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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State University; Hannah Meckstroth, Ohio State University

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #21471Work in Progress: Do Engineering Students Gain Financial Literacy Skillsby Taking an Engineering Economy Course?Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University Aimee Ulstad, P.E is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio State, Aimee was an industry professional in various field in engineering for over 30 years. Aimee received her degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Ohio State. She began her career as a packaging equipment engineer at Procter and Gamble, then moved

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

teachers, faculty and academic advisors at the university andcommunity college, high school counselors, near peer and peer mentors, alumni and industrymentors, university career specialists, and academic leaders of partnering institutions. Therelationships between these actors, their institutions, and their respective students are such thatbehaviors are adaptive and can self-organize to the change-initiating micro-events of supportingstudent success. This adaptation and change is possible through deliberately designed activitiesand experiences—micro events for participants—that ensure entry and persistence across theeducation spectrum. These activities and experiences at various levels across high school,community college, and university expressly

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Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Amy J. Moll, Boise State University; JoAnn S. Lighty, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

14% Construction Management 15% 3 Business 11% Accountancy Finance 14% 4 Games, Interactive Media, 10% Health/Medical 6% and Mobile 5 Education 9% Games, Interactive Media 5% and MobileConnecting Fate Data with Initial PathwaysAbove we discussed the pathways that we are developing to share with students. The pre-medical pathway, for example, will demonstrate to the 18% of women and 6% of men who leavethat they can remain in engineering and prepare for medical graduate work or careers. Similarly,the education pathway will address those who are departing our

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

in three bottleneck classes: "Logic DesignFundamentals," "Circuit Analysis," and "Embedded Systems Development" and will continue todo so in spring 2018. These courses are offered every semester in 2 or more sections. Allenrollment ranges from 60-80 students per section. Students from 4 majors are required to takethe courses during the first two years of their academic career. Tutors were hired afterconsultation and interviews with faculty members and were required to complete a "compliancetraining" before they start the service. In fall 2017, the department hired ten students as tutors,and due to high demands, this number is expected to increase in spring 18. The data presented inthis section was collected using surveys, focus groups, and

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Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

notorious national reputation ofbeing competitive and rigorous (see institutional context below). In this intense environment, theperception that high levels of stress and anxiety are part of the culture in engineering academicsmay discourage students from pursuing engineering degrees at the undergraduate and graduatelevels. Attributing stress to be characteristic of engineering students may negatively impact thesuccess of students currently enrolled in engineering programs and deter them from continuing topursue engineering in graduate school or from entering engineering careers. Feelingoverwhelmed due to pace and workload in coursework was a top reason cited by students forleaving STEM programs19. Stress and anxiety portrayed as a norm within the

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Institutional Change

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

.” In addition,the work “would continue to be sustained into the future, even after the funding had expired.”Overall, futures thinking to the participants meant continuous improvement, a sense of mission,potential broad impact of research, and sustained outcomes beyond funding. Futures thinkingalso represented facilitation of metacognition in student learning and faculty training to developtheir futures thinking. Futures thinking was about imagining what might look different inengineering education and using that imagination to inform current designs and processes as wellas capturing students’ imagination to change their career-paths and lives through education.Values ThinkingValues thinking resonated with participants and seemed pertinent to

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Joseph Cecere

their education our future designers and builders should ingrate sustainabilityinto their projects in order to meet the societal demands in the future. [1]To a large extent, there is a great deal of latitude given to the design of a capstone course. Thecontent of the course may be influenced by several factors including the geographic area theuniversity services, the main focus area of the program (industrial, commercial, or residential),the program’s philosophy, the faculty's experience and expertise, and the perception of industry'sneeds. The course content may change with time, and courses may differ from program toprogram, but the basic goal is the same; to prepare students for a career in the civil engineeringfield. However, today the

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2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Xichen Jiang, Western Washington University; Austin Bolstad

engineers from local utilities forguidance. The results of this research is highly beneficial to the students as well as to the utility.Along the way, the students develop communication, project management, and soft skills that willserve them well into their professional careers.1.0 IntroductionAs demand for energy increases across the United States, generating electricity from clean andreliable sources becomes more challenging for utilities. One solution that utilities have beeninvestigating is Volt-VAR optimization (VVO), which manages voltage levels throughconservation voltage reduction (CVR) and reduces energy losses by controlling reactive powerflow [1].The purpose of CVR is to conserve energy by slightly reducing the voltage that

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2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

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David Pinkerton, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

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Diversity

traditional classroom model has served academia to its full ability, but change has come.Some US universities have average college class sizes upwards of 50 students [6]. A standardlecture in a 40+ student class often falls short in answering individual student questions andstruggles to foster a cohesive community where peer-to-peer interaction is so limited [7].There is a consensus that both incoming freshman engineering students and recent engineeringgrads need different skills and support systems to succeed in college and career than they didbefore the internet revolution.MethodologyThe following methodology was used for identifying Factors of Success for EducationalTechnologies and Best Practices.Keeping in mind the ever-changing technological

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Technical Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John B. Troy, Northwestern University; Pei-Ji Liang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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International

twenty-first century. In the paperwe share our methodology of teaching and detail the major challenges faced in this project.IntroductionThe effective training of scientists and engineers is an essential need of every modern society.Without an ample supply of talented well-trained such professionals no 21st century economycan be expected to prosper. With its vast population and mature system of higher educationChina is positioned particularly well to meet this need. While training in mathematics, science,engineering and design are vital components of an engineer’s or scientist’s training, it is widelyrecognized that the ability of these professionals to communicate well both in written and oralforms is essential for a successful career. The fact

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giancarlo D'Orazio, University of the District of Columbia; Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

manned exploration of the red planet and subsequent colonization efforts byboth public and private entities [5] NASA’s journey into air and space has not only deepenedhumankind’s understanding of the universe but it has also inspired and motivated millions ofstudents to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Since1994, NASA has sponsored an annual competition for high school and college students to design,build, and race human-powered mars rovers. These collapsible vehicles must navigate simulatedouter space terrain, engaging students and providing valuable experiences in the technologies andconcepts that will be needed in future exploration missions [6] In April 2018, the team from theUniversity of the

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STEM Issues in ET

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lei Xie, Texas State University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Sensitivity. Youth & Society, 2018. 50(8): p. 1078-1099.2. Covington, M., T. Chavis, and A. Perry, A scholar-practitioner perspective to promoting minority success in STEM. Journal for Multicultural Education, 2017. 11(2): p. 149-159.3. Haggard, D.L., et al., Who Is a Mentor? A Review of Evolving Definitions and Implications for Research. Journal of Management, 2011. 37(1): p. 280-304.4. Evans, G.L. and K.O. Cokley, African American Women and the Academy: Using Career Mentoring to Increase Research Productivity. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 2008. 2(1): p. 50-57.5. Tran, K., G.T. Tran, and R. Fuller, West Yorkshire Mentor Scheme: teaching and development. Clinical Teacher

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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Harold Ackler, Boise State University; Heidi Reeder, Boise State University; Abbey Louie

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Engineering Leadership Development

thesuccess or failure of many engineering graduates in the workplace is not determined bydifferences in technical competency, but by inadequate professional skills [6]. Engineers whostruggle in their careers often do so because they are unable to effectively communicate withothers, work well in teams, and manage conflict. This problem has been observed by manyprofessionals, including one of the authors while working in industry.Many universities have developed programs in professional skills and engineering leadership,offering for example: certificates, [7, 8], minors [7, 9], or a B.S. in engineering and a M.S. inengineering leadership in five years [10]. One of the more established programs is theEngineering Leadership Development program (ELD) at

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

-2014) and George Mason University (2014-2017). Throughout his career, his primary responsibility as a faculty member has been teaching students, for which he aspires to provide them with a quality and enjoyable experience. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Increasing Cultural Awareness Amongst Engineering Students by Integrating World Structures Reports, Presentations, and Themed NotesAbstractRecently, there has been a widespread movement to implement culturally relevant pedagogicalpractices into engineering curricula. However, many faculty members do not necessarily knowwhat this means or even how to accomplish the task. For faculty who do

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Richard Arthur Springman, University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology

Department andoffers an overview of careers in engineering technology, information about our programs, andskills required for success in technological fields. Additionally, the course offers an introductionto academic success strategies within a community of university learners by identifying the keystrategies needed to support the transition from high school to the university, introducing thestudents to the campus resources, self-responsibility, academic policies and procedures, studystrategies and other topics foundational to campus life.In addition to the above-mentioned topics, a new topic of discussion, Ethics in Engineering, wasintroduced in fall 2018 over two 80-minute lectures. The first lecture, entitled Code of Ethics,introduced the

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Undergraduate Research and Industry

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University; Qi Dunsworth, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Resig

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Manufacturing

additional 250 jobs in othersectors [1]. As technology evolves, the manufacturing industry also becomes increasingly complexand sophisticated. As a result, employees in the manufacturing sector are expected to havespecialized science and technology skills. Yet, the current manufacturing workforce, relatively lesseducated than other sectors, is slow at catching up with the new development. Meanwhile, fewyoung Americans show interest in choosing manufacturing as their career [2]. As the U.S.dominance in the manufacturing industry diminishes, it is estimated that nearly 3.5 millionmanufacturing jobs will need to be filled over the next decade, yet 2 million of them will be leftunfilled due to the skills gap [1]. The future of U.S. manufacturing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Development

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

faculty. Some initial inclinations were foundduring the data analysis. Faculty tended to have the most holistic view and were able to makemost connections between different courses. The senior student held a more holistic view butless long-term and made a fair amount of connections between various courses. However, shestruggled with the balance between breadth and depth, and tried to figure out which career pathshe wanted to take in the future. The freshman had the least holistic view: lacked the connectionsbetween different courses and lacked the balance between breadth and depth.Career-Mindedness. What the students had in common was that they both wanted to take coursesthat might be helpful for their future careers. However, before they figured

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Lessons Learned about Faculty Development!

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan; Pauline Khan, University of Michigan; Elizabeth J Bailey, University of Michigan

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Faculty Development Division

for Associate level faculty in Engineering, facilitating career advancement, fostering connections, and providing leadership development opportunities. Heidi served as the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Diversity in the College of Engineering at Montana State University from 2001-2012. She also served as the Director of EMPower, the engineering minor- ity program. Heidi earned her PhD in Educational Leadership from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. She studied developmental relationships in higher education and investigated the processes through which higher education leadership is fostered including mentoring, coaching, role-modeling, sponsoring, and networking.Dr. Pauline Khan, University of

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2 - Development, Assessment, and Impact of Experiential Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachael E. Cate, Oregon State University; Donald Heer, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

is pragmatic and integrative.3.2 The ECE Junior Design Course SeriesIn order to support transformative learning for capstone students, we implemented a two-termcourse sequence in the junior year, or ECE Junior Design. As a precursor to ECE CapstoneSenior Design, the two-term junior sequence created a scaffolding experience where studentswere introduced to project engineering with a lower-stakes, short-term set of experiences.Students were introduced into the culture of design and team project engineering based on thestructure of the experiential course setup and assignments included. They were guided throughsteps to help them develop professional identity, including readings on the topic and assignmentsfocusing on job preparation and career

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs I

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jikai Du, SUNY College at Buffalo

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Engineering Technology

a two-year program that was initiated for 2018-2020. Themission of the MEP is “By enlisting Master Educators as agents of change, our ultimate goal isto organically grow an extraordinary culture within the School of the Professions for both facultyand students.” Through the MEP, every major in the School of the Professions will be providedwith a transformative educational experience that inculcates and inoculates them with 21stcentury skills. The key insights of the MEP are:  Faculty desire a transformational experience (engage and recognize)  Aspirations for a strong culture & community  Two target audiences…early career and mid-career  Impact on students (i.e., engage & prepare)  Deeper understanding of

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STEM Issues in ET II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natalie Hobson, Sonoma State University; Therese M. Azevedo, Sonoma State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

anxiety is simply to avoid math. Such amechanism has profound effects that impacts many a core life decision such as choosing a majorin college and/or career upon graduation based on the likelihood of using math. A review ofliterature on students possibly avoiding certain college majors based on their anxiety towardsmath was found to be very little. Future work in investigating whether a person’s math anxietytruly influences choice of college major and/or career is an avenue for looking into further.Additionally, future work in implementing techniques or methods for decreasing a student’smath anxiety while in college may help these students on a personal and professional level. Asevidenced from this research study female students were slightly

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New Engineering Educators 4: Tips and Tools

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karle Flanagan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Natalia Ozymko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rittika Adhikari, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jacqueline Osborn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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New Engineering Educators

interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.Dr. Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois in 2009 and is currently a

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K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Timothy Ryan Duckett, University of Toledo; Gale A. Mentzer, Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC

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Educational Research and Methods

ranging fromcoding skills to using computers to solve problems to applying computer information-processing methods toone’s thinking to define and solve complex problems [3]. For the purposes of this presentation, we use thecomputational thinking framework that guided the theory of action for the NSF STEM + C funded project,“Understanding How Integrated Computational Thinking, Engineering Design, and Mathematics Can HelpStudents Solve Scientific and Technical Problems in Career Technical Education (INITIATE) (#1741784).INITIATE used the definition provided by Computational Thinkers (computationalthinkers.com) thatdivides the process into four steps: (1) students take a complex problem and break it down into a series ofsmall, more manageable

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

/signal processing where he was involved in developing an automated winter road condition sensor using artificial neural networks to classify road condition using image and sound input data. The research fellow position at Dalarna University quickly led to a permanent faculty position in the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics. In order to help advance his career in academia, he left Dalarna University to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech’s European campus in Metz, France. He continued working in artificial intelligence by developing an alternative method for solving boundary value problems using artificial neural networks. After getting married soon after graduation, he moved his

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rob Rouse, Southern Methodist University; Juan Torralba, University of Miami; Kathryn Krummeck; DiMitri Higginbotham, Good Shepherd Episcopal School

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

coached school leaders, educators, non-profit lead- ers and corporate executives to develop their design mindsets and the capacity to leverage design to drive innovation. Katie began her career as a secondary teacher and co-founder of a small, experimental independent school, where students collaborated across age groups to engage in project-based, interdisciplinary learning. She has since helped scale a national education non-profit start-up, helped develop the K12 Lab at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design at Stanford University (”the d.school”), and directed a collegiate makerspace. Katie also founded the Maker Education Project at Southern Methodist University, an initiative dedicated to catalyzing

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Barbara L. Christe, State University of New York; Scott C. Dunning, University of Maine

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Engineering Technology

, mostcommonly associated with the advisory board composition and their involvement in the reviewof the PEOs, SOs and curriculum. This reinforces the importance of the advisory boardcomposition choices as well as the activities of the group.Common findings associated with Students, Criterion 1, were related to both student advisingand pre-requisite enforcement. Accrediting bodies generally do not stipulate the specificcharacteristics of student advising. However, advising must occur in order to monitor studentperformance and progress toward degree attainment. In addition, advising must include bothacademic and career matters. Debate often centers on the use of professional advisors incomparison with faculty member advisement. No right answer is clear

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Education, 2020 Evaluating the Impact of Training on Increasing Cross-Culture CompetencyIntroduction:Technological, political and economic changes worldwide have driven an increase inglobalization [1] and many industries that operate globally need to hire engineers that will besuccessful in that arena. Assigning the most technically competent engineer to a project withoutconsidering their global competency can be very costly for organizations. If these engineers fail,wasted travel and living expenses, lost contracts, and personal costs could be significant [2].Therefore, many employers state that cross-cultural competency is important for career developand actively recruit that skill set [3].For some time now, industry and academia have tried to

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jen Symons, University of Portland; Kate Rohl, University of Portland

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

capstone programs may enhance student learning and engagement. For students, industry partnerships in capstone are seen as providing an intersection ofstudents’ academic learning and their future careers in industry. Our institution supportssponsored projects that can prepare students to approach open-ended problems, improve designand communication skills, incorporate stakeholder needs, and work effectively on teams. Theconnections they build with industry partners can also be the beginning of a professionalnetwork. Furthermore, experience working on a real-life project can help students identify orclarify their career path within engineering. For engineering programs, these industry partners can serve as a resource to benefit

Conference Session

Introduction to the Field of Biomedical Engineering - June 25th

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachel C. Childers, University of Oklahoma; Handan Acar, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

thegrade and course requirements. Another 6 students met the grade requirements but did notattempt one of the five required classes. Of the Switchers that met all the requirements, they weredisproportionately female (n=16), that is ~76% of the group. Almost all of the Switchers that metall of the requirements, switched into another major that was STM, except for a couple thatswitched into another engineering major. Speculating, it is possible that some of the highachieving students are leaving for another typical pre-med major, which may be perceived as“easier” than BME. They may also be leaving due to attitudes about perceived career prospectsof BME majors relative to other STEM majors, documented by others [10], [11]. Clearly, thereis a

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Lynne Tennison, Saint Louis University; Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Saint Louis University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

a way that, unlike other windmills, it rotates around a ring frame, leaving the central portion open for other uses. This enables VayuWind to extract wind power using existing structures such as commercial buildings and skywalks with minimal noise pollution. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Project-based smart systems module for early-stage mechanical engineering studentsAbstractSystems thinking is a key ingredient for an engineering career. In this paper, we present details ofa project-based systems thinking module for an early-stage mechanical engineering course. In thismodule, students learn systems engineering concepts through a series of