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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry J. Farbrother

demonstrated a facility for independent learning, and shall have prepared for continued professional development* Have participated in team design experiences in which the client is distinct from the faculty supervisor(s).* have prepared at least one major individual concept-oriented technical report or paper, and one major client-oriented group project report.* have completed a general engineering science core by the beginning of the junior year, and shall have completed a discipline-specific technical core..* have demonstrated the ability to effectively communicate technical material in writing, one-on-one meetings, and group presentations.* be prepared to practice the profession of engineering using a systems perspective broad enough to

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa J. Dark; Robert J. Herrick; Dennis R. Depew

support technology education. As faculty members learnnew technology, they must translate this new information into materials which can in turn beused to teach their students. These curriculum materials may come in the form of studentactivities, lectures, laboratory assignments, demonstrations, or projects. Another majorcomponent of a curriculum development activity may come in the form of a new methodology ofteaching.With these basic tenets and a vision to help students, the staff of MCATE and their partners(Elgin Community College, Triton Community College, Parkland Community College, MacombCommunity College, St. Louis Community College, Cincinnati State Technical and CommunityCollege, and Vincennes University) embarked on a journey to plan the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Greg Hilker; Fred Jenkins; David Westine

) (b) (c) Figure 6 (a) First Controller, (b) Second Controller, (c) Third ControllerThe yaw control system was also used as a design project in a senior digital systems class. Studentswere to input the wind, yaw, and rotor speed data into their digital controller and output the controlsignals to the yaw motor. Their controllers were to be constructed by using only logic gates,comparitors, counters, and timers. They had to convert the frequency signal from the anemometerinto commands to start turning the wind machine into the wind (cut-in) or to turn the machine out ofthe wind in excessive winds (cut-out). The system also had to track the wind when the rotor was notin overspeed and to turn the machine

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

which seeks industry projects. This hasresulted in increasing the number of industry sponsored projects from a few per year to over 30per year. This also provided more opportunities for written and oral presentations.The types of computers and software for basic computer instruction and CAD were debated forseveral years in an industrial advisory committee. Through collaboration with practicing Page 4.515.7engineers, the type of computer instruction was changed (C++), new software was purchased andprocured (AutoCAD and SDRC I-DEAS) and the curriculum was revised to better reflect theskills that will be required by graduates.As the result of feedback

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntryre

instructorpresented material related to effective student learning, teamwork, and teaching styles. Eventually,the audience was in a frame of mind to accept and actually look forward to doing some of theirown $teaching.# The basic objective of this experiment was to promote effective student learningby using innovative instructional methods.II. The Theory of Cooperative TeachingThere exist several suggested methods and $theories# that describe how to approach the subject ofinvolving students in the delivery mechanisms related to presenting course material1,2. During inclass discussions concerning the group project, it was decided that we (the students and theinstructor) should develop our own system for CME 425 - Risk Management and DecisionSupport. We were

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1999 Annual Conference

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William B. Perry; Victor Barocas; David E. Clough

Clough, teaches programming skills using Fortran 90.The course also introduces students to Microsoft Excel, Matlab, and Mathcad. In the fallsemester of the senior year, undergraduate students are required to take Numerical Methods forProcess Simulation (CHEN 4580). In this course, taught by Victor Barocas, students areintroduced to useful methods for numerical problem solving, such as linear and nonlinearequation solvers, numerical integration, and ordinary differential equation solvers. AlthoughCHEN 4580 students are given the option to use any programming language for homeworkassignments and projects, most find the Matlab platform to be extremely useful

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

P. M. Wild; B. W. Surgenor

mechatronics at least a decade earlier than those in North America. A useful link tomechatronics at the international level is given at http://www.mechatronik..uni-linz.ac.at/international/index.en.html. This site is maintained by the University of Linz inAustria and is entitled “Mechatronics Around the World”.The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia has in place afive year combined B.Sc. and M.Eng. degree entitled “Electro-mechanical Design Engineering”.The students take all core undergraduate mechanical engineering courses, plus selected digitalelectronics and software engineering courses. The culmination of the program is two twelvemonth project courses that involve advanced machine design (MECH 551) and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Walworth; Kevin Schmaltz; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

airplane, a model train anda wind tunnel make heavy use of data-acquisition systems, programs written and developed inLabVIEW and MATLAB, and modern communication protocols such as RS485. The entireinterface is through virtual instrumentation, and the lab is also being given the capability of remoteaccess to the students. There are other indirect advantages of this approach in terms of financialeconomy and faculty professional development. This project has been funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) and has resulted in the development of the Integrated SystemsEngineering Laboratory (ISEL) that houses vertically integrated laboratory exercises for twelvecourses from three different curricula.1. IntroductionMost universities have limited

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Opportunities and the CEAS Dean’s Office. Theprogram content and curriculum were designed to prepare underrepresented ethnic minoritystudents for success in the CEAS at ASU. The curriculum focused on engineering design,technical communications, and included a design project. Academic scholarships were awardedto all participants based on a team design project competition. The competition included thedesign of web pages, documentation in individual design notebooks, and a presentation toindustry representatives and parents.During the summer of 1996, 44 students participated and completed the program. As arecruitment tool, the program was an overwhelming success with 43 of the 44 studentscompleting the academic year (one chose not to because of the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas G. Schmucker

ideal friction-less andrealistic truss behavior), demonstrate “sway” and “no-sway” of moment-resisting and bracedframes, etc. At last count, over 30 models have been created from SET. Page 3.413.3One model is the roof truss shown in the lower right corner of Figure 2. Although simple inconcept, many students struggle with using the concept of tributary area and projected areas todetermine equivalent loads. This roof truss model facilitated the calculations of point loads on atruss that resulted from distributed area loads such as wind, snow, and dead loads. Otherdocumented models that may be viewed on the web3 include bridge models and a dynamic

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

J. A. Isaacs

. Drivers for Environmental and Economic FocusStudents can gain a broader understanding and strengthen their comprehension of the economicand environmental consequences of materials choices by incorporating these ideas into existingtechnical courses or new technical electives. Within the Department of Mechanical, Industrialand Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), there are three undergraduate course offerings thatfocus on materials science. Current graduate materials courses provide a good foundation forgraduate students focusing on a degree in materials science. Through required and electivecourses available in the industrial engineering curriculum, students have opportunities to learnabout engineering economy, project management and other pertinent

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Cully Hession; Marty D. Matlock; G. Scott Osborn; Daniel E. Storm; Ann L. Kenimer

require undergraduatepreparation in engineering, but has a very strong core curriculum.The graduate program in Ecological Engineering at the University of Maryland at CollegePark offers graduate students an “interdisciplinary approach to solving societal andenvironmental problems through the use of designed natural systems” (Department ofBiological Resources Engineering, 1998). The program is heavily weighted to restorationecology and ecosystem management, including projects in flood prevention, restoration ofdamaged ecosystems, creation of new habitats, water treatment using vegetation-basedsystems and wetlands, and use of wastes to fertilize agricultural land and natural habitats.Undergraduates from any field may enter the graduate program

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

school students are organized under Tech Prep initiative at PurdueUniversity - Anderson [11] and Penn State University [17]. Other examples of high school programs includetopics in computers, microprocessors, mechanical design, U.S. FIRST competition [12,13,14,15]. Also, there havebeen attempts to involve K-12 teachers in engineering practice [19]. These programs provide important avenues fortechnical educators to promote our profession. The SMARTE Enrichment Program was developed and currently being taught jointly by a team of facultyand educators from WSU, Oakland Community College (OCC), Schoolcraft College, and Detroit Public Schools.The primary focus of the project is to increase student interest in technical disciplines. The

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

This paper presents the findings of a research survey/questionnaire (hereafter referred toas a survey) project conducted by the Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS)Department of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University PurdueUniversity at Indianapolis (IUPUI). The survey, distributed to all faculty and students in theschool, sought information related to the following topics: formation of teams, frequency ofclassroom usage, evaluation of team projects, grading of team members, benefits and challengesin the use of teams, and attitudes of professors and students toward the use of teams in theclassroom. The survey was effective in producing informative and interesting results. In addition to the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Doskocz; Alan R. Klayton; Parris C. Neal; Ruth D. Fogg; Scott A. Stefanov; Pamela J. Neal; George W. P. York; Daniel J. Pack; Cameron Wright; Steven Barrett

coursecontent follows:• EE281 Introductory Digital Systems. This sophomore level course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of logic design including: Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic analysis and design, and an introduction to digital computer architecture.• EE382 Microcomputer Programming. This junior level course focuses on assembly language programming while providing a broad-base understanding of microcontroller systems. The microcontroller principles presented provide a foundation that can be used in Page 3.515.1 other project-oriented courses. Course topics include microcontroller hardware

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur M. Clausing

Page 3.49.1tour of selected departmental laboratories, teaching and research, and student projects, forexample, Formula SAE cars. The course concludes three weeks before the end of the semester;hence, it is completed before these incoming freshmen face the final round of hour examinationsand final examinations. The faculty member and LA that are assigned to each section areresponsible for the laboratory periods and both attend all nine of these two-hour sessions. Thus,we have a ratio of one instructor for every ten students.The use of Learning Assistants has many advantages. Specifically:1. The small student-faculty ratio enables us to use active learning techniques that we have found to be very effective.2. Freshmen relate well to our upper

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 10

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collins Ugonna Lawrence, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Eunsil Lee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

whenspecific questions suitable for a more targeted systematic review are yet to be determined. Thegoals of a scoping review include identifying available evidence in a field, clarifying definitionsand key concepts, pinpointing knowledge gaps, and acting as a precursor to a systematic review(Munn et al., 2018), which align closely with the objectives of our project. Consequently, a scopingreview was considered a more suitable methodology for our project given the relatively unexplorednature of our focus, sense of belonging in STEM higher education, and the need for a more refinedfoundational and comprehensive understanding of the subject. Methodologically, a scoping reviewshares several processes with other systematic reviews, as both methodologies

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Glaucia Prado P.E., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

students to ask questions about course-related material [6, 17-20]. Themost common interventions to increase SB in engineering majors are related to the technicaldiscipline. Not surprisingly, most engineering education interventions reported in the literaturetarget first-year engineering women and first-generation/low-income students to increase theirSB and engineering identity. Some intervention examples to retain this population of studentsinclude faculty and peer-mentoring, participation in internships with local STEM companies[21], interviewing a person of color in STEM [22], use of makerspaces for completing designprojects [23], summer bridge programs [24], first-year engineering student success course [25],and sociotechnical design projects

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Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, University of Washington; Cathryne Jordan, University of Washington; Arron Corey Clay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Ali Cho, University of Washington; Robin Neal Clayton, University of Washington; Karen Thomas-Brown, University of Washington

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

-year anniversary retrospective survey to former students in2019 to inquire about the value of the course for their academic and professional careers. Now,we are embarking on a project to formally evaluate the course content and its direct impact oncurrent students, particularly their leadership skills with regards to DEI in engineering, to informour next course redesign process. As part of the long-term goals for our project, we want toevaluate the impact the redesigned course has on students’ leadership development, both in theirremaining academic careers and their future professional careers.This work-in-progress practice paper presents the preliminary results of the first phase of ourcurrent project. In this first phase, we evaluate the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cara J Poor P.E., University of Portland; Jackson Kaye, University of Portland

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

service learning program where students work on acommunity service project for course credit19,20. Service learning can also be implemented on avolunteer basis through student organizations21, which relies on students’ innate desire to helpimprove communities22 instead of as a requirement for a course. Studies have shown that servicelearning benefits retention, community service after graduation, and civic responsibility23, has apositive impact on tolerance, personal development, and college connections24, attractsunderrepresented groups through community-based projects18,25, and can help create leaders inengineering26. Service learning can also create a deeper understanding of the subject matter24.Helping maintain the green roof can provide

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas McKean, University of Arkansas; Ranil Wickramasinghe P.E., University of Arkansas; LaShall Bates; Gary Bates; Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

when possible. When possible, based on theresearch interests of the students and faculty, CCLSRM students were paired with REU studentsin the same lab, otherwise the CCLSRM students were grouped together in the same lab. Studentswere also placed in the same lab as faculty with similar backgrounds when appropriate. Afterassigning the students an advisor it was left to the advisor to develop a project for the student thatfit their background and research interests. The program remained involved outside the lab byengaging with the students weekly for weekly research meetings, hosting an industry visit, andconnecting students to professional development dinner and dialogue sessions offered by theUniversity of Arkansas for all REU programs on

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 10

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia; Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

prominent example forother educational systems in improving their approach to instructional development.In piloting this assessment approach in the School of ECAM, the grant project team had toconstruct a peer evaluation process composed of seven faculty members who were handpickedbased on their backgrounds and how comfortable they were with the ECAM curriculum. Thegroup was split among two teaching modalities; lecture-based and flipped classroom [1]. Thiscreated an observation team for each focus area. The observed faculty were not a part of thegrant team and were picked to be observed based on convenience and willingness for the pilot.Although there are many benefits to the College adopting this faculty development process, thereare lessons to be

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nyota Prakash Patel, University of Virginia; Deepika Sahoo, University of Virginia; Shannon Barker, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Paper ID #42620A introductory-level, student-taught biomedical neuroengineering course for1st year undeclared engineering undergraduate studentsNyota Prakash Patel, University of VirginiaDeepika Sahoo, University of VirginiaDr. Shannon Barker, University of Virginia Dr. Shannon Barker is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at UVA BME ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Background and MotivationEngineers are required to conceive, design, and maintain products, processes, and systems acrossmany sectors to meet societal needs [1]. Projects often require training in fundamentals andacross

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haniye Mehraban, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

2020. The majority, constituting 41%, is allocated to debugging. Due to theuncertainty in the debug time and the time requires to fix the bugs, the debugging process hasgained the nickname of the Schedule Killer [10], highlighting its impact on the project scheduleand the company’s bottom line. 1 In this paper, we interchangeably refer to verification engineers and validation engineers. Design Engineers Verification Engineers 12 10 Design Projects 8 6 4 2

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Karen T. Klebbe, Centennial High School, Champaign IL; Thomas Tran, University of Chicago; Elizabeth Ann McNeela, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

to enrollment in engineering majors. Perceptions of pre-college robotics focused oncompetitions can prevent some students from participating. By broadening the applications ofrobotics to human-centered designs and bringing soft material robotics into classroom curricula,the field of soft robotics may be a platform to engage a diversity of students in K12 robotics andlater, engineering majors. Until recently, most soft robotics work resided in university researchlabs or as K12 activities presented through practitioner-delivered outreach events. Until softrobot activities are put in the hands of teachers, their reach remains limited. In this project, weleveraged teacher input to develop and deliver an introduction to soft robotics

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie B Butler, Mount St. Mary's University; Rosina Bolen; DINA YAGODICH, Frederick Community College; Aubrey Allen Smith, Montgomery College; Christine McCauslin; Isaac N Mills, Mount Saint Mary College; Jeffrey Simmons; Kraig E Sheetz

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

privateuniversities to promote transfer capital and student engagement in STEM transfer students. There are fourobjectives of the project. The first objective is to increase the number of academically talented and low-income students that transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions. The second objective isto improve the retention and graduation rates of CC transfer students in STEM fields byproviding them with evidence-based curricular activities, co-curricular activities, and support services.The third objective is to increase the number of students placed into STEM graduate programs orprofessional positions by providing intensive faculty mentoring and research opportunities. The finalobjective is to generate new knowledge about how

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zoe Wood, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Miguel Manoah Refugio Greenberg

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #41661Board 43: AP-CS, ChatGPT and Me: a High School Student PerspectiveDr. Zoe Wood, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Whether it is creating computer graphics models of underwater shipwrecks or using art and creativity to help students learn computational thinking, Professor Zoe Wood’s projects unite visual arts, mathematics and computer science.Miguel Manoah Refugio Greenberg ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 AP-CS, ChatGPT and Me: a high school student perspectiveAbstractWith the creation of openAI’s ChatGPT system, a problem has arisen in

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Edward Chaback, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #41530Designing A Student Success Framework with Zachman ArchitectureMr. Benjamin Edward Chaback, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Benjamin (Ben) Chaback is a master’s thesis student in systems engineering and currently serves as the Program Coordinator of Undergraduate Research at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He uses modeling and systems architecture to investigate undergraduate engineering education and is working towards creating sustainable systems for student success. Ben is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research and is a facilitator for the Safe Zone Project and the Center for the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, University of Houston; ROBERTO G DIMALIWAT; Peter Weber, University of Houston; Dua Chaker, University of Colorado Boulder; Christy Miller, University of Houston

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering education, design and manufacturing, automation and robotics, machine learning/deep learning, computational optimization, and mariner and offshore safety.ROBERTO G DIMALIWATPeter Weber, University of HoustonMs. Dua Chaker, University of Colorado Boulder Dua Chaker is a Senior Project Engineer at TeachEngineering- a free online collective of K-12 STEM resources – within the National Center of Women & Information Technology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dua graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. With a career spanning over a decade, Dua has been an integral part of the TeachEngineering team since 2011. She leads the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Intersection of Roles, Responsibilities, and Care in Engineering Graduate EducationMotivationWhether in response to the mental health crisis or the widespread inequities and discriminationwithin engineering graduate programs, the graduate engineering education community needs totake targeted action to create change and healing from standing systemic issues. Research inengineering graduate education, up to this point, has focused almost exclusively on studies ofstudent experiences, advisors, and departmental policies. Yet, the graduate education system iscomposed of many more stakeholders who impact and are impacted by graduate student mentalhealth and wellbeing. This collaborative research project focuses on one such