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Hands-On Learning in ET II

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Rockwell Automation products. The trainerchassis contains a ControlLogix 5570 controller with analog, digital, and relay input/outputmodules, a CompactLogix controller, EtherNet/IP-based local area network, variable frequencydrives (VFD) and induction motors, servo drives and motors, and a 10.4” HMI. Rockwell’sStudio 5000 software is used for programming; at present the curriculum covers ladder logic andstructured text. FactoryTalk View Studio facilitates the development of the HMI.Summary of the ExercisesNine to ten laboratory exercises (labs) are assigned each semester, exclusive of a midterm andfinal project. The student will become This paper describes four exercises concerning PackML.The labs are organized to introduce and gradually develop

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

from large metropolitan areas but draws its student population both statewide andregionally and operates on the quarter calendar. Louisiana Tech University merged the math,chemistry, and physics programs with the engineering, technology, and computer scienceprograms into a single college in 1995 and created an integrated freshman engineeringcurriculum in 1998. Louisiana Tech University has a long history of educational innovations inengineering education, with a hands-on project-based approach implemented in 2004 and fourother NSF-funded programs to increase student success in engineering since 2007.The SSP builds on these prior efforts by providing financial, academic, personal, andprofessional support to engineering students starting in

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cris Robert Exum; Ciprian Popoviciu, East Carolina University; Colby Lee Sawyer, East Carolina University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

have to manage excess water. This solution is part of a project from the Center for IoTEngineering and Innovation [4] to aid farmers in Eastern North Carolina. 2. Problem Definition and RequirementsSituated in Eastern North Carolina, Middle Creek Farms faces a persistent challenge of excessivewater, posing a risk of flooding and potential harm to both equipment and crops. Recognizing theneed for an efficient solution, the Center for IoT Engineering and Innovation has strategicallydeployed ultrasound sensors within the irrigation canals managed by the farm. These sensors servea crucial role in continuously monitoring water levels and promptly notifying the farmer whenthey approach critical levels. This real-time monitoring and alert system

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Diverse Pathways in Engineering Education: Exploring Experiences and Opportunities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dessaray Monique Gorbett, University of Texas at El Paso ; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Cristina Villalobos, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Sara E. Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso; Ariana (Ari) Arciero, University of Texas at El Paso; Josef Aaron Sifuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

to enhancing the academicexperience of historically underrepresented minorities. Applicants for the post-baccalaureateresearch experiences either applied directly or faculty nominated or endorsed scholars toparticipate in the program. Following an expedited application process, program leaders selectedand matched selected participants to research faculty. Faculty and post-baccalaureates andcommitted to engage in a research project for at least one semester and up to one academic year.At the end of the post-baccalaureate research experience, the evaluation team conducted a focusgroup and a survey with a subset of participants to assess their experience. Program staff askedparticipants to provide feedback and insight on the program’s on

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Caitrin Lynch, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Joanne C. Pratt, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

to one’s ownprofessional development. Participants complete an ad-lib template that is similar to the valueproposition ad-lib they created for their product. This Personal Value Proposition encouragesparticipants to think about how they could apply the tools to explore an area of potential personallearning, growth, exploration, or discovery.The goals of the workshop are:- To share tools from P&M that we have found useful in a variety of settings.- To give participants practice using these tools, so they can use them on their own and sharethem with colleagues and students.- To convince participants that these tools are broadly applicable to projects aimed at purposeful,value-seeking change — including student-centered learning experiences

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Juval V Racelis, Wentworth Institute of Technology

drawing upon the frameworkforwarded by Godwin et al. [3], this study operationalizes identity as students’ discursiveconstruction of interest and competence in engineering and that through this discursivearticulation, students negotiate their recognition as engineering students. The research questions guiding this study are: 1. What dimensions of engineering identity emerge from students as they talk about their academic experiences in high school and in their first-semester of college? 2. What factors influence how students construct and articulate this identity?MethodsData in this study are part of a larger project exploring students’ academic experiences as theytransition from high school into their first semester of

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Paul Marcus Anderson, University of Maryland College Park; Catherine Marie Hamel, University of Maryland, College Park

based on question response rateaveraged 91% attendance. Data for courses in which there was no grade attached were not aswell tracked, but we can say with certainty that attendance was substantially below 91%.References[1] L.D. Nguyen, R. O'Neill, and S.J. Komisar, "Using poll app to improve active learning in an engineering project management course offered to civil and environmental engineering students," presented at the 2019 ASEE Annu. Conf and Expo., Tampa, FL, USA, Jun. 15-19, 2019.[2] O. Popescu, L.C. Chezan, V.M. Jovanovic, and O.M. Ayala, “The use of Polleverywhere in engineering technology classes to stimulate student critical thinking and motivation,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Annu. Conf. and Expo

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Mary L Bowden, University of Maryland, College Park

125th tracked flight. In addition, Dr. Bowden is the regional director for the Southeast Pod of the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project, training seven other teams to launch balloons and gather scientific data during the total solar eclipse of 2024. 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 GIFTS: Getting Aloft in Aerospace Engineering at UMDEvery first-year student needs a support group to learn the ropes and be successful as they enterengineering. While this function could be provided by the squad at the dorm, by fraternity brothersor sorority sisters, or maybe members of the marching band, it is proposed that an engineeringdesign and test team, structured

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Eli Westbay; Isaiah Storey; Francis Nkrumah, Jr.; Mert Bal; Reza Abrishambaf

ETD 455 Design of an Autonomous Shop Floor Robot (GOFR) with ROS Eli Westbay, Isaiah Storey, Francis Nkrumah, Jr., Mert Bal, and Reza Abrishambaf Miami University RegionalsAbstractThis paper presents the design of an autonomous, mobile guided-object fetching robot (GOFR)using the robot operating system (ROS) focusing on architecture of hardware components,electronic communication protocols and software algorithms used for control and decision-making.The GOFR has been designed by a team of undergraduate engineering technology students aspart of their capstone project course utilizing their technical skills

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Marilyn Barger; Richard Gilbert; Sidney Martin

specific environments. To bring the message home or for those who needmotivation, there are also many real cyber attack horror stories and case studies posted onlineand shared on many websites.Focusing on cybersecurity for manufacturing automated and robotic operations, the TRACKS-CN Coordination Network [4], a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program [5], developed a digital badge toacknowledge proficiency in cyber hygiene for technicians working in robotics, automation, andmechatronics. The TRACKS-CN leadership assembled panels of manufacturers andcybersecurity professionals who identified eleven cybersecurity-related competencies formanufacturing technicians from the list of 54

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Behin Elahi

Manufacturing/Enterprise, its evolution from the Toyota Production System (TPS), its key features, and its relationships with Industrial and Systems Engineering methods. 2. Acquire knowledge of the appropriate contexts and conditions for applying Lean methods and related Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering methods. 3. Equip students with the skills to identify, communicate, initiate, plan, execute, and manage Lean projects and programs. Table 2. The definition of course learning outcomes. Course Learning Outcomes: 1. Clearly articulate the concept of Lean Manufacturing/Enterprise, including its roots, evolution, breadth, principles, limitations, and

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Alok Verma; Vanicha McQueen; Paul Potier; Irfan Khan; Andrew Moore; Grace Komanduru

the U.S. blue economy to satisfythe demands of new technologies and disciplines. With the rising use of automation on ships andshipping terminals, it is projected that skilled people would be required to support this expansion.The following five technological advancements are driven by global trade growth and climatechange's escalating effects: 1. artificial intelligence 2. sensor technology 3. robotics and 3dprinting 4. big data and iot 5. autonomous control 6. augmented reality 7. ship propulsionsystems 8. advanced materials [9][10].The advancements in intelligent, highly automated, and autonomous ships stand out among theaforementioned eight growth areas. The rising usage of intelligent systems for ship management,operation, and propulsion

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Wolf-Dieter Otte

approach students get aprogramming project assigned. They acquire the knowledge to do the project by self-study.During a lab class they present their project to the other students, discussing their programdesign, the difficulties they ran into and finally demonstrate the product, i.e. the compiledprogram.Assessment and retentionOn the surface, assessment doesn't seem to be all that different from a traditional class. There arebasically three parts that can be assessed: presentations, exams/quizzes and programming “Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nasser Alromaih; Mark Rajai; S. Jimmy Gandhi

to identify customerneeds, generate business value, and recognize viable business opportunities in theengineering and related industries that they could explore. Entrepreneurship calls for innovation in products, services, or processes involvedin business operations. Indeed, innovation is among the key factors that enhance the 4success of entrepreneurial ventures . For engineering businesses and practitioners tosucceed in their industry, they need to create innovative engineering projects. In addition,through entrepreneurship, they learn how to create technology-based opportunities, andways of identifying, obtaining, producing, and transferring technology to generate viable

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kiran George

fields. Similarly, the out migration fromthe College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) at California State University,Fullerton (CSUF) has been profound. In 2010 with funding availed from the NSF, ECS at CSUFestablished the ECS Academic Catalyst for Excellence (ACE) Scholarship Program designed toreverse its historical legacy of high student attrition. This program awards scholarships to ECSstudents over the 5-year period of the project and leverages a well-established network of ECSand University student services to support cohorts of ACE scholars (recipients of the ACEscholarship) majoring in ECS majors. The ECS ACE scholarship program provides tuitionscholarships and a myriad of support services ranging from peer mentoring to

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic; Nikolas D'Angelo; Gabriele Vigano

are included as a part of Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)topics in the Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) course. The above three courses aremandatory for both undergraduate programs. Graduate students often take Engineering ofManufacturing Processes and CIM courses at the graduate level. While undergraduate studentsexperiences with 3D printers culminate in their senior design projects, for graduate students, thetwo graduate level courses coupled with available 3D printers often result in inspiration for furtherstudies and research in these areas.Current Metal 3D Printing TechnologiesMetal parts produced by 3D printers are used in the aero-space industry, medical industry,automotive industry, and jewelry industry9. In general

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jonathan Cefalu; Timothy Roemer; Pawel Kosakowski; Shankar Krishnan

effective alternative tomachining a part within the confines of a semester is to use a three-dimensional rapid prototype(3D RP) system to fabricate the part. This is a practical method to quickly and accuratelyestablish the proof of concept. The primary objective of this paper is to study, design, and buildan artificial mitral heart valve with 3D RP and to explore the feasibility of including 3D RPprocess in BME design courses.In most engineering projects the product designs are conceptualized, fabricated, tested, analyzed,and refined. The rapid prototyping system uses three dimensional Computer Aided Design (3DCAD) files to fabricate a physical model. These models are usually made from ABS-plastics,starch, rubber, or another suitable material

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kirk D. Kimery; Robert C. Murphree; Osman A. Martinez; Kevin R. Lewelling

load current and rapid decreases in speed disable the H2 drive for 90 s. The process of designing/constructing a drive to replace the H2 started Fall 2012; thisdrive will operate with a 380 V bus voltage while supplying 160 A for 20 s and 220 A for 3 s.Currently, a 1st generation BEV motor drive has been successfully tested with a 100 V bus.Tests conducted at a 380 V bus voltage have shown limited success; unexpected heating hasoccurred, leading to thermal runaway. Plans have been made to address this issue with a new380 to 18 V DC/DC converter needed for IGBT drivers and adding liquid cooling. This project built a bridge between local business and UAFS in motor development andspecialized powertrain parts as ABB Baldor has

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Andy Gill; Garrin Kimmell; Kevin Matlage

speaker (actor) with a writable board (canvas)and projected slides (slides). Figure 1 gives a single frame from a classic example of these threecomponents being used well in a video talk given by Graham Hutton7 . This talk was recorded in asingle sitting, using a fixed HD video camera with a built-in microphone, a video projector, and anexperienced and well prepared speaker. The potential for dissemination of technical information ishuge; this video was actually viewed over 60,000 times. We want to start with this video format, andmake some observations and suggestions for better use of post-processing. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Mandar V. Joshi; Sagar R. Gosavi; Daryl Beetner

ideally suited for student design projects in the coursework. Students can create theirdesigns using schematic capture or HDL synthesis and download them to the FPGA for real timehardware verification. The complexity of the designs can vary from simple gate-levelcombinational circuits (that the students create in “introduction to computer engineering” course)to highly structured microcontroller based embedded applications. This paper addresses the issues of design considerations for efficient resource allocation forFPGA demo-board based digital design laboratories. The paper is organized as follows; section 2introduces the hardware and software interface features of Altera DE-2 board. Section 3 givesdetails of incorporating Altera DE-2 into

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Smith, University of Missouri - Rolla

slight modifications on the front and back ends of the Mentor Graphics Tcl scripts. Second,the core design tool algorithms are proprietary and subject to change. Thus, development of thealgorithms as C-programs called by Tcl scripts, and making them publicly available, will allowother researchers to use and modify the tools for continuing enhancement of research in this area.Finally, the developed tools can be readily merged into the core design tool algorithms at a laterdate for increased run-time performance, if desired.3. Developed MaterialsTo effectively introduce asynchronous digital design into the computer engineering curriculum,lecture notes, example problems, a group project, and a VHDL library of asynchronous gates,components, and

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; Joseph J. Rencis P.E.; James D. Davis

Second Year Freshman Retention Study inMechanical Engineering at University of Arkansas by: Stephen B. Taylor, Darin W. Nutter, Joseph J. Rencis, James D. Davis Project Supported by:Arkansas Academy of Mechanical EngineeringOutline• Goal• Recent Retention & Graduation Rates• Freshman Mentorship Program• Student Performance in SME• Surveys• Conclusions• Future WorkGoalTo better understand both the perceived andactual causes of freshman attrition with theintent to improve future freshman retentionrates.Retention & Graduation Rates Freshman Retention Rates (Start of Fall in 2nd year) 6-Year Graduation Rates ME ME Year COE U of A

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rena Hixon; Steve E. Watkins; Sean J. Bentley; Marcus Huggans

classic “telling” and “showing” method withthe application and competition session providing the “doing” component.12 The selectedengineering concepts are described in age and background appropriate terms, i.e. the “telling.”Next, the concepts are demonstrated using the Robolab software and Lego hardware, i.e. the“showing.” Note that the competition details must be carefully designed to feature the selectedconcepts, to allow sufficient entry differentiation, and to permit project completion within theevent timeframe. Each team was given handout of the training presentation with worksheets, aLego kit, and a laptop to view the code. For the implementation given in the next section, the selected concept was the effect ofwheel size and gears

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

move to solving advanced models thatdescribe how the world works. A recent model has been implemented in the college ofengineering at Tennessee Tech (TTU) to base the initial programming experience onhardware in the loop approach where the programming target is a micro-controller. Thiscourse has been offered in both C/C++ and Matlab programming language. From multiple previous implementations, we see that the students that engaged in thehands-on, hardware-based programming activities reported a more positive earlyexperience with programming and its relation to the engineering curriculum relative totheir comparison-group peers. The students participating in the project also reportedimproved confidence in their ability to learn and use

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Peter Spellane; Mohammad Razani

conducted an undergraduate research project “Proposing a New Study inNon-Invasive Amperometric Glucose Sensing Technology through the NYC-LSAMP SummerFellowship Program” – with a freshman student. Since a non-invasive method of monitoringblood glucose would present major advantages over existing methods which use invasivetechnologies, our group has studied the possibility of using a novel sensing technology, anamperometric glucose sensor, based on the information derived from the relationship betweenglucose molecules and their electrochemical impedance within physiologic glucose levels.Changes in glucose concentrations can be monitored by measuring the impedance within awide range of frequencies in order to optimize the impact of glucose solution

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

F. Pinto; E. Sheybani; Singli Garcia-Otero

Antenna Beta cloth Rotating test fixture Square cut patch This table shows the return loss, gain, axial ratio, and half power beam width results from bothcircular and square cut patches that I measured in the chamber. Each test was run with either a circularpatch or a square patch that had different serials. The one that was the best was the circular patch #1because it met the requirements that were called for in this project. This graph shows the measured radiation pattern of circular patch #1. It

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

meetings.First, due to the nature of our two-semester multidisciplinary senior design class, students from the highschool robotics class as well as the middle school science classes will partner with senior engineering andcomputer science students to experience the excitement of competition design projects. This year, amongother corporate sponsored projects, four senior design competition projects are included in the portfolio.They are the ASME Human Powered Vehicle, ASCE Steel Bridge, PEER Seismic, and WERCEnvironmental Engineering competitions. In each of these projects, direct connections between gradelevel and grade span expectations in the high school and middle school curricula have been identified.High school and middle school students will

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Tessa Withorn, University of Louisville; Judith Danovitch, University of Louisville; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Elisabeth Thomas, University of Louisville; Gabriel Ethan Gatsos, University of Louisville; Alvin Tran, University of Louisville

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

GenAI outputs using existing knowledge. Teaching themto question and test GenAI output will be necessary. In addition, collecting empirical data aboutfirst-year engineering students’ opinions of GenAI is a good first step in developing appropriateAI literacy curricula.Current StudyThe current project assesses incoming first-year engineering students’ general attitudes towards,trust in, and ethical opinions of ChatGPT. It is part of a larger project in which ChatGPTassignments were integrated into a first-semester engineering course. Students were surveyed atthe beginning and end of the semester, but this paper focuses on student responses in the firstsurvey.Our research questions were as follows: RQ1. What are incoming first-year

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 11

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Muhammad Ali Sajjad, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

], we alsohypothesize that knowledge about campus resources about mental health will have a similar butsmaller effect with stigma.MethodsThis study is conducted in the context of a larger longitudinal multi-institutional mixed methodsstudy exploring the relationship of engineering culture and stigma of mental health conditions inhelp-seeking attitudes of engineering students and professionals. Such project and other relatedresults have been described to detail in other publications [7]. For this work-in-progress we usethe data collected through the first wave of an online survey deployed at two institutions in thecontinental United States in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. One institution is in the US Northeastand one in the US Midwest. Both are

Conference Session

Charting Inclusivity: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Technology in Engineering and Computing Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyrine Jamella Pangan, Tufts University; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

class.Background and Literature ReviewUndergraduate engineering students are often assigned classwork, homework, and projects thatrequire them to work in teams or small groups with other students. In engineering designcourses, team projects are particularly ubiquitous, in part because collaboration is consideredcentral to professional engineering design practice and an essential skill for future designengineers to learn (Lingard & Barkataki, 2011). However, a substantial body of literature onundergraduate student teams in engineering design classes shows that effective collaborativepractices are not automatic for students, and there is a wide range in student competencies atestablishing effective communication processes, psychological safety, and