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Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Ricardo Miguel Garcia Pineda, Texas A&M University Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jaya S. Goswami, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Paper ID #35744Improving Minority Students’ Career Readiness Through Enhanced SeniorDesign ExperiencesDr. Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville Dr. Hua Li, a Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, is interested in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy, sustainability assessment, and engineering education. Dr. Li has served as P.I. and Co-P.I. in different projects funded by NSF, DOEd, DHS, NASA, USDA, etc.Mr. Ricardo Miguel Garcia Pineda, Texas A&M University KingsvilleProf. Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville Dr. Kai Jin is a Professor of

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MERLYN XAVIER PULIKKATHARA, Physics Department, Prairie View A&M University; Kelvin K. Kirby, Prairie View A&M University; Richard T. Wilkins, Prairie View A&M University

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careers Merlyn X. Pulikkathara Physics Department Prairie View A&M University Tierasha Adair Founder of A Message of Love Richard T. Wilkins Electrical and Computer Engineering Prairie View A&M University Irvin Osborne-Lee Chemical Engineering Prairie View A&M University Brad Gersey

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Le Shorn Benjamin, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston; Erik M Hines, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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A. Henderson (”Dr. J”) is an Assistant Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. He has dedicated his career to increasing the number of students who are in the pipeline to pursue STEM careers. He believes that exposing students to STEM early will have a lasting impact upon their lives and academic pursuits. He is a co-founder of the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy (SEBA). SEBA is an educational intervention aimed at exposing underrepresented fourth and fifth grade students to hands-on, inquiry based STEM experiments and activities. Henderson is also the Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES), a program

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Alisha M. Bailey, Southern Methodist University; Alain Mota, Southern Methodist University; Kristine Reiley, SMU, Caruth Institute for Engineering Education

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Compliance Specialist in Atlanta, GA. Specifically, she worked in public drinking water compliance and regulations, regularly leading audits and inspections. Alisha also previously served as a 6th and 7th grade mathematics teacher. Her current career interests include identi- fying and integrating real-world problems in STEM learning and increasing diversity and representation in the STEM field.Mr. Alain Mota, Southern Methodist University Alain Mota is the STEM Development and Implementation Coordinator at RME and a Program Manager at the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education. In this role, he works across schools supporting the research and implementation goals of several projects at the unit and the institute. As

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Sheena M. Reeves, Prairie View A&M University

, discusses the potential causes of the high DFW rate including the switchto online learning, and proposes potential changes for future sections of the introductory course. IntroductionThe literature1 states that, as an instructor, one of the most important times to interact withincoming freshman students is during the first weeks of course attendance. During this time,instructors introduce the concepts and careers available in chemical engineering and encouragestudents to progress through graduation. During an analysis of Fall 2020 engineering courses, asection of the chemical engineering introductory course was flagged as having a high withdrawaland failure rate (DFW) or a high number of students receiving

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Vewiser J Turner Jr P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Sarhan M. Musa, Prairie View A&M University

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– ExxonMobil Corporation; during this time have been assigned 17 different job positions of increasing responsibility from my initial assignment to Executive positions in ExxonMobil’s Oil/Gas Production, Refining, Business Planning, and Information Technology business segments. Three notable assignments during my career include: 1. Project and Operations Manager for world-wide call center Responsibilities include: strategy develop- ment, business justification, project oversight, staffing, and process development required to implement a follow the sun 24x7 global call center department with locations in Moncton Canada, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Curitiba Brazil. 2. Led Technology design team for ExxonMobil’s new

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Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Ruth Chatelain-Jardon, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

as how the payment will take place, when it will take place,types of credits, roles of the banks involved, etc. Program and Course DesignThis ongoing collaborative project started on October 2020. Figure 1 shows the overall structuredesign of this collaborative project. First, entry level course modules are developed, and will be usedin current freshman introduction to engineering and business courses to increase students’ awarenesson standards. Second, an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor program on supply chainmanagement (SCM) and logistics standards has been created with an aim to improve undergraduatestudents’ career readiness. At last, an interdisciplinary graduate certificate program will

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Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University

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/Country) do you call home? 3 4. Do you have a particular engineering industry that you are already focused on? No big deal if not as we will explore career options during the semester. Just let me know. 5. When you begin your career (post-college), do you have a particular location around the planet where you would like to be working? 6. How well-versed are you in all things about this university? Grew up in a university family, or new to all the traditions and lore? Just trying to understand the audience here. 7. What are some concerns and fears that you have about the semester ahead? 8. What are some passions that you are bringing to your engineering career? 9. What level of

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Jose Eric Chavez Jr., University of the Incarnate Word; Alyssa Mabry, University of the Incarnate Word; christian andon, University of the Incarnate Word; Selena R Salas, University of the Incarnate Word; Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; James Christopher Collins, University of the Incarnate Word

-time. Prior to joining UIW, Dr. Caglayan worked as an engineering consultant in the Applied Power Division at Southwest Research Institute. In addition, he was a lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio teaching Engineering Physics with emphasis on electromagnetism, mechanics and optical science.Dr. James Christopher Collins, University of the Incarnate Word Dr. Collins began his career by serving four years in the US Air Force as a medic before attending college full time in pursuit of his engineering degrees. He spent 30 years in civil service as a research and devel- opment engineer engaged in advanced network security programs for the Department of Defense. At the

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

, and Judaism. All religions tend to have a higher calling by which to live. AtBaylor, a religiously affiliated Christian university, our students sense a higher standard ofaccountability which helps them in life. It is a matter of character which becomes increasinglyimportant and develops as a natural extension of who they are. This gives them joy in their work.Students should be taught throughout the curriculum about the importance of accountability in anengineering career. IntroductionAccountability is an acceptance of responsibility for honest and ethical conduct towards others1. Itimplies a willingness to be judged on performance. Wong has studied accountability in theengineering context and has

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Anna Huang, Texas A&M University; Amanda Jane Latham, Texas A&M University; Erika Yao; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

annual conference from 2009 to 2021 werecollected and compiled into a highly detailed and comprehensive database. This process enabled the application of data analysis techniques to identify trends that reside in those papers, e.g., statistical analysis of publication frequency and identifying common research topics after data preprocessing. We focused on discovering connections between various institutions and their submitted papers, including notable variances in the number of papers, number of authors per paper, and number of early career researchers submitting papers to the conference. With the collected data, overall paper submission counts by affiliation were produced, and interesting connections could then be drawnbetween the levels

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Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

supportacademic programs, and student recruitment are benefits of campus facilities and outdoorrecreation programs in higher education [1], [3]. Institutions have further allocated resources toassist disadvantaged students overcome academic preparedness and cultural capital [2], [21].These resources include peer tutoring, stress management resources, time management workshops,academic advising, and personal and career counselling [1], [4], [6], [20].Since COVID-19 initiated, engineering departments across the country have additionally struggledwith retention and passing rates. As such, faculty members are repeatedly being challenged tomodify pedagogical methods for online instruction. According to the retention rates from TexasPublic Universities, The

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Laura Ann Gelles, University of Texas at Dallas; Amy Walker, University of Texas at Dallas

efforts and redefine the engineering canon as sociotechnical. She has a background in environmental engineering and received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University with a research focus on the ethical and career aspects of mentoring of science and engineering graduate students and hidden curriculum in engineering.Dr. Amy Walker, University of Texas at Dallas Amy V. Walker is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the Erik Jonsson School of Computer Science and Engineering, and a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. Amy received her BA(Hons) in Natural Sciences (Experimental and Theoretical Physics) in 1995 and her PhD in Chemistry in 1998

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Salvatore Enrico Paolo Indiogine, Texas A&M University; Brandon Chi-Thien Le, Texas A&M University; Sidharth Dhaneshkumar Shah

Instruction and Learning for over two years as a Production Assistant, and focuses his work on using technology to enable course development and innovation. Brandon is from Austin, Texas, and plans on going into a career in financial technology.Sidharth Dhaneshkumar Shah American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session 2022 Creating Course Material through Automation of Lecture Caption S. Enrico P. Indiogine, Brandon Chi-Tien Le Engineering Studio for Advanced Instruction

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Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston - Downtown; Amy Heilig, Dlubal Software, Inc.

experienced users. Live online trainings for students are offered fromthe USA office several times a year. Students can register for a free introductory course in RFEM ®,concurrently model along, ask questions, and receive all training materials after the presentation forcontinued access.While universities and students greatly benefit from these educational opportunities, Dlubal equallyvalues the relationship with the academic community and the ability to engage with the futureengineering generation. Dlubal firmly believes students have a right to free structural analysis softwareto adequately prepare them for their post-graduate career. Furthermore, the company’s educationsector remains a top focus for the Dlubal company including expanding the free

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Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Paul M Koola, Texas A&M University; Rahul Subramanian, Ocean Engineering, Texas A and M University

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engineering degree and career. Tosupport retention, the College moved to a model of accepting freshmen into a common GeneralEngineering program for their first year. Students completing the General Engineeringrequirements could then apply to and be accepted into specific majors/disciplines. Through this 3process, entering freshmen could be monitored as a group for academic progress allowing for theimplementation of common strategies to support student retention and success.To increase access and capacity, the College not only enhanced the facilities and faculty numberson the main campus but also embarked on multiple initiatives across the State of Texas to growthe capacity and access to the General

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Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University; Savannah Richards, Baylor University; Lisa Joanne Retzlaff

12achieving the Letter A, and why only two students in the control group achieved Letter B, and howpeer to peer interaction can impact results. These conclusions drawn and strategies presented allowstudents to develop fundamental engineering skills early on in their education with the intent ofcarrying them throughout their studies. Furthermore, if students can experience a more rewarding andsuccessful time in Engineering Design I and II courses while gaining valuable experience, they willbe more confident in their abilities and choices not only in the classroom but in their careers as well. References1. Richards, S., Retzlaff, L., Donndelinger, J., 2022, “Developing and Manufacturing Process

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Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University; Lisa Joanne Retzlaff; Savannah Mae Richards, Baylor University

implement it in their design process. Overall, ifstudents can better understand the cost and time trade-offs of manufacturing processes, they arebetter equipped for their engineering careers in an industry setting since this understanding is a keyfactor in ensuring efficient design development.7 AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank Mr. Thomas Gilman for his contributions in defining this work.References[1] Daly, S. R., Yilmaz, S., Christian, J. L., Seifert, C. M., and Gonzalez, R., 2012, “Design Heuristics in Engineering Concept Generation,” J. Eng. Educ., 101(4), pp. 601–629.[2] Viswanathan, Vimal K. and Linsey, Julie S., ”Design Fixation and Its Mitiga- tion: A Study on the Role of Expertise,” ASME