Collection

ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

Authors

Alexa Joelle Prince, Penn State Berks; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider, Cornell University Systems Engineering; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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Diversity

: 57% male and 43% female. Most interviewees were faculty with variousengineering, education, and entrepreneurship backgrounds.Interviews were conducted remotely via video conferencing by two research team members, whowere trained with uniform interview objectives and skills. Interviews were conductedindependently at scheduled times and varied from 20-40 minutes in length. The completerecordings of the interviewee responses to these questions were transcribed into text andunderwent an initial coding of analysis. Questions touched on several areas, including personalmentor experience, motivation and practices as a mentor, structure of innovative programs,impacts and challenges of student innovation programs and competitions, and suggestions