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Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

experiences of graduate students in a blended interviewing experienceAbstractSocialization in graduate school is critical to personal and professional success, and encompassesboth the development as a researcher and as a member of the field. This paper discusses theexperiences of 28 graduate students through their participation in an engineering educationresearch project. The blended experience included online training workshops, qualitativeresearch tasks, and culminated in a final meeting at the 2014 ASEE annual conference inIndianapolis. The graduate student participants reflected on their participation in an onlinesurvey, which was coded for individual descriptions of their experiences.The results are presented as four

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Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dia Sekayi, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), and student preparation for post-graduation careers.Dr. Dia Sekayi, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Dia Sekayi earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, an Ed.M. in the social foundations of education, and a Ph.D. in the sociology of education with foci on qualitative research and urban edu- cation from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to her nearly 20 year career as a full-time faculty member, she taught mathematics and science in a small private elementary school. Dia has pub- lished refereed journal articles, books, and books chapters on various topics in the sociology of education. Dia’s current scholarly

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

time spenton research and publishing is more valuable to graduate students and faculty members isreinforced on an institutional level by leading to higher pay, promotions, and tenure whencompared to time spent on teaching or service [11].Graduate Student Teaching The majority of current literature on graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in engineeringfocuses on the logistics and structures of the courses taught [12-14] instead of the development ofthe students as teachers; one notable exception is Kajfez’s [15] dissertation work lookingspecifically at professional identity development of GTAs. Research on teaching also lagsbehind research on student learning; research on the actual teaching of engineering, as opposedto learning

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Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel E. McCord, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity

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Student

Publications. 6.   McCord, R., Hixson, C., Ingram, E. L., & McNair, L. D. (2014). Graduate student and faculty member: An exploration of career and personal decisions. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. Page 26.1569.10

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaclyn K. Murray, University of Georgia; Barbara Ann Crawford

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Student

1 illustrates the investigation embeddedwithin the conceptual framework. Developing a community of practice can be an effectivemeans for helping new teachers learn to teach. “Communities of practice are groups of peoplewho share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen theirknowledge and expertise in the area by interacting on an ongoing basis” (p. 5).2 The biomedicalengineering fellows were interested in learning about and educating students with reform-basedinstructional practices. It is anticipated that fellows work together with faculty and mentorteachers as a community to develop a shared knowledge about the practice of teaching science inpreparation for future careers as tenured faculty members at the

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

enroll some participants with involvement in women inengineering initiatives). Public, departmental websites were used to randomly generate names. Page 26.626.2Yet, within the parameters of random sampling, purposeful steps were taken to recruit a fullrange of engineering disciplines, career levels, and an approximately even number of men andwomen.The interviews covered a wide range of topics that have been identified in prior scholarship ascontributing to either the gendering of engineering and/or women’s underrepresentation inengineering. The overarching aim of the interviews was to better understand what and howengineering faculty members

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas John Wallin, Cornell University; Marc James Murphy; Amanda Michelle Lorts Harding, Norfolk State University; Rabia Hussain, Norfolk State University; Sonny James Penterman, Cornell University; Vanessa Nicole Peters, Norfolk State University; Thejaswi U. Tumkur, Rice University; Quincy Leon Williams, Norfolk State University; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

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Student

learning, and preparation of engineering graduate students for future careers. Her dissertation research focuses on studying the writing and argumentation patterns of engineering graduate students.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and is the Inaugural Director of the Engineering Leadership Minor. She obtained a B.S. in mathemat- ics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering

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Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Philip M. Reeves, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #11165A cross-sectional study of engineering students’ creative self-concepts: An ex-ploration of creative self-efficacy, personal identity, and expectationsDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Camargo, Virginia Tech; Ashley Wood, Virginia Tech; Margaret E. Layne, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Female MaleMethodologyThis paper reports on part of a larger study conducted through the institution’s provost office toassess the impact that work-life policies have on faculty careers. An assistant provost served asprincipal investigator with graduate students as co-investigators. The principal investigator hadaccess to university records that identified faculty members who had used the tenure clockextension and modified duties policies between 2006 and 2013. The study was designed as amixed methods study, drawing from survey data and faculty interviews. However, the surveydata presented limited results so this paper focuses on analysis of the qualitative data.SurveyA total of 168 faculty members who had been identified through

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Graves Wolfinbarger, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

by n–1, where n = the number of people inthe group.4Team members listed as influential and receiving an indegree centrality score in the top half oftheir team were invited to participate in the Phase 2 interviews. First-year members listed asinfluential were also invited, regardless of indegree score. Additional potential interviewees werenominated by the team captains and/or were mentioned by team members during interviews.ParticipantsAt the time of the interviews, the Jets roster listed about 25 members and the Sharks roster listedabout 45 members. In total, fourteen students, all engineering majors, participated in individualrecorded semi-structured interviews exploring the team experience and their own leadershipdevelopment journeys. Six

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Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington

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Mechanical Engineering

any math classes.Regardless of the advice from faculty or academic advisors, freshmen sometimes have themisconception that math is optional or it can be delayed with little consequences. The results of thesurvey presented in this paper support the idea that senior-level students now realize the importanceof taking math during the freshman year, and some indicated that it is one of the major reasons theywere not graduating in 4 years. As freshmen, they may not have understood this. But as seniors,they understand why their progress was delayed.The fourth question on the survey explored how many years it took the respondents to complete anundergraduate degree in engineering. Figure 5 presents the summary of the results. Among theUTSA students

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Ari Turrentine, VentureWell; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 26.990.3global leader of innovation.Colleges of Engineering across the country and the globe are experiencing this reality. Feweryoung people enroll in engineering programs than in the past, and many who do either drop outof such programs at a high rate or become dissatisfied with their career options and seekemployment in other professions after graduating.8 The 2002 report, Engage to Excel, indicatesthat increasing retention is the most efficient way to boost STEM graduates, and identifies keychanges engineering faculty members can make to their curriculum and teaching to fosterretention. Key is the need for intellectual and personal engagement, something often stifled byuninspiring courses and unwelcoming faculty.7 Retention also

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Technical Session: Student Experience & Perspectives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Jannette McFalls, Mississippi State University; Carla Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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Student

 during the summer. All the students in both programs came into contact with faculty members and were encouraged to take business cards so that they would have a contact person if they chose to enroll in an engineering discipline at the hosting university. By accumulating these contact people, the students were able to form their own network within the university.   The facilitators also discussed the importance of recruiting the students into engineering by informing them of the opportunities in the various engineering fields. By conducting tours of different research facilities, the students were introduced to multidisciplinary engineering as well as real life applications of the lessons they had been learning during the week. One

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Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

personal journeys as engineers. That [The older SHPE student’s] motivation translated into their school as well, into them being engineering students, and to their professional development, and you could tell every single one of these people here, these guys are going to accomplish their education, accomplish their career. –Manolo I quickly started to see the benefits of SHPE...most importantly hearing what other Latino engineers were like, and how they got there, hearing their story. –AnthonyNurturing an engineering familia Within SHPE students found more than friendship and collegiality, they found a familia(family) of engineers. The students discussed the strong ties that connected them to their peers

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Pennsylvania; Julie Schafer McGurk, University of Pennsylvania; Emily R. Elliott, University of Pennsylvania; Ursula J. Williams, University of Pennsylvania; Leann Dourte Segan, University of Pennsylvania

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Student

examples of how this was implemented in the Introduction toBiomechanics course, and the importance of the topic learned through experience inrestructuring the Biomechanics course. Examples from the Biomechanics course are provided asa model of how this system can be used to restructure a course and are not meant to reflect theonly way in which these concepts can be applied. The recommendations posed to TAs in thispaper are based on experience, and specific course restructuring decisions were guided byeducational literature. The lessons learned through experiences described in this paper maybenefit current graduate students who are helping an instructor redesign a course to include moreactive learning techniques, graduate students who are

Conference Session

Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Ana Alanis, University of Texas, Pan American ; Jose Luis Chavez Jr., The University of Texas, Pan-American; Joel Guadalupe Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan American; Ricardo Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan-American; Haidy Enid Soto, University of Texas, Pan American

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Diversity

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Student

curriculum developmentand instructional support. As part of this group, nine undergraduate students were hired to helpin the development of five CBI courses. The students were directly supervised by a graduatestudent under the direction of an engineering faculty member. The courses included ComputerAided Design, Water Science, Systems Thinking, Nanotechnology, and Computer Science.The students had access to previously developed curriculum and TexPREP instructors who hadtaught similar content in prior years. Their objective was to develop and support an effectiveCBI challenge for each course that was engaging for students and addressed the majority ofcourse content. Developed materials supporting the CBI challenge included detailed courseoutlines and

Conference Session

Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

to be, his passion has always been more on the teachingside. One of Jon’s job prospects that was very interesting to him was in Philadelphia. Thoughthis job was not directly related to his field of study, it was an opportunity to use his skill set in adifferent area. When he contacted a graduate student colleague of both Jon and Chris about lifein Philadelphia, that connection proved to be invaluable. He noted his department had a jobposting for a teaching faculty member. This was Chris’s dream job. In the end, Chris left histenure track position for a non-tenure track teaching faculty position and Jon left his researchcareer for a career in software, which has been an underlying passion of his. Patience andflexibility ultimately led to

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #11724The Impact of Personal Interactions on the Experience of African-AmericanMales on Multiracial Student TeamsMs. Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech Ms. Cross earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007. She earned her Master’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincin- nati in 2011. Ms. Cross is currently completing her studies in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech and involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion

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Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Jensen, University of Arkansas; Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas

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Mechanical Engineering

objective assessment and thesubjective perception are both needed to address the concern of graduate unpreparedness.Data Sources The data supporting this research was gathered over the course of a 16 week semester in amechanical engineering design course. There were 82 junior and senior undergraduate studentsenrolled in this course. These students formed 21 self-selected groups consisting mostly of fourmembers each with a few three-member groups. Student groups worked with faculty members andone graduate student who all have responsibilities of teaching courses in the mechanicalengineering curriculum.Methodology In the following sections we detail the novel approach to teaching engineering design

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Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A. Harper, The Ohio State University; Hannah Christine Zierden, The Ohio State University; Kevin Robert Wegman; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

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Student

engineering. Her research interests address a broad spectrum of educational topics, but her specialty is in how people learn problem solving skills.Hannah Christine Zierden, The Ohio State UniversityMr. Kevin Robert Wegman Kevin is a first year graduate student studying Nuclear Engineering. He graduated last fall with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Kevin has taught with the EEIC for the past three years, twice as a UTA and once as a GTA.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Engineering Education Innovation Center and the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering at The Ohio State Univer- sity. She earned her B.S. and M.S

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Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Noel Kathleen Hennessey, Program Coordinator; Sanlyn Buxner, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, The University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as an assistant professor in 1991, the same year he received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University. He also holds an M.A. (Princeton, 1981) and a B.S. (Rice, 1980) in chemical engineering. Jim has received the Arizona Mortar Board Senior Honor Society award for outstanding faculty service and the College of Engineering Award for Excellence at the Student Interface. In 1997, he was awarded an International Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation for study at the University of Melbourne. Jim is head of the ENGR 102 HS team that was recognized in 2014 by ASEE for best practices in K-12 University partnerships. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Lambda Upsilon

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Turrentine, VentureWell

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

pertaining to impediments to academiccommercialization and career advancement for women faculty in engineering and science. Thepurpose is to not only raise awareness of the likely origins of these issues, but to recommendways that staff, faculty, departments, and universities can create a more equitable careertrajectory for women faculty in engineering and science. Immediate and long term shifts inindividual and institutional bias, policy, leadership, and training have the potential to make asignificant difference in engineering innovation for social and environmental change.Introduction“Innovation is not gender-blind, but rather inherently gender-biased, because of an implicit,socially constructed assumption that women are less innovative than men

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University; Amy Barton, Mississippi State University; Rani Warsi Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University; Jane Nicholson Moorhead, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

were framed in the context of the engineering disciplineof the faculty member leading the module. The panel sessions were designed to provide studentswith an overview of engineering disciplines not represented by course instructors. Thus, ABE,CEE, CSE, ISE, and ME hosted panel sessions with two 45-minute panels held on each panel Page 26.867.10day. Suggested panel composition included a student, a faculty member, the undergraduate  coordinator, and the department head, with final panel composition left to department heads’discretion. Each panel was asked to briefly introduce different concentrations available in theirmajor, typical career paths

Conference Session

Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

status as a graduate student and expert in his area. For his part, Daren alsoarticulated this sentiment: “It’s not really an engineering kind of thing; it’s more just a[program] . . . you know, if you’re in [the program], you need to learn how to do this.” Thesefindings all suggest that program competence is distinct from technical competence and isassessed differently by team members. Clearly, the members of this team see program andtechnical competence as different kinds of resources within design work.Ethical Network The ethical network differed the most from the previous two in several ways. As anetwork-level measurement, the low density for this network indicates that individuals were notcommunicating with one another as frequently

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Héctor Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University; Stephen R Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

engineering major Item Occurrence Average rank Self-led exploration of engineering disciplines 496 2.26 Advice from family or friends not at Purdue 349 2.89 Advice from other Purdue students 344 2.95 An "Engineering Your Major" session 274 2.63 An extracurricular activity or experience 256 2.83 Guest Presentations in ENGR131 166 3.15 Advice from a faculty member 162 3.48 Advice from an FYE Advisor

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning; Jill Lynn Weber, The Center for Research and Learning; Lise Johnson, The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering lab, under the guidanceof an assigned mentor (usually a graduate student) and supervision of a faculty member. In thelab setting, students work on an authentic research project. Participants also attend a weeklyscientific communications class, weekly seminars, and social events. At the culmination of theexperience, students present a research talk to the research community and participate in a postersession at the university-wide Undergraduate Research Symposium. Students receive a $5,000stipend for participation in the program. Each lab that hosts a summer student receives $500 forsupplies and each student’s primary mentor receives $500 to support their travel to a conference.The YSP is funded by the National Science Foundation

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Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to be a role model 38 . In the long-run, we take much greater pride in the examplewe have set for students rather than the knowledge our students have gained from us. It is whatthey remember after they graduate. Yet in most teaching situations we are an idealized role model- measured by how “smart” someone can become after years of study. We keep our cool and makerational decisions because we already know where the class is going. The Faculty Ulysses Contractcan establish a faculty member as a much more realistic role model. We can display for them goodhabits of mind and action when they matter the most - when conditions are uncertain 30,31 .Courses that use a Ulysses Contract reward students who adopt a learning mindset. In the ab

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhumitha Ramachandran, University of Oklahoma; Diana Bairaktarova, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Anna Woodcock, California State University San Marcos; Othman Mohammed Bawareth, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

earlierresearch [2], concluding, “Practicing engineers ‘in the field’ apparently feel more strongly aboutthe desirability of such integration than do most engineering faculty or engineering school deans.”They strongly argue to strengthen the nationwide effort to improve engineering ethics education[3]. The Educating the Engineer of 2020 report also provides similar arguments to improve ethicseducation in engineering [4]. Research also shows that work experience is positively related toethical decision-making [5, 6] and whereby more experienced students had better ethical decisionmaking skills [6, 7]. Graduate students and professionals are trained by their universities andorganizations to reinforce their ethical reasoning. Also a code of ethics within an

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, and family members may also influence a  student’s  major  selection.  Researchers haveidentified factors, such as career prospects, personal interests, parental influence, effects ofclimate and culture, to be important. Although a few models of major choice exist, relativelylittle attention has been given to examining engineering disciplinary choice (e.g. Mechanical,Environmental, Civil, Chemical, or Industrial). Our research aims to fill this gap from a uniqueperspective—since music genre preference can represent diversity in the broad dimension ofexperiences, we explore whether there is an association between music genre preference andengineering discipline choice.Music penetrates all aspects of modern society, including academic settings

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

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Diversity, International Forum

Mexican graduate students in United States’universities are twofold: first, the language barrier with students not meeting TOEFL and GRErequirements and second, the lack of contact with faculty members at host universities. The pilotprogram consisted of 50 students selected by CANIETI and the two states, Yucatan and Page 19.19.2Zacatecas. Those students were enrolled in intensive English classes in the morning, a GREworkshop twice a week in the afternoon, and engaged in research under the supervision of afaculty member in the afternoon. This pilot program went beyond traditional marketing effortsby allowing faculty members and students the