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JuEun Lee, Humboldt State University; Joshua Paul Steimel, Humboldt State University
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Paper ID #45777Pilot Strategy to Enhance Mechanical Engineering Student Retention ThroughActive Academic Advising and Early EngagementJuEun Lee, Humboldt State UniversityDr. Joshua Paul Steimel, Humboldt State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Pilot Strategy to Enhance Mechanical Engineering Student Retention Through Active Academic Advising and Early EngagementAbstract:Student retention and recruitment represent persistent challenges in mechanical engineeringeducation. Retention is closely linked to the appropriate placement of students in foundationalfirst-year courses such as mathematics
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Maya Al Shanti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Thiha Myat Thu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Kai Jun Chew, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
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, and working on communication skills [24],[25].As research discussed that undergraduate researchers could engage in their lived experiences formore authentic interpretations of data, we engaged our lived experiences, especially bothundergraduate researchers, through the writing of positionality statements. Positionalitystatements have been a growing phenomenon in engineering education research as part of theefforts to uncover researchers’ preconceived notions that can shape how they conduct theirresearch [26]. By reflecting on their positionalities, Alshanti and Thu as undergraduateresearchers engage their lived experiences as engineering students to interpret instructors’ beliefsand behaviors on test usage. This becomes the foundation of this