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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Barlow, Utah State University; Max L. Longhurst, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas of research include engineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He has extensive international experience working on technical training and engineering educaton projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Robinson, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica E. S. Swenson, University of Michigan; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

from critical pedagogy to make elegant, complex casesfor incorporating engineering instruction into high-needs elementary schools [16]. And they weresupporting their cases with evidence from their own classrooms.This work has implications for engineering teacher education, as it suggests that early careerelementary teachers have interest and capacity for weaving engineering into their work as alliesof students in high-needs schools and advocates for liberating pedagogy that enables all studentsto use the STEM subjects in service of “reading the world” and carving out their place in it.Teacher educators should consider introducing engineering to elementary teachers throughcommunity-based projects and support them in developing their own

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COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter L. Schmidt PE, University of Evansville; Philip Andrew Lax, University Of Evansville

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

4th year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Evansville, with minors in Mathematics and Chemistry. He is also a Student Trainee (Mechanical Engineer) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Use of computer coding to teach design in a mechanics course, resulting in an implementation of a kinematic mechanism design tool using PYTHONAbstractUse of a computer project to teach design of simple mechanisms as a part of a traditionalmechanisms course is discussed. Multiple software platforms were implemented, with sampleoutput from each individual platform, including MATLAB source code is included in the

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Active Learning Methods in Action

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Abney, East Carolina University; Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

conducts consulting projects and professional development seminars for local industry on topics including forecasting, inven- tory control, production planning, project management, transportation logistics, procurement, and supply chain management.Dr. Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University Dr. Leslie Pagliari serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Technology and Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Systems. Her research interests center on STEM initiatives, leadership, global supply chain issues, and new technologies in the distribu- tion and logistics sector. She was one of three professors in the United States recognized in an Inbound Logistics Article

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Works in Progress I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Heather Lee Perkins, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

in various research projects examining the interaction between stereotypes and science interest and confi- dence, their influence upon womens’ performance in school and the workplace, and their presence in the media and consequences for viewers. Her primary research interest is science identity, STEM education, and participation in online communities.Mrs. Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno Marissa Tsugawa is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. She is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. She expects to graduate May of 2019. Her research interests include student development of identity and motivation in

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Track: Special Topic - Identity Technical Session 12

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Marie Claire Horner-Devine; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Julie Ivy, North Carolina State University; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University

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Diversity, Special Topic: Identity

Paper ID #24968Building Community Through Professional Development: The LATTICE Pro-gramDr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is the Assistant Director of the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara manages the evaluation of several NSF- and NIH-funded projects, primarily working with national professional development programs for early-career academics from groups underrepresented in STEM. She is also currently serving as a Virtual Visiting Scholar of the ADVANCE Research and Coordination Network. Her research is grounded in critical race and feminist theories, and her

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Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 12

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Collegiate, Diversity

Resources Group. Fluent in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, her research uses theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural stud- ies, critical race, gender and feminist theories. Central to her work are questions of culture, power and inequality. She is affiliated faculty with the Department of Ethnic Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Latin American Studies.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the

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Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design Technical Session 13

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Kyle F. Trenshaw, University of Rochester; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Philip Asare, Bucknell University; Nir Aish

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

at Bucknell University. Before the start of the Fall 2018 Workshops, our data predict that they are missing vitalsemester, Workshop leaders were asked to respond to the People experiences and increasing their chances of performing lessLike Me survey questions, and we crafted their responses into well in their courses than their White and Asian peers. Toprofiles. We then posted these profiles for students in the courses attempt to address this situation, the UR Workshop Programto view on a platform on which we could track those views at the has partnered with the People Like Me project at Bucknellindividual student level. In this work-in-progress, we

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Track: Pre-College - Technical Session 11

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Christine Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Margaret Hart, Johns Hopkins University; Andrea M. Perry, Garrison Forest School; Anitra Michelle Washington, Western High School; Laura Garcia

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Diversity, Pre-College

- neer, Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics, Inc., Charleston, WV Synergistic Activities: Project Leadership Team for STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES), an NSF Funded Math Science Partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools Grant No. DUE- 1237992, 2012 – present. Co-Lead, STEM workgroup, Consortium for Urban Education, Baltimore, MD 2014-2015 Maryland State Department of Education STEM Equity workgroup 2014-2015 Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia, License No. 021864, 1996-2010 Board of Directors, Maryland Science Olympiad, 2010-present Champions Board, Mid Atlantic Girls Collaborative NetworkMs. Margaret Hart, Johns Hopkins University Margaret Hart, Ed. M is the STEM Outreach

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Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 6

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Diversity, Pre-College

Development in the school of engineering and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Maciek Czyz

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

University in 2015 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering, and is interested in student learning in engineering. In particular, her work focuses on various aspects of students’ develop- ment from novice to expert, including development of engineering intuition, as well as critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.Maciek Czyz Maciek Czyz is a senior studying aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has been there for two years, after previously completing a degree in physics. He is involved in several organizations and projects on campus, one of which is a NASA Space Grant to develop a tool to improve student intuition in space mechanics. Maciek will be interning at NASA’s Jet

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Paper ID #27821How was your internship? Stories about the engineering internship experi-ence from five female engineering studentsAmy Huynh, University of California, Irvine Amy Huynh is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major at the University of California, Irvine. She is interested in better understanding and supporting the experiences of female engineers in the classroom and in industry. She is involved in senior design projects for the CanSat and Design/Build/Fly competi- tions.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant professor of teaching in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

faculty, chair and Associate Dean at San Jose State University’s College of Engineering.Prof. Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Cal State LA. His specialization is in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has also focused on improving student success and has led a number of engineering education projects. He is currently the Director of the First-Year Experience program at ECST (FYrE@ECST) and coordinates engineering education activities at the college of engineering, computer science and technology (ECST). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Impacts

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Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

educational projects to enhance environmental engineering education while at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer is an active member of ASEE and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and currently serves as the Faculty Advisor for Rowan’s Student Chapter of SWE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integration of Environmental Humanities Modules into the Environmental Engineering ClassroomAbstractIn today’s rapidly changing world, engineers and scientists are challenged with solving themultitudes of environmental and social problems our society is currently facing. The rapidgrowth of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research and pedagogy iscritical for

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

with higher spatial ability (79% of graduating engineering students) maintain a highlevel of spatial ability and graduate with only a slightly higher overall GPA than theircounterparts with low spatial ability.Given past work in this area [1,3,9], it would appear that either the curriculum at Stevens is notas reliant on spatial skills in order to be successful, or that students are able to work around anydeficiencies in these skills that they might experience. As the design courses at Stevens, an arenawhere students are most likely to need greater levels of SVS, are almost exclusively basedaround teamwork and group projects, students with lower levels of spatial ability may be aidedby their group for example.As discussed in previous work

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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MiKyla Jean Harjamaki, Playful Learning Lab; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Krista Schumacher, University of St. Thomas; Abby Bensen, University of St. Thomas; Emma Michelle Monson, University of St. Thomas

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Mathematics

, University of St. Thomas Krista is an undergraduate Elementary Education and STEM Education major at the University of St. Thomas.Abby Bensen, University of St. ThomasMs. Emma Michelle Monson, University of St. Thomas Emma Monson is an undergraduate studying Elementary Education with a STEM co-major at the Univer- sity of St. Thomas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Math of OK GoIntroduction Grammy Award-winning rock band OK Go places mathematics concepts at the heart ofits exciting music videos. Through the OK Go Sandbox project, the band has partnered with thePlayful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas to create several education

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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Diversity

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Student

expertise in mechanical engineeringwas required. Thus, during a departmental faculty meeting two senior professors were selected forhelping the students with technical issues; one professor in the area of thermo-fluidics and the other inmaterials, machine tools and manufacturing. Each one was given one and half (1.5) credit hours of releasetime per semester for mentoring the undergraduate students with their specific technical problems, suchas technical projects and their oral presentations, preparing them for job interviews, writing technicalpapers for publication in journals and conference proceedings, etc. Both the professors maintained awritten document like a log-book or field notes for each mentoring session. These are powerful tools, forthe

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University; Roy St. Laurent, Northern Arizona University; Daniel'le April DeVoss, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

design introductory level engineering courses to increase factual knowledge. Hydeet al. stated that people, hoping for engineering education to change, assume that increasingenvironmental content make practicing engineers more environmentally sensitive [1]. For acourse to change attitudes, and develop environmental concern and activism among students, itneeds to be designed specifically for affective learning [4], [5], [26]. Utarasakul [27], Al-Balushiand Al-Amri [28] have mentioned the importance of active learning tools, such as ProblemBased Learning or Project Based Learning, and collaborative learning in effectively engagingstudents in environmental education to achieve the aforementioned student outcomes. To addressthe relationship between

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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Christine Michelle Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Susan Herring, Bucks County Community College; Tracy A. Timby, Bucks County Community College

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

. degree in physics from Villanova University, and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. I was a communication system engineer at General Electric in both military and commer- cial communication satellite operations for over nine years. I establish technical, college level, programs of study for modernized classroom and laboratory curricula including online course platforms, and inte- grated technologies. I have been involved in several grant efforts as the author and project director that have enhanced the programs at Bucks. I am currently the PI of an NSF ATE grant to increase the num- ber of engineering technicians in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This grant involves a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Caeley Ashtyn Joy Gibbs, Queen's University

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Computers in Education

Reality Processing Plant for Chemical Engineering Process DesignAbstractThis work-in-progress study will explore technology aided education in the form of a VirtualReality (VR) application used to support learning outcomes in a chemical engineering capstonecourse. VR has the ability to immerse users in a simulated environment and provide them withexperiential learning opportunities. Most undergraduate chemical engineering students arerequired to design a chemical plant for their capstone design project without ever having visitedor interacted with a full-scale processing plant and could benefit from the immersive experiencethat the VR tool would offer. This study will be conducted over a two-year period fromSeptember 2019 to May 2021

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ford Motor Company; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

of the scales and an acceptable level of internal consistency wasestablished for each dataset (Table 2).The Innovation Self-Efficacy (ISE) scale represents an average of five items that measureconfidence in one’s ability to “ask a lot of questions,” “experiment as a way to understand howthings work,” and “connect concepts and ideas that appear, at first glance, to be unconnected.”ISE was measured on a five-point Likert scale ranging from “Not confident” (0) to “Extremelyconfident” (4).Engineering Task Self-Efficacy (ETSE) also measures confidence in one’s ability to “conductexperiments, build prototypes, or construct mathematical models to develop or evaluate adesign,” “design a new product or project to meet specified requirements,” and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jay Lee P.E., California Baptist University; Yeonsang Hwang P.E., Arkansas State University; Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

compare it with the traditional regression method. Additionally, studentswill learn how to manage the data set for better prediction as well as the key factors that mayaffect the overall forecasts.As far as the application of the proposed model in a classroom setting, one can use the model foreither two 4-hr labs or a one-semester project, which includes data collection, modeling, andvalidation. For the lab instruction, the instructor can guide through the data collection andmanaging procedures as well as the primary data set for the region of interest during the first lab.The instructor can then teach how to use open-source functions and their functionality formodeling. In the second lab, the instructor can introduce how to train and validate

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Gregory Litster, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods

various disciplines areprovided in [2]. We are currently engaged in a large project that seeks to evaluate how theDesign Days contribute to advancing engineering students’ design problem solving skills. Acrucial aspect of this larger project, which is the focus of this work in progress paper, is todevelop a tool to characterize the design problems at the center of Design Days. The aim is tosupport instructors developing new Design Days activities or evaluating and improving existingones.A useful framework for characterizing problems in general - and design problems in particular -is provided by David Jonassen in his paper Toward a Design Theory of Problem Solving [3] andbook Learning to Solve Problems [4]. It describes the ability to problem

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Talea Anderson, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

departments, colleges, and theuniversity leadership to work towards a more open and equitable scholarly landscape. Whilesome larger institutions have spoken out about these issues this project focuses on theperspectives from a specific group of faculty at a public land-grant institution and will, thus,contribute to an understanding of the issues at play and possibilities for future advancement inPRT guidance.IntroductionResearchers have long expressed concerns about the impact promotion, rank, and tenure (PRT)guidelines have on the publishing practices of academics [1-4]. As a baseline, studies [1-4] haveshown that faculty members expect a strong research and publication record to be crucial foradvancement under PRT guidelines. Research also shows

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kaitlin Tyler, ANSYS Inc.; Claes Fredriksson, ANSYS Granta; Hannah Melia, ANSYS Inc.

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Materials

Railway Lightweighting Water Containers and Plastic Waste The Built Environment Material Properties and Structural Sections Electric Cars—Sustainability and Eco DesignFigure 6: The Five Step Method developed by Professor Ashby and coworkers [25]1. Unpacking the proposal—identifying timeline, objectives, and other key project objectives2. Stakeholder analysis—Identifying stakeholders and their influence on the project outcomes3. Fact finding—researching project and stakeholder needs4. Forming a judgement—analyzing impacts of facts on the three capitals of sustainability5. Reflection—looking at the outcome of fact analysis and determining if objectives

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Peter Mark Jansson

highly suggest this to futurestudents because it opens up the door to what you could possibly be doing in real-life. Summerresearch was a great challenge, especially with how open ended it was, forcing me to take controlof a project, not just follow a set of instructions.” Researcher 2 reported: “It is for sure avaluable part of my educational experience at Bucknell. In the research, I was left with a broadopen ended project that posed some challenges that I needed to deal with in some way that wasnot taught in class or written in a textbook (i.e.: increasing the precision of the device bydecreasing overall resistance, figuring out how the protocol should be modified to fit the newadjustments, making and following our own decisions, deciding

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Seth W. Percy; Joshua E Perry; Carlos L Lück

-printed enclosure laboratory experiment implementation,resembling a handheld commercial conclusion, acknowledgements, andmultimeter. Students use the kit to design a references.multi-scale DC voltmeter, DC ammeter andAC voltmeter on a breadboard in the II. BACKGROUNDcircuits laboratory. A parts list and 3D The multimeter has been an essential tool formodel files are publicly available online for the engineer in practice. As technology hasother institutions and individuals to utilize. transitioned into the digital age, it has becomeThis project was student-led with close prevalent within the modern industry to usedigital handheld units. This device

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Brittany Anderson; Rafic Bachnak

fields, there is an increase in the demand for STEM talent.It is projected that STEM jobs will grow 13% from 2017-2027, compared to a 9% growth inother jobs. Although there has been a steady increase in STEM degrees (bachelor’s and above)since 2005, it is not keeping up with the increase in STEM jobs1. Combining the growth inSTEM jobs with a shortage of STEM graduates in the United States, it is imperative that studentsare exposed to STEM curricula earlier, and are better prepared for college in these fields2-5.Recent studies have shown that students participating in STEM programs while in high schoolhave an increased chance to succeed5-12. These programs can provide students with valuableinsight into their future and help to shape their career

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Diana S Dabby

. Research has shown they often suit a cognitive style known as field-independence,preferring solitary work and non-social environments. But industry and government continueto call for the cultivation of professional skills, i.e., leadership, teamwork, and communication,due to the increasing size and complexity of 21st century engineering projects.As is well-known anecdotally, engineering schools harbor large percentages of musicians. Brainresearch has shown that music-making has endowed these engineer-musicians withneurological benefits that already prime them for leadership, teaming, and communicativeroles; thus they are excellent contenders for meaningful professional lives.A project-based learning lab that builds upon the musical ability of