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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer D. Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Darrin Collins, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Pre-College Engineering Education

into the structure of science education by “raising engineeringdesign to the same level as scientific inquiry” [1] presents new challenges for science teachers.While teachers generally support higher standards and effective instruction, few have theopportunity to develop their content knowledge and pedagogical skills in ways that translate intoclassroom practice. Summer research experience programs aim to build long-term collaborativepartnerships with STEM teachers by involving them in research and introducing them to themost current developments in engineering and science. Opportunities for high school scienceand pre-engineering teachers to participate in bioengineering research projects providesprofessional development, improved

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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understand how middle school students’ interests and perceptions ofengineering are influenced by an out-of-school engineering experience and influences theircareer beliefs. Using a Holland’s theory of career choice, the preliminary analysis of this datahelped us identify student cases that demonstrate the complex relationships between students’changing perceptions of engineering, their interests, and beliefs about their future career. Thispaper shares two cases that represents the eighty-six percent of student profiles from themakerspace experience: (1) students with initial low interests and self-efficacy who demonstratehigh situational interests; and (2) students with high interests and uncertain self-efficacy whodemonstrate improved fit between

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Amna Hoda, University of Illinois at Chicago

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protective bicycle helmet.This paper reports on the development of these modules by bioengineering faculty at theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago.IntroductionIn the United States, there is both a shortage of engineers and a recognized gender and racialdisparity in engineering [1]. Despite representing 51% of the US population [2], womenaccounted for only 20.9% of all B.S. degrees granted in engineering in 2016, up only marginallyfrom 1997 [3]. Furthermore, during the same year, African Americans accounted for only 3.9%of those degrees, with African American women accounting for only 1% of the total [4].There have been several approaches at the pre-college level to address the persistent concernabout the lack of diversity and insufficient STEM

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Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

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Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Jill L. Roter, Arizona State University

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Challenges and the engineering solutions that address them. It will alsoinclude insights gained from its design, development, and initial offering, and offerrecommendations for future work.IntroductionMany institutions across the United States, and internationally, have established an NAE GrandChallenges Scholars Program (GCSP), which aims to prepare engineering graduates not onlywith technical skills, but also with social skills and global awareness. Students in this programengage in various curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities, all focused on anoverarching Grand Challenges theme, to help them achieve the following five competencies: (1)Talent competency; (2) Multidisciplinary competency; (3) Viable business

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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Janille A. Smith-Colin, Southern Methodist University; Jeanna Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University

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)IntroductionDespite efforts to diversify engineering fields, issues with representation persist. In the U.S.,women receive only 21% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering, and black women account foronly 1% of these degrees [1]. Many issues may contribute to the underrepresentation of blackwomen in engineering, but one area that seems particularly fruitful to explore is that of identity.Identity is a person’s conception of self, and a positive STEM identity is associated with careeraspirations in STEM fields [2]. For women pursuing college STEM degrees, perceived identitycompatibility between identifying both as a female and as a STEM student is associated withgreater engagement in STEM and lower expectations of leaving the STEM major [3]. Out-of-school

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Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

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Erika M. Pliner, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Kurt E. Beschorner, University of Pittsburgh; Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical Engineering

pathological), analysis and modeling of human postural control, and time-varying signals and systems. Engineering education research includes curriculum and laboratory development of biomechanics and bio-signal processing concepts. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Engaging Early Career Students in Bioengineering with Student-Specific ContentIntroductionThe number of bachelor’s degrees earned in engineering by women and minorities does not reflecttheir presence in the US population [1]. This lack of diversity impacts the relevance of engineeredsolutions to our diverse population. Thus, there is a need to increase

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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James A. Moore; Matthew Dailey; Zachary Wilhelm, University of Utah; Kerry Kelly, University of Utah; Pascal Goffin, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah; Jason Wiese; Wei Xing, University of Utah; Katrina Myquyen Le, University of Utah; Thomas Becnel, University of Utah; Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon

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Philosophy in the field of computer engineering in 2021.Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel GAILLARDON American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engaging Middle and High School Students in Hypothesis Generation using a Citizen Scientist Network of Air Quality Sensors Figure 1: Salt Lake City Valley-wide air quality model of PM2.5 concentrations, 7/4/181 IntroductionPolluted air afflicts 90% of the world’s population and contributes to 7 million premature deathsevery year [1]. Salt Lake City, Utah periodically experiences some of the worst air quality inthe nation [2], yet is sparsely instrumented and subject to lengthy update intervals of one or morehours

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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attention in pre-college STEM education.Furthermore, Wing’s influential 2006 article made the case that CT should be a skill that all students,including pre-college and non-computer science majors, should learn [1]. However, if CT is somethingthat all students should learn then, as noted in [2], “to be useful a definition must ultimately be coupledwith examples that demonstrate how computational thinking can be incorporated in the classroom” (p.50). Therefore, in this study, we aim to characterize the computational thinking of first-grade studentswhile participating in a field-trip with activities that integrate CT into engineering tasks. The researchquestion for our work-in-progress study is: What does children’s engagement in computational

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Teaching Interventions in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 22nd

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Jessica Dare Kaufman, Endicott College

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Biomedical Engineering

primary research interests are bioinformatics and the mechanics of biomaterials. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work in Progress: Improving student engagement in undergraduate bioinformaticsthrough research contributionsAbstractCUREs (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences) are a model for changinglaboratory design to include hallmarks of authentic research. CUREs have been shown to havesimilar improvements in student research skills to apprentice-based research experiences [1].Unlike apprentice-based experiences, course-based research is available to all students in aprogram. At Endicott College, the undergraduate bioinformatics lecture course is

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Concept Inventories in Mechanics

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Carisa H. Ramming, Oklahoma State University; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sinéad C. MacNamara, Syracuse University; Meredith Silberstein, Cornell University; Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University

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framework, ConcepTests are typicallyqualitative and require no or very minimal numerical calculation, although they may requiremental imagination of the development of key equations. Also, some ConcepTests are intendedfor summative assessment and should follow specific guidelines; others may be open-ended andintended to provoke debate and force students to verbalize and justify their assumptions whenanswering questions (Beatty et al. 2006).Since the workshop, the team has had virtual meetings every 1-2 months to discuss conceptquestion development and to review progress. A systematic review process was set up toprovide feedback on all of the different questions, and to plan and manage initial student testingconducted at three different institutions

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Harriet Paige Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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findings will be used for further examination in a larger population. This study can begin tocapture reasons that influence Black women to leave the engineering workforce. Results of thiswork can provide ideas to improve efforts to support Black women in the workforce.Introduction and Literature ReviewIn the past few decades the participation of women and racial-ethnic minorities in science andengineering has increased; however, there are still gender and racial disparities that exist [1, p.389]. When examining Black women post-graduation, they are considerably underrepresented inacademia and engineering industry. Black women make up 4% of all women engineeringprofessors [2] and comprise only 0.72% of engineers in engineering industry [3][4

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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thecoming decades [1]. The following year, the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) wascreated by two engineering deans and an engineering college president--and endorsed by theNational Academy--as a way to help undergraduate engineering students prepare to tackle thesechallenges [2]. The program is centered on five competencies considered crucial to complementa conventional undergraduate engineering degree: talent competency (mentored research orcreative experience), multidisciplinary competency, viable business or entrepreneurshipcompetency, multicultural competency, and social consciousness competency [2]. Every schoolwith a GCSP designs its own program of coursework and co-curricular activities to supportstudent development of these

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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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and engineering identity, if it exists, could alloweducators and researchers to quantitatively measure engineering identity and gain further insightinto motivational patterns.Theoretical FrameworkThis work-in-progress focuses on uncovering patterns between engineering identity andacademic motivation. Both constructs involve student self-perception. This study closelyexamines how students perceive themselves as engineers, how they perceive success, and howthey respond to failure. Our work is grounded in several theories that report on these perceptions.IdentityIdentity is defined in this study as how a student perceives themselves to fit in a group [1]. Thisstudy focuses specifically on engineering identity, which can simply be defined as how

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Trinity Borland, Wartburg College; Ripken Gehrig Holst, Wartburg College; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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activitiesby participants, and the mentorship required by program instructors (engineering faculty,graduate students, and undergraduate student mentors), the participant pool was limited, and thepopulation for the camp was 45 students. Table 1 shows the demographics of the participants.Table 1. Demographics of student participants Category Number (Percentage) Age in years N (%) 13 8 (17.7%) 14 37 (82.2%) Sex N (%) Male 34 (75.5%) Female

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Chidubem Nuela Enebechi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Liesl Klein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sydney Taylor Serban, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Demographics and Career Perceptions of Manufacturing (Work in Progress) Introduction While manufacturing continues to be considered the backbone of economic growth in theUnited States (Nadine & Gielczyk, 2018), manufacturers continue to express concerns related tothe availability of a skilled workforce to fill the projected workforce demands—3.5 millionavailable manufacturing jobs by the year 2025 (The Manufacturing Institute & Deloitte, 2015).The 2018 report by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute revealed that manufacturingexecutives believe there to be three main factors contributing to this concern: (1) the retirementof the baby boomer population, (2) the shifting

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Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

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Sara L. Arena, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Melissa C. Kenny, Wake Forest University; Andre Albert Muelenaer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yong Woo Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Pamela Jean VandeVord, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Arena, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #29807Work in Progress: Student and faculty perceptions of rotating facultyfacilitators for introductory biomedical engineering problem-basedlearningDr. Sara L Arena, Virginia Tech Sara L. Arena is a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM) at Virginia Tech (VT), where she has been teaching since 2017. Prior to this position, Sara was an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at High Point University (2013-2017). The BEAM Department at Virginia Tech offers two undergraduate programs: (1) Engineering Science and Mechanics and (2) Biomedical Engineering. Sara teaches

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Richard Duschl, Southern Methodist University; Kristine Reiley, Southern Methodist University; Kenneth Berry, Southern Methodist University

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Northridge (CSUN). In 2009, he moved to Texas to work at the Science and Engineering Education Center, and Caruth Institute of Engineering Education. He specializes in Engineering, STEM, and Project Based Learning instruction. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Dispositions Toward STEM: Exploring an Engineering Summer Camp for Underrepresented Students (Work in Progress)IntroductionEngineering fields continue to evolve and grow rapidly [1], resulting in an increasing demand forskilled workers [2]. However, representation within engineering fields is often inequitable, withwomen, Latinos, and African

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WIP-ing Up Faculty Development!

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Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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developers.Faculty Development as Interdisciplinary Work In the work of faculty development, faculty developers bring their own disciplinarybackgrounds to their roles, collaborate across disciplines, and operate at disciplinary borderswithin institution-wide and discipline-specific academic units [1]. In this project, facultydevelopment is framed as interdisciplinary work where faculty developers work to integratemultiple perspectives towards creating educational solutions and supporting faculty and graduatestudents in the development of their teaching and learning practice. Within theseinterdisciplinary interactions, challenges and conflict may arise because academic disciplineshave different ways of seeing problems and different methods for problem

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University; Robert Wimpelberg, University of Houston; Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University

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classrooms that are equally diverse. Divided into teams of five teachers of engineering foreach school level, TF's are creating guidelines for quality engineering instruction. In turn, theseguidelines are to be used by educators who want to incorporate engineering in their classroomsbut have little experience with the field and minimal access to professional development [1].While current support for such novice engineering teachers is often delivered in a "train-the-trainer" format using ready-made curricula, [2] TaLENt TF's are writing discrete sets of specific,measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART)[3] criteria that will facilitate K-12curricula development of customizable school-level engineering resource. TaLENt aims tosupport a

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Laboratory Learning in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

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Sabia Zehra Abidi, Rice University; Renata Fortuna Ramos, Rice University

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troubleshooting process. Studentsexplore basic equipment operating principles, identify failures and repair devices as a team.In previous course iterations, students expressed unfamiliarity surrounding common parts criticalto equipment e.g. solenoid valves, IR sensors (personal experience). Guided inquiry hasdemonstrated benefits in bridging the scientific gap in knowledge in students as described byNworgu [1]. To address this unfamiliarity among women and men alike, an intervention in theform of guided worksheets was introduced and its effect on student performance assessed.MethodsThe course utilizes a flipped classroom format where all students watch lecture videos andcomplete course readings and pre-labs individually before class. In class, directions

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Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

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Wonki Lee, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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their learning [1], [2]. TheMSLQ is one of the most extensively used scales designed to assess self-regulated learning [3].Pintrich and colleagues developed the MSLQ [2] to measure three components (motivation,metacognition, and behavior) of self-regulated learning [2]. It has been widely validated anddeployed in university engineering education settings. The MSLQ has two parts: Motivation and Learning Strategies. Motivation scales arecomposed of three dimensions (value, expectancy, and affective) with 31 items subdivided intosix subscales: intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal motivation, task value, control beliefs,self-efficacy for learning and performance, and test anxiety. The learning strategies scalemeasures two dimensions

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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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-known Stages of TeamDevelopment [1]. Based on these findings, the we propose a high-level conceptual framework ofgroup development specific to the development of collaborative communities aimed to supportresearch goals within engineering education. To confirm preliminary results, we are solicitingfeedback on the proposed conceptual framework.The field of Engineering Education is a relatively new discipline that has been growing innumber of researchers and students in recent years [2, 3]. Despite the recent development ofdepartments and degree-programs, many engineering education researchers lack supportstructures to contribute to their success and are often seen as lone wolves in their departments.Moreover, a number of issues including a

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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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the UnitedStates that focus on promoting the development of youths' engineering identity and interest inSTEM-related career paths. In this paper, we present work in progress, focusing our discussion onrising 7th and 8th grade youth drawings and accompanying explanations of “an engineer in action,”as part of a summertime STEM summer outreach program for underrepresented minority middleschool youth. Our work is an adaptation of Draw an Engineer Test (DAET) [1] which focuses on thestereotypical understandings and (mis)conceptions adolescents have of scientists and engineers intraditional PK- 12 classroom settings. The context of this study, however, is an informal STEMlearning environment, entitled ​Bulls-Engineering Youth Experience for

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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Katherine L Walters, University of Georgia ; John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Uduak Zenas George, San Diego State University

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, digital image processing and analysis, and numerical approximation of partial differential equations on fixed and evolving domains. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Women enrolled in engineering programs: Their interests and goals Although women earn about half of science and engineering bachelor’s degrees, and 44%of master’s degrees, women are underrepresented in certain areas of science and engineering [1].According to the National Science Foundation, women received the highest amount of sciencedegrees in psychology and biosciences, and the lowest in computer sciences and engineering [1].Why are women entering the fields of psychology and biology

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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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undergraduates do not rate themselves asbeing as creative as a “typical engineer”, and there is a strong association between self-ratings ofcreativity and professional identity. Engineering identity is discussed in the context ofparticipants’ reported goals for the conference and its benefits. Suggestions for promotingengineering identity are described.Introduction and BackgroundAs universities aim to address the gender gap problem of their engineering and computer sciencestudent population [1], recruiting and retaining women has become ever more critical. To thisend, a one-day annual Women in Engineering conference [2] was organized and hosted by alarge public university in the west. One overarching goal of the conference is to foster thedevelopment of

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2-Year College Division: Students and the Pipeline

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Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Alexandra Schaefer, University of Washington

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[1]. Between 2010 and 2017, almost half ofU.S. baccalaureate degree earners had done some coursework at a community college, and almost20% had earned an associate’s degree [3].The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has highlighted the importance of communitycolleges in broadening participation in engineering because of the diversity they represent [4], [5].In fall 2017, approximately 43% of Hispanic undergraduates, 42% of American Indian/AlaskanNative undergraduates, and 35% of Black undergraduates were enrolled in two-year institutionsacross the United States [1]. Among women, 31% of undergraduate students were enrolled in two-year colleges in fall 2017 [1]. More attention to supporting students on the transfer pathway intoengineering

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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hasidentified student groups in engineering who are likely to struggle more or be disadvantagedcompared to majority White male students.Gender: Women make up 58.2% [1] of the population in the United States yet earn only 19.8%of all bachelor’s degrees in engineering and 24.2% of masters degrees [2] [3]. In the workforce,they represent only 14.5% of engineers [4]. Despite extensive efforts to reach gender parity inengineering [5], engineering remains stubbornly resistant to providing a compelling andwelcoming environment for women while other fields like biology and math have advanced tomuch greater gender balance at 60% and 42% of bachelor’s degrees granted to womenrespectively [6]. Women bring diversity of thought to engineering and their

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Francesca Giardine, Smith College; Robin Ott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anne Kary

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that includedtransgender, gender-nonconforming, and an option to skip the question. The data set includedinterviews with the participants conducted at three, six, and twelve months of work. Interviewswere analyzed with multiple rounds of coding to determine which challenges articulated byparticipants were unique to women.Results indicate that women face many of the same challenges as men. Women also face a set ofunique challenges, which were sometimes overtly rooted in sexism.IntroductionSignificant research in the past few decades has documented the experiences and challenges thatwomen in engineering face, not only in a professional setting but also as engineering students[1], [2], [3]​. However, few of these studies have reported on the

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

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Brian D. Storey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Bradley A. Minch, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Linda Vanasupa, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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function. For example, the edX course on electrical circuits listsas learning objectives: designing and analyzing circuits; lumped circuit models and abstraction;construction of simple digital gates; and measurement of circuit variables [1]. This paper is abouta course designed to enable the novice learner to begin using foundational understanding todesign simple instrumentation circuits that can sense and measure physical phenomena that areconcrete to the novice learner, such as angle, weight, temperature, relative humidity, distance,and one’s own heartbeat, pulse, and blood pressure. After completing the modules, students aregiven an opportunity to design a final project involving sensing, measurement, andinstrumentation. As a first-semester

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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M. Teresa Cardador, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Qualitative Exploration of Female Undergraduate Decisions to Specialize within Engineering DisciplinesIntroductionWhile engineering has long been recognized as one of the most highly and persistently sexsegregated occupations in the US, researchers have also begun to recognize patterns of intra-occupational sex segregation within engineering, such that gendered roles and career paths existin the engineering profession [1-3]. Men are more frequently in the most technical roles (i.e.,those that rely almost exclusively on technical rather than professional skills). These roles areoften perceived as the highest status and most