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Construction Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; MaryEllen C Nobe, Colorado State University
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Construction
of these cases studies to the class provides more opportunities to students to reflectabout the incident or accident. Particularly, students reflect during their oral presentation aboutincident/accident impact and how it could have been prevented. Page 26.1675.2IntroductionConstruction worksites are among the top three most dangerous worksites in the Unites StatesStates [1]. Construction workers are an increased risk of injuries and fatalities due to the natureof their work and the lack of adequate training and safety awareness. According to the Bureau ofLabor Statistics, the private construction recorded more than 775 fatalities in the year
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Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Norman Henry Philipp, Pittsburg State University
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Construction
Kansas) or incorporated design-build competitions (e.g. U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon) into their curriculums asa means of meeting this need. These types of collaborative and engaging learning opportunitiesare what students of the 21st century are wanting to be involved with9.The goal of this paper is to share the integrated nature of implementing building information Page 26.1693.2modeling (BIM) software in a design-build project on a university campus – specifically the2014 and 2015 World Vision/Samaritan’s Purse and John Brown University TransitionalDisaster Shelter Competition6. It is also to reflect on the value of utilizing
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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Coleen Carrigan, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Kathleen O'Leary, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington
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and EEC-1136916. Any opinion,finding, and conclusion or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page 26.1200.6References1. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (2001). The Carnegie Classification of Institutions ofHigher Education: 2000 edition. Retrieved March 31, 2011 fromhttp://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/resources.2. Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research.Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co.3. Hoffer, T. B., Hess, M. D., Welch, V., & Williams
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Course Development / Curriculum Development
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cinda Heeren, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Computers in Education
rapidly increasing expectations forstudents’ competencies in computing that went beyond simply word processing andspreadsheets. In response, our “Introduction to Computing” course was reengineered during theSpring 2014 semester with a four-pronged vision: (1) modernizing the curriculum by moving thecourse from a tools-based course to a computing-based course, (2) elevating student engagement,(3) scaling the course for growth, and (4) making the course relevant and accessible to anystudent, regardless of background or technology. Toward modernizing the curriculum, the course met with relevant stakeholders acrosscampus, surveyed top courses from other universities, and reflected on best practices from withinthe community of practice on
Conference Session
Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Aric M. Gillispie; Mathew Benton
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Engineering Physics & Physics
 points on the Post­test.   Qualitative observations were that as reflected in Table 2, students worked more on homework  and in a more much more timely fashion than observed in the past. The one­on­one interactions  helped better deal with issues in problem­solving, including the issue of how students approached  problems. This appears to be indicated in the improvement in the Final Exam scores. In addition,  the interactions with the instructor enhances student performance on the team­based projects  compared to previous semesters and other courses.   After using a flipped methodology in several courses and looking at all evidence: quantitative and  qualitative, the lead author thinks that the students’ ability to learn
Conference Session
Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Claire Louise Antaya Dancz, Arizona State University; Kevin J. Ketchman; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University
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Civil Engineering
anddocumenting metrics for their reassembly chair. At the conclusion of the activity, theteams discuss and critically review their hypotheses and evaluation of the sustainabilityof the chairs based on the metrics collected during the lab. The instructor concludes theclass through a 15-minute active discussion on design for environment principles andmaterial selection; this discussion includes how an office chair can be translated torepresent many examples of urban infrastructure that require retrofitting and/or redesign.Often, students complete a homework assignment that reflects on the process; the Page 26.1319.4homework assignment varies from
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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Allie S Peters, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Katherine N Thorton; Kristen Shinohara; Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University
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Civil Engineering
financial support to conduct this project. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the PacTrans Regional University Transportation Research Center. We thank those professors who gave their time and thoughts to make this research possible.1 National Science Foundation, Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics., 2012.2 Gould and Lewis, “Designing for Usability: Key Principles and What Designers Think.”3 Borrego, Froyd, and Hall, “Diffusion of Engineering Education Innovations  : A Survey of Awareness and Adoption Rates in US.”4 Everett Rogers, Diffusion
Conference Session
Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University
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Manufacturing
expressed in this material are those ofthe author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography[1] Rampell, C. “Enrollment Drops Again in Graduate Programs,” The New York Times (Sept. 28, 2012). Available online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/business/new-enrollment-drops-again-in-us- graduate-schools.html[2] Jeanpierre, B., Oberhauser, K. and Freeman, C., "Characteristics of professional development that effect change in secondary science teachers' classroom practices," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 668–690, August 2005.[3] Carpinelli, J.D., Kimmel, H.S., Hirsch, L.S., Burr-Alexander, L., Narh,K.A. and Dave, R., "Translating Research Experiences into
Conference Session
Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Cooperative & Experiential Education
the public who have allowed theengineering profession to get by working quietly and diligently, but not putting all their skills tothe best use of humanity.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1. National Academy of Engineering. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. (National Academies Press, 2004).2. National Academy of Engineering. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding
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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Arturo Camacho, University of Costa Rica
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Diversity
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Computing & Information Technology
significant proportion ofstudents to fail in exams, which consisted mostly of simulating the execution of thealgorithms for a given input. Usually, students made two types of errors: simple involuntarymistakes and errors that reflect a lack of understanding of the algorithm. After applying themethodology, the former were less common, and the latter were infrequent. We started usingthe methodology in the II semester of 2010 (in our college, I semester goes from March toJune and II semester from August to November). Tables 1 and 2 show the average grades forTest 1 applied during the II semester of 2009-2010 and the I semester of 2010-2011 (beforeand after applying the methodology, in each case). This test is about analysis of algorithmsand sorting
Conference Session
K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Andrew Albright, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Karen R. Den Braven, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Elaine R. Parshall, SC Governor's School of Science and Mathematics
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Diversity
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
instructional landscape foster possibilities forconnection and collaboration that the traditional classroom precludes, as a wider network existsbeyond the brick and mortar classroom. The Accelerate curriculum enhances these possibilitiesby relying on a broad-based philosophy of course integration that obfuscates abiding distinctionsbetween “hard” and “soft” skills, blends liberal and technical subjects, and—perhaps, mostimportantly—combines a range of populations, talents, and experiences to produce the nextgeneration of engineers. At the heart of the program lie six conceptual strands, or “grandthemes.” Developed in the fall semester of 2014 by Accelerate faculty and administrators, thesethemes reflect and inform the overall mission of integration
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Technical Session: Student Experience & Perspectives
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Student
 Member searches of professional society databases (e.g. the ASEE Member Database is institution-searchable)  Ask departments that commonly participate in DBER to see if there are faculty or student contacts with education-based research interests (e.g. physics, chemistry, math, engineering; departmental secretaries are helpful!)Discipline-based educational research communities of practice will look different at everyinstitution. The boundaries of the domain of interest may change, the community itself will havea different dynamic, and the community’s practices will reflect the differences the membersbring to the organization. The recommendations and experiences presented in this paper focus onwhat has worked
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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology
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Diversity
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Women in Engineering
students with the intention of raising awareness.Forty students (8 female) attended the departmental information session during the College OpenHouse event on November 9, 2014. Four female students signed up to participate in a focusgroup. Twenty-four students (3 female) attended the two departmental new student orientationsessions on January 21 and 23, 2015. Two female students signed up to participate in the focusgroup.4.2 Special Registration Advisement SessionsAdvisement helps students register for the proper courses by following their degreerequirements; this is both important and challenging, as the CST degree program requirementsare constantly under modification to reflect new technologies. Students entering the College atdifferent times
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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University, Long Beach
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Page 26.352.8groups of students who receive multiple years of exposure to sustainability grow and deepen intheir understanding of sustainability and how to improve BIM skills. The challenge in evaluatingan intervention using a quasi-experimental design is in managing a non-random sample andanalyzing the data to allow for causal inference to be made from the findings.AcknowledgmentThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE-1140941. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Davis, K. A., and Casey Cline, R. (2009). “Improving course
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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Joe Saboe, Denver Public Schools
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Diversity
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
of up to two years.PartnersThe efforts described in this article reflect a collaborative partnership between a large publicschool district, DPS, and a university, CSM. The demographics of the participants are describedin the subsections that follow.Public School DistrictDPS is approximately 58% Latino and 14% African American. Seventy-two percent of studentswithin the district qualify for free or reduced cost lunch. The district serves over 85,000 studentsin grades K-12 with an overall graduation rate of 61.3% and a dropout rate of 5% per academicyear.UniversityCSM is a public university specializing in applied science and engineering. There are over 4200undergraduate students enrolled, 73% of which are male and 13% who are
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Whitney Winders; Cariana Cornel; Caralea Cornel, Brigham Young University; Allie Larson; Sarah A. Cunha; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University; Laura Wilkinson, Brigham Young University
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effect of significance has been an increase in direct, targeted recruitmentof women into the program — and subsequently from the program by employers. Weanecdotally note also that women in cybersecurity command a higher average placement wagethan men, although regret that to date, this data is not statistically significant due to insufficientdata samples.IntroductionAt the beginning of 2015, Intel announced a $300 million diversity initiative intended to give fullrepresentation to women within their company by 2020 3. Intel stated that its plan is to “hiredifferently and tie executive pay to performance on the issue 4.” Full representation in thiscontext means that Intel’s aims to reflect the amount of women who have the skills and aptitudeto
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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University
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Women in Engineering
-Support-Connect program is an initiative that brought several diversity programstogether at The School of Technology (SoT) of North Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University (NC A&T State University) to successfully support female recruitment intotechnology majors. NC A&T State University is a Historically Black College and Universitywith a STEM Early College High School located on campus. NC A&T State University as awhole has a 54 percent female undergraduate student body, but in the School of Technologyonly 25 percent of our students were female. This past challenge gave us a unique position tocapitalize on the opportunity to make a paradigm shift to be more reflective of the nation’spopulation. Although the focus of this
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Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder; Frederick A. Peck, University of Colorado; Julie Cafarella, University of Colorado, Boulder; Carlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jenna McWilliams, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Educational Research and Methods
and organizational contexts. We aim to further explore how,through their participation in the routine practices of the undergraduate curriculum,students make themselves, and are made by others, into engineers. The specific focushere is on how a particular “ideology of engineering”2 is reflected in the discourse ofparticipants in presentations for a first year projects course. In particular, this paperdetails how engineering discourses serve to depoliticize complex social issues, and toreframe them as technical issues that can be resolved through design and refinement ofinnovative technologies. A second and related goal is to contribute to recentmethodological discussions in engineering education3, and specifically to introduce
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International Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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Diversity
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International
past several decades, there has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of engineerspossessing important professional skills, including global readiness or awareness. In 2004, theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) described the Engineer of 2020 as being proficient in“interdisciplinary teams [with] globally diverse team members” (p. 55).1 As the NAE stated,“While certain basics of engineering will not change, the global economy and the way engineerswill work will reflect an ongoing evolution that began to gain momentum a decade ago.” (p. 4).Engineering graduates will be called to solve increasingly global problems and to work in teamsthat contain members who are either from international locations or are globally distributed.Across the
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Research on Diversification & Inclusion
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Diversity
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering
approach reflects a foundationalmisalignment in educational philosophies resulting in what might provocatively be characterizedas “bait-and-switch.” The bait-and-switch characterization reflects a mismatch between theengagement logics embedded in most K-12 engineering education and the exclusionary logicsunderlying most university engineering education. While we acknowledge from the start thatuniversity engineering programs are increasingly emphasizing student engagement, the rapidexpansion of K-12 engineering programs has outpaced reforms in higher education aroundengagement, thereby magnifying the problems associated with engineering bait-and-switchexplored in this paper.In popular vernacular, bait-and-switch is often associated with fraud or
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International Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik
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International
exploring topics using the four elements inKolb’s5 theory (concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, andactive experimentation). For each topic all the elements exist, but entry into Kolb’s learningcircle can begin at any one of the four elements16 with some elements overlapping one another.A typical sequence would be: (1) study engineering concepts in a classroom setting, (2) travel tolocation see the application of these engineering principles, (3) complete a computationalassignment that incorporates classroom learning and field observations, and (4) complete a Page 26.640.5reflective assignment and/or develop
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International Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatán Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI
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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University
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Community Engagement Division
questions are critical to understand if theavailability of LTS opportunities to engineering students are to continue to grow and flourish. Page 26.1078.16AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under DUEGrant Nos. 1022927, 1022883, 1022738, 1023022, and 1022831. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Pew Research Center. 2010. Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next. http://www.pewresearch.org/millennials/ Accessed 1/23/2015.2
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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Environmentalengineering by Fall in spite of her FoK in mechanics. She was extremely frustrated with the step-by-step formulaic process that her teacher taught in statics as it removed all creativity and desirefor understanding of the physical phenomena. Realizing that most of her 18-yr old classmates areaccustomed to this process and “just listen and do it” [her tone of voice actually hints that theydo this uncritically], in contrast, she says: “I actually stop and wonder if this is the right thingthat I should be doing [amazing sense of ethical responsibility towards her knowledge] or if thisprocess is actually going to teach me what the professor wants to teach me [amazing sense ofmeta-cognition].” Realizing that her critical reflection takes more time and
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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Eric Kuo, Stanford University; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Michael M. Hull, Wayne State College
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Engineering Physics & Physics
both (i) incorrectanswers and (ii) correct answers supported only by explicitly worked out computations. Sinceour data come from a final exam, we expected that many students would do explicit calculationseven if they thought of a quick, heuristic answer, in order to get “full credit” or to be sure of theiranswers. Therefore, we coded answers as reflecting mathematical sense-making if any part of astudent’s solution included mathematical sense-making, whether or not the student also did acalculation. The details of the sense-making coding on each problem are described in the nextsub-section.Our preliminary coding scheme was generated by three of the authors by looking at a smallsubset of the student responses (N=25). Two authors then coded 45
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Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park
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Women in Engineering
dominantnarrative that success in engineering is impossible without being good at math. .The other prominent way we see Rachel counter the “suck at math” narrative is through culturaland circumstantial explanation. Instead of seeing math performance as a reflection of her Page 26.1582.7inherent ability, Rachel tells a story of how her high school preparation and experiencecontributed to her being inadequately prepared in math. This includes early instructionaldeficiencies (“going back to middle school I had really weak algebra training”), structuraldisadvantages (at her private all-girls’ school in Connecticut, even good students rarely tookcalculus), and
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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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and had breakfastwith a faculty member from the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at theUniversity. The culminating event was a group trip to an art/science exhibit in New York City.ProcedureThis paper combines data from different sources in order to understand the different programcomponents that have impacted the 2012 and 2013 cohorts. Internal program evaluations fromthe office reflect student feedback about the effectiveness of the peer and industry-mentoringprogram. Data presented in this paper utilizing the AWE LAESE survey were part of a grantprovided by the Engineering Information Foundation to implement and evaluate the impact of asecond-year program for undergraduate women in engineering. Additionally, as part of a
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder
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Diversity
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
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Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Lynne Morazes, Brandeis University
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Minorities in Engineering
representation of engineering solutions to better reflect thedemographics of the U.S. population42. However, there are few actions targeting explicitly first-generation college students in engineering, this population is not specifically targeted in typicalrecruitment or outreach efforts, although this group has been growing in numbers and offersignificant opportunities to the nation’s engineering workforce23. First-generation collegestudents are more likely to be of Hispanic origin and historically, this group has not had as higheducational attainment as majority groups. In the years to come, this group is projected to growsignificantly and will soon outweigh other populations in college enrollment23. This increasewill likely result in not only more
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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Beth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University
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Women in Engineering
likely to experience more overt behaviors, while students andfaculty predominantly described comparatively subtle comments or behaviors that gave them asense that they did not belong as women in engineering. Below we provide examples of some ofthe different types of inappropriate behaviors that women encountered.All groups discussed receiving comments reflecting the belief that women are not engineers.For example, one female engineer stated, A lot of times, when women come to meetings, most of the time, the men think they're either the secretary, not an engineer, or they expect me to do the writing or something like that. Sometimes they don't talk to you or look at you. They talk at you, which is not good, or they assume