Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Noah Salzman, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

approaches with technical engineering skills. This requires anenhanced curriculum with a focus on student teamwork, a greater consideration of social context,improved communication with diverse constituents, and reflection on an ethical understanding oftheir decisions and solutions. Effective faculty members need to mirror these values and skills intheir instruction and mentoring. Efforts have begun to reimagine the “engineering canon” whichrequires a shift from positioning engineering as a purely technical endeavor to framing it associo-technical. We are developing a new General Engineering program that incorporates thisperspective [30]. In addition, we are developing modules that emphasize the sociotechnicalnature of engineering for traditional

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

students were coming in with proficiency with the Parallax BOE-Bot.Additionally, the Arduino provided more functionality. Thus, changing to the Arduino allowedfor advances to the projects being conducted in the classes. Also, choosing to use the Arduinorequired the curriculum developers to design a chassis to make the microcontroller mobile for theENGR 120 robot challenge. This chassis construction added more fabrication opportunities forthe students to experience.When the Arduino was implemented in the curriculum in 2011, updates were made to coursematerials to reflect the new microcontroller. However, since that time six years ago, the coursehas not undergone a major update. Viewing curriculum as a living document, faculty atLouisiana Tech

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Mohsen Ayoobi; Ana Djuric P.E.; Mukasa Ssemakula

Style Model [16, 17]. Sensing learners (concrete, practical, vs. Intuitive learners (conceptual, innovative, oriented toward facts and procedures) oriented toward theories and meanings); Visual learners (prefer visual vs. Verbal learners (prefer written and representations of presented material) spoken explanations); Inductive learners (prefer presentations that vs. Deductive learners (prefer presentations proceed from the specific to the general) that go from the general to the specific); Active learners (learn by trying things out, vs. Reflective learners (learn by thinking working with others) things

Conference Session

Track Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design Technical Session 8

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ken S. Ball P.E., George Mason University; Oscar Barton, Jr. P.E., George Mason University; Sharon A. Caraballo, George Mason University; Liza Wilson Durant, George Mason University; Michelle Marks, George Mason University; Angelina Jarrouj, George Mason University; Robin Rose Parker

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

apprenticeships, capstone design projects, andinternships, are offered as part of the ADVANCE model. The ultimate goal of the degreepathway model that ADVANCE offers is to ensure that students are prepared for post-baccalaureate employment and success in the workplace. ADVANCE seeks to ensure that whatstudents learn and experience in their educational journey reflects workforce realities. Mappeddegree pathways that integrate industry-defined credentials and standards will leave noambiguity for students regarding desired workforce competencies. By building in immersiveexperiential learning opportunities, students will better understand workplace expectations andprepare to transition successfully upon graduation.As ADVANCE students progress through their

Conference Session

Track : Pre-College - Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity, Pre-College

committees, and on the NSF ENG division’s Advisory Committee. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 CRITICAL GPA AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORE ADMISSION THRESHOLDSAbstract: We must increasingly engage and capitalize on the contributions of people frombackgrounds underrepresented in engineering, especially women and people of color, if we are toeducate enough engineers to meet demand and propel our nation’s competitiveness through anengineering workforce reflective of our nation’s diversity. This study focuses on broadeningpathways into engineering, expanding both the diversity and size of the engineering studentpopulation. We hypothesized that engineering colleges’ over-reliance on standardized test

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Identity Technical Session 13

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Special Topic: Identity

about the Black experience, reflecting the unfairexpectation that Black students serve as experts in discussions of culture and ethnicity [20].As our study focuses on students who attended PWIs, future research should explore theexperiences of Black student veterans who attend historically black colleges and universities(HBCUs) as prior research indicates that such institutions provide a supportive environment forBlack students in general [19] and BSVs in particular [37]. Further research will also exploreother aspects of BSVE identity, such as family relationships and religion not included here.AcknowledgementThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation through Awards 1428512 and1428646. The opinions herein are solely the authors

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Track: Graduate - Technical Session 9

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Eunsil Lee, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

contributing to the students’belongingness to their academic unit; however, they were regarded as meaningful interactions with advisors.Students did not perceive such psychological and emotional support as the responsibilities of their advisors,as Farzad mentioned, “I understand what support is, so I'm not looking for beautiful words from [myadvisor]”. This contributes to the impact of student expectations on their perceived quality of interactionsand reflects the previously reported limited interactions with advisors [13].Theme 5. Unease being “friends” with peers This theme includes student perceived challenges in socialization that result in a lower possibilityof being socially accepted and included in a community, i.e., feeling or lacking

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Jane Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

to pre-class actives, in-class activities are much more flexible. Some commonindividual activities include polling (e.g., iClickers), gaming (e.g., Kahoot), concept maps,individual problem solving, one-minute paper/reflection, and so on. Some examples of groupactivities are think-pair-share, group problem solving, in-class projects, opinion line-up, sticky-note clustering, fishbowl, cumulative brainstorming, crowdsourcing, etc.. More details of in-classactive learning activities can be found in33. In addition to the basic components and structures, knowing the advantages and challenges offlipped classroom teaching is also helpful for instructors to maximize the positive effects andreduce the negative effects on students’ learning. This

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

potential stakeholders for a new product or service3 Business value creation is the company owner’s concern4 Business risk assessment is the business manager’s responsibility5 I like to learn about entrepreneurship Every time I fail a task, I reflect on why I failed so that I can learn how to do better6 in the future7 I understand why a monopolistic market is usually not favorable to consumers8 I consider how multiple changes affect each other9 I am confident in leading a team to work on a project10 I have had exposure to entrepreneurship concepts before entering college I have the ability to anticipate technical developments by interpreting surrounding11 social trends12 When I see a piece of machinery, I always

Conference Session

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Andre Hamilton, Mississippi State University

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ASEE Board of Directors

design of the VR teachingmodule to be more immersive and visualized. The current VR module is a semi self-paced tutorial.Concurrent research (Phase III) is being conducted to investigate how well students understand thequeuing theory concept using this updated VR teaching module versus traditional classroomlecture. Data is currently being collected using a different set of students with the same conceptualquiz but taught the topic in a traditional classroom manner (control group). Afterwards, we plan toprovide a comparative analysis of both approaches, control group versus experimental group anddisseminate the results.. The sections discussed below only reflects how well the students performusing the VR training module (experimental group

Conference Session

Engineering Design for Elementary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Oliva, Corteva Agriscience; Diane Spence

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

asked simply do you know any engineers and if so who. More thanhalf (56%) reported not knowing any engineers. These results are interesting, because the stateof Michigan as a whole has one of the largest per-capita populations of engineers in the country.Yet, the greater Lansing metropolitan area is a bit of an exception to that trend, with very fewtechnology based employers. That is reflected in this data, with only 14 students reporting thattheir parents are engineers. The majority of those responding that they knew an engineer tendedto cite a more distant relationship both in terms of bloodline and geography.Many of the survey questions focused on student perceptions of what do engineers do, and whatdoes it take to become an engineer. These

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Buckley, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Tomás Hyland, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, Athlone Institute of Technology; Arnold Neville Pears, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

for the academic year 2017/18, withapproximately 125,000 students in Year 1. Considering the impending increase, taking 125, 000as the population size, a sample size of 383 is needed to achieve a 95% confidence level with a5% confidence interval. Data collection in the project reported on in this paper is currently stillongoing with the aim of collecting data from 400 Irish 3rd Year students and 400 Swedish Year 9students. The results reported in this paper reflect the current stage of data collection (ntotal = 513)and come from five random Irish schools and five random Swedish schools. Participants fromIreland (nIreland = 302) had a mean age of 14.63 (SD = 0.54) and comprised of 136 males, 149females, 9 participants who identified as other

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Embedded Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.w. Bruce, Tennessee Technological University; Ryan A. Taylor, University of Alabama

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Computers in Education

manager’s blog [20]reported US$3.98 per LoC for a traditional programming design team that he personally servedas the design architect and manager. Several other studies [19] report software development costsranging from $5-100 per LoC. Lines of Code written per student 2500 2000 1500 LoC 1000 500 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YearFigure 2: Average student output for a semester-long effort for 2007-2019Changes in the course’s design requirements are reflected in Figure 2. For example, the designrequirements changed only

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Integrating Computing into the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adetoun Yeaman, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

’ pre- and post SBST and PRVT:R test scores to further understandhow students’ strategies may be related to improvement in score performance and developmentin spatial skills over the course of the semester. The latter can help make informed decisionsabout which of these strategies to reinforce in future iterations of the course.ReferencesAdams, R., Punnakanta, P., Atman, C. J., & Lewis, C. D. (2002). Comparing Design Team Self- Reports with Actual Performance: Cross-Validating Assessment Instruments. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Adams, R. S., Turns, J., & Atman, C. J. (2003). Educating effective engineering designers: The role of reflective practice. Design Studies, 24(3), 275–294

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering Education: Service Learning, Capstone Integration, Student Affect and Rating Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie R. Brunell P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering Capstone Design which exposesthe senior engineering students to real-world design challenges reflects experiences students willface as professionals, benefiting those who plan to pursue engineering careers after graduation.Exposing students to both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Envision RatingSystem aligns with both the ASCE BOK and ABET criteria requiring engineers to understandthe importance of sustainability within their designs. The Capstone Design projects examinedwithin this study are all infrastructure projects which did not address all of the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals, but they did address eight out of the seventeen. With the addition of theEnvision Rating System students learned to think beyond

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camille Msall, Northwestern University; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, a software component, and several workbook pages. The modules are asfollows: • Surfaces and Solids of Revolution • Combining Solids • Isometric Drawings and Coded Plans* • Orthographic Drawings* • Folding Flat Patterns • Rotation of Objects about One Axis* • Rotation of Objects about Two or More Axes* • Reflections and Symmetry • Cross-sections of SolidsOf the nine modules listed above, there are four sketching intensive modules (marked with anasterisk) that involve the use of manipulatives (snap cubes). Sketching modules require studentsto build an indicated shape and sketch it from a different perspective. Research suggests that thisprocess of sketching and handling physical objects is important to

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

, configuring and designing structural elements and systems for abuilding from beginning to end of the design. Figures 4 - 8 provide one example of the design,review, and resubmittal process that occurred between the faculty and student team duringARCE 226. The submittals reflect the conceptual development of a building design and itsstructural solution refined over advancing stages of a project. Figure 4: Submittal 1a – 3D drawing of original building formFigure 5: Submittal 1a – Representative Framing plans for 3D structure shown aboveFigure 6: Submittal 3a – Refined Framing plans Figure 7: Final Submittal – 3D Framing Figure 8: Final Submittal – Representative Framing PlansThe noted advantages of using Bluebeam for the

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

inFigure 8a and b, respectively. Students in Group B were substantially more confident inunderstanding the project geometry compared to Group A, which was reflected in theirrespective scores on the problems. A total of 79% of students in Group B noted they eitheragreed or strongly agreed that it was easy for them to understand the geometric parameters. Only37% of students from Group A found it easy (agreed or strongly agreed) to comprehend theproblem by having access to 2D model. The survey also showed that Group B participants werequite confident in their understanding, despite many of the students making minor errors inunderstanding the nailing details in the problem. (a) (b)Figure

Conference Session

Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan B. Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Richard J. Zwiercan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Engineering Libraries

] describes a subject guide included a list of print standard sets in thecollection and links to licensed and public standards indexes, including the aggregator throughwhich a patron could request an item. Dunn and Xie [13] mention a library guide about standardsin their case study. Kozak [10] describes creation of a list of standards in the collection oravailable through an on-demand aggregator for internal use. There are clearly a variety ofmechanisms used for outreach to patrons and library colleagues, which likely reflect thecommunication modes familiar and available to each library.Academic libraries’ various approaches to providing information about and access to standardsdocuments will likely continue to proliferate. While the engineering

Conference Session

Faculty Development Research

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Christopher Miller, Dartmouth College

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Faculty Development Division

include clustering, geneticalgorithms, and hill climbing optimization. The latter is the approach we take.2.1 ClusteringClustering algorithms can be used to group data using some measure of similarity. They work by groupingpoints which are close together into the same clusters. In common approaches such as k-means or fuzzyc-means clustering, this is done by repeatedly assigning points to clusters based on cluster centroidsand updating cluster centroids to reflect the newly assigned points until convergence. This approach iscomputationally efficient, but poses some challenges. Clustering algorithms are inherently designed togroup similar points together, which limits these algorithms to producing homogeneous groups. And whileclustering algorithms

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexander Henderson, San Jose State University ; Alexander Garcia, San Jose State University

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Mathematics

Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Improving STEM Education by Analyzing the Design of a BottleAbstractSTEM education for students is an essential aspect of today’s education since it leads to greaterdevelopment in the modern world and more technological achievements. Achieving this sort ofeducation can be done by performing an engineering analysis to determine the volume content ofa wine bottle. The project conducted here was to determine the volume of a wine bottle bymeasuring it at various points and using mathematics to perform this real-world analysis. Itsobjective is not only to reflect on what was done but to introduce it as a STEM-related project toencourage new growth within the STEM fields. There was also extended reasoning

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Thomas Baird, University of Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maryalice S. Wu; Rob Kooper, NCSA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

students to reflect on how useful ClassTranscribe was for learning, preparing examsand working on assignments. Students reported favorable and similar utility in all threecategories (see the Lickert results presented in Fig. 5). Only one respondent chose “Not at alluseful.” Figure 5. Survey responses to the utility of ClassTranscribe for learning, preparing for exams and working on assignments in a bioengineering sophomore required laboratory course. Note for comparative visualization purposes, we conservatively represent “moderately useful” as a neutral response.These results are congruent with the survey results from earlier surveys in ECE and CS coursesthat have larger sample sizes which we report in the next section.The

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

reviews are to be used by your instructor as an aid in determining your individual and group teamwork scores. Do not discuss how you have scored each other. Confidentiality is needed to ensure scores reflect performance and not personal relationships among team members. CATEGORY 4 3 2 1Working with Others Almost always listens to, Usually listens to, Often listens to, shares Rarely listens to, shares shares with, and shares, with, and with, and supports the with, and supports the supports the efforts of supports the efforts of

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Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary Roth, Lafayette College; Haritha Malladi, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting- engineering-programs-2020-2021/. [Accessed: 10-Jan-2020].[13] C. F. Murphy et al., “Sustainability in Engineering Education and Research at U.S. Universities,” Environ. Sci. Technol., vol. 43, no. 15, pp. 5558–5564, Aug. 2009, doi: 10.1021/es900170m.[14] D. Nieusma, “‘Sustainability’ As An Integrative Lens For Engineering Education: Initial Reflections On Four Approaches Taken At Rensselaer,” presented at the 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2009, pp. 14.1386.1-14.1386.16.[15] G. Catalano, “Modeling Nature: Green Engineering For A Sustainable World,” presented at the 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2010, pp. 15.881.1-15.881.10.[16] J. L. Aurandt and E. C. Butler

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College; Ruzica Todorovic, Wilbur Wright College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Center 5. Continue the engineering specific tutoring and provide the engineering cohort leadership opportunities and a community in which they feel they can belong. 6. Create a programmatic pre-engineering track. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-1832553. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Approved by the City Colleges of Chicago IRB (IRB2018007). 11[1] T. D. Holmlund, K. Lesseig, and D. Slavit

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Competitions, Challenges, and Teams

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sandra Furnbach Clavijo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Matthew Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

judges. We provide tablets, orjudges can use their phones or other electronic devices to rank and score the pitches. The scoresremain hidden during the competition. With anonymity guaranteed, the judges are unafraid touse the entire range of the scoring card: 1 - 10. The scoring form not only lists the category, butalso a small explanation reminder to enable consistent scoring. A score of 10 reflects the highestachievement. The team can get a maximum score of 50. There are five overall categories toevaluate the delivery and content of a pitch. • Presentation: verbal, non-verbal and ownership of the pitch. A “read straight from the script” situation is valued at the lowest score of 1; on the other end, a true “evangelist

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leslie R Brunell P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

engineering design to produce solutions that meet specific needs with consideration ofpublic health, safety and welfare as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economicfactors [2].” Applying these criteria into the Civil Engineering Capstone Design which exposesthe senior engineering students to real-world design challenges reflects experiences students willface as professionals, benefiting those who plan to pursue engineering careers after graduation.Exposing students to both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Envision RatingSystem aligns with both the ASCE BOK and ABET criteria requiring engineers to understandthe importance of sustainability within their designs. The Capstone Design projects examinedwithin this study are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Caleb Redshaw, Arizona State University; Abhishek Gupta; Shatrughn Gupta, Arizona State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Deanna Bailey, Morgan State University; Willie L. Thompson II, Morgan State University; Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of the students at ASU, though some students there were also challenged by them.It may be desirable to introduce more features to customize the level of the exercises to differentstudent populations and to give instructors more flexibility on which levels they can choose toassign. Such adaptations will be explored in future work.The biggest differences between institutions appeared to be on the preference between CircuitTutor and other options, which may reflect the use of different electronic homework systems atdifferent institutions. For example, WileyPLUS is used at ASU and Pearson’s Fig. 5. Results of an end-of-semester survey at three different institutions in Fall 2019 covering the entire Circuit Tutor system (not just the topics

Conference Session

Introduction to the Field of Biomedical Engineering - June 25th

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christine E. King, University of California, Irvine; Beth A. Lopour, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

know has a correct answer,and I think this made a big impression on the students.”These issues reflect the underlying challenges and misconceptions of the scientific method forstudents who are new to research. Because students are typically given close-ended problems intheir high school courses, where there is a specific “right” answer, it is difficult for them tounderstand that most real life applications of engineering and science are open-ended and thatmultiple solutions can produce the same result. This has been evident in prior research [15],showing that restricted lab procedures in high schools frequently result in moderate learningprocesses, as students do not spend adequate time in sense-making (i.e. making sense of orgiving meaning to