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Pranav Bhounsule, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Cynthia Lima, University of Texas at San Antonio

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35749 Coding Camp for Middle School Girls Helps Improve Awareness of Science/Engineering Careers and Pathways Pranav A. Bhounsule* Lorena Claeys, Belinda Harmon, 842 W. Taylor St. Cynthia Lima, Emily Young University of Illinois at Chicago, 1 UTSA Circle, Chicago, IL, USA 60525 The University of Texas at San Antonio pranav@uic.edu San Antonio, TX, USA 78249AbstractAlthough jobs and career opportunities in computer science continue to grow rapidly, womenconstitute only 28% of the

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Rashmi Deodeshmukh, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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andmentors, seeing women that look like them is a significant factor in both recruitment and retention [2, 3].Data showed that in the U.S. only 6% of 15-year old young women are interested in engineering careers[1]. Researchers believe that the low level of interest in young women is due to lack of exposure and thebelief that it is too hard and by engaging young women with university faculty and women engineers inthe industry as early as middle school could result in a higher interest to pursue engineering education inthe future [2]. A program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute showed that early intervention was associatedwith better engineering and university recruitment outcomes [4]. Another study showed that a sustainedintervention led to

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Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Vajih Khan, Sam Houston State University; Michelle Boyd, SHSU

most successful events this past fall, and 350+students and educators attended and had a productive day exploring career options. Students wereable to learn more about career options such as welding, health sciences, nursing, manufacturing,technology, STEM, and cosmetology. The Department of Engineering Technology at SHSUunderstands building a strong industry network for graduating students is important andsubsequently planned and organized multiple industry guest visits to the department in hopes ofpotential future collaboration. For example, one Tesla employee associated with the new Austinplant recruitment process visited the department, met with faculty, toured the department’s labfacilities, and spoke to a group of approximately 50

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Jackson Otto, Purdue University; Greg J Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Bosman, 2019), with outcomes spanning from developing social responsibility withinstudents (Thorsteinsson, 2014), to supplying students with skills to bring innovative behaviorinto their future careers (Maritz, de Waal, Buse, Herstatt, Lassen, & Maclachlan, 2014).Researchers have found that innovation capabilities are not typically a by-product of traditionalcomprehensive education and without specific curriculum to cultivate innovation practicesamong students across majors, many may be missing out on valuable knowledge and skillsets(Lindfors & Hilmola, 2016). Addressing this concern, a new undergraduate program at a largeresearch-intensive university has been developed to provide students with the time, resources,and opportunities to

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La'Tonia Stiner-Jones, The Ohio State University

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been from an underrepresented minority group.Thus, enrollment of our participants in graduate programs has begun to enhance diversity inengineering. Moving forward we will continue to track student progress through their degreesand the careers they ultimately pursue in comparison to their original intent as reported duringour program.IntroductionMany graduate programs in science and engineering seek students who have participated in anundergraduate research experience. Undergraduate research provides participants with hands-onresearch skills such as how to review the literature, conduct experiments, and analyze data,which are all important for graduate level research. Research experience for undergraduateprograms often offer additional

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Anand Nageswaran Bharath, Cummins Engine Company; Archana V Kulkarni; Dinesh Balaji Ramaraj; Jennifer M. Thomasson, Cummins Inc; Alexa Davis; Demario Robinson; Malavika Panicker; Elizabeth A. Spratt; Tina Henselmeier; Nora Guzman; Arul Antony; Sonya Ware-Meguiar; Danielle Fawbush, Cummins Inc.; Daniel J. O’Connor, Cummins; Kenneth Francis; Jennifer G. Warrenburg

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inkindergarten and elementary school to pursue a career in the STEM fields by exposing them tosimple, age-appropriate engineering projects such as building a jet-toy cart and designing andtesting a skimmer. Since its conception in 2019, this program has served about 150 to 200 girlsfrom Kindergarten through 4th grade in the Franklin, Indiana school district. This work-in-progresspaper will describe in detail the specific objectives of the AWIM program, the curriculumdevelopment strategy, and outlines our future plans to assess the effectiveness of the pedagogiesemployed in achieving the program outcome of encouraging young women to continue developingtheir science and engineering skills and eventually gravitate towards STEM careers

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Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Jiansen Wang, Purdue University

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countries, cultures, and academicbackgrounds.The motivation to recruit diverse teams may be summarized as being prompted from thesequestions: Why study an academic discipline that leads to careers in a global arena and notexperience working with people with experiences unlike you own? Why come to the US to studyand have this rich mixture of students with varying perspectives and not take advantage of theopportunity to work in diverse teams? How can the course projects address complex problems andprovide teams that are more similar to industry (and research) teams? How can this project meetthe ABET and AABI needs? The achievement of this is much easier said than done. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022

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Joseph P. Fuehne P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

knowledge when they “practice doing” rather than simplylistening or watching videos. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36106ConclusionsThe role of instructor in the current learning environment has changed from one ofbasically informing students to one of asking questions of students to initiate their ownlearning. The use of measurement tools in a manufacturing environment is critical andstudents headed for careers in that environment need to understand this critical role.And understanding comes from not only learning how to use the tools but alsodeveloping knowledge through the aforementioned coaching by instructors to learnwhich tool is best

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Jeffrey Phillips, Hanover College

during normal class time under the guidance of the instructor, eachstudent has a specific role to play such as manager, notetaker and researcher. These roles can helpprepare students for roles they will fill at various points in their careers when working on project teams.Among the process-oriented skills POGIL is designed to promote are: oral and written communication,teamwork, information processing, critical thinking, problem-solving, management, and assessment. 4However, it is the mastery of content that has been the primary motivation for implementing POGIL.What is now known as POGIL was started by Franklin & Marshall College Chemistry professor RichardMoog in the early 1990s. He was frustrated by the lack of success of so many of his

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Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

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