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2021 CoNECD

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Teirra K. Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John J. Lesko, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, Virginia Tech Tremayne O. Waller is the Director of Graduate Student Programs at Virginia Tech. He was the Interim Director for the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) and Director of the McNair Scholars Program at Cornell University. He has also worked as the Associate Director of Advising and Diver- sity in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and Diversity Programs in Engineering at Cornell University. He completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Virginia Tech. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID

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CoNECD Session : Day 4 Slot 1 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Cindy Greenwood, University of Maryland, Baltimore County ; Erica L D'Eramo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katherine Bell O'Keefe

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the Uni- versity of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). With a focus on professional development, program- ming, retention and inclusion in higher education, Erica’s role in CWIT includes planning the CWIT Scholars Program, speaker series, Living Learning Community, First Year Experience course, Allies in CWIT practicum, Sophomore Leadership Practicum, and recruitment for both the Scholars and Affiliates programs. D’Eramo holds a B.A. in Business from Franklin & Marshall College and a M.A. in High Education Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Katherine Bell O’Keefe American c Society for Engineering Education, 20211Powerful Pre

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CoNECD Session : Day 4 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

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Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University; Craig Wanklyn P.E., Kansas State University; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin, Kansas State University

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qualified studentsfrom historically underrepresented groups pursuing engineering degrees. MEP also provides afoundational support system and programs that encourage students to find solutions to technicaland social challenges. In addition, the college has had an active Women in Engineering, or WiE,program since 2011. Both programs have focused on foundational support systems and events.They have been highly successful at increasing retention and graduation rates of underrepresentedstudents. The percentage of women and underrepresented minorities has increased. However, therehad also been a lack of broader cultural change in the college. Based on this context andprecipitating events, a Diversity and Inclusion Town Hall was planned for the College

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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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the University of Pittsburgh, a center charged with creating a national network for STEM precollege programs and a local network of undergraduate STEM programs designed to broaden participation. Dr. Allen has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics education from Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Education degree in policy, planning and evaluation and a Doctor of Education degree, both from the University of Pittsburgh. .Dr. Jennifer Iriti, University of Pittsburgh Jennifer Iriti, Research Scientist and Director of the Evaluation for Learning Group at the University of Pittsburgh, designs and manages mixed-methods evaluations of education initiatives in PK-20 settings to support educational

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Bala Ram P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia F Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, North Carolina A&T State University

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is an evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.Dr. Marcia F Williams, North Carolina A&T State University Marcia F. Williams is the director of Special Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). Marcia has more than 30 years of expe- rience in organizational development, strategic planning, proposal development, and grants implementa- tion and administration. Her experience with NSF programs include former co-principal investigator and statewide project director for the North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC- LSAMP) program, co-principal investigator and administrative manager for

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 7 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University; Susan Sajadi, Arizona State University; Jasmine Desiderio, University of New Mexico

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changes within engineering departments. Based on this work, we developed thePOWER protocol (Privilege and Oppression: Working for Equitable Recourse), a workshop thatguides engineering educators to identify and understand the intersectional nature of power andprivilege before planning strategies to disrupt, disarm, and dismantle it. In this paper, we presenta design case to show how this workshop has evolved. We provide the POWER protocol in theappendix so that others can adapt this workshop for their own contexts.In the interactive session at CoNECD, we will take attendees through part of the POWERprotocol (we will scope the workshop to fit in the time allotted; the full workshop is 1.5 hours) toexamine how power, privilege, and

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 5 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Annette L. Pilkington, Colorado School of Mines; Amy E. Landis

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, & Access, whose mission is to establish a strategic plan for access, attainment, inclusion, and diversity at Mines. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates for Women in STEM Dr. Amy Landis, Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Inclusion and Access, ProfessorAnnette Pilkington, Director Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Program WISEM.MINES.EDU #womenatminesSLIDE 1 Notes: This presentation will review the efforts of Mines Women in Science and

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 6 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Don Wittrock, University of Cincinnati CEAS Office of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati

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school Physics and Chemistry courses for admission into college levelengineering degrees. One of the reasons for a low number of local students entering STEM majorsat the university was found to be the lack of access to these courses among students in high schools.This study presents a partnership between a college of engineering and the local school districtfaced with low numbers of students enrolling in STEM majors, who sought to change the trend.Our partnership began planning in 2019 and started our first cohort the summer of 2020. The Officeof Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement offered a physics course online during thesummer of 2020. Results from the feedback survey were collected to evaluate the effectiveness oflessons offered

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas at Austin; Amy Marie Beebe, University of Texas at Austin

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 Presentation: You Belong Here: A Collaborative Recruitment Initiative for Future Engineers is a presentation that showcases a strategy used by our engineering college’s diversity programs in an effort to increase the matriculation of high school admitted students from underrepresented backgrounds into the engineering college. The presentation will explore the initiative’s evolution, provide an overview of the programming and impact. We will also cover lessons learned and future plans. What we really hope is that attendees will be able to walk away with some actionable items and ideas that they could implement at their institutions as well as a reference when working to engage all members of the engineering community to show the value and preliminary

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 5 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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,engineering has been considered a key player to plan, design, implement, and develop solutionsto address humanitarian challenges [38]. For instance, the role of engineering and technology hasthe clear role of providing resources and conditions, such as water [39]–[41] and energy [42],[43]. In the infrastructure and management domain, engineering also plays a role in creatingsolutions that address the development of livelihood conditions [44], [45], logistics [46], [47],and communication [48]–[50]. These challenges are examples of opportunities whereengineering and technology play essential roles in translating ideas into an immediate solution inthe humanitarian context.Methodology We conducted a qualitative case study [51] to explore the LED

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 8 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Lisa Lim, Pennsylvania State University

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. 5 Cohort 8 DemographicsIn State (PA Residents): 7Out of State (Non-PA Resident): 22 6 Objectives • Share the key components and structure of the remote Summer Bridge • Data benchmarking the first-year students’ academic progress • sense of belonging compared to past students with a residential Bridge experience • Lessons learned and best practices • Provide tangible action items that can be replicated across different programs and campusesObjectives of presentation – from abstract 7Summer Bridge 2020 Timeline• April: Planning for remote bridge• May: Hiring

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Casey Lynn Haney, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Claudio Freitas, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Gregory John Gage, Backyard Brains; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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the school year.The curriculum was built to require no more than a middle school life science course as aprerequisite. Teachers were given lesson plans, teaching supplies, and support from the researchteam as questions came up. Further runs are planned on additional lab kits and with additionalschools. The next lab kit to be tested will expand on previous implementations by employingcomputational and robotic models of working brains allowing students to understand more of thefunctionality of brains. This paper assesses how technology such as lab kits benefitsunderrepresented students and potential improvements that can be made to better benefit thesestudents and their teachers. Figure 1. Planned testing for this study

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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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school districts: Over thepast two EngiNearMe cohorts, the BOLD (Broadening Opportunitiesthrough Leadership and Diversity) Center has developed strongpartnerships with several schools and districts across the Denver metroarea that have produced many of the students participating in theprogram. Moving forward, recruitment efforts need to maintain thoserelationships while expanding to new districts with high populations ofURM students to create broader statewide representation in futurecohorts.Post-program contact: We believe we can have greater yield if weincrease our contact with participants throughout their senior year. TheStudent Recruitment Coordinator will create a plan for ongoing outreachto the 2019 EngiNearMe participants throughout

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 7 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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morestakeholders; the teams have learned from their experiences and adopted new strategies targeted atimproving inclusion and empowerment of constituents to solve specific problems they did not identify atthe outset of their projects. We find that teams establish shared vision with stakeholders throughappealing to a range of motivations, honoring what has come before them, engaging stakeholders viastrategies of co-orientation and integration, and sharing the labor of change. This workshop will helpattendees understand their own contexts and develop actionable plans to build shared vision into theirprojects.Sharing vision as a process is an equity focused strategy that can be used to create strong impact inmaking inclusion-focused change projects. The

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 2 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Julia D. Thompson, University of San Francisco; Amalia Kokkinaki, University of San Francisco; Jes Parker, University of California, Berkeley; Hana M. Böttger, University of San Francisco; N. Jeremy Kasdin, University of San Francisco

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, and planned for this to be a 30 students in totalcornerstone of our program. 15 menUSF is one of the most ethnically diverse 14 womenschools in the nation. 1 non-binaryWe have a great deal to offer to the tech, 30% Hispanicdesign and engineering world. 13.3% Black 20% Asian 13.3% two or more races 23.3% White Admission Criteria• Three years of high school math - to highest level offered at the school• Three years of science, two of them with labs• Passion activities• Community engagement activities First two years

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 3 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Leisa D. Thompson, University of Virginia; Zhen Wu

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Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation, J. M. Cohoon and W. Aspray, Eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006, pp. 139-182.[16] Strategic planning for recruiting women into undergraduate computing: High yield in the short term (2015 update). 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.ncwit.org/resources/strategic-planning-recruiting-women-undergraduate- computing-high-yield-short-term-2015. [Accessed November 5, 2019].[17] Strategic planning for retaining women in undergraduate computing. 2009. [Online]. Available: https://www.ncwit.org/resources/strategic-planning-retaining-women- undergraduate-computing. [Accessed November 5, 2019].[18] Barker, L. J., Hovey, C. L., and Thompson, L. D. “Results

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 2 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Lynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering

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graduated from 2000 to 2010 (the most recent data), the frequencyof their responses is shown above.The most common reason, at 10%, was that they were not interested in engineering. Interestingly, 8% said they neverplanned to enter engineering. Since they were able to select multiple responses, we don’t know how many of the womenwho were not interested in engineering after graduating with an engineering degree never planned to enter engineering.But clearly some women lost interest in engineering after starting school but before getting their first job in engineering.This lack of interest in engineering is something I think we need to consider more often when discussing how to retainmore women engineers.Source: N. A. Fouad and R. Singh, “STEMMING THE

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 4 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Ellen Foster, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Donna M. Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrea Haverkamp, Oregon State University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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socioeconomically just engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Week of Action: #EngineersShowUp as intersectional advocatesIntroductionIn this roundtable and open panel discussion, members of the engineering education communitywill reflect upon their experiences during a planned week of action that took place February 23rd– 29th as part of a larger project on addressing root causes of inequity. This event follows aplanning and organizing workshop held at the 2019 CoNECD conference, and continued effortssince then to meet virtually and plan towards collective actions to build awareness and shiftnarratives. Through these meetings and open-ended

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 3 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Christina Viau Haden, Lehigh University; Marci J. Levine, Lehigh University

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thereafter, approximately 4 of the student mentors were past participants (and then say what % of the mentors were returnees? ● Fall Social, (of 15 who RSVP’d to come, only 2 attended) ● Spring social planned, along with multi-Cohort Reunion eventWomen returning as mentors for LWE preLUsion 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 preLUsion participants Mentors 17 We have approximately a 1:3 to 1:4 peer mentor to participant ratio, with approximately 8 peer mentors each year, for cohort size on average of 22.Women returning as mentors for LWE preLUsion 2015 2016

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 6 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Ekundayo Shittu, George Washington University; Jennifer Dashiell-Shoffner, North Carolina A&T State University; Hyung Nam Kim, North Carolina A&T State University

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Anticipation (academic “to-do”) - derived from narratives that speak to plans the participants make for improvement during this process or narratives that regard what they think will happen as they progress in their respective programs.  Problem-Solution Focus-derived from narratives that identify problems the participants may have encountered thus far and their plans to address or correct those problems.Once all data has been manually coded, all codes and data were entered into Microsoft Excel andHyperRESEARCHTM version 3.7.5. for further analysis. The analysis includes frequency ofobservations over time and a correlation evaluation with test of statistical significance

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 3 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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

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and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events” (National Research Council, 2012). We measure the absorption and recovery aspects with a goal of informing future adaptation and

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CoNECD Session : Day 4 Slot 1 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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, whichincludes 6,521 undergraduate and graduate students. Within the demographics,international students are identified as Non-Resident Aliens according to the Cal PolyPomona Institutional Research, Planning, and Analytics office. Twenty point eightpercent of students are female, 79.154% are male and 0.046% identify as nonbinary. 11The pie chart (figure 3) above reflects engineering undergraduate and graduatestudents and their first-generation status. The pie chart reflects students that identifyas first in their family to attend college in pursuit of a degree, no response and notfirst-generation status

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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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Engineering study abroadprogram with the following percentages (see above). 4 The Problem  Engineering Demographics  18% Women, 12% URM  11% of U .S. college students study abroad in 2017-2018, with only 5% being engineering students*  Study Abroad Course Pedagogy is lacking  Studying abroad provides immersion experience that can change students, but this is not typically measured or planned out to provide developmental change#  Gap in the research about pedagogical approaches to support greater intercultural development

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 2 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Rhonda R. Franklin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kristen S. Gorman, University of Minnesota; Rashaunda M. Henderson, University of Texas at Dallas; Netra Pillay, Qualcomm; Heena Rathore, University of Texas, San Antonio; Abhay Samant, National Instruments; Tom Weller, Oregon State University

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neutral levels of agreement on all items in this portion of thesurvey. The exception being Q16 asking about students’ plans for taking technical electives inRF/microwave engineering with which they agreed more strongly. Figure 1. Project Connect participants had significant gains on most post-program survey questions as compared to pre-program survey responses. Each question asked about a different aspect of the primary goals of the Project Connect program. Stars next to a question number indicate a statistically significant gain as measured by a paired t-test (* indicates p<0.05, ** indicates p<0.01, *** indicates p<0.001). Q1 - I am interested in pursuing a career in the RF/microwave engineering field/industry Q2 - I am aware of career

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 7 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Luke Alao P.E., Swinburne University of Technology

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explained, “I was unable to speak English in Cyprus”, and Sofia planned to travel alone to Australia with noparent or guardian. However, she was determined to become a professional engineer in her mother’s birthplace.Sofia always wanted to come to Australia to study once she finished high school to study civil engineering.However, the admission requirement for the course required Sofia to complete program for English. This actionwould take one year to complete before getting into the Bachelor degree program. Instead of following this courseof action, she applied for the Associate degree since she met the English language requirement for the Associatedegree program. Sofia explained that she was thrilled to follow this pathway opportunity offered

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 1 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Jennifer Kouo, Towson University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Briana O'Neal, University of Maryland College Park; Jackelyn Raquel Lopez Roshwalb, University of Maryland, College Park; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland College Park

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Nariman Farvardin Professor of Engineering at the Clark School on Jan- uary 5, 2009, having come to the school in 1995 as an assistant professor and served as chair of the school’s Department of Aerospace Engineering from 2006 to 2009. As dean, Pines has led the devel- opment of the Clark School’s current strategic plan and achieved notable successes in key areas such as improving teaching in fundamental undergraduate courses and raising student retention; achieving suc- cess in national and international student competitions; giving new emphasis to sustainability engineering and service learning; promoting STEM education among high school students; increasing the impact of research programs; and expanding

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 2 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Shernita Lee, Virginia Tech; Justin Grimes, Virginia Tech

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level, it is also important to have “buy-in” fromother entities beyond the Graduate School that manages and organizes this event. To ensure anequal opportunity for all campus partners to be involved, invitations are sent to the Dean of eachCollege and Director of each Research Institute. This yielded a financial commitment from theOffice of the President, Office of the Provost, Office of Inclusion and Diversity, Office forResearch and Innovation, and the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science(ICTAS). Without the financial and representative support from others, the HBCU/MSI ResearchSummit would not have the same impact, size, or experience for its participants. The summit ishighlighted in three sections to describe the planning

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 5 Technical Session 4

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2021 CoNECD

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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important point, which is to say that increasing the numbers of women and underrepresentedminorities in engineering is best done, not by working to change the students, but by changingourselves. The plan for a garden is laid out and anchor plants, maybe trees or bushes, are selected first.These plants need to be diverse themselves to ensure the overall health of the ecosystem. They serveas shade for seedlings not yet ready for full sun and even serve as a kind of existence proof themselves.The metaphor corresponds to a diverse faculty, which needs to be a deliberate part of a strategic plan,and all of the faculty need to focus on broadening participation. The ASEE Diversity RecognitionProgram [11], for example, includes attention to the

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 8 Technical Session 3

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2021 CoNECD

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Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Naveen Sharma, Rochester Institute of Technology; Lana Verschage, Rochester Institute of Technology; Timothy T. Conlon

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.  What do people need to do/do differently today to make tomorrow different from yesterday? (4) Describe how we/we will hold ourselves and others in our environment accountable?This presentation also describes how experiential learning has been incorporated within each of the four interventions in order to improve learning and promote an inclusive, vibrant academic environment as well as detailed descriptions of each activity, workshop evaluation results, and future plans.  11Reiterate the sessions title, “Creating an Inclusive, Vibrant Learning Environment within a Large Software Engineering Program ‐Experiential Learning Experiences

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 8 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Tiffiny Antionette Butler, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ryan Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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student cohortgroup related to combatting imposter syndrome, strategic planning for a career (who andwhat do want to be when you grow up), recognizing and managing micro and macroaggressions in the workplace and laboratory setting, and training in an asset-basedapproach to mentoring emphasizing growth versus fixed mindset in our training. Studentsalso focused on team building, communication training particularly in regard to “bragging”about one’s accomplishments, time management, how to give presentations utilizingtechniques in improvisation, college readiness related to applying for college and thetransition from high school to college, as well as building self esteem through effective selfpromotion.The activities for WRAMP was to not only