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David B Knight, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Teri Kristine Reed, University of Oklahoma; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Dustin Grote, Weber State University; Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech ; Michelle D. Klopfer, Virginia Tech ; Saundra Johnson Austin, Virginia Tech; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University

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Paper ID #38319Board 354: Organizational Partnerships S-STEM Research HubDr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He also serves as Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation and Director of Research of the Academy of Global Engineering. 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, and considers the intersection between policy and organizational contexts.Dr. Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

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Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Texas Tech University; Kelli M. Frias, American University

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Paper ID #39244Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse S-STEM ProgramDr. Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University Tim Dallas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Dallas’ research includes MEMS, solar energy, and educational technologies for deployment to under-served regions of the world.Dr. Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Texas Tech University Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and In- struction at Texas Tech University, as well as the Associate Chair of the department. Her research emerges at the intersection of Educational

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Urmi Duttagupta, New York City College of Technology; Nadia S Kennedy, New York City College of Technology; Diana Samaroo; Viviana Acquaviva, New York City College of Technology; Armando Dominguez Solis

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Paper ID #39474BOARD 436: Challenges and Celebration a NSF S-STEM Supported Pro-gramDr. Urmi Duttagupta, New York City College of Technology Urmi Duttagupta is the Coordinator of the Computer Science Program and a Professor of the Mathemat- ics Department at New York City College of Technology – City University of New York. She received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics jointly from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers Univer- sity and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from The Ohio State University. Her current research interests include parameter estimation via optimization, infectious disease modeling, applications

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Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Miriam Howland Cummings PhD, University of Colorado, Denver; William Taylor Schupbach; David J. Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis; Karen D Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tom Altman; Michael S. Jacobson; Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver

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Paper ID #39495Board 351: NSF S-STEM Track 3: Scaling Up Student Success throughBroadening Participation Beyond our S-STEM CohortDr. Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver Dr. Maryam Darbeheshti is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is the PI of a recent NSF award that focuses on STEM identity at Urban Universities. Darbeheshti’s primary research is in the area of Engineering Education and Multi-phase fluid flow.Miriam Howland Cummings PhD, University of Colorado, Denver Miriam Howland Cummings is a mixed methods social science researcher. She earned a BA from

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Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Ashley Lytle; Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology ; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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for supporting S-STEM student retention and graduationA recent self-study at Stevens Institute of Technology revealed that our 2nd and 3rd year retention ratesfor low-income STEM students are lower than those for our non-low income STEM student body. Toaddress this finding, the goal of our S-STEM program is to implement evidence-based best practices toincrease retention and graduation rates of low-income academically talented STEM students to levels thatmatch our overall STEM population. To accomplish this goal, we are seeking to: 1. implement best-practices with regards to cohort development and faculty, peer, and alumni mentoring programs to support the ADAPT Scholars, 2. develop targeted enrichment and mentoring activities

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Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Paper ID #37101Board 388: S-STEM: Creating Retention and Engagement for AcademicallyTalented Engineers—Lessons LearnedDr. Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno Indira Chatterjee received her M.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio in 1977 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1981. Indira is currently an Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno.Miss Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno Kelsey is a doctoral student in the School of

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Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston

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Paper ID #39936Board 264: Endeavour S-STEM Program for First-Year Students: 3rd-YearResultsDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). She is currently the Director of the Endeavour S-STEM Program. In addition to S-STEM courses, she teaches courses in computer engineering and capstone design. She has also developed multiple project-based first-year experience programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Endeavour S

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Tuncay Aktosun, The University of Texas, Arlington; Yolanda Parker, Tarrant County College District; Jianzhong Su, The University of Texas, Arlington

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Paper ID #36831Board 408: The S-STEM Program for Mathematics Majors at the Universityof Texas at ArlingtonProf. Tuncay Aktosun, The University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Aktosun is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research area is applied mathematics and differential equations with research interests in scattering and spectral theory, inverse problems, wave propagation, and integrable evolution equations. He is involved in various men- toring and scholarship programs benefiting students. He has been the GAANN Fellowship Director in his department during 2006-2022, the NSF S-STEM

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Katie Evans, Houston Christian University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

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Paper ID #37061Board 291: Final Year of an S-STEM Summer, Sophomore Bridge: Successesof Three CohortsKatie Evans, Houston Christian University Dr. Katie Evans is a Professor of Mathematics and the Dean of Science and Engineering at Houston Christian University (HCU). Prior to HCU, she was on faculty at Louisiana Tech University for 16 years in the College of Engineering and Science, where she served in various administrative roles and is now Professor Emerita. Dr. Evans serves in leadership of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program, founded by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She earned her B.S. in Mathematics from

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Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; David A. Wyrick PE, CPEM, West Virginia University

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Paper ID #38228Board 350: NSF S-STEM Academy of Engineering Success: Reflections on aSeven-Year JourneyDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineer- ing and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow member. Throughout her career, she has supported engineering teams as a mathematician and provided complete life-cycle manage- ment of Information Systems as a Computer Systems Analyst for the U.S. Department of Energy; taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and fundamental engineering courses

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Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Pamela Renee Lockwood-Cooke, West Texas A&M University; Emily M. Hunt P.E., West Texas A&M University; Audrey Meador, West Texas A&M University

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University

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Paper ID #37290Board 391: Supporting and Understanding Undergraduates’ ComputingPathways Through the Flit-GAP S-STEM ProgramDr. Stephen Secules, Florida International University Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International Univer- sity. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He teaches undergraduate students foundational courses on interdisciplinary engineering and graduate students about engineering and computing education. His research interests focus on equity and culture in

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Erica Cline; Menaka Abraham; Sarah Alaei; Heather Dillon, University of Washington, Tacoma; Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio; Jutta Beneken Heller; Zaher Kmail; Seung-Jin Lee, University of Washington, Tacoma; Eva Yihua Ma; Marc Nahmani; Amanda K Sesko; Ka Yee Yeung

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Paper ID #38182Board 207: ACCESS in STEM: An S-STEM Project Supporting Economi-callyDisadvantaged STEM-Interested Students in Their First Two YearsErica ClineMenaka AbrahamSarah AlaeiDr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington, Tacoma Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining academia, she worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer working on both energy efficiency and renewable

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Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Elizabeth A. Adams, Cuesta College; Nihal Orfi, Fresno City College; Carol Haden; Yushin Ahn

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, Years 3 and 4 of an NSF S-STEMAbstractThis paper reports on activities and outcomes from years three and four of a 5-year NSFScholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) award at a two-year college. The college is a minority-serving institution located in a metro area with high ratesof concentrated poverty and low levels of educational attainment. Through the programscholarships are awarded to cohorts of students majoring in engineering selected each fall semesterfrom applications collected the previous spring. After completing transfer preparation curriculumat the two-year college, select scholars who transfer to the local four-year university may remainin the program for continued support. Students in each cohort

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Jan Edwards, College of Lake County; Ana Karen Pizano, College of Lake County; Bradford C. Petersen, College of Lake County

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Paper ID #37962Board 287: Exploring the Broader Impact of the NSF S-STEM program ontheCulture of a Community College Engineering DepartmentMs. Jan Edwards, College of Lake County Jan L. Edwards is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the College of Lake County in Illinois. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan Techno- logical University. Ms. Edwards teaches general engineering courses, manages outreach initiatives and the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab at the community college. She is also serving as the Principal Investigator on the college’s NSF S-STEM grant

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David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Amy Richardson, P.E., Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Hamidreza Taimoory, Virginia Tech; Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #38318Board 223: Broadening Participation in Engineering via the TransferStudent Pathway: Findings from an S-STEM-Enabled PartnershipDr. David B. Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He also serves as Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation and Director of Research of the Academy of Global Engineering. 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, and considers the intersection between

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Haley McDevitt; Hermine Vedogbeton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Debra Boucher, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Arnold Mitchell Lane Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Brianna Raphino, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ; Olufunmilayo Ayobami, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #37416Board 307: Imagining and Co-designing a Supportive College Experiencefor First Generation Students through an NSF S-STEM ProgramDr. Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her degrees in Materials Science and Engineering are from Michigan State University and MIT. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, teacher education, and equity in education. She is currently on NSF S-STEM, RET, and Noyce grants.Haley McDevitt Haley McDevitt is an artist, graphic

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Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Pamela Renee Lockwood-Cooke, West Texas A&M University; Audrey Meador, West Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #37623Board 352: NSF S-STEM: Inclusive Hackathon Themes to AttractUnderrepresented Community College Students into Computing DisciplinesDr. Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University Dr. Subburaj joined the College of Engineering at West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) in 2017. She received a M.S. in Computer Science from Texas Tech University in 2010, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas Tech University.Dr. Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University Dr. Anitha Subburaj is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at West Texas A&M University (WT) since 2016. She has been

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Lisa Shatz, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech; Helen Zhang, Boston College

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Paper ID #37063Board 361: Progress in S-STEM Program Electrical Engineering Scholars atthe Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyDr. Lisa Shatz, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Professor of Electrical Engineering, BFCIT Professor Emerita of Electrical Engineering, Suffolk Univer- sity BS, MS, PhD, MIT Interests: Electrical Engineering education, increasing participation of under- represented groups in electrical engineering, numeric and analytic modeling of electromagnetic phenom- ena.Dr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of

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Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University

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Paper ID #40023Board 414: Tracking the Progress Towards an Engineering Degree of ThreeCohorts of Low-income Engineering Students Supported by a Track 3Multi-Institutional S-STEM GrantDr. Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University Dr. Ricky Castles is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina Univer- sity. His research interests include wireless sensor networks for medical applications and engineering education.Dr. Chris Venters, East Carolina University Chris Venters is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He

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Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas, Austin; David R. Brown, Foundation for California Community Colleges; John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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Division; Senior Fellow CASEE, National Academy of Engineering, 2008-2010; Program Officer, NatDr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego is Senior Associaate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and E ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Lessons Learned from a Capacity-Building Workshop for Two-Year Colleges seeking U.S. National Science Foundation FundingAbstractThe Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program,managed by the U.S

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

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Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya L. Peeples, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University

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bachelor’s degrees may be eager to enter the engineering workforce. However,in many engineering disciplines, individuals have more earning potential and career trajectoryoptions with a master’s degree. In this paper, we identify several categories of barriers and lessonslearned to launching an S-STEM focused on graduate students at a large R1 public institution thatmay be useful to other such programs. These include discussions on recruitment of this specializedpopulation of students into graduate school, especially those from other institutions, can bedifficult because i) there are structural and legal barriers to accessing financial information aboutstudents to identify low-income students and ii) smaller institutions may not have the

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Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro; Analia E. Rao; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Hye Rin Lee, University of Delaware; Gregory Diggs-Yang, University of California, Irvine; Lorenzo Valdevit

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Scholarship ProgramIntroductionThere is a lack of low-income community college students who successfully transfer to four-year-institutions, graduate with an engineering baccalaureate degree, and enter the STEMworkforce/graduate school [1,2,3]. To remedy this situation, the current project, funded throughan NSF S-STEM grant, developed the “UC Irvine Pathways to Engineering Collaborative” tohelp low-income students from diverse backgrounds to successfully transfer to and persist in theengineering program of a four-year university. The designed program targets the population ofstudents who have the ambition to pursue engineering degrees, but often lack the resources orexposure to engineering opportunities. The aim of the project is to a) increase the

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Tonisha B. Lane, Virginia Tech; David Bruce Lewis, University of South Florida; Johnny C. Woods Jr., Virginia Tech; Rebecca Steele, Virginia Tech

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, and geosciences mobilized bonding and bridgingsocial capital to access academic and professional pathways. Specifically, this case studyinvestigated women in master’s programs participating in a National Science Foundation (NSF)S-STEM program and interdisciplinary community of practice, focused on a wicked problem ofunderstanding and balancing biogeochemical cycles in natural and engineered systems,incorporating a variety of strategies (e.g., mentoring, research opportunities, communityengagement, coursework) to ease transitions into and through master’s programs.Literature ReviewLimited research exists on graduate women in the STEM disciplines. Within the extant literature,we found that women were less likely to apply to graduate school than

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Karl D. Schubert, FIET, University of Arkansas; Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Jennie S Popp, Ph.D., University of Arkansa; Divya Muralidhara, University of Arkansas; Thomas Carter III, University of Arkansas

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are provided the academic opportunity to develop aninnovation skillset while in their undergraduate degree program. With S-STEM grant funding fromthe NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (EHR/DUE), researchers at the University ofArkansas are creating academic content and extracurricular activities to help STEM studentsunderstand innovation and develop an innovation skillset and mindset. In the completed first yearof the grant, the team has developed a 2-week intersession innovation bridge program for incomingfirst-year students as well as a two-semester first-year innovation course sequence.Students were selected using a written application consisting of their university scholarshipapplication with the addition of two essay questions: 1

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Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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this lack of representation in higher education engineeringprograms, the University of Lowell S-STEM program, funded by the NSF Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM), has the goal torecruit three cohorts of low-income, high-achieving students who wish to pursue a career inhigher education. The UML S-STEM program supports engineering scholars for four years,their last two years of undergraduate school and their first two years of graduate school. Thegoal of the program is to attract and retain diverse engineering S-STEM scholars and preparethem to enter the competitive pool of future faculty candidates. We present our successes and challenges in recruiting the first two cohorts of low-income

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Maher, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; John Kevern, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Jacob M. Marszalek Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea; Carol Nicole Pflum, Longview Community College; ANTHONY WEISS

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engineering transfer partnership when we began our S-STEMproject. We now know our preconceived notions only lightly orbit the current reality.” Thissaying has become symbol of our NSF DUE (Division of Undergraduate Education)-funded S-STEM project, the Kansas City Urban Renewal Engineering (KCURE) scholarship program.Now in its third operational year, the KCURE program supports the transfer of low-income civiland mechanical engineering students. When our research team applied for S-STEM funding, weassumed we had a solid engineering transfer student partnership between MetropolitanCommunity College (MCC) and University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).However, the MCC engineering coordinator’s retirement three years into KCURE programoperations

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Anthony Weiss, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Michelle Maher, University of Missouri, Kansas City

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, University of Missouri, Kansas City Dr. Michelle Maher explores student research, teaching, and disciplinary writing skill development and higher education access and equity issues. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reaching Consensus: Using Group Concept Mapping in an S-STEM Research TeamAbstractThis study was done to explore Group Concept Mapping (GCM) as a method to reach consensusfor data collection using document analysis in an S-STEM research team. The team wascomprised of five members and the GCM approach was made up of six steps: (1) Preparation,(2) Generation, (3) Structuring, (4) Analysis, (5) Interpretation, and (6) Usage. The members ofthe

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Stan Kurkovsky, Central Connecticut State University

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national and international conferences, scientific journals, and books. Stan serves as a reviewer and a member of program committees for a number of national and international conferences. During his academic career, Stan received over seven million dollars in funding from private and federal sources. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Agile Principles for Cohort Building in a Graduate Software Engineering ProgramAbstractThis report describes an approach to building a cohort of students in a graduate softwareengineering program supported by the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (S-STEM) Program of the National

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Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Shanon Marie Reckinger, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Didem Ozevin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Performance Evaluation of an Ongoing Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of High- Achieving, Low-income Engineering StudentsAbstractThe present paper reports an update on an NSF-funded S-STEM program currently in its lastyear at the University of Illinois Chicago. Lessons learned during the project implementation arealso listed in the paper. A summary of the paper materials will be presented at the ASEE 2023Annual Conference and Exposition as part of the NSF Grantees Poster Session.The project's objectives are 1) enhancing students' learning by providing access to extra and co-curricular experiences, 2) creating a positive student experience through mentorship, and 3)ensuring successful student placement in