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Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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Madasamy Arockiasamy, Florida Atlantic University; Sudhagar Nagarajan, Florida Atlantic University; Hassan Mahfuz, Florida Atlantic University; Michael R. Maniaci, Florida Atlantic University; Ishwarya Srikanth, Florida Atlantic University; Stephen Michael Castillo; Reinaldo L. Dos Santos, Florida Atlantic University

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Educational Research and Methods

activities, iv) Family Caféevents, and v) Summer workshop for STEM teachers.i) NASA-STEM content developmentThe NASA STEM contents were first identified based on the existing lesson plans adopted inparticipating schools in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Florida. Then, the NASA STEMcontents were embedded into the NGSSS based on the lesson plans and instructional calendar.The methodology adopted for NASA-STEM content development is shown in Figure 1. Thevarious steps were: i) Review and analyze the existing curriculum followed by the schools andwork closely with the STEM teachers to identify available time-slots to introduce NASA-STEMcontent to their existing lesson plans; ii) Download the NASA’s STEM content for Grades 6, 8,11-12 from the NASA

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Designing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Programs

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Ronald J. Bennett F.ABET, University of St. Thomas; Eugene Joseph Audette, University of St. Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, WorkWise Coaching & Consulting; Alanna K. Moravetz JD, Alanna Consulting LLC; Sheryl Niebuhr, University of St. Thomas and Sheryl Niebuhr Consulting LLC

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decades there has been abundant discussion, research and subsequentpublication about the need for leadership skill development both for newly minted and seasonedengineers. The calls have come from both engineering practice [1] and academic communities[2], and the expectations have been codified by ABET for engineering academic preparatoryprograms [3].At the recommendation of our School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board late in the 1990sit was decided to develop a new graduate program to address a changing manufacturing andindustrial environment in our state. Increasing use of technology in this environment called for adifferent set of skills needed for engineers. A Master of Science in Technology Managementdegree (MSTM) was introduced in the

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

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Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Ontario, CA

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differential equations.Depending on the application in as to how you define a problem, for different people with theirpeculiar background, Matlab, Maple and Python may end up being 'best' for that application.Actually, often, one will find that a mixture of a symbolic package, and a numeric package (orlibrary), with a little glue programming, will be best. This is because for advanced applications,one probably really wants to do 1. symbolic model manipulation 2. symbolic model simplification 3. numeric model simulation 4. code generation (for efficiency)Some experts have reported that the premise of Matlab is numerical computing. Depending on theapplication, say if one just wants to numerically compute

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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Cristian Saavedra-Acuna, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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whopursue a tertiary education diploma or degree has been increasing steadily in recent years; this isdue to the strengthening of the Chilean educational ecosystem incorporating various modalities ofschools and study programs. Despite the above, Chilean women's participation in STEM areas isnot higher than the previously mentioned average. Our main objective is to analyze trends on thistopic for Chilean students based on the following variables: type of institution, school shift andmodality, age of students, and career type. We made a percentage analysis to investigate trendsover time about students' gender within the variables: (1) type of institution (Community College,Professional Institute, and University); (2) school shift and modality

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Computers in Education 10 - Technology 2

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Christian E. Lopez, Lafayette College; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University; James Devin Cunningham, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University

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Computers in Education

werepositively correlated to the motivation and Engineering Identity scores.1. IntroductionEngineering curricula are typically structured as a set of sequential courses (often taught bydifferent instructors) where later courses build upon the knowledge gained from the earliercourses [1]. The Industrial Engineering (IE) curriculum is no exception. One limitation of thistraditional approach is that the separation in time and context across different courses can makeit difficult for students to connect fundamental topics to real-world problems[2]. This lack ofconnection is a potential factor that impacts engineering students’ attrition rates. Engineeringstudents have graduated at a rate of about 50% for more than 60 years [3]–[8]. Many factorscontribute to

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Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

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Tajmilur Rahman, Gannon University; Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University

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Educational Research and Methods

softwaredevelopment and engineering problems, why should we not provide them an environment wherethey can be familiar with the industrial software development, engineering and projectmanagement practices? This paper explores the project based instructional benefits in an industrysetup using Industry Standard Tools and Practices (IST&Ps) and investigates the learningeffectiveness and engagement. IST&P involves software development, deployment andmanagement tools, and common Agile practices using popular web-based tools widely used inindustries. Our approach is to engage students in cross-course collaboration [1] with Agilepractices with three groups of 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students among three project-basedcourses: Software Engineering (SE

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; John C. Kelly, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Miguel Velez-Reyes, University of Texas at El Paso; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Megan Bekolay; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University

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Electrical and Computer

instructional settings and EE topics.The success of the HBCU ECP project led the group to consider whether or not the scope of thecollaboration could be expanded to include a broader range of topics and participants. As theECP project wound down, the group has been reflecting on what lessons there are to be learnedfrom this experience. First and foremost, the project succeeded because many schools workedtogether as one to collectively improve the learning experiences of their students.What enabled the group to succeed? 1) Experienced faculty trained faculty at schools new topersonal instrumentation at both in-person workshops and regular online meetings. Theexperienced faculty from within the project had worked together previously in the MobileStudio

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Perspectives on Engineering Education During COVID-19

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Amr Hassan, University of Pittsburgh; Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh; Mohamed A. S. Zaghloul, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

educational processflow. In this work, we present a survey-based study of the students’ opinions and perspectives onthree different remote teaching techniques, practiced in the school hosting this study. The studytakes place during spring and summer of 2020 and more than 500 students participated in it. Thefactors affecting the students’ experience in each method will be identified, and, accordingly, bestpractices for the instructors will be recommended to ensure students’ engagement and satisfaction.1. IntroductionSince COVID-19 [1] was declared a pandemic in March 2020, normal life as we knew it wasdisrupted. Many universities across the US and worldwide were forced to either end their springsemester early or switch to remote learning for what was

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

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Madison E. Andrews, University of Texas at Austin; Priyadarshan N. Patil, University of Texas at Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

this review, a comprehensivecollection of relevant publications was compiled by identifying appropriate search terms,databases and inclusion criteria. An initial search identified 478 results. Once 223 duplicateswere removed, the titles and abstracts of the remaining 255 publications were screened and 201records were removed because of their irrelevance to the topic of interest. Finally, the full-textsof 54 articles were assessed for eligibility and articles were excluded based on (1) lacked aframework (n = 25); (2) irrelevance to engineering in higher education (n = 15); and (3)examined the process of argumentation, rather than a produced argument (n = 2).The full texts of the 11 qualifying studies were then examined and coded to reveal

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Lina Zheng, Tsinghua University; Dexin Hu, Tianjin University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

gained through multidisciplinary approaches, and furthervalidation of multidisciplinary capstone projects.IntroductionCognizant of the burgeoning needs of multidisciplinary engineering competencies in addressing global grandchallenges for engineering, reports such as The Engineer of 2020 and Innovation with Impact have helpedunderscore the significance of preparing engineering students with multidisciplinary competencies [1-2]. Theannouncement and implementation of Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) also emphasized the ability ofengineering graduates to function in multidisciplinary teams [3]. At the same time, numerous conference papersand journal articles have recognized the urgent need for multidisciplinary engineering education, while

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Minorities in Engineering

science through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and disciplinary identity; 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women (specifically Black and His- panic women) in computer-related engineering fields. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A systematic review of social constructivist pedagogies in computing and their effects on broadening participation for women in undergraduate computingAbstractThe necessity for computing professionals has underlined the

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Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

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Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Stephanie Jorgensen; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

currently a contributing research member of the Renaissance Foundry Research Group.Dr. Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Robby Sanders is an Associate Professor at Tennessee Technological University (TTU) in the Depart- ment of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from TTU in 1995, and he obtained his Master’s degree and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Vander- bilt University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. His research efforts address 1) innovation-driven learning with a focus on student learning at disciplinary interfaces, 2) clinical diagnostics and therapeutics for dis- eases of the lungs, 3) wound healing, and 4) performance of soft gel

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Thermal Fluid Experiment Related

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Melissa M. Gibbons, University of San Diego

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Mechanical Engineering

outcomes.IntroductionIn problem-based learning, students are presented with an authentic and ill-structured problemprior to learning, which then requires creative and critical thinking [1], [2]. The knowledgeobtained through the authentic contexts used in problem-based learning is more meaningful andtransferable, and is retained better [1]. Collaborative project-based learning (PBL) expands uponproblem-based learning by requiring self-directed learning, communication, and teamwork [3], skillsemployers desire but that have been found to be lacking in recent graduates. A survey by theAssociation of American Colleges & Universities (AACU) found that employers prioritize writtencommunication, teamwork skills, critical thinking, and information literacy [4

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Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 2

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Camille Velarde, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Estike Kokovay Gutierrez

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

learning curve for an organizationseeking to start such work is steep. Additionally, it is important to evaluate to what extent worktypified as community engaged work actually creates a participatory space of community-centered perspectives regarding roles, interests, worldviews, actions and outcomes. To this end,we developed a formative assessment tool using previously identified domains [1]. This tool,created in partnership between a university and an outreach group affiliated with the Air Force,allows organizations to evaluate existing projects and explore ways to develop on a path towardstrue community-engagement. The outreach group in this case undertakes significant STEMeducation within New Mexico, but in the past, a majority of the work has

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Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

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Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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with how they viewthemselves and feel they are seen by others. These experiences were used to develop a model tounderstand the ways perceived recognition is interpreted as meaningful by students. Two use-cases of this model are presented to illustrate ways the PIER model may be used by studentsbased on their experience with an engineering identity.IntroductionThis research paper presents a model for the interpretation of recognition by undergraduateengineering students. Identity researchers are encouraging educators to think beyond solelyteaching subject content and to include practices that support students seeing themselves asengineers [1]–[5]. Engineering role identity influences student learning, persistence, andmotivation [6]–[8], which

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Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

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Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Yiyin Shen

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New Engineering Educators

reported 19% of undergraduates reported a physicalor cognitive disability (see Table 2-6 of [1]). Students with disabilities are those who reportedthat they had one or more of the following conditions: blindness or visual impairment that cannotbe corrected by wearing glasses; hearing impairment (e.g., deaf or hard of hearing); orthopedicor mobility impairment; speech or language impairment; learning, mental, emotional, orpsychiatric condition (e.g., serious learning disability, depression, ADD, or ADHD); or otherhealth impairment or problem. However most disabilities are not reported to the institution orcourse instructors. For example, Previous research showed 75% underreporting of students witha wide spectrum of disability, i.e. only a quarter

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Zahraa Krayem Stuart, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Kathleen Dinota, Stony Brook University; Hechuan Wang, Stony Brook University; Amanda Esposito, Stony Brook University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

challenge and at the same time unique opportunity to re-think thedelivery of instruction. Remote learning was fraught with challenges and difficulties and best practices had yetto be established. Most teachers lacked the training in remote instruction [1] and teachers of STEM had anadded challenge to transition their labs and hands-on activity remotely [2]. Furthermore, the adoption of theNGSS [3] had propelled engineering education to the forefront of the national discussion with questions arisingas to its sustainability during the pandemic and the hardship of transitioning to online learning.Over the past years, there has been a huge effort of outreach programs and informal science training toincorporate the NGSS standards into the curriculum

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 3

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Shazib Z. Vijlee, University of Portland; Jamie Merritt, University of Portland

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Pre-College Engineering Education

university's maker space. The course, spanning an entire 16 week semester, enabled thestudents to experience engineering, university offerings, and some aspects of college life.This report will begin by describing the program and partnership. Next, it will present data fromsurveys used to assess the program's impact on student interest and skills in engineering. Finally,it will discuss the program's impact on the students and the institutions.BackgroundThis program can be seen from many lenses. It can be first seen as a STEM outreach program. Asdescribed by Nadelson & Callahan, outreach programs can take many forms [1]. Programs can be1-2-hour demonstrations highlighting an engineering phenomenon, or it can last several weekswith the students

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University College of Engineering; Michael Beyerlein, Texas A&M University; Kiersten Potter, Student Engineers' Council; Jiacheng Lu; Lori L. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

outside of the classroom. Reacting tothis emergency, within three weeks, the President of SEC and Professors of the Practice from theengineering entrepreneurship program developed a summer instruction program which focusedon professional skill development through a virtual implementation. All faculty involved hadimplemented internship programs in their companies and were convinced that a program couldbe offered, not to completely replace an internship at a company, but to build the professionalskills students would need in their jobs. Ultimately, the virtual internship program involved over350 students, almost 60 mentors, and seven faculty. It was divided into two 6-week phases – 1)professional skill training and 2) teamwork project

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Governance, Diplomacy, and International Comparisons in Engineering Education

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Thomas De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Albany), Rafael Burgos-Mirabal (U Mass Amherst), Alan Cheville (Bucknell), Thomas DuPree (Univ. New Mexico), Soheil Fatehiboroujeni (Cornell), Jennifer Karlin (Minnesota State, Mankato), Donna Riley (Purdue)This paper is about ABET’s1 maverick evaluators and what it says about the limits ofaccreditation as a mode of governance in, which is to say it’s capacity to shape and control U.S.engineering education. The term maverick is not meant to be pejorative. As defined in theMerriam Webster dictionary, a maverick is “an independent individual who does not go alongwith a group or party”[1]. In the context of this study, it refers to an evaluator in ABET’sengineering accreditation process whose

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4: A Potpourri of Ideas

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Adulfo Amador, Rice University; Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University

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Engineering Design Graphics

, without the use of a 24hour maker space facility. Bloom’s Taxonomy has been a guiding principle for the design of learning outcomes forthis and other courses in the engineering design minor since the inception. Bloom’s Taxonomy isa framework that maps the depth of learning to specific tasks or activities. Levels “describe thecognitive processes by which thinkers encounter and work with knowledge.”1 Activities such as“create” have the most depth of learning/knowledge because they require knowledge acquiredthrough lower levels: remember, understand, apply, evaluate. In ENGI 210 most assignmentstarget the Create level because they are creating new forms of objects using manufacturingtools. When COVID sent all of the students home, we

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Students1.0 IntroductionThe Academy of Engineering Success (AcES) program, founded in 2012 and operating withNSF S-STEM funding since 2016, implements literature-based strategies to support and retainunderprepared (non-calculus-ready) and underrepresented first-time, full-time undergraduatestudents in engineering with the goals of increasing the number of graduating engineers anddiversifying the engineering workforce [1], [2]. A total of 71 students, including 21 studentssupported by renewable S-STEM scholarships, participated in the AcES program between 2016and 2019 in the Fundamentals of Engineering Program of the Benjamin M. Statler College ofEngineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, a large R1 institution in themid-Atlantic

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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Kate Caroline Batson, University of Georgia

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concern, arguingthat graduate student1 ability to “communicate well both in written and oral forms is essential fora successful career” (p. 1) and the ability to write “will profoundly shape both initial and longterm post-PhD career opportunities” (Maher et al., 2013, p. 707). Moreover, in the United States,research suggests that engineers spend more than 30% of their time writing (Covington et al.,2007; Kreth, 2000). In a survey of U.K. engineers, more than 50% of the respondents spent morethan 40% of their time writing (Sales, 2006).This important shift of emphasis towards improving the written proficiency of engineeringstudents has led to an increasing amount of research that has investigated how to supportstudents in successfully engaging in

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

playground equipment. In this unit, theengineering task of designing a safe and wheelchair accessible playground equipment creates aneed for students to study the underlying science concepts of force, motion and magnetism toinform their designs. The unit’s focus question is: How can we design accessible playgroundequipment to ensure that ALL kids can play together? Day 1. Unit Launch: Identify community connected engineering design challenge. What is engineering? What does it mean to be “accessible” and “inclusive”? Students view a video showing the difficulties that playground equipment and surfaces present to a child using a wheelchair. Following discussions, guide students to identify the need for inclusive playgrounds for ALL kids. Days 2 and 3

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TS3: Working with Students

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Denise Amanda Wetzel, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Kelly Grove, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Jake Adam Flaks, Florida State University

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Engineering Libraries

globalization. Standards are the reason that a plug fits into the wall, a firehose fits all fire hydrants, and why all USB’s work in different computers and more. A standardis a collectively agreed upon set of rules, regulations, requirements, measurements, or technicalspecifications that are published by an organization [1]. They are published by national standardbodies that provide the means for writing and disseminating new standards. Table 1 shows a listof frequently accessed standards organizations and their commonly used acronyms. Due to a lackof peer-reviewed articles on the subject on accessing standards, the authors felt that conducting asurvey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) would prove useful to analyze standardsacquisitions and

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Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 2

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Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Eastern Michigan University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, American Society for Engineering Education

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Design in Engineering Education

program acquiredknowledge and skills, and the opportunity to build their own confidence. To achieve these intentsand educational objectives, capstone courses are usually offered at the senior level by mostengineering programs. For their role, intent, and position in the program capstone courses usuallyshare most, if not all, program educational objectives and student outcomes. As a result, capstonecourses are key in assessing student outcomes and tracking the achievement of the long-termprogram educational objectives. Consequently, these courses are central to the program quality,continuous improvement, and accreditation [1-5].There are several approaches for developing and delivering a capstone course [1], mostengineering capstone courses

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International Division Technical Session 2

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Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Peng Zhang, Missouri State University; Yuan Zhuang, Missouri State University

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International

international learning experiences for both domestic andinternational students.IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has put a significant restriction on international travel, which directlyimpacts on students' mobility in international higher education. According to Association ofInternational Educator (NAFSA)'s Financial Impact Survey [1], the estimated loss ofinternational higher education revenue for U.S higher education due to COVID-19 is about $4billion, in which nearly $1 billion is the loss from study abroad programs and another at least $3billion is the loss due to the significant decline of international students enrollment for fall 2020.The impact of the pandemic is just not limited to the revenue loss. Almost all stakeholders of theeducation

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Mann Levesque, University of Michigan; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

different learning activities, they function as a motivational asset, central to thedevelopment of a sense of belonging and persistence in engineering programs [1]. Thetransformation of ENGR 110 is informed both by the needs of first-year engineering students andpedagogical practices designed to foster autonomy.The redesigned course addresses three themes: “What is Engineering?”, “Exploring Michiganand Michigan Engineering”, and “Self-Understanding”. Within these themes, students gainexposure to engineering disciplines, engineering contributions to society, the interdisciplinarynature of engineering, engineering as both a technical and social discipline, experiential learningopportunities, personal strengths, ethics, values, social identity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Amari T. Simpson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lara Hebert, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Luisa-maria Rosu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Meagan C. Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experienceongoing racial and ethnic diversity issues that are well documented in the literature [1].Compared to their peers in STEM degrees and careers, Black, Latino, first-generation, women,and low-income students have been historically underrepresented in STEM in the United States(U.S.) [1]. These disparities impact the well-being of society, especially those who have beenmarginalized, and these inequities will continue to lead to long term consequences for the U.S.job market unless educators and policymakers address issues of STEM diversity and accessusing a multi-faceted approach. A wide array of interventions have been implemented to address systemic barriers.Ranging from informal STEM experiences (e.g

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Engaging the Online Classroom

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Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Mechanics

introductory engineering courses at Missouri S&T wereoffered as face-to-face courses, either in a traditional or flipped format, which relied extensivelyupon student-student and instructor-student interactions. During the recent pandemic, manyinstructors had to rapidly transform their face-to-face classes due to campus closures.Thistransition from in-person to online teaching modality raised challenges for both instructors andstudents. A survey conducted at Missouri S&T revealed that the main complaint expressed bystudents, after switching to the online settings, was the lack of interactions either betweeninstructors and students or between students themselves. These findings align with other reportedstudies [1] on the impact of the recent