Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Adam Henry, Pennsylvania State University

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Instrumentation

AC 2011-1607: CONVEYOR CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECTDavid R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie David R. Loker received the M.S.E.E. degree from Syracuse University in 1986. In 1984, he joined General Electric (GE) Company, AESD, as a design engineer. In 1988, he joined the faculty at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. In 2007, he became the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Program. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and communications systems.Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Robert Weissbach is currently an associate professor of engineering and incoming director of the Ap- plied Energy Research Center at Penn

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip J. Cornwell; Jerry M. Fine

excitation and generalperiodic forcing, frequency response plots (Bode plots), transfer functions, and Fourier Series arediscussed. The concepts of natural frequency and damping ratio are discussed in addition toperformance specifications such as time to steady state, percent overshoot, and settling time.Clearly, the mechanics material in the area of vibrations is significantly more than what iscovered in most sophomore dynamics texts. In fact, at Rose-Hulman, the traditional dynamicscourse did not discuss the topic of vibrations at all.IV. AssessmentAn important part of any new curriculum development effort is to assess the results to determineif the new curriculum is an improvement over the old, or, at the very least, produces roughlycomparable

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Wilson Head; Julie A. Phillips

promoted to senior positions. The women that responded to the Catalystsurvey said that negative preconceptions and stereotypes about their professional capabilitieshad stifled their careers17. About 49% of the women in the Catalyst survey said exclusion frominformal corporate networks was an important factor, and 35% pointed to generallyinhospitable corporate climates17.Lorna Rosenstein, of Lotus Development Canada Ltd., described the glass ceiling as anobstacle. As Rosenstein puts it, “Women have to be smarter, more creative, more focused,more bottom-line oriented, simply better than men overall if they want to rise as far; and theystill get just 70 cents on the dollar in earnings compared with their male counterparts.” 3Of the women we surveyed

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William C. Conrad; Richard E. Pfile

the EVMcompatible with a variety of common audio devices such as cassette and CDplayers, keyboards, earphones and powered speakers. Students enjoy trying outDSP algorithms using CDs or cassettes they bring in from home. Severalstudents purchase units on their own so they can use them at home and forpersonal projects.The EVM uses a 16-bit multimedia audio codec for the A/D and D/A functions.The codec is programmable and can be setup for sample rates from 4 kHz to 48kHz. It also has programmable input and output amplifiers that allow the unit tobe compatible with a variety of equipment.IV. Development System SoftwareThe 56000 cross assembler supplied with the EVM is high quality and providesall of the functionality of the commercial assembler

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kuruvilla Verghese; Douglas Peplow

subject, helps them retain anduse the course material and develops critical thinking and communication skills. There arenumerous modes that have been established as e ective ways for the instructor to promoteactive learning1,4. A typical example is where the instructor would set up small groupswithin the class room and pose short-answer questions or problems that deal with a conceptthat had been taught and the student teams would take a few minutes, typically two to Page 4.126.1three minutes to confer among their team to come up with an answer. All of the answerswill then be presented to the class and debated. There is little doubt that active learning

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard B. Englund

Session 2793 Case Study for a First-Year Seminar: A Plan Which (mostly) Worked Richard Englund The Pennsylvania State University at ErieAbstractA First-Year Seminar is now required for all students entering Penn State University. The goalis to provide interaction between faculty and small groups of students early in every program ofstudy to personalize the university, to get the students to work collaboratively from the start, andto introduce the students to academic life. Some of the offered seminars are general, applicableto any major, and

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L Welker PE, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

intent of this path was to provideadditional flexibility to fulfill the path to licensure. It is most likely that an “approved outsideentity” will be utilized to validate the M/30 component and CAP3 and NCEES are currentlyworking to delineate how this validation process will work2.Path 2: B + MABET & E Page 23.1402.2Where B is a bachelor’s degree that may or may not be ABET/EAC accredited, MABET is anABET/EAC-accredited master’s degree in engineering, and E is four years of progressive,structured engineering experience. This path was developed to allow those without anABET/EAC accredited bachelor’s degree an opportunity to become an

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

a rough idea of how to do basic vector manipulation before coming to class,but even if they had read the rules beforehand, the games always started out slowly. Studentstook more time than needed to discuss initial moves. Similarly, after the first set of moves therewas hesitation because the students had to face the fact that every subsequent thrust generates aresultant movement vector composed of all previous thrusts for the following move. Usually byturn three or four students had developed confidence, and turns began to move more quickly.Usually by the completion of four turns, teams were working together efficiently, and morecompetent team members had coached the confused members to a point where they were caughtup with the concepts

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Cullen A. Jones

Concrete Training Aids in the Classroom MAJ Cullen A. Jones, P.E.1 Abstract – This article provides an overview of recently developed training aids and classroom demonstrationsused in design of reinforced concrete and masonry structures organized by overarching concepts of flexural andshear design and general masonry design. Teaching a senior level design course to young engineers can be adaunting task at times. The teacher and students stand at the border where principle meets practice. It is an excitingand challenging time for the students as they take the knowledge they have gained from previous courses and yourcurrent instruction and start to create solutions that can be made into

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Corinna Fleischmann; Elizabeth Nakagawa; Tyler Kelley

course of the semester, students are familiarized with civil engineeringconstruction materials such as aggregates, concrete, asphalt concrete, steel, wood, andgeosynthetic materials. CE Materials has some design work and calculations typical of anengineering course but relies heavily on memorization of basic material properties. Due to thelack of” hard engineering” (i.e. calculations and lengthy designs), CE Materials is not viewed asa “typical” CE undergraduate engineering course and has historically been viewed by students as“weak” and “boring.” These perceptions have become a source of innovation within theprogram as faculty seek new and exciting methods to teach and inspire CE students in allrequired courses.USCGA Civil Engineering ProgramAs

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ali M. Elrashidi

the system and arrayed waveguide grating M. Alhaddad is with the Department of Electrical Engineering, College of (AWGs) would replace the passive power splitters at theEngineering and Information Technology, University of Business and remote node (RN). Also, colorless optical network unit is veryTechnology, Jeddah 21432, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: mmhaddad@cba.edu.sa). K. Elleithy is with the Department of Computer and Electrical urgent to eliminate redundancy for the network operator [5].Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, CT 06604, In designing WDM-PON system, three parameters should beUSA (e-mail: elleithy@bridgeport.edu).978-1-4799-5233-5/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEEconsidered

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Sandrine Fischer; Kelli Yogi; Eric J. White

knowledge (for an overview, see Hoskinson et al.1). Problem solving,whereby one applies abstract principles in an expert-like fashion in order to achieve a goal, playsa central role in this endeavor.In physics, such abstract principles are commonly embodied through equations and instantiatedthrough word problems. Problems often refer to idealized objects or events (e.g., a block slidingon an inclined lane). Yet, rather than eliciting abstract thinking, such problems reinforce roteassociation with formulas and restrict transfer toward “real-life” situations. Many scholars deemidealized problems responsible for students developing a formulaic approach toward problemsolving (i.e., “plug and chug”), and ultimately leaving introductory courses with poor

Conference Session

ME Division 14: From M&Ms to Air Quality: Engaging Students in Energy and the Environment

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Ahmad Naqwi, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #45447A Course on Air Quality Monitoring and Control for Mechanical EngineeringSeniorsDr. Amir Ahmad Naqwi, University of St. Thomas The author has an adjunct faculty appointment at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of St. Thomas (MN), where he has been involved in the development and instruction of laboratory courses in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. He has a long-standing interest in air quality management and control. This course is a part of a package of electives including a course on water quality management and control offered by the Civil Engineering Department

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Faiza Akram, Mississippi State University; Andrew Zheng, Texas A&M University; April Guo-Yue, Mississippi State University; Cooper Medved, Mississippi State University; Claire Johnson, Mississippi State University; Asad Waqar Malik; Samee U Khan, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Student Papers

Education, 2025Performance Unveiled: Comparing Lightweight Devices Testbed and Virtual Machines for Edge ComputingAbstractTechnological innovations are accelerating across fields like engineering, IT, environmentalscience, and agriculture, the convergence of education & research has emerged as a vital andconcerning issue. Although the research in areas such as edge computing holds a lot of potentialfor real-world applications, its integration into engineering education remains marginalized dueto lack of curriculum alignment, lack of resources for faculty training, and industry-academiadisconnect. This study bridges the gap by investigating the suitability of hands-onexperimentation with edge computing frameworks to enhance

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Sarosh Patel; Khaled Elleithy

this paper wepropose a Hierarchically Segmented Routing (HSR) approach to solve this problem, based on the two well know routing protocols; theDSR and CGSR. The paper provides a comparative analysis of the proposed HSR protocol using a stochastic network simulation. I.INTRODUCTION Wireless device are becoming ubiquitous, with the ever increasing advances in wireless and mobile computing.Improved protocols must be developed to support these new mobile devices/ MANETs and to see that these devicesdo not overload the existing infrastructure network. The aim of this endeavor is to provide anytime, anywhereconnectivity for unlimited mobile devices without overloading the associated

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Connor Needham; Jeremy Kacher; Mathias Boyle; Robert Hutchins; Susan Woodard

RogerWilliams University is working on will make it look like asmall house. This will also help blend it into the rooftops. The Figure 1: A labeled section view of a model of the turbine. This diagramclient had ideas of being able to incorporate trademark shows the parts of the turbine and the titles referenced in this paperbuilding designs into the roof in order to conserve the style ofthe building.HIPS WECS will give these urban areas the capability toproduce wind energy using a revolutionary enclosure whichchannels air into a chamber where fluid dynamics greatly II. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING This data will show

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University; Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

blanket ban on using these tools (Chan , 2023), or allowing itsuse as long as they are cited or acknowledged (Sharples, 2022). It is clear that this leaves educators witha lot of leeway in terms of how they handle the use of gen AI by students. This can both be anopportunity and a curse.The integration of innovative assessment practices—such as authentic assessments, scaffolded projects,and oral defenses—provides opportunities to address the limitations of traditional methods whilemitigating the influence of GenAI. Authentic assessments, for instance, focus on real-world problem-solving and critical thinking, making it more difficult for AI tools to replicate genuine student effort.Scaffolded projects encourage step-by-step development of skills

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Joseph Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

to ensure they graduate with an engineering or engineeringtechnology degree within their timeline. These efforts can create a culture of opencommunication with student veterans and increase engagement of these students with faculty,engineering professionals, and peers to matriculate them into the campus engineeringcommunity.Key Words: veterans, engineering, engineering technology, academic program selection,academic program retentionIntroductionThrough the lens of organizational theory, this work examines undergraduate engineering andengineering technology opportunities at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), a large,public, research-intensive, state university, in the northeast United States, with respect toprogram selection and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa A. Giacumo, George Mason University; Arvin Farid, Boise State University; Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Rafael Leonardo da Silva, Boise State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

3system (Chyung, 2015; Chyung, 2018) to support low-income, first-generation, and/or ruralgraduate students?” Methods We began this study at the start of the second semester of supporting the enrolledstudents in the program. Thirteen stakeholder interviews were conducted, representing facultymentors, advisors, as well as program and college leaders, who support the graduateengineering students enrolled in the scholarship program about the barriers and opportunitiesthey face while engaging with the students. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, andanalyzed, by a team of research assistants under the direction of one of the faculty memberswho is also a co-principal investigator. The research

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abas Sabouni, Wilkes University; Mahsa Khamechi, Wilkes University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching and research. His numerous honors include the 2021 Carpenter Award for Teaching and Student-Centered Research, the 2020 Alumni Mentoring Award, the 2020 Wilkes University President’s Award, the 2017 Outstanding Scholarship Award, the 2017 Outstanding Adviser Award, the 2017 and 2025 O’Hop Last Lecture Awards, the 2016 Outstanding New Faculty Award, the 2014 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Teaching Award, the 2013 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, the 2013 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award, and the 2008 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Honorable Mention Award.Mahsa Khamechi, Wilkes University ©American Society for

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division (MFG) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Paper ID #49753Incorporating Hybrid Virtual Simulators and Physical Tools for Angle Measurementin High School GeometryDr. Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution and a member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. His research interests include automation, robotics, cyber-manufacturing and Industry 4.0; optical/infrared imaging and instrumentation; micro/nano manufacturing; and design of technology for engineering education. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont, P.E., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Katherine A. Lyon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

d’Entremont, P.Eng., is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her work focuses on student learning and curriculum development in mechanical en- gineering. She teaches courses in mechanics, including orthopaedic biomechanics and injury biomechan- ics, and mechanical design, and teaches Arts and Commerce students about engineering. Her teaching- related interests include active learning, open educational resources (OER), and open pedagogy. She also focuses on student mental wellbeing and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues in engineering education and the broader engineering profession.Dr. Katherine A. Lyon ©American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

The ABCs of FBDs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Runyon, Texas A&M University; Vimal Viswanathan, San Jose State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Technology Programs, and her research focus is in student engagement and retention in engineering and engineering technology education. Contact: talley@txstate.eduDr. Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University Dr. Hammond is Director of the Texas A&M University Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation and also the chair of the Engineering Education Faculty. She is also Director of the Sketch Recognition Lab and Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. She is a member of the Center for Population and Aging, the Center for Remote Health Technologies & Systems as well as the Institute for Data Science. Hammond is a PI for over 13 million in funded research, from NSF, DARPA, Google

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #21147Analysis of Basic Video Metrics in a Flipped Statics CourseBenjamin Keith Morris, The University of Georgia Benjamin Morris is a senior at The University of Georgia with a major in Mechanical Engineering.Dr. Siddharth Savadatti, University of Georgia Dr. Siddharth Savadatti received his PhD in Computational Mechanics from North Carolina State Univer- sity in 2011 and has since been on the faculty of the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. He teaches mechanics and numerical methods courses such as Statics, Fluid Mechanics, Programming, Numerical Methods for Engineers and Finite Element

Conference Session

Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Thomas Quigley, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE), funded by a $4.4 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. She was director of the NSF-funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), a national research center that was funded from 2003-2010. Dr. Atman is the author or co-author on over 115 archival publications. She has been invited to give many keynote addresses, including a Distinguished Lecture at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 2014 Annual Conference. Dr. Atman joined the UW in 1998 after seven years on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on engineering education pedagogy, engineering design learning, assessing the consid

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

’ ability to meaningfully integrate these advancements into their curriculum and their classroom activities 2. The demands placed on teachers by new reform guidelines -- both state and national -- that call for less dependence on textbooks, lectures, and de-contextualized lab work and more emphasis on inquiry-based learning using a real-world context that combines science and mathematics “to solve a human problem, meet a societal need, or develop a product.” 51.1.1 PRISM as a Knowledge-Management ToolPRISM integrates the digital learning space for Indiana’s 6th - 8th grade teachers of science andmathematics. Essentially, our website merges a large, complex, and dispersed physical entityinto a virtual, web-delivered

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ann Marie Blasick, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

as strong ties to faculty and other students, tutoring, availability of numerousstudent clubs, and living/learning communities10,11,12.Still, a large body of research has shown that women who choose to major in engineering uponstarting college tend to graduate at rates similar or higher to those of their male counterparts16,17.Multiple studies, such as Consentino et al.18 and Lord et al.17 found that retention is not theprimary reason for the low percentage of women in engineering, but rather, recruitment. That is,when women enter college intending to study engineering, they usually do eventually graduatewith an engineering degree and don’t transfer to a non-engineering field. However, very fewfemale high school seniors do in fact choose

Conference Session

Engineering as the STEM Glue

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Candace Walkington, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rachaya Srisurichan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Martha W. Alibali

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-315: MODAL ENGAGEMENTS IN PRECOLLEGE ENGINEER-ING: TRACKING MATH AND SCIENCE CONCEPTS ACROSS SYMBOLS,SKETCHES, SOFTWARE, SILICONE AND WOODMitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mitchell J. Nathan, BSEE, PhD, is professor of Educational Psychology, with affiliate appointments in Curriculum & Instruction and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a faculty fel- low at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Center on Education and Work. Dr. Nathan studies the cognitive, embodied, and social processes involved in STEM reasoning, learn- ing and teaching, especially in mathematics and engineering classrooms and in laboratory settings, using both quantitative

Conference Session

Track 6: Technical Session 5: Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Emily Violet Landgren, University of Texas at Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

as a bottleneck illuminates the ladder of barriers disabled students have to climb tosucceed [6]. We, the authors, typically take a social view of disability in presenting information forengineering instructors to change their practices to be more accessible to all students. A socialperspective of disability defines disability as a consequence of inaccessible environments, ratherthan an inherent problem in individuals. In other words, the environment is disabling, which inthis case is the classroom and administrative system of obtaining accommodations. Instructorscan use the insights gained from these interviews to develop awareness for accessibility in theclassroom beyond formal accommodations and become aware of the ways

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacey Sexton; Amanda Menier, SageFox Consulting Group; Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

computing and engineering students, wewill need to develop a research agenda that further elucidates this nascent area of study. Weparticularly expect that intentional work will be needed to uncover the as-yet poorly understoodecosystem surrounding TNB computing students, their advocates, and their allies. In particular,we see a clear need to understand intersections with race and disability, as the 2015 U.S.Transgender Survey showed that TNB people of color and people with disabilities had worseoutcomes than their already marginalized peers [3]. In order to be a force for change for thisgoal, we held a virtual workshop to develop a research agenda that includes TNB students inBPC/BPE for inclusive and intersectional policy, practices, and