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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Xinyu Zhang Ph.D, P.E., West Virginia University; Li Wang; Lynette Michaluk, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Isabel Perez, West Virginia University; Clayton Scott Hammond, West Virginia University; Ian Bush; Ryan George Cao

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Diversity

Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements and survey and interview protocolsin Fall 2022 via an Honors business core course that uses service-learning projects with local oron-campus partners on event planning, research, procedures and policy updates, and social mediacampaigns to achieve student learning and comprehension of business concepts. Facultydesigned an IRB-approved research study and guided a business student team to design surveyand interview protocols and distribute the survey as course project tasks. A former AcES studentreceived a NASA fellowship to further the research in Spring 2023. A research faculty memberfrom the Center for Excellence in STEM Education that aims to break the cycle of poverty inWV through equitable STEM education

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Miosotis Hernandez, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Lucie Tchouassi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

for Innovation in Engineering Education. His research focuses on increasing diversity in STEM education and the STEM workforce. He has received multiple grants to run workforce development training programs as well as undergraduate research experience programs to train underrepresented minority and first-generation students. He is the Founding Director of NJIT’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as to prepare students for the rigors of mathematics. He is also involved in various engineering education initiatives focusing on the integration of novel technologies into the

Conference Session

S6C: Full Papers - Cannot Have Too Much Math!

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Karen D Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Jeffrey Watt; Christine Krull, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity, Full Papers

engineeringcurriculum [1,3]. Interventions in Calculus 1 that foster both better course mastery and improvedhabits and connections to resources that support STEM success more broadly thus have thepotential to significantly improve retention and success in engineering programs.The NSF-sponsored Urban STEM Collaboratory project, a joint initiative at three partner urbanuniversities (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), University ofMemphis, and University of Colorado Denver), provides scholarship support and interventionsfor academic success and retention to students with demonstrated financial need majoring inengineering, math, and computer science. All three campuses employ a cohort model andprovide targeted support in Calculus, community

Conference Session

S6B: Full Papers - One Size Does Not Fit All

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Susie Huggins, West Virginia University

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Diversity, Full Papers

enter the performance. The attendance capture issuewas reported to and addressed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. as an issue not previouslyconsidered by Zoom.ObservationsWhile other studies have reported the success of the Interactive Theatre technique in improvingstudents’ perceptions about their ability to function effectively on diverse teams and contribute toimproving the inclusive and welcoming culture of the team, this paper has described the “nutsand bolts” of its implementation. Observations of project personnel and interested outsiders(members of the institution’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) who attended the eventagree that the students, in general, appear to be affected by and even empowered by participatingin this