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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya L. Peeples, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, and/or mentorship to navigate the graduate admissions andfunding processes. Unfortunately, the research and practice communities know very little aboutthe transition of low-income students from smaller institutions to graduate study at R1 institutions.To answer these questions and to build inter-organizational partnerships with other S-STEMs, weare planning to host a virtual summit, called the Supporting S-STEM Graduate TrajectoriesSummit with S-STEM leaders and relevant stakeholders supporting undergraduate students in theirengineering formation to identify pinch points for universities and student support offices inhelping students prepare, apply, and be competitive for acceptance into graduate school, withsupport of an S-STEM Hub

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #26018Human Rights as a Lens for Engineering Ethics?Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living- learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

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Design in Engineering Education

required, andall aspects of project documentation are available on the team’s website. Applying thismethodology to the capstone process has improved the overall quality of the project designs andbetter prepared our graduates for their industrial careers.Faculty evaluate projects at the end of each quarter through sets of rubrics; external feedback isobtained through project group interactions with the department's industrial advisory board andwith the local IEEE branch. Two competitions, for the best poster and oral presentations, areheld to provide performance incentives.II. Why Rubrics?The assigning of grades to a senior design project can be a cumbersome experience. By its verynature, a culminating design experience such as that called for in

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Understanding Design, Tolerating Ambiguity, and Developing Middle School Design Based LessonsAbstractWe have, over three years, developed a set of practices that helped move middle schoolmathematics, science, and special education teachers away from trepidation with engineeringdesign and toward comfort with ambiguity, confronting and reducing content knowledge gapsfor themselves and their students, and engaging a professional support network. Teachers needdeep understanding of the mathematics and science they will teach and knowledge of howstudents develop understanding of content, how to set significant learning goals, how to

Conference Session

Motivation, Identity, and Belongingness

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lee Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Marissa A. Tsugawa-Nieves, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

populations ofengineering students. Overall, the goal of this paper is to recount the creation, testing, andvalidation of the survey measure before it was used with a national population. We hope thispaper will contribute to the discussion of survey development best practices within engineeringeducation, as well as act as a future resource for the GRADS project as data and results areshared. MethodMeasuresSurvey Item Development. Two surveys were developed to explore EDS’s engineeringidentities and how their identities impacted motivation in their doctoral programs. Items weredrawn from existing research, specifically Godwin's (2016) work on engineering identity andOyserman's (2015) theory of identity-based

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lacy White, University of Texas at Austin; Carly Eressy, University of Texas at Austin

Paper ID #36916A Multi-Phasic Approach to Increase Diversity AmongDoctoral Candidates in Biomedical EngineeringLacy White Lacy White is the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from The University of Texas at Tyler. Lacy is interested in best practices in graduate recruitment and retention to ultimately increase the diversity of the biomedical engineering workforce.Carly Eressy Carly Eressy is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Biomedical

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Professional Issues and Opportunities for Engineering Librarians

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

for your attention. I am seeking your assistance, as director of the MET BS program at[Institution], with a research project to understand the role of and extract best practices for informationliteracy in ABET ETAC student outcome 3.g. ‘Ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communicationin both technical and non-technical environment; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technicalliterature.’I anticipate presenting the results at an upcoming ABET symposium and ASEE Annual Conference toshare best practices on addressing and assessing 3.g student outcomes.For the project, I would appreciate it if you could share the following information from your institution’smost recent ABET self-study: Criterion 4. Continuous

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

/ competitions5. Research team membersII-1. Summer InternshipsEach summer, one or two of our own students ask to work a full 30 to 40 hours per week, takingat most one class. These positions require substantial funds, so we can accommodate only one ortwo. In addition, we get an average of 1 student every 2 years paid by some other source, whoworks with us through the summer. Very positive examples: Physics student from SpartanburgCollege, Summers ’92 and 93. Student from French university system, on practical trainingassignment. Typically, these arrangements work best when the student has family or othersupport for staying in the area during the summer. Difficulties arose in another case where astudent with relatives 90 miles away got discouraged by the

Conference Session

Minoritization Processes and Critical Responses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

). She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University, a B.S. and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de las Americas, Puebla in Mexico. Rocio’s current efforts focus on engineering faculty and graduate student development, with particular emphasis on the adoption of evidence-based instructional practices. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Building a Safe Queer Community in STEM—It Takes a Village to Support a VillageIntroductionRecognizing the need to attract and retain talented individuals to Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professions, the National Academies advocate

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Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer McDonald, Daniel Webster College; Alexandra Sobin, Daniel Webster College; Marie Planchard, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

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Engineering Design Graphics

data to further evaluate its effectiveness.Upon request, the review material and assessments will be made available to faculty interested inproviding feedback or implementing the module.References1. CDIO Initiative Homepage, www.cdio.org, (2008), accessed on October 18, 2008.2. Branoff, T. J., & Totten, R. A. (2006). Online Learning in Engineering Graphics Courses: Research, Tools, and Best Practices, Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Southeast Section Conference.3. Branoff, T. J. (2007). Do Online Formative Questioning Strategies Correlate with End-of-Course Evaluations?, Proceedings of the 61st Annual Midyear Conference of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the

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A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 23.1344.4also the specialized fields of engineering practiced in all of the application groups.Purposes for Portfolio Assessment of Engineering Project WorkOver the 5+ years that the portfolio has been used, engineering department faculty haverefined the approach to facilitate its use for both student and faculty purposes20 so as toaddress a full range of typical engineering design project activities. For students, havingto assemble the portfolio motivates them to create, select and document best-practiceexamples of their engineering work, reflect on the significance of each artifact to theproject, and evaluate its impact on their own formation as an engineer. As previouslystated, the portfolio becomes a professional showcase they can

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Oscar Harasic, Organization of American States; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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International

standardization of global engineering education andis a means of quality assurance for engineering programs and their graduates. For developingcountries, this is especially important if they are to play a significant role in the development ofglobal engineers who can be strong contributors to the world economy. The Latin American andCaribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), in collaboration with theOrganization of American States (OAS) and Engineering for the Americas (EftA), has developedand presented accreditation workshops at its annual conference for the last five years. Theaccreditation workshops have included efforts from several institutions and sponsors. Theseworkshops provide a framework to help institutions of higher education

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Tech University

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Engineering Design Graphics

ofManufacturers and the Manufacturing Institute, 2005) 2. These gaps indicate U.S.engineering technology graduates have a poor understanding of manufacturing processesand principles. One of the strategies used to accomplish this goal is to embed design intothe computer graphics course sequence.According to the Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary the definition of the termembedded is to make something an integral part of the topic, which is the objective in allthree of the courses in the computer graphics sequence. The theoretical basis for usingthe embedded approach in these courses is illustrated in an article by Sutton, (2004) 5, atPurdue University involving problem-solving research outside of technology education tohelp examine the relationship

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Internship Search ProcessAbstractThis research paper presents the findings from a study out of the University of Colorado Boulderfocused on using design thinking to improve internship search related resources and supports.The goals of the study were to 1) identify points of disconnect that students experience duringthe internship search process and 2) work collaboratively with student participants to identifyuseful, creative solutions. The identified points of disconnect can be viewed as potential points ofattrition, where students have the highest likelihood of dropping out of the internship searchprocess. By thinking strategically and creatively about how to address them, those points ofattrition can be converted into leverage points for positive

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Walter Collett, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

early parts of their undergraduate experience. Often the only studentsengaged in applied research projects are seniors. These students have completed many of theirengineering classes and are prepared to positively impact a project. However, seniors tend tohave a nasty habit of graduating. The combination of younger students lacking skills and neededcoursework and seniors graduating makes successful large scale or multiyear projects morechallenging. The EE program has successfully used a few approaches to implement theseprojects. Four projects that have been successfully completed are discussed below.Project #1 – Curl Detection in Automation ProcessThe first project discussed is an automation design project with local industry. Two seniors

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tori Bailey; Jonathan Gabrio; David Cannon; Helen L. Chen; George Toye; Larry Leifer

Using Wikis and Weblogs to Support Reflective Learning in an Introductory Engineering Design Course Helen L. Chen1, David Cannon2, Jonathan Gabrio, Larry Leifer2, George Toye2, and Tori Bailey2 Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning1/Center for Design Research2 Stanford University, USAAbstract An observation and a pedagogical challenge often found in project-based design coursesis that students see what they have produced but they do not see what they have learned. Thispaper presents preliminary findings from an NSF-sponsored research project which experimentswith the use of weblogs and wiki environments, two

Conference Session

Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Angela Harris, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies. Matusovich has authored a book chapter, 10 journal manuscripts and more than

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Edwards, College of Lake County; Rob Twardock, College of Lake County

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

Engineering Scholars.Prof. Rob Twardock, College of Lake County Rob Twardock is an engineering professor at College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois since 2000. Rob is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineer- ing. He worked as a consulting engineer in Michigan and Illinois for 10 years prior to starting to teach at Mt. Hood Community College in 1998. Rob is the Co-Department Chair of Engineering Transfer and teaches all lower division engineering courses offered. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Incorporating Makerspace Design and Fabrication Activities Into Engineering Design

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunkumar Pennathur, The University of Texas at El Paso; Priyadarshini Pennathur, University of Texas at El Paso; Emily Blosser, University of Louisiana Lafayette; Nicholas A Bowman, University of Iowa

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

in the Public Policy Center, and director of the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education at the University of Iowa. His research uses a social psychological lens to explore key issues in higher education, including student success, diversity and equity, admissions, rankings, and quantitative research methodology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Systems Engineering Initiative for Student Success (SEISS) Framework for Transforming Organizational Designs Arunkumar Pennathur1*, Priyadarshini Pennathur1, Emily Blosser2, Nicholas Bowman3 1 Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso

Conference Session

Bringing a Different Perspective

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Andrea S. Webb, The University of British Columbia; Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan; Jennifer Kirkey, Douglas College

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Mechanics

creation of open educational resources for Physicsand Mechanical Engineering?SQ2. What are current best practices pertaining to the creation of open educational resources forPhysics and Mechanical Engineering?SQ3. What are strategic institutional and/or context-specific supports to enhance the creation ofopen educational resources for Physics and Mechanical Engineering?MethodologyAppreciative InquiryIn order to gather evidence for the above research questions, appreciative inquiry (AI) researchmethodology was employed to gather relevant qualitative data over a one-month period inJanuary 2020. AI is a distinctive form of practice-based research methodology with an explicittransformational agenda for strategic visioning to systematically enhance and

Conference Session

Collaboration, A Cool Tool: Librarians/Faculty/Students Work Together for Quality Results

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patsy Hulse, University of Auckland; John St George, University of Auckland; Li Wang, University of Auckland

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Engineering Libraries

engineering project curriculum redesign? Patsy Hulse, John St George and Li WangAbstractAcademics, librarians, and student learning advisors collaborated to redesign the Civil &Environmental Engineering undergraduate course curriculum at the University of Aucklandand to integrate information literacy principles. The aim was to improve students’ researchskills in line with the University’s Graduate Profile, and also meet the Institution ofProfessional Engineers’ requirements for accreditation.This paper will focus on the changes that have been made to the compulsory Civil &Environmental Engineering Year 4 research-based project paper. The curriculum wasredesigned by introducing a series of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - DEI and Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi Ying Chan, University of Hong Kong; Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

the center since its launch and our progress after twoyears of operation with the help of tutors. We also present the formation of a tutor network,which is designed to be diverse in terms of academic background and culture. An evaluation ofthe impact of our approach on makerspace diversity, inclusion, and equity is presented throughthe analysis of statistics and reflections from the tutors involved in the initiative. The studyshows that our proposed tutor network can effectively serve as a role model for fosteringdiversity, equity, and inclusion in academic makerspaces for undergraduate students.BackgroundThe University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Engineering has established the Tam Wing FanInnovation Wing [1], also known as the HKU Inno Wing

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teach- ing practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering. Page 26.1545.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Impact of Personal Interactions on the Experience of African-American Males on Multiracial Student Engineering TeamsAbstractTeam projects in undergraduate engineering programs

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1: Programs, Pedagogies, and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulises Daniel Techera, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christy Bozic, University of Colorado, Boulder; Seth Murray, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #20486Differences in Learning Outcomes and Engagement Across Traditional, Blended,and Online Engineering Management Undergraduate CoursesDr. Ulises Daniel Techera, University of Colorado, Boulder Ulises D. Techera recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research interests include construction management and safety, and education in engineering. Dr. Techera also graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Structural Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona. Ulises has worked in the construction industry for 4 years

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

Shettywere elected as executive board members for the next two years. Kwang Sun Kim,Norbert Kraker, Maria Larrondo-Petrie, Sipho Madonsela, Yuri Pokholkov, and JavierPaez Saavedra were elected as executive board members for the next year.IFEES’ overarching mission is fostering collaboration and learning among the world’sengineering education societies. This will require participating organizations to sharewith one another not only the sorts of issues and problems they face, but also to appraisepossible solutions. The creation of a global marketplace of “best practices”----under the Page 12.822.2auspices of IFEES----will enable members not only jointly to

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

reform effort risks being undermined by the curricular and cultural practices thatpervasively shape student experience and outcomes and drive away too many could-be engineerswith diverse interests, aptitudes, lived experiences, and values.PDI’s response to the bait-and-switch problem employs design-oriented logics of engagement inparallel with the fundamentals-first approach, which provides a partial corrective to the logic ofexclusion. This configuration offers educators new avenues for thinking about explicit andimplicit connections between the design-centric emphasis in K-12 and the content-driven modelof fundamentals first. Moving forward, we hope to conduct empirical research using participantobservation and interviews to compare students

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Katie Schneider; Amy Martin; Terri S. Hogue

“familiar enough with a science discipline to take partin research activities with-in that discipline”. The Next Generation Science Standards: For States, ByStates (NGSS) is an example of a more-recent effort (a collaboration among 26 states) to improvescience curriculum by focusing on disciplinary core ideas (content), science and engineering practices(SEPs) and crosscutting concepts (CCs). The NGSS curriculum places emphasis on vertical alignmentof K-12 science concepts in such a way that teaches SEPs and CCs in context where more-traditionalscience standards “express these dimensions as separate entities” (NGSS Lead States). In recognition of the national shift toward NGSS, the National Academy of Sciences published­Science Teachers

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2: Experiential Learning in Biomedical Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marla Hilderbrand-Chae, University of Massachusetts, Lowell ; Shalain Iqbal Siddiqui; Chiara E. Ghezzi; Bryan Black, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

those with complex trauma [20], [21] and should be part of any program aiming tosupport URM students. Future surveys and evidence of intern work can help qualify and quantifywhich of these elements may be impactful to URM students.This case study of a high school summer research internship adds to the evidence that researchinternship experiences contribute to STEM interest and identity. However, the data here revealthat interviewing parents can give additional details on home STEM talk and can supply crucialevidence of early family STEM recognition, a powerful element in the development STEMidentity. This study also indicates a role for parental involvement in the design of STEM highschool research experiences, as their participation may

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

followed, a brief assessment of theresults obtained, and suggestions for future improvement are discussed using examples takenfrom projects carried out by students.Description of the Courses ConsideredThe approach to teach concept generation discussed in this paper has been used for several yearsin a sophomore-level product development course, a senior capstone design course sequence, anda graduate-level course in product planning and development. This section provides informationabout those courses as well as a partial list of the products that have been considered in each one.The sophomore-level product development course is offered every semester at South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). It is a one-semester, four-credit

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Lemanowski; Ellen Yezierski; Arlisa Labrie; Bettie Smiley; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland

gaincredibility with the participants and to model best practices in instruction. Rather than recitingresearch, a gender equity assessment tool was designed to present the current findings in theliterature and to evaluate the WI participants’ awareness of gender equity. The PhD team thenfacilitated gender equity discussions with the teachers and counselors by soliciting examplesfrom the group. Next, the participants worked in small teams to identify gender bias in textbooksand to examine biases in teacher-to-student interactions through a case study analysis. The groupalso viewed and discussed the teacher-to-student interactions shown in a video. The PhD teamalso devised specific strategies to improve curriculum, instruction, and classroom climate