Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland, College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park; Natasha Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

of engineers.Moreover, students require these skills in order to take thoughtful actions at decisionpoints in their careers. A subset of the team of faculty who organized the workshop, plusan important addition to the team, a member of the university’s Transformation &Learning Transformation Center (TLTC), is responsible for creating the content of thecertificate, implementing it, and managing it.The certificate system being considered is formatted to be consistent with a plannedteaching academy being developed by the TLTC. The team has been awarded a grantfrom TLTC to explore how unit-specific certifications can be co-developed andexpanded across the university. The focus of this effort is to develop a certification thatmakes sense in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nosakhare Iyobosa Idiaghe; Jessica R. Deters, University of Nebraska Lincoln

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

enrolled in at least threeundergraduate courses each semester during the 2022/2023 academic year. Each of the studentswere part of a privately funded program that allowed them to participate in undergraduateresearch in collaboration with faculty members of the department of Mechanical and MaterialsEngineering. The students were paid for 10 hours of research per week throughout the academicyear. Due to budget constraint, the program is only able to fund 16 students in an academic yearafter a competitive selection process, of which 12 of these students consented to participate inthis study. The goal of the undergraduate research program is to enhance student outcomes,including retention, academic success, and the likelihood of pursuing graduate