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Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Ball, University of California - Santa Cruz; Linnea Kristina Beckett, University of California - Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California - Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

from the University of Illi-nois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.S. and PhD in physics from the University of Chicago. He came toUC Santa Cruz in 2003 from Cornell University where he was a professor of Applied and EngineeringPhysics, director of the Keck Foundation Program in Nanobiotechnology and Associate Dean of Research,Graduate Studies and Professional Education in the College of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016   From Peripheral to Full Participation: Implications of Learning Theory for Educational Design and Learning Assessment in STEM ApprenticeshipsAbstract This paper reports on a set of assessment methods and instruments being developed aspart of a larger agenda

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Innovative Use of Technology II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ting-Ting Wu, Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; Rustam Shadiev, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University; Yueh-Min (Ray) Huang, National Cheng Kung University; Chin-Feng Lai, National Chung Cheng University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

readinginstruction on learners’ reading and vocabulary use competence. The result showed thatreading multimedia e-book significantly reinforces reading and vocabulary use competence11 . In addition, Korat treated learners of different ages as subjects. By e-book based learning,the said researcher tried to recognize the change of learners’ vocabulary understanding,reading comprehension and article reading competence. The results indicated that vocabularyuse, reading comprehension and article reading of learners of different ages improvedthrough e-book assisted reading 10.Based on the advantages of e-books reported in related literature, in this study, we introducedcharacteristics and advantages of an e-book system used for an embedded system course. Thee

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2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

La'Tonia Stiner-Jones

2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings Work-In-Progress: Can We Create a Model Program: Insights into the Effectiveness of a Research Experience for Undergraduates La’Tonia Stiner-Jones* The Ohio State University stiner-jones.1@osu.eduAbstractThis study expands on our prior work of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)SITE program to provide data on participant preparation for success in graduate school and theirperceptions of the program. In the first two studies from our initial cohort, we summarized thatwe effectively provided an independent research experience, increased

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Emma Mercier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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engineering tasks forcollaborative problem solving, we have developed a method that is based on the presence andproportion of Ge’s four processes. This paper identifies the processes implemented by groups ofstudents as they solved an ill-structured task, and determines which aspects of the task designpromoted those processes. Based on the findings, we will make suggestions to further improvethe design of the task and comment on the overall takeaways for the design of any collaborative,ill-structured task. This study seeks to answer the following research questions:1) What aspects of the task enabled students to effectively implement the processes necessary forsolving ill-structured problems?2) How can the task be improved to further promote the

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Anders Sonnenburg, Xcel Energy; Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy; Meron Demissie, Mortenson Construction

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Minorities in Engineering

pursuing a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, with emphasis in Power Systems, at the University of Minnesota. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in December 2007. She has been a member of the B.R.I.D.G.E (Building Resources and Innovative Designs for Global Energy) Project since it began in 2006. She learned about B.R.I.D.G.E through Professor Imbertson, one of the pioneers of the project, who also serves as her graduate school advisor. Having grown up in a developing country, Tanzania, where the quality of education is still poor and electricity a scarce resource, she immediately related to the project’s mission of education and

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Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Bodenhamer, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Steven Michael Corns; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Systems Engineering

resources system problem. In the intervening years, he continued work on large scale system based problems. He has expertise in model- ing architectures for complex engineering systems such as transportation, infrastructure, water resources, and energy distribution using computational intelligence techniques He is the Founder of the Missouri S&T’s system engineering graduate program. Dagli is the Director of the Smart Engineering Systems Laboratory and a Senior Investigator in the DoD Systems Engineering Research Center-URAC. He is an INCOSE Fellow 2008 and IIE Fellow 2009. He has been the PI, Co-PI, or Director of 46 research projects and grants totaling more than $29 million from federal, state, and industrial

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zachariah J. Beasley, University of South Florida; Les A. Piegl, University of South Florida; Paul Rosen, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

were shared among all: overall recommendation andcomments to the author. They recommend that a set of guidelines should be created to mitigate“potential gaps [that] exist in the review process.” In this search for quality reviews/form, thesolution is usually pursued in two areas: the grading algorithm itself (fairness) and the qualityand interpretation of comments (helpfulness). Most study the helpfulness of peer reviews withthe understanding that more helpful reviews contribute to more feedback being implemented infuture revisions (of an essay, for example). Rather than research the review form itself, most workattempts to teach the student how to review, tweaks the software to fix comments, or assigns abest-fit reviewer to provide quality

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Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Hassoun, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15573The Engineering Education Assessment Process - A Signals and Systems Per-spectiveDr. George E. Hassoun, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon G. Hassoun received the Licence en Physique degree from the Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, in 1982, the Mast`ere en Avionique diploma from ENSAE, Toulouse, France, in 1984, the M.S. degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, in 1996. In 1997, he worked as a Senior Research Assistant at the

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; John Butler, California Baptist University; Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University

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Electrical and Computer

/repositories.Introduction—Educational Research Using LabsLaboratory projects can be strategically used to improve the Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) curriculum across all four years, according to National Science Foundation(NSF) research done by Chu [1]. The aim is to enhance student learning and better preparegraduates for new challenges. Chu’s viewpoint is that a good engineer must not only becomeknowledgeable in certain content areas (components, learned in individual courses), but also beable to apply and integrate that content to solve complex, real-world problems.Motivation for Chu’s work came from an earlier 5-year study of engineering education [2]. Thatstudy found a deficiency in the curricula—subjects were taught in isolation, did not have

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Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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methods typically involve student group informationgathering and problem solving and have been shown to promote improved investigatory and criticalthinking skills and to prepare students for the more team-based interdisciplinary nature of the workenvironment2,3,4.Upon obtaining support from the federal Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE),a three-year research program was mapped out. The specific research objectives, the results from Year 1and some lessons learned are described below.Research ObjectivesThe research objectives were to: 1. Use the combined expertise of education, biology, and engineering faculty and graduate students to implement open-ended inquiry through problem-based learning (PBL) as the

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Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

Fortenberry assertthat while researchers and educators have developed a number of classroom and college-wideassessments – oftentimes in preparation for an ABET accreditation visit – no national assessmentexist to measure engineering student learning outcomes and the instructional practices thatsupport those outcomes[2].In response, CASEE has developed two surveys to assess the extent to which engineeringstudents are engaging in identified “best instructional practices” and are achieving certainlearning outcomes desired of engineering graduates. This paper describes the validation processof the E-FSSE survey and provides some preliminary analysis of that validation process.RationaleThe CASEE questionnaires were developed in a systematic and rigorous

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1954: PREPARING COUNSELORS TO ADVOCATE STEM CA-REERS: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR K-12 COUN-SELORSMeagan C Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette Meagan Ross is a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas Woman’s University, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineer- ing from Texas Tech University. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she worked as a micro-opto- electromechanical systems engineer for Texas Instruments. Meagan began working for Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) in the area of teacher professional development in 2009. Meagan is passionate about providing awareness of

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Nelson; Barbara Olds; Monica Geist; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

approximately 500reference citations listed by Duit in 2004 (from a larger list of over 6000 misconception papers inphysics chemistry, and biology). [6] Most studies have focused on the presence ofmisconceptions formed by common sense observations of the world by elementary andsecondary school children. However, work we have reported previously based on interviewswith engineering students indicates that these misconceptions are carried forward into collegeand that some of our best students (as measured by grade point average) still possess significantheat transfer misconceptions when they graduate. [3] Page 10.335.5 Proceedings

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Binod Tiwari

the research outcometo individual students and each student felt equal responsibility to his/her part of the research.Combinations of those results were compiled as the overall research output.Research ProjectsDue to the involvement of community college students for a short duration, i.e. 10 weeks,students were involved in a part of some major research projects mentored by the author. Theseprojects and the results of 10-week long study are summarized below.Intelligent Mapping ProjectAs a part of the author’s main goal to develop a risk management map of the university, twocommunity college students from the Cypress College were grouped with a freshman and asenior student at CSU Fullerton in summer 2009. These students were led by a graduate

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Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College; Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute

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Biomedical

task of developing andbringing together materials to supplement the modules and tailor the information to the studentsat their respective institutions. BSC prepares many non-traditional students for challengingcareers, graduate study, informed citizenship, community involvement, and public service in anevolving global society. The college offers undergraduate liberal arts and professional programsin applied sciences, business, education, humanities, social sciences, engineering technologies,and allied health sciences. Central to the course is a project-centric teaching paradigm to engagestudents in applying the concepts of CI by integrating the disciplines of biology, computerscience, mathematics, and statistics through bioinformatics. An

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STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Trenor, University of Houston; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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Educational Research and Methods

studyundergraduate researchers (N=10) participating in a REU program at a large research university.A key finding from the qualitative data was the role that graduate mentors played as “copingmodels” in developing undergraduate participants’ self efficacy, and consequently, theiracademic and career plans involving doctoral-level work. This study has implications for betterunderstanding the advantages of summer undergraduate research experiences such in recruitingand retaining qualified students for graduate studies and research careers. In particular, these datamake the case for fostering formal and informal interactions between graduate students andundergraduate researchers and for including specific opportunities for participants to learnvicariously

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Liberatore, University of Toledo; Uchenna Asogwa; Amanda Portis Malefyt, Trine University; Charlene M. Czerniak, University of Toledo; Gale A. Mentzer, Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC; T. Ryan Duckett, Acumen Research and Evaluation

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several multi-million dollar federally funded projects. Previously she taught graduate level courses for the College of Education at The University of Toledo in Statistics, Testing and Grading, Research Design, and Program Evaluation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #23170T. Ryan Duckett, Acumen Research and Evaluation c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Developing problem solving skills using student-generated problems that reverse engineerYouTube videosAbstractHomework problems from many textbooks have solutions manuals on the Internet. Students findsolutions

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International Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Artem Bezrukov; Petr Osipov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University

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International

Paper ID #12035Going Globally as a Russian Engineering UniversityDr. Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University Julia Ziyatdinova graduated from Kazan State Pedagogical University in 1999. Her major areas of study were foreign languages and she finished her University course with honors and qualification of teacher of English and Turkish. She continued her training and obtained PhD in Education degree in 2002. The topic of her PhD study was titled ”System of Character Education in the US Schools: Current State and Trends for the Development”. She also received additional minor degrees

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University; Frazier Benya, National Academy of Engineering; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Rachelle D. Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Kelly Laas, Center for the Study of Ethics, Illinois Institute of Technology; Simil L Raghavan, National Academy of Engineering

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and ASU, she is leading enhancement of Life and Environmental Science ethics education materials for the Online Ethics Center as part of a National Science Foundation sponsored project to improve the site. In the School of Life Sciences, she teaches core graduate courses in Respon- sible Conduct of Research. Ellison also fosters graduate education at ASU through her positions as director of the Masters in Applied Page 26.1560.1 Ethics and the Professions, Biomedical and Health Ethics, executive director for the Biology and Society graduate programs, and a founding member of the university’s

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Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 13.207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Apples and Oranges? A Proposed Research Design to Examine the Correspondence Between Two Measures of Engineering LearningAbstractIn 2004, ABET commissioned Engineering Change, a study of the impact of EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC2000) on the preparation of undergraduates for careers in engineering. Onelegacy of that study is a database of EC2000-specific self-reported student learning outcomes at40 institutions, including precollege characteristics and engineering program outcomes for morethan 4,300 graduates of the class of 2004. A second dataset, the Multiple-Institution Database forInvestigating Engineering Longitudinal

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Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Pulford, University of Washington Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Educational Research and Methods

-M in 2003, she was the Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and associate professor of electrical engineering at Kettering University. In her current role, she coordinates faculty and TA professional development in the College of Engineering, conducts rigorous engineering education research, and promotes the growth of engineering education both locally at UM and nationally. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include evaluating methods to improve teaching, studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, and exploring ethical decision-making in engineering students. She also has established a national

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Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mirim Kim, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Myeongsun Yoon, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Key Findings  Several studies support  Overall short history and limited measurement and highlight its use usage compared to Kolb for differentiating students  Tendency to classify students as  Lack of research about balanced (lacking strong combinations of style differences preference on any scale) and individual differencesMethods This work examined the learning styles and experiential learning activities of students intwo courses. These courses were in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technologyprogram at Texas A&M University. One couse was a manufacturing course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sherylyn Briller; Douglas Pruim; Todd Kelley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jung Sohn, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Rebecca Martinez, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Jackson Otto

ofempirical educational research with theory-driven research to provide a deeper understanding ofthe phenomenon that is being studied (The Design-Based Research Collective, 2003;Gravemeijer & Cobb, 2006). As such, this method is providing the researchers a framework foriteratively testing and refining the educational model to address the identified institutionalbarriers and achieve close alignment to the anticipated student learning outcomes (i.e.,integrative learning abilities, collaborative problem solving, innovation success, and teamworkcapabilities in diverse teams). Through the DBR approach, the researchers are seeking togenerate knowledge about how the resulting model can be broadly disseminated to the STEMeducation community and beyond

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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University, University Park Dr. Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development. Page 23.1038.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Report on the Learning Experiences of Undergraduate Students in a Novel Aerospace Engineering Course Integrating Teaching and Research AbstractThis study concerns the learning experiences of undergraduate students

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 14

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hayaam Osman, Purdue University ; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

ASEE and represents ASEE on the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS. He was inducted into the ASEE Hall of Fame in 2023. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A novel research design: Using multilevel discrete-time survival analysis to investigate the effect of Calculus I on engineering student persistenceAbstractThe persistence of engineering students through graduation continues to be a concern in highereducation. Previous studies have highlighted a link between students’ performance inintroductory mathematics courses and graduation rates. Focusing on a crucial foundationalcourse within the

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Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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First-Year Programs

of technology in the classroom and improving student outcomes through hands-on and interactive experiences.Debra Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Robert Roemer, University of Utah Robert B. Roemer is currently a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. He received his B.S. degree

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External Factors, Shifting Identity Trajectories, Persistence Analysis of Cultural Models, and Exploring the Experiences of Black University Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Rankings (ongoing) Peer mentoring 3.21 LSAMP Pre-college program 3.64 Bridge to the Doctorate program 4.1 LSAMP campus Activity Coordinator 4.22 Graduate Research assistantship 4.25 Study Abroad/International Research 4.28 Undergraduate Research Assistantship/Senior 4.78 college A small sample of the sentiment expressed by survey respondents is shown below andrepresents the key features of the program, mentoring, research, and professional development. • Research experience and mentoring were essential for a successful time in graduate studies. Participation in the events even

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Anderson; Rufus Carter; Brian Thorndyke; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Session 2793 Identifying Factors Influencing Engineering Student Graduation and Retention: A Longitudinal and Cross-Institutional Study Guili Zhang, Tim Anderson, Matthew Ohland, Rufus Carter and Brian Thorndyke Educational Psychology Department, University of Florida / Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida / Department of General Engineering, Clemson University / Educational Psychology Department, University of Florida / Department of Physics, University of FloridaAbstractIn this study, pre-existing factors are quantitatively evaluated as to

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ERM Technical Session 5: Assessment

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Ryan Duckett, Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC; Matthew W. Liberatore, University of Toledo; Uchenna Asogwa, University of Toledo; Gale A. Mentzer, Acumen Research and Evaluation; Amanda Portis Malefyt, Trine University

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Educational Research and Methods

University of Illinois at Chicago and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in chemical engineering. His current research involves the rheology of complex fluids as well as active learning, reverse engineering online videos, and interactive textbooks. His website is: http://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/chemical-engineering/liberatore/Uchenna Asogwa, University of Toledo Uchenna Asogwa is a graduate student of Chemical Engineering at the University of Toledo. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria in chemical engineering. His current research involves the reverse engineering online videos as well as rheology of complex fluids.Dr. Gale A. Mentzer, Acumen Research

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New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Minorities in Engineering

previousresearch findings,5,6,7 it seems reasonable to assume that these students benefited from the“critical mass” of Black peers with whom they likely socialized, studied, and consulted abouttheir projects.That higher graduate degree aspirations were associated with enhanced research self-efficacymay be explained in at least two ways. First, an obvious explanation may be a form of selectionbias. In other words, students who hold higher graduate degree aspirations may be more likely toenroll in the summer research component of the McNair Scholars Program. This seemsreasonable as the McNair Scholars Program is designed to encourage students’ preparation for