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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 10

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaoye Yang, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

community. Her research interest includes STEM education, sense of belonging, and program evaluation. She is working on measuring college students’ sense of belonging, especially in the engineering field, facilitating school leaders’ and educators’ work in promoting engineering students’ success and broadening participation in engineering.Dr. Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Hsien-Yuan Hsu is an Assistant Professor in Research and Evaluation in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Hsu received his PhD in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University and has a background of statisticsDr. Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Yanfen Li is an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas C Williams, University of Louisiana; Aimee Barber, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Peter Sheppard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

increase that did notreach significance, t (21) = -0.97, p=.341. Ceiling effects due to high baseline scores mayconceal significant changes. This finding indicates that participants entered the program withhigh value for these types of activities and and belief that they would likely use these activities intheir future classrooms.Preservice STEM Teacher Efficacy and Beliefs: Mathematics and Science.Respondents rated their confidence in their teaching skills based on a series of statements on aLikert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Preservice teacher efficacy andbeliefs grew over the course of their experience with Making Inspired by Nature. They ratedmost statements about agreement with items related to efficacy and beliefs

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Neal; Erlind Royer; Kenneth Soda

Session 2425 Learning Project Implementation and Management Skills in the Culminating Design Experience Pamela J. Neal, Kenneth J. Soda, Erlind G. Royer Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy, CO1. IntroductionThe contemporary undergraduate curriculum of an Electrical Engineering program is packedwith required courses, making it a challenge to complete in four years. By necessity, nearly allof this work is theoretical, supported by laboratory work that is too often limited in scope. Themore practical aspects of

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Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

AC 2011-990: REVISED AERODYNAMICS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUC-TION FOR IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMESValana L Wells, Arizona State University Dr. Wells is Program Chair for Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University. She teaches the first course in aerodynamics, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in aircraft design, aircraft flight mechanics, numerical methods, acoustics and rotary-wing aerodynam- ics. In addition to engineering curriculum innovation and reform, her interests include rotorcraft noise suppression, rotorcraft aerodynamics and high-speed rotorcraft design.Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University Jenefer Husman received a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology from

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University; Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Materials

, formerly known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute, offers BachelorsDegree programs in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,Computer Science, Environmental Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, and Management.Kettering students begin a unique five year cooperative education program in their freshmen yearby alternating 12-week period of classroom studies with related work experience in over 600corporate affiliates. The corporate sponsors of Kettering University students include: U.S.Army, General Motors, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, aircraft companies and their suppliers such as Page 12.1050.3United Technology

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The Transition from Secondary to College Mathematics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Olivier Frédéric Pfeiffer, Technische Universität Berlin; Omar Musa Hasan, American University of Mdaba; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universität Berlin

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Mathematics

. During the recent four years, Pfeiffer focused on the organization and coordination of the involved teams and contributed to several other eLearning-related projects. He is also involved in the planning and application of future eLearning projects at TUB and is the coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 AVEMPACE, a student and academic staff exchange program between the EU, Jordan, and Syria. In 2008-09, he spent four months of research at the Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman. His research interest focuses on the development of interactive mathematical objects especially supporting the visualization of complex mathematics and physics-related problems. Contact Information: Technis- che Universitt

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Erik Fredericks, Grand Valley State University

"same" type of rock isgenerated multiple times in a small area). We present our work-in-progress efforts and proposedrun-time software testing methodology for developing an experimental testbed for fuzzingprocedural generation in video games.This project was created as part of the Grand Valley State University RISE Scholars program forfirst-generation students to participate in an active research program. Delve the Dungeonis our prototype framework for exploring how software engineering can enhance assurance thatPCG techniques are executing as expected. Specifically, this framework provides aroguelike-style video game environment that comprises procedurally generated dungeons andtext, with common features of this particular game domain

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Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Md Hasanuzzaman, Tennessee State University

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Electrical and Computer

in support ofalgorithm and architecture design; to let student gain design experience with case studies usingcontemporary high-level methods and tools; to let student integrate knowledge gained in multipleother core engineering classes into a real-world design; and to let students get experience that isbeneficial for securing a job in embedded system design through a design manner similar to thatpracticed in industry.The selected textbook is Embedded System Design, 2nd Edition, by Peter Marwedel. It providesan overview of embedded system design and relates the most important topics in embeddedsystem design to each other. Page 12.1507.6In

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin

examined for dimensional homogeneity. 4. Compatibility and Boundary Conditions. One or more compatibility equations are written in symbolic form to relate the displacements. A compatibility diagram is used when appropriate to assist in developing the compatibility equations. All equations are Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4 formulated symbolically and there is no algebraic manipulation. Every term in each equation must be examined for dimensional homogeneity. Although compatibility equations are commonly written for indeterminate problems, the authors

Conference Session

Federated Searching

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Schlembach; William Mischo

then build services, such assearch and discovery, over the harvested metadata records. DOIs are unique, persistent labels oridentifiers for journal articles and conference papers that are used to link to the full-text of thespecific article or paper.ProjectsThe Digital Library team based at the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been involved in OAI and metasearchactivities as part of the Digital Library Initiative-I grant program, a Andrew Mellon Foundationgrant to produce OAI harvesting tools, a National Science Foundation NSDL (National Science Page 9.909.2Proceedings

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hartman; Louis Plebani

the problem at a cost, much like sampling; 3. Posting student scores (or an average) such that students would have a “target” to beat; Page 6.1120.6 4. Providing links on the summary page to programs such as EXCEL; Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education 5. Building integrated problem scenarios that build on each other.V. Conclusions and Future WorkWe examined the student scores to determine if we could draw any conclusions as to whetherlearning occurred. For each problem, students

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

, thermomechanical processing of steels and other metallic materials, microstructure characterization and structure – property relationships. He has conducted a number of technical failure investigations, consulted on various materials-related problems, and acted as an expert witness in the Court of Law. Page 15.39.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Hands-On Course Curriculum for Supporting Design Education for Manufacturing Students1. BackgroundIt is well established that both the breadth and rigor of the design content of thecurriculum is paramount in every undergraduate engineering

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Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; Jorge Tito-Izquierdo; George Pincus

Session 2249 Teaching Modern Concrete Technology at the University of Houston-Downtown Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, Alberto Gomez-Rivas, and George Pincus Visiting Associate Professor/Professor and Chair/Professor and Dean Engineering Technology, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TXAbstractThis paper describes a course developed by the Structural Analysis and Design EngineeringTechnology program at the University of Houston-Downtown to train the students in moderndesign of concrete mixes. The approach allows students to understand the dynamic nature of theconcrete

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Hen-Geul Yeh; Duc Tran; Paula Quintana

paper describes a unique multidisciplinary engineering conference program that bringstogether faculty and their students within a one-day program called, the “IEEE Green Energy andSystems Conference” (IGESC). A study, along with observations made before, during, and afterthe Conference offered preliminary findings regarding faculty and student’s perceptions ofdifferent projects influencing student research and career choices.IntroductionIn the present global energy and environmental context, the aim of reducing the emissions ofgreenhouse gases and polluting substances has become primary importance. Transforming fromusing fossil fuel to green energy for a better environment is the top issue on the world today.Renewable energy or green energy is

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Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma; Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

. Page 13.948.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Online Interactive MEMS Experiments and Web-Based CurriculumAbstractThis paper introduces the research done on providing interactive 2D and 3D content for micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). MEMS is a multidisciplinary field, which uses exclusivelab equipment and high-end design/analysis software adopted from different fields, such aselectrical, mechanical, chemical engineering and solid state physics. This multidisciplinarynature, in addition to the highly customized design software, makes it a challenging topic todeliver over the web. Many MEMS software programs lack modern presentation tools whichmakes it difficult for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1459: ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING IN EXPERI-MENTAL DESIGN USING VIRTUAL LABORATORIES - YEAR 3Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He cur- rently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel Faculty Fellow and has won awards for his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Macy Reynolds

strengths they see are the ability to relate to employees, perceive problems, andwork on solutions without even being asked. In fact, they offered the student a full-time job withthe engineering staff at a handsome salary after graduation. It wasn’t until the college recordswent to personnel that management became aware of his GPA. The company’s policy was tohire engineers who had over a 3.0 accum – student A’s grades were a 2.5. Although the bosswas shocked at his lackadaisical grades, he had no problem with the student’s performance on Page 10.145.1the job. Clearly Student A could apply classroom learning outside the academic environment

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J. Sealy Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #9433Three pilot studies with a focus on asynchronous distance educationDr. Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering ASEE Mathematics Division 2011 Distinguished Educa- tor and Service Award Wisconsin Teaching Fellow (UW-Platteville) 2009 – 2010 Electrical Engineering Department Assessment Chair (2008 – Present) ASEE Mathematics Division Chair (2006-2007) ASEE Mathematics Division Program Chair (2005-2006)Dr. Phil J Sealy Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville Dr Sealy received the BS AMP, MS EE, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

alternatives, selecting the alternative ofchoice, and reporting the results. We will also describe the experience of the third team of internswho were able to procure the materials and equipment and install and test the completed system. Page 9.1345.1We will evaluate the benefits of involving undergraduate students in engineering design projects. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe University-National Park Energy Partnership Program (UNPEPP) creates opportunities forstudents to solve

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobi West, Dakota State University

area. This variety of activities provides young womenwith the awareness of online safety and sparks their interest in education pathways tocybersecurity careers. Figure 2. Cybersecurity PathwaysActivities such as these help increase skills and cybersecurity knowledge in diverse andunderrepresented populations help to assure increased participation of women, minorities, andspecial populations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education andin the technology workforce. Coastline’s cybersecurity program strives to generate essential newknowledge and skills to share with students, professionals, and the academic community.4.3. SurveyCamp staff surveyed campers daily to ensure camp activities

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Susan Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katharine Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, UMBC

organizational aptitude necessary to successfully accomplish new university strategic academic initiatives and develop strategic academic programs that benefit the university community.Prof. Anupam Joshi, UMBC c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 X+CS: A Computing Pathway for Non-Computer Science Majors Susan M. Mitchell, Anupam Joshi, Katharine E. Cole University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyAbstractWith computing impacting most every professional field, it has become essential to providepathways for students other than those majoring in computer science to acquire computingknowledge and skills. Virtually all employers and graduate and professional schools

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Wright; Murat Ulasir; Michelle West; Lissa MacVean; Donald D. Carpenter

experiments and see visual demonstrations ofprinciples learned in class, and where they shared, listened, and created results themselves in acooperative group environment. Overall, we believe these exercises increased an understanding ofprinciples related to fluid mechanics.References1. Gwin, J. Self-esteem vs. academic excellence: Are the two on a collision course? Crisis, vol. 97, no. 10, pp. 16-18,1990.2. URL: http://itll.colorado.edu/ItLL_In_The_Media/Papers/FIE98Asessment.html; Understanding what ‘success’means in assessment.3. McKenna A. & Agogino, A. Integrating design, analysis, and problem solving in an introduction to engineeringcurriculum for high school students. Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zabner, Tufts University; Trevion S Henderson, Tufts University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

trevion.henderson@tufts.eduAbstractExisting research suggests introductory computer programming courses (i.e., CS1) constitute a significantbarrier for students’ entry into computer science and related disciplines. For example, extant literaturesuggests as high as 33% of students fail or drop out of introductory computer programming courses [1],precluding these students from pursuing computer science education in college. The purpose of thiswork in progress is twofold. First, we describe the development and implementation of a pedagogicalapproach to computing education that draws and expands on the Use-Modify-Create (UMC) framework[2, 3] to support students’ learning in introductory computer programming courses. Second, drawingon unique qualitative data

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Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Jonte R. Douglas; Li-Shiang Tsay; Dewayne Randolph Brown

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Sets. The results of her research are widely published in several referred journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings and were presented at several international conferences. Dr. Tsay edited books for Springer and InderScience publishers. She is a member of the Editorial Board of an international journal in data mining. She was Program Chair of several international conferences. She has served and is currently serving as a member of the Program Committee of several international conferences. Dr. Tsay is honored to serve as a member of the Honorary Chair and Advisory Boards for several international conferences.Dr. Dewayne Randolph Brown c American Society for Engineering Education

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara E. Marino; Sandra Yost

Session 2275 Optimizing Mentor/Mentee Relationships in Academia Barbara E. Marino, Sandra A. Yost Loyola Marymount University/ University of Detroit MercyIntroduction The demands of a tenure track appointment at a university can seem overwhelming to abeginning faculty member. Many new engineering professors begin such appointmentsimmediately after a Ph.D. program or post-doctoral appointment. The decade or so of academiasitting in the student’s desk and serving as a researcher in the laboratory does not provideadequate preparation for life behind the podium. Launching a research

Conference Session

Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Mathews, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Abhinav Pamulaparthy, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

beginning and ending LO knowledge varies by background and other demographicfactors. Our final research goals are to isolate the gains made in declarative LO knowledge orother values received in a second IPRO course as opposed to a first IPRO course and to evaluatevarious techniques for improving the declarative knowledge [test scores] of our students.Many engineering programs have project based courses with similar learning objectives and theimplications for engineering educators supporting these curriculum are related to measuring theacquisition of knowledge obtained directly from a course versus other courses or, for example,prerequisites. It is also beneficial to evaluate methods to measure the knowledge acquisitionrelated to specific skills

Conference Session

Robots in Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

. For the team tosucceed, one or more students must develop mastery of each subject. Moreover, the team canprovide a learning environment and a social setting that promote peer instruction and offeropportunities to develop mastery.In this paper we describe a two-year program aimed at promoting self-efficacy amongundergraduate engineering students at Trinity College. The goal of this work was to develop andevaluate a new framework for developing mastery, to test and evaluate our framework, and tosuggest areas for further investigation. In our study, the independent variable is the teachingmethod, and the dependent variable is self-efficacy. As a method to address the self-efficacyissue, we propose individual or small group mastery projects that

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahareh Azarnoush, Arizona State University; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; George C Runger, Arizona State University

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Computing & Information Technology

analysis approachdescribed previously was applied to the data generated by the CW site, and a summary of theresults are presented. Page 23.154.6Data DescriptionThe CareerWISE (CW) research program is a large, interdisciplinary research program housedat Arizona State University and supported by the National Science Foundation. One of the majorcomponents of the program is the development of an online, psycho-educational resiliencetraining program designed to increase the persistence of women in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) doctoral programs16. The CW website consists of 238 uniquepages, each classified in several ways

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

evaluatea major engineering design project and need project management and technical writing skills: 1. What are your plans after you complete this course? 2. Have you ever participated in research? If so, explain. 3. Have you ever participated in the write up of a publication or poster? If yes, explain. 4. Have you ever completed an internship or co-op related to your major? If yes, please describe. 5. Have you ever run or designed a user study before?Notice that the first question provides a mentoring opportunity in helping identify graduatingstudents that still need help navigating what to do after their degree. DiscussionStudent responses to the use of pre-course surveys has been very positive

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Electrical and Computer

Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, USA. He received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, his M.S.E.E. from the University of Dayton, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Utah State, Dr. Lawanto taught and held several administrative positions at one large private university in In- donesia. He has developed and delivered numerous international workshops on student-centered learning and online learning-related topics during his service. Dr. Lawanto’s research interests include cognition, learning, and instruction, and online learning.Dr. Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, University at Buffalo, SUNY Presentacion Rivera-Reyes is currently a Lecturer