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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Jeong Eun Ahn; Ying Tang, Rowan University

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Paper ID #40571Waterworks: An exciting venture to promote careers in water/wastewaterutilitiesDr. Kauser Jahan, Rowan University Kauser Jahan, is a Professor and Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S.C.E. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, an MSCE from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and a Ph.D. from the University of MInnesota. Dr. Jahan is invested in STEM education and pollution prevention research and has received many awards for her teaching and mentoring. She is a Fulbright scholar.Jeong Eun Ahn Jeong Eun Ahn is an Assistant

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Jennifer Shaffer Brown, Clemson University; Emma Katherine Buell, Clemson University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A High, Clemson University

to include theseven primary attributes of the Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) (Fig. 1) [1]–[4]. Figure 1. Entrepreneurial Mindset FrameworkPromoting EM thinking in engineers has received more recent attention for its appeal toprospective employers, as it enables students to strategically select and exploit opportunities,deal constructively with failure and setbacks to pivot in new directions, and generally persist andsucceed in a wide variety of career environments [2]–[6]. It has also been linked to improvedself-efficacy outcomes in both undergraduate and graduate students [6], [7]. While theseentrepreneurial attributes were used as a framework to organize and theme different professionaldevelopment activities and

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Robin Havens Tate, Penn State University; Casey J Fenton, The Pennsylvania State University; David Mazyck, Pennsylvania State University

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decade, education and training pedagogies and delivery processes havechanged dramatically. Currently, learners of all ages clamor for more flexibility in training. Thetraditional educational approach of full degrees in a discipline is being supplemented, and insome cases replaced, by shorter, focused training in specific skills sets. Micro-credentials areevidence of skills achieved and knowledge acquired. Stackable credentials resulting in micro-credentials are also on the rise. These offerings range from 100% on-line to a mix of face-to-faceinteractions over short periods of time (e.g., workshops that are 2 to 5 days). The delivery ofmost short courses, often advertised as fast tracking your career, preparing students to be work-force ready

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Joanna F. DeFranco, Penn State University; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Robin Havens Tate, The Pennsylvania State University; Sven G. Bilén P.E., Pennsylvania State University

that preclude them from leaving their job, even for a year. In addition, obtainingthe Ph.D. may be perceived by industry as a desire to switch careers to academia; thus,employers may not offer tuition reimbursement support even if the program is offered online.The Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) degree, a professional engineering doctorate, addressesthese concerns as it provides access for working professionals to the highest education level,while enabling continual professional growth with an employer.The competitiveness and economic growth of the United States depends on engineeringdoctorates transitioning from academia into the workforce [Chang et al., 2022]. More doctoralgraduates in the STEM fields, particularly with respect to underserved

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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programs in the EAC have to compete withother engineering disciplines, making it more challenging to attract students compared tosurveying programs in the ETAC and ANSAC. Arcidiacono et al. [13]; Wiswall and Zafar [14]found that earnings expectations and ability / aptitude perceptions have a critical role majorselection. Of note is that surveyors have one of lowest median pay among the architecture andengineering professions [15], making it extremely difficult to persuade students to follow a majorthat has the same mathematics requirements and settle for a considerably lower salary.The choice of career selection for students entering college is a combination between theirpersonal interests, abilities / aptitudes, and limitations / needs of the

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Preethi Chandran, Howard University; Arlene P Maclin; John Harkless; Courtney J. Robinson, Howard University; Hassan Salmani; Sonya T Smith, Howard University; Gloria Washington, Howard University; Hessam Yazdani, University of Missouri

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)disciplines can fuel interest and enthusiasm in STEM education, research, careers, and advanced degrees.This paper presents the outcomes of the Industry-Research Inclusion in STEM Education (I-RISE) projectthat enrolled 119 students representing various STEM disciplines in a historically black college anduniversity (HBCU) over a period of three years. The participants in this URE were either freshmen orsophomores with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 to 3.0, a population highly susceptible to attrition inSTEM. Approximately 97% of participants were Black or African American (B/AA), and over 73% werewomen. Assessment measures, including student surveys and interviews, indicate increased interest inSTEM research, pursuing advanced degrees in STEM

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Felix F. Udo-Eyo, Temple University

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future, 30% agree (n = 16), 26% (n = 14) are neutral about the statement, 2% (n= 1) disagree, and 2% (n = 1) strongly disagree.5th item: Forty-three percent of the students (n = 23) strongly agree that their experience in theteam will contribute to their career success in the future, 38% agree (n = 20), and 19% (n = 10) areneutral about the statement.Conflict Resolution The results of the conflict resolution items are presented in Figure 7, and are summarized asfollows:1st item: Fifty-eight percent of the students (n = 31) strongly agree that they were able to resolvedifferences, 32% agree (n = 17), and 9% (n = 5) are neutral about the statement.2nd item: Forty-nine percent of the students (n = 26) strongly agree that resolving conflicts led

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Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jacquelyn Huff, Pennsylvania State University

engineering courses since 2018. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023CAD it up - Integrating CAD into Design Projects in First-Year EngineeringCoursesIntroduction:First-year engineering design courses act as the initial touch point with engineering students,forming a strong foundation in the fundamentals of engineering design at the start of students’college careers. At The Pennsylvania State University - the first-year engineering design course -has been through multiple iterations, with recent changes focused on standardizing the coursecontent while reimagining the semester’s projects. While CAD (SolidWorks) has long been acomponent of this course, we sought to better integrate the modeling software (both

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Buket D Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Ioana A. Badara, University of Bridgeport; Navarun Gupta, University of Bridgeport; Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport; Ausit Mahmood, University of Bridgeport

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underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Hispanic adults continueto be underutilized talent pool. Although lower Hispanic enrollments in higher education have been cited as a primarybarrier to STEM careers, more Hispanic high school students are enrolling in higher education. They represent thesecond largest ethno-racial group among undergraduates (25%). Despite the relatively high representation inundergraduate education, they represent only 8% of the total STEM workforce. Women and Hispanic women remainseverely underrepresented in STEM fields. Currently, women comprise 25% of the STEM workforce, and Hispanicwomen comprise less than 2% of the STEM workforce [1]. Addressing the equity gaps in male-dominated fields

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Artemio Cardenas, Pennsylvania State University; Maria Javiera de los Rios Escobar; Leticia Oseguera, Pennsylvania State University

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identity (Sheppard et al., 2022). Our work usessurvey data from before and during the Covid-19 pandemic to compare changes in students’engineering identity and examine how students’ reported Covid-19 stressors were associatedwith engineering identity during the pandemic. Our work focuses on the first and second-yearexperience of engineering students, as these two years are critical to academic success andretention in the engineering field. During these transitional years, students begin to bridgeconnections to peers and faculty, develop motivational beliefs, and make career choices(President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2012; Oseguera et. al., 2019;Robinson et al., 2019; Jones, et al., 2010). The educational disruption

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Martin Nieto-Perez, Pennsylvania State University

organization [5], the Science and Education Director of a US Department of Energylaboratory heavily focus on fusion research [6] and a senior management officers at one of themost successful nuclear fusion start-ups in the US [7]. The latest high visibility of fusion as moreprivate capital starts getting involved has also produced a spike in the number of students enteringundergraduate physics and engineering programs interested in pursuing a career focused on nuclearfusion [8].Recognizing this shift, the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State University has, aspart of a strategy to broaden the scope of its research and academics, started to offer courses gearedtowards students interested in pursuing a career focused on fusion rather than

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Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Haibin Liu, Northeast Normal University

. 7, no. 1, p. n1, 2018.[6] R. G. McGrath and I. C. MacMillan, The entrepreneurial mindset: Strategies for continuously creating opportunity in an age of uncertainty. Harvard Business Press, 2000.[7] T. K. F. Foundation. "Transforming Engineering with Entrepreneurial Mindset." https://engineeringunleashed.com/ (accessed.[8] A. M. Jackson, S. Resnick, R. Hansson, and C. Bodnar, "Student perceptions of an entrepreneurial mindset and its relevance to engineering careers," 2021.[9] A. Jackson, S. Resnick, R. Hansson, K. Burgess, and C. A. Bodnar, "Exploration of the experiences that shape engineering students’ entrepreneurial mindset development," Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy

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Denise Amanda Wetzel, Pennsylvania State University

. This idea can easily be adapted to similar engineering topics and it sharesa framework of how to develop in-depth activities.ConclusionEngineering librarians and faculty are two key collaborators in an undergraduate student's technicalstandards education. Students learn the importance of standards in ensuring product quality, reliability,and safety, and develop the skills needed to apply these standards in their future careers. Additionally,exposure to technical standards in the classroom can help prepare students to work with a wide range ofindustries and sectors that rely on technical standards. Using research guides and classroom instructionalactivities, standards can seamlessly fit within the engineering curriculum in order to meet

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Aaron Mattingly, The Pennsylvania State University; Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Pennsylvania State University

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CoE Equity Action Plan, year-one theme of Mentorship and CommunityBuilding. The event structure was as follows: a keynote address by Wilbur C, Milhouse III, CEOof Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc., a first round of concurrent sessions by guestspeakers on the topics of Women in Leadership and Disabilities in STEM, lunch discussions witha short Wellness Bingo, and a second round of concurrent sessions by Penn State speakers on thetopics of Maintaining Authenticity while Pursuing Mentorship in Academia and Developing anEffective Networking Strategy. The summit concluded with a professional panel on Mentorshipand Career, and closing remarks. Feedback on key takeaways and actionable steps was collectedfrom attendees.The second Equity

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John I Messner, Pennsylvania State University; Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University

site tour, where a just-in-time safety brief is done. Most approaches todo not promote an active safety culture or connect safety more broadly to student’s careers and personal self-interests [9]. To some degree, any safety exposure is good exposure, but there remains a need to growstudents’ mindsets on safe practices and approaches to situations. Our aim with our consistent safety momentdelivery is to be more encompassing and engaging so that safety is always in their mind in some form.Approach to Delivering Safety Moments We start every class with ‘it’s time to start with a safety moment’ (students are audibly joining ourannouncement by the time we get to ‘safety moment’). The safety moment is a short five-minute maximumengaging

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

increasingly being asked to preparestudents to enter an interdisciplinary workplace as “T-shaped” professionals with deepunderstanding and the ability to apply this understanding across a range of problems. As such,the traits of adaptive expertise are characteristics that engineering educators are being required toinstill in their students. However, empirical literature examining adaptive expertisemeasurements among students and working professionals is scarce. More data is required toassess the levels of adaptiveness displayed by both students and working professionals and toexamine points in both an individual's education and professional career in which adaptiveness isdeveloped.In this study we use an existing, validated adaptive expertise survey

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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allocation algorithm and his work as program manager of the Cornell RoboFlag program, withnotable applications including AFRL UAV controls and NASA/NOAA unmanned boat designs. Asidefrom his work at Cornell, David also values his time dedicated to this area while at NASA Goddard as ateam lead in Code 88 Advanced Automations & Architectures.Most of David’s career at Cornell has focused on collaborative projects and research with industry, oreven in support of Cornell initiatives. Some of David’s favorites include:* Remote Occupancy Sensing HVAC controls system with M.E. Engineers Architectural consulting firmas well as recently Blackstone’s $448,000,000,000 Global Real Estate Portfolio * Sunn Hybrid LightingProject sighted as a top project in the

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Andrew ONeill, Pennsylvania State University Electrical Engineering Department; Tim Kane, Pennsylvania State University

given by a representative of the Penn StateElectro Optics CenterResultsResults and findings based on student response and engagement in both courses arediscussed:First Year Seminar ResultsStudent experience was gauged through the use of a focus group administered by a facilitatorfrom the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. The reportfor the focus group stated that students found the tours of labs and hands-on experiences to be ofsignificant value. After the course students were more enlightened on what a degree or career inelectrical engineering can consist of, and how it is related to other fields such as chemistry.Consensus among students was that prior to the course they were unsure what ”optics” meant as

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Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University; Devin Connor Whalen, Bucknell University

encouraged by the positive response it received for its initial run.While it is unclear if future instructors will continue with this specific application as an extendedproject, design-based laboratory, these instructors are encouraged by the teams’ efforts, learning,and project results. We know now that encouraging students to think about renewable energy(especially early in their academic career) can play an important role in molding positiveperceptions regarding renewables and building sustainability values and attitudes. Socialpsychology theories such as the Theory of Planned Behavior [9] and the Value-Belief-Normtheory [10] suggest that attitudes strongly predict behaviors and increase their salience. Our hopeis that early student engagement

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Billal Tamer Gomaa, Penn State University

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LensAbstract:Physics generally falls under engineering programs yet is required for a multitude of differentmajors spanning many departments and disciplines including medicine. When people think aboutthe medical field, their mind immediately goes to classes such as biology, chemistry, anatomyand physiology. However, when looking at the prerequisite courses for medical school or testedMCAT content, there seems to be one subject that doesn’t fit in with the rest: physics. For years,pre-health students have joked that physics is much less applicable to their future careers than theother courses. The goal of this research paper is to tackle the general student assumption thatunderstanding physics will not help them in their respective fields by providing real