Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Laura Melissa Cruz Castro, University of Florida; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Edward Latorre-Navarro, University of Florida; Diego Alvarado, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

mentoring practicesAbstractThis full research paper discusses the experiences of five Latiné/x faculty in engineering andwhat motivated them towards developing equity-minded educational practices for theirundergraduate students. The five faculty participants provided written reflections on how theirlife and professional experiences have informed said practices. From a social constructionismparadigm and using narrative inquiry methodology, a combination of in vivo and descriptivecoding (first cycle) followed by emergent and focused coding (second cycle) were used by thefirst three authors to generate a codebook. The theoretical frameworks of Community CulturalWealth, LatCrit, and Hidden Curriculum guided the data analysis and interpretation

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DEED Technical Session 11 Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Dugan, University of Michigan; Shanna Daly, University of Michigan; Charlie Michaels, University of Michigan; Steve Skerlos, University of Michigan; Ann Verhey-Henke, University of Michigan

design approach places emphasis on deep consideration and inclusion ofstakeholders and context in design decision making. Further, when taking a humanity-centeredapproach, designers consider how their own identities shape design approaches and outcomes,constantly reflect and analyze on𑁋𑁋and adjust𑁋𑁋their role in a design process relative to thepeople and communities who have a stake in the project, and account for impacts on futuregenerations. As a humanity-centered approach, socially engaged design thus foregrounds peopleand society (e.g., users, stakeholders, communities), context (e.g., environmental, political,economic, cultural), and designer positionality (relative to the problem, solution, and process)throughout design work [20]. This

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Entrepreneurship and Inventive Thinking & Student Beliefs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

that do not directly reflect our espoused beliefs [14]. We can,however, better predict our future behaviors by engaging in self-reflection related to our previousbehaviors, thus helping to build awareness for future judgements [15]. Due to the inherentcomplexity associated with judgements in a process safety setting, a lack of awareness maycause engineering practitioners to behave outside of their typical set of beliefs, sometimesresulting in poor or uninformed judgements.We are studying chemical engineering students to understand how their beliefs and behaviorscompare in the context of process safety judgements and how they react to any differences sothat we can prepare students to acknowledge the inherent complexity of how they

Conference Session

Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Torres-Sánchez, Loughborough University; Paul P. Conway, Loughborough University

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Graduate Studies

training ethos fulfils the three strategic aims (i.e.continuous learning as second nature, reflection in/on action, and deliberate employabilityboosters).Students have been encouraged to take ownership of their PhD and personal developmentfrom the outset (e.g. each student manages their own time, training, travel and consumablesbudget). The nature of the training activities has also been varied, accounting for to thestudent’s learning preferences, exposing students to both individual and group work,technical and non-technical training and with a strong flavour of externally-facing industryexperience. A series of tests and self-awareness exercises have allowed the students toexplore their own objectives and those of the program so that they

Conference Session

TUESDAY PLENARY & Corporate Member Council Keynote Speaker

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Corporate Member Council (CMC)

engineering andwhat motivated them towards developing equity-minded educational practices for theirundergraduate students. The five faculty participants provided written reflections on how theirlife and professional experiences have informed said practices. From a social constructionismparadigm and using narrative inquiry methodology, a combination of in vivo and descriptivecoding (first cycle) followed by emergent and focused coding (second cycle) were used by thefirst three authors to generate a codebook. The theoretical frameworks of Community CulturalWealth, LatCrit, and Hidden Curriculum guided the data analysis and interpretation process.Two layers of member-checking were conducted amongst the last two authors as well asadditional Latiné/x

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #23904’I Came in Thinking There Was One Right Practice’: Exploring How to HelpGraduate Students Learn to Read Academic ResearchWendy Roldan, University of Washington Wendy is a first-year PhD student in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Wash- ington.Dr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

to reorder nature. This reordering of theworld is consequential, driven by imperfect human ambitions and choices subject to subjectiveaesthetic, ethical, and moral scrutiny of their impacts. It is of infinite variability based on culture,discipline, resources, environment, reasoning, imagination, and reflection, but rooted in humanniche for rapid adaptability. Human design began with a cognitive ability tied to visual neuralpathways and ability to think visually—visual thinking and the hand to abstract and manipulatematter for practical applications [26]. This functionality came through the power of observation,curiosity, imagination, abstraction, and goal-directed deliberation. It also came withunderstanding form and aesthetics and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 1)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Henslee, Wake Forest University; Adetoun Yeaman, Wake Forest University; Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, Wake Forest University

decision-making, which (3) allows students to reflect on and develop theirown motivations and character development (Koehler, 2020).In this work in progress paper, we will describe our motivations for and the implementation of avirtue ethics module in a senior-level Mobile Robotics technical elective course. Though we willdiscuss specific motivations of this module in the context of robotics and AI, our aim is to presentthe broader scope of this module towards integrating ethics across the curriculum. The goal ofthis module was to increase student efficacy in using the framework for ethical reasoning, developstudent critical and ethical reasoning skills, as well as to allow students to reflect on specificcharacter virtues they deemed important as

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PCEE Technical Session 8: Engineering Design in Elementary School

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Minyoung Gil, Pennsylvania State University

fewer with teachingengineering through engaging their students in epistemic practices while solving multi-objectiveproblems through multiple iterations of design. For teachers, especially those who teach youngerlearners, to be able to be effective in teaching engineering, they will require professional learningopportunities. It is important for teachers in these workshops to: 1) participate in hands-on, activelearning; 2) participate as learners first; 3) have facilitators who model effective pedagogicalstrategies; 4) establish foundational knowledge like “what is technology” and “what isengineering;” and, 5) iteratively wear the “student hat” (experience first as a learner) and“teacher hat” (reflect on the challenges and opportunities in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut

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unique strengths in an engineering context. The new framework expands uponuniversal design principles and provides guidelines that are anchored in a strengths-basedapproach and centered around three core elements: a culture of inclusion, teaching and learning,and instructional design. The application of the standards across the three courses has commonelements (e.g., the ability to choose standard versus creativity-based assessments) anddifferences to reflect instructor style and course content (e.g., incorporation of design aspects inmore advanced courses). It is anticipated that the use of these standards will improve learningoutcomes and enhance the educational experience for neurodivergent students.MotivationNeurodiversity is a term that has

Conference Session

Teaching In and Through Design, Maker Spaces, and Open-ended Problems

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo; Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University; Manoj Madabhushi; Rachith Ramanathapura Ramaswamy, University at Buffalo

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Educational Research and Methods

engineeringproblem solving in support of students’ project planning and progress and as a scaffold forprofessional competency reflection [4].Based on our own first hand experiences and the broader literature investigating the nature ofengineering work [5]–[7], and studies focused on the novice to expert progression [8]–[11], weknow it is critical that students have opportunities to practice and reflect on solving ill-structuredproblems. Such opportunities are fundamental to the development of students’ ways of thinkingand knowing that help them to prepare for the profession. The growth of problem and project basedlearning (PBL) and other active learning experiences speaks to broad acceptance that ill-structuredproblem solving experiences are valuable to

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, SUSAN FREEMAN, and BEVERLY JAEGER are members of; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

amongst the team members, delegating roles for planning,design, and assembly of the structure. A testing protocol is developed and utilized following thebuilding of the towers in class. Finally, reflection is used to help summarize the learningexperiences in the areas of engineering design and teamwork, and how they can be applied in thefuture.The purpose of this paper is to examine the methodologies successfully used at two institutionsfor implementing the Tower of Straws assignment and provides an assessment of its usefulnessas an active learning exercise in introducing first-year engineering students to the engineeringdesign process. The paper will describe two very different approaches to the same exercise,along with the assessment results

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy B. Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana

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New Engineering Educators

and effort to high priorityactivities that require both immediate and sustained, long-term attention. Another goal of thistime management framework is supporting one’s well-being, which can often be neglected. ThePRIDE framework for time management consists of five components: Priorities, Reflection,Implementation, Deadlines, and Emotions. These five components are considered when makingdecisions about individual tasks and setting plans for each day, week, or semester, or for acomplex project.The audience of this paper includes new faculty, faculty at all experience levels who are lookingto tune-up their time management practices, and faculty who have assumed additionaladministrative roles.Introduction and BackgroundTime management is as

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Steven Joseph Abramsky, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

scenarios,describing how educators systematically explore problems and promising solutions in their dailywork.This paper presents a case study of the cognitive heuristics used by a cross-functionalinstructional design team as they modified a second-year embedded systems course for electrical,computer, and software engineering students. In this study, we conducted a qualitative analysisof 15 transcripts (over 17 hours of audio) of meetings during which the team following acollaborative instructional model for course design. Interviews, reflections, design artifacts, andinformal conversations supplemented and contextualized the primary data. Through weeklymeetings and course interventions, the team aimed to promote design thinking, systems thinking

Conference Session

NGSS & Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Debra J. Coffey, University of Delaware

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Pre-College Engineering Education

EngineeringIntroduction With the publication of the Framework for K-12 Science Education (National ResearchCouncil, 2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), emphasis is now placed onthe integration of engineering principles and practices into K12 science education. Although only18 states and the District of Columbia have formally adopted the NGSS, other states, includingSouth Dakota, Montana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have adopted similar standards.Unlike the previous set of national science education standards (NRC, 1996), the Framework forK-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012) places engineering and technology alongside the naturalsciences for two critical reasons: to reflect the importance of understanding the human-builtworld and to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida

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First-Year Programs

traditional service-learning experiences in that it possesses four distinct andimportant components: 1. Service, 2. Academic content, 3. Partnerships and reciprocity, and 4.Reflection. However, course outcomes stop short of service-learning’s more ambitious hope—tochange students’ values and level of civic responsibility. Although increased interest in civicengagement may be worthwhile, logistical challenges for large lecture courses may beminimized by broadening the definition of service-learning to focus on more salient areas ofdevelopment. In addition, the types of immersive experiences possible on a smaller scale maynot be consistently possible in large lecture courses. In spite of these limitations, service-learningin the context of this course

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Barry Dupen, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Peggie Weeks

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Materials

improve teaching is to employ muddiest point reflections.Muddiest point reflections involve simply asking students to anonymously reflect on what was“muddy”, i.e. confusing, during class and to rank their level of confusion which not onlyaddresses students falling behind, but also shows students a commitment to their educationespecially when the instructor puts direct student quotes on the screen. Initially, developing aformative feedback process takes some effort, but once established, using a formative feedbackprocess requires little effort. The formative feedback process includes four steps: 1) acquiringdata from student reflections; 2) assessing and characterizing student responses in order todiagnose the learning issues that can impede

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni H. Newton, CEISMC; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie A Wind, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 26.844.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 High School Engineering Class: From Wood Shop to Advanced Manufacturing (Evaluation)AbstractThe maker movements, a general term for the rise of inventing, designing, and tinkering, and theaddition of engineering standards to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) havespawned a major evolution in technology classes throughout the country. At Georgia Institute ofTechnology, a new curriculum attempts to bring the maker movement to high school audiencesthrough both curricular and extra-curricular channels. The curriculum is structured aroundengineering standards and learning goals that reflect design and advanced

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Wesley Teerlink, Penn State University; Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Eli M. Silk, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Design in Engineering Education

seek to bring about change – helps us understand the different ways in which peoplesolve problems individually and as part of a team. When team members’ cognitive styles arediverse, creating an effect known as cognitive gap, the team may experience the advantages ofapproaching problems in diverse ways, but the likelihood of conflicts and misunderstandingsincreases6.This study investigated the relationship between cognitive style and the perceptions of studentsworking in teams about their own ideation. Through the analysis of reflection surveys from 202pre-engineering, engineering, and design students participating in an ideation study, we exploredthe following questions: (1) how does working in teams impact students' perceptions of theirown

Conference Session

Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Bethke Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University; Aaron W. Johnson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Educational Research and Methods

processes 41.Taken as a whole, this body of literature centers on students’ processes of engineering design.This represents another important area for instructors’ assessment: how are students talking andacting in ways that reflect expert design practice and support their engineering.Students’ perspectives within and about engineering designA third line of research in engineering education explores students’ perspectives within andabout learning engineering design. Some of this research examines student perspectives based onevidence gathered in situ as students work on engineering design tasks. Researchers draw on thenotion of framing 42, 43, 44 and emphasize the importance of examining how students interpret andcoordinate different perspectives of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Tobias Ortega-Knight, University of the Virgin Islands; Charles Huang Chen, Michigan State University; Danny Lynch, University of the Virgin Islands; Kathleen Anne Fitzsimons, Michigan State University; Crystal D Alton; Juan L. Mena Lapaix, Michigan State University; Joshua Drost, Michigan State University; Garrett Kohler

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Student

student participants to explore and record theirexperiences as undergraduate research assistants.Research Questions and Data CollectionThe self study described here was motivated by a desire to document students’ thoughts andexperiences in “real time” as they evolved during the course of an undergraduate researchexperience. To investigate the efficacy of this approach, the following research questions weredeveloped for this study: 1. Are conversational prompts effective in encouraging reflection and discussion? 2. Are students interested in initiating and responding to spontaneous conversations? 3. Do the conversations reflect changes in students’ understanding or experiences over time?The self-study involved two types of Facebook-mediated

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Nora Sieworiek, University of Pittsburgh

tool - we have focused on two additionalactivities: assessing the effectiveness of MEAs in various dimensions including improvingconceptual learning and problem solving, and assessing the MEA motivated problem solvingprocess.We summarize our achievements in these five activities over the first two and half years of ourfour year project. We provide an overview of the 18 MEAs we have developed or modified.Particular emphasis is placed on our mixed measurements of student learning and achievement,including the use of pre and post concept inventories, deconstruction of MEA solution paths andconceptual understanding, rubric scoring of completed MEAs and student reflections of the justcompleted problem solving process.Introduction“Collaborative

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 1 - Educator's Tools

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

Paper ID #41746A Tool for Gaining Insight into Students’ Self-Directed Learning SkillsMiss Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Toluwalase Opanuga is a second-year Ph.D. student specializing in Engineering Education Research and a research assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research areas include self-reflection, self-directed learning, faculty development, global competence, and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

beginningtheir research. The students also complete a post-research survey about their experiences. Theundergraduate students gain practical research experience and demonstrate theiraccomplishments in an end-of-semester poster presentation. Both the undergraduates andgraduate mentors complete weekly qualitative reflective questions through an online process.Through both the pre- and post- surveys, as well as reflective questions posed during thesemester, the research team gathered information on maintaining and creating trust in thesementoring relationships. We compared and contrasted our mentor-mentee relationship to theperceived trust model created by Mayer, Davis, and Schoorman1. Our initial findings show thatability, benevolence, and integrity are

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann M. Gansemer-Topf; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Dong Chen, The University of Arizona

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

-surveys that focused on thequestion, "What influence did the course have on students’ knowledge and application of PMskills?”Course OverviewThe GAPS course (MSE 580x), Introduction of Project Management for Thesis Research, aimsto improve graduate STEM students' efficiency in completing their thesis research and projectsby adapting the PM skills and concepts. This one-credit, satisfactory-fail semester-long course isoffered once a week for 50 - 80 minutes. Students learn PM processes such as Work Break DownStructure and Critical Path and tools like the Project Charter and Gantt Charts. Although thecourse's primary focus is PM skills, throughout the semester, students have the opportunity todevelop other skills such as communication, reflective

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eunjeong Ma, Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

silenced and highlighted inthe process of shaping hybrid pedagogies and engineering by reflecting on and assessing thenature of “hybridity,” “innovation,” and “design” in engineering education. Introduction During the late 2000s, the South Korean government identified the need to prioritizescience and technology policy in the university sector, specifically in the area of informationand communication technologies, with the aim of developing global leaders. A concerningissue of a "crisis in science and engineering fields" was identified, whereby many youngstudents were disinclined to pursue science and technology careers. In response, thegovernment initiated an effort to attract talented young

Conference Session

Technical Session 3 - Paper 5: Fostering a Supportive Mentoring Space During a Global Pandemic

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Matthew Voigt, Clemson University; Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Rachel Lanning, Clemson University ; Tony Nguyen, Clemson University; Sharetta M. Bufford M.Ed., Clemson University; Tyler James Sullivan, Clemson University; Tim Ransom, Clemson University; Wysheka Austin, Clemson University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

the group that contributed to the fostering of asupportive mentoring space. The faculty mentors had extensive experience in qualitativemethodologies and supported emerging scholars in reflective methods.Based on our autoethnographic reflection we identified three structures and four practicesthat contributed to the developed of our supportive mentoring space.Structures that emerged as key to foster a supportive mentoring space ● Weekly research group meetings ● Asynchronous reading group ● Paired progress meetingsPractices that emerged as key to fostering a supportive mentoring space ● Norms for participation were generated, discussed, and named ● Attending to emotional and personal well-being ● Focus

Conference Session

COED: Grading Systems

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Rojas, San Jose State University; Gina M. Quan, San Jose State University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

card. Of the 83 students in the course,the number of completed surveys ranged from 12 to 18 participants, and we had 69 completesurveys throughout the semester. Rojas did not have access to the survey data until the end ofthe semester, but Quan occasionally shared broad patterns as formative feedback during thesemester.To capture the instructor's perspectives on the course as well as how the implementation ofmastery grading shifted over time, Rojas engaged in regular reflective journaling. We alsocollected documents and artifacts associated with the course including emails to and fromstudents which discussed mastery grading and syllabi from the focal semester and previoussemesters. We also viewed student course evaluations administered by the

Conference Session

Technical Session T1B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University; Katrina L Carlson, Michigan Technological University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, Montana Technological University; Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University; Sarah Tan, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity, Full Papers

relationships reported amongst respondents? 2. How do the results obtained from the previous study compare to the findings of this cross- university study?Study DesignTo further examine the role of familial influence on student engineering major choice, this studyemploys a multi-methods approach facilitated through a survey with both quantitative andqualitative components. Data obtained from elements of the survey were first analyzedindependently from each other. These independent analyses were followed by a combinedinterpretation phase that sought to understand the results in reflection of one another. To aid inthe analysis and interpretation of results, Social Cognitive Career Theory is used as a theoreticalframework for this

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Jennifer Shaffer Brown, Clemson University; Emma Katherine Buell, Clemson University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A High, Clemson University

reflections, one difficulty experienced by graduate students is thatoftentimes, they lack a common language to adequately articulate their skillsets and areas ofimprovement, especially in aspects of research that they have not received as much exposure to[8]–[10]. This inability to articulate which skills they need assistance in developing can addadditional layers of difficulty in mentoring relationships with advisors and supervisors, as it maynot be clear where mentors ought to focus their efforts based on mentees’ needs and career goals.In short, a common language or professional competency framework was needed to helpgraduate students map the larger landscape of prominent skillsets that they ought to nurture toexcel in a research career in