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Enhancing Student Perceptions of Engineering Disciplines through Showcasing of Career Paths

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E.; Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Paper ID #25680Enhancing Student Perceptions of Engineering Disciplines through Showcas-ing of Career PathsProf. Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech Matthew James is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering.Kacie Hodges P.E., Kacie Hodges, PE works as a Civil Engineer in Blacksburg, Virginia. She holds BS and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. Kacie is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia and

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How Do Student Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering as a Career Relate to their Self-Efficacy, Career Expectations, and Grittiness?

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Paper ID #30369How Do Student Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering as a CareerRelate to Their Self-Efficacy, Career Expectations, and Grittiness?Dr. Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Melissa Morris is currently an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Mechanical Engineering Depart- ment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She previously served as a Teaching Associate Professor for the Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Min- eral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008

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A First-year Career Development Course: Securing and Succeeding in an Engineering Job

Conference Session: First-year Programs: Professional Development and Skills
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Paper ID #31500A First-Year Career Development Course: Securing and Succeeding in anEngineering JobDr. Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis Jennifer Sinclair Curtis is Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at University of California, Davis. She is a Fellow of ASEE, AAAS and AIChE. She is recipient of AIChE’s Particle Technology Forum’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award, AIChE’s Thomas-Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems, ASEE’s Chemical Engineering Lec- tureship Award, ASEE’s CACHE Award for Excellence in Computing in Chemical

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Impact of Engineering Design-Focused Summer Academy Experience on Interest Toward STEM Learning and Careers (Evaluation, Diversity)

Conference Session: Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Robin Renee Mangham, Elizabeth City State University; Orestes Devino Gooden, Elizabeth City State University; Elton L. Stone, Elizabeth City State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26188Impact of Engineering Design-Focused Summer Academy Experience on In-terest Toward STEM Learning and Careers (Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University KULDEEP S. RAWAT is currently the Dean of Life, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Technology and Director of Aviation Science program at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU).He has earned an M.S. in Computer Science, 2001, an M.S. in Computer Engineering, 2003; and, a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, 2005, from the Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) at University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He serves as the Site

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Recruiting Undecided Admits to Pursue a STEM Degree

Conference Session: First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Evaluating and Measuring Recruiting and Major Selection Strategies
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Melissa A. Dagley, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Andrew Patrick Daire, University of Houston; Christopher L. Parkinson, University of Central Florida; Diandra J. Prescod , Pennsylvania State University ; Christopher T. Belser, University of Central Florida
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks from 2002 to 2006, and an Associate Editor of the Neural Networks journal from 2006 to 2012. He has served as the Technical Co-Chair of the IJCNN 2011.Dr. Andrew Patrick Daire, University of Houston Dr. Andrew P. Daire, Professor and Associate Dean for Research in University of Houston’s College of Education received his Ph.D. from the Florida State University in Counseling Psychology. Daire re- searches career development along with couple and family interventions to reduce stress and improve family and economic stability in low-income ethnic minority and underrepresented populations.Prof. Christopher L. Parkinson, University of Central FloridaDr

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Parent and Family Influence on First-year Engineering Major Choice

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Major Choice
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University; Jason Mathews, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Michigan Technological Univer- sity. She graduated in 2019 from Michigan Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineer- ing. Her current research focuses on perceptions of first year engineering students on the engineering disciplines as well as sustainable landfill design.Jason Mathews, Michigan Technological University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Family Influence on First-year Engineering Major ChoiceAbstractThis complete research paper discusses parent and family influences on the selection ofengineering as a college major. The choice of a career or profession is a developmental process[1] that is influenced by a diverse set of factors including familial influences [1

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Improving Persistence and Success for At-risk STEM Students Through a Summer Intervention Program at a Hispanic-serving Institution

Conference Session: First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, California State University, Bakersfield
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

1430398.short-term summer intervention program would be effective in improving retention andacademic performance in STEM fields. The program ran for all four summers during the grantactivity period, from Summer 2015 to Summer 2018. The program paired small groups ofstudents with faculty mentors to complete a STEM project for two weeks (one week in Summer2015). Students also participated in a career workshop on the last half-day of the program.Students were considered “at-risk” if they were still in pre-calculus or earlier mathematicscourses at the end of the academic year. Grant personnel went to pre-calculus courses in Springterm to recruit participants. Faculty members teaching pre-calculus courses also sent emailsabout the program to their

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Multi-year Cross-sectional Study of Perceptions of and Self-confidence in Engineering as a Major and Profession of Female First-semester First-year Students

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Emily Fredette, Purdue University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

- inar courses. For the past decade, Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer’s research has focused on broadening participation of women and underrepresented group in STEM fields. Recently, she has been investigating the intersec- tion of education and career path with cultural identity and is developing strategies to inform programming and policies that facilitate recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations in academia. In 2012 Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer was presented with an Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Earth, At- mospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. She also serves on their Alumni Advisory Board. Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer earned her B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota, and an M.S. and

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Work in Progress: Increasing Interest in STEM and Improving Retention for At-Risk Students - A Two-Year Study

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Sunday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

program has had a positive impact onparticipants’ attitudes towards STEM majors, STEM careers, and STEM research. The one-yearretention rate of the first cohort is much higher than the baseline STEM retention rate at the startof the IUSE grant. The first cohort is also making satisfactory progress on completion of thecalculus sequence for their STEM majors and their academic progress mirrors that of the overallCSUB population.IntroductionCalifornia State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) is located in a region with low educationalachievement according to U.S. Census data (US Census Bureau, 2010). The high schoolcompletion rate and the percentage of the adult population with university degrees is lower thanthe national average. This leads to a high

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Piloting an Innovative Bridge Camp at a Tribal College to Improve the Transition from High School to College

Conference Session: First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Scott Martin Hanson, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Paula Jean Comeau, North Dakota State University; North Dakota State College of Science; Megan Even, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Daniel John Luecke, North Dakota State University; Jean Ostrom-Blonigen, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Kelly A. Rusch, North Dakota EPSCoR and North Dakota State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

instructor of the NDSU Pre-Engineering Education Collaboration (PEEC) during their sum- mer camps. Throughout her Ph.D. work and professional career she has focused on serving underrepre- sented populations through summer camps targeting Native American high school students, working with New American populations locally to engage them with the outdoors, and developing curriculum for sum- mer camps at regional tribal colleges. In the future, she will be working with faculty and local hospitals to develop a distance education curriculum to better meeting the needs of the NDSCS Emergency Medical Services program as they look to better serve students abroad.Ms. Megan Even, ND EPSCoRDaniel John Luecke, North Dakota State

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Program Evaluation of a High School Summer Bridge Program in Chemistry and Engineering (Evaluation)

Conference Session: Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union; Laura C. Broughton, City University of New York, Bronx Community; Elizabeth J. Biddinger, City College of the City University of New York
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

lack anunderstanding of what an engineering career entails [14, 15]. Thus, to increase the number anddiversity of students choosing STEM careers, it is important to develop pipelines for students tointroduce them to STEM careers before college and to increase their confidence in STEM-relatedskills.Programs to address STEM skills, self-confidence, or understanding of STEM careers havetargeted various time frames throughout the STEM pipeline, including high school [16, 17],summer bridge programs for high school to college [14, 18, 19], co-curricular support in college[20, 21], and 2-year to 4-year college bridge programs [13]. The majority of summer bridgeprograms target students already accepted to a college for an intensive summer program

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Development of Multidisciplinary, Undergraduate-Led Research Program in Soft Robotics

Conference Session: First-Year Programs Division Poster Session
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Adia Radecka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Alyssa Bradshaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Urbana-Champaign I am an undergraduate student at the Grainger College of Engineering studying electrical engineering interested in soft robotics.Mr. Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I am currently a junior in electrical engineering, graduating in May 2023. I hold a paid research position for the Grainger College of Engineering working with professor Dr. Golecki. I am interested in pursuing a career in health technology and I see myself working with medical devices in the future.Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sara Lamer (she/her) is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. She is an ARISE scholar in the

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Work in Progress: Baseline Survey about Community and Identity

Conference Session: First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging
Collection: 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Abigail M. Clark, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

engineering graduates have the skills to be successful in the workplace (e.g., [1]-[2]).These courses act as a foundation on which build the rest of a student’ educational experienceand seek to, as recommended by the National Academy of Science, “introduce the “essence” ofengineering early in their undergraduate careers” [1, p. 2]. One widely adopted practice fromthese proposed changes is that of First-Year Engineering (FYE) courses, with nearly 60% ofengineering programs adopting a FYE course by 2013 [3]. Due to each institution’s uniquehistory, structures and needs, FYE programs across the country vary with regards to theircontent[4] and structure[3]. Additionally, there is some variation in timing of FYE courses, astransfer students are often

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Engineering Major Certainty: A Look at Major Discernment Initiatives Pre and Post

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

allowed in a given engineering program or department. The engineering program hasfirst-year to sophomore retention that is over 80%, and sophomore to graduation rates above 90%.The current study sought to understand the program experiences that were part of a two-semester coursesequence, which includes a targeted module for the selection of an engineering major, shown in Figure 1.The discernment module formally begins in week 6 of the semester with 8 seventy-five minute classsessions dedicated to understanding engineering majors, careers, and opportunities at the university andafter graduation. During this module, students gain exposure to the engineering departments available atthe university through a series of required events. In order to make

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Work in Progress: A Holistic Approach to the First-year Engineering Experience

Conference Session: First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Kevin J. Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachael Ohu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sherman Mumford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda A. Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Psychology from Roosevelt University. Moving to Charlotte in 1995, Ms. Thurman continued to work in the IT and Engineering recruiting field and then made a career change in 1999 to work in Higher Ed. She has worked for over 20 years at UNC Charlotte and currently serves as the Director for Student Professional Development and Employer Relations for the William States Lee College of Engineering. In March 2010, Ms. Thurman was appointed by the governor (and reappointed American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29193in 2015) to serve on the NC Board of Examiners for

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Growing Together with the Community through Service Learning

Conference Session: First-Year Programs Division Poster Session
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Helen Yoonhee Jung P.E., California Baptist University; Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University; Liya Ni, California Baptist University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

to Engineering with ChristianWorldview. In EGR101, students formed teams and worked on various engineering projects. Inthe beginning of October, about a month into their freshman year, these engineering studentswere already able to present their Nao robot projects to the public at events such as the Scienceand Technology Education Partnership (STEP) conference, and Long Night of Arts andInnovation of Riverside. Thousands of people showed up at these events and our engineeringstudents had the opportunity to share their passion in engineering, encouraged the children towork hard on their math and science, and made them aware that STEM field career can be funusing the example of designing robots and programming them. More importantly, the

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Creation of "The Engineering Student Experience Podcast" to Enhance Engineering Student Readiness for School and the Workforce

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Cesar Moreno
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

Education, 2020 Creation of “The Engineering Student Experience” podcast to enhance engineering student readiness for school and the workforceAbstractThis “Complete Evidence-based Practice” paper describes an institutional strategy to supportstudent success using technology. Over the past decade, audio podcasts have become a popularformat for entertainment, news, and education. Although there are many podcasts that focus onscience and engineering topics, none of them focus exclusively on helping students make moreinformed decisions about whether to pursue engineering, which engineering discipline bestmatches their interests, and how to prepare for a career as an engineering professional. This workdetails the creation and distribution

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Assessing Gender Differences between Student Motivations for Studying Engineering

Conference Session: First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4B: Assessing Student Motivation and Student Success
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anne Dudek Ronan P.E., New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

.13,14 There is a potential fortheir previous work to be explored more thoroughly in the curriculum of a new course project.Other positive motivations can be classified as individualistic. These reasons are closely relatedto psychological enjoyment or behavioral preferences. The common student responses in thiscategory are being good at math and science, liking to build a final product, and understandinghow things work.10,11,13,14 Behavioral reasons have been shown to be the most popular, which iswhy they should be classified into subcategories like the ones above to determine what is moreimportant. The individualistic reasons, or the opposite end of the altruistic spectrum, are oftenreferred to as utilitarian. This includes career opportunities

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Chasing the Holy Grail: Successful Academic Persistence and Retention of Highly Motivated First-Year Engineering Students

Conference Session: First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies
Collection: 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jamie Bracey, Temple University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University; Carnell Baugh, Independent; Shawn Fagan, Temple University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

1st year students cognitive and non-cognitive profiles,testing an applied engineering math course, and incrementally shifting faculty andadministrative culture from transactional relationships to higher quality studentengagement for 1st year students. Between Fall 2014 and Fall 2015 qualitative data wascollected measuring new students’ initial “grit”, motivations and career expectations.The total sample (N=509) consisted of 84% freshmen, 16% transfers, 21% women and14% minority students. Quantitative data included an analysis of the high school SATsand initial university math placement scores for Fall 2014-Fall 2015, a comparativeanalysis of the same data for the Fall 2011-Fall 2013 cohorts, and an analysis of studentoutcomes from an adapted

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Characterizing Student Music Preference and Engineering Major Choice

Conference Session: First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

, and family members may also influence a student’s major selection. Researchers haveidentified factors, such as career prospects, personal interests, parental influence, effects ofclimate and culture, to be important. Although a few models of major choice exist, relativelylittle attention has been given to examining engineering disciplinary choice (e.g. Mechanical,Environmental, Civil, Chemical, or Industrial). Our research aims to fill this gap from a uniqueperspective—since music genre preference can represent diversity in the broad dimension ofexperiences, we explore whether there is an association between music genre preference andengineering discipline choice.Music penetrates all aspects of modern society, including academic settings

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Effects of Scaffolding Creative Problem-solving Through Question Prompts in Project-based Community Service Learning

Conference Session: First-year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Project-based Learning and Cornerstone Courses
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

0.95 3.83 0.98 0.05 0.2710.Confident dealing with problems 3.77 0.99 3.88 0.83 0.14 0.7511. Adopting engineering approach 3.27 1.21 3.00 1.18 -0.23 -1.2812. Wish to be engineering major 2.84 1.53 2.35 1.42 -0.35 -1.9313. Professional identity 2.64 1.40 2.51 1.43 -0.09 -0.5414. Career identity 1 2.44 1.49 2.14 1.39 -0.21 -1.1715. Interests in opinion for engineers 2.64 1.44 2.35 1.38 -0.21 -1.2016. Belong to engineering

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WIP: Hands-On Learning in a Summer Bridge Program Targeting Underclassmen and Transfer Students at an HSI

Conference Session: First-Year Programs Division Poster Session
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey P.E., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Hicks, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

their experiences as engineers, as other programshave done [3]. Three other panels presented for the benefit of the participants, one panel perweek of the SBP. The first panel consisted of persons who were recent engineering graduates ofTexas A&M University-Kingsville. They were asked to speak about the transition from anacademic to professional work environment. The second panel consisted of engineeringgraduates who worked in other professions outside of engineering, and they discussed how theyused their engineering skills in performing non-engineering jobs. The third panel consisted ofseasoned or retired engineers, who spoke about the variety of things each had accomplished overthe course of their careers. There were 16 guest speakers. Of

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Why Do Students Leave? An Investigation Into Why Well-Supported Students Leave a First-Year Engineering Program

Conference Session: First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

mentors, adesignated space for team learning and tutoring, common courses, quality academic advising, afreshman orientation course, social events, and financial aid in the form of renewable scholarships.1.2 Brief Description of the AcES ProgramAcES, founded in 2012, has evolved to include a one week summer bridge experience, a two credithour professional development course, a three credit hour course designed to communicate howengineers throughout history have shaped society, an industrial mentor program, and scholarshipopportunities. Since cohort building, student success skill development, career guidance, andsupport system creation are main objectives of the program, the program enrollment is limitedeach year to 20-25 first-time full-time

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A Strategic Plan to Improve Engineering Student Success: Development, Implementation, and Outcomes

Conference Session: First-year Programs Division: Retention
Collection: 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

College of Engineering Student Success Strategic Plan. In developing thestrategic plan four organizing themes emerged: messaging, structural, support, and community.Table 1 provides details of the strategic plan themes.B. Strategy DetailsThe structure chosen to improve student experiences and performance in the college includedelements as given above in Table 1. Details are provided below.B.1. Messaging ThemeThis theme concerns how the college messages about engineering to various audiences. Thisincludes the type of work engineers do, studying engineering, preparing for careers inengineering, the nature of engineering work and its impact, and how engineers intersect withothers in society to drive progress and prosperity. In this regard, the 2008

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Student Retention Barriers in a Chemical Engineering Program

Conference Session: First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Marina Miletic, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by