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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

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

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Diversity

, math, education, business, and library services, was used for the Poster Expo event.Further, an elevator pitch practice session was conducted with a senior entrepreneurship advisorfrom the business start-up accelerator within the university.The multidisciplinary project experience was largely enjoyed by the students surveyed (N=16).Eighty eight percent of students reported the multidisciplinary project design experience waspositive to their learning experience. Eighty percent of students reported the multidisciplinaryjudge panel during the Poster Expo had a positive impact on their learning experience. Eightyeight percent of students reported the project increased their interest in engineering. Ninety fourpercent of students were retained in

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity

to fall 2024), and by a combination of college and industry funding for 2021and 2022. As the NSF grant was expiring, industry sponsorship of the summer program elementand scholarships was sought.Summer Bridge ExperienceThe summer bridge component varied throughout the years. Typically, the one-week programwas held the week directly before the fall move-in day and contained a variety of experientiallearning experiences, including: a hands-on engineering design challenge, field trips, math andchemistry instruction and practice sessions, seminars, and social activities. Faculty, staff, peer,and industry mentors led and participated in the activities.In 2013, the summer bridge experience was extended to four weeks and allowed students to earnsix