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Technical Session 10 - Paper 1: Improving engineering-student retention via the UC Davis LEADR program

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Ralph C. Aldredge III, University of California, Davis

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

, fluid dynamics and bio-transport, with a focus on bio-fluid dynamics (vascular blood flow) and on front propagation both in biological tissue (avascular-tumor dynamics) and in reacting gaseous mixtures (flame propagation). He has developed computational algorithms and software for simulation and analysis of flame propagation, including an iPhone/iPad application (the Level-Set app). Dr. Aldredge received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and French at Carnegie-Mellon University and his Master’s and PhD degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at UC San Diego and Caltech prior to arriving at UC Davis to begin his teaching career

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sara Schley

faculty teaching them. Our paper adds to the faculty development literature byinterviewing faculty members about their opinions and beliefs about good teaching (Buswell &Berdanier, 2020; Keltchermans, 2009). This differs from prior literature because it does notengage with what faculty do and do not know (e.g., Borrego et al., 2010; Borrego et al., 2013),but instead interrogates the underlying structures onto which they map knowledge about teachingand learning. Further, we differ from Buswell & Berdanier (2020) in that we directly askedfaculty about their beliefs regarding teaching and learning and we interviewed faculty at a singleinstitution and at a variety of career stages to elicit their conceptions of good teaching. We buildon prior

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Beheler, Center for Occupational Research and Development

acknowledged the problem of colleges “producing many workers who lack the skills thelabor market demands” and recommended a closer collaboration between educators andemployers so colleges might better prioritize “job skills and career readiness.” [5]Project DesignAt a high level, the project consists of three significant efforts, detailed in the “ProjectImplementation” section below: 1. Identification of the top critically-needed IT job clusters by IT Thought Leaders (mostly Chief Technology Officers, Chief Information Officers, and Company Strategists) with a view of the future skills needed to keep their company in business and competitive. 2. Skill Analysis and Verification through convenings of employers and educators to

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Classroom Skills

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Joshua Edison Pitzer, College of Engineering and Technology, East Carolina University; Qin Ding, East Carolina University; Max Rohrman; Yilei Huang, East Carolina University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

advising, experiential learning, and career development. This paper reports a recentproject that CET faculty and staff collaborated to build a two-room complex, housing a student-success lounge next to an open lab. The open lab, equipped with technologies proposed andintegrated by faculty advocates, encourages students to spend time with various interest groupsto gain experiential learning experience and hands-on skills. The lounge, while open to all CETstudents, serves as a place that invites first-year students to meet up with their peer mentors,build community, and explore academic interests by observing technologies and hands-onactivities next door, eventually make educated decision on discipline of study. The paperpresents the faculty-staff

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ERM: Identity Impacts (Identity Part 2)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Perkins, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Edward Berger, Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering; Justin Major, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development.Edward J. Berger (Associate Professor) Associate Vice Provost for Learning Innovation; Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical EngineeringJustin Charles Major (Ph.D Candidate) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley David Klehm, Oral Roberts University Engineering Program; Pavel Navitski, Oral Roberts University; Jordan Matthew Swan

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

that intuitively allows ideas to become three dimensional models according toDesign/Engineering [8]) Another outcome from this session was that multiple students in theclass expressed interest in engineering as a possible career to pursue. This positive anecdotalrecord prompted a more deliberate educational use of the Esque Box kits with older students. The other setting where the Esque Box has been used and tested was in a SummerAcademy sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. (An organization that“prescribe[s] academic standards of higher education, determine functions and courses of studyat state colleges and universities, grant degrees, and approve each public college's anduniversity's allocations, as well as

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda T. Kelly, Duke University; Joshua Granek, Duke University; Claudia K. Gunsch, Duke University; Joseph L. Graves Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; David Singleton, Duke University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

-on practice and feedback showing greaterimprovements in training outcomes over hybrid, flipped and virtual course modalities.Furthermore, introduction of low, medium, and high level “challenges” along with in-persontutoring was found to be impactful in building a common foundation to span expertise levels andfor engaging students across entry and advanced levels. Training impacts peaked during yearfour with cumulative implementation of revised strategies. Innovative training revisions andinclusion of critical elements was strongly linked to program satisfaction and ratings of advancesin technical, professional and career skills as well as post-training carry over into trainees’ ownresearch and leadership in their labs and careers

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology ; Pinar Akcora, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. She completed her post-doctoral work at Columbia University between 2005-2008. She joined University of Missouri-Columbia, Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor in 2008 and has moved to Stevens in 2010. She is the recipient of the 2010 NSF-CAREER award and has received several grants from NSF-DMR, -CMMI and ACS PRF. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program and the PI of the REU/RET Site program (2021-2023) at Stevens. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A New Mentoring and Undergraduate Research Experience Model between REUs and RETs at the Stevens REU/RET Site Program on Sustainable Energy and BioengineeringAbstractThe Stevens REU/RET

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raul Mishael Sedas, University of California, Irvine; Mizuko Ito

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

changesappear during a period of over a year?Connected learning and supports for social capital in STEM Social capital is an important support for young people’s interest and persistence inSTEM fields so the lack of it is a key reason why youth from underrepresented groups do notpursue STEM interests and careers. Youth from underrepresented groups are much less likely tohave family, friends, and mentors involved in STEM fields and interests, and to encounter STEMrole models who share their cultural identity [5]–[7], despite the fact that they benefit morethan mainstream youth when they have positive mentoring relationships [8], [9]. RicardoStanton-Salazar’s research focuses on the unique barriers that immigrant youth face in gainingaccess to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University, Bozeman; Sidrah MGWatson

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #39328Board 395: Testing the Performance of Outcome Measures for LGBTQ STEMStudents and Their PeersDr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University, Bozeman Bryce E. Hughes is an Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University. His research interests encompass diversity and equity in engineering education, with a focus on LGBTQ students. He was recently awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the experiences of LGBTQ under- graduates in STEM fields. He holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. in student development administration from Seattle

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 13: Lab Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdelrahman Atef Youssef; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Matt Pharr, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

University with a courtesy appointment in Materials Science & Engineering. His scientific research focuses on mechanics of materials in areas including energy storage and conversion, soft ma- terials, irradiated materials, stretchable electronics, coupled electro-chemo-mechanics, and materials for neuromorphic computing. He teaches classes primarily in mechanics of materials and materials science. He has received an NSF CAREER Award, the Kaneka Junior Faculty Award, a Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Young Faculty Award, the Peggy L. & Charles Brittan ’65 Outstanding Un- dergraduate Teaching Award, a Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar Award, and The Texas A&M Association of

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

, advisors, friend, and family may be good option. It never hurts to ask. 3. Student can reach out to his/her Dream Company and ask for it. 4. Attending department advisory board and chatting with board members can be a good option too. Make sure to get names and contact information to follow up.For students, internship has multiple benefits. They can get paid for their work, gain hands-onexperience, secure their future career, and get academic credit. University and college curriculuminclude internship courses for students to take. Some programs require that students dointernship. For some programs, internship is considered elective. To receive credit for internshipstudents will need to take an online course in conjunction with their

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico, E4S, LLC; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #40096Board 164: Engineering Interventions in My Science Classroom: What’s MyRole?Dr. Cheryl Carrico, E4S, LLC Cheryl Carrico is owner of E4S, LLC. E4S, LLC conducts external evaluations, engineering education research, and industry consulting. Her current research focus relates to STEM career pathways and con- ceptual understanding of core engineering principles.Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Holly Matusovich is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and a Professor in the Department of Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah M. MacGillivray, Education Development Center; Clara McCurdy-Kirlis, Education Development Center

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

build their capacity to participate in the science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communicationstechnology (ICT) workforce of the future. The ITEST program is unique in that it is the only NSFprogram devoted to STEM workforce development at the primary and secondary school levels.With a focus on populations traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields, it aims to develop adiverse and innovative pipeline to STEM careers. Funded by revenue collected from the H-1B visaprogram, which permits U.S. businesses to use overseas workers to fill vacant positions U.S.occupations, ITEST aims to remedy the shortage of highly skilled workers while also addressingthe diversity issues and inequities present in STEM fields

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy L. Ross, Actua; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

learning opportunities for youth. There is a breadth of research on the impact ofthe programs on the participants, but very little on the impact of the experience on theundergraduate student instructors and the transferability of skills developed in their outreachwork to their future academic and career opportunities. The goal of this project is to address thisgap, through the development and assessment of a “Future Skills” framework for transferableskill development.This work in progress paper documents our efforts towards this goal, in the context of theemployment of undergraduate students associated with Actua, which is a large, national STEMoutreach organization. Actua partners with universities and other organizations to support andfacilitate

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

of globally engaged scientists/engineers that seek career opportunities andcollaborators throughout the world. Prior to the start of the program, accepted students will be required to attend ten 90-minute weekly training sessions over Zoom. These training sessions will focus on material that issuitable for virtual delivery. As such, these sessions will consist of lectures and activitiescentered around the culture of the host country (inside and outside the lab), genetics, genomics,and computer programing. In addition, this training program will include a journal club in whicheach student will present a paper from the lab they will be joining at SciLifeLab. Students willlead a discussion of the assigned article. This activity will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jeanne L. Sanders, University of Nevada, Reno

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #33558Community Building for the NSF PFE: RIEF Program: Year 2Dr. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Ann Thompson, Loras College; Danial J. Neebel PE, Loras College; Robert S. Keller, Loras College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mentored by an instructor in STEM that isnot the instructor for one of their content-based classes in their chosen major. This gives thestudents in the program one more resource in navigating the world of STEM academics as wellas an engaged faculty member to provide personal attention to this group of students. Third,because the ultimate goal is for these students to join the STEM workforce either in industry orthe academy, students are mentored on building bridges to their future careers including how tofind and apply for internships, co-ops, and undergraduate research opportunities.The focus on these strategies, in particular a focus on wellness, has helped students weather thechallenges of the COVID-19 shutdown in the spring of 2020. After the

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Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amber L. Doiron, University of Vermont; Jason H.T. Bates, University of Vermont; Ryan S. McGinnis, University of Vermont; Juan Jose Uriarte, University of Vermont; Niccolo M. Fiorentino, University of Vermont; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Rachael A Oldinski

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Biomedical Engineering

VermontProf. Rachael A Oldinski American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Vertically-Integrated, Project-Focused Approach to Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering EducationIntroduction The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program at the University of Vermont (UVM) iscurrently restructuring its required curriculum into a vertically-integrated, interdisciplinary corefocused on engineering design and active learning instructional methods in order to prepare ourstudents for dynamic engineering careers in the modern era. Engineering solutions to current andfuture grand challenges are increasingly interdisciplinary, which is especially true in

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Richard Duschl, Southern Methodist University; Kristine Reiley, Southern Methodist University; Kenneth Berry, Southern Methodist University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Americans underrepresented in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) professions [3]. Research shows that students’ career interests inmiddle and high school are predictive of whether they pursue and attain STEM degrees [4] – [6],so efforts to increase the representation of women and non-Asian minorities have often focusedon providing students with early authentic opportunities in engineering. This pilot studyinvestigates a university-based summer camp for students entering grades 9-12 and addresses theresearch question: How, if at all, are biological sex and grade related to student dispositionstoward STEM following an engineering summer camp?Brief Literature ReviewStudents’ interest in engineering and other STEM fields often

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Debjani Sarkar, College of Engineering, Michigan State University

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Diversity

researchers. By playing the greetings’ gamewith the first person they meet in the classroom, by improvising around their well-craftedintroduction, and by tailoring their pitches, they can make these interesting, succinct, andmemorable. These assessment-based activities can be incorporated in the first-year engineeringdesign, communication, writing, professional skills development, or career related curriculum.Thus, the concept of connecting and engaging our first-year engineering students throughelevator pitches could be an innovative yet fundamental pathway for us to build our futureengineers into better team players and global communicators.

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Abhaya Datye; Marina Miletic; Jamie Gomez; Eva Chi; Sang M. Han; Catherine Hubka; Yan Chen; Vanessa Svihla; Sung Kang; Heather Canavan

, graduate student, or industry professional to learn more about their career. They produce promotional brochures that the UNM CBE Department can use to recruit new students to chemical engineering. Design challenges in second year courses (CBE 251: Chemical Process Calculations and CBE 302: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics) build on the teamwork and technical skills students Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2 established in the first year and introduce greater theory

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University

skills in their application to engineering design solutions. Also,for these future engineering students to be successful in their careers they need to understandhow to prepare their resume, interview well, obtain an internship, and work in the industry ondiverse, interdisciplinary teams, while making an ethical impact with their work.Through the design projects in the course, students are exposed to industry sponsored projects, aswell as have a chance to present their work alongside the seniors at the Michigan StateUniversity Design Day. These opportunities prepare students for their future professional career,but also emphasize the importance of working well with other and maintaining grit and resiliencein the face of adversity [5], [6].Course

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0058 Industry and Students Perception of Capstone ProjectsDilpreet S Bajwa, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Sreekala G Bajwa, Agriculturaland Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.Email – dilpreet.bajwa@ndsu.edu , sreekala.bajwa@ndsu.eduAbstractCapstone projects are designed to help students learn technical, communication and interpersonalskills that will ultimately provide them with a broad knowledge base required at the start of theirprofessional careers. Engineering capstone experience prepares students to work in a productivemanner in teams. It is expected that the students will learn problems solving

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Todd France, Ohio Northern University; William Sierzputowski, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

University, Will participates in robotics, is the past president of his school’s ASEE chapter, and is a member of Tau Beta Pi, IEEE and ACM. His engineering interests lie mainly in the fields of electrical and computer engineering. Upon graduation, he hopes to begin teaching engineering to high school students and to serve as both a role model and advocate for pursuing STEM, and specifically engineering as a field of study and career. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Lessons Learned from a First-Year Engineering Wind Turbine Project Project Description Learning Objectives

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Undergraduate Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Monica Evette Allen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

engineering self-efficacy (ESE). Students were asked to indicate frequency oftypes of interactions with faculty (e.g., discuss plan of study; discuss future career plans)and extent to which they experienced negative attitudes from faculty. Engineering self-efficacy (e.g., succeed in engineering curriculum; excel in engineering major) was assessedusing items from a published instrument on engineering self-efficacy, and the scaledemonstrated internal consistency. Overall, students who reported more frequentinteractions with faculty (more than once), and lower perceived negative attitudes fromfaculty indicated higher levels of engineering self-efficacy. Further, we examined resultsfor sub-groups of specific underrepresented students (women; transfer

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

QinQin Yu, University of California, Berkeley; Jakob Dahl, University of California, Berkeley; Alphonse Habyarimana, Kepler Tech Lab

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

schools. Seeding Labs [6] and TReND [7] provide refurbishedlab equipment to research universities in developing countries as well as run an in-persontraining program for technicians using the equipment.While most engineering education innovation in developing communities address the primary,introductory secondary and advanced university levels, there are few efforts focused on theadvanced secondary and introductory university levels, where engineering students are at acritical point for developing essential career skills.PurposeWe developed and implemented open-source curricula for enrichment programs at the advancedsecondary school and introductory university levels in Rwanda. Our purpose can be broken upinto three parts: 1. Identify

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Session 7: Health

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Gary Miller

. Interconnectivity, Frictional Behavior, Macro, Micro, Nano……….  Regulatory  ISO – ASTM – FDA Substantial equivalence  Accepted Protocols for testing and verification and validation So where is the journey taking us?Disruptive Technologies Present An Exceptional Opportunity for Collaboration Translational and Applied Research opportunities Interdepartmental and Multi-disciplinary collaborative teaching and research opportunities  Educational Support to prepare graduates for a career with emphasis in Additive Manufacturing  Additive Manufacturing processes  Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design )– Computer Aided Design, Finite Element Analysis and other modeling  Biomechanics

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Session 2: Public Policies that Impact the P-12 Pipeline into Engineering and Computer Science Disciplines

Collection

2017 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Greg Pearson

-Workforce ContinuumGoal: Provide a systems view of the career pathways and related decision making of those currently working as engineers and those holding engineering degrees in the United States.Potential Implications For: Broadening the value proposition for engineering NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERINGThe Engineering Workforce NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Professional Societies Engagement in UG Engineering EducationGoal: Understand the scope and nature of societies’ UG educational activities and encourage collaboration. (Dean G. Washington on the planning cmte.)• Workshop held Jan 26-27 (Dean Pines keynote)• Five regional meetings in the spring• Proceedings to be published in summer 2017

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Panel 1: New Opportunities – Creating Corporate/University Partnerships

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Karen Bender

Corporate Partner University 4. Establish and Implement 1. University assets partnering strategy • Research and development capabilities • Developing the team • What differentiates your campus? • Faculty/Students • Company Representatives • Career Services, etc.Overview of discussion (1) Building partnerships (2) Navigating partnerships: Information and RelationshipsInformation Management is huge! Understanding the company and fit with your campus, current engagements