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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

Authors

Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Marc J Louise Orque Caballes; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Xuejun Qian, Morgan State Univeristy; Jingwen Xue, Morgan State University; Yulai Yang, Morgan State University; Margaret Ajuwon; Seong Lee, Morgan State University; raghulkumar chandrasekaran, Morgan State University

overall fabrication process [1]. A more engaging learning method identifiesa critical need to maintain student interest and encourage young minds to seek/pursue a STEMfield of study and, ultimately, a career [2].Morgan State University (MSU) is one of the renowned Historically Black Research Universitiesin Baltimore, established in 1867 with more than 7,000 enrollments in both undergraduate andgraduate programs. MSU offers 60 distinct undergraduate degrees concentrated into 51 majorswithin 23 broad fields of study. Across all areas of study, MSU awarded 970 undergraduatedegrees in 2017-2018. Despite the continuous enrollment, the university still lags the few otherHBCUs in the country that offer Aerospace Engineering Program until the year 2018

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

Authors

Abigail R Brown; Barbara Cerefin, Rowan University; Lauren Gallo, Rowan University; Sarah Ramsey, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

commonlearning styles. Another top theme at the beginning was Motivation. Many students discussedwhat they liked about certain classes in high school and how that motivated them to excel andcontinue their education through an engineering degree. There was a shift in top theme from thebeginning to the end of the semester from Learning to Time Management-Balance as shown inTable 4. By December, students have experienced a full college workload and can reflect on howwell they handled it. Additionally, a top theme for the final reflection was Study. As finals areapproaching, studying is at the front of students’ minds and they commonly mentioned how theyimproved or changed their habits throughout the course of the semester.Table 3: ​Most Popular Themes for