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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rohini N. Abhyankar, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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career engineers to adapt to engineering workplace culture.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randall S. Jones, Loyola University Maryland; Ann M. Ernst, Loyola University Maryland Physics ; Bahram Roughani, Loyola University Maryland

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to enhance their entrepreneurial mindset and to encourage them tothink about applying their physics knowledge throughout their 4-year physics program. In thispresentation we report on how we introduce these ideas into a typical first-year course, taken byall physics, computer science, and engineering majors, without sacrificing a large proportion ofcourse time.We have used the Hyperloop, a high-speed transport system proposed by a joint team from Teslaand SpaceX, to have students investigate technical feasibility and human desirability questionsthat can be addressed throughout their first semester course. With each new physics topic, weare able to present a design question related to the Hyperloop that requires students to apply theirjust

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

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community partners. He also led a team to win a $2 Million NSF Grant to revolutionize engineering education. The award focuses on creating ”Changemaking Engineers” and seeks to transform the engi- neering mindset to infuse sustainability, social justice, peace, and humanitarian practices in the context of and professional skills of engineering. Before joining USD, Roberts served as the Executive Dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University. While at Arizona State University, Dr. Roberts also had the opportunity to design an engineering program from a clean slate based on the study of best models of undergraduate engineering programs in the world. Dr. Roberts received a PhD in