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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Keyvani, University of Colorado Boulder

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

dynamic feedback,students may find it difficult to connect theoretical concepts with their real-world applications. Itis common to observe that the student perception is formed revolving around answering theexam and homework questions rather than understanding the phenomena.4Learning outcomes are equally critical, as introductory courses lay the groundwork for advancedtopics in the curriculum. Many institutions are closely monitoring these outcomes to assess thequality of the programs via third party evaluator namely ABET program. If students fail to graspthese fundamentals, their struggles may compound as they progress, leading to wider gaps inunderstanding. Beyond academic performance, these foundational skills are vital for their futureroles

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 4: Fostering Belonging - Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Retention

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M Ostafichuk P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Carol Jaeger, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Alireza Bagherzadeh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jon Nakane, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

in three activities: the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being questionnaire(SWEMWBS), the ten-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and a select-and-rank activity froma provided list of stressors based on what was most challenging in the past week. The list ofstressors is shown in Table 1 and was developed based on a mapping exercise conducted in the2018/19 academic year [5] and refined in 2020/21 [4]. Starting in 2020/21, additional questionsat the end of the survey collected demographic information. These questions were markedoptional, and all included a “Prefer not to say” response.Table 1. Summary of Stressors by AreaAcademic • Getting high grades1 • Passing exams / courses1 • Getting into a particular

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monika Tomar, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Mario Ventresca, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

developing and assessing Professional Development programs for these students.Mario Ventresca, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Game Theoretic Course Policy Design for Fair Grading in Team-Based Collaborative AssignmentsAbstractTeam-based projects are widely adopted because collaborative learning improves teamwork andprofessional skills while enhancing student engagement and academic achievement. However,free-riding, uneven effort distribution and misreporting remain endemic in group assignments,undermining fairness in grading and learning outcomes. Traditional peer-evaluation andcalibration meetings are vulnerable to bias

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New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 1 - Maximizing Student Interaction and Engagement

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Robles-Granda, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Celina Anwar, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Shivi Narang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; David Dalpiaz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

delivery.The approach combined direct student interpersonal collaboration, behavior, and perspective,leveraging in-class UDL interaction measures and outside-class UDL use. The primary goal ofthis article is to provide a case study for the ASEE community and engineering educators byanalyzing two key UDL strategies: 1) encouraging student participation with in-class UDL toolsand 2) fostering knowledge internalization via out-of-classroom UDL tools. To evaluate theeffectiveness of these strategies, we developed our student interaction metrics based on traffic andinteraction data we collected from these tools. Our findings indicate that the distribution ofconcise, UDL-based evaluation of course activities positively impacts students’ performance,with

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Douglas Howe, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Project. Page 14.1215.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Engineering of Everyday Things: Simple Experiments for the Thermal and Fluid SciencesAbstractA series of demonstrations and laboratory exercises have been developed to teach fundamentalconcepts in the thermal and fluid sciences of the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Thismaterial is part of an educational research project called the Engineering of Everyday Things.The title reflects the use of common technology like hair dryers, blenders, toasters and bicyclepumps, which are used to demonstrate principles of thermodynamics

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Natalia Salies, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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Minorities in Engineering

fromCHS demonstrate need for improvement, particularly in the areas of math and science, as seen inthe Appendix. CHS has established a math, science and engineering focused curriculum throughthe Academy of Engineering (AoE) program. To participate in AoE students sign up beforecoming to CHS for 9th grade and do so out of their own will or the will of their parents. All thestudents that participate in DREAM as mentees are currently enrolled in AoE3.DREAM has been in operation at CHS since spring 2009. In spring 2009 (S09), mentoringsessions were held twice a week during both the 6th and 7th class periods. Because CHS Page 15.887.4implements a block

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Disability, Neurodivergence, and Sense of Belonging in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariah Arral, Carnegie Mellon University

Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). Mariah is an openly disabled scientist and has a passion for creating equitable access to education for everyone. During her undergraduate studies, she developed an interest in studying mentorship of disabled individuals and initiated an ongoing research project with Dr. Halpern. In addition to her mentorship research, Mariah enjoys advocating for the disability community. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com10 Tips to Make Your Course More Accessible and Inclusive to Disabled StudentsMariah L. Arral, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAbstractAbleism is a barrier to accessible engineering education

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Thinking Outside the STEM Box: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Valle, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Donna Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Golden Gulag, Ruth Wilson Gilmore [34] traces the political economy ofprisons through California’s history of welcoming and benefiting from the presence of defensecontractors, laying the groundwork for the development of the state’s prison system. Stringentsentencing guidelines introduced in the 1970s brought significant increases in incarceration ratesand severe prison overcrowding. Political rhetoric emphasized traditional moralistic andpunitive responses to societal transgressions and deemphasized rehabilitative approaches, andstate officials responded by allocating funds, labor, and land toward expanding the capacity ofthe California prison system, despite economic recession, until it became the largest in the world.Racialized notions of

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Thomas De Pree, University of New Mexico; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University

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Diversity

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Student

assistant on two NSF-sponsored studies entitled ”The Distributed System of Governance in Engineering Education” and ”Developing Human Social Networks to Identify and Develop Data Driven Metrics and Methods for Expanding Learning Opportunities Across the Life- time” under the direction of Dr. Alan Cheville and Dr. Atsushi Akera. In addition to her academic experience, she is a former mechanical engineer with several years of experience in the aviation and construction industries.Dr. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, followed by 14 years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering educa

Conference Session

Critical Conversations on Being Valued

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Minha R. Ha, York University; Jeffrey Harris, York University; Aleksander Czekanski , CEEA-ACEG

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

their whole program: […] Imagine you’re alone in a class and you can’t communicate with anybody for an assignment. You see how difficult it is. [I know] now because I’ve experienced it. I don’t have my [usual close] friends in my last semester [because they went on co-op], I never spoke to them. I never get feedback on an assignment. […]” (Snow, 27) […] all the friends cluster or all the smarter kids cluster together and people who [need to] acquire new skills or learning opportunities for development are left behind them. […] (Golden, 21)In a school where peer learning is valued highly, and where the curriculum involves manyprojects that inherently require collective intelligence, the exclusion from a

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 7 Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel A. Godrick, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

in order to complete a B.S. degree within 4 years. Math for all engineering majorsrequires three semesters of calculus plus differential equations with linear algebra. These mathcourses serve as pre-requisites for many other courses in the curriculum. Students are notautomatically eligible to enroll in Calculus I. Historical data indicated a high rate of studentsfailing Calculus I, earning a grade too low to proceed to Calculus II and/or withdrawing from thecourse due to risk of failure (so-called DFW). Therefore, the institution instituted a process toplace students into a math course at the appropriate level. Just prior to the pilot study period, LPIswitched from the ALEKS math placement test to a holistic placement process that included

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

contributing to 82% the community and to our democratic society * Ethical decision making 64%Project-based learning has the advantage of converting the learning process from being instructor-centered to student-centered approach. PBL encourages students to challenge their skills andknowledge and develops lifelong learning skills that are not experienced with traditional teacher-centered approaches. However, guidelines and expectations must be set to prevent student failureand negative impacts. Weimer [8] discussed some risks and challenges accompanying PBLenvironment. Figure 1 illustrates some of

Conference Session

Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Porcel, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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International

. Companies are using skilled engineering teams dispersed around the world to develop products in a collaborative manner, rapidly migrating from local cross-functional collaboration to a mode of global collaboration [3]. Huntley’s review of literature [3] presents the arguments and the strong agreementamong scholars that most of the programs in the U.S. are not adequately preparing the futureengineer to succeed in the 21st century workplace described in the previous quote. To address the previous concern, two interconnected efforts appear in the literature. Oneis to define the profile of the global engineer; the second, elaborate a set of skills andcompetencies the global engineer needs to meet the demands of the 21st century

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College; Darryl H Yong, Harvey Mudd College; Rebecca M Eddy, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.; Nancy Hankel, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

in the invertedsection of Engineering 82 were allowed access to the videos.MeasuresStudents in both sections of each course were administered a pretest and posttest attitude survey.The pretest survey contained a total of 28 selected items from established instruments includingfrom the Research on the Integrated Science Curriculum (RISC), Motivated Strategies forLearning Questionnaire (MSLQ), Metacognitive Awareness Scale (Schraw & Dennison), and theSTEM Questionnaires developed by the STEM team at the Higher Education Research Institute(HERI). A factor analysis was conducted on the pretest survey questions to determine whichquestions were most appropriate to represent the various constructs of interest including self-efficacy for

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica R. Hoehn, University of Colorado, Boulder; Noah D. Finkelstein, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics and Physics

, A. Rattan, and C. S. Dweck, “Why do women opt out? Sense of belonging and women’s representation in mathematics,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 700– 717, Apr. 2012.[10] M. Rifkin, “Addressing Underrepresentation: Physics Teaching for All,” Phys. Teach., vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 72–74, Feb. 2016.[11] “The Underrepresentation Curriculum.” [Online]. Available: https://underrep.com/. [Accessed: 20-Jan-2020].[12] R. M. Lock and Z. Hazari, “Discussing underrepresentation as a means to facilitating female students’ physics identity development,” Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., vol. 12, no. 2, 2016.[13] R. S. Russ, “Integrating Conversations About Equity in ‘Whose Knowledge Counts’ into

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Technical Session 13: Digital Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hieu-Trung Le, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Aqdas Malik, George Mason University

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Computers in Education

media data and tools to help improve learning for students and professionals in the cybersecurity field.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor in the department of Information Sciences & Technology. 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

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Dr. Zoltowski’s research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, and engineering ethics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Facilitation for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Design ThinkingAbstractThis paper explores how facilitating design thinking (DT) can transform engineering cultures forgreater diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We aim to understand better how facilitators applyDT to directly discuss options for DEI in particular engineering cultures, and to provideguidelines for developing facilitation

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Grifski, Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Dira Melissa Delpech, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #34332Thinking as Argument: A Theoretical Framework for Studying how FacultyArrive at Their Deeply-held Beliefs About Inequity in EngineeringJeremy Grifski, Ohio State University Jeremy Grifski is a Graduate Research Associate in the department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Previously, he completed an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve University and went on to work for General Electric Transportation as a part of their Edison Engineering Development Program. Recently, Jeremy completed a Master’s in Computer Science and Engineering under Dr. Atiq and is

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

projects over a five-yearperiod from 2002 to 2006 in an early mechanical engineering design course. All ten,semester-long team projects are hands-on and require the design, fabrication and testingof an artifact. Of the six individual projects described: two are experimental; onerequires reverse engineering; one is hands-on; and two are related to design evaluationand the design process. Example results are given for two of the team projects and twoof the individual projects. Student surveys indicate that engineering students enjoyworking on these projects and learn from the experience.IntroductionEarly, hands-on, design experiences in the BSME curriculum have become morecommon recently even though providing “hands-on” experiences in an

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts, Lowell ; Christopher J. Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #13394Design and Implementation of an Inexpensive Laboratory for Providing Hands-On Design Prototyping and Manufacturing Experiences to Engineering Stu-dentsMr. Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell department of Mechanical Engineering Ph. D candidate with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with a Design and Manufacturing Concentra- tion who develops CNC technology for academic research and education. He also designs experimental hardware, electronics and software coding to automate mechanical systems.Dr. Christopher J Hansen, University of Massachusetts, LowellProf. Stephen Johnston, University of

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Lee Charles, Kansas State University; Kyle Larson, Kansas State University; Andrew Sneed, Kansas State University

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

temperatures to rise. The rising temperatures arecausing altered precipitation patterns and more frequent and severe weather events such ashurricanes, heatwaves, and droughts. These changes cause disruptions to ecosystems andbiodiversity [1]. Overall, addressing the issue of carbon emissions is crucial for alleviating theimpacts of climate change and protecting the environment.The building industry, residential and commercial, makes up roughly 40% of the world's carbonemissions [2]. Sustainability within buildings and materials has become a priority as the industryseeks to minimize its environmental impact. According to the World Commission onEnvironment and Development of the United Nations, sustainability means meeting the needs ofthe present

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Wyrick, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Foust, York College of Pennsylvania

, multiple-choice quiz at the beginning of every class. The objective of this study is to determinewhether these differences in their out of class learning strategies impact a student’s performance,engagement, and knowledge retention.These two approaches are assessed herein by comparing the student performances on the commonexams. Additionally, end-of-semester surveys were administered to evaluate how the students engagedwith the professor, their peers, and themselves within the context of the course and the instructionalmethods.Institutional and Curriculum InformationYork College of Pennsylvania (YCP) is a private institution that focuses on undergraduate education witha total enrollment of about 4200 students. The engineering program at YCP

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University

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Community Engagement Division

designated grader forentering into the scoring software.Once all grading was completed, the tally sheets were examined to determine the top teams andindividuals. The results were verified with the rankings from the grading software. Sometimes,discrepancy occurred, and mistakes were corrected before finalizing the results. The entiregrading work had to be completed before the afternoon program.Our engineering students enjoyed the intense grading process. Many of them mentioned that theywere amazed at the math talents exhibited among the middle school students. Most of themacknowledged that they themselves were not be able to solve many of the math problems. Duringthe course of several hours, many graders developed emotional attachment to the students

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Covington, California State University-Northridge; G. Michael Barnes, California State University-Northridge

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Educational Research and Methods

most educatorswould admit that planning and time management are often not an explicitly addressed element ofthe Computer Science and Engineering curriculum. Rather than teach students how to managetime, most instructors do the work themselves, incorporate the results into the time frames anddeadlines documented in the course syllabus, and assume that students will allocate their timeaccordingly. In reality, many students, especially those with weaker performance, do not knowhow to do this, or do not realize the consequences of not taking deadlines seriously. We showthat a brief periodically administered self-assessment survey that requires students to state howmuch time they have allocated on class tasks helps students better manage their time

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Haskett, Georgia Southern University; Jonathan C. Hilpert, Georgia Southern University; Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

learning and making curriculum relevant to studentbackgrounds and interests) for individual differences may be key to improving motivation andengagement for UREM’s.Future Directions for Research and PracticeWhat is clear from our findings is that the engineering classrooms we surveyed were consistently moresupportive of question asking, affective engagement, and effortful engagement for white males, and lesssupportive of these activities for white females, multiracial females, and multiracial males. These resultsare complicated by a complex combination of findings with regard to engagement patterns for UREM’s.Students engage with classroom activities in many ways, and it is unclear what the result of increasedautonomy support in classroom

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silveira, California State University, Chico

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

included.BackgroundThe demographics of engineering student populations have changed and an increased number ofstudents are entering engineering programs with little to no prior hands-on experience. Thisleaves them at a disadvantage both in terms of success in mastering the curriculum and level ofcompetitiveness for internships [1, 2]. As these students move through a typical engineeringcurriculum, a focus on abstract theory and mathematical concepts over physical applications andmeasurable observations will fail to give them the necessary hands-on experience, reducing thechances that the information will be retained over the long term [3]. Students who have specificlearning styles that favor physical experimentation and real-world experience are also left at

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haridas Kumarakuru, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

school to undergraduate school. During this time, physics can become the enemy ofacademic growth, especially when it is seen as too difficult to understand and when students feelit is a necessary evil to endure for academic credit. This feeling is most prevalent among studentswho had an unqualified or un-engaging teacher or went to a school that lacked appropriateexperimental facilities. There is also a big discussion among educators that the inadequacies inmathematic skills of freshmen students suppress the quality of physics education. Since 1990, the“physics first” movement [2] is working extremely hard to rebuild a strong physics curriculum atpublic high schools.Our Institution is offering career focused education through seventeen bachelor

Conference Session

Practice III: Multimedia Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Behrend; Yi Wu, Penn State Behrend

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #22590Effective Review of Prerequsites: Using Videos to Flip the Reviewing Processin a Senior Technical CourseDr. Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Behrend Qi Dunsworth is the Director of Center for Teaching Initiatives at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. She received her MA in Communication Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University. At Behrend she supports faculty in classroom teaching, research, and collaboration. She has developed a series of faculty teaching workshops and is the recipient of several grants for course revision, educational

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanical Engineering

theactivities’ impact on students.Research QuestionsThe questions that this study tried to answer were: - How to retain students’ interests during the class while covering the curriculum as required by the college and department? - How does the overall performance of the students change when taking the course in a format or style that is different than traditional learning?Methodology - Development and use of hands-on active learning exercisesFluid power class is a traditionally taught course in the School of Engineering Technology atPurdue University. Students enrolled in this class are usually sophomores or juniors. The courselearning outcomes (CLOs) are as follows:1. Design fluid power systems with off the shelf

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Drushel, Case Western Reserve University; John Gallagher, Wright State University

) thatstudents in the online course generally use them. This is another systemic difference that canaffect positive outcomes in the online course. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the lack oflive face-to-face interaction among students and staff could be a major motivational factor thatchanges effectiveness of the online course.6. Measuring the Effectiveness of the Online Course: Initial ObservationsBoth statistical analysis and anecdotal observation of the traditionally-offered course stronglysuggest that several offerings are required before curriculum settles and the course is sufficientlymature to evaluate. We expect the online course to be no different in this regard. Because it hasbeen offered only once in its current form, and because the