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Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard; Margarent B. Bailey; Michael G. Schrlau

specifically in engineering [3]. A diverse, inclusiveengineering labor force has the potential to address a wide range of societal needs and togenerate more innovative technological products and solutions for the 21st century [4-8].However, to make the engineering workforce more inclusive, it is necessary to first understandbarriers to persistence in engineering disciplines as well as practices and activities that could beleveraged to promote the retention of women or other underrepresented populations. The relationships between self-efficacy and gender are well-documented in the literature andself-efficacy has been suggested as a factor that impacts the persistence and perseverance ofwomen in undergraduate engineering programs [9-12]. Other

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Nancy K. DeJarnette; Ruba S. Deeb; Jani M. Pallis

. Initially, a pre and post student survey was implemented thatprovided some key insight on the impact of the STEM bus program on K-12 students, albeit on asmall scale, which led to the decision to only collect a post survey from students to make it moreconvenient for the teachers.A. Survey DataFor this pilot study survey data, teachers found it challenging to get the students to complete boththe pre and post surveys, so after two school visits, we revised the survey to only one post surveyregarding students’ experience on the STEM bus. The descriptive statistics from these surveyresults provided valuable results that we show herein to address research question one. Question1 asked, “I have a good understanding of what STEM is”. On the pre-survey

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Ryan C Cooper

. Thestudents were graded upon their approach to the problem and quantification of uncertainties inmeasured and predicted values. Using the 2019-2020 senior capstone students, I found astatistically significant increase in preparation for engineering design from taking the lab coursewith PjBL. I discuss the impacts of specifications grading, project-based learning competition,and detail the measured improvements in technical writing throughout the semesters in Fall 2018and Fall 2019. The impacts were measured based upon a standardized rubric and qualitativeassessments.IntroductionEngineers are expected to create models, take measurements, make predictions, validate modelsand communicate difficult concepts. The most important ABET outcomes ranked by

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to have a large number ofparticipants from many institutions contributing atthis in-person conference in this pandemic era.Our mission is to showcase the latestdevelopments in engineering education andstrengthen partnerships among engineeringeducators in the region. We are committed to bringing together the best talents fromour engineering community and fostering their growth. This is an ideal forum to interactwith engineering educators and to listen to the methods of educators in otherinstitutions as well as to listen to undergraduate and graduate students’ research. Wehope that this regional conference on engineering education will inspire and motivateour younger generation to pursue a career in engineering fields that uplift our worldand