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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah D Budinoff, The University of Arizona; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jannatul Bushra; Ann Shivers-McNair

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

ongoing pandemic andtraumatic campus events. We also present emerging themes from qualitative analysis of theinterviews. We expect the implications of this work to guide instructors and administrators indeveloping more motivating and interactive engineering courses and makerspace experiences fordiverse students.Keywords: Engineering identity; sense of belonging; digital badges; makerspacesIntroductionThe development of engineering identity is a vital goal of engineering education. Engineeringrole identity, a subject-related role identity framework related to students’ performance, interestin subjects, and perceived recognition by others [1], is important because it can impact students’persistence and retention in engineering [2]. The extent to

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tyler Carter Kreipke, CSC, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

introduction to increase student comfort/confidence with some fabricationmethods, but students/curricula can benefit even more from the incorporation of experiential andproject-based learning activities that require the use of various fabrication methods, such asshorter practical assignments and multi-week integrative projects, respectively.1. Introduction1.1. Self-EfficacySelf-efficacy in students describes their perception of their abilities to perform particular tasks[1], and has been found to positively correlate with a number of desirable student outcomes.These include academic performance according to traditional metrics, such as achievementscores and cumulative GPA [2],[3]. More importantly, self-efficacy has been found to bebeneficial not only

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 13

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janis P. Terpenny, National Science Foundation; Tracee Gilbert, System Innovation

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

mass production that transformedfactories into modern production lines. The invention of computer technology in the 20th centuryled to the automation era of Industry 3.0. Today, Industry 4.0 is marked by advancedtechnologies that are connecting people, processes, digital technologies, and data by integratingthe digital and physical worlds [1], [2], [3], [4].Nine key enabling technologies typically characterize Industry 4.0. These include: additivemanufacturing, augmented reality, autonomous robots, big data and analytics, cloud computing,cybersecurity, horizontal and vertical system integration, industrial internet of things,and simulation [3]. These technologies have been the driving force behind digital transformation.While initially focused

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Miscellaneous Mechanics: Covid and Free Body Diagrams

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

previous exams due to theextra stresses associated with pandemic issues and online courses. Contrary to our expectations, students showed a marginal improvement in exam performanceduring the 2020-2021academic year when compared to exam problem performance from pre-pandemicexam problems. However, it may be difficult to identify single variables that could have affectedperformance of students taking exams during the COVID-19 pandemic versus those before the 2020-2021academic year. INTRODUCTION The shift to online education during the COVID19 pandemic provided an opportunity for studentsto 1) learn at their own pace and 2) in the safety of their own/home environments (unknown as to if this

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

” to the carepenalty is not the exclusion of caring from engineering. Rather the solution must includethe innovation of properly pricing and incorporating “caring” as a “quality factor” ofengineering work. This solution should include compensation with an appropriatefinancial wage (or alternative employment benefit for caring service provided).BackgroundFrom before 2002 through after 2013, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) ofthe United States of American undertook an intentional effort to “rebrand” theengineering profession [1, 2, 3]. The result, the “Changing the Conversation Campaign”,was intended to raise public awareness of engineering, to increase the total number ofengineers, and to recruit historically underrepresented groups to

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 11

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Calle Müller, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

including peer mentoring programs, time management seminars, financialaid and budgeting workshops, increasing career/job fairs and networking with companies, as wellas professional skills workshops including public speaking that can be implemented at not onlyMSIs, but also at other educational institutions to contribute to the mental wellness and overallwell-being of students.Keywords: Academic Distress, Academic Success, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Stress,Well-BeingBackground and MotivationThe prevalence of mental health conditions among college students is steadily rising [1]. In theUnited States (U.S.), approximately 42% of college students suffer from depression and/oranxiety, 38% have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, and

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolulope Ibilola Ogundare; Rebecca Kassa, University of Kansas; Omar Maali, City of Lawrence, Kansas; Brian Lines, The University of Kansas; Jake Smithwick, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

contractor firms.LITERATURE REVIEWIn the construction industry, employees’ performance significantly contributes to the overallsuccess of projects and construction organizations. Therefore, employers need to recruit skilledworkers and provide targeted training to workers in order to achieve the desired project outcomesand organizational goals. To effectively recruit and train workers, construction companies shouldfirst determine what traits and skills help workers succeed in their jobs, especially constructionproject management jobs.Beyond technical competence, [1] and [14] noted that personality characteristics are essential forthe job performance of construction workers. According to [3], personality traits are largelyresponsible for the values

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi, P.E., National Science Foundation; Alexander T. Grey, University of Connecticut

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

neurodiversities to increased creativityand innovation, as well as the ability to visualize complex systems. Both REU programs areinspired by the strengths-based approach to neurodiversity. This model builds an environmentwhich plays to a neurodiverse student’s strengths, rather than mitigating their challenges.This presentation will provide an overview of the sites and present three datasets: 1) the impactof the programs on the participants’ confidence as engineering students, 2) how the programsimpacted the participants’ views of their neurodiversity, and 3) the profound effect exposure toacademic research has on these non-traditional learners to understand engineering topics andexpand their knowledge base. Consistently, these neurodiverse students

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, United States Military Academy, Department of Systems Engineering

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

what is right, and honesty is rendering truth in all endeavors. These virtues are a solidfoundation for character formation and form a construct for engineering ethics education.Internalizing these virtues enables engineers to become more ethical and better equipped to dealwith ethical challenges of modern society and engineering.introductionEngineering is an important, valued, and trusted profession, whose esteemed position is builtupon a close and necessary relationship between society and engineer professionals[1]. Engineering’s trusted position is rooted in the necessity and reliance of society on theworks of engineering. Engineering is interwoven into the daily lives of people continuously,twenty-four hours a day, from the moment they

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Student Mental Health and Communities of Care

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Robert, University of Denver; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

STEM studentsFindingsParticipants’ data and creative content illustrated their understanding and experience of the culture ofengineering, including that of extreme rigor, and its impact on their mental health, a finding consistentwith other studies on this issue (Coley & Jennings, 2019; Danowitz & Beddoes, 2020; Jensen & Cross,2021). Six major themes emerged in the data related to the mental health impacts of being anunderrepresented engineering student:1) a sense of not belonging;2) student reproduction of the culture of stress;3) additional labor that is invisible and unacknowledged;4) fear of being weeded out;5) burn out and mental exhaustion; and6) modifications toward self-care.The students’ narratives showed the mental health

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session #5: Best Practices

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alaa Abdalla, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International Division (INTL)

choices. This information can be used to improveprograms based on student insights and can be helpful when deciding which aspects to highlightin advertising.IntroductionEngineering workplaces, problems, and companies are becoming increasingly global in nature[1], [2]. Studying abroad can transform students into global engineers, with improvementsincluding their collaborative abilities, flexibility, and ability to apply their technical andprofessional skills in a global context [3]–[5]. Though study abroad programs are increasing inpopularity, engineering students tend to be underrepresented [6], [7]. Significant barriers tostudying abroad for students in all degree programs include finances, personal costs, language,and information access [7

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AERO 5: Student Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Zachary Reinert, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

engineering students especially face the cruciality of crossing discipline boundaries in orderto “address global, sustainability challenges” such as “providing access to clean water, increasingthe use of solar energy, and managing nutrients cycles” [1]. Because these complex challengescannot be overcome within one domain, educational institutions are recognizing the importanceof developing interdisciplinary skills within the minds of students. The authors believe thatintroducing interactive learning activities that tie various domains to the aerospace engineeringdiscipline spurs both greater understanding of aerospace concepts and expands students’outlooks on the applicability of an education in aerospace engineering. Thus, the construction

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Student Experiences and Development – Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Roth, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

diverse experiences in engineering education may be critical to fosterintuition development.IntroductionThe idea of using intuition in professional practice has been established in nursing, businessmanagement, and the judicial system [1]-[5]. Recent work has extended the acknowledgement ofdiscipline-specific intuition to engineering [6]. Intuition use in the workforce supports quickerand more efficient outcomes [1]-[7]. In engineering, intuition allows practitioners to navigateconstraints and ambiguity in problem solving [6].In models of expertise development, intuition is a skill specifically held by the expert and is usedfor making informed and accurate decisions without the need for time consuming analysis andconsideration of alternatives [8

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Creativity

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiangxiu Zhang; Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kristen Sara Cetin, P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Andrea E Surovek, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kyle P. Kelly

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

necessary skills to be able to solve real-world problems in the field ofengineering. “Ill-structured” problems, also described as “wicked”, “ill-defined”, “complex”, or“workplace” describe problems which do not have defined correct solution, are not easilydescribed, lack defined rules, and often necessitate iteration to generate a final solution [1] [2].These types of problems solved in a classroom environment are meant to mirror real-worldsituations that future engineers may encounter in their careers. Having problem solvingexperiences, especially ill-structured problem solving experiences, as an engineering student isimportant, as suggested by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) inOutcomes 1 and 2 [3]. In the

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COED: Online and Remote Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Hicks, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Hemanth Kumar Reddy Bhimavarapu, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

IoT concepts to remotely located students and helpthem learn how to use the components of the IoT learning kits. The exercises start with the basicsof connecting and reading data from sensors and progress through logging data to a website andthen utilizing it to control an IoT enabled device remotely. The IoT learning kits provide theopportunity for remotely learning students to engage with hands-on learning. Thus, students gaina better understanding of IoT concepts and technologies and how they might be integrated intotheir capstone projects.IntroductionProblem based learning (PBL) is an area of research that has been shown to increase studentinterest on engineering topics [1]-[3]. Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices present an

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 11: Summer Camps and more!

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moses Ling P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Maureen Kelliher; Jonathan Michael Broyles, Pennsylvania State University; Ryan L. Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Heui Young Park; Lily X. Li, Pennsylvania State University; Baraa J. Alkhatatbeh; Lorine Awuor Ouma

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

students towards building design should find the paper meaningfulin their efforts to create similar experiences.Keywords: STEM, Summer Camp, Building Design, Architectural Engineering, K-12 EngagementThe need to promote AE and Building Design The U.S. construction sector market size of was valued at around 1.6 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021and it was expected to increase further in the next year which includes both residential and non-residentialrose over 8% between 2020 and 2021[1]. With an industry of this size, approximately 4.8% of the U.Sworkforce works in construction that equates to 7.5 million employees as of January 2022 [market]. Giventhat the building industry is perhaps the largest industry outside of technology, it’s impact on

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COED: Online and Remote Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rishi Sunny Gulati; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

class. Sense of belonging was measured by surveysat the beginning and end of the course. Students were asked to respond to questions about their per-ceived comfort in the classroom, perceived isolation, and perceived support from course staff andother students. We note that the whole class’s sense of belonging statistically increases from thebeginning to the end of the semester in both sections. Furthermore, the increased sense of belong-ing is more pronounced in the in-person section. Based on our findings, we conclude that onlinesections for on-campus students may be an effective way to accommodate large class sizes, in-creased enrollment pressure, and students’ need for flexibility, while not disadvantaging students’learning outcomes.1

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

resources of the internal Six Sigma and quality improvementteams make it difficult to pursue many of the potential opportunities in existence. Thiscircumstance was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic when all hospital systems wereoverloaded beyond their intended capacity. As the only major healthcare facility within a 2 to 3-hour drive for a majority of tri-state residents, there were no other health care options to bediverted to.Literature ReviewDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant change to the types of visits toEmergency Departments at local hospitals across the United States, including an increase invisits associated with upper respiratory infections, shortness of breath and chest pain [1].However, there was also a significant

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Mentorship, Retention, Minority Participation, and Examining the Experiences of Women

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felix F. Udo-Eyo, Temple University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

strategic interventions that may combat observed trends. The intellectual merit of thisresearch project is that it will provide a greater understanding of the disparity between minoritystudents and Caucasian students, as it relates to engineering colleges’ dropout rates, and will helpcollege administrators devise a comprehensive research-based plan that could enhance thepersistence and retention rates of underrepresented minorities within their institutions. The broaderimpact of this research is three-fold: it will (1) strengthen working communities and the nation’sworkforce, (2) advance racial equity and justice, and (3) lead to the building of an economy forall.IntroductionIn the U.S., the social and political climate of the 1970s, including the

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pranshoo Solanki, Illinois State University

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

experiential learning in the form of a competition in the course. Someof the relevant studies are summarized in subsequent paragraphs.Sirianni et al. [1] carried out a survey of current civil engineering students and graduates ofRochester Institute of Technology for assessing the impact of the concrete canoe and steel bridgecompetitions on student learning and development. The study examined how participationaffected the growth of technical and non-technical abilities, confidence, motivation, andacademic success. Surveys, focus groups, and interviews were conducted for this study.According to the study's findings, taking part in these competitions helped students improve theirconfidence, motivation, and overall academic performance while also

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Brian Maggi, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

States Coast Guard Academy (CGA), located in New London, Connecticut, is thesmallest of the United States military academies with approximately 1100 cadets. The mission ofthe CGA is to educate, train and develop leaders of character who are ethically, intellectually,and professionally prepared to serve their country and humanity [1]. CGA offers Bachelor ofScience degrees in nine majors, including civil engineering, and all cadets are required tograduate in four years. The civil and environmental engineering curriculum is broad and providesa solid background in the structures, environmental, geotechnical, and construction sub-fields ofcivil engineering. Graduates pursue several different career paths and many of them serve in theUnited States

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

continues to remain popular with college students, this video “paper”challenges the norm that academic documentation must appear in written form in either journalsor conference proceedings. However, for anyone who is not used to watching online videos tolearn new topics, a short, written paper will accompany the video.Act I: Exposition [1]Ace, short for Acero, is excited! After many years of studying, he is ready to enter his first collegeclassroom as the instructor. As he looks forward to his first class next week, he begins to feelnervous at the thought of presenting information in front of so many engineering students, manyof whom are much younger than he is and therefore, may have distinctly different ideas aboutclassroom instruction.Suddenly

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

project add in reinforcing material taught in theclassroom and often times help students gain a deeper knowledge of the material. In fact,product dissection style projects have been around since the mid- to late-1990s [1]. Hands-onprojects are often used in two applications: 1) to gain a deeper understanding of the course theorythrough application, 2) to motive learning of engineering topics. In this work the latter is thefocus for using a hands-on project in a first year engineering course. One goal of the hands-onproject development is to motivate the students make them excited to study mechanicalengineering. A second goal, is that the students leave the course with an introductory levelknowledge of the engineering design process. Specifically

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EED Panel Discussion: Exploring Career Paths in Academia— Learn, Network, and Thrive

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis, Carnegie Mellon University; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furnbach Clavijo, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

. This paperwill detail the workshop format and supplementing documents, as well as the ideas generatedfrom the pilot workshop. The research practitioner hopes this brainstorming workshop can beused by other program managers to meaningfully engage with female engineering students,implement rapid change, and improve the learning environment for this underrepresented cohortof students.IntroductionDespite many research efforts and programs encouraging women into the STEM fields, in mostengineering disciplines there hasn’t been much progress for the past twenty years. As of datacollected in 2020, women earn only 24% of all undergraduate degrees granted in engineering andmake up 16% of the engineering workforce [1]. Female engineering students may

Conference Session

Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lewis Caulfield; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

community created.1 Introduction“I'm mid-career, I'm seen as someone who knows things, who should be doing, officialmentoring, that type of thing. And I [think to myself], "Oh, please don't make me do this”… I'mpositioned as somebody who knows things or somebody who could be supportive or somebodywho can... I want to be those things. But if it's seen as more of a professional capacity, [I feel],‘My life is a lesson of what not to do’.”We see in this quote, someone who struggles with the complexities of navigating a mid-careerprofessional academic journey; a journey that can be fraught with dead ends, wrong turns, andhard-earned lessons. Irrespective of the challenges, formal mentoring for academics at this stageof their career can be sparse

Conference Session

Supporting Underrepresented and LGBTQ Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

they set out at the onset of everyacademic year.In a previous conceptual paper, we proposed a new framework, Black Student Thriving in Engineering(BSTiE, pronounced “bestie”), to describe what factors contribute to the thriving process based onseveral existing theories. Six components emerged: (1) internal environment, (2) competence, (3)motivation, (4) belongingness, (5) assimilation, and (6) external environment. The internal environmentprovides individual context – one’s cultural commitment and identity. Competence is how studentsperceive engineering concepts and their ability to achieve them. Motivation is a student's willingness tosucceed in engineering. Belonging is a student’s perception that they belong in their engineeringprogram at a

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 12

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia Jr. , Texas State University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

percent of students reported that their instructors werereceptive to their learning needs. At a microlevel, however, the data revealed certain areas in whichinstructors can make efforts to enhance current communication and instructional practices. Onewas the consistency for faculty to effectively communicate course expectations. Specifically,twenty-two percent of the participants mentioned the instructor did not clearly communicatecourse expectations during remote instruction.I. BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATIONBackgroundAccording to ongoing research efforts, classroom environment, which alludes to the tone, climate,or ambience influencing the setting, has a profuse impact on student engagement, success, andlearning in engineering education [1], [2], [3

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, P.E., York College of Pennsylvania

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

starting salaries, these rarely come with defined benefit pension plans, but rather rely onemployees to navigate various investment plans for their retirement. At our school, civilengineering students take a senior seminar course that has a collection of topics to prepare themfor successful entry into and growth throughout their professional life. Among the topics in ourinitial offering of this seminar course was one seminar on the basics of financial literacy andmanagement, which proved to be very popular and highly rated as to its perceived usefulness bythe students. As a result of student feedback, the seminar was expanded to two seminar periods.This led the author to ask the questions: (1) is there a need for financial literacy education

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alana Teresa Smith, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Emi Aoki, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Mahsa Ghandi, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Jasmina Burek, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Charles Thompson Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Human Balance System, Co-creation, Graduate Education, Interdisciplinary, Sensor, Simulation I. Introduction In recent years, the limitations of traditional learning, such as instructor driven lecture style teaching,have been widely recognized, and there has been a growing interest in alternate approaches that em-phasize active engagement and collaboration. Research has shown that incorporating active learningstrategies such as group work, problem-solving, and hands-on projects can lead to improved studentmotivation, engagement, and performance [1]. To benefit from these strategies, it is important for grad-uate students to develop a sense of self-authorship and to take an active role in their own