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ASEE Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting

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ASEE Board of Directors Executive Committee Meeting

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ASEE Long-Range Planning Committee Meeting

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Ticketed event: Polo Shirt - $25.00
Green, Purple and White Polo shirts sizes range from XL - 4XL

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Ticketed event: Notebooks - $10.00
Grey ASEE Notebooks

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Ticketed event: $15.00
Plush toy

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Ticketed event: ASEE Umbrella - $10.00
ASEE Umbrella

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Ticketed event: $10.00
ASEE Visor Hat

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Ticketed event: $20.00
Engineering Book

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ASEE Board of Directors Meeting

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Advance Registration Required:

We are delighted to announce that KiddieCorp will be hosting the children's program during the 131st Annual Conference and Exposition. With thirty-eight years of experience, KiddieCorp has been a trusted provider of high-quality children's programs and youth services for conventions, trade shows, and special events.

KiddieCorp's longstanding partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics has played a key role in establishing us as a premier provider of children's program services. Our commitment t ... (continued)

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Mothers Room

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Regional Hub Members

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The ASEE Career and Graduate Fair continues at the 2024 Annual Conference. This event will bring universities, companies, and organizations to recruit students, faculty, and others and allow participants opportunities to enhance their careers or further their education.

Click here to see who is recruiting and their area of interest:
https://aseecmsprod.azureedge.net/aseecmsprod/asee/media/content/annual%20conference/2024/06072024_campus-career-fair-meter-board.pdf

The fair will offer three different options for attendees:

1) Education opportunities at academic institutions for students from ... (continued)

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Ticketed event: $70.00
This session for academic leaders responsible for undergraduate education provides an opportunity to discuss timely concerns related to delivering quality undergraduate engineering programs. It also provides a platform for networking across the spectrum of engineering colleges. At this year's gathering, we will start with lunch and conversation followed by discussion of ABET and DEI, student mental health, and improving the faculty pipeline.

For those interested in: Broadening Participation in Engineering and Engineering Technology

Moderated by

1. Dr. Cynthia B. Paschal, Dr. John-David "JD" S Yoder, and Dr. Lynne A Molter

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DEI Leaders Meeting – by invitation only

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Ticketed event: Flower Bots - $70.00
Robotics is an ideal tool for illustrating connections between multiple disciplines such as computer science, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. It is also a great way to get young people interested in, involved in, and excited about the possibilities of STEM. However, there are some challenges that may limit the ability of some diverse or resource limited communities from being able to access the benefits of robotics education. These barriers include the high cost of educational robotics platforms and lack of a knowledge base for novice educators to access. In this workshop, par ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Carlotta A Berry

   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

   Dr. Carlota A. Berry is a professor, author, researcher, mentor, role model, prolific speaker, and a STEM trailblazer. In her efforts to increase the number of women and historically marginalized and minoritized students earning degrees in computer science, computer, electrical, and software engineering at her university, she co-founded the Rose Building Undergraduate Diversity professional development, networking, and scholarship program in 2008. Since its inception, there have been approximately 40 graduates and the number of women at the university has increased to 25%.

   In 2020, to achieve ... (continued)

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Ticketed event: SUNDAY WORKSHOP: The use of Generative AI - $10.00
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) based applications is increasing across all engineering disciplines. Higher education needs to keep pace with this development to leverage these developments to conduct better research and training and, critically, to ensure that students are prepared to use these tools in their work and for lifelong learning.

In particular, in recent years, the use of generative AI (GAI) driven tools and applications such as ChatGPT, Dall-E, Midjourney, CoPilot, and Autodesk, has become popular. GAI is a subfield of AI in which deep learning and large language models are ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Aditya Johri

   George Mason University

   Aditya Johri is Professor of Information Sciences & Technology and Director of Technocritical Research in AI, Learning & Soceity Lab (trailsLAB) at George Mason University, USA. He studies how technology shapes learning across formal and informal settings and the ethical implications of using technology in education. He publishes broadly in the fields of engineering and computing education, educational technology, and computer-supported collaborative work and learning. His research has been recognized with several best paper awards and his co-edited volume, the Cambridge Handbook of Engin ... (continued)

2. Dr. Andrew Katz

   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in engineering education from Purdue University, has a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Texas A&M University and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Tulane University. His research focuses on engineering ethics, decision-making, and system development. To do this, he examines topics such as faculty mental models of engineering ethics and education, processes of change in ethics education, and students’ views of ethics and social responsibility. ... (continued)

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Free ticketed event
This workshop is a collaboration between three institutions: The Georgia Institute of Technology, The Imperial College London, and The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aligned with the stated DEED priority topic, “Teams and Teamwork in Design Education”, these three institutions have an emerging collaboration to further develop student teamwork skills grounded in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as a foundational aspect of effective teamwork.

Each institution has distinct yet complementary approaches and the proposed workshop will engage participants in mini versions of activities from eac ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Chris Dakes

Speakers

1. Dr. James Iain Campbell

   Imperial College London

   Dr. Campbell (he/him) is a teaching fellow currently teaching in and leading several practical lab-based engineering modules across the first 3 years of an integrated Master's Chemical Engineering program. In this role, Dr. Campbell sees firsthand the negative effect ineffective teamwork can have on learning. Alongside his colleague Deesha Chadha, James has run a workshop on teamwork with first year students since 2018.

2. Dr. Deesha Chadha

   Dr. Chadha (she/her) is a senior strategic teaching fellow who has been at Imperial College since 2018. She led the undergraduate curriculum review for the department and has a keen interest in professional skills development. Dr. Chadha conducted her doctoral work on modelling the development of professional skills in engineering. She is also a member of the College’s special interest group on the topic.

3. Chris Dakes

   University of Wisconsin - Madison

   Dr. Dakes (he/him) has dedicated his 25+ year career to leading change efforts in higher education that contribute to individual learning and advance organizational capacity. His work is grounded in the foundational principle that positive results emerge when we enrich the workplace environment, improve effectiveness of diverse teams, and focus on health, quality, and balance of life. The impact of his work can be seen locally, nationally, and internationally through the ongoing work of individuals with whom he has collaborated, programmatic successes and organizational structures that persist, and publications that continue to be referenced by others.

4. Angela Kita

   University of Wisconsin - Madison

   Dr. Kita (she/her) is committed to improving learning experiences for all students through classroom innovation, program development, and fostering community. Her passion for all things teaching and learning began through teaching experiences as a graduate student, particularly working with non-biology majors exploring the various systems and structures found in animal phylogeny. She has worked collaboratively with faculty and staff on curriculum development, improved instructor support, and cross-campus projects. As a member of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, she is excited t ... (continued)

5. Dr. Mary Lynn Realff

   Dr. Realff (she/her) is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Cox Faculty
   Fellow, Co-Director of the Center for Women, Science, and Technology, and a Fellow of the Center for Deliberate Innovation. She is a transformational leader with a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is the founding director of the Effective Team Dynamics Initiative (ETD) which delivers on the vision that Georgia Tech will be a community where everyone's unique contributions are recognized. ETD cultiv ... (continued)

6. Dr. Christa M Wille

   Dr. Wille (she/her) is passionate about using research to advance teaching and learning in higher education, especially in engineering. Through her lived experiences as a learner across multiple disciplines, her leadership in instructional design of a flipped classroom in her biomechanics courses, and her extensive background in research, she is well suited to support scholarship of teaching and learning projects. As a member of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she is eager to help use research to advocate for and support educational pract ... (continued)

7. Chris Dakes

   University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Free ticketed event
This workshop engages with the question: How can we help students more intentionally engage in a design process, so as to help them become reflective practitioners of design? On a theoretical level, this work connects to the diversity of design processes and research on metacognition. This workshop also builds on prior research on helping students to become more meta-cognitively aware of their current state in a design process. In this interactive 2.5-hour workshop, participants will learn how to build self-awareness for their students and themselves through self-tracked design timelines (that we ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Cynthia J. Atman

Speakers

1. Dr. Cynthia J. Atman

   University of Washington

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2. Prof. Reid Bailey

   University of Virginia

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3. Prof. Susannah Howe

   Smith College

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4. Dr. Daria A Kotys-Schwartz

   University of Colorado Boulder

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5. Dr. Micah Lande

   South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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6. Miss Yuliana Flores

   University of Washington

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7. Prof. Eli Patten

   University of Washington

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8. Krina Patel

   University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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9. Dr. Jennifer A Turns

   University of Washington

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10. Dr. Cynthia J. Atman

    University of Washington

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The growing population of Latin* engineering students have diverse identities and backgrounds, and they pursue engineering at a range of institutional types across and beyond the United States. Latin* engineering students have increased as a proportion of today’s baccalaureate graduates to as high as 10.4% by 2016, up from 5.9% 20 years earlier (NCSES, 2021). However, Latin* engineering students continue to be underrepresented and face exclusionary engineering contexts. Latin* engineering students navigate a hidden curriculum of knowledges and ways of being not explicitly taught in their course w ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Dr. Sarah Rodriguez

Speakers

1. Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner

   Florida A&M University - Florida State University

   Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D. (she/her/ella) is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Sociology at Florida State University (FSU) and Senior Research Associate with FSU’s Center for Postsecondary Success. Her research focuses on the mechanisms shaping social disparities in postsecondary access and persistence. This work investigates racial–ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic disparities in postsecondary pathways to educational attainment and scientific careers, especially in computing and engineering fields. Dr. Perez-Felkner co-edited and authored a New Directions in Institutional Research vo ... (continued)

2. Ciera Fluker

   Ciera Fluker, Ph.D. (she/her/ella) graduated from the Higher Education Program at Florida State University in 2023. She served as a research graduate assistant at Florida State University where her research explored policy and institutional strategies for improving underrepresented racial minority students’ pathways through higher education and engineering. Through her mixed methods research she centers Black and Latin* students’ voices while underscoring their resiliency and success. In addition to education research, Ciera is a skilled training consultant with 10 years of experience leading the ... (continued)

3. Dr. Sarah Rodriguez

   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   Sarah L. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. In her research, she concentrates on identifying and asking urgent questions about systemic inequities such as racism, sexism, and classism that marginalized communities experience as they transition to and through their engineering and computing higher education experiences.

4. Maria L Espino M.A

   University of California, Los Angeles

   Maria L. Espino, Ph.D. (she/her/ella) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at San Diego State University and a Research Analyst at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dra. Espino is a first-generation Queer Latina who is a proud daughter of immigrants. She earned her Ph.D. in the Higher Education Administration Program from Iowa State University. She obtained her master’s degree in Educational Policy and Leadership at Marquette University and her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a double major in Community and Nonprofit Leadership and Gender and Women studies. She is ... (continued)

5. Adriana Facundo

   Boise State University

   Adriana Facundo (she/her) is the inaugural Director of the Micron Student Success Center in the College of Engineering at Boise State University and a doctoral student in the Higher Education Leadership program at Colorado State University. She is originally from Michigan and attended Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI and received a Master of Arts in Higher Education Student Affairs at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She is Mexican-American and was a first-generation college student who grew up in a low-income household; her entire educational experience from kindergarten th ... (continued)

6. Rene Alberto Hernandez

   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   René Hernandez is a Salvadoran first-generation graduate student in Virginia Tech’s School of Education. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in Higher Education with a cognate in Engineering Education. He has more than 10 years of K-12 and higher education experience which he leverages towards his pursuits of helping others find success in education. He has an evolving research agenda focused on pathways, policy, and how it shapes undergraduate engineering education, with specific attention to first-generation college students, low-income, and immigrant populations. He is currently working on two NSF grants that focus on STEM and Engineering students.

7. Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz

   Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

   Kevin Jay Kaufman Ortiz (he/him/él) is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. In May 2021, he received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM). During his undergraduate years, he obtained a teaching certification in math education at UPRM and became certified by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico. His current interests lie in belonging, acculturation, and migration of engineers from the U.S. territories to the mainland. H ... (continued)

8. Dr. Tonisha B Lane

   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   Tonisha B. Lane, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. She received her Ph.D. in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education from Michigan State University. She studies the experiences and outcomes of underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Her research also focuses on the recruitment, retention, and well-being of Black students and professionals in higher education. Using a variety of methodological designs, and with the support from Spencer Foundation and the National Science Foundation, she has exp ... (continued)

9. Mr. Brian Le

   University of California, Los Angeles

   Brian Le (he/him/his) is currently a Ph.D. student in the Higher Education and Organizational Change (HEOC) program at UCLA. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology & health from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in student affairs in higher education from Marquette University. Prior to attending UCLA, Brian worked at Iowa State University for 4 years as a student’s program coordinator for the Science Bound program, a pre-college through college program focused on working with scholars from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue a degree in STEM. He has been a research affili ... (continued)

10. Mr. Leonardo Pollettini Marcos

    Leonardo Pollettini Marcos is currently a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education program at Purdue University. He received a bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering and a master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. Leonardo also served as one of the national directors for the student branch of the Brazilian Society of Engineering Education from 2019 to 2020. His research interests lie in global perspectives on the accreditation of engineering programs, curriculum development, and assessment.

11. Dr. Janice Mejía

    Northwestern University

    Janice Mejía, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. Her research interests focus on mixed methods in engineering education, curriculum assessment and development, and engineering identity. Dr. Mejía earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, an M.A. in Organizational Leadership, and M.A. in Higher Education Administration, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Science Education. Prior to joining Northwestern, she worked in for-profit and non-profit sectors to optimize technologies, processes, and policies in organizations.

12. Dr. Renata A Revelo

    The University of Illinois at Chicago

    Renata A. Revelo, Ph.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She was a first-generation college student, migrated from Ecuador to the United States as a teenager with her parents and sister. She is the first in her family to obtain a Ph.D. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic change.

13. Dr. Sarah Rodriguez

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Sarah L. Rodriguez, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. Her engineering education research agenda centers upon engineering and computing identity development of historically marginalized populations at higher education institutions. In her research, she concentrates on identifying and asking urgent questions about systemic inequities such as racism, sexism, and classism that marginalized communities experience as they transition to and through their engineering and computing hig ... (continued)

14. Mr. Hector Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds

    Purdue Engineering Education

    Héctor E. Rodríguez-Simmonds, Ph.D. was raised in South Florida and born in Mexico. Half Colombian and half Mexican; proud Mexilombian. Currently, he is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering at Boston College. Before receiving his Ph.D. in Engineering Education, he earned his master's degree in electrical and computer engineering. Héctor's research primarily investigates how students negotiate their visible and less visible identities as they form their professional engineering identity, specifically at the intersection of their racial/ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, and engin ... (continued)

15. Lisette Esmeralda Torres-Gerald

    Lisette E. Torres (she/her/ella) is a trained scientist and disabled scholar-activist who is a Senior Researcher at TERC, a non-profit made up of teams of math and science education and research experts. She is also the Director of Operations and Communication for the new national NSF AISL equity resource center called the Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center. Torres has a Ph.D. in Education with a Certificate in Social Justice from the School of Education at Iowa State University and a M.S. in Zoology with a Certificate in Ecology from Miami University. Her ac ... (continued)

16. Ulises Juan Trujillo Garcia

    Ulises Trujillo Garcia (he/him/él) is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. He has held a number of leadership positions during his undergraduate career, which earned him a variety of accolades. These experiences helped him identify his passion which is rooted in supporting Latina/o/x students with migrant farm working backgrounds in higher education, especially in engineering spaces. Currently, Ulises is working on a project titled "Empowering Children of Migratory/Seasonal Farmworkers with Gamification and Culturally-Responsive Engineerin ... (continued)

17. Mr. Cristian Eduardo Vargas P.E.

    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    Cristian Vargas-Ordóñez (he/él) is a Colombian Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University focusing on epistemic justice, diversity and multicultural engineering education. As a first-generation professional, gay, yoga teacher, dancer aficionado, and english as a second language (ESL) student. His publications about social justice in engineering education, compassion resulting from interdisciplinary education, and international engineering graduate students' well-being reflect this awareness. Vargas-Ordóñez has expertise in educational programs serving first-year engineering s ... (continued)

18. Dr. Dina Verdin

    Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

    Dina Verdín, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She graduated from San José State University with a BS in Industrial Systems Engineering and from Purdue University with an MS in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research program is dedicated to promoting equity and inclusion in engineering by confronting the pervasive barriers facing minoritized students. Her work seeks to address the challenges Latinx, first-generation college students, and women in engineering face by focusing on tw ... (continued)

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This workshop will focus on case studies of successful and rapid decarbonization of energy use in large, complex colleges, including challenges, opportunities, and results. The ability of the structured and integrated process to be effectively extended to host communities and the potential for academic curricula development will also be discussed. The workshop will be presented in sections, followed by a discussion shaped by some guiding questions.

3.1 Global Energy Transition
The opening section will present an overview of the current status of the world’s energy systems’ transition to near-zer ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Peter John Garforth

Speakers

1. Peter John Garforth

   Peter Garforth leads a specialist consultancy based in Toledo, Ohio. He advises major colleges, communities, cities, companies, property developers and policy makers on developing competitive, long-term breakthrough energy and climate plans that reduce the economic and environmental impact of energy use. He strives to ensure that any recommended investment has a sound business basis and reflects the larger movements in the energy market. Peter is well connected in the energy productivity business and regulatory community around the world. Peter is often approached to provide inputs as an expert a ... (continued)

2. Michael A. Nealon

   Henry Ford College

   Dr. Michael A. Nealon serves as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at Henry Ford College (Dearborn, MI). Dr. Nealon brings nearly 30 years of college-level teaching and administrative experience to the post, having previously taught at Lansing Community College, DePaul University (Chicago, IL), Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), and North Park College and Seminary (Chicago, IL). Nealon earned a PhD in Musicology from Northwestern University in 1997. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Michael’s Co ... (continued)

3. Reuben Brukley

   Henry Ford College

   Reuben Brukley is the Facilities Director at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan. He is responsible for overseeing construction, sustainability, custodial, trades, and landscaping services, and mechanical operations. Since assuming the Director’s role in 2019, he has overseen sustainability efforts with tangible results across all areas of the College for which he is responsible. Reuben has 25+ years of progressive facilities experience.

4. Nicholas Paseiro

   Henry Ford College

   Nicholas Paseiro is the Sustainability Coordinator at Henry Ford College overseeing the implementation of the campus-wide Integrated Energy Master Plan (IEMP). During his career, he has worked in both the private sector and state and federal government in the fields of energy management, environmental policy, sustainable design, and code enforcement.

5. Herbert Sinnock

   Sheridan College

   As Director Sustainability at Sheridan College, Herb Sinnock is responsible for implementation of Mission Zero, the institution’s ambitious plan to reduce energy consumption, waste to landfill and greenhouse gas emissions. Prior to joining Sheridan College, he was Manager of the Centennial Energy Institute at Centennial College in Scarborough, Ontario. With nearly 25 years of experience in the energy sector, Herb has worked in project management, technology research and product development for projects funded by Ontario Centres of Excellence, Ontario Power Authority, US Department of Energy, US A ... (continued)

6. Spencer Wood

   Humber College

   Spencer Wood has been in Facilities Management at Humber for 24 years. As the Director of Facilities Management, he oversees all operations and maintenance activities as well as leading Humber’s sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives. Notable recent successes of those initiatives include Canada’s Greenest Employer award 8 years in a row, the development of Humber’s Integrated Energy Master Plan, the first institutional Canadian Passive House retrofit, and the development of the cutting edge “Switch” project to reduce natural gas use on campus by 70%. Spencer is passionate about creating ... (continued)

7. Peter John Garforth

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Free ticketed event
As future members of a global workforce, engineering students increasingly operate in intercultural work environments, both throughout their academic studies and professional careers post-graduation. Moreover, many engineering students will need to navigate international business scenarios and may feel unprepared to maneuver the diverse cultural landscapes ahead. Intercultural competency models also offer another lens for teaching information literacy by acknowledging culture’s role and influence in how we create, gather, share, evaluate, and use information. In order to better prepare students f ... (continued)

Moderated by

1. Heather Howard

Speakers

1. Heather Howard

   Purdue University Library TSS

   Heather A. Howard is an Associate Professor and Business Information Specialist in the Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies. She is the Libraries liaison for Career Services, Managerial Communications, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Consumer Sciences, Strategic Management, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Heather is also an Adjunct Instructor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), teaching courses on Science and Technology Information and Business information for the MLS ... (continued)

2. Heather Howard

   Purdue University Library TSS

Session Description

Free ticketed event
**Please note this session has been moved from room E148 to F152.**

Research suggests that gamification can enhance learning outcomes and keep students engaged. Engineering students generally enjoy challenges and solving puzzles. In this workshop, participants will work in teams to solve escape-room like puzzles designed specifically for first-year Engineering classrooms. While an enjoyable way to start one’s week at ASEE may be reason alone, the instructional benefit is two-fold as participants will (1) obtain the materials needed to use these puzzles (or variants of their choosing) in one’s ow ... (continued)

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1. Dr. Robert Schaffer

   Mission College

   Dr. Bob Schaffer is a professor and the department chair of the Engineering Department at Mission College (Santa Clara, CA). He is also a lecturer at Santa Clara University. His classes include Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Computing for Engineers, STEM Outreach in the Community, and Digital Signal Processing. Dr. Schaffer also founded a non-profit (Elevate Tutoring) focused on training socioeconomically disadvantaged college students to be high-quality STEM tutors who in turn provide free tutoring for similarly disadvantaged K-12 students. As a puzzle and escape room enthusiast, Bob leverages his love of puzzles in the classroom.

Session Description

Free ticketed event
Computational thinking is a crucial skill that is growing in importance for future engineers. As engineered devices incorporate more computational components, there is growing demand for engineers who can design these components. In addition, the power of computation is radically altering what is and is not achievable in engineering, especially given the recent resurgence of artificial intelligence. Some engineering programs have responded by integrating computational thinking into introductory engineering courses for first-year students. These courses serve as the foundation of engineering educa ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Noemi V Mendoza Diaz

   Texas A&M University

   Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution,
   Texas A&M University

2. Dr. Deborah Anne Trytten

   The University of Oklahoma

   Computer Science
   University of Oklahoma

3. Dr. Russell D. Meier

   Milwaukee School of Engineering

   Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
   Milwaukee School of Engineering

4. Dr. So Yoon Yoon

   University of Cincinnati

   Engineering and Computing Education
   University of Cincinnati

5. Dr. Harry A. Hogan

   Texas A&M University

   Engineering Academic and Student Affairs
   Texas A&M University

Session Description

Free ticketed event
Spatial visualization (i.e., thinking in 3D), is an essential skill for engineering students. Learning to freehand-sketch orthographics and isometrics increases spatial skills and performance in many engineering subjects. Sketching skills also aid concept generation and sharing technical ideas with teammates. The Spatial Vis™ software makes it more engaging for students to learn and easier to teach technical sketching. Students sketch on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and their sketches are graded automatically. If a student makes a mistake they receive a small hint and are encouraged to try ... (continued)

Speakers

1. Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde

   eGrove Education

   Lelli Van Den Einde, Ph.D., is a Teaching Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. She incorporates integrated pedagogical innovations such as Peer Instruction, Flipped Classroom, Project-Based Learning into core Structural Engineering courses; prepares and advises next generation faculty, advises student organizations, and is committed to activities that broaden the participation of marginalized groups in STEM and foster a supportive environment for diverse students. Her research focuses on engagement strategies for large classrooms and developing K-16 curriculum in earthquake engineering and spatial visualization. Contact: lelli@egrove.education

2. Dr. Nathan Delson

   eGrove Education

   Nathan (Nate) Delson, Ph.D. is a Teaching Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. His research interests include robotics, biomedical devices, and engineering education. Nate teaches introductory design, mechanics, mechatronics, capstone design, medical devices, and product design & entrepreneurship. His interests in design education include increasing student motivation, teamwork, hands-on projects, and integration of theory into design projects. Contact: nate@egrove.education