Promoting Well-Being in Engineering Education: Strategies and Perspectives

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haleh Barmaki Brotherton, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

adaptive goals to be successful such as academic or professional achievements.Secondly, in order to be successful, an individual actively engages in behaviors that maximizetheir goal accomplishments. Thirdly, being successful is unintuitive and hard as humans havenatural limitations and biases that can distract them from achieving their adaptive goals.Byrnes’s self-regulated model of decision-making (SRMDM) (Byrnes, 1998) includes phases ofGeneration, Evaluation, and Learning (Figure 1), each potentially influenced by ModeratingFactors. During the Generation phase, the decision-maker generates several alternatives to worktoward a particular goal. Then these choices enter the Evaluation phase for further evaluation.The Generation and Evaluation

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Faiza Zafar, Rice University; Scott Currier; Krystle Dunn; Milton Johnson; Selene Verhofstad; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Engineering Network (TaLENt) fellows from primary and secondary schools served aschange agents for novice engineering teachers for one academic year to promote theintegration of engineering design in their classrooms. This research aimed to understand howschool-based teacher leaders can support peer educators in authentically integratingengineering design within their core subjects. Our research questions were: 1) To what extentwas the High-Quality Engineering Guidebook used within each TaLENt fellow's Project? 2)How did the TaLENt fellows characterize their values while collaborating with their novicepeers?Employing a qualitative method, we used constant comparative analysis and triangulation tounderstand our collected datasets: TaLENt fellow

Conference Session

Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

set at60% or 70% to identify students with low spatial ability. At Stevens Institute of Technology,thresholds of 70% and 80% are used to separate students into groups of low, medium, and highspatial ability. The performance of these three groups in the statics course are compared usingone-way ANOVA.Preliminary results indicate significant differences between the high spatial ability and lowerspatial ability groups for specific concepts that require thinking in more than two dimensions,such as bending stresses, and specific problems that require more complex free-body diagrams.IntroductionThe link between strong spatial visualization skills (SVS) and success in engineering is wellestablished [1], [2]. Higher spatial ability has been correlated

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 6: Dynamics and Kinematics

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dennis Mays Kutzer, United States Naval Academy; John S Donnal; Carl E. Wick Sr., United States Naval Academy

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

://github.com/kutzer/ScorBotToolbox.1 IntroductionThe SCORBOT-ER 4u Educational Robot (Intelitek Inc, Derry, NH) is a five Degree-of-Freedom(DoF) articulated manipulator with an integrated 65 mm (2.6 in) stroke, electric gripper. TheSCORBOT-ER 4u manipulator is a lightweight, 10.8 kg (23.8 lbs) system with a maximum linearspeed of 700 mm/sec (27.6 in/sec). Though not a collaborative manipulator, this low-mass andlow-speed system leverages a belt-drive design to create a low-inertia platform that is safe foreducational use. Similar to its industrial counterparts, the SCORBOT-ER 4u system includes amanipulator, controller, teach pendant, and proprietary programming environment [1]. Figure 1summarizes the SCORBOT-ER 4u system.Figure 1: Summary of the

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session II

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

Engineering concepts began to trickle down into theundergraduate curriculums, typically in the Computer Science or Computer Engineering areas. In 1995,ISO/IEC 12207 [1] was published, providing a baseline for the discipline. The concept of a softwareengineering major was first put forth in 1997 [2]. Work then began on a set of guidelines for thedevelopment of an undergraduate curriculum [3].In 1996, Rochester Institute of Technology admitted the first students into its program [4], which thenled in 2001 to the first programs receiving ABET accreditation using the program criterion of Figure 1. Aswould be expected, evolution within the discipline continued, including the publication of the first bookof knowledge for software engineering (SWEBOK) in

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4: Outreach & Collaboration

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

invitation to deliver a one-time information literacy lecture in a class. This lecture iscommonly referred to as the “one-shot,” as this is the librarian’s one opportunity to speak withstudents on library resources and library research best practices.Beyond this, subject librarians can work with faculty in other ways related to their teachingneeds, although the literature shows this is not a common occurrence. However, the author hadtwo unique experiences of connecting with faculty from two major schools at the University atBuffalo: the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the School ofManagement (SoM) [1, 2]. These studies were conducted and examined separately, but theauthor recognized the overlap in some of the faculty interview