Conference Session

Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Kondyli, University of Kansas; Molly McVey, University of Kansas; Christopher Patrick Melgares, University of Kansas

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Civil Engineering

Transportation Research Center. Dr. Kondyli has worked on research projects funded by Kansas DOT, Florida DOT, USDOT, and by the National Coop- erative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). She has authored and co-authored more than fifty publi- cations, presentations and reports related to traffic operations, simulation, highway capacity, safety, and driver behavior. Dr. Kondyli is currently the Chair of the Freeways/Multilane Highways of the Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee (AHB40) of the Transportation Research Board. She also has consulting experience in the fields of traffic operations, geometric design and roadway safety. Dr. Kondyli received her Graduate Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering, (five

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

2. Decision matrix completed by Bonnie, Elena, and Rebekah.The groupwork norms were introduced on the first day of instruction; the instructors read themaloud, proposed groupwork scenarios to facilitate a whole class discussion about how thestudents could act to follow the norms, and provided time for students to practice the norms intheir engineering design groups for the first project. For the rest of the semester, an anchor chartof the norms was displayed in the classroom. The researchers designed the decision matrix toscaffold design decisions among multiple prototypes based on problem criteria and test results.Students evaluated three of their prototypes by assigning them a score and stating evidence forthat score. The scoring was

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Baker Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

enhancements. Here are a couple of my lessons learned:  To speed your construction, think about geometry first, and algebraic equations 2nd. It is far easier to graphically add a tangent line at a point on a curve then it is to derive the equations algebraically. When the graphical tools no longer meet your goals, then use written equations to complete your construction.  GeoGebra applies default names to each component. I have found it helpful to change these names to carry more intuitive meaning in your final project. For example, rename the Cartesian components of the force F from the defaults u and v to the more descriptive Fx and Fy.  Construction sequence is a major factor in the design of your

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bouazzaoui, Old Dominion University; Charles B. Daniels, Old Dominion University

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Engineering and Public Policy

, Research, and Education [the Millennium Project, TheUniversity of Michigan 2008]’’ Dr. James J. Duderstadt stated, ‘’...The absence of engineers fromeither the leadership roles of business and government or the primary debates over the problemsof our times poses a significant threat to society in an increasingly technological world…’’. Theneed for engagement and involvement by engineers is of great significance for setting sound public Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE North Central Section Conference 1 Copyright © 2018, American Society for Engineering Educationpolicy and monitoring complex technical issues in the society. However, there remains a dearth ofresearch in this area that needs to be

Conference Session

Works in Progress II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

potential: A collaborative road map for increasing African-American women in engineering,” 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.nsbe.org/getattachment/News- Media/NSBE-News/ignored-potential/NSBE-Ignored-Potential-Whitepaper-2-27- 17.PDF.aspx. [Accessed: 19-Mar-2018].[17] D. E. Z. Maldonado, R. Rhoads, and T. L. Buenavista, “The student-initiated retention project: Theoretical contributions and the role of self-empowerment,” Am. Educ. Res. J., vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 605–638, 2005.

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto; Thomas L. Reinsfelder, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

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Engineering Libraries

. Molinaro, and D. Larsen, “Assessing the Impact and Efficacy of the Open-Access ChemWiki Textbook Project,” Educause Learning Initiative Brief, pp. 1–8, 2015.[12] Z. QingHua, Z. WeiHua, H. ZheZhi, and D. RongHua, “Improving Aerospace Engineering Students’ Achievements by an Open Aero Control Experiment Apparatus,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 229–234, Nov. 2014.[13] N. Ackovska and S. Ristov, “OER Approach for Specific Student Groups in Hardware-Based Courses,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 242–247, Nov. 2014.[14] M. Llamas-Nistal and F. A. Mikic-Fonte, “Generating OER by Recording Lectures: A Case Study,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 220–228, Nov. 2014.[15

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Lynn Butler; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

. Feister, P.M. Buzzanell, W.C. Oakes, A.D. Mead, “TheDevelopment of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical Decision-making in Project-baseDesign Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods,” ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014, pp. 1-127) J. Rest, L. Edwards, S. Thoma, “Designing and Validation a Measure of Moral Judgement:Stage Preference and Stage Consistency Approaches,” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol.89, no. 1, pp. 5-28, 1997.8) L. Kohlberg, R.H. Hersh, “Moral Development: A Review of the Theory,” Theory intoPractice, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 53-59, Apr., 1977.9) J.R. Rest, D. Narvaez, S.T. Thoma, “DIT2: Devising and Testing a Revised Instrument ofMoral Judgement,” Journal of Educational

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimia Moozeh, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto; Jennifer Lyn Farmer, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

], [16], [21], [29].Too often, students are not given adequate explanations as to why an experiment is performed,why they should care about the experiment and its relevance to the real-world practice [33]. Thisis unfortunate, as the lack of utility value can detract from students’ motivation to engage in atask [34].A research project is currently being conducted to enhance the learning experience of students inchemical engineering laboratories at the University of Toronto by developing web-basedmultimedia pre-lab exercises to complement the laboratory manual. The goals of thesemultimedia pre-labs are to help the students construct knowledge by building connectionsbetween theory and experiment, and to understand the relevance and utility value of

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Conference Session

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

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

Tagged Topics

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Conference Session

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Tagged Divisions

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