Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yinqi (Anna) Zhang, Penn State University; Brian Belland, Penn State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

pursue a college degree in STEM and moved on to a graduate degree in EducationalPsychology. The first author uses ‘they/she’ pronouns. The studies from which the interviewcame are part of a grant to the second author, which focused on helping preservice, earlychildhood teachers learn to debug block-based programming so they can teach with robots.Through the project, we developed scaffolding to help these preservice teachers learn to debug,and researched the effectiveness of such [30], [31], [32], [33]. But one of the critical take-awaysfrom this research was the importance of the positionality of the informants as prospectiveteachers who were learning to teach early learners, women who are highly under-represented incomputer science and

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

for reflection, with reflection opportunities at multiple scales. In the secondinstance, the reflection logic shifts to event-based, and the footprint of the assigned reflection issignificantly reduced. The daily and weekly forms of reflection drop off, and two instances ofevent-based reflection (in the form of end of project reflection) show up as the primary form. Inthe third instance, the event-based (post-project) reflection is replaced by a temporal weeklylogic. This logic makes it easier for students to reflect on any thread of the class. Finally, in the“pivot” instance (instance 4), perhaps based on a sense that weekly reflection was too

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 1: Creating Pathways for Success and Engagement for Women in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Jalonda Nakay Thompson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering; Jamie Baalis Coble, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anahita Khojandi, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Angelica M Palomino, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Veerle Keppens, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

expect to see broader outreach toprospective students and focused efforts to yield students into our college ofengineering. The next slide projects our indicators of success and assessment planfor our new Outreach and WIE Ambassadors. 14 Indicators of Success & Assessment Plan Impact of WiE Ambassadors Impact on Recruitment & Yield • # of families impacted • # of WiE Students Contacts • # of tour request • UT Applied • # of Ambassador Hours • UT Accepted • # of Ambassador Service • TCE Accepted Events • UT Enrolled

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 5: Lab Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; John D Lynch; Artem Taran; Anna Yurov; Ryder Sandry

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

report’s requirements were relaxed to provide autonomy to the students inthe Control Systems course, the last course in the sequence. Rhudy [6] assigned short writing inthe five dynamic systems lab projects, and the lab report assignments included a one-page report,abstract with 150-300 words, technical email, and graphical abstract. Walk [7] applied low-stakes writing assignments consisting of abstract writing, one-sentence summaries, headlines,directed paraphrasing, definitions, application cards, editorials, online discussion groups, letterwriting, personal response exercise, journals, poems, and memory matrix, in the EET365W labcourse. The student cumulative average assignment scores were improved through the low-stakes assignments in a

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 2: Let's Get Thinking Computationally

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abeera P. Rehmat, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School ; Monica E. Cardella, Florida International University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

-49; 5 years White Family 9 Father & Daughter 50-54; 6 years White Family 10 Mother & Son 35-39; 7 years White Family 11 Father & Son 30-34; 7 years WhiteThe study occurred at a small science center in the Midwest. Children (K-2nd aged) and theirparents engaged in an exhibit entitled “Computing for the Critters.” After their engagement,children and parents were interviewed separately.Context: Computing for the Critters Exhibit“Computing for the Critters” was an exhibit designed for a larger STEM+CT project thatincluded school-based activities, at-home activities, and activities at a small

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 5: Supporting Success 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Andrew Forney, Loyola Marymount University; Christopher Cappelli, Loyola Marymount University; Lambert Doezema; Vanessa Corinne Morales, Loyola Marymount University; Pornchanok Ruengvirayudh Ph.D., Chiang Mai University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

these students, 14 students were recruited. Student participants were askedto share information about their experiences as a first-year student in Seaver College, includingtheir challenges and struggles. Their techniques and strategies to overcome those challenges andstruggles were supplemented with the results from students who were not struggling or did notreceive midterm deficiency grades (n = 5) but rather thrived throughout the semester. For thesefive student participants, the authors received recommendations from professors. The semi-structured interviews were conducted in spring 2022, ranged from 9 to 36 minutes (M = 21.8, SD= 7.5), and were recorded and later transcribed using a third-party transcription service provider.This project is

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Mentorship, Retention, Minority Participation, and Examining the Experiences of Women

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrystal A. S. Smith, National Science Foundation; John Skvoretz Jr., University of Florida ; Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, University of Connecticut; Ellen Puccia, Beta Research Associates; Gladis Kersaint, University of Connecticut; Julie P. Martin, The Ohio State University; Hesborn Wao

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, Directorate for STEM Education, National Science Foundation.John Skvoretz Jr., University of Florida John Skvoretz is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and, by courtesy, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recipient of the James Coleman Distinguished Career Award from the Mathematical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, his current research projects analyze social network data from various sources.Dr. Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, University of Connecticut Dr. Rebecca

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Crockett, University of Virginia; George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

these twovariables relate.Related workThe project involves measuring two desired outcomes of laboratory courses: self-efficacy andtroubleshooting ability. This section reviews previous literature on these two outcomes.The concept of self-efficacy states that a person with high self-efficacy, i.e., a strong belief intheir ability to succeed at a task, is more likely to succeed at that task than someone with lowerself-efficacy, even if the two people have the same underlying ability [2]. Increasing self-efficacy is thus a common goal of courses. Kolil et al. [3] studied students in chemistrylaboratories and identified four barriers to developing ESE: 1. Lack of conceptual understanding (CU) of the underlying phenomena, 2. Fear of

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haroula M. Tzamaras, Pennsylvania State University; Sierra Hicks; Gabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University; Christine Mathilda Cummings; Lauren Elizabeth Dennis; Hannah Nolte, Pennsylvania State University; Andrea Mesa Restrepo; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

research is a stakeholder-ownedmeans by which to elicit community member needs. Participatory research has been conductedand examined in contexts of COVID-19, climate adaptation, neurodivergence, and many otherareas of research [14] - [16]. This approach translates into strategies that are developed bycommunity members themselves to address those needs. Authors of the book ParticipatoryResearch for Health and Social Well-Being state that participatory means involving peoplewhose lives are at the center of research in making key decisions of any research project,including decisions pertaining to the (1) focus of the research, (2) research questions, (3) methodof answering questions, (4) information to collect, (5) method of making sense of

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 1: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in ChE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

formalcooperative learning groups are set up as a structured team with members depending on teammembers for success on the assigned project. The Johnson and Johnson model on socialinterdependence theory [5] incorporates 5 essential elements of co-operative learning: positiveinterdependence, individual accountability, promotive interaction, appropriate use of socialskills, and team evaluation. It is generally found that more well-defined cooperative learninggroups with strong positive interdependence work the best for student engagement and learning[9]. Collaborative learning refers to an active learning environment in which studentscollaborate in small groups towards a common goal [1], but groups are generally less structuredthan in co-operative learning

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ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

mechanics, structural engineering, and introduction to engineering courses and enjoys working with his students on bridge related research projects and with the ASCE student chapter. His research interests include engineering licensure policies, civil engineering curriculum development, and the use of innovative materials on concrete bridges.Dr. Benjamin Z. Dymond, Northern Arizona University Ben Dymond obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech before obtaining his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Ben is currently an associate professor of structural engineering at Northern Arizona University. ©American Society for Engineering

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COVID-19, Next Generation of STEM Professionals, and Racialized Organizations

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tejal Mulay, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Chao Li, P.E., Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo Regalado, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Behnam Shadravan, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

master’s of science degree and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Florida State University and her Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in India.Mohamed Khalafalla, Florida A&M University - Florida State University Dr. Mohamed Khalafalla Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture and Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University. His research focuses on risk analysis, alternative project delivery, and cost estimating for construction and infrastructure projects. Dr. Khalafalla has performed risk analy- sis and cost estimating related work for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Also, Dr. Khalafalla has

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Rosales, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Amit Sundly, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Svetlana Barkanova, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Cecilia Moloney, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

Paper ID #37226Engineering or Physical Sciences: How to Choose? An Exploration of HowFirst-Year University Students Choose between Studying the PhysicalSciences and EngineeringDr. Janna Rosales, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Janna Rosales works at the crossroads of the sciences and humanities, where she explores the intent, values, and needs that go into the decisions we make about technology. She teaches ethics and profes- sionalism in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She collaborates with the Memorial University-based MetaKettle Project, which studies the

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ERM: Lessons Learned from COVID (COVID Part 2)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina, Upstate; Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo; Arshia Khan, University of Minnesota Duluth

they were used to before the pandemic.The pandemic also required a change to be made in the way that teaching was being approached,and research has shown that the main change to make, amongst others, was the way that teachersthemselves acted in the classroom [4, 12]. Rather than teachers becoming a source of knowledgeand imparting it directly amongst their students, they must change their efforts to instead becomea guiding hand towards the knowledge itself. Rather than lectures with PowerPoints, slides,textbook readings, teachers must create scenarios and situations in which students could learn theknowledge from themselves. This could be achieved through the use of projects, collaborativework, discussion sessions between groups of students

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ERM: Find Out More About Faculty!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Huff, Harding University; Mackenzie Sharbine, Harding University; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Kyle Shanachilubwa, Harding University; Grant Countess, Harding University

and students’ perceived positive outcomes of the course. In their study, studentsreported feedback from professors as the most important factor contributing to their perceivedimprovement in group communication skills, problem-solving skills, occupational awareness,and engineering competence. The second leading factor to the students’ perceived success wascollaboration in the classroom related to design projects. However, it was not the design projectsthemselves that correlated to the experience of learning. Rather, the in-class collaboration led tomore interactions with the teacher who supported, advised, and critiqued the students’ work [10].Other work complements these findings that student performance improves with more

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LEES Session 8: Care and Commitments

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Ausman; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Rea; Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of Mines; Beck Corby, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ourinterview anticipated, hoping that their higher-level engineering courses would cover ethics morein detail than the introductory courses.While we know that students are exposed to ethics in forms such as general education,stand-alone engineering ethics courses, ethics modules in engineering courses, and such, in away, students are also left with an “undoneness” of engineering ethics. Here, we mean that thereare instances and circumstances in which authentic, integrative ethics learning opportunities maybe left out of the engineering classroom, whether implicitly or explicitly.MethodsWe designed this project to explore engineering students’ holistic experiences of learning aboutethics during their time in university. What are the different

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PCEE Session 13: Equity in P-12 Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Holly, Jr., University of Michigan; Madison Buford

Engineering (ABET) provide a pathway to assist civil engineeringeducators to implement a focus on CC because there is overlap between ABET student learningoutcomes and the traits of heightened CC (as defined within culturally relevant pedagogy).Social change is encouraged by implementing project-based work in civil engineering curriculaso that students use their technical knowledge to reframe engineering problems in a way thathighlights and addresses the social, political, and economic impact of engineering solutions.Specifically, students would learn new perspectives from community stakeholders andprofessional engineers which may help them notice their own prejudices and faculty could assistwith challenging these conceptions while developing new

Conference Session

Computers in Education 6 - Best of CoED

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elma Hernandez, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri, Texas Tech University; Ameri Gurley, Texas Tech University

implementation. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 23(3),pp.915-936.Storey, Margaret-Anne, and Christoph Treude. Software Engineering Dashboards: Types, Risks, andFuture. Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering. Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2019. 179-190.Suryady, Z., Sinniah, G. R., Haseeb, S., Siddique, M. T., and Ezani, M. F. M. (2014, November). Rapiddevelopment of smart parking system with cloud-based platforms. In The 5th International Conferenceon Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.Talmi, I., Hazzan, O. and Katz, R. (2018) Intrinsic Motivation and 21st-Century Skills in anUndergraduate Engineering Project: The Formula Student Project. Higher Education Studies, 8(4),pp.46-58.Xie, Y

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Innovation In Teaching - II

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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Conference Submission, Diversity

fewopportunities for prompting engagement and consideration of the human element behind theproducts of technology (Scott & Welch, 2014).Further, according to Mignolo, (2011), the poverty, inequities, commodification, etc. behindprogress and globalization are rarely discussed as the end products and rather are considered asproblems that technology can address. In addition, the field of engineering education isrecognizing the need to challenge students to engage with the intersections between technologyand societal concerns. Mazzurco for instance details the need for greater emphasis on “long termtechnical” considerations, an area that students often omit from view. Such considerations in ahumanitarian engineering (HE) project for example include local

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cijy Sunny, Baylor University; Idalis Villanueva, University of Florida

Paper ID #36562Engineering Students Conceptions of The HiddenCurriculum in Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Learning toInform PracticeIdalis Villanueva (Associate Professor) For the past 10 years, Dr. Idalis Villanueva has worked on several engineering education projects where she derives from her experiences in engineering to improve outcomes for minoritized groups in engineering using mixed-and multi-modal methods approaches. She currently is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. In 2019, she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and

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NEE Technical Session - the Best of NEE

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Emily Stratman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Paper ID #36653Impact of Differently Worded Reflection Prompts onEngineering Students’ Metacognitive StrategiesEmily Stratman Emily Stratman is an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is majoring in biological systems engineering, with an emphasis in biomedical engineering. Her research focus is in the influence of reflection on students' metacognitive strategies. This summer she will be participating in an REU program at Utah State University and working on a project that measures students' spatial abilities.Heidi A. Diefes-Dux (Professor) Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in

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PCEE Technical Session 6: Engineering Design in High School

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherri Youssef, The Ohio State University; J. Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Patrick Herak, The Ohio State University; Bruce Wellman, Olathe Northwest High School

School District located in Olathe, Kansas. With the goal to explore theeffects of engineering content interventions across the high school population, the project wasmade available to all high school science teachers in the district. This was to ensure a wide rangeof subjects and grade levels were exposed to the project content and as so, 12 science teachersagreed to participate and gave rise to this population size. Grade levels ranged from 9th to 12thgrade with course subjects including Advanced Biotechnology: Cellular & Molecular I, Biology,Honors Biology, Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, AP Physics I, Physics, and Physical Science. Ofthese course subjects, 36 students were enrolled in Advanced Biotechnology: Cellular & MolecularI, 86

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WIED: Support for All in the WIED Community

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilknur Aydin; Mary Villani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Lisa Cullington, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

Paper ID #37511Designing a (Re)Orientation program for Women ComputingStudents at a Commuter College and Measuring ItsEffectivenessIlknur Aydin Ilknur Aydin is an Associate Professor of Computer Systems at Farmingdale State College in Long Island, New York. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Delaware in DE, USA and received her BS degree in Computer Engineering from Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. She also worked as a software engineer in Turkey on projects about implementation of a GPS (Global Positioning System) based vehicle tracking system. Dr. Aydin's research is in the

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NEE Technical Session - Assessment/Evaluation

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Dean; Gunnar Tamm, United States Military Academy; Jacob Reddington, United States Military Academy; Frederick Davidson, United States Military Academy; Michael Osmon

, and design projects all vary in scope andcomposition year to year. Due to the security of the exam and the exam administrationprocedures, it has remained largely unchanged for over a decade presenting a uniquely valuablemetric for longitudinal study.While this gives an enormous dataset to analyze and compare the results against, it revealed amajor problem with the initial approach. The inclusion of data from so many semesters increasesthe number of factors at play within the data. To offset some of these confounding factors, ourstudy narrowed the scope of the data. Observing only fall semesters maintains a similar samplesize and composition of majors from year to year. Using the “constituent” majors or those whichfrequently take the course

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EMD Technical Session 1: Captstone, Ethics, and Statistical Methods

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, United States Military Academy

Geological Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Professional in Engineering Management (CPEM), and a Certified Planner (AICP). He is a Fulbright Scholar and has worked projects for the Ministry of Education, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kosovo. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Virtue and Engineering Ethics – A Pilot StudyAbstractHow to teach a student to be a technical engineer, regardless of discipline, is well known,understood, and vetted; however, the same does not hold true for teaching students

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Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emma Higgason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joseph Wight; A. John Hart; Gabrielle Enns

could enable a smootherand more accurate transfer of their knowledge to the authentic task. In future work, theseadvantages may eventually be measured through a hands-on post-assessment to improve learningoutcomes in psychomotor skills and spatial thinking when compared to paper instructions. Futurework in assessment would also entail measuring advantages associated with reducing instructorload and capturing and standardizing instruction. Additional projects in the machine shop spacewill focus on promoting student exploration of machining, which can be addressed with a“machining in the dorm room” app where students can carry out different machining taskswithout being physically present in the machine shop and can make choices that impact

Conference Session

WIED: Partnering with and Supporting the WIED Community

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camila Zapata, Universidad Andres Bello; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello

Paper ID #36799Factors identifying commitment to gender equality in aSchool of EngineeringCamila Zapata Master in Marketing and Market Research from the University of Barcelona, Spain. Industrial Civil Engineer from the Universidad del Bío-Bío. She has three diplomas in the areas of coaching, digital marketing and equality and empowerment of women. Her professional experience is linked to higher education as a project engineer and university management in the public and private area. Teacher at different universities in matters of entrepreneurship, business plans and marketing. She currently works as a teacher and

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DEED Technical Session 4 Best in DEED

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Gero, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Paulo Ignacio Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

hesitation to pursue the project and potential benefits from eachstakeholders’ perspective [3]. This conceptual process helps the designer create new knowledgeby exploring the space between stakeholders, their needs, and potential risks.Concept mapping is also a useful counter-balance to reductionist ways of thinking that oftenwork to isolate individual components of a system. Concept mapping encourages designers tothink about the interaction between components. For example, Interface Inc., a manufacturingcompany, was able to identify new energy efficiency gains in their mechanical systems bybroadening the scope of their problem. Rather than optimizing an already efficient mechanicalpump they instead recognized more prospective gains in reducing the

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ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Rios, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Benjamin Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

confident and have positive attitudes towards diversity, equity, andinclusion (DEI) efforts [10]. Recently, another avenue of research regarding LAs has emerged:the potential for LAs to prompt course redesign and institutional change. Using frameworks suchas students-as-partners, researchers have detailed how instructors’ views on the goals andpurposes of coursework may change throughout the process of incorporating LAs into theircurricula [2, 11]. In sum, instructors, students, and LAs all stand to greatly benefit from robustLA programs [12].Our research on the role of LAs is part of an extensive project addressing high DFW rates at theauthors’s institution in introductory mechanics (PHYS 141), statics (ME 211) and dynamics (ME212). Introductory

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lance White, Texas A&M University; Larry Powell, Texas A&M University; Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University; Dilma Da Silva, Texas A&M University; Santana Gonzales, Texas A&M University; Sara Amani, Texas A&M University

studentsreceiving automatic admittance based on that factor while other students are subject to a moreholistic examination before being admitted to a major. Due to inherent inequities that exist inhigher education that stem from the K-12 education system in the United States, not all studentswill experience their first year at TAMU equitably. Historical work at TAMU through the LouisStokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) project showed that under-representedminority students in STEM had been positively impacted and retained past their first year bycombating many factors that impact the retention of underrepresented minority students that existin first-year engineering experiences [8]. Similarly, work through the CONNECTS Communitiesproject at