Conference Session

Equity and Ethics in Engineering-I

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jennifer Pelletier, University of British Columbia

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission, Diversity

opportunities for undergraduates toparticipate in research, and 18% mentioned the CREATE-U program specifically. Many studentsalso reported learning that research can lead to a range of careers in academia or industry(including entrepreneurial ventures). A few students talked about being surprised thatundergraduates had enough background to be able to contribute to research, and more expressedsurprise that concepts they were learning in second-year are used in research. A number ofstudents indicated that they were now considering research as a career (while a few mentionedthat they were now more certain that research was something they did not want to engage in).For the 2019-20 third-year laboratory course, 18 students completed both pre- and post