Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, as well as the integration of major renewable energy sources such as solarand wind energy systems to the existing grid [18, 20-25].Program InformationThe Electrical/Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) Program is a four-yearundergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree at Sam Houston StateUniversity (SHSU). The program benefits from the strong support it receives from a partnershipbetween a major energy services industry and employers of the ECET program graduates. TheECET major prepares students for application-oriented engineering technology careers in circuits,conventional and renewable electrical power, analog and digital electronics, industrial controls,microcomputer, telecommunications

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Mirth, Saint Cloud State University

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Mechanics

completed.Specifications grading provides the means for controlling the process parameters. Each time thestudent completes work that is within the process parameters, credit is given and the studentadvances toward fulfilling the course performance requirements.If we are going to help students engage in effective learning processes, then a natural place tostart is with courses that are early in the student’s career. From an engineering perspective, thisimplies the “gateway” courses that students first encounter in their engineering studies. Of these,the courses in Engineering Mechanics (Statics, Dynamics) provide an essential foundation forseveral engineering disciplines which makes them logical candidates for the implementation ofeffective learning

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan M. Cruz, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University; Niyousha Hosseinichimeh

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Faculty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

were often ignored, and the team wasdominated by men.In the second paper, Berenson et al. [21] investigated the impression of female students insoftware engineering about doing projects as a team instead of working alone. These studentsused pair-programming and solo group modes of collaboration on projects in this class. Inthis study, the authors interviewed with three female students to understand their opinionsabout collaborating in teams. According to this paper, all three females had positive viewsabout this collaboration. Face-to-face meeting increased the satisfaction among femalestudents, collaboration increased the quality of females’ work, increased their confidence, andthey became more interested to work on career related to their

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 22: Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

of the instructional design process vs. a short-termlaboratory design task), number of participants (31 vs. 9), and other factors. Thus, whileheuristics within a domain may be robust, means of data collection can influence the details andnuances identified. Selection of such methods and participants should be well-informed andsuited to the purpose of the study.Exploring Heuristics and Related Approaches in Engineering Course DesignCourse design in higher education can be a complex task for which engineering faculty are oftenill-prepared [26,27]. Ambrose and Norman, for example, note that many early-career facultydesign courses based on ways they were taught, colleague’s courses, or from lists of importanttopics, rather than through

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad W. Jassim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mechanical Engineering

curricula, but few institutions offer an integratedhands-on design course sequence for all four undergraduate years. This paper is a case studyof the development of a four-year integrated hands-on design curriculum to motivate, retain,and prepare mechanical engineering students for success in their capstone (senior) designcourse and future careers. Over a period of ten years, a team of faculty members haveincorporated hands-on design components into a sequence of five mechanical design courses,as well as an introductory fluid mechanics laboratory course. Courses in all four years ofinstruction (Freshman: Computer-Aided Design; Sophomore: Design for Manufacturability;Junior: Mechanical Design I and Mechanical Design II, Fundamentals of Fluid

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

that predict student success, including academic preparedness [25],[26] and the psychological factors of motivation, self-efficacy, and attitude [27]–[30]. Ouruniversity’s school of engineering mirrors that of many engineering schools across the country asefforts of research to improve teaching and learning are made in hopes of retaining engineeringstudents into engineering careers. The longitudinal interdisciplinary research group, GEARS,that initially assembled around the research goal of focusing on first-year engineering studentretention and academic achievement has sustained in their efforts, while expanding theirexploration of first-year student retention through innovative, interdisciplinary viewpoints. Ourgroup is now poised to look at

Conference Session

Working at the Intersection of Industry and Academia

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas M. Freeman, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University

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Continuing Professional Development

course in their careers, what they hope to base their finalproject or paper around, etc. This helps turn some of the discussion that ensues back toward thecourse. It is good practice to instruct students to make an initial timely post of their introductionand then return to the Introduce Yourself discussion sometime prior to the end of the first unit ormodule to reply to a couple of their classmates. Although some of this information may be thesame for some working professionals from one course to the next while pursuing a graduatedegree or certificate, it is strongly suggested that each course begin like this to encouragestudents to engage with the instructor and each other and reduce feelings of isolation right fromthe start. Doing so has been

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Andrea M. Leland, Colorado State University; Laura B. Sample McMeeking, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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Electrical and Computer

the Microelectronics Journal on Quality Electronic Design, 2005. His research interests include VLSI circuit and system design, CAD methodology for VLSI design, and bioelectronics.Prof. Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University Zinta S. Byrne is a tenured full professor of psychology at Colorado State University. Her previous careers were as software design and development engineer, an R&D project manager and a program manager for Hewlett-Packard Company, and management consultant for Personnel Decisions International, before becoming a professor at CSU. She is author of ”Understanding Employee Engagement: Theory, Research, and Practice” and ”Organizational Psychology and Behavior: An Integrated Approach to

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Katherine Fu; Robert Kirkman; Bumsoo Lee

the responsibilities that come with that role. One way to address this apparent shortcoming is to continue to refine the design of the stand-alone course, finding a better balance between the design task and the ethical considerations thatweave through it. We noted above that we placed a great deal of trust in the structure of the workin the course, and in the scaffolding we provided, to prompt students to connect design decisionswith ethical values. The self-reported data suggest this trust was not altogether misplaced, but thatwe may need to do more to foster an understanding of role responsibility and its importance in ourstudents’ future careers. It is also possible that the mixed results reflect a more general problem with stand

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University; Trevor Kenneth Carlisle, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Carlisle, Oregon State University, School of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineer-ingDr. Natasha Mallette P.E., Oregon State University Dr. Mallette worked as a design, process and research engineer before obtaining her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering. She uses her engineering experience to enrich undergraduate education and has chosen to focus on teamwork as a research area. Natasha experienced the successes and failures that go along with functional and dysfunctional teaming, so hopes to help students learn skills to function effec- tively on multi-disciplinary and cross-departmental teams during their careers. She started her teaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was lucky

Conference Session

Track: Graduate - Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Eunsil Lee, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering program at UGA. She is engaged in mentoring early career faculty at her univer- sity and within the PEER National Collaborative. In 2013 she was selected to be a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Faculty Member. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding international engineering doctoral students’ sense of belonging through their interpersonal interactions in the academic communityIntroduction and Background This study explores the ‘sense of belonging’ from the

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly; Enrica Lovaglio Costello, CalPoly; Aaron W Keen, California Polytechnic State University; Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

 design in their technical products in various ways (software interface,  web pages, product design, etc) to enhance the user experience. As such, students with a  combination of technical skills and design skills can pursue careers at companies focused on  media (television, film and games) as well as at more traditional software companies. Example  positions include: user experience/user interface (UX/UI) designers , concept artists, game  designers, software engineer, effects artists, technical directors on full‑length feature films,  digital production artists, designers for a software engineering project (including web pages, user  interfaces, etc.), for public art

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University; Fang Lei, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Delbert D Willie, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Chrysler, Northern Arizona University; Liangbo Xie, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

regular NAU graduate programs in EE or CS. For the remainder ofthe students, some of them were accepted to graduated programs from other U.S. universities, orthey decided to return to China to pursue career or graduate school there. In addition to highGPA, these students were evaluated highly among NAU faculties, including those courseinstructors and Capstone project mentors. In particular, a group of the 3+1 students developed aninstrumented bike and cell phone applet for their Capstone project. This work was thensubmitted as a conference paper and received the Best Student Paper Award in the smart sensorsection at the 2018 International Symposium in Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI) inShanghai, China9.Comparison of teaching

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Embedded Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.w. Bruce, Tennessee Technological University; Ryan A. Taylor, University of Alabama

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Computers in Education

addition. In 2015, CAN bus functionality was added to the2014 specification. The CAN bus is a robust but complex network protocol, and student-reporteddevelopment peaked. Apart from the heavy workload, students reported satisfaction with theexperience as they found the CAN bus interesting and saw the utility of having experience with itfor future courses and their careers. The 2016 design was fundamentally identical to the 2015variation but with the introduction of gap learning. A clear reduction in LoC reported is seen.The 2017 offering was nearly identical to the 2016 version and reported LoC was almostunchanged. The effort in 2019 to reduce student workload by providing more of a completedesign framework and limiting student requirements is

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camille Msall, Northwestern University; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Pre-College Engineering Education

when a path is notstraight. Middle school is not only a prime time for adolescences to develop their 3D spatial skillsbut also a pivotal time for developing interest in STEM [8], [9]. Specifically, students’ pathwaysin the future have been found to be influenced by the experiences one has in middle school [10]For example, when eighth graders had expectations for a STEM-related career, they were 3.4 timesmore likely to earn a STEM related undergraduate degree compared to students without similarexpectations [11].Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM)The Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is an established framework that is used to describecurriculum adoption in K-12 educational settings [12]. CBAM consists of three components: (1)Levels

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Thomas Baird, University of Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maryalice S. Wu; Rob Kooper, NCSA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

, improving accessibility and creating novel methods that encourage new learning opportunities and foster vibrant learning communities.Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research 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

Conference Session

Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy D. Ropp, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen M. Belt, Saint Louis University

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Educational Research and Methods

default behavioral responses to some degree. For better and worse,each person brings a myriad of life experiences shaping their perceptions and traits. Educatorsmust therefore be cognizant that learners will have varied backgrounds that will influence theirapproach to learning new or developing resilience competencies.Second, resilience is dynamic and fluid. A person’s current reality - the context of one’s currentcareer path, educational process and learner age group, health, career or family dynamics - allshape resilience responses. The challenge for educators is to identify and facilitate opportunitiesto more deliberately mentor resilience as part of the active learning experience. This isespecially important in engineering and technology

Conference Session

Maker Spaces in Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jenny Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology; J. Auston Ferrarer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gabrielle E. Lonsberry, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kentez Lanier Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

work helpsexcite and motivate them for what lies ahead. It has been shown that instilling passion andenthusiasm in students early in their careers positively affects their educational experience. [5]Additionally, design courses can incorporate a variety of subjects, thus helping students learn howto integrate information, make connections across disciplines, and develop holistic solutions tocomplex problems. Teaching rapid prototyping in conjunction with design can significantly enhance students’experience with the design process. An exhaustive literature review on teaching design for additivemanufacturing within makerspaces is presented in Jariwala et al. [6] Rapid prototyping is a usefultool for design visualization and verification

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tyler Milburn, Ohio State University; Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

students to industrial systems engineering (ISE) principles using the Mr. Potato Headtoy to engage the students in active learning with a manageable product. One goal of a first-yearengineering program is to effectively introduce students to a variety of engineering disciplines sothat they can make appropriate choices for their careers at an early stage, but for somedisciplines, creating engaging lab experiences can be challenging. This paper introduces the ISElab presently being used by an honors first-year engineering program at The Ohio StateUniversity. The focus of the lab is to introduce the ideas of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigmaas well as different manufacturing systems used in industry. The lab was originally created inconjunction with

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

finding aligns with anotherstudy finding that students’ emotional health declines over the beginning of their college career[19]. Many students also expressed a somewhat neutral or negative sentiment about beingaccepted to the engineering college, noting that it was something that was expected of them orwas simply not exciting to them. Several students discussed finances when discussing theirfeelings about starting school, even though only one student used a word related to finances onthe survey. Most students discussed finances in a positive way (in that they received financial aidor a lower tuition at this university) but one student discussed it as being a detriment to theirexcitement about starting college.The fact that the focus group

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Mary Rola, University at Buffalo; Hoda Koushyar

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Educational Research and Methods

engineers, demonstrate the importance ofincluding ill-defined problems in the engineering curriculum. While it is absolutely valid thesestudents would feel frustrated or anxious when encountering their first or second ill-definedproblem, their idea that engineering problems are math problems, and therefore have one rightanswer does not match what students will experience in their engineering careers. Previousstudies have shown junior and senior students see ill-defined problems as workplace problemsand well-defined problems as school problems [10], so it could be these students have not havehad enough professional experiences to have developed a sense of the engineering field yet. Oneof these two students interviewed seemed to understand this idea

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kara Danielle Fong, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

and graduate students through their engagement in laboratories,discussion sections, and mentoring activities. It is essential to train graduate students in effectivepedagogy, including teaching methods that promote student-centered learning, reflective teachingpractices, and engagement of a broad diversity of students. This investment in graduate studenttraining pays dividends in an enhanced learning environment for students now and in the future asgraduate students go on to careers that often include teaching and mentoring as core skillsets.This paper details an instructional improvement project targeting a pedagogy course for first-yeargraduate students in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at a large, public, research

Conference Session

Identity, Culture, and Socialization

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Mark A. Chapman, University of San Diego

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

endeavors. However, examining vocation can provide a frameof reference for individuals that seek to live their authentic selves while engaging in a particulartrade or profession, including those outside of religious settings. Vocational decisions involvenot only thinking about a career, but also about the community, discourses, values, andrelationships that encompass the quest for meaning and purpose in life. Thus, the integration ofvocational education in engineering curricula can be very transformative for students as itencourages them to reflect on, and even reconcile, their values and their engineering identity.Research indicates that certain aspects of engineering education curricula, such as thedepoliticization of engineering and the myth of

Conference Session

Perceptions, Projects, and Practical Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University; Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Bora Cetin, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

of 1-10, how creative you are, what would you say and why? Do you think this influenced how you solved this problem? 6. Have you had an engineering internship thus far in your undergraduate career? If Yes: Did you encounter and/or work on solving complex and open-ended problems (i.e. ill-structured), similar to the one you just worked on? If yes, please explain. Did this impact how you went about solving this problem? 7. Have you been asked to solve complex and open-ended problems (e.g. design problems) in your classes? If yes, please explain. Do you think this impacted how you went about solving this problem? The codes were developed by five members of the research team iteratively throughout asemester. Each transcript was coded by

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jazmin Jurkiewicz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rachel Rosenbaum, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering career there has been a major disconnect between learning the theory and applying it, so we felt that if you are ready to combine those 2 into something applicable, man that learning sticks.Similarly, participant # 3 (civil and environmental engineering) provides a good overview of thebenefits of the program in the development of professional skills and the incorporation of designto learn how to become an engineer: … I think we put a lot of emphasis in professional development, because we think that is something really important that in the foundations of engineering class is not emphasized enough. Not everyone does [living learning community] so some students miss out on those

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 6 - Energy & Thermodynamics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

mastery of thecourse material regardless of their homework assessment results. It is unknown whether thatmastery carries on to their careers, but it still good that the students have better mastery of thecourse material while taking the course. But why is this the case? We propose three possibleexplanations, all of which may contribute to the improved performance. First, there is the simpleobservation that the use of the homework quiz method promotes better course attendance, at leaston the days when quizzes are being given. As nearly half the classes in which new coursematerial is covered has a quiz, improved attendance exposes a larger number of students to thelecture on this new material. Simply put, attending well-prepared lectures may aid

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chang Kyoung Choi, Michigan Technological University; Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Graduate Studies

. Additionally, researchhas shown that one of the best ways to teach professional skills such as communication is withindisciplinary courses; this strategy makes the material more relevant to students' career goals. Thispaper will explore the first phase of a multi-year study on the use of an active learning approachcalled student-centered learning to build communication skills in a graduate-level nanotechnologycourse offered in a department of mechanical engineering. In the course, students developpresentations as a means of understanding current trends, emerging research topics, relevantapplications, and fundamental science and technology concepts related to nanotechnology.MotivationThe aim of this research is to determine the efficacy of peer

Conference Session

Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

. Educ. Res., vol. 97, no. 6, pp. 287–298, 2004.[7] S.-M. R. Ting and R. Man, "Predicting academic success of first-year engineering students from standardized test scores and psychosocial variables," Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 75–80, 2001.[8] J. C. F. De Winter and D. Dodou, "Predicting academic performance in engineering using high school exam scores," Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 27, no. 6, p. 1343, 2011.[9] B. D. Jones, M. C. Paretti, S. F. Hein, and T. W. Knott, "An analysis of motivation constructs with first‐year engineering students: Relationships among expectancies, values, achievement, and career plans," J. Eng. Educ., vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 319–336, 2010.[10] R. Steinmayr, A. F. Weidinger, M