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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Subha K Kumpaty, Concordia University Wisconsin/ Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mohammad Mahinfalah, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jan L. Fertig, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Judith Eroe, Grand Canyon University

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. Scholar 3 isfrom Georgia and Scholar 5 is from Arkansas, and they are working and settling in Wisconsinupon graduation from MSOE. The S-STEM scholars at MSOE are not all WI students but are fromvarious states, and they are flourishing in WI job market as well.Graduate SchoolScholar 9 has grown through this program quite steadily. He overcame early struggles with studyhabits, time management, and exam preparation and completed the degree program with maturityand great experiences including REU at Marquette and internship at Thermo Systems. He is ingraduate study pursuing master of science in engineering at MSOE since Fall 2024 and workingas a graduate assistant at MSOE Fluid Power Institute. Scholar 10 completed his BS in record timerequiring STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie L. Aldridge, The Ohio State University; Nicole M. Else-Quest, University of California, Los Angeles ; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Joe Roy, American Society for Engineering Education

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-factor organizational climate scale to understand engineering doctoral student retention. Using anintersectional approach, we developed a scale to assess multiple focused climate factorsassociated with organizational commitment or member retention, many of which are particularlysalient to the experiences of students from marginalized or minoritized identities. We tookseveral steps to create the scale, including face/content validity analysis, exploratory factoranalyses for validity evidence, and internal consistency for reliability evidence. The surveyincludes demographic items to capture the respondents' complex social identities. During thesummer and fall of 2023, we collected our first pilot study data of 373 doctoral engineeringstudents from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacey Forsyth, University of Colorado Boulder; Tim Ogino, University of Colorado Boulder; Jessica Sickler, J. Sickler Consulting; Angelina Ong

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iteration.ResultsOf the 184 teens who participated in a BBB internship program, 152 assented to participate inthe research study. Across sites, quantitative and qualitative data suggest that the internship’shuman-centered approach is effective in attracting diverse participants and broadening theirperceptions of engineers in ways that align more closely with their own self-identities. As internscollaborate to design and fabricate an accessible product for a real-world client, they developtechnical and workplace skills and deepen their understanding of issues related to disabilities.• Motivations to Participate: The project’s focus on helping others was a strong motivator toparticipate. 59% of interns cited helping others and/or their community as a primary

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Hazel Marie, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

," Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C., 2016.[2] K.-y. Wong and C. K. Yip, "Education, economic growth, and brain drain," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 23, no. 5-6, pp. 699-726, 1999.[3] L. Cancado, J. Reisel, and C. Walker, "Impacts of a Summer Bridge Program in Engineering on Student Retention and Graduation," Journal of STEM Education, vol. 19, no. 2, 2018.[4] D. Wood, A. Gura, J. Brockman, G. Gilot, S. Boukdad, and M. Krug, "The Community-Engaged Educational Ecosystem Model: Learning from the Bowman Creek Experience," presented at the Engaged Scholarship Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, 2018.[5] D. Wood, A. Gura, J. Brockman, A. Rayna Carolan-Silva, S. Boukdad, and J. C

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Laura E. Ray, Dartmouth College; Scott Pauls, Dartmouth College

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, management, andpreservation. Proficiency in one or more of these areas in conjunction with domain knowledgewithin a core STEM discipline is rapidly becoming a key need for education and workforcedevelopment. To meet the need for STEM professionals with proficiency in data science, theNSF-sponsored DIFUSE project at Dartmouth has focused on integrating data science intoSTEM disciplines to enhance undergraduate student learning and preparation for the STEMworkforce. The interdisciplinary approach, described in [1], develops data science modules foruse in the classroom in introductory STEM and social science courses ranging from psychologyand environmental studies to astronomy and engineering; to date, we have developed anddisseminated over 20 such