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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University

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.) about themselves were the factors that wouldcontribute other than the FYE foundation course. Teamwork and communication wereagain mentioned mostly as being helpful in other courses or largely through extra-curricular engineering projects (e.g., civil engineering canoe, mechanical engineeringrace car, the aerospace engineering model airplane or the multi-disciplinary or inter-departmental satellite, etc.). 35% 30% Female(%) 25% Male(%) 20% Total(%) 15% 10% 5% 0%Figure 4. Other factors impacting development of student's successful

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Pamela Petrease Felder, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Shawnisha Hester LGSW, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amanda Lo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park; Patricia Ordonez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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Maryland College Park.Dr. Patricia Ordonez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Hashtag #ThinkBigDiversity: Social Media Hacking Activities as Hybridized Mentoring Mechanisms for Underrepresented Minorities in STEMIn the spirit of “hack-a-thons” that build solutions to develop tools or fill gaps in knowledge, weleveraged resources from the National Science Foundation’s Alliances for Graduate Educationand the Professoriate (AGEP), NSF ADVANCE, and NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation’s Bridge to the Doctorate (LSAMP-BD) programs to co-develop “hacking diversityin STEM” events for underrepresented minorities

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Felicia James Onuma; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park

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his tenure from 27% in 2012 to 37% this year. Bruk completed a master’s degree in engineering management at George Washington University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in the Minority and Urban Education Unit of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. His dissertation research focuses on factors that facilitate transfer among Black engineering community college students.Ms. Felicia James Onuma A Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Felicia received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Social Policy from the Johns Hopkins University. During her undergraduate years, Felicia accrued a vast amount of experiences. To name a few, she taught English in Denmark, served as an Admissions Representative