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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; John Misasi PhD, Western Washington University

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Diversity

morecomprehensive strategies and solutions to foster a positive, supportive, welcoming culture.Introduction:A positive and supportive academic culture in engineering education is crucial to studentsuccess. Culture has been shown to impact identity development, sense of belonging, academicachievement, social relationships, diversity, and retention [1]. The impacts of culture also extendbeyond the academic setting, impacting students’ overall well-being. A negative academicenvironment has been shown to induce feelings of stress, depression, and anxiety in students inSTEM. Interpersonal support from faculty can aid in ameliorating these feelings spurred byadverse learning environments [2]. Mentorship, positive interactions, and effectivecommunication from

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Paul Lu, University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering. Depart of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

developimprovement strategies. These steps are: 1. Define the problem explains details of a particular challenge in a system, as well as all (re)design requirements necessary to improve the system. 2. Develop the solution describes ways of solving a certain problem in a system and (re)design components to improve the system. 3. Collect the evidence relates to measures utilised to evidence the validity of solution(s) to the problem(s). 4. Make the case explains facts and arguments to improve a system and deliver solutions to the problem(s). 5. Manage the plan demonstrates a detailed proposal for delivering solution(s) to the problem(s) in the system. 6. Agree the scope describes the context and