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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Online Learning and the Impact of COVID-19

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joy Harris

implementation of ECE Discovery Studio was driven by two compoundingmotivations to address student needs. First, while the adoption of a threaded curriculum modelaffords students incredible flexibility in designing their own undergraduate degree program, theSchool needed to also provide students with a foundation to navigate the curriculum given itsmyriad choices. Furthermore, this foundational knowledge must extend beyond traditionalacademic planning. Students need to explore the broader field of electrical and computerengineering with respect to the “big ideas” in the discipline, relevant career options, and areas ofresearch to build an understanding of the fields of electrical and computer engineering in the realworld.Additionally, the School of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Thompson, Rowan University; Prince Atsu, Rowan University; Bob Patterson, Rowan University

$4000 per semester for studentteams through the annual New Venture Competition [5]. For a student team to be awarded, the team mustbe multidisciplinary, organized into a company and submit a preliminary business plan and have advisorsfrom both HMRCOE and the Rohrer College of Business and an advisor from industry.Engineering entrepreneurship education is relatively new and not quite standardized. Though all theentrepreneurship projects running in our lab can be categorized under experiential learning, the projectsvary in many aspects of entrepreneurship education. Overall, our lab emphasizes creativity, feasibilityanalysis, product development, catalyzing change, seizing opportunities, honing skills in communication,leadership, and teamwork

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Mechanical Engineering: Fluids, Heat Transfer

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Keesee; Katrina Christiansen; Cherish Bauer-Reich

hands on experience is so vital in the learning process.Purchasing through the department proved to not be the most efficient process. All purchasescharged directly to the department were made by the department chair via the one departmentcredit card. These were then shipped to the department and distributed to the teams by the courseprofessor. While this assured accountability of university funds, it limited the times the studentscould receive parts and work on their tunnels. While shipping times are a constraint that is out ofthe control of the department, the plan is to revise the purchasing process in order to reduce thelag time and stress of all parties involved. For example, with the current students all partsrequests were complied and

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Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 3, Nature and Environment)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michaela Lapatin, University of Texas at Austin; Sara Barrens, University of Texas at Austin; Kyudong Kim, University of Texas at Austin; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Scott Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford; Luan Nguyen, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kasey Faust, University of Texas at Austin

, stakeholders, and consequences. We asked interviewees to provide the finalindicator—ethical issues. Using a qualitative content analysis, we found that intervieweesconnected several ethical issues with the primary consequence of socioeconomic inequities.Identified ethical issues included topics of climate change, infrastructure, disaster planning, andcorporate/government accountability. Implications of this study include recommendations forfuture moral sensitivity research and applications to improve classroom learning.IntroductionDisasters are increasingly threatening our lives. In 2021 alone, the United States experienced 20weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion and over 600 lives [1]. Inaddition to physical losses

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

, or other modalities) have its own strengths and weaknesses, especially whenconsidered as part of a four-year degree plan, there is also no single best method to evaluate aspecific modality. Hess and Fore argue that in order to have an effective intervention, authors needto clearly describe the pedagogy, content, and evaluation of their intervention [12]. Having thesefactors clarified beforehand helps them understand the efficacy of the intervention and determinestudent learning outcomes. According to the study by Hess and Fore, some ethical interventionsare inserted directly into the curriculum of a technical course, some take a semester long-approach,while other interventions are for a day or two [12]. Learning goals of these interventions

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Shellee Dyer

|10⟩ state in a 2-qubit space. At the top is thequantum circuit, and below is the histogram of measurement outcomes for 1024 runs of thismeasurement.CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORKThis paper summarizes the creation of a new quantum computer engineering course using anopen access quantum computer to facilitate learning. Based on the results from teaching the firstsemester of this course, I plan to refine and improve the overall course. One key goal is toincorporate more hands-on exercises with quantum computers. The graduate-level students wererequired to complete more computing exercises compared to the senior-level students, and thefeedback from the graduate students was that they understood the concepts better afterperforming the exercises. My

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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John Annor; Francois Jacobs

retirement and other exits.As a result, there is a need for a well-structured unifying platform that can bring together andconnect numerous stakeholders through a common source of information sharing. This can beaccomplished by creating a well-planned timetable for in-person or video conferencingengagements.METHODOLOGYThe study examining the collaborative efforts between secondary (high school) and post-secondary (college or university) education institutions and construction industry professionalswith the aim of boosting construction workforce was designed with a methodology framework(see Figure 2) which uses a teaching platform that enables the instruction of multiple classroomsthrough videoconferencing technology.Figure 2: Methodology Framework

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Kathleen A Harper, Case Western Reserve University

least one filter that takes more than ten minutes to filter enough water to measure turbidity,which makes it challenging to determine a winner before class ends.In the most recent version of the spy gadget challenge, about 75% of the teams had a workingprototype to share with their classmates. Those who did not achieve their desired functionalitystill had made enough progress that they could convey their intentions. Most of the teamswithout a working prototype either did not arrive to class with a plan or had a plan that wasoverly complex. Students greatly enjoy the interactions in the poster format and leave positivefeedback for their classmates.Even with room for improvement (discussed below), the faculty’s informal observations indicatethat

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Darren K Maczka, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Erin J. McCave, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

implementation for a solution they didn’tunderstand. This unsurprisingly lead to a jumble of error-riddled code that was as difficult forgraders to decipher as it was for the authors to describe.Future WorkThe pilot and first revision of this course focused on identifying and assembling a reasonablesequence of content, activities, and assessment. In the next revision we plan to make the links tocomputational thinking more explicit and build more synergy between existing physics conceptsand data analysis through complementary lab activities. We hope this provides a balance that canhelp reduce the tension between need for abstraction and motivation that comes more naturallyfrom concrete application. To assess these changes we plan to administer a survey

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Madeline Fisher, Ohio Northern University ; Evan Budnik, Ohio Northern University ; Brady Harmon; Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University

Paper ID #40594Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment in Engineering CurriculumMs. Madeline Fisher, Ohio Northern UniversityMr. Evan Budnik, Ohio Northern University Evan Budnik is a Civil engineering student planning on studying enviromental engineering. He is focous- ing on water recources and water management engineering.Mr. Brady HarmonDr. Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University Lauren H. Logan is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Ohio Northern Uni- versity. Her research focuses on the interconnection of water and energy, as well as life cycle assessment within engineering education

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Gallagher, Montana State University - Bozeman; Craig Woolard, Montana State University - Bozeman

research opportunities. Themultidisciplinary team approach the program adopted for RET projects was designed to highlightthe importance of integrating knowledge, skills, and processes from science, technology,engineering, and mathematics to achieve successful innovations. The program’s specific focuson rural applications was intended to create new integrated STEM curricula in rural schools thatdemonstrate STEM applications to real world issues familiar to rural students and to highlightpotential benefits to rural communities.ITS-RET research experiences were designed to allow participants to take ownership of theirresearch work. After project orientation with their mentors, each research team submitted aproject work plan at the end of the first

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Pre-College Engineering Education Technical Session 7: Cybersecurity and Computing

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org; Leigh Ann DeLyser; Stephanie Wortel-London; Angelica Thompson; Eric Snow; Luronne Vaval

; Implementation PlanningTool provided by CSforALL [5]. The tool and the workshop enabled schools to reflect on theirown community values, beliefs, resources, and needs to develop a feasible plan for implement-ing sustainable Computer Science (CS) and Cybersecurity curriculum. Each of the teams left theworkshop with a comprehensive 3-month, 6-month, and one-year plan for implementation. Theworkshop also had sessions for guidance counselors, teachers, JROTC instructors, and admin-istrators to provide guidance and resources for their schools. The workshop was also precededby one-day congressional visits from teams from 10 schools to inform policymakers about theJROTC-CS initiative.Post-workshop activities included webinars to support the schools

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Iezzi, University of Michigan; Paul Chao, University of Michigan; Kyle Bushick, University of Michigan; Joshua Cooper, University of Michigan; Tathya Shinde, University of Michigan; Timothy Chambers, University of Michigan; Duncan Greeley, University of Michigan

COVID-19 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we operated under two primary modalities: visiting localschools and hosting events on campus at the University of Michigan. The primary audience forboth types of outreach were middle school students. Though these formats varied in logisticalconsiderations such as space and equipment use, they shared key attributes of being highlyinteractive, employing standards-based lesson plans, and framing concepts to be relatable to“novice” audiences. A more thorough description of these modalities is described in AppendixA. With the onset of COVID-19 and the pivot to remote learning, we could no longer rely oneither of these models for our outreach activities, but instead sought to incorporate strengths ofboth

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Session 4 - Track 1: External review letters for promotion and tenure decisions at research-intensive institutions: An analysis of the content of template letters for bias and recommendations for inclusive language

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Carla Koretsky, Western ichigan University; Malia Cockrell, ADVANCE Midwest Partnership - Joining Forces

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Paper ID #36421External review letters for promotion and tenure decisions atresearch-intensive institutions: An analysis of the content of templateletters for bias and recommendations for inclusive languageProf. Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University Cinzia Cervato is the lead PI of the NSF-funded ADVANCE Midwest Partnership project and Morrill Professor of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. She has served as a faculty fellow for early career and term faculty in the Office of the Provost and faculty fellow for strategic planning in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She earned a doctor of geology degree from the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Ilbeigi, Stevens Institute of Technology ; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Romina Ehsani

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

interactive digital environment in which users try to solve fundamentalproblems in the domain of construction planning and scheduling presented in realistic scenariosthrough guided active explorations. Figure 1 shows a snapshot of the game. The scenario-basedproblems facilitate sense-making and engage students in understanding, analyzing, and solvingopen-ended problems in that field. During the active explorations to solve these fundamentalproblems, the users are exposed to fundamental engineering problems and try to discoversystematic solutions to solve them. The game and the proposed gamified pedagogy are designedbased on the Constructivism learning theory and a framework that consists of six essentialelements: (1) modeling; (2) reflection; (3

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas, Austin; David R. Brown, Foundation for California Community Colleges; John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

in2YCs [1]. The "Capacity Building Workshops for Competitive S-STEM Proposals from Two-Year Colleges in the Western U.S." goal has been to support preparation and submission ofproposals to the NSF S-STEM program from two-year colleges (2YCs).The workshop has been offered during the summers of 2019 (in person), 2020 and 2021 (virtual)and focused on several aspects of proposal preparation, including addressing the NSF MeritReview Criteria, developing, and justifying proposed budgets, incorporating appropriate andmeaningful evidence-based strategies, and evaluation and dissemination plans. A completedescription and evaluation analysis of this project is currently being submitted for publication[2]. The workshop facilitators who were carefully

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omkar Gadakh; Luciana Debs, Purdue University

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

of recent graduates. We complementour review of literature by adding papers from other domains that have explored a similarmethod of analysis.Technical, Technological and Soft Skills in ConstructionIn the present paper, technical skills are defined as the fundamental knowledge of a specificfield. Some key technical skills previous research has identified include interpretation of plans,knowledge of construction operations, general computer proficiency, knowledge of green andsustainable construction, scheduling, estimating, and safety, among others [2, 5]. Technical skillshave found to be extremely important for construction students’ job readiness by both industryprofessionals and students [5]. In their research, Bhattacharjee et al. [5

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alaine M Allen, Carnegie Mellon University; Darlene Saporu; Elisa Riedo; Shelley L Anna; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Douglas, The Johns Hopkins University; Nathalie Florence Felciai; Neetha Khan, Carnegie Mellon University; Jelena Kovacevic, New York University ; Stacey J Marks; William Harry Sanders, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah "Ed" E. Schlesinger, The Johns Hopkins University; Yao Wang; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charlie Díaz, University of Pittsburgh; Nelson O. O. Zounlomè

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering faculty from AGEP populations at CMU,JHU, and NYU. The goal of this NSF AGEP Faculty Career Pathways Alliance Model (FCPAM)is to develop, implement, self-study, and institutionalize a career pathway model that can beadapted for use at other similar institutions for advancing early career engineering faculty whoare: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, NativeHawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders.3. Project Descriptiona. Participating Institutions In 2017, after the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) lostsome of its URM1 faculty, the college developed its first diversity strategic plan. Theimplementation of this plan strengthened existing partnerships with engineering

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azadeh Bolhari P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Eric Matzke Flaska, University of Colorado Boulder; Kenneth Stewart

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

to adapt to shock quickly to wherecapacity is recovered efficiently. The Natural Resource Council (NRC) defines resilience as “theability [of individuals, groups, communities] to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, ormore successfully adapt to [actual or potential] adverse events” (Amadei, 2020; NRC, 2012). Avisual depiction of resilience and its relationship to capacity is shown in Figure 1 below. Figure 1. Resilience after a disaster or crisis or viewing resilience as variations in community capacity over time following a disaster or crisis (Amadei, 2020).Engineers such as Amadei (2020) and Bouabid & Louis (2015) (henceforth referred to as theABL model) have formed models to assess the capacity of communities to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Douglas Edward Pruim; Deana Lucas; Todd Kelley, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jung Joo Sohn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

solutions.The entry courses along with the collaborative courses build a learning sequence that leads to a minordegree in design and innovation. While minor degrees are not novel, it was found that the programminghad to be linked to something of recognizable/tangible value to students. Through student and advisorinterviews, it was found that advising programs are automated to direct students toward “checking boxes”for a plan of study without consideration of the nuances of different types of learning opportunities. Themain goal of pursuing higher education for students is to essentially receive credentials that have value forfuture careers. So, it is important to understand the degree planning systems and use them to enablestudents to get more out of

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Hu, Westminster College of Salt Lake City; Tricia D. Shepherd; Clifton L. Kussmaul, Green Mango Associates, LLC; Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

virtual meetings and workshops, includinga virtual Kickoff Workshop, a hybrid Writers Retreat, and 1:1 coaching with the ProjectCoordinator and other writing mentors. By the end of the AWP, 27 authors had drafted 71activities in 17 areas of CS. Fifty-eight activities were revised and approved by the programas ready for classroom testing. Almost all of the authors planned to use the developed activitiesin their classes (88%) and share them with others (78%), while 75% planned to develop moreactivities. Almost all (88%) felt that the writing process impacted how they teach with POGILactivities. Thus, the AWP is an effective model to support faculty and produce quality activities.1. IntroductionCollaborative learning activities benefit student

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 10: Teaming and Professional Skills

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Hseen Baled; Michael McMahon

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

. Teamwork skills areshown at the very top as the most common attribute. However, it is a frequent observation byprofessors that students usually limit the teamwork strategy to an initial distribution of tasks(generally predetermined by the structure of the projects) and occasional meetings to assemblethe contributions in reports or presentations (“divide and conquer” strategy). Experiences withsenior students have proved that they rarely rely on effective planning, revisions, and updates ofa general plan. Team identity is taken for granted as defined exclusively by the expectation ofgetting a good grade. Techniques learned in the short first-year training, like the team contract,are hardly followed. No records of progressive work are taken

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Aerospace Division Technical Session: Pedogogy and Training

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth Gururajan, Saint Louis University; Samantha Carlowicz; Justin Fantroy, Saint Louis University; haochen rong, Saint Louis University; Claire Schuessler, Saint Louis University

. It was found thatthe industrial engineering student projects studied attempt to solve problems from an academicperspective, a perspective which lacks the crucial, “authentic” factors that any real-worldengineering solution should have. Students hold greater emphasis on the use of the industrialengineering tools demonstrated in class, and their design plans follow the processes described intheir coursework despite the “limited breadth” in which the problem space is explored usingthose tools. The result of this study emphasizes the disconnect between the intended goal ofSenior Design as a demonstration of a student's ability to solve realistic problems and howstudents apply their academic knowledge to these realistic problems.In another study

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Wilson, University of Kentucky; Joseph Hammer; Melanie Miller; Courtney Wright, University of Kentucky; Lucy Hargis; Ellen Usher

. Furthermore, increased willingness to seek help could improve mental health in theengineering workforce. As a first step, this project aims to use a mixed-methods approach todesign and refine an instrument to identify key mental health related help-seeking beliefs inundergraduate engineering students. In doing this, the study aims to address the followingresearch questions: RQ1 What are engineering students’ beliefs about using mental health services? RQ2 How should engineering students’ help-seeking beliefs be measured via a self- report research instrument?To address these research questions, we designed a two-stage research plan that was guided byour theoretical framework, the integrated behavior model (IBM) (Figure 1).Figure 1

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Venancio Fuentes, County College of Morris

- Closed Loop”, and“Solar Site Analysis Learning System” demonstrated in Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively [5].These products include both equipment and multimedia software, which provides a series oflaboratory instructions that were used to develop the laboratory manual. Moreover, the textbook“Understanding Photovoltaics: An Easy-to-follow Study Guide for Solar Electric CertificationPrograms” by Jay Warmke [6] was used to develop the lecture notes. Fig 3. Solar PV Installation [5]. Fig 4. Solar PV Troubleshooting [5]. Fig 5. Solar Thermal Troubleshooting [5]. Fig 6. Solar Site Analysis [5].The new course at NJIT, “Solar PV Planning and Installation”, is a three credit hours course withtwo hours per week of

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2004 GSW

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William E. Simon; Terrence L. Chambers

improvement, led by a department head who knows theaccreditation process and the need for continuous improvement, will not fail. Plans for Continuous ImprovementIt is planned to continue the process which is presently in use, with only minor modifications,and to now work on better, more regular, and more detailed documentation of the assessmentresults. In approximately another two years, after two complete cycles of the triple-feedbackprocess are complete, an overall reassessment will be conducted to ascertain whether or not anycritical aspect is being omitted. In the meantime, the biggest challenge will be for faculty tomaintain their commitment and dedication to making the process work. If this succeeds, then itwill

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Technical Session M1

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Raymond Eugene McGinnis Jr., Christian Brothers University; Andrew Assadollahi, P.E., Christian Brothers University

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Works In Progress

, Construction Materials and Lab, Highway Engineering and Engineering Economy. Elective courses include: Traffic Engineering, Heavy Construction Equipment and Methods, Construction Cost Estimating and Cost Control, Construction Management and Planning and Scheduling. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee. His professional experience includes bridge inspection and evaluation, roadway and interstate design, traffic planning and the design of earth-fill dams. He serves on the Board of Directors of the America Society of Civil Engi- neers West Tennessee Branch. He serves as the Treasurer for the Memphis Area Joint Engineers Council. He serves as Treasurer of the Memphis Chapter of the Tennessee

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Jonathon Fagert P.E., Baldwin Wallace University; Jacqueline Rodriguez M.Ed., Baldwin Wallace University

studies? 75% 25% 0% Please describe how they were or were not. Overall, were these activities beneficial for your future career? 75% 20% 5% Please describe how they were or were not. Table 2: Final Survey ResultsMoving forward, we plan to incorporate the student feedback to revise the wellness componentof EGR 101 for its next offering in the Fall of 2023. In addition, we plan to ask students tocomplete the same survey each year after their first year to track the impact of wellness on theirentire academic careers at the university. Long-term, our hope

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Summer 2021 program in an online or hybrid environment, we will summarizelessons learned from the 2020 experience.Cohort 1 Student OutcomesEighteen rising sophomores participated in the first cohort of the Engineering Fast-ForwardProgram in 2017. All eighteen students have been retained in a STEM degree program (100%STEM retention). Fifteen of the eighteen graduated in Spring 2017, fourteen with undergraduateengineering degrees and one with a mathematics degree (83% 4-yr graduation). The threeremaining Cohort 1 students are on-track to complete their degrees during the next year, two inengineering and one in biology. Both engineering majors have intentionally chosen a five-yeardegree plan to enrich their education: one is in the process of

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Capstone Design

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Gravell, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W. Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Design in Engineering Education

theTechnical Manager, or TM). The project begins with a kickoff meeting between the team, TM,and Client to introduce and familiarize all parties with the project requirements. Following thekick-off meeting, the team prepares a Project Definition document which acts as a record of theagreed upon scope and requirements. Next, the team enters the conceptual design phase, whichculminates in an external presentation to the sponsor in a Preliminary Design Review (PDR).The outcome of the PDR is the Client’s selection of a single conceptual design option. At thispoint, the team has an adequate understanding of their project to proceed with developing aProject Plan consisting of a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart. The remainder of thefirst semester