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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3 - Spatial Visualization Topics

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Elizabeth Rose Cowan, Spatial Vis & Spatial Kids

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Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #27617Freehand Sketching on Smartphones for Teaching Spatial VisualizationDr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Van Den Einde is a Teaching Professor in Structural Engineering at UC San Diego and the President of eGrove Education, Inc. She incorporates education innovations into courses (Peer Instruction, Project- based learning), prepares next generation faculty, advises student organizations, hears cases of academic misconduct, is responsible for ABET, and is committed to fostering a supportive environment for di- verse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies for large

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Teaching In and Through Design, Maker Spaces, and Open-ended Problems

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Larson, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Darshan Karwat, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

highereducation institutions focusing on sustainability often ground the curricula for those topics incommunity work using three pillars of engagement: social, environmental, and economic [8].Community engagement, as a form of service-based learning, has proven to be a viablemethod for grounding sustainability factors in technical education, so that such concepts arenot so easily dismissed by students driven by pragmatic, purely technical conceptions ofengineering.There are still knowledge gaps in how engineers could apply higher levels of sustainabilityexpertise in their careers [9]. This could perpetuate a notion that sustainability programsproduce effete engineers unable to apply their conceptual understanding of sustainability inpractice [9]. A

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FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley M. Forman, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

students reported that the goals of teachingengineering were seen as learning skills including critical thinking, problem solving,organization, creativity, communication and teamwork. These were not first-year students, butthe list has many common items to this research and other similar work.There is discussion that seems to contend that integrated curricula will be more successful in Page 23.1240.5impacting these professional skills, but they say it is to a lesser degree than the acquireddiscipline skills, and there is a such a diversity of assessment and data, that the impact is notclear.18 There are a number of papers that focus on one skill

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Design Methodologies 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jenn Campbell, University of Virginia; Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

design teamsAbstractTeamwork has been increasingly used in engineering education, and teams have the potential toimpact sense of belonging for engineering students. However, there is limited research on how tocultivate team dynamics that build belongingness or inclusion in engineering education.Psychological safety has been shown to build inclusion on teams in the workplace, thuspositively impacting team dynamics and potentially increasing sense of belonging. However,psychological safety is often overlooked in engineering education, perhaps because there islimited research on how to increase psychological safety.This paper develops a framework for a 30-minute improv intervention to increase psychologicalsafety and sense of belonging on student

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Tejal Udhan Mulay, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo Regalado, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Behnam Shadravan, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; David Akinsanya, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

summercamps have the potential to be highly effective in attracting underrepresented high school studentsto STEM majors. Such camps allow students to engage in authentic engineering designexperiences and learn about the various careers available in the engineering field. By focusing onhands-on activities and teamwork, these camps can help students develop key skills and gain adeeper understanding of the engineering field.It is worth noting that the camp surveys are limited in assessing the camp's impact, as they arebased on self-report and the sample size was small. Therefore, it is important to conduct follow-up studies to measure the camp's long-term impact on the students' interest and engagement inSTEM fields and include other forms of assessment

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Larkin-Hein

online learning activities as compared to traditional modes of discussion 5. The use of on-line discussion groups offers a relatively new avenue through which the learner can take anactive role in the learning process. Furthermore, on-line discussion groups are one form ofcomputer-assisted communication that can promote interactive engagement of the learner withthe content being studied. On-line discussion group formats may also offer some students a more“comfortable” environment in which to interact than the traditional large lecture class. Inaddition, on-line discussion groups may appeal to students with diverse learning styles. Theimportance of adopting a learning style approach in and out of the classroom has been welldocumented 6 - 15.II

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University; Katsuyuki Ohsawa, Tottori University ; Masashi Miura, Tottori University ; Ayano Ohsaki, Tottori University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

2012. She is in charge of development new engineering education program. The c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #12445objectives of the program are improvement of creativity, collaboration skills and problem solving skills.Students learn communication skills, project management skills, analysis, etc. by working on design as-signments and projects in this program. More than 400 students are studying in this program. She iswriting a textbook and developing an assessment system for this program.She is pursuing her doctoral research in Computer Supported Collaboration Leaning (CSCL) and theEngineering

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Krista Nicklaus; Daniel Puperi; Patricia Clayton

gradingtechniques, while other meetings focused on the students’ preparations for and reflections on thespecific classes they were teaching. Before each student got in front of the class, they preparedlearning objectives for the topics they were to cover, and discussed those learning objectives andassociated classroom activities with the group. The group provided feedback, including suggestionsfor promoting student engagement in classroom activities, editing content to ensure timely deliveryof information most pertinent to the learning objectives, and encouraging student-teachers to stepout of their comfort zones to grow. These discussions resulted in many ideas for in-class activities.In addition to providing a supportive community of peer teachers, this

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First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellise M. LaMotte, Tufts University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

toolbox: Academic intensity, attendance patterns, and bachelor’sdegree attainment. Washington, DC, Department of Education, Office of Educational Researchand Improvement, 1999.[3] C. Zhao, G. Kuh, “Adding value: Learning communities and student engagement”. Researchin Higher Education, vol. 45(2), pp. 118-138, March 2004.[4] G. Kuh, High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, andWhy They Matter. Washington, DE: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2008.[5] O. Lenning and L. Ebbers, The Powerful Potential of Learning Communities: ImprovingEducation for the Future. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report. Washington, DC: ERICClearinghouse on Higher Education, 1999.[6] A. Bandura, Social foundations of thought

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Design Teams 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

Collaborative Problem Solving,” in Making a Difference—Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL: The 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 2017, B.K. Smith, M. Borge, E. Mercier, K.Y. Lim (Eds). Philadelphia: The International Society of the Learning Sciences.[6] T. Tucker, S. Shehab, and E. Mercier, “The Impact of Scaffolding Prompts on the Collaborative Problem Solving of Ill-Structured Tasks by Undergraduate Engineering Student Groups,” in The 127th ASEE Annual Conference, 2020. Montreal (virtual): The American Society for Engineering Education.[7] Y. Sipos, B. Battisti, and K. Grimm. “Achieving transformative sustainability learning: Engaging head, hands and heart

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 1: The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

populations (e.g., Black, Latinx, first-generation students,community college transfer students) [5]. Some of these students enter the university withexisting mental health concerns; others develop mental health challenges during college. Awide range of backgrounds and factors can influence a students’ mental health and wellbeing:living and financial conditions [6], academic preparation [7], student-faculty interactions [8],food insecurity, and family responsibilities [3], and peer relationships [9]. These stressorshave wider impacts on student success [3]: a decrease in a student’s wellbeing can negativelyimpact their educational experiences, leading to academic dissatisfaction, resulting indecreased academic performance or attrition [10]. A

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Paz Muñoz, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

the School of Engineering at the Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile, where currently collaborates with the Educational and Academic Inno- vation Unit, UNIDA (for its acronym in Spanish), as an instructor in active learning methodologies. Her research interest topics involve university education in STEM areas, faculty and continuing professional development, research-based methodologies, community engagement projects, evaluation tools and tech- nology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179 ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Remedial courses effectiveness on timely graduation rates and degree progression within construction

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Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida

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Graduate Studies

situation where those expectations are not met have colored my view on trying to make things in the classroom more transparent: like what’s the motivation, or the learning objective, or why things are setup in the way they are. (Lee)For these future educators, making explicit the learning objectives of their classes as well as thefuture use of what is being learned are important strategies to motivate students and part of theirteaching responsibilities.As previously mentioned, participants were also concerned about the negative impact boring oroverly complex courses may have on students. Several participants described the use ofinteresting examples or projects to draw in student interest. I use real case studies. I use - I

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

clinic. Unfortunately, while the academic community is well versedin the utility and application of these devices, the public (especially promising young scientists)is relatively unaware of their existence. Furthermore, several of the underlying chemical andphysical principles governing microfluidics have applications in a several STEM disciplinesincluding engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology. Here, we highlight a series of workshopsand outreach activities designed to provide elementary, middle, and high school students anopportunity to learn more about microfluidic devices through a hands-on approach. Initially,these workshops were given to high school students from traditionally underrepresentedminorities as part of two week-long

Collection

2025 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt; Malinda Zarske

designprocess while also exciting them about engineering. These hands-on courses can provide helpfulmotivation while also building feelings of belonging and engineering identity. Early researchfound that FYEP courses could increase student retention, particularly for female students [9].These FYEP courses employ an array of the strategies used to increase student retention inengineering via hands-on components, real-world problems, and fostering community [3].Teamwork and GenderTeamwork is a critically important skill in engineering. The ABET criteria acknowledge theimportance of interpersonal dynamics within teams, noting the effective teams will have a“collaborative and inclusive environment” [Criterion 3 Student Outcome 5 [10]; [11] removedthe words

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Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Reynolds Brubaker, Stanford University; Vikas Rammohan Maturi, Stanford University; Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; David Beach, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

New England Complex Systems Institute, and co-creator of Zimba Water. He holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2018) from Stanford and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with honors (2009) from Ohio State University.Vikas Rammohan Maturi, Stanford University Vikas Maturi is an undergraduate at Stanford University in the Mechanical Design & Social Impact Anal- ysis degree program. His work focuses on creating products, programs, and evaluations at the intersection of social service and impact measurement. He is a student researcher in the Designing Education Lab un- der Prof. Sheri Sheppard, where his research centers on equitable and accessible learning in engineering education.Dr. Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Timothy W Mays P.E., The Citadel; Monika Bubacz, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Kaitlin Marley, University of California - San Diego; James Michael Grayson, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

same author has taught thecourse during the same semester as three of the other authors and provided mentorship whenrequested (varied) with some of the other authors, and at other times just provided the coursematerial, but still was available to mentor when approached.This paper presents the conditions for each faculty member, the assessment results of thesemester using the provided content compared to previous and post semesters and courses,analysis of student comments and specific surveys associated with this project, and facultyreflection on the semester they used the ExCEEd Teaching Model built course notes as well asthe impact it has had on their teaching. The data will show that each faculty member experiencedan improvement within their

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 16

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luz Zithviani Gomez, The Ohio State University; Amena Shermadou, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, showing that research on Indigenous groups from LatinAmerica is limited.Diasporic Indigenous Students in Higher EducationLimited research has explored the experiences of diasporic Indigenous college students, with onestudy focusing primarily on HSIs (Kovats Sanchez, 2018; 2021; 2024). These studies reveal thechallenges these students face, including the complexities of Latinidad, misrepresentation incurriculum, and the need for inclusive spaces. Despite these obstacles, diasporic Indigenousstudents demonstrate resilience by cultivating kinship networks and fostering communal spacesoutside institutional settings (Kovats Sanchez, 2024). Further research is warranted to understandthe impact of institution types, such as Predominantly White

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Campbell, Imperial College London; Deesha Chadha, Imperial College London

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First-Year Programs

any technical requirements and assessment, to teach studentsvaluable transferable skills. The aim is to teach 3 key transferable skills, teamwork,leadership and communication, in workshops throughout the undergraduate degree course.Using a staggered approach, each transferable skill will be introduced to the cohort inseparate years. The ‘TLC’ course will cover teamwork in the 1st year, and communicationand leadership in the 2nd and 3rd years respectively. It is hoped that the bolted-on approachwill help students realise the importance of the transferable skills training embedded withinthe course.Effective teamwork is crucial to success in the students’ degree, as they will have todemonstrate this transferable skill within taught undergraduate

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session - Online and Remote Learning Communities

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Regina Ruane Ph.D., Temple University

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Manufacturing

9collaborate and interact with other students in the same discipline and discuss their learning andquestions they have. Such interaction provides:• participant engagement through meaningful discussions regarding academic experiences• support and resources to the student community• opportunities to share learning and wisdom• the emergence of a user community centered on the advancement and support of undergraduate engineering students at DU and UTEPThe social interaction among the students allows for the exchange of information that is direct andallows for real-time responses to become instantaneous in comparison with other methods ofinformation exchange. The students are first encouraged to give a brief description of their

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 7: Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Fay Booker, Whatcom Community College; Tyler L Honeycutt, Whatcom Community College; Pat Burnett, Whatcom Community College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Anna Wolff, Whatcom Community College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

EngineeringAbstractThe Engineering in Context learning community at Whatcom Community College seeks towelcome and onboard new engineering students with an integrated two-quarter cohort learningexperience. This collaboration between engineering, mathematics, history, English, and physicsfaculty consists of a six-course curriculum that integrates contextualized precalculus, Englishcomposition, Pacific Northwest history, engineering orientation, and introductory problem-solving and computing skills. The program employs high-impact practices including place-basedlearning, community-engaged projects, and undergraduate research to motivate foundational skilldevelopment, emphasize social relevance, and develop students' engineering identity, sense ofbelonging, and

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

,manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice.” 1 Programs often struggle with how to document that

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Aerospace Division Technical Session: Pedagogy and Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Palmer, California Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Tawney, California Institute of Technology; Jennifer Weaver

academic cohorts in the department. Traditionally, students withina cohort become close through the academically rigorous first-year curriculum, and studentswithin a lab group become close through their research efforts. However, relying on only thesetwo structures for community building leaves a number of deficits; in particular, first-yearstudents have limited opportunities to engage with more senior graduate students before they joina lab group (typically in the spring quarter of their first year). There are therefore few chances formentorship during the first year, a stressful time for first-year students attempting to navigateresidence at a new institution, the search for an advisor, and the expectations of graduatecurricula. Our course

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Medhat Morcos; David Soldan

© 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationform is rarely productive — and is certainly inadequate for supported distance education whichaims to engage the student in a community of learning. The value Internet technology brings todistance education lies not in direct translation from other media but in transformation ofsupport mechanisms to exploit its potential range. The Internet has the potential to meet thechanging social and educational needs of students — in particular the need to choose their owntime, place, and style of study. Universities respond to societal trends, and it is natural that theyshould follow the trend to use technology [21]. Also, universities are having to re-examine theirways of working, stimulated by

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

for Engineering Education, 2015 The Influence of Out-of-school High School Experiences on Engineering Identities and Career ChoiceAbstractStudents’ engineering career choices are not well understood. There are a variety of factors,including irrational ones, which affect students’ ultimate career decisions. Among them, out-of-school experiences in high school can impact their career interests and decisions. We examineddifferences in incoming engineering students’ high school extracurricular experiences, and howthose experiences influenced current and future selves, as well as career plans. The data for thiswork come from a national survey, distributed in Fall 2013, of 15,847 students from 27 differentinstitutions

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

tina Cartwright, Marshall University; Julie Lynn Snyder-Yuly, Marshall University; Wook-sung Yoo, Marshall University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

faculty to make them aware of these issues.Conclusions and Future DirectionIn this study, we sought to support students who often face the greatest challenges in their firstyear of college through a cohort approach with both academic/collegial support and opportunitiesto engage in hands-on real-world projects to see the application of computer science andengineering. To research the impacts of these interventions, both qualitative and quantitative datawere collected to help us understand the impact and the reasoning behind the matriculation ofstudents who leave the program. Our research efforts were primarily focused on the role ofmindset and grit on student success and matriculation by collecting a wide variety of qualitativedata to help fill in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; George McLeod, Old Dominion University ; Thomas E. Alberts, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Tysha Batts; Mary Louise Sandy, Virginia Space Grant Consortium

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Manufacturing

Officer for NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Vir-ginia. As Director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Sandy oversees a wide range of programsand partnerships that engage students in STEM and foster them through the STEM workforce pipeline tomeet the Nation’s critical need for STEM workers.Sandy serves on the Boards of the Virginia Air and Space Center, National Space Grant Alliance and CarlO. Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation and is a member of the Governor’s Aerospace Advisory Coun-cil. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Virginia Association of Science Teacher’sPresidents Award for outstanding support of quality science education and NASA award for OutstandingPersonal Performance and Professional Achievement in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Carrie B. Myers, Montana State University

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First-Year Programs

Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work in Progress: Formation of an engineering identity in first-year studentsthrough an intervention centered on senior design projectsAbstractThis “work in progress” paper describes a multiyear project to study the development ofengineering identity in a chemical and biological engineering program at Montana StateUniversity. The project focuses on how engineering identity may be impacted by a series ofinterventions utilizing subject material in a senior-level capstone design course and has thesenior capstone design students serve as peer-mentors to first- and second-year students. A morerapid development of an engineering identity by first- and second-year students is suspected toincrease retention and

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

Institute offers examples of human migration andgenetics (see: http://www.genome.gov/25019968). Other scientific search data sources will beincluded that will focus on understanding cells, genes, DNA, chromosomes (mtDNA and Y -chromosome) and the impact of the environment on diseases. Assignments will be directed towardinvestigating and gathering data from the major sources identified earlier especially the NCBIGnome database (the Genome sequence, gMap and Map Viewer and Salmonella SNP), theanalytical tools in BLAST, the modeling of the Virtual Cell by CMC-Nature Gateway (Figure 6). Based on the scientific inquiry model, groups of students will actively engage inexperiential projects that are designed to trace patterns of migration by

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bahr, Washington State University

andretention, particularly if they occur in the first two years of the college experience. It should be Page 14.81.2noted here that addressing community college transfer students, a source of almost 50% of thegraduating BS degrees in some engineering majors at WSU, is also a possible target group forthis improvement in retention and engagement. It is important to identify the locally perceived challenges to including freshmen,sophomore, and initial transfer students in research activities. Anecdotal evidence from facultymembers noted that the lack of skills and experiences are some of the barriers to includingundergraduates in their research