Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State University; Hannah Meckstroth, Ohio State University

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Engineering Economy

to Anheuser-Busch where she worked for over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility usage reduction for 2014. Since joining Ohio State, Aimee has joined the American Society of Engineering Educators and serves as the Division Chair of the Engineering Economics division.Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State UniversityHannah Meckstroth, Ohio

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

experience. Designed as a 60-contacthours/year program directed by the university, this effort will serve 150 girls who are high schooljuniors over two years, through high school graduation to enter college. In 2017, 75 participantswere recruited from schools. Undergraduate mentors support the program with planned activitiesto explore engineering around the types of problems engineers solve and their impact on society,experiences to confront stereotypes, facilitate access to industry mentors, and university sitevisits.3) Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at the high school grades 9-12 andcommunity college encourages exploration of engineering as socially relevant through socialentrepreneurship efforts in a co-curricular experience

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

projected goal. One of the proposedapproaches is to “Increase student success rates in courses within the target time frame,especially in gateway and past high failure rate courses [4]”. Additionally, the initiativeproposes several key activities to support this strategy. One of the key activities was to offeradditional support to students in high failure rate courses in the form of tutoring. High failurecourses, referred to as "bottleneck course," are defined as courses with high DFW (studentsearning D, W or F grade) rate (>30%) and can delay students' graduation time. Offering extrasupport to students in these courses are sought to improve the graduation rate and increaseretention rate.For many years, tutoring has been promoted in higher

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

being a correlational study, we cannot affirm that access to the MP webcasts helped studentsperform better on summative exams. It is possible that the more driven or more studious students whowould have performed well on the exams without the MPs found in the webcasts an additional resourceto help them prepare and obtain high test scores. However, even excellent students can be confused on aspecific aspect of a course or a problem. These students are more likely than others to ask forclarification and the answer to their queries in a MP webcast can benefit many other students. Ramos [1]provided the answers to MP questions in written documents made available online to all students in abioinstrumentation project course. The author noted that the

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nicole Wagner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

their learning experience in the laboratory. This indicates that while students mayhave the necessary information provided to them, such as in the form of a lab manual, they findthat additional interactions, through questions to the instructor, are beneficial in furthering theirlearning.When considering teaching a course in which laboratory equipment is involved, such as thatdiscussed in this study, it is concluded that written instructions alone are not sufficient inallowing students to complete a given project or task using that equipment. It was observed thatlearning is advanced more effectively when students have the opportunity to get answers to theirquestions throughout their operation or programming of the equipment. Therefore, it

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jinny Rhee, San Jose State University; Camille S. Johnson, San Jose State University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

mechanicalengineering majors and faculty immersing them in projects with practicing engineers, in whichstudents’ sense of belonging, engineering identities, and their persistence in the major werestudied 11. Solomon et al. reported that there is a visible gap in computing education research thatdoes not capture the intersectionality of being a Black woman in computing 12. Schar et al.explored the classroom belonging experiences with students in their first engineering-specifcclass, and found that belonging had two separate sources: academic belonging and socialbelonging 13. Al-Qudah et al. embedded small interventions in a course for engineering pre-majors to improve their sense of belonging and self-efficacy 14.It is the hope that we can build upon prior work

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haryana Yosef Thomas, Calvin College; Charles E. Holwerda, Calvin College; Jeremy VanAntwerp, Calvin College

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

systems," in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015.[7] S. A. Filippov and A. L. Fradkov, "Cyber-physical laboratory based on LEGO Mindstorms NXT - first steps," in 2009 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 2009.[8] T. L. A. Crenshaw, "Using Robots and Contract Learning to Teach Cyber-Physical Systems to Undergraduates," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 56, pp. 116-120, 2 2013.[9] N. K. Kim, "Process Control Laboratory Experiments Using LabVIEW," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposi_, 2001.[10] S. Ang and R. D. Braatz, "Experimental projects for the process control laboratory," Chemical Enginering Education, pp. 182-187, 2002.[11] C. E

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lei Xie, Texas State University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

: Industrial and Systems Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. She has experi- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research

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Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cara J. Poor, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland; Nicole C. Ralston, University of Portland

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Engineering Thought. International Journal of Engineering Education 20(3): 412-415.5. Mills, J.E., and Treagust, D.F. (2003). Engineering Education – Is Problem-based or Project-based Learning the Answer? Australasian Journal of Engineering Education 2(2): 2-16.6. Bhandari, A. and Erickson, L.E. (2005). Case Studies Can Fill a Critical Need in Environmental Engineering Education. Journal of Environmental Engineering 131(8): 1121.7. Nair, I., Jones, S., and White, J. (2002). A Curriculum to Enhance Environmental Literacy. Journal of Engineering Education 91(1): 57-67.8. Broman, G.I., Byggeth, S.H., and Robert, K. (2002). Integrating Environmental Aspects in Engineering Education. International Journal of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Okamoto, San Jose State University

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Mechanical Engineering

than 13. This reduced workload and also reduced the amountof class time spent taking quizzes. 2) Weekly homework assignments were added back in as 10%of the grade, to motivate students to complete them. In Spring 2019 online homework wasassigned to help students prepare for quizzes but was not included in the course grade, and thusmany of the weaker students skipped it. These improvements were recommended not only by theinstructor but by a number of students in the class as well. 3) An open-ended design project wasadded for the Spring 2020 semester. Because the quizzes largely involved short calculations, aproject was needed to help students integrate the learning they received on a variety of topics andapply it to problem where there was no

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah J Mobley P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Kristen N. Wyckoff, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #30545IMPROVED METRIC FOR IDENTIFYING FEMALE FACULTY REPRE-SENTATION INENGINEERING DEPARTMENTSDr. Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate civil & environmental engineering seniors.Dr. Sarah J Mobley P.E

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eddie Davis, SUNY Farmingdale

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #29610Improving Student Learning through Classroom EngagementDr. Eddie Davis, SUNY Farmingdale Eddie is an Assistant Professor in the Security Systems and Law Enforcement Technology Department in the School of Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College. Prior to being appointed as a full time faculty member in 2016, Eddie worked as an Adjunct Professor at Farmingdale since 2004. From 1983 to 2011, Eddie also worked at Verizon Communications where he held several positions at Verizon Information Technology including Project Manager, Technical Manager and Senior Member of Technical Staff. Eddie earned a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Virginia Tech; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Tech; Natali Huggins, Virginia Tech ; Karen Gilbert, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

project with three aims:1) advance our understanding of the experiences of successful Black engineering graduates andthe outcomes of engagement with identity-related professional organizations; 2) identifymechanisms that support student success via engagement in these organizations; and 3) producea video series entitled, “The Wisdom Files”, to disseminate stories of engagement andpersistence among Black engineering graduate students. This paper will focus on highlights thatemerged from the systematic literature review conducted during the first phase of the study. Asystematic literature review (SLR) was used to explore and synthesize findings from existingscholarship on the role of professional organizations in supporting Black engineering

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia

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Computing and Information Technology

reason, the Vibration course was designed to delivernotes in a traditional way (i.e. hand-written in real time) for all students. However, there was aninitial question on whether the notes produced should be made available to students. The concernwas whether students would bother taking their own notes if this was the case. However, separatestudies by Perry at the University of Memphis and Cunningham et. al at Rose-Hulman found nostatistical difference between test groups that for which instructor notes were and were not madeavailable.10, 11 In addition to the daily engagement with course material through lectures and home-work, a final project was introduced to engage students in higher level learning, i.e. evaluating andcreating in accordance

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Richard Arthur Springman, University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology

exercise was used at that time to evaluate the ABET criterion 3,students outcomes (i) and it will be used in 2019-2020 cycle to satisfy the new ABETrequirements as previously mentioned.ENGT 4050 Senior Technology CapstoneAs mentioned by one student respondee, “Approaching graduation it is a great time to discussethics before obtaining the first-time job”. We came to the same conclusion and, consequently,the subject of intellectual property is discussed in ENGT 4050 Senior Technology Capstone. Inthis course, the students work in teams to solve an open-ended design problem which is thenpresented at the Undergraduate Research and Senior Design Engineering Project Exposition onthe last day of class of the semester. As the students research and form a

Conference Session

Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhen Zhao, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

.695 clearly describe their content Writing a memo to inform others about what .513 .526 occurred during a meeting Creating a written instruction of an activity that .486 .486 other people can follow Composing a report that contains at least a title, .453 .459 a table of contents, the main text, and references Speaking in public with calm and ease .951 .810 Using appropriate presentation techniques .764 .786 (e.g., making eye contact with the audience, projecting voice, etc.) Tailoring the tone and content of your message .565 .383 while

Conference Session

Lessons Learned about Faculty Development!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan; Pauline Khan, University of Michigan; Elizabeth J Bailey, University of Michigan

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Faculty Development Division

Michigan Pauline Bary Khan has been serving as the Director of the Program in Technical Communication since 2012. She has taught classes in technical communications to undergraduate and graduate students at the College of Engineering since 1997. She has also co-authored the book A Practical Guide to Technical Reports and Presentations for Scientists, Engineers and Students. Her research is on the topic of group culture, climate, and communication. Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Khan worked as an engineering and project manager to design man- ufacturing systems in the information technology field, to manufacture and test engine blocks for the automotive industry, and to research coatings for high-speed and high

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yosi Shibberu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mathematics

being used in an increasing number of undergraduate courses and projects 2 3 4 5 6 7 .A brief survey of earlier courses on neural networks is given by Shibberu 8 . In this paper wedescribe a course on deep learning taught four times in a mathematics department to a total ofover 100 students, 93% of whom were undergraduates. The goals of the course are to: • use the mathematics background of STEM majors to develop, from first principles, the key concepts used in deep learning. • expose students to empirical modeling. • expose students to the advantages of machine learning over machine programming. • inspire students to use deep learning in their future work.Organizing PrinciplesCourses can be organized either from a top-down

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacqueline A. Zeiber, New Mexico State University; Tamara Elise Stimatze, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Steven J. Stochaj, New Mexico State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

generalknowledge questions (e.g., which of the following is not a form of energy, which of thefollowing is not an example of a vector, etc.) using a multiple choice or fill in the blank questionformat. The content assessment was treated as a quiz in that students would earn one point forevery question they answered correctly.companies and labs and using materials developed by faculty-presenters as part of the broader impact portion oftheir NSF funded grants. The program provided diversity training for the PREP staff, including the student mentors.The students were required to undertake a research project that culminated in a poster session modeled after aprofessional conferenceTable 1.Constructs assessed during each year of the NM PREP Academy

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University; Ron Averill, Michigan State University; Sara Roccabianca, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

pedagogy for problem based courses. He created and co-teaches a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for mechanical engineering students. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows and actively champions the adoption and use of teaching technologies.Dr. Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University Michele J. Grimm is the Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to her scientific research, Dr. Grimm has spent a large part of her career focused on curriculum development and enhancement of student learning in engineering. She served on the faculty of Wayne State University for 25 years, where she developed and implemented both undergraduate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Clippinger, Pennsylvania State University; Steven Y. Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University; Kathleen Jernquist, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

work of Robert Irish [18], data and analyses of style and verb use, voice and pronoun use, anddevelopment via use of extended prose or visuals show significant variation in “technical writing.” Thefindings can support faculty in identifying nuances of expression, articulating expectations in writingassignments and assessments, and guiding upper-class undergraduates to develop professional-levelexpression.The goal of the current project is to better identify the codes and dialects among engineering disciplines:specifically, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Research questions guiding this work are:In what ways can using a rhetorical language to analyze the professional writing of engineers revealdiscipline-specific codes and

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph F. Camean P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

very proud to show them, letting first-hand experiencebuild enthusiasm for a career path enabling an independent and prosperous adult life. Observingbig and small engineering works raises interest, e.g., seeing the awesome scale of a 1,000 MWpower generator or watching a pipefitter annealing copper tubing by heating it to a glow andrapidly quenching in cold water. Hard copper magically becoming malleably soft. Today’s bestanalog are the robotics-mechatronics programs, which provide a limited bandwidth that ought tobe much broader. With appropriate planning and supervision, middle and high school agestudents holding interest in engineering need to experience more than science projects, and seereal things being made.Although the most significant

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Design Graphics

minutes each to fulfill the requirements of the three-credit-hour semester-long course. Students’ final weighted grade is determined by homework, online quizzes, classparticipation, final project, and three in-class tests. The most common course issue previouslywas the lack of enough practice time in class. With the flipped classroom innovation, there wasmore time to practice in class, however, how to motivate students to study online by themselvesand how to enhance their understanding in the class time was still a challenge. It is hoped that byearning gamification points through various online and classroom activities including onlineinteractive study, online quizzes, classroom teamwork, test practice problems, and individualcompetitions

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Biswajit Biswal, South Carolina State University; Eugene Kennedy, Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

interested facultyfree of charge one completed. AcknowledgementCurrent funding for this project has been provided by the National Science Foundation through awardHRD-1912085 Additional resources have been provided by SCSU. The authors wish to acknowledgethis support and thank NSF for this grant. References[1] T. Briggs, “Techniques for Active Learning in CS Courses,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 21, no. 2, 2005, pp. 156 – 165.[2] Bonwell, C.C. & Eisen, J.A. (1991). Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom. School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University: Washington DC.[3] FEison, J

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

completed in order to correlate student performance inthermodynamics and their ability to transfer knowledge with other indicators such as GPA,grades in the math sequence, and by examining differences in students as grouped by major,gender and URM status.AcknowledgementsThis work was conducted under IRB 2019-018(N) and grew out of work started under the NSFFoundations Project, Award #1524656, at Stevens Institute of Technology and initiated with thehelp of Dr. S. Lee and Dr. D. Serbin.Bibliography1. Bransford, John D., and Daniel L. Schwartz. "Chapter 3: Rethinking transfer: A simple proposal with multiple implications." Review of research in education 24.1 (1999): 61-100.2. Detterman, D. K., & Sternberg, R. J. (1993). Transfer on trial

Conference Session

Instruments and Methods for Studying Student Experiences and Outcomes

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adurangba Victor Oje, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Peter H. Carnell, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

adopted the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) tomeasure resilience in a student resilience project that we have embarked upon. Although theinstrument is a highly studied and cited resilience measure, we found no empirical study thatdocuments the validity of its use with engineering students.The CD-RISC is a 25-item resilience instrument that measures the resilience construct and itscognates. Although the literature identifies the CD-RISC as a reliable measure, efforts to replicatethe factorial structure in different samples have not been successful [15, 16]. Because resiliencescores are evaluated under different risk conditions and ethnic settings, the interpretation of factorscould be construed differently among various populations

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Christina Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University; MEERC

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Women in Engineering

workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University Dr. Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003, and she is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Business and a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Her B.S. is in Marine Systems Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award, 2013 Gannon University Distinguished Faculty Award and 2013-2014 Gannon University Faculty

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

disadvantaged andacademically talented undergraduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department from2009 to the present. The NSF funded S-STEM project focuses resources on financial support,coupled with curricular and co-curricular activities designed to facilitate student degreeattainment, career development, employability in STEM-related jobs, and enrollment in graduateschool. In addition, our S-STEM program proactively implements engineering researchactivities, including in-depth lab tours, seminars, REUs, research conference support, featuringresearch/internship on our website, and presentations to recruit students for research, etc. In this study, we present preliminary data that reveal the attitudes and perceptions of thecurrent 25

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Faye R. Jones, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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College Industry Partnerships

faculty and 209 senior undergraduate students in manufacturing programs across fiveMississippi postsecondary institutions, Griffin and Annulis [16] concluded that both faculty andstudents believed that skills in problem solving, team work, project management, and criticalthinking were highly integrated in the curriculum; however, customer service, verbalcommunication, and supervisory/management skills were not adequately integrated. Whencompared to faculty, students also believed to a greater extent that employability skills should bemore integrated into the curriculum [16]. In 2018, Pengnate [11] studied 40 employers acrossfour sectors (i.e., information technology, business, engineering, and service) to identify theirperception of employability

Conference Session

Integration of Current Issues into Manufacturing

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sang Hoo Oh, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

process” [14]. South Korea isalready embracing smart factories in manufacturing because of the decline in working-agepopulation. Since South Korea is aging at the fastest rate among OECD countries, productivitygrowth is vital to maintain its economy. The South Korean government has stated that smartfactories will help maintain its productivity growth; the public and private sectors have set up aplan to increase the number of smart factories to 30,000 by 2025 [15].South Korea is one of the countries that is most exposed to risk from automation. In the midst ofthe global loss of about 20 million, or about 8.5%, manufacturing jobs due to automation, SouthKorea is projected to lose nearly 800,000 jobs over the next decade [16]. Like many