Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Colin J. Reagle P.E., George Mason University; Oscar Barton Jr, Morgan State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

time and money into their academic careers.Faculty can offer advice and our suggestions, but it’s ultimately the student’s decision.In addition, faculty were concerned that students have too few credits already, 121 total. Someadvocated for additional required coursework which would reduce the number of electives or toincrease the total credits. Compared with degree requirements of schools sampled in our survey,we are 5 credits below the 126 credit average; more than 10% of ME programs required inexcess of 130 credits. The debate over college affordability has started in State Housesnationwide and many are pushing to cap BS degrees at 120 credit hours. As the issue of collegeaffordability is at the forefront of engineering education

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Byron A Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Taylor Chesson, Tennessee Technological University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

overwhelmed with too much information toprocess in a 15-week semester, both instructors have created a working set of notes for the first course inmachine design that simplifies the major concepts into five main categories: loads analysis, stressanalysis, design for deflection, design for static yield, and design for dynamic fatigue.Student comments received by both faculty instructors of numerous semesters of teaching via students’end-of-course assessment of course delivery, such as the IDEA tool our campus uses, have included.  A desire for more timely feedback on student work; waiting one to two weeks to discover whether or not they know something as measured by a Q or E limits their confidence to move on to new

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

assure a 1.63 1.63 compliance safe work environment in the UG lab I am provided the appropriate personal protective equip- 1.53 1.51 ment to complete I feel comfortable asking for help or oversight from Fac- 1.43 1.47 ulty and TAs when planning my work or setting up new Evidence of experiments safety engage- When I observe a potential safety issue, I feel comforta- 1.66 1.62 ment ble raising or reporting safety issues to Faculty and TAs I feel comfortable intervening with a colleague to prevent 1.75 1.74 an unsafe behavior from occurring My Lab Group regularly discusses safety issues

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Patrick J Martin, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joseph Adams Shelton, Virginia State University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

get a sense of the other pair’s progress, and use of Discord to communicate easily. One studentstated: “I think dividing us into three teams went very well. It was easier to focus on onecomponent than for all of us to be working on everything”. This comment illustrates that aligningthe student pairs to focused project tasks kept the students from feeling overwhelmed. Only threestudents responded to the prompt of what did not go well, and common themes in the responseswere: coordinating time outside of scheduled project meetings and issues with teammate efforts.This deficiency could be due to the cultures of the institutions, wherein the consequences of notmeeting deliverables may be different.For new concepts learned, students summarized the

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Marino Nader, University of Central Florida; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Harrison N Oonge, University of Central Florida

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2022 ASEE Southeast Section ConferenceTransfer students experience transfer shock, which is typified by a decrease in student performanceas in Cedja3 and Hills4. The shock is occasioned by social and academic adjustment issues thatinclude, learning a new system, environment, policies, and academic culture. Transfer shock ismore pronounced in engineering majors as per Lakin & Elliot5. The dip in GPA often occursduring the first semester post transfer. However, for some students, the shock lingers for a longerperiod in what Lakin & Elliot refer to as “transfer norming” which in turn impacts their time todegree explained by Smith, Grohs, & Aken6. A prolonged

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gafar Abbas Elamin P.E., The Citadel

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

challenge is the selection of the textbooks that covers all required material and consistent © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferenceuse of sign conventions, terminology, and equations for fundamental laws. To address theseissues, in 2009, Boettner et. al3 produced an integrated textbook to teach the fluid mechanics andthe thermodynamics disciplines as a combined course. They assessed the implementation of thattextbook in their paper that had been published during the ASEE 2011 conference4. Their papersummarized feedback from faculty and students who used the integrated textbook for the firsttime. The main concern of faculty about the new

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Karen Dinora Martinez Soto, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that traditionally marginalized students bring into the field and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tools to promote effec- tive and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been rec- ognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

, particularly those that are structured to havemixed male and female participants, helps recruit females into STEM fields [28]. One study onworking in pairs in a computer science lab revealed that students working in pairs are more self-sufficient, better programmers, and more likely to pass the course with a C or better [29]. An in-depth study addresses concerns with retention in STEM fields. The program implemented aProfessional Development Program (PDP) to train faculty how to teach labs with the goal ofincreasing retention of all students. The authors of the study argue that deliberate steps must betaken to ensure labs are inclusive to all [30]. But carefully constructed activities can achieveequitable educational outcomes.The two conclusions state

Conference Session

K-12 and Outreach

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Stacey Rathbun, George Mason University Television; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith PhD, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty, George Mason University; Richard Wood, George Mason University ; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; James Yang, George Mason University; Erin Williams, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

equipment requirements (bothfilming equipment and equipment used in the video lesson). A typical day on-set included 1-2hours of transportation and setup, 2-5 hours of filming, and 1-2 hours of teardown. Multiple takesand incremental re-shoots were done for each video, with the GMU-TV team coaching theperformers on delivery techniques, and faculty/subject matter experts on hand to clarify anycontent issues that arose.Figure 1: Venue 1 – Engineering building electronics laboratory during build video with on-screengraduate student talent and GMU-TV team (left); engineering building atrium during videodemonstrating impact of helium purity on forces on a balloon with undergraduate student talentand GMU-TV team (right).Figure 2: Venue 2 – Two settings

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

conversations about more contemporary engineering issues.144 The third module uses case studies, experts, and guest speakers to address the role of145 engineers and engineering in DEI. Some topics included the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, digital146 segregation, racial zoning, microplastics, how to engage stakeholders to incorporate social147 inequity in coastal climate resilience, and genetically modified organisms. Guest speakers148 included Dr. Rider Foley, who co-wrote a piece titled “Towards Digital Segregation?149 Problematizing the Haves and Have Nots in the Smart City” about Harlem, New York. PhD150 student Valerie Michel, who co-wrote a piece titled “An Assessment of How Stakeholders151 Incorporate Social Inequity

Conference Session

Classroom Skills

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Modality with Adaptive Learning (2016-2019)Flipped classrooms face student resistance, especially regarding pre-class learning. Poor pre-class preparation then impacts student engagement in the classroom, which is crucial to thesuccess of a flipped classroom. We wished to address this concern by using adaptive learning forpre-class learning. As an exploratory project, adaptive lessons were developed for half of theeight topics of the course. The lessons were designed on the adaptive learning platform (ALP) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferencecalled Smart Sparrow [23]. The results from using these adaptive lessons in the flippedclassroom were

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Whitehurst, Mississippi State University; Nathaniel Hyams, Clemson University; Morgan Green, Mississippi State University; Matthew William Priddy, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

community. He also has an interest in engineering education research, particularly in student motivation and future faculty development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference 1 An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Group Work in a Mechanical 2 Engineering Program 3 Elizabeth N. Whitehurst1, Nathaniel A. Hyams2, Morgan K. Green1, and Matthew W. Priddy1 4 5 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 6 2 Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 7 Abstract 8 Group work has