Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alma H. Rosales, Colorado State University; Andrea M. Leland, Colorado State University; Olivera Notaros, Colorado State University, ECE Department; Richard F. Toftness, IEEE High Plains Section; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Michael A. De Miranda Ph.D., Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; James Warren Weston, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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Educational Research and Methods

nowavailable throughout senior design for students to hone their oral communication skills. Studentspresent their projects to a broad range of audiences, including high school students, peers,alumni, and industry. At the end of the semester, all students deliver a final oral presentationjudged by a diverse panel of evaluators.B.2.b. Industry support for other professional topicsWhile the IAB strongly believes in the importance of effective communication skills, industryvolunteers have stepped forward to share with students their personal passions and expertise inother areas of professionalism.Implementing a test plan – A representative from a prominent local company helps students bycoaching and evaluating them on how to write an effective test plan

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Ledlow

ago recognized the limitation of the lecture model: "The commonest error of the giftedscholar, inexperienced in teaching, is to expect pupils to know what they have been told. Buttelling is not teaching." 2A number of instructional strategies are currently being practiced and promoted in highereducation as a means of overcoming this limitation. They include (but are not limited to)cooperative learning,3, 4, 5 case teaching,6,7 classroom assessment,8 and writing across the c Throughout the paper, we use faculty participants’ full names followed by the reference number for the Page 7.145.2website ( 1) when quoting

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felicia Chong, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) learning. Students participate in teams organized as “virtual companies” thatdevelop products or services as they engage in long-term projects with a STEM focus. HSE teamprojects are STEM-based but involve students from various backgrounds and interests. HSEteams are coached by specially-trained high school teachers called “teacher-coaches.”Teams have access to real-world expertise and mentoring from professionals in academia andindustry. HSE teams write business plans, solve real-world problems, perform testing andanalyses, build prototypes, manufacture parts, operate within budgets, and manage their projects.Each spring, HSE teams showcase their work alongside college students at

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron J. Turner, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

between the TFAs and theirassigned teams. However, the class met as an entity a couple of times during the year to coverthe following topics: Course Administration, Documentation and Record Keeping; The DesignProcess; Leadership; Quality Functional Deployment (QFD); Scheduling, Gantt Charts andWork Breakdown Structures; Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Proposal Writing;Specifications Writing; and Ethics. Each lecture topic included an associated assignment.Senior design is considered a writing-intensive course and as such, several significant writingassignments were expected. These included individual monthly status reports, a letter of intent,monthly team status reports, a design proposal, and a final design project report

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

this case provided by the NASA Space Grant.The student is living minority status in three dimensions (3D) as being a woman, a first-generation college student, and a Native American studying engineering.It is fascinating to analyze how one’s environment and experiences influence their resiliency.Data will be collected on her readiness for an academic career along measures including but notlimited to understanding of the research process, skills in academic writing, self-efficacy, andcompetence in oral presentation. The case study will explore her story. What experiences shapedher determination and brought her to this level, and what benefit did she gain from NASA Spacegrant? The goal is that sharing her story will encourage others to believe

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

communications for the Depart- ment of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and an M.A. in English from Montana State University. His research focuses on land management policy in two discrete areas. The first relates to civil infrastructure projects and landscape-scale impacts on habitat, community resilience, and long- term land use planning; the second involves the utilization, conservation, and management of big game wildlife resources. For the past five years he has led various transdisciplinary teaching and research projects examining land and wildlife resource management conflicts vis-`a-vis

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Lynn Brugnano, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Marcia A. Pool, Purdue University; Allison L. Sieving, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ann E. Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Biomedical

AC 2012-4192: SCAFFOLDING AND ASSESSING PROFESSIONAL DE-SIGN SKILLS USING AN ACTIVE-LEARNING STUDIO-STYLE CLASS-ROOMJamie Lynn Brugnano, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University Jamie Brugnano is a Ph.D candidate in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. Her doctoral research is focused on intracellular drug delivery of peptide-based therapeutics for inflammatory applications. She earned her B.S. in biology from Harvey Mudd College. Her research inter- ests include tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and effective techniques to improve biomedical engineering education. She has six peer-reviewed publications and is committed to mentoring and

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

. First, we conducted anexhaustive review of the literature on Millennial students, and identified three strikingcharacteristics of Millennial students (i.e., their preferences for collaborating with peers,connecting with one another, and creating for social change). Second, we followed up thisliterature review by reporting survey and focus group data collected from the select sample ofengineering graduate students. Specifically, the survey includes demographic information aboutthe cohort including birth year, gender, race/ethnicity, and semesters of teaching experience. In Page 15.948.2addition, we asked participants in the study to reflect on

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yucheng Liu, South Dakota State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

research interests and ac- tivities center on gaining a better understanding of the process-structure-property-performance relations of structural materials through advanced multiscale theoretical framework and integrated computational and experimental methods. To date, Dr. Liu has published nearly 250 peer reviewed publications, includ- ing more than 130 peer reviewed journal articles, and received 2 patents. He has been the PI and co-PI for over 40 research projects funded by NSF, DOD, DOE, NASA, FAA, Louisiana Board of Regents, and industry with a total amount over $15.5M. Dr. Liu has served on review panels for many NSF, DOD, NASA, and DOE programs. Dr. Liu received the Junior Faculty Researcher of the Year of the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Puerzer, Hofstra University; David M. Rooney, Hofstra University

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

not appear to weigh it as an absolute sine qua non for a favorable tenure decision.Another takeaway is that many schools may still be evolving their criteria, as several suggest thatthere are no specific written guidelines, and yet a predominant culture of what constitutessufficient scholarly productivity exists.Herewith their comments:Schools not requiring grant activity: 1) I typically can give up to ~$25K in start up funding (from Academic Affairs), and can also help acquire specialized equipment that is necessary for their research that does not count against their start up (from School of Engineering funds). . . Grant writing is strongly encouraged, but not required for us. . . For tenure, they must be excellent

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 11: Project and Research-Based Learning Environments

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Wilson, The University of Kansas

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

was as good(87.8%), if not better, than other students (77.6%). However, under-represented minorities(65.4%) and first-generation students (64.7%) did not fare as well. A number of studies havedemonstrated that first generation students, in particular, face some unique challenges [2]–[5].These students can lack the cultural capital their continuing peers have including the skills andknowledge to build social networks with their academic peers and the ability to tap institutionresources.These observations have encouraged us to consider implementing changes to our freshman levelcourses that can support the development of social networking skills and encourage theidentification and use of resources such as faculty and graduate teaching assistant

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 1: Partnerships Making It Real!

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Chesnutt, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering; Laura Knight, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Jessica Danielle Jeffers, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

throughout our state’s counties. Weestablished a relationship with 4-H youth development, specifically curriculum developers andSTEM specialists, to start sharing existing lesson plans and resources with their agents and clubs.For example, we became very involved with an energy-based summer program that had beenrunning for over twenty-five years, even to the point of traveling the state during 2021 to take thesummer program to different counties. We also started working with 4-H to write grants, andwere awarded a grant from the Office of Naval Research for workforce development thatexpands existing outreach programs to Western TN.This grant is one of several grants, both internal and external, that we received after we started towork synergistically

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Brian Hong, MathWorks; Afsaneh Ghanavati, Wentworth Institute of Technology

○ è 6. Collaborate with peers ○ è 7. Use simulation software ○␣ ○ 8. Create simulations ○␣ ○ ○: Represented è: Partially represented ○␣: Not represented Table 1: Comparison of learning goals for traditional and virtual laboratories.Just as models and simulation are not meant to replace physical prototypes in industry, virtuallabs should not replace physical labs. They serve complementary purposes: the physical labsassist students in connecting the mathematical concepts to reality, and virtual labs help studentsconnect mathematical concepts

Conference Session

ERM: Exploring Educational Technology in Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Tufts University; Harpreet Auby, Tufts University; John Galisky, University of California, Santa Barbara; Susan Nolen

class period.Adopting the CW in the Context of Existing Trajectories of Practice.Both Al and Joe had promoted active learning in their pre-pandemic, pre-CW practice. Theiradoption of the CW was part of their trajectories of instructional practice, taken up to servespecific goals. Al used simulation activities and assigned one or two multiple choice conceptquestions during class, polling using “ABCD cards” and using a form of peer instruction (Mazur,1997). His goal was to uncover and support students’ conceptual thinking. This practice providedan easy entry point for Al’s use of the CW; he simply substituted the tool’s ConcepTests andpolling features for his previous method. The tool’s affordance for adding and using studentwritten explanations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavlo Antonenko; Zhen Xu; Do Hyong Koh; Christine Wusylko, University of Florida; Kara Dawson; Swarup Bhunia; Amber Benedict

Disabilities Quarterly, Teaching Exceptional Children,andIntervention School and Clinic. She is committed to collaborative grant writing and is the co-principal investigator of literacy projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. A former special education teacher, Amber has taught in Iowa, Arizona, and Florida, and was a post-doctoral associate at Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR Center) and clinical assistant professor within the College of Education at University of Florida. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered

Conference Session

ETD - ET Curriculum and Programs I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje

introduced to a variety of campus resources, including Shah Center for Engineering career development, Library, Learning Enhancement Center, Writing Center, and Counseling Services. Students thus had the opportunity to learn more about campus resources, connect with their peers, and faculty and staff from the HC as well as the College of Engineering, and upper-class students from their programs. As the semester progressed, COF-IMPRESS-C scholars were encouraged to attend several other professional development opportunity and virtual community event held by HC. Dale Carnegie Training: COF-IMPRESS-C scholars were also invited to participate in Dale Carnegie training sessions, a program initiated by the college of engineering and in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Santillan, Duke University; Lupita TeMiquel-McMillian, Duke University; Jennifer Ganley; Stacy Tantum, Duke University

design prototypes, but do not serve as an instructor or the course.Some 360 Coaches are instructors for our first-year design course and others are technicalmentors for design teams in the first-year design course, while the remainder are not involved inthe first-year design course.ImplementationOur 360 Coaching program places every first-year engineering student in a cohort of 12-14 peerswith layered support to mentor them and guide them to broader university support whenwarranted – a 360 Coach, an academic dean, and an E-Team (Engineering Team) peer mentor –helpful humans to serve as guides to university life. To support their roles as whole-studentmentors and advisors, every 360 Coach and E-Teamer (E-Team peer mentor) in the layeredsupport

Conference Session

Session 6 - Track 2: Illuminating the APIDA Experience in Engineering Education: A Scoping Review

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Michelle Choi Ausman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Qin Zhu, Virginia Tech

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

higher education, have explicitlyshown how Asian American students differ from their peers, engineering education researchshould continue to follow this trend. When Asian Americans are disaggregated by subgroups, wesee differences in outcomes of classroom engagement [6], which could help educators addresscultural differences in the classroom. Future research should continue to include and highlightdifferences between various ethnic groups in engineering rather than assume Asian American asa singular group which most of the articles we found do.The vast majority of the 138 papers that appeared in the initial search results did not meet at leasttwo of the inclusion/exclusion criteria, despite the term “Asian American students” in eithertheir

Conference Session

Self-Advocacy, Sense of Belonging, Measuring Authentic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Construction Management Education Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

limited number of Graduate Research Assistantships, International Research Programs, Peer Mentoring, Professional Development Institute, Weekly Research Presentations, Global CUNY Conference. Ongoing Program Components - Collaborative Infrastructure, Institutionalized Workshop Instruction in Gatekeeper courses, Research AssistantshipsWhile in Phase I, the Learning Centers formed the hub of the activities for the NYC LSAMPproviding tutoring in STEM courses and workshops for the restructured gatekeeper courses, theACs did not require a STEM background and were full time positions at each campus. Initiallyfocused on the operation of the STEM Learning Centers across the LSAMP in Phase I (1992-1997), the role was institutionalized and changed to

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City University of New York, City College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

LSAMP Scholars were also allowed to participatein BTD activities and are encouraged to apply directly to doctoral programs nationally and tocompete for Graduate Research fellowships. BTD scholars also act as peer mentors and rolemodels to undergraduate NYC LSAMP Scholars. Workshops on science and engineeringpresentations, writing workshops, the transition to graduate school, and survival skills ingraduate school are conducted by NYC LSAMP doctoral students and BTD Scholars. BTDScholars come from a variety of disciplines, have graduated from ten BA/BS degree grantingunits of CUNY, with five graduating from non-CUNY schools.Table 1. Bridge to the Doctorate Program Activity Bridge Scholar Activity Description 1

Conference Session

Computers in Education 7 - Modulus 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan; Liyu Zhang; Hansheng Lei

. • Collaboration with local schools to create pipeline to the degree. • Support activities to ensure the creation of a close-knit community with national peer to peer connections. • Support activities to promote and develop soft skills among participants including leadership, communications skills, and teamwork. • By presenting our efforts, we hope that other institutions who are considering expanding their programs of study can benefit from our experience by adopting best practices while avoiding pitfalls.Keywords:Cyber Security, Cyber Security Education, Collaborative Degrees, Career Pathways, NISTIntroduction and MotivationAs cyber security is becoming an integral part of every business and personal digital asset, thedemand for

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Session T4A4An Early Hands-On Experience in Mechanical Engineering that Seems Particularly of Interest to Female Students Richard Bannerot Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractThe main purpose of this paper is to present an individual project for an early engineeringcourse in which students were required to learn about a particular component of amechanical system, to develop a demonstration of it, to prepare supportingdocumentation and then to explain it to their peers. Engineering

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Suleiman M. Obeidat, Texas A&M University; Jumanah A. Hajjat, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

decreases studentmotivation and engagement (Hastie et al. 2010; Karal et al. 2011). Synchronous online learning has received more attention than asynchronous onlinelearning and growing worldwide via several digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic.With advanced virtual learning tools offered by several video conferencing platforms, the studentscan interact virtually in the synchronous class with their instructor and peers (Watts 2016;Francescucci and Rohani 2019). Web conferencing tools of several platforms make synchronouslearning more functional and create a sense of student attendance in a real-time learningenvironment. Students can share their voices through audio tools, write their questions in chatwindows, and give prompt

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathon Kenneth Schuh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

advantage of using clickers in the classroom over otherinstant feedback methods is the level of anonymity that it provides to the students in answering thequestions [1, 6, 7]. This anonymity can be very helpful in lecture/discussion type classes seen injunior level engineering courses that typically have smaller class sizes. Students in these smallerclasses are more likely to be influenced by their peers when answering questions through traditionalmethods, such as polling by hand raising [9,10], and may not answer truthfully. This can affect theinstructors perception on the class’s understanding of the material, and could lead to some studentsinternalizing misconceptions that would not be corrected. Here, iClickers (an instant feedback

Conference Session

Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vikash V. Gayah, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

research approach includes a combination of an- alytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 50 refereed conference proceedings, and numerous research reports to sponsors. He has worked on research contracts valued at more than $5 million, sponsored by the Penn- sylvania, Washington State, Montana and South Dakota Departments of Transportation, US Department of Transportation (via the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium and the Mid-Atlantic Universi- ties Transportation Center), Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research Program and National Science Foundation. Dr. Gayah currently

Conference Session

Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saira Anwar, University of Florida; Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

reported, "I procrastinate. My challenge is overcommitting myself and not finding sufficient time to dedicate to study for a particular exam. More of an issue for midterms than final exams. Course material can be hard to learn in cram sessions and may need discussion with peers for me to fully grasp an idea, and this can be hard to do at the last minute."4) Courses out of major (~6.67% students). Students attributed irrelevancy of out-of-major classes to keep them engaged, possible challenge. For example, a student said, "I find it challenging if courses are not from my field. It is difficult for me to keep up with the necessary background, like mathematics background in my statistics or programming classes."5) Language barrier

Conference Session

How We Tackled the Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carl W. Luchies, The University of Kansas; Molly McVey, The University of Kansas

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Mechanical Engineering

. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Adventures in Transitioning Team-Based Learning from In- Person to OnlineIntroductionGood communication is fundamental to facilitating active engagement online and to providing anoutstanding educational experience. In the world of COVID-19 and the shift from in-person toonline learning, good communication between instructor-to-student and student-to-student can bechallenging. If a student is reluctant to ask a question in a traditional lecture hall, they may alsobe reluctant to ask a question in front of their peers in a Zoom meeting. Yet these interactions arecrucial to maintaining active student engagement in an online

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Heather Kaplan, University of Texas El Paso

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

with paint that allowed students todraw and write on the wall’s surface. The approach to the makerspace design supported theReggio Emilia philosophy that the environment benefits the learning experience. Further, thesespaces can provide a feeling of belongingness for students, as has been the case in makerspacesat the university level. [11][12] For this paper, we begin with one of the stories shared with the kindergarten students,Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. This fictional text was read and discussed as a preliminaryactivity to provide a problem for students to think about followed by students’ designs of asolution to the problem (the Youtube read aloud may be found here:https://youtu.be/NJnIEbVLq90 ). The crux of the problem is

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State Univ.; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. Novelties of Our ProjectAmong all the programs available for freshman and sophomore students, it has been shown thatengaging students via summer research and enrichment programs can significantly improveretention [4] [9] [11] [12], GPA [5] [6] [7], and graduation rates/time [10]. The rationale behindthese success stories is that engaging students in the summer program promotes their interests,broadens their knowledge, and fosters a closer relationship between students and their peers andprofessors, which in turn positively affects academic performance. Different from the previouslyestablished summer programs, our project activities had the following novelties:(1) Low floor, wide walls, and high ceiling: The summer research was based on project

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christopher Lee, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Siddhartan Govindasamy, Boston College; Diana S. Dabby, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

or ECE, such as Control Theory, Digital Signal Processing or StructuralDynamics.The curricular goals of ESA are to further develop students’ skills and expertise in theengineering analysis process, increase their self-directed and peer learning abilities, and toconvey content that is common to ME and ECE programs. The focus on quantitative analysis ispart of a broader effort to educate students in this area. The course material is built around ahands-on project to control an inverted pendulum on a cart, a classic problem in control theory[1] which is often included in Signals and Systems and System Dynamics courses [2], [3].To this end, we developed a project using an affordable system based on an Arduino-likeplatform, the Balboa 32U4