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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine Kisselburgh, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jonathan Beever, Penn State University; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew James Iliadis; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University

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University’s School of Engineering Education and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his BS in Civil Engineering in 2011 with a minor in philosophy and hopes to receive his MSCE in December of 2014, both from Purdue University. His research focuses on understanding engineers’ core values, dispositions, and worldviews. His disser- tation focuses on conceptualizations, the importance of, and methods to teach empathy to engineering students. He is currently the Education Director for Engineers for a Sustainable World and an assistant editor for Engineering Studies.Mr. Andrew James IliadisAndrew O. Brightman, Purdue University

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Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine McGough, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Paper ID #16169Work in Progress: Developing a Quantitative Instrument for Measuring Un-dergraduate Engineering Students’ Future Time PerspectivesCatherine McGough, Clemson University Catherine McGough is currently a graduate research assistant in Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 2014. Her research interests are in undergraduate engineering student motivations and undergraduate engineer- ing problem solving skill development and strategies.Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Jo Dale Ales; Karim Elkholy, Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC); Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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 between  LSU/BRCC  STEM  faculty  and  better  alignment  of  common  course  outcomes,  student  capabilities  and  faculty  expectations.  Lastly,  expansion  of  effective  peer-­‐to-­‐peer/protégé  activities  will  improve  students’  abilities  to  confront  the  challenges  of  sophomore  year  as  well  as  promote  the  successful  transition  of  community  college  students  to  a  larger  research-­‐intensive  university.     One  project  goal  is  to  increase  the  number  of  BRCC  AS/AAS  E/CM  graduates  by  5  per  year  to  an  annual  rate  of  25  students,  all  with  strong  academic  foundations  for  further  E/CM  study  at  LSU.  At  LSU,  the  goal  is  to  improve  the  overall  2nd-­‐3rd  year

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Measurement and Instrumentation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian M Frank, Queen's University; James A. Kaupp, Queen's University; Natalie Simper, Queen's University; Jill Scott, Queen's University, Kingston (Canada)

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intellectual learningoutcomesAbstractThis paper describes the first phase of a four-year longitudinal study of transferable intellectuallearning outcomes at a research-intensive university in Canada. These skills, including criticalthinking, problem solving, communication and lifelong learning, are the subject of discussion inhigher education generally (e.g. the American Association of Colleges and Universities(AAC&U) Essential Learning Outcomes) and engineering in the form of accreditationrequirements. The project is using multiple methods to assess the development of these skills inengineering, humanities, physical science, and social science sectors. The first year of the studywhich involved a double cross-sectional assessment of first and

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Metrology Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helga Alexander, Keithley Instruments Inc

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AC 2008-2865: METROLOGY: WHY ENGINEERS SHOULD CAREHelga Alexander, Keithley Instruments Inc Helga Alexander is Manager of Metrology Services at Keithley Instruments, Inc. Keithley Instruments, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets complex electronic instruments and systems geared to the specialized needs of electronics manufacturers for high-performance production testing, process monitoring, product development and research. Page 13.892.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Metrology: Why Engineers Should CareAbstractMany engineering graduates are hired by

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs and co-Director of the VT Engineering Com- munication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10091B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdisciplinary collabora-tion, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supportedby the National Science Foundation include

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Garrick A. Aden-Buie, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida; Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #9042Prof. Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University Ram M. Pendyala is a Professor of Transportation Systems in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. His expertise lies in the study of human activity-travel behavior, sustainable mobility strategies, public transportation systems, and the land use, travel, energy, and air quality impacts of a wide range of transportation policies and technologies. Dr. Pendyala has conducted more than $5 million in sponsored research and published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals including Transporta- tion, Transport Reviews, Journal of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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2006-2584: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION:INTEGRATING ASYNCHRONOUS TECHNOLOGY & VIRTUAL REALITYSajay Sadasivan, Clemson University Mr. Sajay Sadasivan is a Research Assistant in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree and is focused on aviation inspection training and investigating the effects of visual and behavioral fidelity on human performance in virtual simulators.Deepak Vembar, Clemson University Mr. Deepak Vembar is a Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree and his research interests

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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optics andphotonics. To achieve this, OP-TEC is providing numerous resources to help colleges introduceoptics and photonics courses and programs of study.The efforts undertaken and resources provided by the organizations above are creating a vibrantand rich environment for post-secondary institutions to investigate and introduce photonics intheir portfolio of advanced technology programs of study. The paper describes the developmentand introduction of a two-year photonics program at Baker College, supported by a grant fromthe National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program.New Photonics Program Development and IntroductionThe Principal Investigator (PI) for the NSF ATE Grant has started researching

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Works in Progress I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Venters, East Carolina University; Katie Brown

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, measurement, and theory-focused approaches," in Cambridge Handbook ofEngineering Education Research, 1st ed., A. Johri and B. Olds, Eds. Cambridge UniversityPress, 2014, pp. 83-101.[9] C. Venters, L. McNair and M. Paretti, "Using writing assignments to improve conceptualunderstanding in statics: Results from a pilot study," in ASEE 112th Annual Conference andExposition, San Antonio, TX, 2012.[10] D. Montfort, S. Brown and D. Pollock, "An Investigation of Students' ConceptualUnderstanding in Related Sophomore to Graduate-Level Engineering and Mechanics Courses,"Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 98, (2), pp. 111-129, 2009.[11] R. Taraban et al, "First Steps in Understanding Engineering Students' Growth of Conceptualand Procedural Knowledge in an

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University; Ashraf Yaseen

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beenoffered twice a year and enrolled more than 20 students. Wireless sensor network is a rapidlyexpanding application area whose recent research has been phenomenal. As a course, wirelesssensor networks has been offered mainly at the graduate level in various institutions. With thehelp of the SDR labs we have designed for this course, we were able to offer this course at theundergraduate level and attracted a good number of students.Learning Outcome Improvement: We have employed a number of different methods toevaluate the effectiveness of the labs to improve the learning of the students in these courses. Ineach course, we have gathered pre-course questionnaires and post-course questionnaires. Wehave also designed and gathered anonymous

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin; Tayo Oladunni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid

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for other majors or drop out of college altogether. In 1975, attritionin the freshman year in engineering was about 12%, increasing to about 25% by 1990(Beaufait, 1991). In a large study of over 25,000 students at over 300 universities, Astin (1993)found that only 47% of students who begin in engineering graduate with an engineeringdegree. The National Academies’ report “Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing andEmploying America for a Brighter Economic Future” reports that undergraduate programs inscience and engineering have the lowest retention rate among all academic disciplines. TheNational Academies describes the importance of advances in engineering and technology ascrucial to the social and economic conditions for the United

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Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M. Ford, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Kathleen G. Rubin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the UMass Amherst College of Engineering. She has over 30 years experience in recruiting, retaining and graduating engineering students. From 2003 through 2007, she also served as Director of Education, Outreach and Diversity for CASA - an NSF Engineering Research Center. She has been a Co-PI and Program Director for several previous CSEM and S-STEM awards. Page 26.1543.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Impact of Federally Funded Scholarship Programs on the Success of Transfer Students at a Public

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Teaching and Learning Strategies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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facultymembers adopt and implement hybrid learning.Methodology This study was designed as a qualitative multiple case study to produce in-depthknowledge about the benefits and challenges of hybrid learning in a higher education context.Case study gives the participants a voice and an opportunity to present their views, which allows Page 26.768.3the researcher to interpret participants’ sense making of the phenomenon under investigation11.Participants This study was conducted in a department in College of Engineering at a large Mid-western university. Participants were selected for this study using a sample of convenience. Aninvitation e

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Trends in Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Wigdahl, The University of New Mexico; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ahmad Slim, University of New Mexico; Chaouki T. Abdallah, University of New Mexico

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evaluating curricular features and the ability to comparethese to programs at other universities in order to guide possible curricular changes.IntroductionMany institutions are working to better understand the highly complex set of factors that contributeto student academic success. Numerous such factors have been studied, with the typical goal ofcorrelating them to the probability of a student graduating.3, 5, 7 For the purposes of this paper, wehave categorized these factors into two groups: pre-institutional and institutional. Pre-institutionalfactors are those that occur prior to a student matriculating in higher education. The Higher Edu-cation Research Institute (HERI) has collected a significant amount of pre-institutional data fromincoming

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Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Philip P. Graybill, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn- sylvania State University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research interests include graduate-level engineering education, including inter- and mul- tidisciplinary graduate education, online engineering cognition and learning, and engineering communi- cation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP: A Student-Instructor Survey on Student Use of Unsanctioned Online ResourcesAbstract: This work-in-progress paper

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Joshua Marquit, Utah State University ; Jim Dorward, Utah State University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

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engineering, diversity issues in engineering, and distance delivered engineering education. She is member of ASEE, ASME and IEEE.Dr. Joshua Marquit, Utah State University Joshua Marquit is an Instructor in the Psychology Department at Utah State University. He has a doctoral degree in psychology, with an emphasis on applied and experimental methodology. He teaches under- graduate and graduate research methods and statistics courses on campus, online, and through distance broadcast learning formats. He has previous research experience with the U.S. National Parks Service, NASA, and Utah Department of Environmental Quality. His research interests include computer-mediated communication, Internet infidelity, online medical

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Student Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Otto, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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AC 2010-376: STUDENTS IMPROVING: IDENTIFYING FACTORS THAT SEEMTO MATTERElizabeth Otto, Stanford University Elizabeth Otto is a second year graduate student at Stanford University pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics with interests in Biophysics and Science and Engineering Education. She received her B.S. degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2008 in Physics and Mathematical Sciences and expects to receive an M.S. degree from Stanford University in Applied Physics in 2010.Helen Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a Research Scientist at the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and Research Associate in the Center for the Advancement of Engineering

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny Ph.D., Arizona State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Brady J. Gibbons, Oregon State University; William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean Maass; Candace K. Chan, Arizona State University

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understanding of materials concepts. Dr. Chan also teaches an advanced course on electrochemical energy conversion and storage and leads a group of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers focused on the design and characterization of novel materials for batteries and photoelectrochemical applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 JTF Web-Enabled Faculty and Student Tools for More Effective Teaching and Learning through Two-Way, Frequent Formative FeedbackAbstractJTF (Just-in-Time-Teaching with Interactive Frequent Formative Feedback) is an NSF TUESType 2 project with an overall goal of implementing web-enabled tools and resources thatfacilitate the strategies, practices

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Engineering Identity 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Karen J McGaughey, Cal Poly State University

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consistently self-reporting weaker scores on both subscales of“independence of learning” and “study habits”. Finally, male students held a higher self-belief inindependence of learning compared with female students.IntroductionIt is widely accepted that one goal of higher education is to instill in students the need for and thepractice of lifelong learning. All major stakeholders of higher education – graduates, employers,faculty and accrediting agencies – agree that this outcome is critically important given the rapidpace of change of society, especially in engineering and technology. Our graduates must adaptto this change to remain productive contributors. Indeed, it can be argued that much – or evenmost – of what an engineering graduate needs to

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Understanding Student Behavior and Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nancy Nelson, University of Calgary; Robert William Brennan, University of Calgary

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success models that monitor student expectations and levels of satisfaction, itremains a challenge to know what strategies students use or how successful those strategies are.Self-management, one of five student-centred dimensions deemed vital for student success,examines ways in which students approach, or avoid, their studies. Research suggests that a“can-do” attitude, self-discipline, good study habits, and active engagement in the learningprocess are essential for student success, and that the ways students approach or avoid theirstudies can predict whether or not a learner will be successful.Engineering students enrolled in a small engineering school were invited to complete an onlinesurvey examining the types of strategies they use in order

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Engineering Identity

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blanca Miller, University of Nevada, Reno; Marissa A Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Jessica Nicole Chestnut, North Carolina State University; Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Secondary Education in Math, and a M.S. in Equity and Diversity from the University of Nevada, Reno.Mrs. Marissa A Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno Marissa Tsugawa is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. She is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. She expects to graduate May of 2019. Her research interests include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering environments and understanding creativity in engineering design processes.Ms. Jessica Nicole Chestnut, North Carolina State UniversityHeather Perkins, North Carolina State University Heather entered the Applied Social and Community Psychology

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Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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.  Evaluate and select appropriate AM technologies for specific applications.  Identify, explain, and prioritize some of the important research challenges in AM.CoursesIE 4352 - Digital Manufacturing Systems Simulation (restructured course, required core course)This course is an introduction to manufacturing systems simulation with special emphasis onlogic and methodologies of discrete event simulation, generation of random numbers a randomdeviates, survey of simulation languages. At the end of the course the student should be able todevelop simulation models of industrial systems and to understand the issues involved insimulation studies. Learning outcomes should include students being able to identify and solverapid manufacturing related issues

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Degree Pathways and Cocurricular Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Baker A. Martin, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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that allow students to pre-selectinto engineering while delaying commitment to a specific engineering major until the conclusionof the first-year program. Even institutions that do not offer first-year programs often include acommon first-year sequence that allow students to switch their engineering major without adelay to graduation. Understanding how students make their major selection can allow forenhanced advising and fewer major changes after the first year. The research question this workwill address is: How do self-efficacy and outcome expectations vary among first-yearengineering students as they prepare to select an engineering major?Additionally, there are studies that document student movements throughout their engineeringcareers

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Teaching Assistants, Supplemental Instruction, and Classroom Support

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Barukh Ben Rohde, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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c Society for Engineering Education, 2020WIP: Motivations and Outcomes of an Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship ProgramAbstractThis work in progress paper poses the research question: what are the motivations andoutcomes that lead undergraduate electrical engineering students to volunteer as teachingassistants (TAs)? While graduate students have a long history of serving as TAs, the Electrical &Computer Engineering department at a large public university has replaced virtually all of theirgraduate teaching assistants with undergraduates. Many of this department’s courses are in thehybrid “flipped” format, wherein the in-class lecture is replaced with active learning time inwhich motivated teaching

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, University of Texas at Tyler; J. Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Satyajit Dutta, Texas State University; Robert McLean, Texas State University; Fritz Allhoff, Western Michigan University

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and has 16-plus years of academic and two years of industry experience. His research areas include developing, manufacturing; and characterizing the high-performance polymeric nanocomposites for rocket ablatives, fire-retardant interior structures of mass transit and aircraft, lighter and damage-tolerant wind turbine blades, and replacement of traditional composites using bio-based materials. He has mentored under- graduate African-American students under NASA-PAIR at NC A&T University, an HBCU, and Hispanic students under H-LSAMP at Texas State. He is a member of AIAA, ASME, ACMA, ASEE, and SAMPE. He is a recipient of a prestigious national teaching award, the 2009 Dow Chemical Educator of the Year by the

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Williams, Howard University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ashley Griffin, Howard University

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AC 2007-1182: COMPETITION, CONFIDENCE AND CHALLENGES IN THEENGINEERING CLASSROOM: AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSSPEAK OUTDawn Williams, Howard University DAWN G. WILLIAMS is an Assistant Professor and Master's Program Coordinator in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at Howard University. Dr. Williams serves as a faculty researcher for the Center for Advancement of Engineering Education. She is also the Co-Principal Investigator of an NSF grant designed to study the post baccalaureate decisions of high achieving Black STEM students. Her primary research interests lie in K-12 educational policies targeted for urban school reform.Lorraine Fleming, Howard University

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Predicting Student Success

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Bourne, Wright State University; Craig Baudendistel, Wright State University; Zulima Guilarte Rhodes, Wright State University; Jannet Chermi Anders

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students with below average ACT Math scores. The increases in graduation rates weredetermined to be primarily due to increases in mathematics self-efficacy, while motivation andeffort were only tangentially discussed. While these have been considered factors for success inprevious studies, the focus of these studies has been primarily on students that are academicallyprepared for engineering programs (i.e., ACT Math >25). This paper focuses on a mathematicsintervention course designed to remediate and increase the math placement level (MPL) ofunderprepared students in their first semester of engineering. The course utilizes both a lecturesession, where engineering concepts in math are covered in a topic based linear approach, and anonline

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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

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understanding of opticalprinciples, students were not able to use optical techniques in engineering practice. Faculty inECEN concluded that supporting and strengthening optics requires that engineering studentsboth understand the principles of optics and be able to apply these principles to their discipline.Ensuring optic’s future vitality requires that the one to two optics electives a typical engineeringstudent will take enhance that student’s chance of and choice for optics-related employment andencourage students to pursue graduate studies in optics.To better teach the importance and applications of optics in the electrical engineering programand overcome some of the limitations inherent to lecture, ECEN created a two course sequencein photonics