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Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Paper ID #40206The Role of Spatial Ability in a Statics and Mechanics of Materials CourseDr. Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology Maxine Fontaine is a Teaching Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in 2010 from Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark. Maxine has a background in the biomechanics of human movement, and ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Role of Spatial Ability in a Statics and Mechanics of Materials CourseAbstractStrong spatial visualization skills are critical to

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Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony J Petrosino Jr, University of Texas, Austin; Maximilan Kolbe Sherard, The University of Texas at Austin; Jason R Harron, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

. Maximilan Kolbe Sherard, The University of Texas at Austin Graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin studying STEM EducationMr. Jason R Harron, University of Texas, Austin Jason Harron is a Ph.D. Candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests that focus on the intersection of creativity, technology, and learning. Jason’s dissertation research explores how collaborative design-based tasks can facilitate the emergence of creativity within complex systems. By fostering curiosity, play, and tinkering, his work seeks to develop a better understanding of how to support people as they develop agency, identity, and ownership throughout their life-long learning. c

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaejin Hwang, Northern Illinois University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #46081BOARD # 407: NSF ITEST: A Data-Driven Approach to UnderstandingComputational Thinking in Children: Embodied Learning with AugmentedReality and a Social RobotDr. Jaejin Hwang, Northern Illinois University Dr. Jaejin Hwang, is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NIU. His expertise lies in physical ergonomics and occupational biomechanics and exposure assessment. His representative works include the design of VR/AR user interfaces to minimize the physical and cognitive demands of users. He specializes in the measurements of bodily movement as well as muscle activity and intensity to

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Effective Use of Technology in Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Myrtede Christie Alfred, Clemson University; Morris Branchell Lee III; David M. Neyens, Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

research focuses on the use of virtual reality in facilitating learning in online environments.Morris Branchell Lee IIIDr. David M. Neyens, Clemson University David M. Neyens, PhD MPH, is an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Clemson University. He received his PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Iowa in 2010 and a MPH from the University of Iowa in 2008.Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye’s research focuses on solving human-machine systems design problems and modeling human performance in technologically complex systems such as health care, aviation and man- ufacturing. He has more than 200 publications in these areas, and his research has been funded by

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Rahouti, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Applying software-defined networking to minimize the end-to-end delay of network services. ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review 18, 30–40 (2018). 3. Topham, L., Kifayat, K., Younis, Y. A., Shi, Q. & Askwith, B. Cyber security teaching and learning laboratories: A survey. Information & Security 35, 51 (2016). 4. Sharma, S. K. & Sefchek, J. Teaching information systems security courses: A hands-on approach. Computers & Security 26, 290–299 (2007). 5. Willems, C. & Meinel, C. Online assessment for hands-on cyber security training in a virtual lab. In Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE, 1–10 (IEEE, 2012). 6. Xiong, K. & Pan, Y. Understanding protogeni in networking courses for research and

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Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Jean Carlos Batista Abreu, Elizabethtown College; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Kurt M. Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Azize Akcayoglu; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted

Conference Session

Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Tang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Lin Ding, The Ohio State University; Haiyan Bai, University of Central Florida; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

following the test development processrecommended by the Standards for designing assessments on solving rectilinear and angularmotion problems. By adopting the symbolic problem-solving approach, we were able toincorporate a more diverse range of problems, while maintaining a focus on the pertinent construct.Consequently, this approach offers the advantage of improving both validity and reliability incomparison to traditional methods. Moreover, we have highlighted the importance of providingstudents with effective scaffolding to improve their skills in symbolic problem-solving. Thesestrategies not only foster a deeper understanding of the subject matter but also enable students toovercome the challenges often associated with algebraic difficulties

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Program Descriptions and Learning Analytics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jasmine Batten, Florida International University; Alexandra Strong, Florida International University; Monique Ross, Florida International University; Elodie Billionniere, Miami Dade Community College; Myrian Herlle, Florida International University

mentorship, research, and teaching.Alexandra Coso Strong (Assistant Professor) Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Strong completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech in spring, 2014. While a doctoral student, Strong was a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow and a member of the Cognitive Engineering Center. The goal of her doctorate research was to improve students’ abilities to think more broadly about complex systems design and to take into account stakeholder-related considerations within their design projects. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Strong received a bachelor’s degree in

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Faculty Development: Round Table Discussions

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pheather R Harris, University of California, Irvine; Tayloria N.G. Adams, University of California, Irvine; Star Lee, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

interested in investigating the effectiveness of teaching professional development programs for STEM graduate students and faculty, and receives support from the National Science Foundation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025WIP Engaging Every Student: Understanding Faculty Perceptions of Access,Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a 2 Year Professional Development SeriesAbstractThis work in progress (WIP) describes a grant funded by the National Science Foundation toexamine how a 2-year access, diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development seriesimpacts inclusive pedagogical practices by faculty, both tenured and non-tenured, at a HispanicServing Institution, and at a community

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Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Tyler, Granta Design; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Leon M. Dean, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

engineering design (Evaluation)AbstractOutreach summer camps, particularly those focused on increasing the number of womenin engineering, are commonplace. Some camps take the approach of a broad survey ofengineering as a whole, while others focus on one specific discipline. Within thediscipline-specific camps, there is a high degree of variability in curriculum and structure.This is apparent when considering if and how engineering design is built into the campstructure. While many studies have investigated the impact of outreach camps onengineering self-confidence among participants, few studies have sought to understandhow the camp curriculum as a whole can influence these outcomes.To begin to understand the connection between outreach camp

Conference Session

Statics Fanatics 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Sanjit Basker; JINGJIE YEO, Cornell University

Paper ID #37810Improving understanding of reaction forces in free bodydiagrams using a paired vector object in Prairie LearnHadas Ritz (Senior Lecturer) Hadas Ritz is a senior lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and a Faculty Teaching Fellow at the James McCormick Family Teaching Excellence Institute (MTEI) at Cornell University, where she received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2008. She received the 2021 ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award.Sanjit Basker Sanjit is an engineering student at Cornell. His interests lie in aerospace propulsion and machine learning.JINGJIE YEO Prof

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Becker, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

] Arthur C. Graesser, Sidney D’Mello and Natalie Person, “Meta-knowledge in Tutoring,” in Handbook of Metacognition in Education, Douglas J. Hacker, John Dunlosky and Arthur C. Graesser, eds., Routledge, New York, 2009.[7] Paula Vetter Engelhardt and Robert J. Beichner, “Students’ Understanding of Direct Current Resistive Electrical Circuits,” American Journal of Physics, Vol. 72 (98), pp. 98-115, 2004.[8] Tatiana V. Goris and Michael J. Dyrenfurth, “How Electrical Engineering Technology Students Understand Concepts of Electricity. Comparison of Misconceptions of Freshmen, Sophomores, and Seniors,” Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Paper ID 5849

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Marya H Schnedeker, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Tufts University; Sarah Marie Coppola, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Leonardo Andres Madariaga, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach / Federico Santa Maria Technical University

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First-Year Programs

 and excitement of engineering have been offered at Tufts University for the past ten years, Fall 2014 was the first semester this course was offered. This course was designed to introduce students to a number of human factors engineering topics and taught by a faculty member from the Human Factors Department.  Human factors is defined at “the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies  Page 26.705.3theory, principles, data, and other methods to design in order to optimize human well­being and  13​overall

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MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Rhoda Baggs, Florida Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

designspecifications while explicitly preserving its unique design and functionalities.Refactoring tends to permit and reveal numerous opportunities to improve the software.The term “refactoring” in software engineering, means modifying design or source codewithout changing its external behavior, with the motivation being to improve softwaremaintenance cost. Refactor to understand is a typical reverse engineering pattern in that itdoes not intend to improve the code base or the design itself, but improves themaintainers understanding. Consequently, less emphasis is put on regression testing, andmore on the composition and verification of hypotheses concerning the code. Theiterative process of Refactor to Understand [5] is described as 1) Read the code, 2

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, SMU Lyle School of Engineering; Andrew N Quicksall

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #26823Deep Observation: Geo-spatial Mapping as a Strategy for Site Engagementand Problem DesignDr. Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, SMU Lyle School of Engineering Jessie Zarazaga teaches GIS and Sustainability and Development in the Lyle School of Engineering at SMU. Working across the boundaries of urbanism, landscape mapping, infrastructure design and public engagement, Zarazaga explores ways to connect culture and community to place. Using GIS and partici- patory community mapping, she explores the impact of civil and environmental choices on the design of the sustainable city. Trained in architecture and urban design

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aja Rachel Bettencourt-Mccarthy, University of Cincinnati; Matthew Sleep, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

over time. In addition, while scholars and accrediting bodies have worked to defineengineering design, the extent to which these definitions reflect the students’ understanding ofengineering design is less clear. This paper aims to provide insight into student perceptions ofdesign by discussing the results of a survey that asked both first year and capstone undergraduatecivil engineering students to identify the components of several design and engineering designdefinitions that resonated most strongly with their experience and understanding of engineeringas a profession. In addition to sharing the results of this study, we review the literature on waysto expand student understanding of engineering design and provide recommendations, along

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Marshall Brain, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

current research projects focus on sensor systems and engineering design education. Dr. Gupta likes to tinker with new technology and work on small hobby projects in her basement lab. Her other hobbies include reading, classical dancing, and traveling.Mr. Marshall Brain, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Marshall Brain is most widely known as the founder of HowStuffWorks.com, an award-winning web- site that offers clear, objective and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world around us actually works. The site, which he created as a hobby and took through several rounds of venture funding totaling approximately $8 million, was purchased for $250 million by Discovery Communications in 2007. As a well

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Jane Kulhanek, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Raymond Markovetz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Zachari Lucius Swiecki, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Matthew’s research in education focuses on methods that assess and increase innovation in product design, and his laboratory research seeks to understand and treat the airway dehydration present in patients with Cystic Fibrosis through mathematical modeling, rheological analysis, and systems engineering principles.Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, University of Wisconsin, Madison Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illi- nois at Urbana-Champaign with a minor in Spanish. While earning her Bachelor’s degree in engineering, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Funk, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leilani Marie Pai, Denison University; Johan Benedict Cristobal, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

. Cristobal is currently working with the lead researcher of a S-STEM grant seeking to better understand factors that influence the persistence of students in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 (WIP) Persistence in an S-STEM project: Understanding the Intersectional Experiences and Identities of Women in ComputingThis work-in-progress paper uses storytelling to examine the intersectional experiences of fourwomen in computing. All participants were involved in a National Science FoundationScholarships in STEM (S-STEM) project and identified with a historically marginalized racial orethnic group. This work contributes to a conversation about potential methods and considerationsfor such

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park ; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

theopportunity to practice engineering design skills. Entrepreneurship programs, in the form ofcertificate programs and minors, as well as stand-alone courses, have been initiated in manyuniversities and colleges across the country.Both entrepreneurship and engineering design are being studied extensively by engineeringeducation researchers. As the study of these domains develops, researchers need to define thegoals and objectives of these disciplines and build pedagogical models to guide instructionalpractice, a point that Fiet and Mars made about the state of entrepreneurship education.4, 5 Part ofdeveloping pedagogical models of a domain includes understanding faculty beliefs andperceptions about that domain. Educational research has long supported a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

associations among the key themes of themore complete underlying models used to represent the system being envisioned and developed.These benefits have led to the development of many new canvases with some expressly createdfor design courses in engineering education settings.A model-based approach for understanding and developing canvases has recently been presented(Tranquillo et al., 2016). This approach notes that canvases are high level representations ofunderlying complex systems. As alluded to above, these complex systems can be businessmodels, but they can also be products, devices, or manufacturing and supply systems. Briefly, acanvas is constructed by selecting interrelated elements of system models that represent theunderlying real systems

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CPDD Technical Session 2 - Trends in Student and Faculty Support

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Springer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kathryne Newton, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

moves to the right toward full scale development, systems operation andengineering gives way to product design, development, and systems integration. This left toright transition in the product life cycle requires a transitioning from a higher level of systemsunderstanding to a tactical level of team and individual discipline-specific knowledge; softwareengineering, hardware engineering, operations and the specialty engineering disciplines.Given this natural transitioning of required knowledge and understanding, those individuals withdiscipline-specific knowledge would expect to, and would generally, be promoted into positionsrequiring higher levels of cognitive functioning upon conferment of a Doctorate in Technologyand demonstrated skills.The

Conference Session

Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Confusion Matrix Analysis of Student Think-Alouds during a Dynamics Concept Inventory Exam: Workin Progress for Two QuestionsJulian L. Davis & A. Jason HillConcept inventory question results are frequently used to evaluate students' overall understanding ofcourse material. These questions focus only on foundational concepts rather than detailed problemsolving. Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI) exam results were analyzed for two semesters. Studentswere asked to audibilize their thoughts while taking the exam and being recorded. The video recordingsof students taking the exam were transcribed for two questions. Results of two independent analyses ofthe transcriptions were summarized statistically in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Felicity Bilow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

confrontclimate change and design climate resilient systems, as well as help in “restructure[ing] theenergy system and related infrastructure into a system that is sustainable, affordable, reliable, andjust” [2, p. 740].Tackling issues like climate change requires an interdisciplinary understanding. It is not just anenvironmental challenge; it intersects with issues of equity, justice, and global development.Recent studies indicate that engineering students may not fully grasp the significance of non-technical aspects related to climate change and how these aspects relate to their engineering work[3, 4]. Moreover, engineering students often fail to bridge the gap between the technical aspectsof engineering and its social dimensions [5, 6]. Recognizing

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 22: Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

. We seek to understand, and consequently improve,engineering design teaching and learning, through transformations of practice that are based onengineering education research.Design teaching and learningChallenges in teaching design exist due to difficulties in framing design problems, recognizingwhat expertise students possess, and assessing their expertise to help them reach their goals. Inproject-based learning (PBL), for example, Dym, et al (2005) proposed the questions related toissues of authenticity and assessment. In one of the questions about “proportions of problems”they shed light on the “problem solving” as one of the key characteristics in design thinking,teaching and learning. According to Jonassen (2000), “Instructional-design

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Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Cellitti, Drexel University

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Student

Conceptual Framework failure experiences in elementaryA central part engineering problem-solving is experiencing The overarching theoretical framework that guides the engineering contexts?struggle, or uncomfortable moments where a designed proposed research work is a situative learning framework.solution is not working as it was intended. This study Johri and Olds summarize a situative framework as having,examines what these experiences look like for young “a central aim… to understand learning as situated in

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Besser, University of Saint Thomas; AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas

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Design in Engineering Education

mean std. dev. mean std. dev. Number Product/Industrial designers must understand mathematics and physics 1 3.76 0.72 3.33 0.91 and how to apply them to the design process. Mechanical engineers are creative in 2 the same way that product designers 3.44 0.84 2.67 1.28 are. Mechanical engineers must be skilled 3 4.16 0.85 3.9 0.89 at building models and prototyping. Product/Industrial designers must be

Conference Session

ME Division 6: Innovative Simulation and Extended Reality Techniques

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

projects during the freshman andsophomore years typically fall into this category. For example, some first-year design projects[5]in an introductory engineering design course focused on the engineering design process. Theprimary goal of these projects was to help students gain a basic understanding of the engineeringdesign process, making them a clear example of subject-specific design projects. In anotherexample, the design projects[6] in engineering graphics course mainly focused on modeling anddrawing, with dimensions and material selections provided, instead of being determined in theproject itself. This too was a subject-specific design project.Even in junior or senior years, some design projects may still fit into the first category

Conference Session

Supporting Students and Faculty in Computing (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 7)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Stacey Sexton

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

technology creators andconsumers. Ostensibly scheduled to get feedback on our final projects, the discussion wasdominated by how difficult it was to design and implement DEI-focused initiatives in a climateof anti-DEI laws, legislation, and attitudes. The conversation turned remarkably personal as wediscussed how we were maintaining our commitment to making equitable change withinrelatively hostile environments.Our team of three including two evaluators and a program director had been preparing to conductinterviews with computer science education advocates to better understand how teams use datato make DEI policy, program and practice decisions. The goal of this study was to explore howthe team dynamics, including potential power differentials

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Understanding Inclusivity and Equity in STEM Contexts: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffani Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ilalee James, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

as a Black faculty, student, or staff member in the college of engineering at thefocal institution. A total of 15 to 20 participants will be interviewed. We expect interviews to lastapproximately 60-minutes. Participants will be compensated for their time with a $50 gift cardcode. All interviews will be audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts will beanalyzed by thematic analysis [6]. IRB approval has been received and interview participants arebeing recruited. Interviews are expected to continue for the summer and fall semesters of 2022.Interview ProtocolThe interview protocol was designed to understand participants’ perceptions of engineeringculture and language. The interview protocol asks participants about their experiences