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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Carla López del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carmen M. Bellido, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Monica Alfaro, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

hadlimited access to clean water, electrical power, communications, and basic healthcare services.The devastation led to over 3,000 deaths, and a very slow process of recovering due to thefinancial crisis of the Island [1]. The 2020 seismic “swarm” that struck the southwest of PuertoRico included over 123 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or higher, with the most destructive quake ina century, a magnitude 6.4. that jolted residents awake in the predawn hours of January 7 [2].Such seismic activity caused severe structural damage, including the collapse of a public schooland over one hundred houses, and rendered hundreds of public and private buildings inhabitable.Hurricane María and the 2020 earthquakes increased awareness regarding the

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Motivation, Goal Orientation, Identity, and Career Aspirations

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Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Kyeonghun Jwa, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

each individual is unique,recognizing the archetypes of prominent identities can increase our understanding of the type ofstudents who attend small schools and open the door for tailored instruction that capitalizes onthese identities in a school's population.Introduction and Literature Review The engineering education research community has struggled to agree on precisely what"engineering identity" is and how it is measured. Instead, many varying (but often complementary)definitions are proposed [1]. Direct assessments of engineering identity can be as simple as askingsome variation of the question, "Do you see yourself as an engineer?" [2]. This straightforwardapproach provides an answer that can then be quickly correlated with

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Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

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Nasser Alaraje, University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology

continuum of student supportservices, resources, and opportunities for professional growth, and prepare scholarship recipientsfor graduate school or careers in computing. COF-IMPRESS-C will facilitate dual-enrollment ofstudents in the Honors College, allowing an additional focus on developing leadership,entrepreneurial skills, and a success mindset. The goals of the project are to (1) increase the numberand diversity of students pursuing degrees in computing; and (2) Add to the body of knowledgeregarding best practices in computing education and promote the employment of computinggraduates to meet the local and regional workforce needs.The project team is led by the College of Engineering and includes Lorain County CommunityCollege. The project

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Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

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Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University; Loretta Driskel, Clarkson University; Erin Blauvelt, Clarkson University; Laura Perry, Clarkson University

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Engineering Ethics

present paper addresses how the classethical exercises and their assessments changed among those three cases.A paper3 elsewhere in this conference reflects on 1) changes made to the in-person Spring 2020class at its start because of a Fall 2019 two-day Quality Matters (QM) class taken by the instruc-tor; 2) the rapid, fairly painless and sometimes clueless transition to on-line instruction becauseof the QM rubrics that were already in place for the class; and 3) the painful but necessary trans-ition to a “proper” method of hybrid teaching (split in-class and on-line) that was greatly aidedby the University’s offering of a 6-week volunteer (i.e., no pay) summer program3 for facultythat it entitled “RISE: Reframing Instruction for Success

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

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John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

ReviewThere are a handful of book resources that played a significant role in the development of thetalking points document as a pedagogical tool. These influencers are explicitly pulled out aslonger-form literature review, provided in the order in which the author first encountered thematerial. The various readings build on each other, each modifying the pedagogical world-viewslightly to support the use of a tool such as Talking Points to meet the needs of students in theclass. At the end of the literature review, a brief section is provided on related articles in the areaof optional work, both from the student and instructor perspectives.Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice [1]Weimer’s book on learner-centered teaching proposes

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Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

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Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Janille A. Smith-Colin, Southern Methodist University; Baris Salman, Syracuse University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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Civil Engineering

, infrastructure ortransportation planning, mass transit, the interconnection of infrastructure systems, systemstakeholders, social, economic, and environmental impacts, risks, risk management, sustainabledesign, and resilience.COVID-19 is an abbreviation for "Coronovirus Disease 2019", which is caused by the "severeacute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)" [1]. The virus was first detected inWuhan, China, in late 2019, and it spread rapidly throughout the world in early 2020. Human-to-human transmission primarily occurs through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose of aninfected person [2]. In the United States, during the initial stages of the pandemic, state-levelDeclarations of Emergency were issued, which allowed governors of the

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First-Year Programs: Recruiting and Retention

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Nisha Abraham, University of Texas at Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin

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First-Year Programs

(withdraws). To improve academic success, traditional SI programs provide voluntary, non-remedialweekly group sessions led by previously successful students known as SI Leaders, who aretrained to design and facilitate collaborative activities that combine application of difficultcontent and transferable study effectiveness skills, with opportunities for practice that requiresactive engagement of student attendees. The SI model was built upon theories including themediation of learning by social constructivism and interdependence [1, 2] so while developmentof content knowledge and study skills are intentional in sessions, there are often incidentalbenefits, such as developing interpersonal skills, teamwork and a sense of community andbelonging

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Design Related

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Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

points. This study investigates if and how the use of the Miro virtual ideation platform affectsideation of small teams of engineering students (n = 65) in a sophomore-level design-for-manufacturability course. Questionnaires were used to evaluate 1) students’ perceived cognitiveand emotional engagement when using Miro, 2) Miro’s utility in authentically subjectingstudents to aspects of design-thinking, and 3) the degree of psychological safety in Miro’s virtualcollaborative environment. The effective use of online ideation tools, like Miro, is of paramountimportance when engineering students are collaborating in an online-only learning environment.Findings from this study will provide insight toward the utility in adopting Miro (or

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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Brooke Morin, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

-based practice paper examines the impact of a classroom activity toteach programming to first-year engineering students. Programming and logic are vitalcomponents of an engineering education. While some may assume programming is onlyimportant in computer science, many engineering disciplines use computer software, whichrequires programming and logic. This is why it is common to teach introductory programmingand computation to all engineering disciplines [1]. However, students often struggle to learnprogramming and come into the first year of engineering with a wide range of priorprogramming experience[2], [3]. The differences can be due to access of computer sciencecourses at the high school level [4], the level of instruction in these courses

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Pamela Cristina Silva Diaz, PamLab Design and Engineering; Maggie Favretti, Design Ed 4 Resilience; Nathalia Ospina Uribe; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Marcel Castro-Sitiriche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Luisa Rosario Seijo-Maldonado; Marian Irizarry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Javier Moscoso, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Gabriela Alexandra Otero-Andino; Kevin O'neil Crespo Pagan; Laura Sofia Garcia Canto; Grace Amato, Connecticut College; Fernando Antonio Cuevas, University of Puerto Rico; Dulce M. del Rio-Pineda, Mujeres de Islas, Inc.; Reiner F. Simshauser-Arroyo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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Community Engagement Division

-building, for example, community designers(especially youth) are rarely in the lead. Often, the sense of urgency in a disaster recoverysituation creates a “help the helpless” mindset among aid agencies, and also creates a timeausterity that conflicts with listening, building local consensus, and modifying recovery plans [1][2] [3]. Few funding channels are open to community teams to design and implement their ownsolutions. It is difficult for community designers to access scholarly research and technicalengineering, and difficult for sophisticated engineers to embrace simple, inexpensive solutions.To put this in perspective, we understand development approaches in general, and disaster reliefapproaches in particular, to fall under one of four

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Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

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Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo; Chloe Otis, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

disentangle the nuances among thedifferent groups considered and expand our understanding of the cultural elements in engineeringeducation relevant to student mental health and wellbeing.IntroductionMental health is an emerging topic that has rapidly become a largely discussed issue. Thisparticular discussion has highlighted the ongoing mental health crisis in students at manyuniversities and colleges in the United States [1]. As a whole, college-aged individuals are proneto mental disorders [2]. The effect of said struggles on college students is emphasized uponreturning to school and disrupts these individuals' educational paths [3]. This phenomenon canbe attributed to factors such as financial difficulties, relationship difficulties, concerns

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Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

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Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University; Nataliya Grigoryan, San Jose State University; Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University; Joseph Rodriguez, San Jose State University

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New Engineering Educators

) in Fall 2020. Theapproach seemed suitable to support students to master the class learning outcomes, by movingfrom a breadth to a depth learning priority. The available research indicates that competency-based learning is ideal to support weaker students while maintaining rigor. It allows them to moveat their own pace and be more successful and confident as they gain a higher level of understandingin the required topics [1], [2].This paper utilizes quantitative and qualitative methods to show whether competency-basedlearning generates positive results in achievements and learning, and to understand whetherstudents positively reacted to mastery learning. The authors will answer the following researchquestions 1. What is the impact of CBL on

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Computers in Education 7 - Modulus 2

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Gulustan Dogan, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Yang Song, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Damla Surek, Yildiz Technical University

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Computers in Education

believethat our modules had a greater impact on those students who were newer to computationalthinking, over those who had prior experience and were enrolled in upper-level computationalcourses.1 IntroductionAccording to Wing, Computational Thinking (CT) is the thought processes involved informulating a problem and expressing its solution(s) in such a way that an information processor– human or machine – can effectively carry out that solution [1]. The educational philosophybehind Computational Thinking is that problems in every discipline can be solved by the tools ofcomputation such as algorithmic thinking, decomposition, abstraction, pattern recognition. Forinstance, one of the pillars of computational thinking is algorithmic thinking

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Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2

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Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Yilin Feng, California State University, Los Angeles

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Aerospace

lectures, modeling,and case studies. Research has indicated that real-life experiences and other life experiences arecrucial to enable students to learn system thinking principles [1]. Traditional teaching methods ina classroom environment may not provide these experiences. Hands-on discovery activities(HODAs), as a potential substitute for real-life experiences, may provide students an opportunityto enhance CST learning in the classroom [2]. By leading and participating in hands-ondiscovery activities in class, students may experience the CST principles they were exposed to inlectures and case studies. One key principle of this CST course design is that the lectures andstructured hands-on activities should reinforce each other.This paper presents

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Empathy and Human-centered Design 2

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Greses Pérez, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Swetha Nittala, Stanford University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

contextualizing thedesign task by providing opportunities for students to consider both the technical and the socialdimensions (as well as their interplay) of their work.Keywords: Engineering; contextual social awareness; domain analysis; social frames; technicalframesIntroductionEngineering has a diversity and competency problem [1], [2]. The field too often createssolutions without representation from traditionally minoritized groups in the field and/orrelegates the needs of these populations to a secondary role. The low representation of racial andethnic minority groups and women in engineering in the United States is well-documented [3],[4]. The field consistently fails to hire and retain engineers from traditionally marginalizedgroups. As a result

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Socially Responsible Engineering I: Context, Innovation, and Reflection

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Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Kari Zacharias, Concordia University; Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

researcher in the Tufts Center for Engineering Education Outreach and the Insti- tute for Research on Learning and Instruction. She holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University. Her research interests are focused on in- terdisciplinary curriculum development in engineering education and the political, economic, and societal dimensions of curricular change. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Contextualization as Virtue in Engineering EducationAbstractHow do we combat the “culture of disengagement” [1] in engineering education? How do weeffectively prepare students for the sociotechnical

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting; Christina Convertino; Heather Thiry

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Minorities in Engineering

guiding thiscase study is that organizational change toward sustainability of student success practices must:(1) be centered in the department; (2) focus on four departmental practices (incentives andrewards, financial resources, policies, and human resources); and (3) also engage the Universityof Texas at El Paso and discipline. Throughout the case study, we draw out the theme ofcontinuous improvement as an approach to organizational change.Scholars of STEM organizational change found that multiple and sometimes competing forcesinfluence how faculty respond to and implement proposed initiatives. In their empirical workstudying multi-University of Texas at El Pasoal STEM reform initiatives, Kezar, Gehrke, andElrod (2015) and Kezar and Bernstein

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University; Heather N. Yates, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

has always been praised by students and department for his outstanding teaching and research excellence. To supplement his teaching and research, he has been involved in numerous professional societies, including ASCE, ACI, ASEE, ASC, ATMAE and TRB. His research output has been well disseminated as he has published thirty journal papers and thirty-nine conference papers. His research interests are 1) Creating Innovative Sustainable Materials, 2) Structural BIM Integration, 3) 4D/5D BIM, 4) Virtual Testing Lab, 5) Innovative Construction Demolition, and 6) Carbon Footprint Analysis on Roadways.Dr. Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Shawna Vican, University of Delaware; Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware; Heather Doty, University of Delaware; L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware

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Women in Engineering

and other workload prioritiesmay have encroached into research time.Teaching In response to the pandemic there were immediate shifts in teaching responsibilitiesand the associated workload. Faculty found themselves rapidly moving to online instruction inthe middle of the semester [1]. The continued use of online education in the 2020-2021 academicyear meant faculty not only had to finish out the spring 2020 semester online but had to investadditional time in learning new pedagogy and technology in order to significantly revise theircourses to be delivered entirely in an online format. This was particularly challenging for coursesinvolving labs, clinical work, studio work, or community engagement. A subset of students (andparents) expressed

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

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Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

. Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University, designs research focused on broadening par- ticipation in computer science through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and disciplinary identity; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women (specifically Black and His- panic women) in computer-related engineering fields. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Maeve Drummond Oakes, CISTAR, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

, attracting a diverse, technically- and community-mindedgroup of engineers from backgrounds currently underrepresented in engineering.How do we design programs that inspire these technically- and community-minded individuals?Although the number of program participants was small—hence the experience versus researchcategorization of this paper—initial survey evidence and observations from professionals inengineering education and diversity overseeing the program suggest the following consistent-with-research, built-in design elements contributed to its success:1. The program was designed to deepen the understanding of the connection between theory, research, and application, making the participants better researchers, teachers, and professionals.2

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

increase in educational programs that preparestudents for data science and related fields. As of the writing of this paper, there are at least 632data science and similarly related degree programs listed on this recognized data science website[1], with at least 70 at the undergraduate level. While the total projected number of jobs seemslimited, there is one aspect that has become clear: the skillset associated with data scientists isbecoming a basic requirement within STEM disciplines. As such, while initial data scienceprograms have concentrated on graduate degrees, the growing maturity of the field, as well as therecognized need of its basic skills, has motivated more of a focus on educational programs at theundergraduate level. Driven by

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Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

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Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

in shifting student bias towards inclusion in the three interventions. The mostpromising approach is student-led, where senior students worked to change the student culturedirectly.Introduction and BackgroundImproving diversity in STEM fields is an important goal and has been widely studied. It is well-known that students and professionals in STEM careers in the USA do not reflect the generalpopulation of the country [1]. For example, white men make up 31.6% of the general populationwhile they make up 51% of scientists and engineers. Black men make up 6% of the populationand 3% of the STEM workforce. The percentage of non-white and non-Asian people in the USAis 31.3% while the percentage of this sub-population working in STEM is just 12%. In

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Personnel Development & Retention

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Corin L. Bowen, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth G. Powell, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Aerospace

this is the case.This study takes place at a highly selective public research university in the Midwestern UnitedStates. As can be seen in Figure 1, the aerospace engineering department at this institution doesnot seem to have a significant retention problem. The common pathway also appears to be quitetraditional; the vast majority of the students enter the department with their cohort (not as transferstudents), initially declare aerospace engineering as their major within the engineering college,and successfully finish their aerospace engineering degrees. However, these results do not answerquestions about who is joining and who is succeeding in the aerospace engineering program.This study follows the authors’ previous investigation of

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Working Against Unjust Social Forces

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Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University; Avneet Hira, Boston College

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

down by gender: while Black women comprise 6.3% of the generalpopulation, they made up only 1% of engineering degrees awarded in 2016 (7% and 2.3% forHispanic/Latina women).These numbers are a result of both lower initial recruitment into engineering and lower retentiononce in engineering programs. While on average nearly 59% of students who enterundergraduate engineering programs graduate with an engineering degree within 6 years, only45% of Hispanic/Latinx students and 36% of Black/African American students do so (ASEE,2017). Thus, while these students were interested in engineering when they entered college, thesocial/technical dualism may play a role in retention issues by engendering a feeling of split1 Our use of the word minoritized is

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

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

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, and mathematics(STEM)1. Initial findings from exploratory factor analysis are largely consistent with Yosso’sconceptual CCW framework but suggest some important ways in which the framework can befurther developed.IntroductionMuch of the research on educational inequality by race and ethnicity has taken a deficits-basedapproach, focusing on how students who are systemically marginalized based on racial andethnic status lack the resources valued by the dominant group that contribute to success ineducation, such as cultural capital [1]. While it is important to highlight stark racial and ethnicinequality that exists, this line of research tends to homogeneously characterize racially andethnically marginalized students as failing in the education

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

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Anastasia Kurdia, Tulane University

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Computing and Information Technology

disciplines and hence organically produces a diverseenvironment of learners focused on interdisciplinary issues.Despite these distinct benefits, it is a relatively rare program as far as undergraduate computerscience programs are concerned. In this paper I describe the design of a coordinate major incomputer science program at Tulane University, discuss implementation details, and providepractical suggestions for implementing such a program in another university.1 IntroductionComputer science has grown into a discipline that focuses as much on solving problems in relatedareas as it does on its own research problems. While it is common to see interdisciplinary majorprograms and concentrations with fixed mainstream application areas (e.g

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International Division Technical Session 2

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Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bianey Cristina Ruiz Ulloa, National University of Tachira; Francisco Gamboa, Universidad del Táchira; Johnny C. Woods Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; MiguelAndres Andres Guerra P.E., Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Karen Dinora Martinez Soto; Reema Helen Azar, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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International

disciplinaryknowledge and practice are often influenced by national history and culture [1]. Culture accountsfor the meaning that people attach to their world and its experience [2], including the values andnorms that dictate their behavior and interactions [3]. Hence, in an academic setting, culturedefines the interactions among the different stakeholders, including the interaction betweenstudents and teachers, which is a significant component of the learning process. While culturaldimensions have been used to study cultural behavior in diverse fields to improve learning [4],there is a limited understanding in the literature about what role cultural differences play inengineering differences. Mahadevan [5] contends that engineering education needs to

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Empathy and Human-centered Design 2

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Xiao Ge, Stanford University; Daigo Misaki, Kogakuin University; Nanami Furue, Tokyo University of Science; Chunchen Xu

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

education.Keywords: cross-cultural study; creativity; culture of design education; cultural motivation.1. IntroductionStudents from different backgrounds carry with them different culturally-constructed values,practices and knowledge that are relevant to their learning of engineering. Students are moreengaged and more likely to be successful when their cultural ideas, practices and knowledge areacknowledged and supported in classrooms and college communities. But what if their values andunderstandings are repeatedly ignored or discouraged (Felder & Brent, 2005; Choi, 2010; Medin& Bang, 2014; Rivard, cited in Kizilcec, et al., 2017)? In the U.S., we think about “change lives;change organizations; change the world” (Stanford Graduate School of

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Cross-cultural Sensitivity, Moral Imagination, and Diversity in Engineering Ethics Education

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Jani C. Ingram, Northern Arizona University; Angelina E. Castagno, Northern Arizona University; Ricky Camplain; Davona D Blackhorse, Northern Arizona University

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Engineering Ethics

, lack of role models, andminimal financial support to pursue a college education. One potential reason that has yet to beexplored relates to the cultural and spiritual barriers that could deter AI/AN people from feelinga sense of belonging in engineering fields. These barriers may create obstacles to progressingthrough engineering career pathways. Our research investigates the range and variation ofcultural/spiritual/ethical issues that may be affecting AI/AN people’s success in engineering andother science, technology, and mathematics fields. The work reported here focuses on findingsfrom students and professionals in engineering fields specifically. The study seeks to answer tworesearch questions: (1) What ethical issues do AI/AN students and