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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Panagiotis Skrimponis, New York University; Nikos Makris, University of Thessaly; Karen Cheng, Columbia University; Jonatan Ostrometzky, Columbia University; Zoran Kostic, Columbia University; Gil Zussman, Columbia University; Thanasis Korakis, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

alsovisited the location of the program to conduct interviews with program personnel, mentors, andteacher participants.A post-survey was administered at the conclusion of the summer program, with follow-up onquestions similar to those from the pre-survey, as well as additional questions specific to designand implementation phases from the PD program. This post-survey also assesses teachers’ overallexperiences of the program, as well as their self-evaluation of products delivered fromparticipating in the program. Examples of questions asked include: (i) whether or not the teachersfeel that the wireless research content is translatable; (ii) whether or not the teachers feel that itprovides a relevant real-world context for application of STEM content

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Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

comparisons between themean value of ETSE in each mutually exclusive group were conducted using one-way Anova. Post-hoccomparisons amongst groups were performed using Tukey HSD. For all comparisons, statisticalsignificance is determined at the 0.05 level.2. Comparisons of demographic characteristics and college experiences between a first-generation group and a continuing-generation group, employing different definitions of who is considered to be first-generation. To assess the impact of selecting one particular definition for ‘first-generation’, three different setsof comparison groups were developed to compare a ‘first-generation’ group to a ‘continuing-generation’group on measures of demographic characteristics and college experiences

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

cornerstoneallows the program instructors to organize learning objectives together, which can help inplanning, teaching, and assessment purposes.Figure 1 - Conceptual model of the cornerstone course [1].Project-based cornerstone has, as one of its challenges, the ability to have incongruent learningof course content due to the nature of problem solving. By highlighting that engineeringproblem solving brings together groups of competencies in a networked fashion rather than in alinear fashion, we can help increase the quality of instruction for all students by showing themthat this incongruence is acceptable. Specifically, the emphasis is that cornerstone is a lens bywhich engineering learning can come together to develop practical applications to

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

development. The workshop was attended by 18teachers and 33 students from 10 inner-city high schools located in an urban environment. The PDworkshop was held at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering (SoE) under the InnovativeTechnology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program of the U.S. National ScienceFoundation. Teachers and students attended the robotics workshop at the engineering school tolearn side-by-side with each other. The project team included engineering and education faculty,post-doctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate engineering students who collaboratedon the preliminary design, pilot testing, implementation, and assessment of the PD program. Therewere six engineering students (four graduate and two

Conference Session

Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Students' Perspectives

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Conference Session

Program Evaluation Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A. Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher J. Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #21273An Investigation of Students’ Experiences in a K-12 Invention Program (Eval-uation)Dr. Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology Sunni Newton is currently a Research Associate II at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on assessing the implementation and outcomes of educational interventions at the K-12 and collegiate levels. She received her MS and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Georgia Tech in 2009 and 2013, respectively.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Keith Morris, The University of Georgia; Siddharth Savadatti, University of Georgia

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Mechanics

learning management system (Desire2Learn). Pre-class problems wereassigned on the online assessment system (Mastering Engineering) accompanying Hibbeler'sEngineering Mechanics: Statics textbook [12] and the in-class problems were mostly assignedfrom this textbook. An online discussion forum (Piazza) was available and daily instructor officehours were offered.The auto-graded pre-class problems were worth 10% of the course grade, and completing the in-class problems was worth 5%. There were three 2-hour tests (spaced approximately a monthapart), and a 3-hr final exam that altogether accounted for the remaining 85% of the coursegrade. During in-class sessions, students could get help from their peers, instructor and anundergraduate teaching assistant

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathias J. Klenk, Technical University of Munich; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineers. All of the interviewees shared some of their top and bottommoments so far, and could also name examples of creating, championing or implementingsomething new at their workplace. Many of the positive experiences within innovative workefforts that the early career engineers described were related to implementing new features orcomponents to products or process improvements. Some interviewees valued seeing theimpact of one’s efforts and the good feedback they had received, and valued managementrecognition and social validation as top moments. Half of the negative experiences ininnovative work efforts, in contrast, were related to self-assessed shortcomings in the endresult. The other half were related to stalling efforts or realizing

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University; Brian Kozak, Purdue University; James Thom, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

developing skills for programmanagement and professional skills. ABET-ETAC accreditationABET-ETAC requires programs to dedicate themselves to a broad range of criteria andoutcomes, with an emphasis on continuous improvement. While the outcomes of an FAA CFR14, Part 147 school are not an exact match those of an ABET accredited program, theseoutcomes can support one another. The detailed task and evaluation rubrics detailed by theFederal regulations are exactly the form and format held as ideal standards for the developmentof ABET outcomes assessment. FAA validation of airframe and powerplant certificationOne of the important parts of the AET curriculum is the option for students to earn an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

collect theparticipant’s feedback regarding attitudes towards different modes (in-person, online, or blended)of knowledge delivery. The purpose then of the pre-test is to assess participant’s knowledge onthe specific topics introduced during the workshop. During day one of the workshop,participants will be first familiarized with the structure of the curriculum developed at MichiganTech and Bay de Noc. The theoretical topics covered during day one include: Concepts ofrobotic safety in an industrial environment, overview of the FANUC robots utilized in thedevelopment of the curriculum, robotic frames and how they impact a robot’s motion, variousrobotic end-effectors commonly used in industry and effective programming of tool and userframes. In

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Alexander Horton, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

has beenchosen for this study as its PBL framework is most easily adaptable into a thematic analysisframework where the elements define the codes. BIE describes PBL as having three parts:Student Learning Goals, Essential Project Design Elements, and Project-Based TeachingPractices. For this study, we looked specifically at the Student Learning Goals and the EssentialProject Design Elements to assess both the learning outcomes for hackathon participants as wellas the structure of the hackathon itself. See Figure 12. Figure I: Buck Institute of Engineering Gold Standard Project-Based Learning Framework1. Student Learning GoalsStudents in a PBL environment should be able to gain key knowledge and

Conference Session

Problem Solving, Adaptive Expertise, and Social Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hieu-Trung Le; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Aqdas Malik, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

users get their knowledge about security from stories, news articles,and web pages with security advice. When looking specifically at non-experts, Rader, Wash, &Brooks [20] found that non-experts in security learn their lessons from informal stories fromfriends and families. These stories impact the way they think and response to situations that theysee while online. Finally, in a study of security experts [8] examined experts’ decision makingduring security assessments and found that experts differ from novices on how they recognizecertain attack models. In our work we wanted to further understand similar practices andtherefore opted to look at a domain where work is in constant flux thereby requiring newexpertise. We also wanted to look

Conference Session

International Collaborations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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International

values and cognitive domains.These distinct intellectual values and cognitive domains lead to a unique disciplinary culture,which shapes the behaviors of individuals in the discipline. These differences give rise todifferences in teaching and learning practices, and assessment of students’ learning. Forexample, Donald [18] notes that engineering instructors emphasize problem-solving skills giventhe applied nature of the discipline. However, they also tend to adopt lecture-based teachingmethods typical of disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and math from which engineeringderives its roots [17]. As suggested by the above studies, the experiences of ITAs from different disciplinesmay not hold true for engineering as faculty adopt

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Piroozi J.D., Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

X X X Apparatus X X X Kit X X X Composition of Matter X X X IP Concepts Copyrights X Trademarks X Trade secrets X IP Portfolio Design and Management X X Infringement Analysis X X IP Valuation X Product Market Assessment

Conference Session

Engineering Career Attitudes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Texas State University; Sara Garcia Torres M.Ed., Texas State University; Laura Rodríguez Amaya

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #23483The Influence of Early STEM Career Exploration as Related to Motivationand Self-determination TheoryDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of curriculum and instruction in engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing the impact of operationalizing culturally responsive teaching in the STEM classroom. As executive

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics in the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Cassidy Laurel Grady, Colorado School of Mines; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines; Emily Sarver, Virginia Tech; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Rennie B. Kaunda , Colorado School of Mines; Elizabeth Holley, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Ethics

and Spring 2018 at four different schools: Colorado School of Mines,Virginia Tech, Marietta College (Ohio), and the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.The research was sponsored by a Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM grant from the NationalScience Foundation, and the details of the project are available in our previous publications [13]–[15].This paper builds on our preliminary analysis of the survey data we collected to assess changesin students’ knowledge, opinions, and abilities related to CSR and engineering. We previouslyidentified the main trends happening in each of the courses [15]. In general, students improved indefining CSR and recognizing its social, environmental and economic dimensions. A majority(between 60% and

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #25326Cui Bono. Engineering and Technological Literacy and Higher EducationDr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood is professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. he is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Ireland. He has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He is author of Engineering Education. research and development in Curriculum and Instruction; The Assessment of learning in Engineering Education; The human Side of Engineering, and Empowering

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Panteha Alipour, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

increasinglycomplex, requiring a deeper understanding of protection, and local, nationwide and worldwidepolitics. Each year many staff quits because of burnout. A great textbook in these areas is: [60].MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics offer a course in this area, and they encouragestudents to assess the practices of two companies critically, one a “carbon Disclosure ProjectLeader” and one not. There are several teaching books available in this area: [61], [62], [63]. 2.2.9. Service and after sales logisticsAfter sales activities in the supply chain are acknowledged as a relevant resource of revenue, profitand competitive advantage in most manufacturing industries, and it is a significant part of the U.S.economy [64] because of growing demands of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felicia James Onuma, University of Maryland, College Park; Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

nature of Black STEM and engineering students’encounters with faculty in this institutional context.MethodsSite of StudyThe broader project from which this current study draws was conducted at the A. James ClarkSchool of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. The University of Maryland,College Park is a large, more selective Mid-Atlantic public university with a CarnegieClassification of “Doctoral University/Highest Research Activity” and a current enrollment of37,430 students as of the spring of 2017 (University of Maryland, Institutional Research,Planning, and Assessment, 2017). In the fall of 2018, 4,370 students were enrolled in its ClarkSchool, of whom 54% were White, 22% Asian, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 8% undisclosed

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

María del Carmen Garcia-Higuera, Universidad Panamericana; Rocio Chavez-Telleria, Universidad Panamericana; Armando Alemán-Juárez, Universidad Panamericana ; Isabel Joaquina Niembro García P.E., Universidad Panamericana

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First-Year Programs

that shows the studentsknowledge of the machine components.Finally, after the course redesign was completed, the eight professors to teach the class wereinvited to an informative session, to explain them the course objectives, the soft skills selectedfor the course, the learning methodology to be applied, and the course plan in general.After the pilot semester, we used the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), initially developed byHestenes, Wells, and Swackhamer (1992) and translated to Spanish by Macia-Barber andHernández [20], to evaluate students. This inventory assesses the understanding of the basicconcepts of Newtonian mechanics and has proved to be useful in evaluating how differentteaching methodologies impact learning. We compared our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Lauren Summers, University of Washington; Joanna Wright, University of Washington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

scholars have adopted intersectional theory as a justification for disaggregatingdemographic data [14], [15], [16]. More recently, some research has been done to explore someof the intersectional experiences of engineering students. In one study that examined the effectsof intersections of race, gender, and sexuality on engineering students’ learning outcomes, Roand Loya [17] found significant differences in fundamental skills at cross-sections between raceand gender, suggesting that White men and Asian men differ in their self-assessment of suchskills. They also found that female students of color tended to report lower design skills thanwhite males, and that Asian students rated themselves lower in contextual competence regardlessof

Conference Session

Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherif Elmeligy Abdelhamid, Virginia Tech; Chris J. Kuhlman, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Madhav V. Marathe, Virginia Tech; S. S. Ravi, University at Albany - SUNY; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore, American Society of Civil Engineers; Eric Lee Flicker PE, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Bradley Aldrich P.E., Aldrich + Elliott, PC

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Civil Engineering

individuals who warrant theinvestment. Management can assess their eagerness and willingness to pursue graduate-leveleducation to fulfill their desire to understand and master an area of practice of civil engineeringnecessary to practice competently. Others might not rise to the same level, not willing to investthe time and energy (nor frankly be competent enough) to pursue graduate-level education.These individuals are not “out of luck”. There are roles for graduate engineers who don’t wish topursue licensure in every firm. They don’t advance to responsible charge of the work, but theycan remain a key part of the project team.Brad Aldrich, founding partner in a smaller firm (20-25 employees) for the past twenty years,has seen the difference in the

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

; synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories.Mr. Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University Nicholas D. Fila is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests include innovation, empathy, and engineering design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., Evaluation Consortium University at Albany/SUNY; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

decrease inthe perception of importance of an outcome whenever the level of preparation of studentsincreases. Although, in general, the difference between importance and preparation is not alwaysbalanced, it appears to be more so for the design- and communication-outcomes.Benefits, Barriers, and Needs Related to Continued UseFaculty, administrators, students, and local assessment personnel reported multiple benefits andneeds as the project is continued. Benefits noted by faculty, students, and administrators includedthe ability to provide more hands-on practice and more examples of use that tied into real worldand real professional challenges. Students noted that this use lead to greater knowledge aboutengineering, the engineering profession, and

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

newpedagogical theories, to assess instructor training procedures, to incorporate new technologiesinto instruction— there is long-standing attention to identifying, analyzing, and remediatingeducational problems. Responses to educational problems can take different forms, from thetheoretical (why is the problem occurring) to the practical (how can it be ameliorated). Forexample: educational problems of K-12 academic inequity and school failure motivate researchand policy such as No Child Left Behind. In higher education, identification and analysis ofproblems facing first-generation college students leads to developing “bridging programs.” In abroad sense, this strand of research and remediation tends to be born foremost out of a deepconcern of all of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

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First-Year Programs

sophomore through senior-year alumni of the FE curriculum has formed theMechanical Engineering Lab Team (MELT), a club to train other students on the use of the lasercutters, 3D printers and conventional machine tools that are introduced in the LWTLcurriculum.This paper is one part of an on-going assessment of the outcomes of our FE program. Here wereport on a survey of student opinions of the LWTL curriculum as adapted to our BSME program.We begin with an brief overview of the LWTL curriculum and highlights of our innovations to thecurriculum. We then present summary data on enrollment and retention. The bulk of the paper isa report and analysis of a survey of students who have taken at least one of the FE courses.Method and research

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

new Dean in2011, he was challenged by the President of The Citadel to grow the size of the engineeringprogram. However, the actual school culture dominated by senior faculty was that no change wasrequired based on the high US News and World Report ranking and continual success ofgraduates.An assessment of student accession, retention, graduation, and hiring data showed many trendsthat are seen and being addressed by many engineering programs across the country – loss of 40percent or more of entering freshman engineering students in the first year due to lack of highschool preparation, loss of motivation based on performance in courses that were normallystrengths in high school (mathematics and sciences), poor teaching, and inadequate advising