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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 2 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Gabriella Santi, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Lu Zhang, Florida International University

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bachelor of science in Construction Engineering from American University in Cairo. Dr. ElZomor moved to FIU from State University of New York, where he was an Assistant Professor at the college of Environmental Science and Forestry. Mohamed’s work focuses on Sustainability of the Built Environment, Engineering Education, Construc- tion Engineering, Energy Efficiency Measures and Modeling, Project Management, and Infrastructure Resilience. Dr. ElZomor has extensive professional project management experience as well as a diverse cross-disciplinary academic knowledge. Mohamed, distinct expertise supports fostering interdisciplinary research in addition to embracing innovative pedagogical approaches in STEM education. Dr

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 2 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Courtney Zongrone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cassandra J. McCall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ashley Shew, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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or fail to become engineers. Her research interests include utilizing a discipline-based focus to explore the professional identity formation of undergraduate civil engineering students and the in- and out-of-class experiences that shape these identities. She is also interested in the application of Grounded Theory and other qualitative methods to gain a nuanced understanding of individual student experiences. Dr. McCall’s current work includes an NSF-funded project examining the professional identity formation of undergraduate students with disabilities.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 3 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Mary E. Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin - Madison; James A. Yonker

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master’s and doctoral degrees in Sociology from Stanford University.Dr. James A Yonker American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Social Cognitive and Educational Environment Trends in Undergraduate Engineering: Results from Three Consecutive Cross- Sectional StudiesAbstract In 2008, 2015 and 2019 a College of Engineering at a large, Midwestern Research-Iuniversity deployed a survey to undergraduate students to assess the environment for educationin engineering, and a several educational decision factors related to retention in engineering. Theinstrument is based on the Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE) survey, extended

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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

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. ’Pete’ White Chair for Inno- vation in Engineering Education. He is the founding director of an interdisciplinary lab called Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) at VT. He received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from VT. His research interests are in the areas of computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrol- ogy, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has served as a PI or co-PI on 18 projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, with a $8.4 million research funding participation from exter- nal sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at VT since 2007

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 5 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri; Miguel Elias Ayllon, University of Missouri

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) brings to a short-term intensive study abroad program for undergraduate engineering students at a predominantly-White Institution such as the University of Missouri (MU).  Created by the Office of Diversity and Outreach Initiatives and the International Engineering & STEM Programs office EDGES (Engineering Diversity Global Experience & Service) is an academic program that combines a social science and engineering curricula to provide students with hands on leadership, diversity, and project management skills in a global context.  Using a mixed method methodology, this research study uses the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), personal reflections, and

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 4

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Memoria Elizabeth Matters, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida

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culture change.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Purdue. Prior to her appointment in ECE, Dr. Zoltowski was Co-Director of the EPICS Program. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Her research interests include the professional formation of en- gineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership.Dr. Andrew O

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland College Park; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Mary Lord, Towson University; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland College Park

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on the NSF-funded Engineering For Us All (E4USA) project. Dr. Klein-Gardner serves as the chair of the American Society for Engineering Education Board of Director’s Committee on P12 Engineering Education and is a Fellow of the Society.Dr. Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University Dr. Adam Carberry is an associate professor at Arizona State University in the Fulton Schools of Engi- neering Polytechnic School. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment tech- niques, and identifying new ways

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 6 Technical Session 4

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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ofengineering faculty may be newly motivated to integrate SJ issues into their teaching. This paperprovides ideas for individuals newer to considering SJ integration into their teaching.Most engineering ethics textbooks fail to address SJ issues in a substantive way. In Unger’s 2017book [14] the terms social justice, racism, and poverty are not found. A passing nod is given tothese issues in a short description of the Panama Canal project, i.e. “there is much to criticizeabout the way that the workers, particularly the black Caribbean laborers, were treated.” (p. x).McGinn’s 2018 The Ethical Engineer [15] does not explicitly use the term social justice but doesdiscuss Rawl’s Theory of Justice: “for the unequal distribution of a benefit or a burden

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 4 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Andrea Haverkamp, Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Qwo-Li Driskill, Oregon State University

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gendernonconforming people.We Defend Our Trans Family (2018) by Micah Bazant, created as part of the Trans Dayof Resilience project for Forward Together.Available at: https://forwardtogether.org/art/?cats=trans-liberation 6This is a definition of the TGNC acronym. 7TGNC individuals have gender relations to others, themselves, and society that aremarkedly different than cisgender, binary identified, or gender conforming peers.Transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in the United States live undersignificant political, cultural, societal, economic, legal, and educationalmarginalization as described in the 2015 US National

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 4 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Alaine M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer Iriti, University of Pittsburgh; Mackenzie Ball, University of Pittsburgh; Rebecca Gonda, University of Pittsburgh

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Delale-O’Connor, Jennifer Iriti, Alison Slinksey Legg, David Boone & Rebecca Gonda April 2020 Where Our Journey Began Diversity in precollege STEM programs Lack of diversity in college admission that prepare students for STEM UG and graduation in STEM• INCLUDES DDLP – Focused on increasing access of a diverse group of students to an urban research university• INCLUDES Alliance – Focuses on expanding the effort from the original pilot grant to a national stage The goal of the project is to create a national network of STEM precollege programs in urban areas that can be leveraged to increase the admissions and graduation of

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 3 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas at Austin; Ana M. Dison, University of Texas at Austin; Efren Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas at Austin

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Paper ID #28339Adventures in Collaborative Grassroots Undergraduate STEM Inclusion WorkMs. Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas at Austin Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering. She concurrently serves as Director of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, connecting Texas organizations, companies and individuals working to advance gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Berry received her B.S. Chemical Engineering degree

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 1 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Donovan Colquitt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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inengineering is consistent within a national context. Although engineering programs are theprimary intervention of interest, discussions of STEM programs were also included to allow forarticles that do not separate engineering from science, technology, and mathematics. Theprograms’ approaches to fostering interests in engineering careers and retaining studentparticipants in STEM were studied.Research QuestionAlthough this research project fits within a larger goal of understanding how to prepareunderrepresented minority students to be engineering professionals, the research question for thisproject is concerned with how high school intervention programs contribute to underrepresentedminority student success in STEM. The research question is:What does

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 2 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Irvine; Morris Council III, University of West Georgia

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hero Dr. Robert “Bob”Moses created the successful Algebra Project to provide low-income and minoritized youth withaccess to college prep curriculum in STEM subjects like math (Wilgoren, 2001). He has a PhD inmath from Harvard University and experience teaching in New York K-12 schools (Wilgoren,2001). Dr. Moses believes “the demands of a high-tech age make math literacy as much an issuetoday as voting was in the Jim Crow South a half century ago” (PBS, 2002). A small number of programs across the nation matriculate significant numbers ofstudents from underrepresented and economically disadvantaged backgrounds into engineeringprograms. Some of the most successful programs are: Detroit Area Pre-College EngineeringProgram (DAPCEP), SECME

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 7 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Paper ID #28231The Centrality of Black Identity for Black Students in EngineeringDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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forsupporting students through their design challenges, and review of curriculum. The trainingmaterials to support our continuous improvement includes items about human subject research,research with minors, and the Authors’ research philosophy and study protocols.Continuous ImprovementThe summer engineering makerspace experience is a design-based research project where theprogram undergoes iterative design, development, and test cycles each summer to improve theinterventions effectiveness. Because of this continuous improvement process, our design-basedresearch intends to achieve three objectives: (1) identify key elements of the intervention, (2)deepen the researcher’s understanding of phenomena, and (3) uses prior research to describe andjustify the

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 3 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Sarah Trainer, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Jean M. Jacoby, Seattle University; Jodi O'Brien, Seattle University

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, and ASEE Campus Repre- sentative. Dr. Miguel is also a member-at-large of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) Board of Directors. She has been a member of the ECEDHA Annual Conference Program Committee since 2013.Dr. Jean M. Jacoby, Seattle University Jean Jacoby is an Associate Dean and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering at Seattle University. Dr. Jacoby joined SU as the Clare Boothe Luce Pro- fessor of Environmental Engineering. Since 2010, she has served as the director of the SU Project Center and coordinates the college’s undergraduate research program. Dr. Jacoby is the co-Principal Investiga- tor on an NSF

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 7 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Helena Mucino, University of Texas at El Paso

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NSF-funded project at UTEP dedicated to broadening the participation of Latinx students in higher edu- cation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Latinx Students’ Sense of Belonging in Engineering and Computer Science at an HSIThe persistent under-representation of Latinx people, particularly Latinas, in Engineering andComputer Science (E&CS) is well-documented. This under-representation occurs both in thepipeline into and through undergraduate E&CS studies, as well as into the profession: only one-tenth of E&CS degrees were awarded to “Hispanics” in the ten-year period from 2004 to 2014[1], while 2018 data showed that only 8% of the

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 6 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Sophie Schuyler, University of Massachusetts Boston; Jonathan S. Briseno, University of Massachusetts Boston; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts Boston; Anushka Sista; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts Boston; Amanda Arnold, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Ashley K. Randall, Arizona State University

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influenceswomen’s efforts to persist and succeed in STEM fields. This study, which is part of a largerNSF-funded project within the CareerWISE (CW) research program, highlighted the voices ofwhite women and WoC in STEM doctoral programs with the goal of identifying factors thatpromote their STEM persistence. A total of 33 women in STEM doctoral programs across theUnited States were interviewed. Participants were asked to provide recommendations for fellowwomen in STEM who are considering leaving their programs to facilitate their persistenceamidst challenges they might face. The findings were summarized into four broad themes: 1)seek interpersonal support, 2) prioritize mental health and wellbeing, 3) affirm and encourageone’s belongingness in STEM, and 4

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 7 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University

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toundergraduate students from the various STEM (aerospace engineering, electrical engineering,mathematics, mechanical engineering, chemistry, biology, computer science, sociology, andpsychology), and non-STEM majors (political science, and English). The questionnaireadministration was repeated in Spring 2019 to students from the STEM and non-STEM majorswho had not responded in Fall 2018. The questionnaire included few additional items (gender.academic standing, GPA, design/project experience). These demographic items preceded theAT-20 items. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The studentswere invited to respond to the survey through their instructors who were provided copies of theinformed consent forms. The survey

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 8 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago

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characterization and modeling of their material properties. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Intersection of Race and Gender on Experiences of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Leadership RolesAbstractThis project explores the leadership beliefs, experiences, and knowledge/skills of undergraduateengineering students who have self-identified as having leadership experience at a Research Iminority serving institution for Asian Americans and Native Americans, as well as a HispanicServing Institution. Thirty-two undergraduate engineering students with self-identifiedleadership experience were recruited from the College of Engineering across

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 5 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Jerry Austin Yang, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Maximilan Kolbe Sherard, University of Texas at Austin; Christine Julien, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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LGBTQ+engineering students as well as students with other minority or underrepresented identities. Manyof these programs include providing shared spaces for students to inhabit and interact with eachother, such as multicultural engagement centers, department-sponsored minority studentorganizations, and gender and sexuality centers. These spaces present an interesting physicallocale and cultural context to explore the experiences of LGBTQ+ engineering students, as theyare inherently intended to make engineering feel more inclusive for LGBTQ+ engineeringstudents. This study, part of a broader project on the experiences of LGBTQ+ engineering studentsmore generally, attempts to answer the following research questions: 1. How do LGBTQ

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 3 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Sophia Lauren Plata, University of Southern California; Indhira María Hasbún, Florida International University ; Mauro Rodriguez Jr., California Institute of Technology; Dora Louise Renaud, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

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scores is shown inFigure 8, where a “ceiling effect” is observable and can be attributed to a testing threat to internalvalidity. This effect is expected (refer to Section 4) and led to the development and inclusion ofthe self-efficacy scale to the instrument. Table 3: Final EFA Pattern Matrix. Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring. Rotation Method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization. Survey Item Factor I feel confident in my ability to: 1 2 3 4 Q1. Establish goals for a project .193 .536 -.095

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Niesha C. Douglas, Educate, Activate, Transform; Cathy Howell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Lisa R. Merriweather, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anna Sanczyk, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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thestudents graduated on time, thus making sure that they were kept on track, emphasizing more ofan academic advisory role focused on what students were doing rather than a mentoring onewhich emphasizes who the students are and what they need more holistically.Another outcome of culture of doing is that students are treated as employees rather than humanbeings learning in a scientific environment. The data spoke specifically to this when a programdirector indicated that the student needed to be able to work independently with minimaldirection from them. In other words, they were only concerned with the students ability tocomplete the project and not the process which includes the learning component that isassociated with the project. This construct

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 4 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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David Soukup P.E., New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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Paper ID #32146An Imperative for Diversity and Inclusion Training for Asian-AmericanFaculty to Increase the Number of Women Engineering GraduatesMr. David Soukup P.E., New York University Tandon School of Engineering David Soukup is an adjunct professor in the Department of Technology Management and Innovation at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. He teaches courses on discrete event simulation, project management, work design, and operations management. A licensed professional engineer, he earned his M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee and B.S. in systems engineering from the

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 8 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Victoria Beth Sellers, Engineering and Science Education; Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Paper ID #32206Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity in Action: What Can EngineeringEducation Research Publications Do?Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student mo- tivation and their learning experiences. Her projects focus on student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, development of problem solving skills, self-regulated learn- ing, and epistemic beliefs. She earned a B.S. in Bioengineering

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 4 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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sophomores) fromFremont Academy of Engineering and Design in the Pomona Unified School District. Theseparticipants completed two years in the program during which they engaged in projects featuringCreative Robotics and Wearable Technology. The 2015-2016 academic year marked the third andfinal year of this first cohort’s participation and saw the expansion of the Femineer® Program tonine schools with more than 200 students. The expansion continued in the 2016-2017 school yearwith 14 additional schools, with more than 400 students. In addition, the University of Iowa andSan Diego State University signed on as affiliate universities ready to help start and expand theFemineer® Program in their areas. In the 2017-2018 school year an additional 20 schools

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 1 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cara Frances Lammey, University of Colorado, Boulder

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6have grown the program from 36 to 62 participants, and we’ve growncollege matriculants from four participants to 14. We’ve doubled thescholarship for students, so that students now receive a total of $5,000over their first two years in our college.The core of the EngiNearMe curriculum features student groupscollaborating to build Arduino light sculptures. This project is intended toencourage teamwork and creativity, while building on core engineeringprinciples and concepts in a design process. Students also participate inskill-building workshops throughout the week in the ITLL (IntegratedTeaching and Learning Laboratory), including laser cutting, 3D printing,and Arduino programming. In addition to the engineering curriculum,students

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 5 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amman Fasil Asfaw, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; K. Clay McKell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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engineering education, embedded systems, and ecological monitoring.Dr. Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Paul Hummel is a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity. He has a BS in Engineering with a Computer concentration from LeTourneau University and a PhD in Engineering with an emphasis on Microelectronics from Louisiana Tech University. His current activities focus on project based learning and online student assessment.Dr. K. Clay McKell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Clay McKell earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, in mechanical engineering from UCLA in 2006. He earned his M.S. degree in mechanical

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 3 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Helena Mucino-Guerra, University of Texas at El Paso

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working as a Research Assistant for an NSF-funded project at UTEP dedicated to broadening the participation of Latinx students in higher edu- cation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Identity Capital and Persistence among Latinx Engineering/CS Undergraduates on the US-Mexico BorderAbout 10% of engineering and computer science degrees in the U.S. were awarded to Hispanicsfrom 2004 to 2014 [1], while only 8% of the engineering workforce and 7% of the computingworkforce, respectively, was comprised of Hispanics, as of 2018 [2]. In spite of concertedefforts over the last several decades at expanding their enrollment and

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CoNECD Session: Day 3 Slot 2 - Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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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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What’s Next? From Analysis to ActionAbstractThis paper describes how data-driven examination of barriers to successful completion ofundergraduate engineering degrees amongst female-identifying and under-represented minority(URM) students at Seattle University has shaped the development of new policies and programswithin the College of Science and Engineering to better support students from underrepresentedor marginalized groups. This study is a continuation of a project in which we first analyzedgraduation data to extract characteristics that differentiate students who do or do not successfullycomplete degrees within engineering. We followed the data analysis with a survey to betterunderstand the experiences of students from underrepresented or