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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University; David Brookstein, Temple University; Shawn Fagan, Temple University; Cory Budischak, Temple University

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operationalconditions of traffic flow and can be based on service measures such as speed and travel time,freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, comfort and convenience.There has been an increase in the population of Philadelphia by 17% over the last decade. Ofthose new residents, approximately 80% drive their car more than three times per week. ThePhiladelphia Traffic Planning Committee has been conducting surveys of drivers andpedestrians to gauge the level of congestion and ability for drivers to navigate the streets. Theyhave approached your team for advice on certain key intersections on our campus in particular.We will use the 10-step design process.Objective: Your team’s objective is to make lane and signal recommendations for the

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Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

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Russell Korte, George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University

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Educational Research and Methods

of practicing engineers and to better articulate the nature of the broader set ofcompetencies that are important to accomplishing the work of engineers. In the next section webriefly review the idea of competencies. This is followed by a brief overview of the socializationprocess by which newly hired engineers learn to do their new jobs competently and effectively inthe workplace. Then we present the design of this study followed by an overview of the findings.Finally, we conclude with a discussion and conclusions, including the plans for continuing workon this study, and initial implications for engineering education.Brief review of competence and organizational socializationThere is little consensus about the definition of competence or

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Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

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Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University; Richard Tang, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael R. Bockstaller, Carnegie Mellon University

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Chemical Engineering

Polymer Emulator, to compare the results withpredictions based on the theory learned in class and to discuss the impact of molecular parameterson the validity of the statistical network elasticity model.The Polymer Emulator has been installed in Undergraduate Research Laboratories in the homedepartments of the principal investigators. The original plan was to implement the PolymerEmulator in the module on ‘Network Polymers’ that is being taught as part of the Colloids,Polymers and Surfaces Laboratory class (06-802/39-802) that is offered in the Spring 2020. Dueto recent events and University closure, a testing of the device in class was not possible. We planto implement the device as part of the next occurrence of the class in the Spring 2021

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First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

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Uma Lakshman, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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Education, 2020 Work In Progress: Transitioning to Two Semesters: The Development of a Full-Year CornerstoneAbstract This Work in Progress paper describes the plans for the development from New YorkUniversity’s one-semester introductory engineering course, referred to as EG 1003, to a full-yearcornerstone. Several universities have implemented a two-semester cornerstone model. Thisstudy builds on past research in making this transition, and surveys students to determine theirgoals for their first-year. If the university decides to develop a year-long version of EG 1003, itwill be oriented around the first-year students’ goals. This study addresses thecomponents students enjoy in the one-semester cornerstone, what

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K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

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Sabina Anne Schill, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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]). TABLE I. LITERATURE DEFINITIONS OF MENTORING Definition Source “a collaborative process in which mentees and mentors take part in reciprocal and dynamic activities [7, p. 35] such as planning, acting, reflecting, questioning, and problem-solving” “a form of teaching where faculty members provide advice, guidance, and counsel in the areas of academic, career, and personal (psycho-social) development, which can occur either individually or [11, p. 48] in small groups” “a dyadic, hierarchical

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Natalie Grace Bowen, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

working on the project. This may require amodified plan for teaching students how to code and might work better with a simpler codinglanguage, such as Scratch. Nevertheless, this would still be an authentic, unique experience forstudents to learn and apply engineering practices. Projects which involve coding and creating machines that read and analyze data relatedirectly to the emphasized Science and Engineering Practices of the NGSS, which includedeveloping and using models and analyzing and interpreting data [13]. Developing and usingmodels is something that every scientist does in one way or another, as there are many optionsfor models including diagrams, replicas, mathematical representations, and computersimulations. Many secondary

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

andrequire an engineer to sign over the intellectual property rights of their discoveries andinventions. Additionally, future engineers need to be aware that when they sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement, those Trade Secrets should not be shared. With intellectual propertyknowledge, the engineer will know how to protect both their own work and the property of theirfuture employers. Intellectual property is often developed within a large plan or development. Adiscovery or invention may be broken into several parts, improved on over time, hidden by useof trade secrets, or marketed by means of trademarks.Engineering instructors include instruction about patents in their classes, but said instruction isoften limited to upper level classes [1,2,3,4] or held

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts, West Virginia University

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Diversity

conflict management styles, which can further provideinsights for the continuous course improvement and first-year engineering education. The resultswill be helpful as more and more Generation Z students enter higher education.Design of the “conflict resolution” sessionThe design of the “conflict resolution” session in the “Engineering Problem Solving I” coursefollows the Backward Design Process ​[13]​.Stage 1: Desired ResultsOne objective of this course is for students to acquire team working skills with the learningoutcomes to be “function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” (ABET LO-5) ​[14]​. Therefore, in Stage 1, we

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Ashley Emily Lacy; Emily Nottingham; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Paul V. Engelmann, Western Michigan University

. If the group decided not to separate the plastics and process fully commingledrecycled plastics, a polystyrene block copolymer or an ethylene-propylene copolymer would be 3the necessary compatibilizer. Since the plan was to sort the plastic to remove polyvinyl chloride(PVC), the compatibilizer that was chosen was poly(styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene) blockcopolymer mixed with ethylene propylene rubber (SEBS/EPR), (trade name Kraton G). It iscommonly used in polymer mixtures that contain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to improveflexural and impact strength [2] [7]. The relatively high cost of the compatibilizer is offset bythe low cost of post

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Michael Elmore, State University of New York at Binghamton

introduction of the different engineering majors in twoprimary ways. The first is that while the faculty are not necessarily engineers, the UCAs in eachsession are engineering students. The second is through the assignments and projects in the class.These are chosen to include examples and applications that are representative of the differentmajors.Declaring a MajorAt the end of the fall semester, the first-year engineering students in the program are asked todeclare what major they choose to pursue at the start of the second year. Students can still and dochange their mind throughout the spring semester but are asked to declare in the fall of their first-year for planning purposes. As is indicated in the summary of declarations shown in Table 1

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Sherif Abdelhamid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mona Aly, Arab Academy for Science,Technology and Maritime Transport; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

specifically. Results also revealed how students and faculty use Twitterto communicate, announce for events, and share learning resources. In the end, we provided aweb-based chatbot that allows access to the latest tweets, news feeds, and our harvested tweetsdatasets. Our future work will involve the utilization of more data collection techniques. We aimto increase the sample size to hundreds of thousands of tweets. We plan to start an initiativewhere Twitter users can use the same hashtag #fyeet when posting tweets related to theirfirst-year engineering experience. This will allow the harvesting of more relevant tweets.References[1] M. J. Culnan, P. J. McHugh, and J. I. Zubillaga, “How Large U.S. Companies Can Use Twitter and Other Social Media to

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Samuel John, Wayne State University; Cameron Hanson, Wayne State University; James Lenn, Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

and the current state of the machine, the controlmodule will update the output module which will set the state of the appropriate hardware.With regard to hardware modules, future plans include the development of a tailored actuator boardthat can control up to six servo motors and up to two dc motors with an H-Bridge which providesa means for controlling direction and speed for each dc motor.VII. References[1] D. Cohn, "Evolution of computer-aided design," Desktop Engineering Digital Edition, no. 12, 2010.[2] P. D. Collins and D. C. King, "Implications of computer-aided design for work and performance," The Journal of applied behavioral science, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 173-190, 1988.[3] D. A. Field, "Education and training

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Ludvik Alkhoury, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

engineering design course at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) isoffered to all incoming first-year engineering students. Students take different versions of thiscourse depending on their major, although, the goals and learning outcomes are consistent acrossall offerings. The authors are involved in the planning and the instruction of this course for theGeneral Engineering student population. General Engineering houses students that are stilldeciding their major and those who are underprepared for engineering study based on theirapplication data. In Spring 2019, four (4) sections of the design course were offered for GeneralEngineering, with 85-95 students in total. This course is set up as a common lecture for all four(4) sections with

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Diana de la Rosa-Pohl; Catherine Horn

. For both fall 2018and spring 2019, differences between the two groups in semester GPA were not statisticallysignificant (t=-.333, p=.74 for fall and t=-1.14, p=.25 for spring).Behavioral EngagementBehavioral engagement data was collected via a written survey instrument administered during amandatory advising session with college academic advisors. The students filled out the surveys withthe advisors and then discussed the answers. The academic advisors then worked with each studenton a plan to address any problem areas. The survey questions are shown below in Table 2. The tablecompares mean values for each question between the participants’ first and second semester. Theresults show that with respect to behavioral engagement, participants

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Roli Varma

. Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright@2020, American Society for Engineering EducationJob Insecurity: Job insecurity was another reason attributed to discomfort in relation toparticipants’ immigration status as H-1B visa holders. Participants were concerned aboutuncertainty of their job due to the temporary status of H-1B visas and anti-immigrationenvironment under the current administration, and their inability to plan a future creating furtherhelplessness. Participants who graduated from the U.S. or worked for a big company viewedthemselves vulnerable due to H-1B visa. Participants who came directly from India to work inthe U.S

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific

which OERhas penetrated a campus, including details such as whether course catalogs designate courses asOER courses. The OER efforts reported in this paper have also resulted in positive studentcomments in end of semester course evaluations. The author plans to continue to expand use ofOER, including replacing textbooks by OER in other courses that he teaches.ConclusionsReceiving a small OER grant helped the author create online resources to help students learn touse Simulink simulation software, and complete Simulink labs outside of class. MovingSimulink lab work outside of class hours has resulted in savings of class time; this time savingshas allowed the instructor to introduce active problem solving in class and interactive reviewsessions

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles; Steven Matthew Cutchin; Karen Howell, University of Southern California; Shalini Ramachandran, Boise State University

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Diversity

could connect to students’ prior knowledge andcontextualize the importance of professional ethics. The interactions have the potential to engagecritical thinking, highlight multiple perspectives, all to improve instruction and student learningin ethics education. In other words, given that students’ mental models are different from expertinstructors, the survey findings may help instructors become more effective or aware as theyincorporate micro-lessons, modules, or problem-based learning in their curriculum.What else might engineering and computer science faculty and librarians do? Asking questionsabout student experiences could help educators gauge how to frame a lesson plan and clarifylearning objectives. From there, relevant learning

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 3 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas at Austin; Ana M. Dison, University of Texas at Austin; Efren Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas at Austin

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

 “Impact” in this case if you are still exploring evaluation methods?Surveys now being administered at end of Bias Busting workshops. Data being collected. Survey and evaluation plan being created for other workshops but no data collected to date.  10Enrique:Bias Busting Workshop post surveys also ask participants to respond to various statements shown on this chart with the percentage indicating “agree or strongly agree”: I learned something in today’s presentation.  I would recommend this presentation to others. After participating in this workshop, I am more confident about recognizing bias. After participating in this workshop, I am more

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 8 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Mauro Rodriguez Jr, California Institute of Technology; Indhira María Hasbún, Florida International University; Jose Luis Estrada, University of San Diego; Dora Louise Renaud

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Central Limit Theorem andExploratory Factor Analysis, the number of professionals taking part in the CCLP will be increasedin future NILAs. NILA 2020 was held virtually and significantly increased the number ofprofessionals from 37 to 140. Beyond 2020, future NILAs are planned to be hybrid eventscombining an in-person and virtual event to enable higher professional member attendance. Futuresurveys will include more personal career goal-oriented leadership questions. The results for suchquestions will enable researchers to determine which NILA curriculum components mosteffectively increase the attendees’ leadership self-efficacy.4. Conclusions The effect of SHPE’s NILA leadership framework on Hispanic engineering professionals’leadership self

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 6 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Nevada, Reno. He graduated with his Masters in 2019 from the University of Nevada, Reno, and plans to pursue a career in academia in the future. His research interests are in graduate student attrition rates within academia, engineering identity development, and factors that influence decision making on persistence.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and learning ex- periences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem-solving processes, and cultural

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

) project. Dr. Lord is the 2018 recipient of the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in

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CoNECD Session: Day 3 Slot 2 - Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University; Jennifer M. Dorsey, University of Texas at Austin; Rebecca Hartley, Seattle University; Frank J. Shih, Seattle University; Joy Crevier, Seattle University

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 2 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Taylor Lightner, Virginia Tech; Natali Huggins, Virginia Tech ; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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, the researchers plan to analyze the results based on the racial and/or gender identitiesof the volunteers. Furthermore, we will highlight challenges and ways to enhance the volunteeringexperience for volunteers as a means to identify concrete practices for BPE programs.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge the students who participated in this research study. This materialis based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Engineering Education and Centersunder Grant Number DRL-1614710, 1614739, and 1615143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesClary, E. G

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Felicity Bilow, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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experiences, previously described [27]. Future plans include using the survey inaddition to semi-structured interviews with students to better understand their attitudes and senseof belonging. The study will be expanded to include students in other engineering sciencecourses at both universities that discuss engineering problems and engineering within asociotechnical context and comparing their feelings of belonging with students in similar courseswhere engineering problems are defined more narrowly. Another avenue for future research isinvestigating the learning environments of various courses and how those environments affectstudents, especially students from underrepresented groups.ConclusionFindings of this preliminary study suggest that using a

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Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

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Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Marci S. Decaro, University of Louisville; Raymond Chastain

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Educational Research and Methods

, to incentive effort on this quiz andensure our results reflect knowledge rather than other learning strategies.This is the first study to examine the use of exploratory learning in undergraduate engineeringmathematics. We randomly assigned students to experimental condition, and used the exact sameactivities across conditions—just switching the order of activity and instruction. These featuresstrengthen the causal conclusions we can make about the benefits of exploring before instruction.We plan to replicate and extend these findings with new samples and new topics, withadjustments to the procedures as needed (e.g., requiring students to complete the Geogebra™activity).To our knowledge, this is also the first study to use an online

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Flipped Classroom

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Design Graphics

survey was given to understand their learningexperience and collect their feedback. The Next step tasks were related to a final project so thatstudents could build up their understanding and apply their study to an open-ended semester longproject.Gamification applicationGamification, also known as serious games, is the use of game thinking and game mechanismssuch as point-scoring, levels, challenges, leaderboard, or even rewards in a non-game context toengage learners in solving problems [4]–[10]. College students grow up immersed in technology,regularly play video games, have a shorter attention span, and prefer engaged and interactivelearning [11]. It is believed that gamification with careful thought and planning can be a greatway to motivate

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Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Brad Cicciarelli, Louisiana Tech University; Eric Sherer, Corteva Agriscience; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

., “Barriers to Student Success in Engineering Education,” European Journal of Engineering Education, 42(4), 368-381 (2017)[14] Seymour, E. and Hewitt, N.M., “Talking about Leaving: Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates among Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Undergraduate Majors,” Final report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on an ethnographic inquiry at seven institutions. Boulder: University of Colorado Bureau of Sociological Research, 1994[15] Jones, B.D., Paretti, M.C., Hein, S.F., and Knott, T.W. “An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First-Year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans,” Journal of Engineering Education, 99(4), 319-336 (2010)[16

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Salvador Mayoral, California State University, Fullerton; Antoinette Sherrise Linton, California State University, Fullerton; Hassan Yousefi, California State University, Fullerton; Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton

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Mathematics

rate for this course is 36%. In response tothis repetition rate, engineering design as an epistemic practice was introduced. Epistemicpractices are vital to student success when learning discipline-specific skills and knowledge [3-5]. Epistemic practices are systems of processes for generating and evaluating knowledge used todevelop epistemological understandings. In this case, an engineering design framework serves asan epistemic practice to better understand calculus concepts [4]. The ability to generate, evaluatecalculus knowledge and then plan an approach to use engineering to solve calculus problems aretwo major categories of developing epistemic understanding.To engage students in engineering design as they learned calculus, calculus

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Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Parisa Shokouhi, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

test and interpreting the results.Importantly, the course is delivered virtually, which makes the implementation very differentfrom that in an in-person classroom setting. This paper provides a detailed discussion of the virtual laboratory modules added to‘Nondestructive Evaluation of Flaws’. In addition, we report how the changes impacted thestudent learning in Fall 2020 compared to Fall 2019, when the delivery was strictly lecture-based. Finally, we discuss ‘lessons learned’ and modifications planned for the next offerings ofthis class. Our overall assessment results indicate a positive impact of the virtual laboratories on

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Martha L. Torres, University of Texas at El Paso; Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso

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Instrumentation

Virgilio Gonzalez, Associate Chair and Professor of Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, started his first appointment at UTEP in 2001. He received the UT Sys- tem Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012. From 1996 to 2001 he was the Technology Planning manager for AT&T-Alestra in Mexico; and before that was the Telecommunications Director for ITESM in Mexico. His research areas are in Communications Networks, Fiber Optics, Wireless Sensors, Process Automation, and Engineering Education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work -in-Progress: Online Electrical Engineering