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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Maartje E. D. Van Den Bogaard, Iowa State University; Lea Marlor, University of Michigan; Laura Carroll, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

Paper ID #37166WIP: Faculty Adoption of Active Learning in OnlineEnvironments: An Application of the Concerns-BasedAdoption ModelXiaping Li Xiaping Li is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. Prior to her doctoral study, Xiaping worked at the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning at the University of Hong Kong. Xiaping's research interests are focused on faculty development and change, inclusive teaching, and the application of technology to teaching and learning. She has a B.S. in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering and an M.S. in Geological

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Sherris; Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Ramirez; Tushar Sinha, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Francisco Haces Fernandez, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Christine Robbins, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Marisol Pirozzolo, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Mohammad Azayzeh, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Alberto Aguirre, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Danielle Maynard, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Yara Green-Jordan, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; jianhong Ren, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Mariee Cruz Mendoza, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Fernanda Cruz Mendoza (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) Mariee Cruz-Mendoza is a Graduate Teaching Assistant pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering with a concentration in Sustainable Energy. Mariee obtained her B.S. in Industrial Management and Applied Engineering Technology, and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering. Her focus is wind energy, solar energy, and renewable energies in agriculture and geospatial analysis. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Piloting transdisciplinarity among faculty and students concerned with flood management on the South Texas Gulf Coast: A four-stage model for

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

, supporting even those students who did not directly vocalize the concern. Thisshows to the entire class that the instructor is on their team and wants them to be successfulin the course. In addition, faculty can send a personalized email to students with concernsand talk about specific ways to alleviate them. As multiple students often have the sameconcern, it helps save the response for future reuse. Student response to this approach isoverwhelmingly positive, especially in large classes where students typically feel unseen andunheard. This sets a tone of caring as, historically, faculty do not often ask their studentsabout their general concerns or issues. Another way to use these surveys is to identify gaps in student knowledge that needto be

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LEES 7: Experiments in Experiential and Project-Based Learning

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Cao; Jennifer Case, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jingshen Wu; Bingzhuo Liang

students' weekly reflective submissions duringthe project and involves instructors' evaluation of students' knowledge and motivation,communication, practical skills, thinking skills, responsibility, and project execution. This paperreports a qualitative interview-based case study investigating student and faculty perceptions ofthe new assessment system. We interviewed ten students (out of a class of 33) and six faculty (allPjBL instructors) about their perceptions of the assessment system. The analysis of the studentinterviews showed their concerns about the turnaround time of weekly assessments and thequality and objectivity of the feedback. The study of the faculty interviews captured the debateabout the weighting of the items in the assessment

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ETD - STEM Issues in ET II

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yooneun Lee, University of Dayton; Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton; Alexander Watson, University of Dayton

Paper ID #36854Student and Faculty Perspectives on UndergraduateCheating Frequency and SeverityYooneun Lee (Assistant Professor)Khalid Zouhri (Assistant Professor) Dr. Khalid Zouhri is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology in the Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology at the University of Dayton. Before joining the faculty at UD, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Higher College of Technology. Prior to that Dr. Zouhri was an adjunct professor at the University of New Haven while working in the aerospace industry. Dr. Zouhri has over

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Engineering Ethics Division: Perspectives on Engineering Ethics Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of New Mexico; Rebecca Atadero, Colorado State University

Paper ID #37141How are Issues of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and JusticeReflected in Engineering Societies’ WrittenCommunications? A ReviewAmir Hedayati Mehdiabadi Amir Hedayati-Mehdiabadi is an assistant professor in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program at the University of New Mexico. Hedayati has received a Ph.D. degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In broad terms, his research focuses on issues of ethics and inclusion in talent and professional development. His research explores how we can enhance ethical decision-making among

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Nadia Kellam, Arizona State University; Susannah Davis, University of New Mexico

Paper ID #38321The Consequential Agency of Faculty Seeking to MakeDepartmental ChangeVanessa Svihla Dr. Vanessa Svihla is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with appointments in learning sciences and engineering. Her research, funded by an NSF CAREER award, focuses on how people learn as they frame problems and how these activities relate to identity, agency and creativity.Nadia N. Kellam (Associate Professor) Dr. Nadia Kellam (she/they) is Associate Professor of Engineering within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). She

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Esther Jose, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

analyzing the perspective of faculty onaffirmative action, Flores and Rodriguez [4] found that a sizeable proportion of participantsexpressed concerns that qualified white males would be disadvantaged and applicants of color orwoman would be favored for faculty positions.While it is known that a larger presence of women faculty in a field favor the odds of womenfaculty to persist and succeed in their career [11], there are many factors that make it less likelyfor women to obtain tenure, such as invisible labor. Reid [12] defined invisible labor as workdone by academics that is deemed unnecessary or voluntary, and thus does not add any credit tothe “laborer”. Such work includes mentoring students, making them feel at home, serving as rolemodels and

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Issues Facing STEM Programs at Rural Two-Year Colleges

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D. Boyer, Clemson University; Shannon Conner, Clemson University; Luke Duncan; Louise Averitt, Clemson University; Marian Kennedy, Clemson University

after NSF support ends.The 2021-2022 academic year is the third of the five-year program, although, given emergentrecruitment issues, we foresee application for a no-cost extension. The primary concern is thelow number of students currently supported in comparison to our goals, highlighting recruitmentfor further examination. We planned to support up to twenty students in year 1, 52 students inyear 2, and 70 students in year 3, but our actual numbers in the first three years are 7, 12, and 28students. Given this trend, our concern over how we recruit students into SPECTRA is now atthe forefront of our work. The program is not reaching eligible students, and low recruitment haslimited the quality of research needed to inform the construction of

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Technical Session M1

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity, Works In Progress

, another issue raised concerns the erasure of the female experience through suchmeans as the inability of gender selection by the user and problem scenarios falling within themale domain [3]. As women are stakeholders in educational software and make up roughly halfof the audience, it is essential they see themselves being positively represented.The project described here serves as the culminating design experience in the first-yearprogramming sequence at Ohio Northern University (ONU). For context, Programming 1 isoffered in the first semester, where students learn the basics of sequence, selection, and iterationusing C++. The following Programming 2 course builds upon this foundation, using Java as thelanguage for introducing the object-oriented

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LEES 5: Preparing and Practicing Culturally and Ethically Sensitive Engagement

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cech, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan; Teanne Davis, University of Michigan

Paper ID #36560Does Public Welfare Responsibility Training in EngineeringEducation Shape Engineering Professionals’ Reasoning aboutEthical Issues?Erin A. Cech (Associate Professor) Erin A. Cech is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Professor by courtesy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Cech joined the University of Michigan in 2016. Before coming to UM, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and was on faculty at Rice University. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and

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ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

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Tyler S. Love, Penn State University, Harrisburg

Paper ID #36622Accident Occurrences and Safety Issues Reported by Mid-Atlantic P-12Engineering EducatorsDr. Tyler S. Love, Penn State University, Harrisburg Dr. Love earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Tech. His bach- elors degree is in Technology Education from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He previously taught technology and engineering (T&E) courses in Maryland’s Public School System. He is nation- ally recognized for his work related to the safer design of makerspaces and collaborative STEM labs. Dr. Love is an Authorized OSHA Trainer for General Industry. He has

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WIED: Support for All in the WIED Community

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Cali Anicha, North Dakota State University; Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Sheryl Burgstahler; Cecilia Aragon, University of Washington; Teresa Shume, North Dakota State University

looking at ways to increase diversity among science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) faculty, little has been done to increase therepresentation of faculty with disabilities. Moreover, despite recent attention to increasing theparticipation of students with disabilities in STEM education, this work has rarely been extendedto include faculty with disabilities. This paper describes efforts taken by AccessADVANCE, apartnership between two institutions, to influence institutional change to increase theparticipation of women with disabilities among STEM faculty. Faculty and student successes areinterrelated; the goal of AccessADVANCE is to identify effective interventions for systematicallyaddressing issues impacting the career advancement and

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NEE Technical Session - Assessment/Evaluation

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Washuta, The Citadel; Alyson Eggleston, The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel; Robert Rabb, The Citadel

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Defining Key Terms in New ABET Student OutcomesAbstractIn engineering design, it is necessary that proposed solutions to a problem fulfill not justtechnical requirements of the design problem, but also account for the real world context of thesolutions. These broader contexts can be wide ranging and complex, simultaneously impactingthe world in a variety of ways. When teaching an engineering capstone course, it is vital toprovide students with the education necessary to address these issues. Indeed, the ABET Criteriafor Accrediting Engineering Programs addresses this need in Criterion 2. Student Outcome 2 listsspecific

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Computers in Education 1 - Programming I

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AHMET ARIS, Florida International University; Luis Puche Rondon, Florida International University; Daniel Ortiz, Florida International University; Monique Ross, Florida International University; Mark Finlayson, Florida International University; A. Uluagac, Florida International University

Paper ID #38019Integrating Artificial Intelligence into CybersecurityCurriculum: New PerspectivesAHMET ARIS Ahmet Aris is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida International University. He is conducting research in Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab (CSL) at Florida International University under the supervision of Dr. A. Selcuk Uluagac. He earned both PhD and MSc. in Computer Engineering from the Graduate School of Science, Engineering and Technology at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He also worked at Medianova CDN R\&D Center as an R

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Baukal, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Carter Stokeld

- Treasurer and College Industry Partnership (CIPD) Board member. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com What Employers Look for in New Engineering GraduatesAbstractThis paper looks at what many employers look for in new engineering graduates. Some of this iscontained in ABET requirements such as student outcomes for what students should know or beable to do at the time they graduate and in program outcomes for what students should know orbe able to do several years after graduation [1]. This paper looks at more specific details, manyof which are not contained in ABET requirements, that should be valuable for faculty,engineering

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Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

should attend to the safety, health, and welfare of ourstudents in our roles as educators. The next sections examine each of these elements in turn,providing examples of what these responsibilities encompass within an educational setting.SafetyPhysical safety concerns are rarely an issue during traditional lecture-based instruction. Incontrast, experimental laboratory settings may pose numerous safety threats. This includesexperimental laboratories associated with basic science and engineering science courses, hands-on design/build settings in courses and co-curricular activities, and research settings forundergraduate to graduate students [21-23]. It is imperative that faculty make safety a priority.This includes addressing all safety concerns

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khosro Shirvani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Conor Ricchetti, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

place over five weeks. The program participants engaged inclassroom theorem and hands-on activities related to onshore wind turbines' safe and effectivemaintenance. This paper offers insights from academic faculty on the effectiveness of industry-based training and how collaborative programs can benefit both academia and industries.IntroductionIn January 2021, the State University of New York (SUNY) announced its partnership with theNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to support the lategovernor's goal of achieving 9 Gigawatts offshore wind power by 2035. Together, they launchedthe Offshore Wind Training Institute (OWTI), a $20 million program with the goal of training2,500 workers in the renewable energy industry

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DEED Technical Session 10: Empathy and Human-centered Design

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ardeshir Raihanian Mashhadi, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

Paper ID #36825Expansive Empathy: Defining and Measuring a NewConstruct in Engineering DesignArdeshir Raihanian MashhadiVanessa Svihla Dr. Vanessa Svihla is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with appointments in learning sciences and engineering. Her research, funded by an NSF CAREER award, focuses on how people learn as they frame problems and how these activities relate to identity, agency and creativity. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Expansive Empathy: Defining and Measuring a New

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LEES Session 9

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Wint

Powered by www.slayte.com The role of neoliberalism in the development of the ‘new’ engineer “…children are not the ‘supply’ that meets any ‘demand’ however urgent. They are individual human beings, and the primary concern of the schools should not be with the living they will earn but with the life they will lead” [1].Universities have traditionally been viewed as places which allow students to broaden theirminds, the Latin ‘universus’ meaning ‘the whole, aggregate’. Today, universities can beconsidered to operate as businesses in competition with one another, their primary purposebeing to produce the next generation of workers who aid in maintaining globalcompetitiveness

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lani Draper, Texas A&M University

as repeated workshops on exams and grading around midterms and finals. Thisstrategy goes back to the idea of giving faculty information when they need it. Making theSwitch workshop was repeated between semesters after the pilot group made the switch andmore faculty began transitioning to Canvas.Data also showed that more advanced webinars and workshops for those teaching online foryears could be added. The department reached out to faculty to share their experiences. Researchat other institutions also showed issues with student engagement [1]. This same issue presenteditself the first semester during the pandemic at Texas A&M. Many of the students who had littleonline learning experience voiced concerns about losing that connection with

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg; Sarah Ochs, George Mason University

to be prioritized. They suggested that identifying learning outcome(s) wouldallow instructors to select problems according to the outcomes they aimed to prioritize andwould make the adoption of these materials easier for new instructors. However, they did notengage in identifying the learning outcomes of the tutorials to meet this goal. I3, by contrast,noted that problems not solved in class provided additional practice for students outside of class.While they saw the same issue with length as the others, they saw less of an issue managing theproblem and indicated that they made the tradeoff for depth rather than breadth of coverage.The differing responses to the same challenge seem to relate to the instructors’ differing views ofthe nature

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Engineering Libraries Technical Session 1: Library Services

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qianjin Zhang, The University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, The University of Iowa; James Cox, The University of Iowa; Sara Scheib, The University of Iowa; Wendy Robertson, The University of Iowa; Amanda Bartel, The University of Iowa

. Cox is the Public Services and Emerging Technologies Librarian for the Lichtenberger Engineering Library at the University of Iowa. His interests focus on technology and tools, both physical and digital, that are incorporated into the library to enhance the user experience and expand the available services.Amanda Bartel © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Using Esploro to Increase Visibility of Engineering Faculty Research WorkAbstractAs Digital Measures is no longer used by the University of Iowa, the College of Engineeringapproached the Engineering Library to identify a new system to showcase their faculty work.The

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Briana Bouchard, Tufts University; Kristen Wendell, Tufts University; Nicole Batrouny, Tufts University

[8] was performed. Expectancy valuetheory (EVT) was used as a framework to understand how the perceived barriers toimplementation may impact instructor motivation to adopt this new practice. Expectancy valuetheory states that one’s expectation for success multiplied by their subjective value for a giventask equals their motivation to attempt that task [9]. This means that faculty must place value onePortfolios as a tool and must also feel they are able to feasibly use that tool in practice to besufficiently motivated to integrate ePortfolios into their courses. Identified barrier themes wereassociated with EVT factors during analysis. This association was done to better understand howthe barriers are linked to the components of motivation

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ERM: Find Out More About Faculty!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlyn Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeanne Sanders, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

(EER).Because DEI is an essential topic in education and engineering, this result suggests a significantgap in EER community knowledge. With this gap in mind, we thematically analyzed the 22articles that met the inclusion criteria to understand what faculty beliefs EER has focused on.The main result of this analysis was our proposed model, the Problematization-to-ActionContinuum (PTAC), which highlights faculty’s readiness to make change efforts towardpromoting DEI. The PTAC model is a single-axis continuum that contains three defined points(each end and the center). On one end, engineering faculty do not acknowledge there areproblems concerning DEI, and there are no actions taken toward bettering these issues. In thecenter, faculty

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 1: The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

to support them fully or as-a-whole. Even though most universitypresidents list mental health as one of their most pressing concerns, this understanding doesnot translate into devising policies and practices centered around mental health and wellbeing[4, p.2].Higher education also sees an influx of people from diverse backgrounds with a new set ofchallenges adapting to university life [4]. The student body is becoming more diverse in avariety of institutions, including predominantly white institutions (PWI), minority-servinginstitutions (MSIs) (e.g., historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), and American Indian colleges (AICs)). All of these MSIs have along history of serving underserved

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Mechanical Engineering: Assorted Topics

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Nasseri, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Mohammad Jonaidi, Kennesaw State University; Navid Nasajpour Esfahani, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ralph Schultz, Kennesaw State University

. o Not enough governmental funding forces schools to increase tuition.• Financial issues for students and faculty o How wasteful activities can be eliminated? How does budget allocation affect the overall performance of faculty?• Tenure and promotion o Fair evaluation and reviews? Sometimes evaluation is done based on shallow indicators. Student’s concern/feedback are not addressed and the low performance professor repeats the same mistakes/uses the same faulty method. o Assessing faculty performance depends on the expectations of the chairs and deans. We see a wide gap between the expected academic publishing and the useful deliverable products that can benefit the

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 3: Increasing Minority Student Applications to STEM Graduate Programs: Lessons Learned and Outlook for a New Program

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Kingsley Nwosu Jr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mandy J Wright, Fields Wright Consulting; Mike Ekoniak, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

. J., & Velasco, P. (2011). “We Do Science Here”: Underrepresented Students’ Interactions w ith Faculty in Different College Contexts. Journal of Social Issues, 67(3), 553–579. Hurtado, S., New man, C. B., Tran, M. C., & Chang, M. J. (2010). Improving the rate of success for underrepresented racial minorities in STEM fields: Insights from a national project. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010(148), 5–15. Johnson, D. R., Soldner, M., Leonard, J. B., Alvarez, P., Inkelas, K. K., Row an-Kenyon, H. T., & Longerbeam, S. D. (2007). Examining Sense of Belonging Among First-Year Undergraduates from Different Racial/Ethnic Groups. Journal of College Student

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ETD Technical Session 6 - Curriculum and Programs III

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Orlando Ayala, Old Dominion University; Isaac Flory, Old Dominion University; Jose Fernandez, Old Dominion University; Vukica Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

assessment and they are as follows:Energy and Environment Course Objectives: 1. Describe the history and development of energy conversion technologies and resources. 2. Describe the current state of global energy resources and the state of the global environment including environmental concerns, responsibilities and justice. 3. Know the mathematical relationships between various commonly used energy related quantities, their physical meanings, and how they are measured. 4. State and describe the most commonly used energy sources (fossil fuels, hydroelectric, nuclear) and cite both the positive and negative environmental impacts of each. 5. Describe the issues related to energy consumption, including the various uses of energy and the

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2005 GSW

Authors

Tariq A. Khraishi

Session F1A4 \Evaluating the Educational Experience in a New Introductory Finite-Element Analysis Course for Mechanical Engineering Undergraduates Tariq A. Khraishi Mechanical Engineering Department The University of New Mexico AbstractThe author’s home department has recently changed its undergraduate curriculum to keep up-to-date with industry and professional demands. In particular, a new finite-element course is now arequired class in a sequence of five design courses