Conference Session

Track 5: Technical Session 4: Fostering an Inclusive Community Among Electrical Engineering Students with Mixed-Reality Technologies at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Preeti De Maurya, New Mexico State University; Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Theoderic Thomas Platt, New Mexico State University; Cristina Miriam Esparza, New Mexico State University; REDWAN UL HAQ CHOYON, New Mexico State University; Bill Hamilton, New Mexico State University; Marshall Allen Taylor, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

agriculturally valueless land [citation ommitted foranonymity]. These communities lack access to basic infrastructure, such as paved roadways,clean water, and electricity service.Figure 1 illustrates the demographic breakdown of student members of the ECE department atthis HSI. While there is significant diversity in terms of student ethnicity, there are significantgender inequalities. The institution and the department serves a significant number of studentsand families who must overcome socio-economic barriers and educational inequalities. Many ofthese students commute, work full-time jobs, and/or attend remotely due to these conditions.Such marginalization calls for improving the on campus climate and practices to instill in studentsa stronger sense