Conference Session

Building Success in the Online Classroom

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hayden K. Richards, US Air Force Academy; Phillip Cornwell, United States Air Force Academy

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Mechanics

predictive effect on team assignmentperformance. Finally, the transition to remote learning (in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic)had a negative effect on student performance, and this negative consequence disproportionatelyaffected students who were already poor performers.IntroductionThe ability to work in teams has long been recognized as a critical skill for all engineeringgraduates as reflected in accreditation criteria specified by ABET [1]. Criterion 3, studentoutcome number 5 states that students must have: “An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.”As a result, there have been

Conference Session

Engineering Communication II: Curricular Practices, Integrations, and Collaborations

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mary M. McCall, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. 9Individual value propositions are blended into team value propositions, and teams present oncustomer discovery (primary and secondary research), financials, a technology roadmap, aventure plan, and final presentation comprising all their previous work. This approachunderscores the process approach as students build the final presentation throughout thesemester. Using a process approach allows them to refine their final presentation and helps thembuild confidence in their presentation skills.All presentations are evaluated via the Google Survey tool, which offers immediate feedback(see Figure 7). Students receive numerical feedback as well as comments from classmates andinstructors. Students also upload their files so the writing instructor can coach

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of the model offered opportunities to explicitly definestakeholders as well as to illuminate and discuss both the recourses provided and the valuegained by each of the various stakeholders through the engagement project deliverables andprocess.IntroductionCommunity-engaged learning or service-learning is the integration of academic learning withwork that supports the greater good within local or global communities in order to enhance theacademic learning, address needs within the community, and to give students broader learningopportunities about themselves and society at large. Within engineering, the pedagogy is oftenused in design or project-based experiences where a physical deliverable, software program,design, or plan is produced as a

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State Univ.; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

program accomplished its goal: (1) The post-program survey indicates thatthe participants were very happy about the summer program and believed that it would help themin their future study at MTSU and (2) The retention rate of the participants was 100% in Fall2020, clearly showing the benefit of the summer program. The grant we got for the summerproject was for one year only, but we plan to seek additional funding from the TBR and othersources to continue the summer program in the coming years. This is to increase the sample sizeand better verify the true benefits of our program, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic.All participants of the summer program participated in the research activities remotely over theInternet. Although remote delivery

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Christopher Heckman, St. Mary's College of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

in engineering literature is self-plagiarism. These results 10suggest that engineering students may need more explicit and robust instruction inpublishing ethics and scientific integrity. Equipped with this knowledge, engineeringlibrarians can plan for focused scholarly communication training, alone or incollaboration with other library departments. Due to their expert knowledge ofengineering sources and literature, engineering librarians are well positioned tocontribute to the scholarly communication system practice by the engineering scientistsand graduate students. While undergraduate students do not conduct and publishresearch as often as graduate

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division - Workforce Development and Curricular Innovations

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hamid Eisazadeh; Mona Torabizadeh

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Manufacturing

need to be inserted after printingOne student chose a headphone mount for his project. He wanted to design a headphone mountthat can be magnetically mounted to a computer case. He had been planning on buying one butwas dissatisfied by their formfactor and overcomplication. The ones that he was looking at weretypically bulky and couldn’t be easily mounted to a case. As such he wanted to design somethingthat was relatively small, could easily hold the weight of headphones, and would magneticallymount to the front of his computer case.In the next task, students were asked to draw your 3D part in CAD program. The rough draft isshown in Figure 2 drawn by Autodesk Inventor. Figure 2. Original

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc.

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

to collaborate toaccomplish the research goals by analyzing research and identifying significant results to guideyear 4’s activities.DisseminationIn line with our original dissemination plan, the research team has made presentations to severalcommunities of interest, including researchers interested more broadly in engineering education(presenting our Year 2 grantees’ poster at the ASEE conference) and engineering education in aninternational context (at the Frontiers In Education conference), as well as more specificallythose researchers interested in diversity in engineering education (presented at the CoNECDconference). In Summer 2020, one of our undergraduate researchers disseminated researchfindings by presenting a poster to a group of

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Iowa State University; Dana AlZoubi, Iowa State University; Evrim Baran, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

lot of planning, resources and time allocation.Implications for PracticeResults from this study clearly indicated that faculty members who integrate active learning into theirteaching believed that active learning improved students and increased student engagement andmotivation. As pedagogical beliefs have been proven to be significantly impacting teaching behavior [15],faculty professional developments could focus on changing instructor beliefs about active learning. Onceconvinced about the effectiveness of alternative approaches to traditional teaching, faculty memberswould be more open to trying various active learning strategies.The fact that collaborative learning and problem-based learning were the most commonly usedapproaches and the

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hamidreza Taimoory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kazuki Hori, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Student

to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of Research of the Academy for Global Engineering at Virginia Tech and is affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive, tends to leverage large-scale institutional, state, or national data sets, and considers the intersection between policy and organizational contexts. He has B.S., M.S., and M.U.E.P. degrees from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Pennsylvania State University.Mr. Kazuki Hori, Virginia Tech Kazuki Hori is a doctoral

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

David A. Carlson; Clyde E. Work

-analysis software packages.These systems are part of a network being developed to meetour needs that require capabilities beyond those of the microbased systems. The student use of these systems and softwarewill be limited mostly to upper division classes. They do,however, provide excellent teaching tools for use at alllevels of instruction. Current examples are our IBM 4341 DEC11/34 and Data·General Nova systems. 3) Experimental/research systems dedicated to expanding the current technology base while providing the capabilities for new applications development. In defining our needs in this manner and as a result ofcareful planning, the requisite areas of overlap b~tweenlevels and their

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Frank J. Worzala; Jerome F. Saeman

presented, were invited to answerquestions. For class periods when neither tapes nor lectures were presented, avariety of activities were planned. These included small group dis-cussion, demonstrations, lab experiments, a panel discussion and exams.In addition, students were required to work in small groups on projectsrelated to novel and innovative uses of wood as an engineering material.Students were occasionally given short periods of time to work on pro-jects during class time, but were expected to do the major portion oftheir projects as homework. The last two class periods were set asidefor project reports. Students were required to submit a written projectreport at the end of the semester. Those students not enrolled forcredit were

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Deborah Nykanen; Ashley Rehder

into multiple classrooms and multiple schools in the district. This would havethe added benefit of providing an opportunity for these college students to volunteer and servethe community using their chosen major. It would give them the opportunity to share theirpassion for engineering and instill those concepts into future engineers.5. Benefits for Kindergarten Teacher and Engineering ProfessorBenefits for the engineering professor included both professional development and involvementin community service. The professional development plan for tenure and promotion atMinnesota State University, Mankato outlines five key areas in which faculty members areexpected to grow and contribute. Community service falls within one of these areas and

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Deborah Nykanen; Rebecca Bates; Marilyn Hart; Mezbahur Rahman

programs seeking to fulfill ABET criteria.5. Future EnhancementsThrough collaboration with the Iron Range Engineering (IRE) program and pending continuationof funding from the National Science Foundation, we plan to award approximately fourscholarships per year to IRE students. Although granting MSU engineering degrees, the IREprogram and its students are physically located in northern Minnesota at Mesabi Range College.These four scholarship recipients will be fully integrated into our MAX Scholars cohort. Theywill attend weekly seminars via interactive video feed and will participate in interdisciplinaryteams. For example, a team working on a project and presentation would consist of 3 students inMankato and 1 student in IRE. The team members

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Thomas Shepard

such as grade inflation, excesstime planning and grading for the instructor, perceived fairness in when or to whom it is offered,lowering of academic standards, and a belief that during a semester a student has ampleopportunity to achieve the grade they truly deserve. A further contention is that extra creditassignments can induce a moral hazard (Wilson, 2002). In this situation the fear is that byoffering students extra credit they perceive less risk in performing poorly and will not study asthoroughly, as they will have the option to make points up in the future. The proponents of extracredit tout its ability to give students a second chance, rectify an exam which may have been toodifficult, or explore topics in further detail than scheduled

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

P. B. Ravikumar

ConferenceRepresentative Sample KTSII Test Results for Senior Design Project StudentsResults from KTSII test for one particular semester for a particular course section of students inthe Senior Design project class are discussed next. It should be pointed out that the results arerepresentative of results from past tests but several more tests in future semesters are planned toincrease the rigor of the results and inferences from those results.The results in Figure 3 below are for a group of 30 students in a particular semester section of theSenior Design Project course who took the KTSII test. The results are shown by a team-wisebreakdown for team dynamics purposes besides composite results for the whole class. TEAM A TEAM B TEAM C TEAM D

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D.

the effort to recognize the challengesengineering programs face and plan to make those changes to achieve excellence. ABET4are in charge of accrediting Universities against a list of criteria and they have raised thestandards. A program developed in 2002 created the Center for the Advancement ofScholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE5) which is also an important group indictating excellence in engineering education. They define what should be taught inengineering and define excellence in education in terms of its effectiveness, engagementand efficiency. The Millennium Project6 at the University of Michigan studies the futureof American Universities providing a joined effort with creative students, faculty andbeyond campus to develop new

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

D. A. Rogers; B. D. Braaten

has been 4.6, and two journal and four conference papers have been published as adirect result of these courses. Furthermore, several of the most talented students continued theirstay at NDSU and enrolled in the graduate program. A future aspect of this integrated researchand coursework plan is to extend this concept to include other courses outside of the area ofelectromagnetics and work with other faculty within and outside of the ECE Department.Results from this broader research integration will be presented in a future paper.What Goals Should Our Course Have?Some outcomes that we expect are that: (i) students will be able to analyze and design thedevices studied in the course, (ii) they will have the background to work with related but

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Seraphin C. Abou

to system safety culture improvement. In thepresent study the taxonomy categories are not only adopted to analyze the cognitive processinglevel that this kind of development may provide. The present study also adopts the taxonomy asa scripting guide for the students. Students from diverse disciplines enrolled in environmentalhealth and safety program were asked to add to each of their response to the survey questions alabel that is based on one of the cognitive process categories in Bloom's taxonomy. Questions weasked were for example: what motivates and inspires the students who are attracted to theprogram, what types of careers do they plan to follow, and what specific issues are important tothem?This modified taxonomy attempts to account

Conference Session

Personnel Development & Retention

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Thomas A. Ward, Cedarville University; Corinna Megan Ward, Capital Group

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Aerospace

offer only minordegrees without offering an equivalent higher degree? There are several possible reasons for this.First, offering a minor degree is a conservative first step into plans to eventually offer a major inone of these fields. Secondly, graduates with minor degrees are more attractive to aerospaceemployers, compared to those who do not have any aerospace related qualifications (even if theyhave an engineering bachelor’s degree in another field). This becomes more important if there isa large number of aerospace industry or government employers in proximity to the academicorganization. This will be examined more closely in the next section.2.5 Geographical DistinctionsThe locations of all the academic organizations offering an aero

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

D. Cenk Erdil, Sacred Heart University; Kevin N. Bowlyn, Sacred Heart University; Joshua Randall, Sacred Heart University

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Computing and Information Technology

feedbackfrom students, we attribute this to the effect of COVID-19 measures, whereabout half of the students were not able to attend the classroom, and com-plete hands-on activities. However, overall student approval rates show de-sign projects overall increased overall student agreement, with regular bellcurve peaking around 8/10 (30% approval) which was well received. More-over, about 12% students were completely satisfied with the course (10/10).2021 semester, with expected fully in-class experiences after COVID-19 mea-sures are released after herd immunity is reached. We plan to follow-up ourresults after Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 semester data have been collected,with a comparison of the affects of online learning modalities, and will po

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Michael Anthony Crespo, Granby High School, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA; Drew E. Brown, Old Dominion University; Deborah Marshall, Norfolk Public Schools Career & Technical Ed. Dept.; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

that are required to complete this program:1) Registration; 2) Meeting with the counselor and action plan creation; 3) Pass Praxis exams orstate exams for teacher credentials; 4) Pass background check and screening; 5) Completestudent teaching hours; 6) Apply for state certification; 7) Create a resume, cover letter, and listof references; 8) Search for jobs by state; 9) Attend job fairs or TASC events; and 10) Startworking as a licensed teacher [17]. The program is scheduled to phase out by October 2021 [18].Veterans to Teachers in Commonwealth in VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia requires 18 credit hours of courses related to the teachercertification [19]. There are eight broad career and technical education (CTE) areas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

with the students. Additional scholarship opportunities wereoffered to AcES scholars to pursue summer school opportunities. Some students used theopportunity to remediate from a difficult spring term and others used the opportunity to getahead on their academic plan.3.0 Results and DiscussionResults from the survey responses of 59 students in the combined 2017, 2018, and 2019 cohortsare presented and discussed below. Of the 59 students in the study, 42 (71.2%) retained and 17(28.8%) left engineering before the beginning of their second year in college, which is slightlyhigher than the retention of non-calculus-ready students in the college during these years.As shown in Figure 1, below, Grit scores of retained students increased 0.12 points

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cadavious M. Jones; Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University ; Johnathan Barnett, Huntingdon College; Derrick Dean, Alabama State University ; Raynetta Prevo-Williams, Alabama State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

with similar strength. The creation of new lightweight composites isalready being applied to the design of other vehicles [Prucz et al., 2013]. 2In the supply chain for the manufacturing of UAVs there is also a need to ensure that theproduction is compliant with design specifications. We define the four stages of the (advanced)manufacturing process as such 1. Development a. Research b. Analysis 2. Baseline Systems a. Prototype b. Design 3. Production a. Planning b. Testing 4. Logistics a. Delivery b. Support3. Introducing Advanced Manufacturing through UAV Construction and Analysis intoExisting

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Marie Hamel, University of Maryland; W. Ethan Eagle, University of Maryland

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Educational Research and Methods

Group, Inc., a specialty consulting firm with a focus in process safety, chemical security and emergency management. Outside of UMD, Catherine can be found at her alma mater Elizabeth Seton High School, where she serves on the Strategic Planning Committee and helps with their blooming engineering program.Prof. W. Ethan Eagle, University of Maryland Dr. Eagle is a professor of practice in engineering and innovation design. His curriculum design for in- novation, co-developed by and building on the research of Jeff and Staney DeGraff, was adopted by the University of Michigan ’Certified Professional Innovator’ program in 2014, one of the first such certifi- cations in the country. Now a faculty member in the Keystone

Conference Session

Concept Inventories in Mechanics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI) – The Past, Present, and FutureAbstractThe Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI) was developed over 15 years ago as a tool forinstructors teaching Dynamics to assess their students’ gains in conceptual understanding ofthe material. Since its initial release, there have been hundreds of downloads of theinstrument, and the initial papers presenting the instrument have been referenced over 100times. In this paper, we will 1) present a brief history of the development of the DCI, 2)evaluate the ways it has been used since its release with the hope of encouraging moreengineering faculty members to use it, 3) summarize results from those who have used it, and4) present plans for future development and distribution.History of

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 19

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tianshi Fu; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

experimentalperiod [16]. ER may play a role in engaging students with disabilities to further allow foracademic developments through robotics concepts and activities.Application of ER in a program for students with Down syndrome also yielded positive results[18]. As seen previously, the use of robotics was able to capture the attention of these studentsand enabled them to learn in a cooperative environment. Moreover, assessments suggested thatstudents with Down syndrome exhibited improvements in cognitive functions such as visuo-spatial working memory and mental planning after completing a robotics challenge [18]. Whilerecent work indicates that robotics is a viable tool to assist special needs students in overcomingtheir leaning and developmental

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matt Jamison Burnett; Michael A Wilson, SUNY Canton; Anthony Filoso, State University of New York, Canton

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Student

machine settings and attach to the Re3Dprinting 3D Printing with Recycled Plastic- Pellet Printer Progress Report 1/15/2018externalized) and develop a plan for the most efficient and beneficial use of this PLA than the prints of purchased PLA. With further testing we hope to quantify this roll. Salac Photodegradation and Biodegradation of Poly(Lactic) Acid Containing Orotic Acid as a Nucleationequipment. discrepancy

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: RED 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

observed that teams were eager to talk about what brought them together andtwice requested more time before moving on to the next activity. Our aim, however, was tointroduce teams to strategies and activities that they could later replicate on their own with theirlarger teams, whenever they need to. We hoped that this would be just the first time they wouldwork on team and goal formation, and we planned to follow up with the new teams regardingtheir work in this area. For the second session at the workshop, we asked the attendees to list the opportunitiesand challenges they anticipated encountering with their RED projects during the first year. Wehave observed that working on a large and exploratory project like a RED project brings

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Crystal M. Pee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

0.4316 arranged such that we are rarely interrupted Q1_12 My mentor provides me with support 3.1111 0.8916 0.4242 when I am emotionally unsettled. Q1_13 My mentor asks me probing questions 0.9885 0.7403 2.8519 so that I can reflect on my academic career PLANS Q1_14 My mentor expresses confidence in my 3.8519 0.9885 0.6446 ability to succeed in the pursuit of my career goals Q1_15 My mentor encourages me to use them 3.4815 1.0141 0.5408 as a sounding board to explore my ideas

Conference Session

Making it Sticky: Ways to Reinforce Prerequisite Knowledge

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Monique H. Head, University of Delaware; Allen A. Jayne P.E., University of Delaware; Kevin R Guidry, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

; students who were more engaged in the class via page views and accessing the technology reported to perform better (on average) in the class. • Moreover, students who performed better on the assignments (i.e. case study examples and MasteringEngineering™ homework assignments) tended to perform better in the class overall.Additionally, a few key lessons learned regarding the integration of case studies into the coursevia a design lab revealed some noteworthy points: • Timing and Planning: keeping on schedule with the lecture topics was critical in making sure that students had the information needed to understand how to solve the case studies. • Strategies for Effective Learning: the case studies enabled students