Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Brian Thomas Weaver PE, Explico Engineering Co.

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the College of Engineering at LTU. This committee is currently designing a new sophomore-level Engineering Entrepreneurship Studio that will also be required for all students as a continuation of the ”Foundations Studio.” He has published 33 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceeding articles. At LTU, Meyer offers a number of outreach programs for high school students and advises many projects for undergraduate students.Brian Thomas Weaver PE, Explico Engineering Co. Mr. Weaver received a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering Mechanics with a specialization in Biomechanics at Michigan State University. He worked for Exponent Failure Analysis Associates in the Biomechanics group for over 10 years. In this capacity he

Conference Session

Faculty Development II: Building Community Among STEM Educators

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Natasha Aniceto Mamaril, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

analysis suggest three emergent themes. First, theparticipants specified the entry point for implementing instructional innovation. That is to say,the departmental culture was emphasized as a key structural support to ensure the sustainabilityof the implemented innovation. The second emergent theme articulated by the participants, wasthe recognition of individual skills and abilities within the SIIP community. Specifically, theexpanded peer interaction fostered an environment for complimentary skills to thrive. Forexample, some of the STEM faculty were more comfortable than others with flipping theirclassroom, particularly with large service courses with over 100 students, and were able to sharebest practices or personal success stories. Finally

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

knowledge and skills from one to another. Recommendationsare made for team-based classroom activities that would promote positive engineering self-efficacy.IntroductionThe disproportionately low representation of female practitioners in the field of engineering isstill an issue1. Engineering is one of the few fields where women representation is as low aseleven percent2. Recent studies show that women are more likely to drop out of engineeringbecause of the social and affective factors and the environment that they perceive asunwelcoming3,4. In addition, female students have lower confidence in their engineering skillscompared to their male peers, causing women to believe that they cannot do engineering5, 6.There is some evidence that self-efficacy

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Gabrielle Williamson; Corinne Daprano

MAEinstructor. Additionally, each MAE student was required to submit an individual technical reportthat summarized their research and their team’s design. These papers were evaluated for bothtechnical content and technical writing and were worth one test grade. In the report, studentswere required to demonstrate the material selection process and address any ethical concerns orissues associated with the project. The MAE students were required to evaluate their teammembers’ performance in the following areas: technical contribution, participation at teammeetings, attendance at team meetings, performing and completing assigned tasks on time andoverall team involvement. Scores from the peer evaluations were averaged for each student andeach student was

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato

information that I usedas reference throughout my first semester. Furthermore, I chose to complete some additionalreadings given in the course so I could better understand how to teach. ISW helped me initiallydevelop my personal teaching style by showing me what teaching methods and practices werealready available and where to go to get more information on them. ISW also required me initially practice my newly developed teaching style. During ISWI taught five classes to senior instructors and my peers. There is no substitute for this type ofpractice and feedback. At the end of ISW, I had 28 formal assessments that I keep as a part ofmy record of teaching those particular classes (See Enclosure 1 for an example). Theassessments covered both

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey

restructuring. As examples, two goals of this restructuringwere: the valuing of communication and professional skills which were manifested by theinclusion of a Professional Development course in each year of the degree, and the valuing of aperceived “engineering way of thinking” manifested by implementing a restructured first year setof courses taught entirely “in-house” to replace a first year of fundamental science courses. As aconsequence of making these values explicit in the curriculum and teaching practices, studentsdeveloped shared understandings exemplified by these comments: You do have to think about that, they have been drumming it into you. Engineering is communicating, you have to know how to write, and how to talk with people

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

management, report writing and oral presentations haveassumed important roles in these programs. ABET criteria are introduced early as part of thecourse syllabi as to which will be addressed in each particular course of the sequence. The rangeof laboratory exercises and the design projects with the written reports and oral presentationsrequired that are currently a part of the IEP and the FEH Program are described in the nextsections.4. Hands-on Laboratory ExercisesThe intent of the laboratory exercises that are a part of the two freshman engineering programs isto provide significant opportunities for hands-on learning combined with a broadinterdisciplinary outlook. Underlying these opportunities is a goal of making the students awareof the

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Frederick Clayton Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering and Com- puter Science Department at Ohio Northern. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Frederick Clayton Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 22.1163.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Practical Interpretation of Student

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

(a one-page document) containing a revised set of dimensions and an approach for coding these dimensions. Again, the milestone reports were used, in class, to discuss the project.4. Two days before the project was due, students were required to (a) give a “minute-madness” presentation to the class on their results and (b) bring a draft of their report to class for peer review.5. The group then submitted the final report two days later, after making revisions based on the peer review. In addition, individual group members submitted a written reflection on their learning through the project process.Description, Observation and ReflectionIn the next two sections, we further describe these two cases. Specifically, we describe each

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

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Biomedical

companies to medical device risk4, andclinical trials in developing countries. At the University of Washington, Public Health Service-funded researchers are required to participate in the Biomedical Research Integrity (BRI)Program, which addresses conflict of interest, data acquisition and ownership, peer review,responsible authorship, and research misconduct. As a BRI discussion leader, the BIOEN 215instructor was able to incorporate real world examples from the BRI Program into the secondoffering of BIOEN 215, designed to specifically address the feedback from students during thefirst offering that ethics seems like a “common sense” issue (Table 1). BRI training is requiredfor many of the positions these students are striving towards. This helped

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Prosser, Arizona State University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Thoughts: Increased interest Actions: Seeking relevant or focused information Kuhlthau task: Complete information searchPresentation Feelings: Relief/satisfaction or disappointment Group task: Write or present Thoughts: Clearer or focusedFigure 1 – Levels of the Information Search Process along with activities and tasks indicative ofeach level. [28]The six stages in the ISP, summarized in Figure 1, are: • initiation, when the researcher is looking for background information and feels uncertain or apprehensive about the research

Conference Session

Refining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Jameela Al-Jaroodi; Anthony Moretti, Robert Morris University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

beintegrated with the technical modules to help students excel in the workplace. Theinstruction and practice of the soft skills was designed as several discrete modulescontributing to three distinct themes. Each module contained explanations, examples,exercises and instructions for teachers to use the module. The activities and learningopportunities were tied directly with the technical content to make them repeatable indifferent classes and to help reinforce the skills. In total, nine team/teamwork modulesincluding teamwork, problem solving, decision making, leadership (with the sub-contents ofteam organization, influence and motivation, conflict management, peer and team evaluationas well as reporting and presentation) were prepared, in addition to

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger Lindgren, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

members must complete their individual tasks successfullyin order to realize a positive result13. The intent of the assignment was to encourage groupdiscussion outside of class that would result in a cohesive presentation of the primary topic, takinginto account various perspectives.For this specific assignment, 24 students enrolled in a junior-level project management course werebroken into four groups of six. Each of the four groups was assigned one of the four topics:management, business, public policy, and leadership. The students were required to prepare apresentation to give to their peers in the class. Each member of the team was responsible for aspecific portion of the presentation with the specific, individual assignments listed below

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of mathematics andengineering science, accompanied by laboratory and workshop experiences. The formative yearsshould be devoted to individual learning, followed by team activities and peer group interactions,and then immersion in creativity and innovation in the workplace, e.g. research participation.Some global trends are evident in engineering education over the past two decades: Page 23.1174.31. Global adoption6,7,8,9 of the ABET2000 model of self-assessment processes as the basis for accreditation of undergraduate programs, where showing “improvement” replaces standards.2. Uncritical adoption of the US K-12 model of teaching

Conference Session

DSAI Technical Session 3: Integrating Data Science in Curriculum Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ahmed S. Elshall, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

self-directed learning opportunities. In this course, students learn how togather and analyze data as part of the engineering design process, apply systems thinking to anengineering or societal phenomenon, collaborate with peers to find solutions, and effectivelypresent solutions to an audience. Moreover, students are exposed to the introduction of theapplication of machine learning techniques to environmental datasets and Google Earth enginefor remote sensing datasets.This work will aim at reporting four main issues, namely (1) the unique components of thecurrent integrated data science course, (2) an account of selected environmental engineeringprojects using Python, (3) a survey result collecting data on students’ perception about the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl D. Schubert, University of Arkansas; Lee Shoultz; Shantel Romer, University of Arkansas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

inindustry.The Peer Mentors (Peer Mentoring is discussed later in this paper) are invaluable in providingfeedback from the students on how the first-year classes are going, as viewed from the studentperspective.One additional adjustment in our Program was to expand our two introductory courses,Introduction to Data Science and Role of Data Science in Today’s World, from one- and two-credit hour courses, respectively, to three-credit hours each. They were originally designed thatway but were reduced to fit in another course whose content has been folded into other courses.This has resulted in minor changes to the first two years of the 8-semester plan. At the sametime, this change has allowed us to expand the Introduction and Role courses to the

Conference Session

Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daiki Hiramori, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

common language.Quantification of CCWIn addition to qualitative studies of CCW, there is also a small number of previous studies thataim to develop quantitative scales of CCW. For example, Dika et al. [12] developed a nine-itemscale to quantitatively measure CCW among underrepresented minority engineering juniors andseniors. Their instrument included one question per type of capital, except for social capital,which has four items (peer network, faculty/staff, on-campus, off-campus). Table 1 shows thecultural wealth instrument developed by Dika et al. [12, p. 4].Table 1. Cultural wealth instrument used in Dika et al. [12, p. 4] Form of capital Wording of the survey item Aspirational I can maintain my hopes and dreams for the

Conference Session

Teaching Statics: What and How?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

environment (called Freeform) employed in Statics was developed withinthe context of Dynamics courses offered at PWUL to combine best practices from active learning,blended learning, and collaborative learning research [11], [12]. The environment itself revolvesaround a “lecturebook” that serves as both a textbook and a notebook for the students. Thecurriculum proceeds through the sequential chapters of the lecturebook with students writing theirpersonal notes directly on the pages of the lecturebook itself. Instructors use example problemsfrom the lecturebook during class, and their students can look up videos showing the solutions tothese examples (including those not covered during in-class instruction) by going online to thecourse website

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Alicia Nattoo, Stanford University; Crystal E Winston, Stanford University; Rachel A. G. Adenekan, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

programs. However, after admission, the problem ofretention becomes salient for underrepresented minority groups (URMs) in academia 1 . As youngBlack engineers continue to enter advanced graduate studies, it becomes important to examine thefactors that impact how they enter and ultimately decide to leave the institution. In this work, weused the autoethnographic method to share our experiences and illustrate the issues faced by BlackPhD students at elite research institutions. We relate our experiences chronologically starting withthe expectations from peers once arriving on campus, moving into the expectation of solving auniversity’s equity problems, and ending with the mental burdens of coping with an unhealthywork environment. All of these

Conference Session

Promoting Social Sustainability, Cultural Assets, and Assessing Equity and Diversity Index

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collette Patricia Higgins; Emily Joanna Kamp; Kenneth Stewart; Azadeh Bolhari, P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

draw upon theirLinguistic, Familial, and Social Capitals more readily when compared to non-First-Generationstudents (see Table 5). The understanding and belief that First-Generation students possessunique cultural resources to their peers are evident in many other additional studies [Verdin &Godwin, 2015] and our survey results suggest these differences are emergent in the Linguisticand Familial capitals they possess and leverage.First-Generation students readily draw upon their Linguistic Capital assets as it relates to having(and sensing importance) to speak or write about engineering in more than one language (ItemsB and H). Moreover, First-Generation students tend to agree that it is necessary to speak or writeabout engineering in more

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Liu; Greg Evans P.Eng.; Milad Moghaddas; Tamara Kecman

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

postsecondary campuses, instructional development programs are typically offered by theteaching and learning centres of universities and colleges. These campus-wide programs, alongwith engineering-specific programs, are usually available to faculty members and graduatestudents in engineering. Possible structures of these programs can be workshops, courses, andseminar series; consulting, mentoring, and partnering arrangements’ learning communities; andteaching certification programs [6]. Other professional development activities for teachingimprovement include reading literature, or writing an article or chapter on teaching, learning orassessment, and attending an engineering education conference [7]. These efforts were found tobe positively related to

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

science.Background on science, technology and society continues with Warren’s11 “fruit bowl” approachto ecofeminist ethics, discussing how we discern appropriate ethics approaches for problems weface, and with Johnson and Wetmore’s3 plea to include considerations of science and technologystudies in engineering ethics. McCutchen’s exposé of conflicts of interest in peer review12 andGeiger’s history of military backing of science and engineering research at universities13completes the background unit.The first topical unit revolves around the theme of “technology and control,” drawing onexamples from military14-16, information17-20, reproductive21-23, and environmental24,25technologies. The potential for rich discussion abounds here, as students delve into

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sonia Mary Chacko, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

for patterns and trends. 6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions: Engage students in creating explanations of data, observations, and predictions to support their hypotheses and conclusions. Moreover, have students examine their design solutions vis-à-vis criteria and constraints, assess design trade-offs, and perform design refinement. 7. Engaging in argument from evidence: Have students engage with one-another in exchange of their explanations of a scientific phenomenon or design solution while gracefully accepting peer feedback. Such an interaction, where arguments are based on evidence and strengthened through peer feedback, can enable students to identify superior

Conference Session

Underrepresented Populations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne; John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR Center for Science Education; Randy Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education; Tamara Sumner

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

-centered computing, and interdisciplinary research methods for studying cognition. I have written 140 articles on these topics, including over 80 peer-reviewed scholarly publica- tions. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 From toys to tools: UAVs in middle school engineering education (RTP, Diversity)AbstractWe have developed, implemented, and studied a 16-week, afterschool engineering programaimed at low-income middle school youth. The curriculum is based on Unmanned AerialVehicles (UAV/Drones), which participating youth must use and modify as appropriate toconduct a range of scientific investigations, culminating in the aerial survey of a mock

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundemental and Evaluation: Embedded Programs in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Heidi A. Tremayne, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; James Mallard, UC San Diego

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #16796Promoting School Earthquake Safety through a Classroom Education Grass-roots ApproachDr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Van Den Einde is a Teaching Professor in Structural Engineering at UC San Diego. She incorporates education innovations into courses (Peer Instruction, Project-based learning), prepares next generation faculty, advises student organizations, hears cases of academic misconduct, is responsible for ABET, and is committed to fostering a supportive environment for diverse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies for large classrooms and developing K-16

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity through Co-curricular Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Julie M.W. Rojewski, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Paper ID #11657”Leaning In” by Leaving the Lab: Building Graduate Community throughFacilitated Book DiscussionsDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing

Conference Session

FPD 10: Teamwork

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oguz Hanoglu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aladar Horvath, Ivy Tech Community College; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, in mathematical modeling activities, the kind of detail infeedback that offers a better learning experience is still not well understood16. The prerequisitefor understanding the nature of effective feedback is to understand how students perceive andrespond to various types of feedback they are provided. The feedback TAs and peers provide andthe way students respond to it when revising their solutions capture important data aboutstudents’ thinking processes. In the literature, these thinking processes have been revealedmostly through an analysis of documented works, such as written feedback and studentsolutions15,17. However, such approaches do not reveal the whole story of students’ interactionswith feedback. The purpose of this study is to

Conference Session

Frameworks and Comparative Analyses in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iman Shayegani, University of Cincinnati; Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati; David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S. in Astronomy and Meteorology from Kyungpook National University, South Korea. Her work centers on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary engineering education research as a psychometrician, data analyst, and program evaluator with research interests in spatial ability, STEAM education, workplace climate, and research synthesis with a particular focus on meta-analysis. She has developed, validated, revised, and copyrighted several instruments beneficial for STEM education research and practice. Dr. Yoon has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering education, STEM education

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Equity & Accessibility in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

based on their engineering experiences willhighlight possible misalignments between inclusive policies for women and their realities ofbeing part of a minority population in engineering. However, accessing stories of epistemicinjustice can be difficult due to the complexity of the theory; as such, intentional processes forgenerating data collection tools must be developed and documented.This paper details the piloting phase of an interview protocol for narrative analysis for a largerresearch study. We elaborate on the stages of instrument development, including methodjustification, building a preliminary interview protocol, peer review, piloting, and refinement.First, we justify methods by explaining the alignment between narrative analysis and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Chirag Variawa, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Mark L. Sivak, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

teachdesign methodology and to enable the students to practice and improve teamwork skills”.16 Sothe “cornerstone to capstone” model can work for some institutions.In addition, engineering learning spaces are also being built to support undergraduateengineering education, sometimes specifically for first year engineering students. At theUniversity of South Australia, a large new learning space called “Experience 1 Studio” opened in2009 to help students adapt to university life, develop peer networks, benefit from collaborativelearning and engage with their studies.19 In fact, this learning space was shown to help studentstransition to college, especially women and minorities. At Yale University, the new Center forEngineering Innovation and Design was