Conference Session

Cognitive Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rongrong Liu; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #23185Personal Epistemology: The Impact of Project-based LearningMiss Rongrong LiuDr. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni- versity. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Personal Epistemology: The

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yue Liu, Arizona State University; Dina Verdin, Arizona State University; Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering and from Purdue University with an MS in Industrial Engineering and PhD in En- gineering Education. Dina is a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship and an Honorable Mention for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program. Her research in- terest focuses on changing the deficit base perspective of first-generation college students by providing asset-based approaches to understanding this population. Dina is interested in understanding how first- generation college students author their identities as engineers and negotiate their multiple identities in the current culture of engineering. Dina has won several awards including the 2018 ASEE/IEEE Fron- tiers in

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Engineering Identity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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in Engineering Education, August 2017, at Purdue University under the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Within his graduate work, Justin plans to explore low socioeconomic high school students’ mathematics experiences and the affect they have on their choice of pursuing post-secondary engineering education.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Punit Prakash, Kansas State University; Ed Brokesh, Dept. of Bio and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University; Gary William Singleton Ph.D., Heartspring; Kim Fowler

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Engineers.Dr. Punit Prakash, Kansas State University Punit Prakash obtained the B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytech- nic Institute (2004), and the M.S. (2006) and Ph.D. (2008) degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since August 2012, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. His research interests are in therapeutic medical devices, image-guided therapy systems, bioheat transfer, medical instrumentation, and biomed- ical engineering education. He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes on medical instrumentation and therapeutic medical devices.Mr. Ed Brokesh, Dept. of Bio and

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-462: LABORATORY INNOVATIONS IN UNDERGRADUATE CONTROLENGINEERING EDUCATIONAhmed Rubaai, Howard University Ahmed Rubaai received the M.S.E.E degree from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1983, and the Dr. Eng. degree from Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1988. In 1988, he joined Howard University, Washington, D.C., as a faculty member, where he is presently a Professor of Electrical Engineering. He is the Founder and Lead Developer of Howard University Motion Control and Drives Laboratory and is actively involved in many projects with industry, while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of artificial intelligence and motion controls. His

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

; (4) Self-efficacy Beliefs and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies of Children Learning English as a Second Language; (5) Improving Basic Literacy Skills and Social Behavior of Urban At-Risk Kindergartners through Intensive Early Reading Intervention and Parental Involvement; and (6) Standardizing the Test of English for Graduate Students. The first two grants were based on the analysis of the large-scale longi- tudinal data from North Carolina Education Research Data Center (NCERDC) located in the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. He has published 6 books, 10 book chapters, and 60 journal articles. Of the 76 publications, 45 were in the areas of reading or mathematics and were related to

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Regis University

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Educational Research and Methods

development of a codebook for analysis of the ethnographic interview data. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Brittany Claar, Regis University Brittany A. Claar is an undergraduate student at Regis University, studying sociology; she has recently transferred from Colorado School of Mines, where she was a Chemical Engineering student and worked as a Research

Conference Session

Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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Diversity

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at Michigan Tech. She received undergraduate and graduate degrees in mechanical engineering from Duke and NC State, respectively. Her research interests include engineering education and precision manufacturing. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Exploring the Effects of a Targeted Program on Engineering-Related Social CapitalIntroductionThis work in progress paper explores a subset of initial data from a scholarship program thatincorporates mentoring and other aspects designed to expand students’ social capital via socialnetwork expansion. The larger project follows the students involved in this project to

Conference Session

Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matias Alonso Piña, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chilev; Cristian Ruz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Tomás Andrés González, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Paper ID #34585A Protocol to Follow-up with Students in Large-enrollment Courses ˜ Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de ChileMr. Mat´ıas Alonso Pina, Engineering student from Chile.Miss Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Isabel Hilliger is the Associate Director for Assessment and Evaluation at the Engineering Education Division in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (UC). Isabel received a BEng and PhD in Engineering Sciences from UC, and an MA in Policy Organization, and Leadership Studies from Stanford Graduate School of Education. Her research theme is the use

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ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adurangba Victor Oje, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Peter H. Carnell, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26453Work in Progress – Investigating the Concurrent Validity of an Academic Re-silience ScaleMr. Adurangba Victor OJE, University of Georgia Oje Adurangba Victor is a graduate student at the University of Georgia, focusing on engineering educa- tion research. His research focuses on using immersive technology in fostering conceptual understanding. He is currently affiliated with the Engineering Education Transformation Institute (EETI). In fact, his research with the faculty includes the role of learning strategies and student engagement in fostering con- ceptual understanding. Currently, he is contributing to

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Student Experiences and Motivation: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Anna KT Howard, North Carolina State University; Sherry Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12519Flipped Classes: Do Instructors Need To Reinvent the Wheel When It ComesTo Course Content?Dr. Matthew James Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Matthew J. Jensen received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2006. Matthew received his doctorate from Clemson University in 2011 in Mechanical Engineering, focused primarily on automotive control systems and dynamics. During his graduate studies, Matthew was awarded the Department of Mechanical Engineering Endowed Teaching Fellowship. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and

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ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Gutierrez, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced

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Educational Research and Methods

research demonstrates that professional skills, such as teamwork, projectmanagement, cultural awareness, leadership, and interpersonal communication, are still lacking inour graduating students [7, 8], and, in turn, are slowing their career advancement. For this reason,university engineering programs, as well as professional societies in engineering [9, 10], haveidentified the teaching of such professional skills as a goal. Unfortunately, despite this growingand collective interest in professional skills, studies [3, 11] continue to show significant gapsbetween what students are taught in the classroom and what they need to know to succeed inprofessional engineering practice.There is well-established research that professional skills are

Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #18495I Want to Try That Too! Development of a Conceptual Framework for Inter-ventions that Encourage Pedagogical Risk-Taking Among FacultyDr. Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor in The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include topics related to engineering stu- dent persistence, STEM graduate students (particularly women), online learning, educational data mining, and the modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in

Conference Session

Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering students’ leadership development.B. Purpose of the StudyWith increasing awareness about the necessity of leadership development in undergraduateengineering education, this study proposed to present development and validation process of aleadership self-efficacy scale for engineering students. As “there is no all-purpose measure ofperceived self-efficacy” (p. 307)12, we only included several aspects of leadership considered tobe necessary for engineering students. By exploring the responses on the leadership self-efficacyscale, researchers and educators will be able to investigate the progress in engineering students’leadership development and assess their preparedness as a leader in engineering community.II. MethodA. Instrument

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Cognitive Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allyson Jo Barlow, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #23007Student Perspectives on Cognitive Engagement: Preliminary Analysis fromthe Course Social and Cognitive Engagement SurveysMs. Allyson Jo Ironside, Oregon State University Ally Ironside is a recent graduate from LeTourneau University where she studied Water Resources in Civil Engineering. She is currently fusing her technical background with her passion for education in pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering while conducting research in Engineering Education at Oregon State University. Her research interests include the adoption of teaching best practices in engineering and the personal epistemology

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Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Diversity

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Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Dr. Kari L. Jordan earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2006 and 2008 respectively. In undergraduate school she was an active mem- ber of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and served on the Board of Directors. She was also the president of the ASEE student chapter at Michigan Tech. The recipient of a King-Chavez-Parks graduate fellowship and GEM Fellowship, Dr. Jordan completed a master of arts degree in Education and a Ph.D. in engineering education at Ohio State University. She is currently finishing her second year as a post-doctoral research associate and adjunct professor at Embry-Riddle

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Herold, University of California, Riverside; Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside

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Educational Research and Methods

University of California, Riverside. Page 25.305.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Characterizing students’ handwritten self-explanationsAbstractPrior work has shown that self-explanation leads to greater learning gains and that thosestudents who can clearly explain their solution process are more likely to generate goodsolutions. To our knowledge, no studies have measured the impact that self-explanationhas on a student’s solution process. In this work, we explore an unprecedented databasecontaining digital records of the pen strokes from over 120 students’ coursework over anentire

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Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Anna Zilberberg; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy

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AC 2012-5229: FACULTY SURVEY ON LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE:DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL FINDINGSDr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University Olga Pierrakos is an Associate Professor and founding faculty member in the School of Engineering, which is graduating its inaugural class May 2012, at James Madison University. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in engineering science and mechanics, an M.S. in engineering mechanics, and a Ph.D. in biomedical en- gineering from Virginia Tech. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through service (NSF EFELTS project), understanding engineering students through the lens of identity theory

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2009-2461: COMPUTER-AIDED PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTATION FORINSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS CLASSES IN ANUNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMJerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette JERRY K. KESKA, Ph.D. Dr. Keska is an Associate Professor and a member of the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Although most of his professional experience is from academia, he has been employed in both the private sector (Copeland Corporation and Technicon Instruments Corporation) and in government laboratories (Pacific Northwest Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory). His primary research interests are in

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Guangming Yao, Clarkson University; Kelly Black, University of Georgia; Michael W. Ramsdell, Clarkson University; Matthew K. Voigt, San Diego State University; Kalani Kithuliya Rubasinghe Kattadige, Clarkson University; Wen Li, University of California, Los Angeles

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and their applications. She has served as a reviewer for Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Journal of Credit Risk, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Ap- plied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Mathematics and Computation and many others. Professor Yao organized regional mathematics conference, the Mathematics Conference and Competition of Northern New York (MCCNNY), for undergraduate and graduate students since 2014 at Clarkson (once every two years). She served as faculty advisor for McNair Program, honors program at Clarkson, and advised many students through direct studies. She also published over a dozen peer reviewed journal

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Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Monica Geist, University of Northern Colorado; Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, National Science Foundation and Colorado School of Mines; Mary Nelson, University of Colorado

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(CSM), Golden, Colorado. He also received his MS in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems and Control) at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1987. He has over 24 years combined teaching and industrial experience. Mr. Ammerman has co-authored and published several technical articles on Engineering Education, Curriculum Development, and Computer Applications related to Power Systems Engineering. He is an accomplished teacher having received the CSM Graduating Senior Outstanding Teaching Award in Electrical Engineering on numerous occasions. Currently, Mr. Ammerman is pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Systems (Electrical Specialty – Power Systems). His research interests include Computer

Conference Session

Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

in the Information Sciences and Technology Department. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge shar- ing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examine the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cam- bridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr. Johri earned his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Mechanical

Conference Session

Assessment Instruments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

ProfessionalDevelopment area—through the web-based TIDEE system. Student responses and resultingfaculty scoring and feedback were then made available to TIDEE researchers. From this data, asample of student work was collected and used to conduct the IRA study.The IRA study was conducted during the Spring of 2009 with the three formative Teamworkassessments—Team Member Citizenship, Team Processes, and Team Contract—and all four ofthe Professional Development assessments (see Table 1). For each assessment, a set of studentwork was selected from the available data and scored by four raters—two faculty and two TAs.Criteria for faculty participation included being in an engineering discipline and havingexperience teaching capstone design courses. A total of fourteen

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She runs the erstwhile Research in Feminist Engineer- ing (RIFE) group, now renamed the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the website http://feministengineering.org/. She can be contacted by email at apawley@purdue.edu.Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette Canek Phillips is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University-West Lafayette and works as a graduate assistant in Dr. Alice Pawley’s Feminist Research in Engineering Ed- ucation lab. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and an M.S. in Mechanical

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Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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andthus fail to focus on institutions which have showed relatively better success. This study wasdesigned to respond to each of these challenges by importing research tools designed bysociologists to examine small numbers of people to investigate institutional structure: we usepersonal narratives about engineering education contributed by white women and students ofcolor in undergraduate programs to understand how the structure of their educational institutionsassists or hinders their success. My team and I have confronted methodological challenges whentrying to analyze these narratives using commonly used qualitative coding methods. Throughdescribing these challenges in detail, along with our theoretical and methodological frameworksand data

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee

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Paper ID #14814The Development of a Measure of Engineering IdentityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Heidi Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education (ENE) at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE). She is the chair of the ENE Graduate Committee and she is a member of the Teaching Academy at Purdue. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. from ABE in 1997. Her research interests include open-ended problem solving, evaluation of education technology, and first-year and graduate curriculum development.P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University P.K. Imbrie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He

Conference Session

Learning from Industry

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Engineering Education Department; Scott Joseph Campbell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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that engineers urgently need“cross-boundary skills” to enable working “across disciplinary, organizational, cultural, andtime/distance boundaries” (p. 82).1 Hanneman & Gardner more generally identified boundaryspanning skills and competencies as increasingly important for college graduates, includingengineers.2-3 And in his studies of professional work in software and R&D units in global firms,Johri found that engineers and other technical professionals are frequently expected to assumekey roles as “boundary spanning knowledge brokers.”4To shed further light on the boundary spanning realities of engineering practice, the authors areleading a larger research project focused on two main questions: 1) What specific boundaryspanning roles

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sugg, Navy; John Fishell, STEP

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

highlight being the inability ofthe state’s educational system to produce a technologically skilled workforce in sufficientnumbers and capable of sustaining the R&D activity. Findings included that a significantnumber of Californians did not have the education needed to benefit from job opportunitiescreated in the high tech sector and that Californians graduating from the K-12 educational systemand community college system were simply not adequately prepared to enter the high tech arena.Several recommendations were advanced to address the findings.More recent studies continue to illuminate California’s problem. In 2004, California ranked 48thin the nation for high school students going on to college. Statewide, 47 percent of high

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-958: AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT AND PROJECT IN THE FIRSTMEASUREMENT COURSEBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the department and is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He has served as the Chair of the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Studies (DELOS) as well as the Mechanical Engineering Division of