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Stephanie Zegers, Elizabethtown College ; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College

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Paper ID #36506Bridging the Social Capital Gap in Historically Marginalized PopulationsStephanie Zegers, Elizabethtown College Ms. Stephanie E. Zegers is the Assistant Director of Engineering and STEM Relationship Development at Elizabethtown College. She holds a BS in Education from Millersville University and MS in Strategic Leadership from Elizabethtown College. Ms. Zegers’ research interests are experiential learning experi- ences, professional skills development, career pathways, and workforce development.Dr. Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College Dr. Sara A. Atwood is the Dean of the School of Engineering, Math, and

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Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Ashley Lytle

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2013 to August 2018. He earned BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Learning Sciences (School of Education and Social Pol- icy) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern. His research interests include charac- terization of multifunctional nano-reinforced polymer systems, multiscale modeling of nanocomposites and materials, vibration energy harvesting/scavenging, and engineering pedagogy and instructional tech- nologies. Awards that he has received include the NSF CAREER award, the 2016 Alexander Crombie Humphreys Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor award (Stevens), the 2014 Distinguished

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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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students for innovationcompetitions and their upcoming careers as well as catalyze their entrepreneurial minds forfuture success. Based on a series of interviews with experienced mentors of innovationcompetitions and programs, this paper presents a set of best practices for mentoring studentinnovation teams.IntroductionInnovation competitions and programs encourage students to think creatively and innovatively,solve complex problems, develop professional and technical skills, and improve communicationand teamwork skills. Hackathons, pitch competitions, design challenges, startup competitions,and entrepreneurship programs can be considered innovation competitions and programs, whichhave been known to have many important benefits for undergraduate