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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney Rose Fitzgerald, Spackenkill High School; Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

Education and International Society of Teacher Education. She is also the founder of Sunny Skies Academy, where she provides educational services to under-resourced communities in the US and abroad. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Looking into the Design of Accessible Musical Instruments for Musicians withPhysical DisabilitiesIntroduction and Literature ReviewWith a longstanding history of usage for human creativity and expression as well as anopportunity for professional career development, music performance has been and must remainaccessible to all those who desire to learn, perform, or enjoy it. Though the nature of musicperformance varies drastically today due to the availability of

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barry Dupen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Materials Division (MATS)

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Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tyler Hartleb, University of Calgary; Haedong Kim, The Pennsylvania State University; Richard Zhao, University of Calgary; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Hui Yang

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

careers [1] Additionally, active learning approacheshave decreased failure rates, increased grades [1] [2], and narrowed gaps for underrepresentedstudents [3]. However, implementing active learning strategies in engineering curricula requiresextensive time and resources [4]. Despite these challenges, educational institutions have adoptedactive learning to address the professional skills gap of engineering graduates [5] [6]. Thesestrategies vary from abstracted simulations using consumer goods [7] to complex facilities usingspecialized equipment [8].One such implementation of active learning in engineering is the Learning Factory, an integral partof the curriculum developed by the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP) [8].The

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Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Fatima Rahman, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

intended for first year students, it is optional for certain majors, who areable to take it in later years if they desire.Researcher PositionalityWe identify as middle-class women who are interested in supporting and studying justice-oriented engineering education from elementary through undergraduate levels. Both of us haveengineering degrees followed by engineering education degrees and have taught undergraduateengineering courses. The first author, Chelsea Andrews, is a white American early-career facultymember, has been a part of this research project from its inception, and leads the researchcomponent, including overseeing data collection. She designed many of the sociotechnicalactivities for the course, including the lesson analyzed in this

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Engineering Programs and Institutional Factors

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

design and career interest in engineering: An informal STEM education case study. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 15(6), 1655-1675. https://doi.org/10.12738/estp.2015.6.0134[18] Bruder, S., & Wedeward, K. (2003). An outreach program to integrate robotics into secondary education. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 10(3), 25–29. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1233554[19] Judson, E., Ernzen, J., Krause, S., Middleton, J. A., & Culbertson, R. J. (2016). How engineering standards are interpreted and translated for middle school. Journal of Pre- College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 6(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.1121[20] Sun, Y., & Strobel, J. (2014). From knowing

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Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juliana Martins Philot, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia - Brazil; Barbara Lutaif Bianchini, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Brasil; Eloiza Gomes, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia - Brazil; Gabriel Loureiro de Lima, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Brasil; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto Neto

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Diversity

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Mathematics Division (MATH)

profession. Later on, thisreference was extended to other university careers, that is, to undergraduate programs inwhich this science is useful, but that do not have as an objective to train people who will havemathematics as a future area of professional activity.According to Camarena [15], unlike most educational theories that focus on teaching andlearning in Basic Education, this theory began at the university level, from questions thatstudents made about the teaching of mathematics, more specifically in the Engineeringprogram. The students asked questions such as: "Why do we study this content?", "Where dowe apply what we are studying?", "How does this content help me?", and so on. According toLima et al [16], based on [15], these questions

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Community Engagement Division 1 - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Cooke, University of Connecticut; Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, University of Connecticut; Todd Campbell, University of Connecticut; Chester Arnold; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Byung-Yeol Park, University of Connecticut; Peter C. Diplock

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Program Assistant for the National Institute of Health’s Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research program in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Her new book, The Latinization of Indigenous Students, comes out spring 2023 with Lexington Books.Todd Campbell, University of ConnecticutChester ArnoldDr. Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut Maria Chrysochoou is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut.Byung-Yeol Park, University of ConnecticutPeter C. Diplock ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Community

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 6: Online, Remote, and VIrtual Labs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Grodotzki, Technical University Dortmund, Institute of Forming Technology and Leightweight Components; A. Erman Tekkaya, TU Dortmund University, Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Construction

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

can be valuable in preparing them for careers in manufacturing andengineering [8].During the lockdowns of the pandemic, many laboratory courses were not prepared to function asdigital lab classes, lacking the required amount of digitization, for instance through the use ofremote laboratories. Quick solutions regarding the conversion to a digital lab were required, ofwhich one variant emerged as a simple, cost-effective variant, the so-called human-remotelaboratory [9]. A human-remote laboratory is a setup in which students control a real humaninstructor over the internet. In this type of laboratory, the human instructor acts as a physicalagent or system, allowing students to control and interact with the laboratory equipment in real-time

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International Division Technical Session 1: Looking at Study Abroad through an enhanced lens

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jemal Bedane Halkiyo, Arizona State University

home-countries or regions international studentsare from [13], [30]. Despite these differences in education exposure, prior scholars’ findingsshow that these student groups are generally exposed to similar engineering education,predominantly the United States education systems, for instance, ABET Standards [39], norms[39], cultures [38], and approaches [38]. These could diminish the equity of education andlearning experience between domestic and international students, for instance, in the efforts toadapt to the American higher education system's norms, cultures, and expectations [30].One of the reasons that international students have wanted to come to United States universitiesis to prepare for careers, either in the United States or in

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DEED Technical Session 5 Design Teams

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Clavijo, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Louis Oh, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

organized by professional organizations [6]. Examples of largenationwide competitions include the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge sponsored by theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineering [7], the Concrete Canoe Competition sponsored bythe American Society of Civil Engineering [8] and IEEEXtreme Coding Competition by theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [9]. The American Society for Composites hasbeen holding a global student simulation challenge to encourage students to take up careers inaerospace fields [10]. Some of these large national competitions requires a significant amount ofinstitutional support in terms of both spaces for construction and costs for the project and travel[11]. Other ways to promote CBL is through a

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Assessment in Chemical Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Pittman, Texas Tech University; Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

]. Engineering students face many problem-solvingopportunities during their undergraduate experience with hopes that the problem-solving skillsthey develop in these low-stakes situations transfer to their career fields. However, according toLeland, et al. [2] many undergraduate students lack problem-solving skills needed to besuccessful as engineering students.Part of the role of an engineering instructor is to help students not only gain content knowledge,but also gain confidence in problem-solving [3]. Previous research has found that engineeringinstructors can influence self-perceptions, such as problem-solving confidence, and that doing sopositively affects students’ self-regulation, academic achievement [4], and problem-solvingperformance [5

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Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cortney Holles, Colorado School of Mines

careers. The lecture begins byproviding information about the now-illegal practice of redlining, explaining how it hascontributed to disparate environmental impacts for people living in historically redlinedneighborhoods. The lecture activity asks students to use online materials [21] to investigate thathistory as it played out in the Denver area and to connect it to ongoing environmental justiceprotests [22] over the proposed expansion of a major freeway through largely Latinxneighborhoods that have already been heavily impacted over several decades by vehicleemissions from the existing freeway and by industrial pollutants from factories along the freeway[23]. It ends by asking students to consider what the professional and environmental

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Social Identities and STEM Experiences: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan

Classrooms: A Beginning Teacher’s Journey,” American Educational Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 1017–1045, Jan. 2002, doi: 10.3102/000283120390041017.[33] E. Tan, A. Calabrese Barton, H. Kang, and T. O’Neill, “Desiring a career in STEM-related fields: How middle school girls articulate and negotiate identities-in-practice in science,” J Res Sci Teach, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1143–1179, Dec. 2013, doi: 10.1002/tea.21123.[34] E. O. McGee, Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation. Harvard Education Press, 2021.[35] S. N. Hesse-Biber and P. Leavy, Feminist research practice: a primer. SAGE Publications, 2007.[36] I. Esmonde and A. N. Booker, Power and Privilege in the Learning Sciences: Critical

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - PBL with Control Theory, Writing, ABET, and Shaping Ethical Worldviews

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Snyder, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

pilot interviews conductedwith faculty in STEM departments outside of the College of Engineering who took part inPathways.Pathways Curriculum Reform Virginia Tech has recently revised the general education curriculum to improve integrationacross courses. In the new model, each course has one of two common learning outcomes -- ethicalreasoning or intercultural and global awareness. By incorporating these learning objectives acrossall of the general education courses over the students academic career, students might be able tobetter integrate their learning across courses, including across disciplines. This project examinescourses within the COE that integrate the ethical reasoning component of the Pathways curriculumPilot Interview

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Computers in Education 6 - Best of CoED

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elma Hernandez, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri, Texas Tech University; Ameri Gurley, Texas Tech University

make pressure and flow measurements and illustrate conservation of mass, energyand momentum. While these types of instruments continue to be used in the industry, there are alsonew sets of microprocessor-controlled instruments that are increasingly being utilized to make real timeflow and energy measurements in real world systems. In addition to focusing on illustratingfundamental concepts related to flow, energy conservation, major and minor losses in pipes and openchannels, it is also important to expose students to modern instrumentation methods that they willlikely encounter in their practicing careers. Micro-processor based tools also help extend datacollection outside traditional laboratory class times allowing students to work with high

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Session 10 - Track 1: Walking Between Two Worlds: Creating a Framework for Conducting Culturally-Responsive Research with University Indigenous Communities

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Qualla Jo Ketchum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Donna Westfall-Rudd

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

traditionally marginalized students bring into the field and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tools to promote effec- tive and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been rec- ognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chair for the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI), the

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Innovation In Teaching - II

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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Conference Submission, Diversity

persuade the company to take strongermeasures to address social justice issues and climate change are mainly software engineers andmid-level executives; individuals who are well-paid and have stable career trajectories that theyintend to have continue as they press for systemic change. The comments of these engineersindicate an intention to work within the company to encourage its decision-makers to use thepower and influence of Amazon to address systemic issues outside the company.Given that graduating engineering students often purport to care about the ethics of the companythey work for, efforts have been made to demonstrate progressive values and openness as acompany recruitment tool; having recruited employees that actually care about these

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Engineering Libraries Technical Session 2: Instruction

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jodi Bolognese, Northeastern University; Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University

part of the university’s WritingProgram. There are also two writing intensive courses that require background research to informlab reports and research presentations. In sum, students are exposed to research and IL-relatedpractice at several points in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum, albeit with some variability.For example, not all FYE students attend the library workshop, and despite a common set oflearning outcomes for the technical writing course, different faculty take different approaches todesigning their courses. Also, students may not take the technical writing course until late intheir academic career due to scheduling reasons.When students reach Capstone Design, where they are expected to apply their research skills to

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Understanding Inclusivity and Equity in STEM Contexts: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

and facilitates faculty learning communities and is the co-author of "Studying Engineering - A Road Map to a Rewarding Career". © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Preliminary Development and Validation of the Engineering Social Justice Scale AbstractThe purpose of this work in progress is to provide preliminary findings from efforts to develop avalid and reliable instrument to measure students’ attitudes, beliefs, and intentions related to socialjustice in engineering contexts. As researchers continue to demonstrate the critical links betweenengineering topics and social justice

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Civil Engineering Division - Changing How We Teach: Flipping, Project-Based Learning, and More!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jes Barron, United States Military Academy; Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; James Klosky, United States Military Academy

. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10 years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer. Dr. Barry's passion is teaching the Army's future engineers. He was recognized for his remarkable teaching with the American Society for Engineering Education 2020 National Outstanding Teaching Award.James Ledlie Klosky (Professor of Civil Engineering) Led Klosky is a Professor of Civil Engineering and long-time member of the faculty at West Point. A Professional Engineer, Led serves as the Dean's Executive Agent for Design and Construction and is interested in the design of collaborative learning spaces

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 7: Library Collaboration

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Heidi Southworth, Minnesota State University, Mankato

and theability to locate, evaluate and effectively use information [7]. This definition is echoed in thelibrary’s Educational Competencies & Student Learning Outcomes that were formally adopted in2018 by the library faculty, which states that “information literacy principles underpin oureducational works and support our collective goal to prepare students for career and life-longlearning by facilitating discovery, study, learning and scholarship” [8]. While the 2000 ALAstandards were replaced in 2016 with the Association of College and Research Libraries’Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education [9], the original competencies from2000 were utilized in 2006 to create Information Literacy Standards for Science andEngineering

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Darby Riley, Rowan University; Jacob Troutman, University of Texas at Austin

accessibility of education. Her current research is focused on the adoption of pedagogy innovations by instructors, specifically the use of reflections and application of the entrepreneurial mindset. Her previous research experience includes examination of implicit bias in the classroom, and application of VR technologies to improve student engagement. Darby hopes to pursue a career in STEM education and educational research.Kaitlin Mallouk (Assistant Professor) Kaitlin Mallouk is an Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Experiential Engineering

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PCEE Technical Session 6: Engineering Design in High School

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Plaster, The University of Akron; Nidaa Makki

PBL was theengineer to entrepreneur curriculum. Fig. 1. Pre-Service Teachers in the study. 5 women & 5 men; 5 science & 5 math; 2 graduate & 8 undergraduates.ImplementationPrior to the implementation of the entrepreneurial unit, the PSTs worked through two STEMPBLs revolving around water and renewable energy. Through these PBLs, they learnedengineering principles such as design, constraints, and problem development. At the end of eachPBL, PSTs created lesson plans that integrated the PBL topics with their content. Additionally,they met with engineers to learn about engineering careers and how the engineering disciplinefits into the engineers' work life. The implementation was from the eighth week through the tenthweek of the 15

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Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California

energy to think about theirprofessional future because of the requirements of school. Students’ repeated comments aboutfeeling reassured after watching the videos of alumni describing their career paths suggests thestress-based intensity of triage time. When students are first encouraged to pursue engineering asa profession and future identity, the field is presented as expansive and aspirational. Not only dostudents experience a stressful and limited perspective of time as they shift into triage time, theirexperience represents a contraction of their perspective and a shrinking of their expectations.Research Question 2: Can a minor intervention empower engineering students with a sense ofagency in respect to time and their professional

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Pedagogy in Chemical Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sidney Stone, The University of Toledo; Breanne Crockett; Kevin Xu, The University of Toledo; Matthew Liberatore, The University of Toledo

Paper ID #37546Animation Analytics in an Interactive Textbook for Materialand Energy BalancesSidney StoneBreanne CrockettKevin Xu Kevin S. Xu received the B.A.Sc. degree from the University of Waterloo in 2007 and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and his research has been supported by several NSF and NIH grants. He is currently an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Toledo where he leads the Interdisciplinary Data Engineering and Science (IDEAS

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Design and Robotics

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Walter Silva Sotillo, University of South Florida

career, especially since engineers are almost always working in small teams to accomplish a given task." o "For me, this project has been a major learning curve. While it is fun, it's challenging yet doesn't have a cookie-cutter solution like most classes do. The lab lectures are formatted for the forward motion of the project itself. Some students (especially online) might feel lazy. This gets them to be proactive and do their work on time." o "I like how it is all the interesting things I came to college to learn about, like electronics, robots, some coding, and I feel like the structure would work really well if it was in- person classes."• 4-Q2

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 2: Enhancing Energy-Related Education with Student Design Projects

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

. Mezirow and E. Taylor, Eds. San Francsisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2010. pp. 18-23.[14] J. Meyer, D. Knight, T. Baldock, M. Kizil, L. O’Moore, and D. Callaghan, “Scoping metalearning opportunity in the first three years of engineering,” in Profession of Engineering Education: Advancing teaching, research, and careers, 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 2012.[15] M. Sonntag, “Reflexive pedagogy in the apprenticeship in design, ” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 31, issue 1, pp.109-117, 2006.[16] T. Tucker, E. Vernooij, A. Wolf, Bo-C. Linn, R. Baird, N. Dancholvichit, and L. Liebenberg, “Transforming an Engineering Design Course into an Engaging Learning

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Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Accreditation and Curriculums - What Changes Are Occurring?

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Jay Puckett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University; Wayne Bergstrom

Objectives, New York: Longman, 1956.[5] “Commentary on the ABET Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Programs – Effective for the 2019-2020 Accreditation Cycle,” January 2019, ABET, Baltimore, MD. https://www.asce.org/-/media/asce-images-and-files/career-and-growth/educators/civil- engineering-program-commentary-eac.pdf [Accessed January 28, 2022]. APPENDIX A: Existing and Initial Draft CEPCExisting CE Program Criteria These program criteria apply to engineering programs that include “civil” or similar modifiers in their titles. 1. Curriculum The curriculum must prepare graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based physics, chemistry, and at least

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Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manish Roy, University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut

Paper ID #38005Redesigning Soil Mechanics as an Inclusive CourseManish Roy Manish Roy is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering (Hons.) at Jadavpur University in India. He obtained his MS and Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering at the West Virginia University and the University of Connecticut, respectively. He worked for nine years in the industry as an engineer/manager in India and Bangladesh before starting his graduate study in the US. He started his career as

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kaufman-Ortiz, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); N. Sanjay Rebello; Carina Rebello, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

aSTEM degree [1], [2]. Many factors can impact students' persistence in their major, howeverfactors such as interest, career, and personal relevance, and grades in introductory courses arestrong predictors of persistence within STEM majors [3] - [5]. Those who persist as a STEMmajor often find themselves underprepared for problem-solving within authentic settings. Introductory STEM courses present engineering students with well-structured problemswith single-path solutions that do not prepare students with the problem-solving skills they willneed to solve complex problems within authentic engineering contexts. When presented withcomplex problems in authentic contexts, engineering students find it difficult to transfer thescientific