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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 19

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Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Adena Moulton, Digital Harbor Foundation; Shawn Grimes; Stephanie Grimes; Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation

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, and smallteams of youth often complete and present projects. Figure 1 shows a typical DHF course setting.Figure 1: Typical setting for DHF’s courses: Classes take place in a large, open-plan spacewhere youth work on self-directed projects and learn about design thinking, digital fabricationand computer science.Key components of many DHF courses, including Maker Foundations, are digital fabrication,circuitry, coding and web development. The fabrication modules consist of 3D modeling andprinting, as well as, laser cutting exercises and the use of a variety of materials including metaland wood. The fabricated objects are often combined with interactive electronic components,such as Makey Makey’s and Arduinos. A typical youth project might

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Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

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Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

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success in STEM through psychological stress, inter- rupted STEM career trajectories, impostor phenomenon, and other debilitating race-related trauma for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx doctoral students.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Diane L. Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University; Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University

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learning was takingplace, or at the end of the lecture/lab session, students were prompted to reflect on each lecture oractivity they were exposed to. Their feedback helped us to revise our scheduling and plan for thenext lecture/hands-on activity and make changes as necessary. To get a better understanding onthe students’ expectations and their learning goals, we asked the students about their favoritesubject areas and academic as well as career goals.Program’s Assessment (provided by the program’s Administration)All faculty submit an assessment (self-efficacy, self-reflection, creativity and innovation,collaboration/teamwork, problem solving/critical thinking, etc.) on every student on their roster.Students complete a faculty evaluation and

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

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Erica M. Comber, Carnegie Mellon University; Elisha Anthony Raeker-Jordan, Carnegie Mellon University; Kalliope Georgette Roberts, Carnegie Mellon University; Melanie Alexis Loppnow, Carnegie Mellon University; Andrew Hudson, Carnegie Mellon University; Wayne Chung, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University

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, students carryout their plan to generate a functional prototype and demonstrate that it validates the establishedneeds. In pursuit of objective 1, the 2019-2020 course now requires ID students to leadstakeholder interviews and make concept sketches in the fall and generate the following for theproduct in the spring: a logo, a storyboard illustrating product-user interactions, and aninformative webpage. Like previous years, the 2019-2020 course year will end with a final posterpresentation and a written report in the format required for the VentureWell BME ideacompetition. To guide work allocation between subteams, instructors provided recommendationsduring lecture and/or stated in the syllabus (Appendix A) whether engineering, industrial design,or

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Making Mechanics Courses Fun and More Effective

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Md Rashedul Hasan Sarker, University of Indianapolis; Najmus Saqib, University of Indianapolis; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis; Megan Hammond, University of Indianapolis; Jared Hilt; James T. Emery II, University of Indianapolis

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, in American Society for Engineering Education. 1998.21. Davishahl, E., et al., Statics Modeling Kit: Hands-on Learning in the Flipped Classroom, in American Society for Engineering Education. 2018.22. Howard, A.K.T., Work in Progress: 3-D Models with Lesson Plans, in American Society for Engineering Education. 2019.23. Freeman, S., et al., Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014. 111(23): p. 8410.24. Burgess, R., In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research. 1984, Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.25. Green, B.S., Learning from Henry Mayhew. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2002. 31(2): p. 99

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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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in safety, design and all processes available to perform any kind of work for a raw material. It would be important to have a space in the course to perform cost management analysis for the raw material, for the elaboration process, for maintenance. It would be interesting to perform statistical analysis, design, planning, operations management, simulations and problem solving. - We were completely lost when the professor was mentioning all the concepts he was going to teach us in the semester. But thanks to the professor’s easy to understand teaching, we survived. Impressively, the professor explained the concepts with real life problems that made it incredibly easy to understand. He

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Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

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Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioğlu , Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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motivation by institution type.Current work is being dedicated to set up CIT interviews, so interviews can be completed withthe next sample of students Fall 2020. From these interviews, we plan on analyzing recurrentpatterns relating to motivation and connecting these themes to engineering identity responses.We hope to see an improvement in depth of response and in conducting CIT interviews, andidentify further areas of improvement before launching a more broadly disseminated study.References[1] Prybutok, A., Patrick, A., Borrego, M., Seepersad, C. C., & Kirisits, M. (2016). Cross- sectional Survey Study of Undergraduate Engineering Identity. 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 26610. https://doi.org/10.18260/p

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Kristin Maria Repchick, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Consultant; Lauren Q. DiBianca Frye, Forsyth Country Day School; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University. Dr. Barrella has investi- gated best practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the WFU faculty, she led the junior capstone design sequence at James Madison University, was the inaugural director of the NAE Grand Challenges Program at JMU, and developed first-year coursework and interdisciplinary electives. American c Society for Engineering

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WIP It! Faculty Development Style!

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Erin J. McCave, University of Houston; Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelli L. Chelberg, College of Menominee Nation

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participants will continue with the virtual writing group, part of which includescontinuing to write reflections after each weekly session. After participating in the virtual writinggroup across two semesters (Fall 2019 and Spring 2020), the authors plan to applyautoethnography data analysis techniques to formalize the study into a journal manuscript.Assuming this goes well, the authors will consider developing a “toolkit” to empower new andearly career faculty to develop individual and community potential through virtual writinggroups.WIP: Feedback RequestedGiven that this paper is a WIP (work-in-progress), the authors are seeking feedback from thecommunity in the following areas.1. Anecdotally speaking, if you have participated in a peer group, what

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Selene Y. Willis, University of South Florida; Tonisha B. Lane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanović; Salam Ahmad; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Ahmirah Samayah Muhammad, BullsEYE Head Program Coordinator

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] developed a Draw an Engineer Test (DAET) where elementary andsecondary youth provided written and drawn responses to a set of questions regarding theirpreconceptions about engineers. Their responses were found to be generally simplistic, forexample, engineers were commonly depicted as workers who constructed buildings or repairedcar engines, though older participants more frequently mentioned engineering design tasks. Themost common stereotypical actions youth perceive engineers to do are to design, plan, and orperform physical labor. Common images included tools, cars and computers. Consistent findingswere reported by a number of subsequent investigations using similar data collection methods(e.g. [1], [9]–[12]). Further, youth displayed signs of

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Maureen C Smith, San Jose State University; Jinny Rhee, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

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General Knowledge Interesting sessions; Learn 9.3% (15) new thingsa 5.4% (N=9) of respondents reported they do not want to or plan to be an engineerb 1.8% (N=3) of respondents reported they do not know how the conference connects to their educationc 4.9% (N=8) of respondents reported they were unsure how the conference related to their career goals Engineering Student Identity: Participants were asked to respond to survey itemsrelated to three factors: Commitment to engineering/computer science majors, engineeringcompetence, and engineering agency. Commitment to Engineering/CS Majors: Three survey items were taken from a studyby Fleming et al. [6] to assess the

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

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Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ludvik Alkhoury, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Nicole Bosca

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researchers would have improved thecourse design as well as prepared for the study to be offered on a larger scale.Methodology and ImplementationThe fundamentals of engineering design (FED101) course at NJIT is offered to all incomingengineering students. Students take different versions of this course depending on their major,although, the goals and learning outcomes are consistent across all offerings. The authors areinvolved in planning and instruction of this course for the General Engineering studentpopulation. General Engineering houses students that are still-deciding on their major and thosewho are underprepared for engineering study based on their application data. In Fall 2019 threesections of FED101 course were offered for General

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First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

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Mirna Mattjik, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines

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further improving thesemodules.High level summaries of Modules 1 through 3 are included in Appendix B, the initial plan was tohave these modules interjected respectively at each design phase. In reality seeds of teambuilding were needed in the beginning phases of the design process. Related to Tuckman’stheory on team development, it is during the forming and the norming stages that directintervention could be most effective [6]. Yet we also see the possibility of having a fourthmodule that might help sustain the team’s momentum in the performing stage. Though studentsare giving responses to the module in a team setting/context, what is operationalized in the studyis the individual as a team member. Therefore, the distinction here is the focus on

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 9

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Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University; Rafael Landaeta, Old Dominion University

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the real vehicles to be used in this project, e.g., a Ford SUV. Although many 3D vehicle models are available for purchase, they usually only contain the exterior of the vehicle and don’t have any internal parts of the vehicle. We plan to use 3D scanning to generate partial 3D models of some typical internal parts, e.g., engine and pump. c. Develop the Standalone Mode of the AR application that contains interactive visualizations and animations that illustrate a variety of vehicle maintenance and repair procedures. Interactive visualization guides the user through the troubleshooting or maintenance process, showing one step of instruction at a time with 3D animations that greatly improve user’s

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Around the Water Cooler: Ideas and Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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Kenneth Stewart, Angelo State University; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University

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Civil Engineering

difference between asset mapping and needs assessment [22] is key todeveloping effective blended IASM and ABCD mapping projects for engineering education. Aneeds assessment conducted for engineering is normally limited to providing a technical solutionrooted in community needs as grasped by engineers. As such, needs assessments usuallyestablish the hierarchical mindset and encourage delivery of engineering solutions irrespective ofa community’s ability to sustain it after the intervention is completed. ABCD solutions, on theother hand, focus on incorporating the community’s context-specific strengths into theengineering plan. The resulting plan itself provides a roadmap for the community to sustain theintervention long after completion.Our work in

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Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture

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Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andrea J. Kunze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julianna Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Stress Culture," in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019.[9] B. D. Jones, M. C. Paretti, S. F. Hein, and T. W. Knott, "An analysis of motivation constructs with first‐year engineering students: Relationships among expectancies, values, achievement, and career plans," Journal of engineering education, vol. 99, pp. 319-336, 2010.[10] Fereday, J., and E. Muir-Cochrane, Demonstrating rigor using thematic analysis: A hybrid approach of inductive and deductive coding and theme development. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2006. 5(1): p: 80-92.[11] MacQueen, K. M., E. McLellan, K. Kay, and B. Milstein, B, Codebook development for team-based qualitative analysis. Cam

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First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Paper ID #31733Work in Progress: Impacting Engineering First-year Students Retentionthrough a Non-conventional Engineering Learning CommunityDr. Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico Mayag¨uez (UPRM). She graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering from UPRM (1983), a MSIE (1985) from Purdue University, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (1996) from The Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching and research interests include: Discrete Event Simulation, Facilities Planning, Material

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University; David Brookstein, Temple University; Shawn Fagan, Temple University; Cory Budischak, Temple University

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operationalconditions of traffic flow and can be based on service measures such as speed and travel time,freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, comfort and convenience.There has been an increase in the population of Philadelphia by 17% over the last decade. Ofthose new residents, approximately 80% drive their car more than three times per week. ThePhiladelphia Traffic Planning Committee has been conducting surveys of drivers andpedestrians to gauge the level of congestion and ability for drivers to navigate the streets. Theyhave approached your team for advice on certain key intersections on our campus in particular.We will use the 10-step design process.Objective: Your team’s objective is to make lane and signal recommendations for the

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Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

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Russell Korte, George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University

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of practicing engineers and to better articulate the nature of the broader set ofcompetencies that are important to accomplishing the work of engineers. In the next section webriefly review the idea of competencies. This is followed by a brief overview of the socializationprocess by which newly hired engineers learn to do their new jobs competently and effectively inthe workplace. Then we present the design of this study followed by an overview of the findings.Finally, we conclude with a discussion and conclusions, including the plans for continuing workon this study, and initial implications for engineering education.Brief review of competence and organizational socializationThere is little consensus about the definition of competence or

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Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

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Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University; Richard Tang, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael R. Bockstaller, Carnegie Mellon University

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Polymer Emulator, to compare the results withpredictions based on the theory learned in class and to discuss the impact of molecular parameterson the validity of the statistical network elasticity model.The Polymer Emulator has been installed in Undergraduate Research Laboratories in the homedepartments of the principal investigators. The original plan was to implement the PolymerEmulator in the module on ‘Network Polymers’ that is being taught as part of the Colloids,Polymers and Surfaces Laboratory class (06-802/39-802) that is offered in the Spring 2020. Dueto recent events and University closure, a testing of the device in class was not possible. We planto implement the device as part of the next occurrence of the class in the Spring 2021

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First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

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Uma Lakshman, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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Education, 2020 Work In Progress: Transitioning to Two Semesters: The Development of a Full-Year CornerstoneAbstract This Work in Progress paper describes the plans for the development from New YorkUniversity’s one-semester introductory engineering course, referred to as EG 1003, to a full-yearcornerstone. Several universities have implemented a two-semester cornerstone model. Thisstudy builds on past research in making this transition, and surveys students to determine theirgoals for their first-year. If the university decides to develop a year-long version of EG 1003, itwill be oriented around the first-year students’ goals. This study addresses thecomponents students enjoy in the one-semester cornerstone, what

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K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

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Sabina Anne Schill, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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]). TABLE I. LITERATURE DEFINITIONS OF MENTORING Definition Source “a collaborative process in which mentees and mentors take part in reciprocal and dynamic activities [7, p. 35] such as planning, acting, reflecting, questioning, and problem-solving” “a form of teaching where faculty members provide advice, guidance, and counsel in the areas of academic, career, and personal (psycho-social) development, which can occur either individually or [11, p. 48] in small groups” “a dyadic, hierarchical

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Natalie Grace Bowen, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

working on the project. This may require amodified plan for teaching students how to code and might work better with a simpler codinglanguage, such as Scratch. Nevertheless, this would still be an authentic, unique experience forstudents to learn and apply engineering practices. Projects which involve coding and creating machines that read and analyze data relatedirectly to the emphasized Science and Engineering Practices of the NGSS, which includedeveloping and using models and analyzing and interpreting data [13]. Developing and usingmodels is something that every scientist does in one way or another, as there are many optionsfor models including diagrams, replicas, mathematical representations, and computersimulations. Many secondary

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Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

andrequire an engineer to sign over the intellectual property rights of their discoveries andinventions. Additionally, future engineers need to be aware that when they sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement, those Trade Secrets should not be shared. With intellectual propertyknowledge, the engineer will know how to protect both their own work and the property of theirfuture employers. Intellectual property is often developed within a large plan or development. Adiscovery or invention may be broken into several parts, improved on over time, hidden by useof trade secrets, or marketed by means of trademarks.Engineering instructors include instruction about patents in their classes, but said instruction isoften limited to upper level classes [1,2,3,4] or held

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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts, West Virginia University

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conflict management styles, which can further provideinsights for the continuous course improvement and first-year engineering education. The resultswill be helpful as more and more Generation Z students enter higher education.Design of the “conflict resolution” sessionThe design of the “conflict resolution” session in the “Engineering Problem Solving I” coursefollows the Backward Design Process ​[13]​.Stage 1: Desired ResultsOne objective of this course is for students to acquire team working skills with the learningoutcomes to be “function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” (ABET LO-5) ​[14]​. Therefore, in Stage 1, we

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Ashley Emily Lacy; Emily Nottingham; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Paul V. Engelmann, Western Michigan University

. If the group decided not to separate the plastics and process fully commingledrecycled plastics, a polystyrene block copolymer or an ethylene-propylene copolymer would be 3the necessary compatibilizer. Since the plan was to sort the plastic to remove polyvinyl chloride(PVC), the compatibilizer that was chosen was poly(styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene) blockcopolymer mixed with ethylene propylene rubber (SEBS/EPR), (trade name Kraton G). It iscommonly used in polymer mixtures that contain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to improveflexural and impact strength [2] [7]. The relatively high cost of the compatibilizer is offset bythe low cost of post

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Michael Elmore, State University of New York at Binghamton

introduction of the different engineering majors in twoprimary ways. The first is that while the faculty are not necessarily engineers, the UCAs in eachsession are engineering students. The second is through the assignments and projects in the class.These are chosen to include examples and applications that are representative of the differentmajors.Declaring a MajorAt the end of the fall semester, the first-year engineering students in the program are asked todeclare what major they choose to pursue at the start of the second year. Students can still and dochange their mind throughout the spring semester but are asked to declare in the fall of their first-year for planning purposes. As is indicated in the summary of declarations shown in Table 1

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Sherif Abdelhamid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mona Aly, Arab Academy for Science,Technology and Maritime Transport; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

specifically. Results also revealed how students and faculty use Twitterto communicate, announce for events, and share learning resources. In the end, we provided aweb-based chatbot that allows access to the latest tweets, news feeds, and our harvested tweetsdatasets. Our future work will involve the utilization of more data collection techniques. We aimto increase the sample size to hundreds of thousands of tweets. We plan to start an initiativewhere Twitter users can use the same hashtag #fyeet when posting tweets related to theirfirst-year engineering experience. This will allow the harvesting of more relevant tweets.References[1] M. J. Culnan, P. J. McHugh, and J. I. Zubillaga, “How Large U.S. Companies Can Use Twitter and Other Social Media to

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Samuel John, Wayne State University; Cameron Hanson, Wayne State University; James Lenn, Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

and the current state of the machine, the controlmodule will update the output module which will set the state of the appropriate hardware.With regard to hardware modules, future plans include the development of a tailored actuator boardthat can control up to six servo motors and up to two dc motors with an H-Bridge which providesa means for controlling direction and speed for each dc motor.VII. References[1] D. Cohn, "Evolution of computer-aided design," Desktop Engineering Digital Edition, no. 12, 2010.[2] P. D. Collins and D. C. King, "Implications of computer-aided design for work and performance," The Journal of applied behavioral science, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 173-190, 1988.[3] D. A. Field, "Education and training

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Ludvik Alkhoury, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

engineering design course at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) isoffered to all incoming first-year engineering students. Students take different versions of thiscourse depending on their major, although, the goals and learning outcomes are consistent acrossall offerings. The authors are involved in the planning and the instruction of this course for theGeneral Engineering student population. General Engineering houses students that are stilldeciding their major and those who are underprepared for engineering study based on theirapplication data. In Spring 2019, four (4) sections of the design course were offered for GeneralEngineering, with 85-95 students in total. This course is set up as a common lecture for all four(4) sections with