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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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developing in their research ordissertation work to gain clarity and direction. In future work, I would like to further explorethese anecdotes to understand how they may influence integrating into an academic culture as ajunior faculty of color.References[1] C. Hixson, E. L. Ingram, J. M, Williams, H. M. Matusovich, and R. E. McCord, “The RisingEngineering Education Faculty Experience (REEFE): Preparing junior colleagues,” in AmericanSociety of Engineering Education (ASEE): Proceedings of 122nd Conference & Exposition,Seattle, WA, USA, June 14-17, 2015.[2] R. McCord, C. Hixson, E. L. Ingram, and L. D. McNair, “Graduate student and facultymember: An exploration of career and personal decisions,” in American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE

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ASEE TUESDAY PLENARY FEATURING BEST PAPERS & INDUSTRY DAY SPEAKER Sponsored by University of South Florida & University of Maryland

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford University ; Marissa Elena Thompson, Stanford University ; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Member Council

leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #23814Effects of Research and Internship Experiences on Engineering Task Self-Efficacy on Engineering Students Through an Intersectional LensAbisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

industry related topics such that academic development isstrengthen and post-graduation career venues are explored and advocated.V. CONCLUSIONA strong STEM workforce is contingent on developing policies, programs, and initiatives thatwork to provide equitable access and opportunities for all students, especially those fromunderrepresented and underserved communities. This commitment to diversifying the STEMworkforce will require deep commitment at all levels. Regardless of policy or reform efforts todrive significant change in the STEM fields, faculty members have a tremendous influence inshaping the engineering landscape. As such, the active recruitment and mentoring by facultyadvisors is critical in engaging underrepresented students in research

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

Paper ID #26052The Methodological Promise of Narrative Inquiry for Exploring Student Vet-eran and Service Member Experience as ”People in Relation”Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela Minichiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU) and a registered professional mechanical engineer. Her research examines issues of access, diversity, and inclusivity in engineering education. In particular, she is interested in engineering identity, problem-solving, and the intersections of online learning and alternative pathways for adult, nontraditional

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ASEE TUESDAY PLENARY FEATURING BEST PAPERS & INDUSTRY DAY SPEAKER Sponsored by University of South Florida & University of Maryland

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Member Council

products and systems. She is a senior member of IIE, a fellow of ASME, a former Fulbright scholar and NRC Faculty Fellow. Her recent research focus includes sustainable product design and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20989Dr. Kristen A Lee, Menlo College c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Progressive Learning of Ethics in Engineering Students Based on the Model of Domain Learning Esparragoza, Ivan1, Kulturel-Konak, Sadan2, Konak, Abdullah2, Kremer

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder

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ASEE Board of Directors

, achieving this end will require overcoming“resistance from students, scientific educators, school directors and from the professionitself or sometimes from employers” [15, p. 300]. In the United States, 80% of engineeringstudents graduate from programs that do not require an ethics course [7]. Althoughchallenges in engineering ethics education have been well documented, the literature mainlycomes from the observational and anecdotal perspective of few educators. This researchattempts to better synthesize and characterize the challenges that faculty have encounteredand how they have overcome them so that lessons can be extracted from their experienceabout how to effectively teach ESI to engineering and computing students. The followingresearch

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Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University; Emma Annand, Montana State University; Romy M. Beigel, Montana State University; Monika B Kwapisz, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

role of leadership and culture in process improvement. His research is supported by the NSF and industry and has received numerous national and international awards. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and serves as an Associate Editor for both the Engineering Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University Bryce E. Hughes is an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University, and affiliate faculty member with the Montana

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Student Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kalen Kahn, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

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Design in the Middle Years," Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, pp. 181-199, 2014. [2] K. Patsavas and B. Caldwell, "Exploring the Development of Undergraduate Research Experience," in 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014. [3] R. McCord, C. Hixson, E. Ingram and L. McNair, "Graduate Student and Faculty Member: An Exploration of Career and Personal Decisions ID # 9165," in 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014. [4] B. Novoselich, Interviewee, Project Advisor Meetings. [Interview]. June-August 2018. [5] L. Waxman, S. Clemons, J. Banning and D. McKelfresh, "The Library as a Place: Providing Students with Opportunitiies for Socialization, Relaxation

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Graduate Student Writing and Communication

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy M. Clobes, University of Virginia; Lindsay Wheeler, University of Virginia

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #26824SciComm: An Oral Communication Professional Development Program forSTEM Graduate StudentsDr. Amy M. Clobes, University of Virginia Dr. Amy M. Clobes is committed to supporting current and future graduate students as Assistant Director of Graduate Education for the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. In her current role, Dr. Clobes collaborates to support existing programs and develops new initiatives in graduate student recruitment, training, education, and career and professional development. Dr. Clobes holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. in

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sidra Gibeault, California State University, Los Angeles; Joseph D. Iorio, California State University, Los Angeles; Jorge Diego Santillan, California State University, Los Angeles AUV; He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian P.E., California State University, Los Angeles

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design intent from the organizers for the competition tobe accessible to students at every stage of their college career, whereby there are portions of thecompetition that are simple enough to be completed by a team competing for the first time, withsuccessive tasks of increasing difficulty that will challenge even the most experienced students.Implementation of Robotics Competition at CSULAThe Robosub team at CSULA was founded in 2016, providing a multidisciplinary platform forstudents of all majors and backgrounds to participate in the creation of an autonomous submarinerobot for the annual Robosub competition. Students gain various technical and soft skills, as wellas form lasting relationships with other team members and faculty advisors

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ERM Technical Session 15: Perspectives on Engineering Careers and Workplaces

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maya Denton, University of Texas, Austin; Nathan Hyungsok Choe, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin A. Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Whitney Wall Bortz, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

the next generation of faculty: Graduate school as socialization to an academic career. The Journal of Higher Education, 73(1), 94 – 122.Austin, A.E., & McDaniels, M. (2006). Preparing the professoriate of the future: Graduate student socialization for faculty roles. In: Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Volume 22, p 397 – 456.Blume-Kohout, M.E. & Adhikari, D. (2016). Training the scientific workforce: Does funding mechanism matter? Research Policy, 45, 1291 – 1303.Burt, B. (2014). The influence of doctoral research experiences on the pursuit of the engineering professoriate (Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan).Carlone, H.B. & Johnson, A. (2007). Understanding the science

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First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E.; Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

has worked in both the private and public sectors. Prior to her current engineering position, she was on the faculty at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education for over 8 years teaching Foundations of Engineering courses to first year engineering students.Prof. Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has taught multiple first-year engineering courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Changes in Student Perceptions of Engineering Disciplines through Showcasing of Career PathsAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes an instructional

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacey L. Vaziri, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Tech ; Phyllis Leary Newbill, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

theirschool, including AP courses, dual enrollment, and well-informed teachers and counselors. Thisdifference will be explored further in future work, as well as the experiences of students whotransferred to Virginia Tech from community colleges.Next StepsBased on the findings from Phase 1, we used snowball sampling to identify participants forPhase 2. We are currently conducting interviews with individuals that students identified asinfluential in their choice of major. In addition, in each community the high school principal,guidance counselors, teachers, personnel from other local education institutions (e.g., Governor’sschools, career and technical schools, community colleges), the director of education, andrelevant members of town government

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2019 CIEC

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Mohammad Uddin; Keith Johnson

feel connected to the campus community, theyare more often retained and excel academically, creating a winning situation foreveryone. Faculty members with their main focus on research and grant writing, teaching,service and curriculum commitments, may not aware of all the best ways to advise a student.Therefore, it is important that faculty and academic advisors partner to explore effectivestrategies for advising. Academic advisors, working in conjunction with faculty, can develop ameans to track student progress toward graduation. Early review of student records and timelycommunication by faculty advisors is a proactive step towards graduation. Communicating oftenwith students can help simplify the senior check process.Data Collection and

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Faculty Development Technical Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

data mining, and the modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering and graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering, all from Arizona State University.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset

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Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University; Vikram K. Kinra, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

countries,such as Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) system in India. The objectives of the internationalREU program were similar in that undergraduate students from international institutions getimmersed in the university research environment, so they consider the graduate school option.The REU Program for National Students. The program coordinator emailed flyers to facultyat different supporting universities or travelled to various universities within driving distance topersonally recruit students. Utilizing an online application process, the program coordinator andseveral faculty members selected and matched top applicants with faculty members who sharemutual areas of interests in aerospace engineering. This meant that not one single

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Decision-Making

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Laurie A. Pinkert, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Ethics

ethics and related topics.Dr. Laurie A. Pinkert, University of Central Florida Laurie A. Pinkert is an Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida. Her research examines the role of communication practices and writing infrastructures in disciplinary development within fields such as engineering. She teaches a range of graduate and undergraduate courses for students within writing studies and across disciplines. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-in-Progress: Preliminary Results from a Survey of Moral Foundations Across Engineering SubdisciplinesAbstractStudent perception of ethics and ethical decision-making

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Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

research partnerships [1]. In support of this overall goal, the followingobjectives are addressed: 1. To provide underrepresented and financially needy undergraduate students with information on the benefits and opportunities associated with graduate education 2. To provide underrepresented and financially needy undergraduate students with enhanced financial support and career experiences to improve the likelihood of completing both a B.S. and an M.S. in engineering 3. To provide personalized integrated industry and academic mentoring and professional development that results in increased enrollment and completion of graduate engineering degrees involving industry beneficial research 4. To increase

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ERM Technical Session 21: Student Grades and Feedback

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derrick James Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Marissa A. Tsugawa, University of Nevada, Reno; Heather Perkins, North Carolina State University; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, SAS Institute; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

motivation, and upon reachingmajor obstacles decide to depart. For those advisors who do not recognize this lack of anidentity, this situation likely appears that the students do not have what it takes to succeed. Thissupports findings in doctoral education, where the culmination of negative experiences (studentsdeparting) was not due to a lack of skill or ability, but rather was from personal issues;conversely in the same study, faculty attributed over 50% of student attrition in doctoralprograms to the student lacking skill or ability [29].ImplicationsAs research is an important aspect of completing a graduate degree [30], our results indicate theneed for the intentional development of EGSs as researchers. One practice includes beginningresearcher

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Transfer and Transitions

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland, College Park; Danielle Melvin Koonce, University of Maryland; Christin Jacquelyne Salley, University of Maryland, College Park; Sharon Fries-Britt, University of Maryland, College Park; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland, College Park

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Two-Year College

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019On Transfer Student Success: Exploring the Academic Trajectories of Black Transfer Engineering Students from Community CollegesAbstract According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), half of Blacks who received abachelor’s degrees in an engineering or science discipline attended a community college at somepoint during their academic career. However, while research highlights the importance ofsupporting underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities (URMs) in STEM disciplines, there is adearth of literature focusing on URMs in community colleges who pursue engineering and otherscience/math-based majors. Further, Black undergraduates in community colleges are oftenhomogenized by

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Giselle Guanes Melgarejo, Ohio State University; Genevieve Thanh; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

; engineering design decisions are consequential for the design and how it performsupon implementation. To use a spoon, the person may need to like the color; and the material ofthe blade must be strong enough for an endurance task. Because design decisions areconsequential, undergraduate engineering programs have a responsibility to prepare students asdecision makers.Capstone design courses allow undergraduate engineering students to experience open-endeddesign projects before starting their professional careers. As such, capstone serves as anopportunity to develop students’ ability to make decisions in an ill-structured setting. Typically,explicit instruction related to decision making includes an introduction to rationalistic tools, suchas decision

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Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University; Kaz Karwowski, Rice University; David Allen Van Kleeck, Rice University ; Thomas Edward Phalen Jr., Rice University; Gayle Moran; Cesare Wright, Rice University; James Philip Hennessy, Rice University

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Engineering Leadership Development

, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to RCELflourishing. The survey also helped RCEL leadership assess whether or not RCEL’s impact waspervasive and inclusive of the diverse career plans of the students. The key lessons gleaned fromthe survey were three-prong: (i) RCEL needed to expand its training curriculum to match thediverse career interests of its students following graduation; (ii) RCEL needed to not solely focuson enabling its students to achieve management roles in the first 5 years, but it needed to cultivatea long-term organization-leading leadership mentality as well; (iii) RCEL needed to ensure thatthe school’s engineering faculty viewed RCEL’s students as attractive candidates to participate inthe various academic endeavors they valued (e.g

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Giancarlo D'Orazio, University of the District of Columbia; Jijuan Xu, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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students from Electrical,Mechanical, Civil and Computer Science departments at UDC were recruited to work on aninterdisciplinary project: design and develop an autonomous rover for Mars exploration.This group of students were supervised by two faculty members from Electrical andMechanical Engineering. The team explored solving problems of Martian planetaryexploration from the perspectives of mechanical, civil, and electrical engineering.In this project, a multidisciplinary group of students were offered a unique opportunity towork closely on a tightly integrated system: an autonomous rover was designed, poweredby solar energy, and a custom lithium-ion battery array was used to power a primaryelectric motor, microcontrollers, a steering motor, a

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Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Latricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Javon Marcell Adams, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Marcell Adams, North Carolina State University Dr. Javon M. Adams is the Coordinator of Transfer Programs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU) focused on researching diversity Issues in Engineering. Dr. Adams graduated with his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from NCSU in December 2014 after completing his dis- sertation which focused on Transportation Engineering Materials. During his time as an undergraduate and as a graduate student at NCSU, Dr. Adams actively participating in a wide range of efforts aimed at increasing the recruitment, retention, and advancement of minority student groups studying engineering on campus. These personal experiences fueled his desire to pursue research

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Outreach and Beyond in the Chemical Engineering Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Hempel, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona; Kasi M. Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

of the46 following four areas: academic and career advising, high school preparation, engineering structure and47 curriculum, and faculty relations[9]. This paper focuses on faculty relations because, historically, 148 universities have relegated retention issues to staff and advisors. The importance of faculty influence on49 student retention is an under-researched and under-explored area. Specifically, faculty relations can be50 shaped through specific teaching practices instructors can use to increase student retention. Research51 supports the claim that student-professor relationships are vital in promoting the success of engineering52 students [10], [11]. One

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STEM Issues

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #25241Exploring Parents’ Knowledge and Awareness of Engineering through Mid-dle School Students’ Summer CampsEmel Cevik, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the

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Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 2

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Teirra K. Holloman, Virginia Tech; Dustin M. Grote, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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Collegiate, Diversity

sports with his wife, son, and dog.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech David B. Knight is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of International Engagement in Engineering Education, directs the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, and is affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive, tends to be data-driven by leveraging large-scale institutional, state, or national data sets, and considers the inter- section between policy and

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Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachal E. Thomassie, Texas A&M University; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

their career goals and how this degree was necessary to achieve them.Applicants would apply through an engineering department. Currently applicants apply directly tothe Doctor of Engineering in Engineering degree program. A minimum of one year of experienceis required, and an informal interview is conducted between the program director and the applicant.Additional elements to the application package include: a personal essay describing the applicant’scareer goals and interest in the Doctor of Engineering program, three letters of recommendation,resume, and transcripts. Two of the letters of recommendation must be from faculty at theinstitution who agree to serve on the student’s committee. It is important that students makeconnections and have

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Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Graduate Studies

cybersecuritygraduate programs, instead of just having general skills [2]. Bocak, Liu and Murphy [2] proposethat cybersecurity graduate programs should incorporate specializations to provide these keyskills to students. Kumar [3] presents one such example: a graduate program in informationsecurity and analytics developed at Coastal Carolina University. Ardis and Mead [4], similarly,discuss the creation of a software assurance-focused graduate program.A wide variety of techniques have been proposed for cybersecurity education. Competitions [5],[6] are an area that has received significant attention. These include competitions where studentsconfigure and defend or defend pre-configured networks [7] as well as in-person [8] and online[9] ‘capture the flag’ style

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First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #25765Preparing First-Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communica-tion Skills MatterDr. Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University Dr. Keyvani is an assistant teaching professor in the First year engineering program.Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University and a mem- ber of the first-year engineering team. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice- oriented mission of Northeastern