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'Diversity' and Inclusion? Pedagogy, Experiences, Language and Performative Action

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. --Oxford Mini Reference Dictionary and Thesaurus, p.172 The definitions above capture three important dimensions of the word “soft.” First, it isoften defined in the negative, as the absence or opposite of something. Second, it is vague in thesense that it means very different things in different contexts. Third, in most contexts, it isfundamentally disparaging. As a term used in engineering education, “soft skills” is filled withcontradictions and ambiguity. For example, the “hard” skills map easily onto recognizedacademic disciplines (mathematics, basic science, engineering), while the expertise thatconstitutes “soft” skills is difficult to locate in academic disciplines and departments. Still,whatever these “soft skills” are, they are

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Negar Beheshti Pour, University of California, Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

CarAbstract Teamwork is widely recognized as an important soft skill for engineers in theprofessional workplace. ABET includes teamwork skill development in their accreditationcriteria, and recent alumni report that teamwork is among the most important skills in theirprofessional lives. However, the typical undergraduate classroom consists of a lecture format,which does not help foster teamwork skill development. An alternate space in which teamworkskills can be fostered is in undergraduate technical clubs, such as those that compete in theAIChE annual ChemE Car regional competitions.  The present work-in-progress research studyattempts to provide a framework to continuously improve the development of teamwork as aprofessional skill in a

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Mechanics & Mechanics Related

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Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida; Ricardo Zaurin P.E., University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

performance, while 81% of the students reported that theassignments stimulated their creative and critical thinking skills. The survey results presented inFigure 5 affirms some of the benefits associated with project based assignments that have beenreported in literature. Hadim and coworkers have reported advantages such as improved classparticipation and better promotion of critical thinking skills, while Felder and coworkers havereported improved comprehension and retention with project based assignments. [16], [17] Otherbenefits of project-based learning that extend beyond improved learning capabilities includedevelopment of soft-skills in students. Figure 6 shows student survey responses to questionsrelated to the development of soft skills

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 2

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Uma Kannan; Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University

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Computing and Information Technology

as computer architectures,cryptography, networking, secure coding, secure system development, penetration testing,incidence response, tool development, operating systems internals (such as Linux), and low-level 2programming [17-21] and how and the organization’s information system operates [22-24], 2)soft skills such as team-work, problem-solving, and communication [25-28], and 3) hands-ontraining on cyber ranges [29]. Cyber range is an interactive simulated representation of anorganization’s cyber infrastructure that includes their local networks, systems, tools, andapplications that provide a safe and legal environment for learning and testing Cybersecurityoperations [30].To address this

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

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Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University; Samuel Alan Fong, Mercer University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

for improving the crumbling US infrastructure. It is especially important to incorporateprojects in a construction course that can significantly ameliorate the students’ soft skills, such asleadership, creativity, and interpersonal skills [18, 19]. These projects can further help studentsgain knowledge on sustainability, risk estimation, and decision making. Figure 5: Layered construction topics for progressive knowledge acquisitionConclusionsAn online search of civil engineering programs and undergraduate catalogs of 200 USuniversities revealed that 29% of them offer a mandatory course in construction, 45% offer it asan elective, and 26% do not offer a course dedicated solely to construction. We identified andranked the topics taught by

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

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Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

that require real-time coding on whiteboards,with paper and pencil, or using a simple text editor [11, 13].Currently, multiple papers review the hard and soft skills necessary for career success, [14–19],which skills are knowledge deficiencies for recent graduates [20–25], and a few papers mentionthe hiring process broadly [11, 13, 26]. However, more work is needed to describe what hiring incomputing looks like, and what employers want from applicants. Furthermore, many reports andarticles state that there is a diversity problem in computing, but rarely do these works examinehow viable candidates are lost during the hiring process. Before we can identify biases in thesystem, it is necessary to first gather the existing work on the hiring

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Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Jotam E. Chen, University of Southern Indiana

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-century skills for workplace success: A contentanalysis of job advertisements.” Educational Researcher, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 80–89, 2002.[2] United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dept. of Labor. “Soft skills: The competitiveedge.” Web. March 2021. www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/publications/fact-sheets/soft-skills-the-competitive-edge.[3] W. Schneiter, “Writing and undergraduate engineers – a continuing problem.” Proceedings ofthe ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2003.[4] K. Sura and N. Romond, “An outcome-based assessment of engineering writing proficiencyclasses.”, Proceedings of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, 2017.[5] C.Prusty, A.K. Dwivedy, and J. Khuntia, “Why and how do engineers communicate?”, IUPjournal

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Engineering Communication II: Curricular Practices, Integrations, and Collaborations

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Mary M. McCall, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

strongertechnical communication skills. In the early 2000s, engineering professional societies reportedunderdeveloped writing and presentation skills in entry-level job candidates while, at the sametime, stressing the time spent in a typical engineer’s day on communication tasks [1, 2]. At thesame time, ABET adopted new criteria for evaluating and accrediting engineering programs [3].The criteria focused on developing “soft skills” including teamwork, ethics, and effectivecommunication, among others. The importance of soft skills has only grown in the interveningyears. Among ABET’s student outcomes as listed in 2019-2020 is “an ability to apply written,oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments;and an

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Bruce R. Maxim, University of Michigan - Dearborn; Thomas Limbaugh, University of Michigan - Dearborn

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

materials involved working with software engineering techniques or tools,to facilitate coverage of the topics. Many of the activities implemented in the course have beenused successfully with several groups of students and their evolution benefited from feedbackprovided by the students and faculty.This paper describes the authors’ experiences using active learning materials in an onlinesoftware engineering course. This course was offered to students taking it either synchronously(via online Zoom meetings) or asynchronously (without Zoom class meetings). Soft skills areimportant for engineering professionals and the authors wanted to provide opportunities foronline students to develop these skills on team projects by encouraging asynchronous

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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Regina Palero Aleman, University of San Diego; Mireya Becker Roberto; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Laura Ann Gelles, University of Texas at Dallas; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Student

sociotechnical challenges related toenergy. The course was developed to provide an “integrated” approach to energy concepts thatcrossed disciplinary boundaries. We collected data from interviews to explore how studentsdescribed their decision to major in engineering and tensions with subsequent descriptions ofwhat is engineering. Preliminary results indicate that the sociotechnical divide still exists in theengineering culture amongst these students. Although students talked about social aspects ofengineering work, these are seen as lesser, rather than a fundamental part of, engineeringproblem solving. Students continued to make a distinction between “soft” skills and engineeringskills, while simultaneously describing the “soft” skills as necessary to

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Industry and Practice Topics

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Max Teddy, Clemson University; Wayne Sarasua, Clemson University; Matthew Ryan Stanley, Clemson University

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Civil Engineering

for Adaptable Training in Engineering) granted to Clemson’s GlennDepartment of Civil Engineering by the National Science Foundation, the structure of the courseofferings of the department is being reimagined. One of the grant’s stated goals is to “produce anew breed of civil engineers capable of creating solutions for 21-st century problems that areposing unprecedented threats to our society” [1]. As society worldwide becomes more complex,the problems that face 21st century engineers are becoming increasingly interdisciplinary,requiring a plethora of soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and critical thinking, skillsthat have not necessarily been explicitly or consistently emphasized in engineering programs.One of the aims of the NSF

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Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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Cade Fleaher; Dechathon Suwanakeree, United States Military Academy; Scott Amos Collins; Geoff Kirk; Antonio La Torre; Peyton James Pisacane; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

currently a popular approach for learning in many Science, Technology, Engineering andMath (STEM)-related fields. Its approach is distinct from traditional classroom learning, whereinstudents find themselves as passive recipients of information. Instead, PBL requires students toaddress a problem using information and knowledge they may or may not possess. The beliefbehind project-based learning is that students benefit more from the application of theirknowledge in a group setting than from a traditional classroom model, wherein a teacher presentsstudents with concepts and information and checks to ensure students understand [2]. A studywas done at a university in Malaysia to gage the “soft skills” of engineering undergraduates. Thestudy used

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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Patricia Caratozzolo P.E., Tecnológico de Monterrey; Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Peter Jan Randewijk, Technical University of Denmark; David Navarro-Duran, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

-learning strategies, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Flexibility and development of soft skills in engineering. She teaches courses on the implementation of Educational Innovation strategies as: Development of Creativity and Innovation Techniques, Development of Transversal Skills and Competencies, Development of Critical Thinking and Case Analysis, Problem Solving through Lateral Thinking and Design Thinking. Dr. Caratozzolo is Se- nior Member of IEEE and member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), Power and Energy Society (PES) and Women in Engineering (WIE). She is also a member of the International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE).Prof. Anna Friesel

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Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

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Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Caitlyn Aaron; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

management expertise,” Decision Support Systems, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 51–60, Oct. 1997, doi: 10.1016/S0167-9236(97)00017-1.[6] S. Gillard, “Soft Skills and Technical Expertise of Effective Project Managers,” Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, vol 6, pp. 723-729, 2009. doi: 10.28945/1092[7] E. Miskioglu and K. Martin, “Is it Rocket Science or Brain Science? Developing an Instrument to Measure ‘Engineering Intuition,’” in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Tampa, Florida, Jun. 2019. doi: 10.18260/1-2--33027.[8] J. Saldaña, The coding manual for qualitative researchers. SAGE Publications Limited, 2021.[9 J. Walther, N. W. Sochacka, and N. N. Kellam, “Quality in Interpretive

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Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

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Amelia Greig, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Aerospace

widelyacknowledged that graduating engineers require a lot more skills that simply doing workedexamples about a single component of an entire engineering system, such as leadership,teamwork, and communication skills [17,18].Well-planned and well-conceived assessments can provide the opportunity to expand anddevelop these required soft skills at the same time as maintaining the ability to assess courseeffectiveness against ABET student learning outcomes and provide a ranking system of studentsfor future employers. Writing Across the Curriculum [19] is one example of this, where writingand communication exercises are incorporated into all aspects of the curriculum including thetechnical subjects that are often assessed only through worked problems. The

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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Faye R. Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Priyanka Prajapati, LPL Financial; Pallavi Ramakanth Kowligi, Florida State University

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College Industry Partnerships

associations, labor organizations,educators, and other subject matter experts [1]. The ETA and partners recently updated the 2010DOL AM Competencies [2] with the 2020 AM Competencies [3] to represent competenciesacross a wide range of AM industries and is mean to provide allow new AM technicians,educators, and employers to align competencies (or knowledge, skills, and abilities) to facilitaterecruitment, retention, training, and developing in AM. The Summary of Changes [4] from the2010 and 2020 models does not appear significantly different within the 10 year span, and themajor topic themes or tiers are as follows: 1) Tier 1 includes Personal Effectiveness Competencies (or soft skills) which focus on interpersonal skills, integrity

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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

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Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; E. G. Avilés-Rabanales, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodríguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Educational Research and Methods

. • Values and attitudes: Soft skills required for excelling in student’s academic and professional activities.The purpose of this study is to generate better content delivery strategies for developing student’scompetences. We focus in the third of the previous dimensions: values and attitudes. Within thisdimension, Tecnologico de Monterrey considers teamwork and systemic reasoning as keyelements to be developed by students by incorporating technology to enhance collaboration andproblem solving. This paper focuses on analyzing two key measurements: student’s perceptionof teamwork, and development of systemic reasoning.Young students often consider teamwork as splitting activities among team members, instead ofcontributing to generate synergy

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Lee Keel, Tennessee State University; Charles David McCurry, Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

annual earnings. However, minorities continue to be underrepresented in scienceand engineering fields as reported by the National Science Board, Science & EngineeringIndicators. This work-in-progress project presents our attempts to tackle the challenges andimprove undergraduate training in EE program. Considering that the next generation electricalengineers should be exposed to the latest technology and have significant technical and scientificcapabilities, deep interdisciplinary understandings, and soft skills such as self-learning abilitiesand communication competence, Cyber-physical systems (CPS)/Internet of Things (IoT), thefeasible and effective platforms to present the undergraduate EE students with various sub-disciplines of EE, are

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Jake Fava, Siebel Center for Design; Sneha Subramanian, Siebel Center for Design

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Design in Engineering Education

the other(captured on the y-axis) has to do with how students prefer to be developing those skills. ● The “What” - Student Skill Development PrioritiesOne clear divide in the attitudes of students we interviewed had to do with what skills theywanted to prioritize developing during their time in the program. All the students we spokewith acknowledged that the primary purpose of engineering education is to develop technicalskills and knowledge, but many students also saw a lot of value in developing non-technical,“soft” skills (such as presentation and collaboration skills), and even expressed the desire tohave more of this skill development integrated into their curricular experiences. TABLE III

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Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

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Angie Moussa, University of Massachusetts Lowell ; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Engineering Leadership Development

constraints [23]. Therefore, simplyhaving a PM is not enough; students must be adequately trained in soft skills such ascommunication, teamwork, and management in order to ensure future successes. While PM is a promising career, many undergraduate students are not aware of thispromising career option and many institutions lack PM programs [24]. Those institutions that doteach PM to their students often cover PM as part of a larger lecture-based course or in dedicatedPM courses which are often theory based. Few institutions teach PM knowledge by offeringexperiential learning opportunities and oftentimes, the “soft skills” – like communication,teamwork, and leadership – that are necessary for successful PM are not directly taught in

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Natalie Green, Michigan Technological University

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Systems Engineering

. Figure 2: Systems Engineering Core Curriculum at MichTechThe strong emphasis in our Systems Engineering Pathway compared to traditional systemsengineering majors is several-fold: ● The emphasis we place on high-level “soft skill” acquisition by our students to meet and in fact exceed most industry expectations, ● The manner in which we "farm out" much of our course work except for the Systems Engineering Core. From our perspective, this has two benefits: (i) our students become familiar with a large range of engineering disciplines to a level of expertise suitable for a systems viewpoint of complex, multidisciplinary devices and systems, and (ii) our students are "forced" to develop a mindset supporting becoming

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A. Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

PLTLOnly two articles surrounding implementations of PLTL were found and indicated that PLTLmay show promise for improving self-efficacy, defined as “a person’s belief in their ability tosucceed in a particular situation” [41] for peer leaders and female CS students. Additionally,PLTL was mentioned in a case study to have impacted a female Hispanic/Latina CS transferstudent’s content knowledge and sense of belonging.The first article reported improvement in PLTL peer leaders’ self-efficacy, content knowledge,and soft skills. Their findings [42], collected through a Science Teaching Efficacy BeliefInstrument (STEBI), showed that 60-80% of students viewed PLTL as an experience thatsupported their teaching skill development, communication skills

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

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Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University

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Engineering Management

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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

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Virginia Charter, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

skills, interpersonal skills,community and citizenship knowledge, leadership skills, professional effectiveness, informationand communication literacy, critical thinking, and self-management skills. This study exploredundergraduate engineering students’ perceptions of their generic skills competency as it relates toindividual demographics. Utilizing the Generic Skills Perception Questionnaire, 158 engineeringstudents at a research university located in the Midwest responded to the survey providingfeedback on their capabilities in the different generic skills. The survey found that womenindicated higher levels of perceived competency in several of the generic soft skills than men.Additionally, the minority racial and ethnic students perceived

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Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

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John D. Stevens, The Pennsylvania State University ; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; John Jongho Park; Paul Mittan, Penn State Engineering Leadership Development

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Engineering Leadership Development

(Compton-Young, 2015).In order to be an effective leader, engineering students must develop both technical andnontechnical soft skills to provide an advantage in the workplace (Burton, 1996). In currentprograms, with their demanding engineering curriculums, students often don’t have the time orinclination to pursue business courses, which often include the professional skills that engineerslack (Compton-Young, 2015). In a survey conducted by EE Times, 77 percent of the engineersreported they have acted as team leaders and 83 percent have written reports for internal use(Kumar et al., 2007). With this understanding of how engineers can be successful, it is crucialthat they possess these skills prior to graduation (Kumar et al., 2007). With previous

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Design Mental Frameworks

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Devanshi Shah, University of Georgia; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

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Design in Engineering Education

education research [5] and serves as afoundation for understanding student success [6] and persistence [7]. Further, motivation hasimpacted how problem [8] and project [9] based learning is implemented. Research in engineeringeducation has highlighted the interconnectedness of problem-based and project-based learningapproaches [10,11]. However, the recipe for student development is beyond that of “hard skills”,for example, technical knowledge and project experiences. Universities and colleges are startinginitiatives to promote student development by cultivating a student’s “hard skills” and “soft skills”– such as cognitive knowledge [12,13] and teamwork [13,14], respectively. Ultimately, educatorswant to ensure students leave with all the necessary

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Engineering Technology Capstone Projects

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Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

materialcovered in different undergraduate courses related to technical skills, like concepts of structures,construction, and drafting, and soft skills like oral presentations, team working, and writing areport.The redrawing of detailing using AutoCAD® and the development of a material take-off (MTO)are useful to verify the geometry of the numerical model and the results from the structuralanalysis software. Additionally, these tasks challenge students to develop a better understandingof the construction process.The Travis St. Bridge drawings show several details of the supports, steel beams, slab, and safetyrailing, along with the design truck used. However, the steel type is not shown, requiringstudents to make a bibliographic research to find the

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Career Advancement Through Engineering Leadership Development

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Mark Jason Luchini; David J. Cribbs, Jackson; Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

. Colbry also conducts research in computational education and high performance comput- ing. From 2009 until 2015, Dr. Colbry worked for the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (iCER) as a computational consultant and Director of the HPCC. Dr. Colbry collaborates with scientists from multiple disciplines including Engineering, Toxicology, Plant and Soil Sciences, Zoology, Mathematics, Statistics and Biology. Recent projects include research in Image Phenomics; developing a commercially-viable large scale, cloud based image pathology tool; and helping develop methods for measuring the Carbon stored inside of soil. Dr. Colbry has taught a range of courses, including; communication ”soft” skills, tools for computational

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Engineering Technology Pedagogy 2

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Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University; Bradley Alan Stufflestreet, Northeast State Community College; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

from accepting job offers was an unwillingness to work at theoffered compensation level. Entry level applicants were most frequently not hired because oftheir poor soft skills that limited their success. For anyone looking towards machining as a career path, the implication is that it is importantto start with a formal training program. One of the most common paths is an associate degree ata community college, which gives the student the necessary skills to begin working as amachinist. With over half of the responding companies valuing a degree, completing collegeprior to employment will allow a new employee to quickly begin growing their skillset. Helpingthem to advance rapidly, not only in their position but in pay and benefits as well