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Track 1: Technical Session 5: From De Facto To De Jure and Beyond. It's More Than Just Weather. What The "Chilly" Climate Really Feels Like for Black Doctoral Students in STEM

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Dreama Heaven Rhodes, Arizona State University; Motahareh Darvishpour Ahandani, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Kerrie G Wilkins-Yel; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Dailynne Major; Nicholas A Smith; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Juan David Gutierrez, University of Massachusetts Boston

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

uncertaintywithin these bureaucratic structures and adversely affecting the students' academic and careerpaths (McGee, 2023). 1 The organizational culture also significantly contributes to the stress experienced byBlack doctoral students in STEM. This culture, embedded within universities and STEMinstitutions, leads to feelings of isolation and imposter syndrome, intensifying the "chilly"climate and impeding academic progress and success (McGee et al., 2019). McGee et al. (2022)also shed light on the influence of organizational culture in fostering racism camouflaged asimpostorism within STEM institutions. This perpetuates the "chilly" climate by reinforcingfeelings of not belonging and self-doubt

Conference Session

CANCELLED: Track 6: Technical Session 1: A Student-Centered, Theory-Informed, Integrated Model to Academic and Career Advising to Educate the Whole Engineer: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University; Melissa C Kenny, Wake Forest University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

focus on elements of academic and career advising.With undergraduate engineering education being an externally-accredited (ABET) professionaldegree, the importance of academic and career advising is well known. Although ABET doesnot specify how programs and institutions should support students towards engineering degreecompletion and career preparation, the following are some of the criteria that a programevaluator is trained to look for and evaluate against: (1) appropriate evaluation and monitoring ofstudent performance towards degree completion (Criterion 1), (2) appropriate academic advisingprocedures and practices (Criterion 1), (3) appropriate career advising procedures and practices(Criterion 1 and 6), (4) engagement with engineering

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CoED

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Bryan A Jones; J W Bruce; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh

Exploring Literate Programming in Electrical Published 1 Dec 2020 Engineering Courses Bryan A Jones1 , J W Bruce2 and Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh1* 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN, USA ORIGINAL RE SEARC H Abstract

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CoED

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Bahaa Ansaf; Neb Jaksic

Simulation and Interactive Digital Tools to Published 1 Dec 2020 Support Teaching Engineering Manufacturing Processes Course Bahaa Ansaf1 and Neb Jaksic1 1 The Engineering Department, Colorado State University-Peublo, 2200 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo, 81001-4901, CO, USA ORIGINAL RE SEARC H Abstract Abstract— Introduction of Manufacturing Processes is one of the core courses in most mechanical engineering, manufacturing

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CoED

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Mario Perhinschi

Analysis of Aircraft Actuator Failures within Published 1 Dec 2020 an Undergraduate Experiential Learning Laboratory Mario Perhinschi1* 1 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia Universit, 1374 Evansdale Drive | PO Box 6070, Morgantown, 26506-6070, West Virginia, United States ORIGINAL RE SEARC H Abstract The design and implementation of an undergraduate laboratory is presented for the analysis of aircraft actuator

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Narasimha Siddhanti Malladi, Malladi Academy; Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Prairie View A&M University

. On the other hand, if a system is designed so thatstudents come prepared to the class, usually reading a textbook, then students will learn better andfaster. The authors present in this paper a systematic “Five-fold Plan,” with methods and samplesto enhance student's total engagement and performance, before, during and after the class.The two authors became colleagues and friends at one of the HBCUs for a year and over decadeswere in contact to discuss about progressive student engagement to improve their performance.The first author developed Five Simplified Integrated Methods of Solution (SIMS) and wrote aclass-book on engineering mechanics.Based on the class-book, the students at home (1) Read the lesson and study the basic concepts inits

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Paul M Koola, Texas A&M University; Rahul Subramanian, Ocean Engineering, Texas A and M University

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University Dr Subramanian is currently a lecturer with the Ocean Engineering Department at Texas A and M Uni- versity at Galveston. He is primarily involved with teaching and mentoring undergraduates. He teaches courses including design of ships and floating structures, fluid mechanics and computational methods for engineers. Professional interests include developing and applying computational hydromechanics towards the hydrodynamic design of floating structures and engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University; Savannah Richards, Baylor University; Lisa Joanne Retzlaff

1 Session XXXXExploring the Effects of Solid Modeling Approaches and Manufacturing Process Knowledge on Quality of Students’ Execution of Engineering Design Course Projects Lisa Retzlaff, Savannah Richards, and Joseph Donndelinger Mechanical Engineering Department Baylor University AbstractA broad spectrum of manufacturing technologies, ranging from additive manufacturing toconventional CNC machining equipment, is now available to students in Engineering Design courses.Students face

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Sheena M. Reeves, Prairie View A&M University

curriculum. Thecourse was designed to teach basic engineering terms, basic concepts, simple calculations toimprove problem solving skills, ethics, and computer applications. Multiple sections of the coursewere offered in the fall semester while a single section is offered in the spring semester. Institutionaldata was used to create Table 1 depicting the cumulative enrollment numbers and DFW percentagesfrom Fall 2016 until Fall 2021. A significant increase in the DFW percentage was recorded from Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX Copyright  2022, American Society for Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Shield B Lin, Prairie View A&M University

software simulation of dynamic systems funded by NASA Johnson Space Center through CACI company. Dr. Lin is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXXFinite Element Analysis and Design as a Degree Requirement in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Shield B. Lin Mechanical Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University; Emad Manla, West Texas A&M University

variety of courses in Electrical Engineering and Calculus. He received his M.S. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 2009 and 2015 respectively. Dr. Manla’s research insterests include Energy Storage System Testing and Modeling, Electric Drives, Automobile Electrification, Smart Grid, and Power Electronics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Impact of COVID-19 on Engineering Courses at West Texas A&M University Kenneth Leitch, Roy Issa, Emad Manla, and Nathan Howell College of Engineering

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Hashmath Fathima, Morgan State University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University

. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Implementing Strategies for Virtual Engineering Education Hashmath Fathima Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University Dr. Kofi Nyarko Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University AbstractThis paper focuses on

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Ricardo Miguel Garcia Pineda, Texas A&M University Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jaya S. Goswami, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Industrial Engineering and Co-PI of the MERIT project. Her research interests include Sustainable Energy, Green Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Multi Objective Decision Making and Optimization as well as Engineering Education. She has served as PI and Co-PI in several NSF, NIST, DoEd, NASA, USDA and industry sponsored projects.Dr. Jaya S. Goswami, Texas A&M University-Kingsville American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Improving Minority Students’ Career Readiness Through Enhanced Capstone

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

online instruction to enhance studentengagement, comprehension, and scholarship abilities. The need for such modifications is toovercome two types of challenges: 1) student’s lack of accessibility to academic resources andcampus practices, and 2) retention rates in engineering education (e.g., not the focus of this paper).According to research studies, the effectiveness of conventional practices depends on two majoraspects: 1) classroom environment, and 2) students being able to access campus resources such asstudy spaces, books, outdoor recreation programs, advising programs, computer labs, and internetservices [11], [12], [13], [19].From these conventional practices, though Problem-based learning (PBL) [17], Project-basedlearning [27], [28

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Jose Eric Chavez Jr., University of the Incarnate Word; Alyssa Mabry, University of the Incarnate Word; christian andon, University of the Incarnate Word; Selena R Salas, University of the Incarnate Word; Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; James Christopher Collins, University of the Incarnate Word

height of his career, he was the lead for Cyber Warrior training program for the 90th Cyberspace Opera- tions Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio. Dr. Collins teaches cyber security courses at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. His current research activities utilize FPGA developed systems to implement high speed cryptographic and steganographic algorithms for real-time network analysis. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Integrated Multi-Sensor Remote System Design for Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Jose Chavez, Alyssa Mabry

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Tori Nichole Gardner, Department of Engineering at St. Mary's University; Ozgur Aktunc, St. Mary's University

San Antonio through summer programs for middle and high school students. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session 2022Integrating Usability into the Agile Software Development Life Cycle Using User Experience Practices Tori N. Gardner and Ozgur Aktunc Department of Engineering St. Mary’s University One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Le Shorn Benjamin, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston; Erik M Hines, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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Fellow and received the Al Dye award for co-editing the special issue, Group Work with African Americans Children and Adolescents published in the Journal for Specialist in Group Work. Dr. Hines received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in Counselor Education with a concentration in Urban School Counseling. Finally, he has worked as a counselor in various K-12 settings and for the Ronald E McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville

used in our chemical engineering program for instruction of thenon-technical traits of leadership and ethics at both the undergraduate and graduate level, make acase for this instructional effectiveness in our program at our majority Hispanic populationuniversity, and to invite feedback on this approach for our Hispanic majority university. Instruction in LeadershipAt TAMUK, aspects of leadership and ethics are explored in both the undergraduate and graduatelevel programs. Table 1 presents a tabular overview of where and how these traits are presentedin courses in our programs. Since these facets of engineering professional growth are not typicalquantitative math or engineering topics that constitute the

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Xishuang Dong, Prairie View A&M University; Xavier Alexander Dukes; Joshua Littleton, Prairie View A&M University; Tri'Heem Neville; Christopher Rollerson; Arthur L Quinney

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these applications, where object detection is an imperative task in this field that is to recognizecategories of objects and label their locations. This paper presents a senior design project that implemented object detection on Raspberry Pi byrunning deep learning models, where the edge devices include Raspberry Pi 3 and 4, Model B+ (Plus)Complete Starter Kit1 and a web camera. It consists of three steps: 1) hardware configuration: it is toconfigure the Raspberry Pi and mount the web-camera on the Raspberry Pi; 2) software installation:it is to install necessary software such as TensorFlow and OpenCV; 3) deploying mobile deep learningmodels on Raspberry Pi to run object detection. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness ofthis

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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MERLYN XAVIER PULIKKATHARA, Physics Department, Prairie View A&M University; Kelvin K. Kirby, Prairie View A&M University; Richard T. Wilkins, Prairie View A&M University

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NASA, NSF, Department of Education, and Central Intelligence Agency. Current research interests include First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE), Engineering Education, and Artificial Intelligence Assisted Learning.Prof. Richard T. Wilkins, Prairie View A&M University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Online Nuclear Power Summer Institute and Day of Science: A two-pronged approach to increasing girls and under-represented minorities towards STEM

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Olubunmi Gregory Adekanmbi, Prairie View A&M University

library, Python may achieve both high productivity andhigh performance in physical simulations.KeywordsPhysical simulation, Python, Parallel computing, Performance. 1. IntroductionPython as a high-level programming language, it has become the most popular programming languagesince 2018 according to the PYPL Index. Python has been widely used in data science, machinelearning, Web development, and other software development due to its high productivity. However,Python has not been widely accepted by the scientific computing community, especially for large scalescientific simulation and modeling. The main reason is that Python does not provide high performanceto allow researchers to fully utilize the sophisticated resources in supercomputers. In

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Bernice Hoedzoade, Prairie View A&M University

Paper ID #35849Performance Evaluation of Spectrum Sensing Implementation using EnergyDetection MethodMs. Bernice Hoedzoade, Prairie View A&M University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Performance Evaluation of Spectrum Sensing Implementation Using Energy Detection Method Bernice Hoedzoade Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Shan Jiang, Iowa State University; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Rebecca Mort, Iowa State University

Critical Thinking, Project & Time Management, andStatistics Analysis (Figure 1). A significant finding was that Project & Time Management(PTM) was rated among the highest in both categories. Students were not mistaken. Majorcompanies such as GE, DuPont, Boeing, and Dow also recognize this critical skill and have theirown PTM training for new hires. Though students understand that professional skills are crucialfor working in industry and desire to prepare themselves, professional skill training is oftensidelined due to a lack of resources and faculty buy-in. The training is not commonly embeddedin STEM graduate curriculum either. Figure 1. Survey results: skills ranked by ISU graduate students from four departments.There are many

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Katherine Gisi, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Phillip H Jones III, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

CyBot (named after the Iowa State Cyclones) and is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: CyBot robotics platform in the Introduction to Embedded Systems course.In the final project, teams program the microcontroller to move the robot through a test field andavoid obstacles to reach a destination. Teams have the option to select a design problem for aMars rover autonomous vehicle application, in which the primary task of the rover is to navigatethrough hazardous terrain to a retrieval zone where it will send data to mission control. Thedesign criteria for the Mars rover application are predefined as shown in Table I. TABLE I. Design Criteria for the Mars Rover Application Criterion Description Reach goal Find and stop

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

fromconceptualizing design concepts, to manufacturing those designs, and finally presenting results tokey shareholders.Keywords: Design teaching, critical thinking, creativity 1. Background Creativity can be defined as “the ability to produce work that is both novel and appropriate”(Sternberg & Lubart, 1999). Natural creative ability is thought to be influenced by many factors,including personality, motivation, and training. In this study, the extent to which systematiccreativity training can enhance students’ creative design solutions is investigated. Unlike othersimilar studies, the emphasis in this investigation is on the impacts of formal learning andinternship (industrial) experiences. To inform the study design, a literature review was

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Nicholas Alan Smith, Wichita State University; Roy Y. Myose, Wichita State University; Syed J Raza, Wichita State University; Elizabeth Rollins

Knowledge and Skills Associated with Mechanics of MaterialsThe Mechanics of Materials pre-test developed at Wichita State consists of five problems overmaterial covered in the prerequisite Statics and Calculus courses. The chosen problems, theyhave direct applications to Engineering Mechanics, and are in a simpler basic form. Thetopical areas covered by the six problems are: (1) polynomial integration, (2) moment (torque)calculation, (3) equilibrium, (4) distributed loading, and (5) moments of inertia. Many of theproblems involve multiple parts where the answer for part (b) depends on the answer from part(a). The exceptions are those for polynomial integration which have two independent parts(i.e., effectively two separate questions “rolled” into

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Filipe Santos Araujo, Pittsburg State University; Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University

quality engineering work and have been valued members of our team over the years. It has been an honor to work with Erik and Filipe on developing course content for substation design. This content will help graduates be effective from Day 1, and it will help us provide reliable power around the world for years to come.” Garrett Johnson, Substation Designer, Black & Veatch.In the fall semester of 2019, a graduate assistant was hired to work with faculty in developing anew curriculum on substation design for EET majors. The graduate assistant had recentlycompleted a degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in power systems. The substationdesign curriculum at PSU was

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., Marquette University; Margaret L McNamara P.E., Marquette University; Richard J. Povinelli P.E., Marquette University; Daniela Castillo-Perez, Marquette University; L. Noelle Brigham, Marquette University

interactive learning described by the ICAP framework.Design/Method. Faculty members used Microsoft Teams (Teams) and Marquette University’sLearning Management System Desire2Learn (D2L) for their courses. Each instructor developedstudent groups to promote peer and instructor engagement via the Teams channel function.Results. Initial results from Likert 5-point scale responses support three positive findings to thisapproach:  Finding 1 (Instructor Engagement and Student Confidence): Students had a positive reaction to the instructor engagement (4.67 ± 0.6) and student confidence (4.07 ± 1.1).  Finding 2 (Consistent Coursework): Students reported the amount of work in courses with the interactive tools was consistent (3.90 ± 1.2) with

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Joseph Zambreno, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Allegra Frickel, Iowa State University

their final work. This project was conceived and stood upin about a month.As background, three of the authors direct the Iowa State University Electrical, Computer, andSoftware Engineers as Leaders (ECSEL) program, funded by a grant from NSF S-STEM, whichprovides financial support to help low-income, academically talented students obtain STEMdegrees and enter the workforce or graduate study [1], [2]. ECSEL is a partnership between theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State, the Program for Women inScience and Engineering, Des Moines Area Community College, and Kirkwood CommunityCollege. Over five years, grants at all three institutions will fund hundreds of scholarship awardsfor students majoring or preparing to transfer