Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Rebecca Holcombe

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

mindsets and iteration guided data collection,analysis, and initial interpretation towards the development of three preliminary themes: 1) howstudents redefined failure as an opportunity to learn, and 2) how students reframe difficult tasksas challenging rather than risky, and 3) how the ability to iterate supported student agency. Inaddition, in these interviews, we explored how these preliminary themes related to the supportiveprogrammatic features that define this experimental program, and specifically, hands on, problembased learning and mastery assessment. Our discussion concludes with initial reflections on howexploratory findings in this pilot study can inform future programmatic decisions and directionsfor the larger research

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Mirit Shamir; Jonathan Aguilar; Rebecca Cors; Ryan Hansen; Nathan Hendricks; Gaea Hock; Stacy Hutchinson; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Melanie M. Derby

-credit-hour seminar series on aCredit/No Credit basis in the fall and spring semesters (10 semesters total), which included eightsessions (twice a month) each semester. Students completed up to four semesters of NRTSeminar. The NRT Seminar consisted of training sessions related to inclusion, career pathways,campus resources, science communication, and exposure to FEW research initiatives. Internaland external guest speakers led the seminars. Students completed a reflection activity after eachseminar session. To receive credit for the NRT Seminar, students completed six, out of eight,reflection activities and a required science communication activity.To understand the interdisciplinary nature of FEW resource challenges in rural communities, andto

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ibukunoluwa E. Salami; Segun S. Oladipo; Logan A. Perry

insufficient training inprerequisite courses has contributed to the poor grades students receive in statics. Failure tofully understand these prerequisites plays a huge role in the high rate of D, F and W grades inthe course.Inconsistent Use of Available ResourcesThis theme reflects the instructors' perceptions of how students utilize the resources providedto assist them. The transcripts from the instructors revealed that students do not fully utilizethe available resources intended to help them understand the course material, whichcontributes to the high rates of D, F, and W grades. The instructors noted students' attendancein recitations and lectures and their willingness to take notes in class. Recitation sessionswere introduced to provide students

Conference Session

Meet at Springfield Middle: Where Engineering Meets Education, Woozle Wuzzle!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeynep Gonca Akdemir, Purdue University; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University; Erica W. Carlson, Purdue University; Nicholas Dang, Purdue University; Mahdi Hosseini, Northwestern University; Dongyang Li, Purdue University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Tools/Materials: NGSS-aligned quantum- Fundamental concepts Increase in infused science Teachers’ reflective in quantum quantum curriculum. feedback information science understanding are teachable and engaging within formal Participant + Task science learning Structures

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 9

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Bunt, The Pennsylvania State University; Laura Hinkle; Andrew Walton; Nathan C. Brown

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

. Three research questions are asked:RQ1: How does student STEM SC relate to their design performance in parametricbuilding design? In this study, “design performance” refers to the ability of students to generatesolutions that have good performance in quantitative metrics such as low energy usage. Previousresearch shows that student self-efficacy and performance are positively related both outside ofSTEM [11] and in STEM [12]. However, this study evaluates performance specifically in abuilding design exercise with quantitative goals that are simulated within a parametric designtool. This relationship can reflect potential student effectiveness in technical building design, butit does not fully reflect student behavior. The extent of their

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

 story for the type of student who would take full advantage of the ecosystem. ​ Kayla’s Story​ is not true but is meant to be aspirational (see Appendix A). In the story, Kayla only takes part in some fraction of the ecosystem, but she exemplifies the qualities that make our university unique. The entire ecosystem helps her grow through ​entoring, alumni support, themed housing, curricular​ m  and extracurricular ​ opportunities that all reflect a concerted and intentional effort, at all levels of the University level.   Additions to the Ecosystem Post­2008 The vision statement and report served the purpose of providing direction. It

Conference Session

Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Ellen Ko, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

reflection on howour grading practices impact equity mirrors conversations around using standardized testingmechanisms like the SAT, ACT, and GRE for admissions decisions. These high-stakes examsmay hugely impact accessibility of higher education for certain demographics of students[18]–[20]. Mounting criticism of standardized tests have pointed out that performance appearstied to lack of preparation and under-resourced schools, rather than students’ ability to succeed inundergraduate or graduate degree programs [21]–[24]. As underrepresented students are stronglyaffected by using test score thresholds to admit candidates, several movements have proposedthat their use be discontinued.While grades are a deeply ingrained part of higher educational

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

explanations and understanding of howmajority and underrepresented group members in a College of Engineering felt exclusion andinclusion and what visions they could produce from their collective sensemaking. Qualitativecausal mapping provides DT facilitators with a tool to listen for, plan, and mark passages to drawout explicit and implicit linkages that might not be conscious or intentional. In the case of the DTfacilitator in our study, he displayed strategies to encourage causal expressions such as pullingdata from past sessions and encouraging reflection, digging below the surface meanings of talkto underlying feeling (longing for inclusion, confusion with why people do not act in particularways), and expressions of curiosity). The DT session

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Pauline Muljana

of the womenstudents enrolled in a class offered in a civil engineering program. Student information wascollected via two online questionnaires, one given at the beginning and one at the end of the term(IRB-0-218).The Role of Guided Note-TakingFacilitating note-taking can help students perform better, particularly because it helps studentsstay engaged in the learning process [29] - [36]. By taking notes, students can monitor theirunderstanding and reflect on their learning process [37]. This type of understanding andreflection is related to the self-efficacy of learning [38]. When students are listening to theinstructor, the information received in the sensory memory is transferred to the working memory,and the transferring process may exert

Conference Session

Changing How We Pursue Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Valle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

helpengineers and their communities meet their needs, and clarifies that engineering does notinherently require technocratic solutions to communal problems and needs.PositionalityThe primary and secondary authors are both engineers, labor organizers with the AmericanFederation of Teachers (AFT) local GEO-3550, and children of union members fromworking-class backgrounds. Both were participants in the 2020 GEO-3550 abolitionist strike fora safe and just campus for all [29]. The first author was also taking graduate coursework inintroducing the concepts of engineering education research during the writing of this paper,which provided a critical reflective space for learning and grappling with theoretical frameworksand their applications. We reached out to

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

rubricelements as the SCD such as concept of operations and team logo. As the semester progressed,we realized that our meets elements should be closer aligned with including assignment elementsrather than clarity. We also fully admit that some of our criteria were not well written, but the 5criteria was the best we could come up with at the time – a lesson learned from implementingspecifications grading: the need for ongoing reflection and clarification of specifications asfaculty and students learn.Peer evaluations were completed using CATME, and students passed the assignment if theywrote meaningful comments including improvements for team members

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Janet McDonnell, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #11935Using Design Process Timelines to Teach Design: Implementing Research Re-sultsDr. Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington Cynthia J. Atman is the founding director of the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT), a professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering, and the inaugural holder of the Mitchell T. & Lella Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair at the University of Washington. Dr. Atman is co-director of the newly-formed Consortium for Promoting Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE), funded by a $4.4 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. She was

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Freiburg; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

w their suupporting leaarning objecttives; see Fiigure14. Theree were lectu ures focused on higher-leevel topics reelated to “leaarning how to t learn” aloongwith conntent-based leectures focusing on briddging fuels annd the wiredd and conneccted world off2030. Leectures on tools to help frame f and annswer the Q44S through dilemma d idenntification annd Page 23.480.4managem ment were allso included.. Finally, stuudents reflected upon theeir semester learning throougha semester learning essay

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Ruaa Al Mezrakchi, Tarleton State University; Ahmed Al-Ramthan, Tarleton State University

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Diversity

engineering students’ ability to problem solve andapply theories to practical applications. Statics course is considered one of the core courses and thechallenging courses for students in the fields of Mechanical, Civil, Environmental Engineering.Think-Pair-Share TPS pedagogy was adopted as a teaching tool in this course to enhance students’ability to understand the course contents. TPS is one of the active learning methodologies thatshowed promising outcomes in the field of education. However, its influence on the engineeringfield in general and Statics course in specific is still ambiguous and yet to be explored. Thequantitative method approach was used in collecting and analyzing the data. The study showed thatthis interactive pedagogy reflected

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Huang, Texas A&M University; Amanda Jane Latham, Texas A&M University; Erika Yao; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

, and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Physics. Hammond advised 17 UG theses, 29 MS theses, and 10 Ph.D. dissertations. Hammond is the 2020 recipient of the TEES Faculty Fellows Award and the 2011 recipient of the Charles H. Barclay, Jr. ’45 Faculty Fellow Award. Hammond has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, which is reflected in her publications, research, teaching, service, and mentoring. More at http://srl.tamu.edu and http://ieei.tamu.edu. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1

Conference Session

COED: All about That Math

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yael Gertner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Benjamin Cosman; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

to”, “I believe this class could beof some value to me” and “I believe doing this class is important”.The Index of Learning Styles [8] is a survey instrument used to assess preferences onfour dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global).The instrument was developed and validated by [8]. Users answer 44 a-b questions with11 questions for each of the four dimensions. After answering the question students get ascore for each of the four dimensions that ranges from 0 to 11. for example, the 11 itemsthat corresponded to the Activist/Reflective spectrum were added with a score of 1 if theresponse corresponded to Activist and a score of 0 if the response corresponded to Reflective.Sense of belonging to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shetay Ashford-Hanserd, Texas State University; Lillianna Franco Carrera

participants a copy of the transcripts to obtain their feedback. Weare committed to exclude any language that the participants deem necessary.ResultsBased on the outcomes of our data analyses, the findings are forthcoming. Our findings will highlight the waysin which CCW influences Black and Hispanic women’s persistence in computing education in response to ourcollective need to better support this population in their attainment and representation in STEM+C disciplines.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2046079.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Sangster, Northeastern University; Andrew L. Gillen, Northeastern University; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

reflection is the idea that communities ofpractice tend to form more often in a workplace environment than in formal school education [5].Many of the members of our group are faculty with significant teaching loads, who practice amore traditional kind of knowledge transfer within our classes each week. When it is then ourown turn to seek out new knowledge, we instead choose an informal, collaborativecommunication format. While it is outside of the scope of this paper, there is a fair amount tounpack about how, as older adults, we balance companionship as an equally important valuealong with knowledge gain. It is possible that more reflection is needed on the needs of ourstudents, and the potential exists to incorporate more companionship components

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felix F. Udo-Eyo, Temple University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

. The NSSE indicators include the following: higher-order learning; reflective and integrativelearning; learning strategies; quantitative reasoning; collaborative learning; discussions withdiverse others; student-faculty interaction; effective teaching practices; quality interactions; andsupportive environments. The definition of these predictors is presented in Table 1. Other factorsthat will be included as variables in the study are the pre-college preparedness of the students, suchas the raw ACT and SAT scores of participants, and the socio-economic status of participants uponentering engineering college. The socio-economic status by proxy will be measured by theparticipant parents’ levels of education. Four success workshops will be

Conference Session

Technical Session 7 - Paper 5: Bridging Internationalization and Equity Initiatives in Engineering Education

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Robert S Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

(MIT Press, 2017). With Gregg Mitman and Marco Armiero, he edited the collection of critical reflections and works of art, Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene (University of Chicago, 2018). His humanities scholarship has appeared in the journals Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Environmental Humanities, Re- silience and elsewhere orcid.org/0000-0002-4526-6094). From 2013-2015, Dr. Emmett served as Director of Academic Programs at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany. He has taught humanities courses in interdisciplinary programs at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Ludwig-Maximilians- Universit¨at in

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Masta, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Janelle Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Darryl Dickerson, Florida International University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

qualitativecomments about each other at 4 points during the term. We tracked patterns of coded languageuse [27] amongst selected teams, and did a deep analysis of how coded language increased inintensity across the term. We also assessed how minoritized teammates indicated warnings oftheir marginalization. We have reported some analysis from these data elsewhere [27], [28], [31].Finally, we conducted a diary study during spring 2022, much delayed from our originaltimeline. We conducted in-person initial interviews with diary participants who were recruitedbased on their self-indicated identities as someone from a historically excluded group inengineering, using the device of a career journey map to structure the conversation. We thenasked them to reflect on

Conference Session

LEES Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Wint

reflect itstrue costs or benefits, is also discussed by Katz and Riley [3] who, in considering HE as amarket good, highlight the need to study possible market failures. In their work they discussfive sources of market failure and provide examples of the implications for engineeringeducation research and policy.One way in which the neoliberal agenda is imposed on society is through new publicmanagement (NPM) [4], an approach by which liberal market principles of efficiency andeconomic gain are implemented in public sector management to make public sectors moreeffective. This paper sets out to explore how the marketization of HE influences our ability,as educators, to respond to ongoing calls for “future orientated, sustainable and

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 1: Innovative Approaches to Teaching Energy-Related Concepts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, University of Georgia; Jacob Lancaster, University of Georgia

. Students tested the performance of the system with the new shroud.Figure 6 shows the overall cooling area has increased dramatically to the edges of the radiator,and the max temperature is less than 140 Fahrenheit. Figure 6: Effects of shroud mounted on radiatorStudent reflection On this project I served as the main engineer and designer of this system. Fellow studentof mine assisted in compiling the code and acquiring equipment to image the radiator aftertesting. My priority throughout the course of the design process was to optimize the system asmuch as possible. This research led me to develop a method of optimizing any system I desiredwith the given input parameters I selected. After correcting the issues

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LEES 5: Preparing and Practicing Culturally and Ethically Sensitive Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franz Newland, York University; Raghad El-Shebiny, York University; Olivia Alsop, York University

growing societal and research needs in engineering education has been tofill programs with more content. Engineering programs struggle with heavy student workloads,and student timetables that create barriers for students who need to self-fund their studies,support family members and manage travel to and from campus. Many studies have shownexceptionally high levels of anxiety, mental health concerns and depression in engineeringundergraduates (e.g. [6],[7],[8], with the worldwide nature of this phenomenon reflected e.g., in[9],[10]). Engineering education still largely relies on lecture- and lab-heavy curricula, and thereare still only a few pockets of innovation to cater for a more diverse set of learning styles, and toaddress students

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constanza Miranda, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel; Elizabeth Logsdon, The Johns Hopkins University; Amadea Smith, The Johns Hopkins University

interventionsundertaken in the Johns Hopkins BME design course during Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 under a Design-basedResearch strategy. We then analyze these interventions through student interviews intended to ascertain studentperception of scaffolding techniques. Lastly, we match these interventions to the practices in educational literatureand reflect on their uses.2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK2.1 Design pedagogy in biomedical engineeringEngaging with open-ended problems has been a major component of building interdisciplinary competencies(Lattuca et al, 2017) and expertise in future engineers. Design pedagogy has been key to achieving learningoutcomes such as the ability to address a real-world problem, to design a technology-based product or service, andto

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University; Mohammad Shafinul Haque, Angelo State University; Steve Guzman; Matt Sims, Angelo State University

by a recording of experimental observations and measurements.Afterwards, students should reflect on these observations, facilitated by guided questioning, andthen connect their observations to the derived theories (abstract conceptualization). Students canthen actively perform additional experiments to test their new understanding. Nakazawa appliedthis approach to the engineering mechanics course by introducing different physical models forstatics and kinetics [16]. Vernon developed a device named interactive-Newton (i-Newton) tofacilitate experiential learning for dynamics. The i-Newton is a miniature sensing unit that can beattached to any object to measure acceleration and angular velocity, allowing students to observeand measure forces

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 11 Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School; Monica Cardella, Florida International University

appropriate remedy is considered, designers engagein improving the solution. Designers may also engage in improving when they identify ways anexisting solution could be better. Since design is an iterative process [17], improving the designmay require re-engaging in all aspects of design multiple times [19]. Experienced designers goback and forth between the problem framing and solution development [31] where theunderstanding of the problem co-evolves as the solution is being developed [33]. Redesigningthe solution may also be required if the solution failed to work or satisfy the design criteria [34].Reflective evaluation is often an underlying component of optimizing a solution [35]. Reflection-in-Action [36] happens during the process of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana; Shelly Blunt, University of Southern Indiana; Zane Mitchell, University of Southern Indiana

interests are needed. Also, communities oftransformation or practice can be effective drivers to STEM education reform (Kezar & Gehrke,2016; Shadle et al., 2017) and “significant conversations and significant networks” can influencefaculty as they develop their understanding of teaching and learning (Roxå & Mårtensson, 2009).Moreover, narratives prompted by data engage individuals in sense-making while reflecting ontheir beliefs, expanding their understanding, and cultivating shared meaning (Peterson, 2017;Gandolfi, 2019).The project’s overall framework for long-term change can be summarized as: engagement + data + community (with stories as a thread) = motivation + knowledge --> transformation.This capacity-building project to aims

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Lee, University of California, Santa Cruz; Dustin Palea, University of California, Santa Cruz

, 2017.[14] D. Palea and D. T. Lee, “Exploratory Reading Groups: A Scalable Approach to Creative, Relational, and Student-Driven Exploration in CS Education,” in Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021, pp. 837–843.[15] S. Hu, K. Scheuch, R. Schwartz, J. G. Gayles, and S. Li, “Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Engaging College Students in Research and Creative Activities. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 33, Number 4,” ASHE High. Educ. Rep., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1–103, 2008.[16] E. L. Cooley, A. L. Garcia, and J. L. Hughes, “Undergraduate Research in Psychology at Liberal Arts Colleges: Reflections on Mutual benefits for Faculty and Students,” N Am J

Conference Session

ERM: Design!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Jalal, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa

).Moreover, makerspaces help blend traditional and digital skills with arts and engineering,creating a learning environment with multiple entry points for participants that lead to innovativecombinations, juxtapositions and uses of disciplinary knowledge helping to break downdisciplinary boundaries (L Brahms & Crowley, 2016; Sheridan et al., 2014). Makerspaces alsoallow learners to see tinkering and reflective practice as essential aspects of the learning process(McGrath & Guglielmo, 2015). Academic makerspaces also contribute to student retention anddiligence by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within the engineering curriculum,engage corporate partnerships to ensure the transfer of knowledge gained through theundergraduate