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Sara E. Wilson

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Developing Community and Research Experience In A Freshman Mechanical Engineering Programming Course Sara E. Wilson Mechanical Engineering, University of KansasAbstractIn this paper, group research projects in a freshman Mechanical Engineering programmingcourse are examined as a method to better integrate and engage first-generation students and togenerate interest in research and research careers. First-generation students have been found tohave an achievement gap, possibly due to social isolation and a lack of cultural capital. Creatingproject groups that maintain connection and

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert Woodley; Steve E. Watkins

accelerated masters, combined BS/MS, and 4+1 options. It reduces the timeneeded for undergraduates to earn a graduate degree and exposes these students to research work.It provides a route for faculty to obtain quality graduate students and it builds enrollment for thedepartment. This paper discusses the structure and the implementation of the first program ofthis type at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The experience of the initialelectrical and computer engineering students in the Accelerated BS/MS program is described.While the number of students who participated is not large, the program provides a valuableoption to the curriculum.KeywordsCurriculum, Graduate Education, and Career PathsIntroductionEngineering undergraduates benefit

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephen Pierson; Josh Goss; Han Hu

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Enhancing Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education with CAM and CNC Machining Stephen Pierson, Josh Goss, and Han Hu Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701AbstractTo effectively serve student career success, mechanical engineering programs must teach how toaccount for manufacturing considerations in design. The American Society of MechanicalEngineers (ASME) has identified manufacturing education as one of the greatest weaknesses asperceived by industrial employers of recent-graduate mechanical engineering hires. Additionally,in its 2014 report to

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Heather L. Walker; W. Kent McAllister; Michael W. Mourot; J. Robert Dean; Greg Nesmith; Edgar C. Clausen

student mentoring program of departmental alumni mentors that emphasized careerpath identification and professional development. A total of 58 sophomores, juniors and seniorsparticipated in the program along with 36 alumni mentors from the Arkansas Academy ofChemical Engineers and other young alumni. Twelve circles were formed, with each circlecontaining three mentors and 4-6 students. Five mentoring events were held in the Fall 2021semester and three additional events were held in the Spring 2022 semester plus the final in-person celebration event in April. Through participation in the mentoring program, the studentselevated their understanding of career opportunities, career expectations and communicationskills to better prepare them for future

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas McKean; Jorge Almodovar; Aubrey Schultz; Natacha S. Melgar; S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

2022, not only did the REU Site host 7 undergraduate students from around the country, aparallel National Science Foundation Research Experiences and Mentoring (REM) programhosted 7 students. This REM program focused on transforming our efforts to help undergraduatestudents from Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) succeed in careers in scienceand engineering. From our previous REU programs and conversations with NWACC students andfaculty, we were able to identify a need to increase the awareness of STEM research opportunitiesavailable to community college students, as well as their confidence to pursue them. Further, itwas also common among the community college students interested in STEM to have the goal oftransferring to the

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Mirit Shamir; Stacy Hutchinson; Gaea Hock; Ryan Hansen; Jonathan Aguilar; Nathan Hendricks; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Rebecca Cors; Melanie M. Derby

conference papers may be more suited to complete within one semester. Furthermore,team formation is critical to the success of the students. The NRT team formed the capstoneteams with student input after considering interest in final products, and student timeline tograduation. It is also important for teams to work on a topic of interest relevant to their researchand career goals, but it was challenging aligning team research topics with all students’ academicbackgrounds. To this end, the NRT team is examining how to make interdisciplinary research anintegral part of the graduate discipline. Finally, co-teaching interdisciplinary curriculum requires © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Markeya S. Peteranetz; Tareq A. Daher; David Jones; Lance C. Perez; Daniel G. Linzell

that UCO employs tosupport their students’ growth. Other examples of institutionalized efforts are centralized throughstudent support offices or career services. For example, the University of Colorado Boulder’sSkills for Success program assists students in recognizing skills they have and in learning skillsthat they lack [5], and the University of Minnesota’s Office for Student Affairs has adoptedStudent Development Outcomes that go beyond typical program outcomes and help preparestudents to be “engaged and effective citizens.”Within the context of engineering colleges, we find numerous models on how they develop theirstudents’ non-technical skills, three of which are frequently referenced in the literature. First,some programs aim to develop