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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts; Amanda Parrish

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engineering by the end of the course in 2022 (N=17), whichis much higher than the retention rate in the same course in 2021 (58%, N=17). 1 Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2023, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionResearch has shown that students are losing interest and motivation to continue in engineeringwithin the first two years of college, an important reason for students leaving engineeringprograms[1]. Therefore, maintaining the interest in engineering for first-year engineering (FYE)students is critical to promote student retention in

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Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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sponsorship beginning in 2021. Theprogram was designed around research-based strategies to support and retain talented, butunderprepared (non-calculus-ready) and underrepresented first-time, full-time engineeringundergraduate students with the intention of contributing to the diversification of the engineeringworkforce by increasing the number of graduating engineers [1], [2]. This program has servedover 100 students and provided financial support to 28 students through renewable NSF S-STEMscholarships.Based on the results of surveys, individual and focus group interviews, and student feedback,past research has focused on AcES participants’ feelings of institutional inclusion, engineeringself-efficacy and identity, and their assessment of their own

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Sudipta Chowdhury, Marshall University; Ammar Alzarrad, Marshall University

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and develop STEM identitiesthat can coexist with them. To this end, this paper specifically will address the following researchquestions: (1) what approaches STEM researchers and practitioners have traditionally adopted toinclude culture and politics into the learning process?, (2) what challenges have they experiencedin advancing or promoting science with cultural and political resistance?, and (3) what newmechanisms can be adopted or existing mechanisms can be modified to address evolvingchallenges in the sociocultural and sociopolitical landscape?. With increasingly sophisticatedtools and techniques available for conducting research syntheses, it is now possible to look atdifferent research domains and find answers regarding the complex

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

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Ada, Ohio 45810 Email: j-estell@onu.edu, s-coffman-wolph@onu.eduIntroductionFemale representation has been - and continues to be - an issue within computing, includingcomputer gaming. It spans the gamut from exclusion via being forced to play the role of a maleprotagonist,1 to a “surface equity” where women are present but their gender is notacknowledged,2 to where women are objectified in a hypersexualized manner. 3 Even softwarethat at first glance appears benign can have underlying issues. As an example, for over 50 yearsThe Oregon Trail computer game4 has been used in social studies classrooms across the UnitedStates to teach about Westward Expansion, allowing students to outfit a wagon for a 2000-miletrek where

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Leslie Hopkinson, West Virginia University

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are described below.Course learning outcomesCourse learning outcomes supported ABET student outcomes related to communication andethical and professional responsibilities. Specifically, students that successfully complete thecourse will be able to: 1. Discuss influential women engineers and their contributions to engineering and technological accomplishmentsProceedings of the 2023 ASEE North Central Section ConferenceCopyright © 2023, American Society for Engineering Education 1 2. Identify and discuss barriers that result in gender inequality in the engineering and technology workforce 3. Apply professional development skills to move into and to sustain in a diverse engineering

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Tarek Rafic Farhat, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Hasan El Rifai; Rana Mouhamad Jisr

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(Lecture/Lab), Penn State University, Fayette, USA 6/2015 –8/2016 Chemistry Faculty (Lecture/Lab), Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, USA 5/2007–10/2016 Technical Consultancy (Project and Technology Development), Industrial 8/2005– 8/2011 University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Assistant Professor, Analytical/Materials/Inorganic Chem- istry 1/2003-7/2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Research Asso- ciate 8/1999-12/2002 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Research Assistant, Chemistry/Analytical MaterialsHasan El RifaiRana Mouhamad Jisr ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Colligative Property Experiment using the Solvent