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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, P.E., zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

: Connectedness. A fifth dimension for explaining the space of teaming prompts issomething we have called connectedness to capture the various ways in which a prompt can beconnected up to something larger. For example, prompt 3 (with the focus on attendance) andprompt 4 (with the focus on grading) were constructed based on ideas that came up in previousteaming sessions. The prompts about being back on campus (prompt 1), back in the classroom(prompt 2), and back to normal (prompt 6) were constructed to create continuity with worldevents and the general context. The prompts about something you'd like students to know aboutyou (prompt 8) and a situation where you felt cared for (prompt 9) were connected to broaderdepartmental goals.These dimensions are by

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

attribution. This paperdiscusses the ethical and legal implications surrounding AI art generators and copyrights,describes how the AI generators operate, considers the positions in the creative process, andconcludes with suggested best practices for engaging AI art in the architectural design curricula.IntroductionA consensus definition of art within the art community is asymptotic as each artist may have adifferent opinion on what art is. Oxford defines art as “the expression or application of humancreative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producingworks to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power [1].” One might simplifyand suggest that art is a process led by the human mind that

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Student Projects in Physics Education, Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Sophie Ray; Matthew Rock; Dilyn McHugh; Kyle Potts; David Ian Hunter

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

as well, as a focal pointof our design was availability and convenience. Thus, we arrived at a prototype that is 1) cheapand easy to build, 2) relatively small and easy to install, 3) interchangeable with most plumbingsystems in bathrooms and kitchens, resizability would also account for this, 4) environmentallyconscious materials. Our device is a water wheel that can be fitted onto many different types ofpipes, and produces a small amount of energy. We believe that with many of these within a buildingwe would be able to generate a reasonable amount of energy for utilization for any purpose.IntroductionToday, people are using electricity more than ever, and as climate change is increasingly creepingup on us, finding new sustainable sources

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmud Hasan, University of Houston-Downtown ; Julio Enrique Aleman, University of Houston-Downtown

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

Engineering Analysis course at the Engineering Technology (ET)department in the University of Houston – Downtown (UHD). Furthermore, to the best of theauthors’ knowledge, this is the first reported work where bayou water is used for powerproduction which is an inexpensive way to produce power.Keywords: Power, Bayou, Houston, Turbine, No head.1. Introduction: For most of the modern age, people have been getting most of the energy from coal, gas, andother types of fossil fuels. While people have used other forms of power generation, there hasbeen a substantial movement to find and use other forms of power generation where windturbines being the most well-known example. This work looks for alternate power generationthat has led to look at what

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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)

students. After the session, the researchercollected their worksheets and documented the whiteboard collaborative ideas, and a summary ispresented in Fig. 1. Fig. 1. Ideas generated by negative brainstorming workshop.The next step was for the students to develop and use the four-field matrix evaluation tool tounderstand and practice an evaluation process. The students were asked to determine what metricparameters and assessment levels they would like to use. The students determined that theywanted to use impact as one parameter, with the assessment levels of high-impact and low-impact. The second parameter the students selected was approval, and the two assessment levelswere if something needed official university approval or not

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Joseph Mendez; Naveen Kumar Manimaran

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

not limited to, embedded technology, autonomoustechnology, edge and end-point technologies. Compared to cybersecurity in general, however,cyber engineering still requires further refinement in its curriculum coverage. The currentcurriculum for the cyber engineering program at our university is centered on cyber physicalsystems (CPS) and their security including device-level security, boot security, and attack-resilienthardware/middleware. As an engineering curriculum, cyber engineering also requires a variety ofhands-on laboratory-based learning as well. To better facilitate hands-on learning in a curricularsetting, we have been developing a 1/5th-scale autonomous vehicle as a framework of cyberphysical systems for a set of cyber engineering

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Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Generation”, 2) “Bug” OpportunityDevelopment, 3) Solutions Development, and 4) ID Next Steps. After a brief orientation to the session agenda, the participants wereprompted following sensitizing question, “What “Bugs” you about the EL Body of knowledge?” Participants were asked to writedown their resulting “Bug Lists” in sticky notes while two of the authors provided two 10-minute talks which oriented the participantsto 1) a recently published book [13] and 2) a literature review paper [8]. These orientations served as sensitizing experiences thatprovided context regarding the current state of research topics within the EL education community. Following the talks, theparticipants were given fifteen minutes to conduct affinity diagraming and mapping

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2: Experiential Learning in Biomedical Engineering

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Alcock; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

related to biomaterials and tissue engineering, as well as design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Benefits of a low-stakes Show and Tell session in BME DesignObtaining valuable feedback from various sources in engineering design is a critical part of thedesign process. Within our design curriculum, teams obtain feedback from their faculty advisor(on written and presented work) and peers (on presented work) at two points each semester: fiveweeks into the semester in a classroom presentation and at the end-of-semester poster session.Their peers are generally hesitant to offer comments during the classroom presentation, and theposter session comes too late to be useful. To take advantage

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, P.E., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

takemore engineering courses because it is their main interest and will help prepare them for theirplanned career. Requiring such students to take technical electives is not an issue, as these arecourses that the students want to take. But many students do not fit into this category. Startingin 2021, the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hasallowed students to take free electives rather than technical electives offered by the program [6].As the results in Table 1 show, this led to a very large decrease in the number of studentsregistering for the technical electives offered by the department. Instead, students generally (butnot exclusively) were choosing to take simpler courses from other disciplines to

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Work-in-Progress Session: Emergent Methods for Engineering Education Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Dow; Ryan Lee; Zihui Zhu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, 2005.[16] Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology, 2021. 2022, American Society of Engineering Education: Washington, DC.[17] J. Stransky, C. Ritz, E. Dringenberg, E. Miskioglu, and C. Bodnar, “Students use their lived experiences to justify their beliefs about how they will approach process safety judgments,” presented at ASEE Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 2023.[18] S. E. Dreyfus and H. L. Dreyfus, A five-stage model of the mental activities involved in directed skill acquisition. Berkeley: Operations Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.Appendix - Interview Protocol for Think-Aloud Sessions 1. Introduce yourselves and the think-aloud process (asking participants to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #39033Board 227: Building Interest in Technology Careers through a Five-WeekSaturday ProgramDr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch has been a champion of engineering and technology education for the past 30 years. Since 1995, she has been the state director of the CT College of Technology (COT) where her leadership has been instrumental in creating nationally recognized seamless pathway programs in engineering and technology between all 12 public community colleges in CT with 10 universities and high schools. She is also the Executive Director and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #38921Board 228: Building Partnerships for Advanced Manufacturing ProgramsDr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch has been a champion of engineering and technology education for over 30 years. Since 1995, she has been the state director of the CT College of Technology (COT) where her lead- ership has been instrumental in creating nationally recognized seamless pathway programs in engineering and technology between all 12 public community colleges in CT with 10 universities and technical and comprehensive high schools. She is also the Executive Director

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #39018Board 340: Mentoring to Support Community Colleges through the NSFATEProposal Submission ProcessDr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch, National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch has been a champion of engineering and technology education for the past 30 years. Since 1995, she has been the state director of the CT College of Technology (COT) where her leadership has been instrumental in creating nationally recognized seamless pathway programs in engineering and technology between all 12 public community colleges in CT with 10 universities and high schools. She is also the Executive

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Wilcox, University of Southern California; Yufan Fei; Jihao LI, University of Southern California; Junqiang Wang; Junmeng Xu, University of Southern California

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

: • Generating datasets that contain desired statistical patterns and relationships as specified in a high-level series of commands. • Randomizing the datasets so that each student can receive unique datasets for assessment purposes. • Integrating with a commercial grading platform to manage the distribution, collection, and automatic grading of individualized assessments.For purposes of this discussion, we use the matrix notation of James, et. al. to describe ourdatasets [1] with 𝑛 observations and 𝑝 predictor variables: • An 𝑛 × 𝑝 “predictor matrix” 𝑿 where each column is an 𝑛 × 1 individual predictor vector 𝑿𝟏, 𝑿𝟐, …, 𝑿𝒑, where 𝑿𝒊 = [𝑥1𝑖 , 𝑥2𝑖 , … , 𝑥𝑛𝑖 ]𝑇 with 𝑥𝑖𝑗 representing the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Rowan University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

skills intoaccreditation criteria. Over two decades ago, ABET Engineering Criteria (i.e., EC2000) for thefirst time included professional skills, intended to address the demands for interpersonal skillsand global awareness among 21st Century engineers (Shuman, Besterfield‐Sacre, & McGourty,2005). In fact, a greater number of EC2000 a-k Student Outcomes pertain to professional skillsthan technical skills. This is even more the case in the current (1-7) Student Outcomes Criteria(ABET, n.d.). ABET’s reasoning behind including professional skills in Student Criteria inEC2000 is equally applicable to ABET’s current proposed inclusion of DEI elements into theGeneral Criteria: [To promote undergraduate engineering students’] ability to

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

suspect that liberal arts institutions inparticular focus on teaching non-technical knowledge and skills, which are also valued byindustry [1]. A more balanced educational experience might be particularly relevant given thelarge number of folks with engineering degrees who work outside of engineering occupations;the NAE estimated that as of 2013 there were 65% of all degreed engineers who worked inoccupations not considered engineering [41]. The ABET EAC program criteria add additionalcurricular constraints on specialty degrees, with the majority of the identified aspects relating totechnical issues; programs accredited under the general criteria do not face these additionalrestrictions [42]. Previous research quantified the amount of required

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 1: Sense of Self in Biomedical Engineering Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Zhang, Vanderbilt University; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Michael I. Miga, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

positively correlated with academic success [1-3]. A previousstudy by Mamaril (2016) found significant positive correlations between general engineeringself-efficacy and academic success [4]. With an often-cited need for biomedical engineers toengage more closely with the medical field, this study seeks to create an instrument to determinehow self-efficacy in biomedical engineering is related to a subject’s abilities to identify and solveprovocative questions relevant in a clinical environment and ability to write grant proposalsrelated to those questions.To create the instrument, 35 broad survey questions related to self-efficacy were generated,separated into 4 broad categories: General Self-Efficacy (GEN) a unidimensional scale takenfrom Mamaril’s

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 11: Project and Research-Based Learning Environments

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Libby (Elizabeth) Osgood, University of Prince Edward Island; Emma Bodil Stryhn Christensen, University College Absalon, Denmark; Analiya Benny; Matthew Hutchinson; Gayla Cameron

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

will be to finish incorporating examples by June 2023,obtain additional reviews of the OER textbook, and expand for potential collaboration with otherinstitutions. Additionally, a study could be performed to measure student reception of the OER.AcknowledgmentWe are grateful to the OER Development Grant from the University of Prince Edward Island andfor the technical support of the Library staff, particularly the contribution from MeganMacEachern. We would also like to thank the students who contributed problems for the OERtextbook and hope this will be a useful tool for many students in the future.References[1] E. Collins, and G. Stone, “Motivations for textbook and learning resource publishing: Do academics want to publish OA

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 11: Project and Research-Based Learning Environments

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Wilson, The University of Kansas

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

project-based learning.Additionally, survey results demonstrated that first-generation students may have additionalobstacles to their learning outside the classroom including family and work responsibilities.Finally, the survey results indicated that including a project focused on engineering researchincreased students’ knowledge of and interest in the research enterprise of the university.IntroductionPrior to the pandemic, the Mechanical Engineering department had begun a careful examinationof the retention of first and second year students and, in particular, underrepresented anddisadvantaged groups including women, underrepresented minorities, and first generationstudents [1]. In this work, it was found that retention of women to graduation

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Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naqaa Abbas, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Tafreshi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Patrick Linke; Mary Queen, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

. As they move up thecorporate ladder, those in senior management can spend over 70% of their day writing [3]. Figure 1: Requirements of a twenty-first-century engineer [4].Despite the significance of writing and communication in the engineering field, researchindicates a gap between communication instruction in engineering programs and expectationsfrom the professionals in the field, who indicate that they need novice engineers with bettercommunication skills [3]. This suggests that what students learn in their academic programs doesnot necessarily meet the demand of the industry.This paper describes the response of two English faculty members to these concerns as wereorganize the only required technical writing course in the

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 9

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Northern Arizona University; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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

Paper ID #37115Piloting a Socio-Culturally Responsive Peer-Mentoring Program to PromoteHLX+ Students’ Sense of Belonging in Engineering Education: LessonsLearned from Year 1Dr. Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Northern Arizona University Cole Joslyn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University and director of THE Education Lab: To Humanize Engineering Education which emphasizes promoting student growth/development in multiple dimensions, integrating inclusive and emancipatory pedagogy/teaching practices, and reconciling the social and technical nature of engineering. His current

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Nathan Urban, Lehigh University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

include private corporations, national labs, defense organizations, healthcare institutes, etc.,which hire PhDs. Collectively, we consider this as a model for the much needed redesigning of theUS STEM doctoral education to create a national workforce of technical leaders. Finally,challenges to the implementation of the P3 track are identified.1. Background - recognition of problems with the current structure of STEM PhD in theUSAGraduate education has been considered to be a prerequisite for maintaining the country’stechnological, economical and defense competitiveness in the world as well as societal well-beingat home. In particular, STEM doctoral education is needed for preparing the next generation ofeducators who will ensure a well trained

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn R. Gosselin, State University of New York, Maritime College; Martin S. Lawless, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

(73%) Fall 2022 107 82 (77%)The scores of the engineering calculations assignment between the traditional and generativelearning methods were evaluated with a repeated-measures ANOVA. Although there was a slightdifference between the means of the traditional (1.9 ± 0.2, standard error [s.e.]) and generative(2.6 ± 0.2, s.e.), there was no significant effect of learning method on the performance scores (p= 0.11). There was a significant effect of grader (p < 0.0005). As seen in Figure 1, two of thegraders in the F’21 semester (B and C) graded the calculations assignment significantly lowerthan grader D in the F’22 semester. Within the F’21 semester, a significant difference wasobserved between graders A

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 5

Collection

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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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #40083Development of a Cobot Lab to Support Next-Generation AppliedEngineering TechnologyJeritt Williams, Illinois State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Development of an Industrial Cobot Lab to Support Next- Generation Applied Engineering TechnologistsIntroductionOne of the big ideas of the Industry 4.0 concept is that modern manufacturing is shifting frommass production to customized production, signaling the need to deploy advanced technologiesthat allow the future workforce to work in a flexible, highly productive, and adaptable way [1].To this end, collaborative

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kurr, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Jimmy A. Landmesser Jr., UT-Battelle

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

participantspreferred a curriculum consisting of multiple 30- to 60-minute lessons with content focused onpractical applications. Educators can draw on the insights gleaned from these survey results totarget their incorporation of technical standards into current educational materials. Threepractical ways to do this as extrapolated from the survey results include (1) keeping lessons ontechnical standards short, generally, one class period or less, (2) offering the lessonasynchronously online or in the classroom, and (3) focusing on the basics of technical standardswith a focus on practical applications.AcknowledgmentsFinancial assistance for travel to the ASEE conference was provided by the University ofTennessee – Knoxville Graduate Student Senate.References

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 3: Evaluation & Assessment

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Libby (Elizabeth) Osgood, University of Prince Edward Island; Nadja Bressan; Aiden Hender McBurney

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

disciplines at the university level.Utilizing a visual medium such as picture books and graphic novels can make scientific conceptsmore accessible and memorable [1]. One example of this is the use of storytelling in nursingprograms [2,3], utilizing a method that mirrors the way the nursing students will receiveinformation from future patients. In a science course, Crocetti and Barr examine the use ofstorytelling and graphic novels to deliver science literacy concepts [4]. In the engineering field,digital storytelling has become a tool to use the digital medium to convey technical information ina more accessible way to non-technical audiences [5], to learn technical information in a civilengineering laboratory setting [6], and to develop engineering

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Schohn L. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh; Michael McMahon; Hseen Baled

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

isautomatically collected (every 1-3 seconds) by LabView software over a dedicated computer andsaved as EXCEL files. Students generate plots to display the transient behavior at differentexperimental conditions (Figure 2). Students develop a Simulink block structure, supported witha MATLAB code to solve ordinary differential equations, coupled with a non-linear regressionsubroutine to derive best parameters to fit the experimental data (i.e., characteristic valvecoefficient, power factor in a relaxed Bernoulli’s model for gravity drainage, heat transfercoefficients) (Figure 3). Students develop and analyze models using ordinary differentialequations and transfer functions derived by Laplace transform [3] (Figure 4). Figure 2. Small liquid tank, level

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 6: Underserved Student Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Nichole Lehto, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE); Ning Fang, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

environment to be less supportiveoverall [1]. In terms of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors,studies have also found that first-generation students are 6% less likely to complete a degree inthese fields compared to their continuing-generation peers [2]. Research focusing on theengagement of first-generation college students in engineering is a topic that has not been widelyexplored up to this point. Because of the present battles that first-generation students face, moreresearch on their engagement is essential to aid them in achieving their educational goals.This work-in-progress (WIP) research utilizes the National Survey of Student Engagement(NSSE) as the main data collection instrument [3]. This survey is 40 questions

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in ChE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esohe Fawole, University of California, Davis; Glaucia Prado, University of California, Davis; William Ristenpart, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

, chemistry, or calculus beyond what they may have seen in high school inorder to participate in activities and learn concepts. Course objectives include demonstratingwhat a chemical engineer does (and how they think), introducing students to core chemicalengineering principles and skills, enabling students to clearly communicate technical data viagraphs and tables, and using data to draw conclusions. The over-arching goals for the course areto cultivate student’s interest in chemical engineering and broader STEM disciplines/classes andto encourage students to consider pursuing a career in STEM.In this course, students attend a weekly lecture, complete short pre-lab quizzes, participate in aweekly laboratory session following steps outlined in the