Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Christian Matheis, Guilford College; Christine Tysor, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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associated with the Collegeof Engineering and the College of Science. This investment has helped faculty by providingresources for travel, joint publications, reciprocal visits to teach and offer guest lectures, andprovide access to Virginia Tech facilities to the HBCUs/MSIs faculty as well as exposingstudents to increased research and education opportunities at both institutions.We initiated a study with the motivation of developing strategies to evaluate the outcomes of theresearch collaborations resulting from this seed funding program that focuses on the process-oriented illustration of inter-institutional collaboration and explores the nature/quality of thecollaborations (Jalali et al. 2019). The study’s focus was then shifted and narrowed to

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 3 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl P.E., California State University, Los Angeles

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., Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, digitalversion, 1-11.Bocchini, P., Frangopol, D., Ummenhofer, T., and Zinke, T. (2013). Resilience and Sustainability of the CivilInfrastructure: Towards a Unified Approach. J. Infrastruct. Syst., 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000177 (Jul. 1, 2013).Booth, K., Cooper, D., Karandjeff, K., Large, M., Pellegrin, N., Purnell, R., Rodriguez-Kiino, D., Schiorring, E., &Willett, T. (2013). Using Student Voices to Redefine Success: What Community College Students Say Institutions,Instructors and Others Can Do to Help Them Succeed. Berkeley, CA: The Research and Planning Group for CaliforniaCommunity Colleges (The RP Group).Brewer, M.L., van Kessel, G., Sanderson, B., Naumann, F., Lane, M

Conference Session

CoNECD Session: Day 3 Slot 2 - Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University; Jennifer M. Dorsey, University of Texas at Austin; Rebecca Hartley, Seattle University; Frank J. Shih, Seattle University; Joy Crevier, Seattle University

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thesubsequent sections of this paper.2. Literature ReviewDespite nationwide efforts over the last 30 years, the participation of women and marginalizedstudents in engineering and CS has increased only slightly [3]. Scholarship on underrepresentedminority students in STEM gives us insights into their experiences, challenges they face, andpotential ways of increasing their representation and improving their persistence.Following a review of literature that explores challenges that women experience when pursuingcareer in the sciences, White and Massiha discuss several general retention theories, propose aconceptual framework for persistence, and raise a number of possible research questions [4].Blackburn performs a thematic review of the literature