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Minorities in Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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Solving (CPS); and to communicate the potential impact of thisscaffolding on underserved minority students’ higher-order skill development through Project-Based Service Learning (PBSL). It contends that adoption of engineering design process inexperiential learning could promote students’ demands for cognitive and metacognitive strategiesof Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Creative Problem Solving (CPS), and scaffolding withquestion prompts based on cognitive research findings could better facilitate SRL and CPSprocess of underserved minority students, and lead to their enriched metacognitive experience,meaningful accomplishment, and improvement of self-efficacy and higher-order skills. Theoverall goal of the presented scaffolding instruction is

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Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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who were shown to have significantly higher perceptions of communicationand computer skills before entering college had a significant decrease in the same perceptionafter the first year of college. This is an indicator that the college experience negatively affectsthe self-efficacy of minority engineering students. It was also shown that the attitudes ofstudents at minority-serving institutions were higher, and these schools appear to retain andgraduate more minority scientists9, 13. Even though students at the HBCUs may not have highergrades, it does not appear to affect their attitudes. Some of the retention and scholarship programs that appear to have a significant impacton retention are Project Preserve and the Meyerhoff Scholars

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Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joi-Lynn Mondisa, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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. & Yeo, T. P. Measuring the effectiveness of faculty mentoring relationships. Academic Medicine 80, 66 (2005).18 Hayes, E. F. Mentoring and nurse practitioner student self-efficacy. Western Journal of Nursing Research 20, 521 (1998).19 Yost, R. “I think I can”: Mentoring as a means of enhancing teacher efficacy. The Clearing House 75, 195- 197 (2002).20 Blake Beard, S., Bayne, M. L., Crosby, F. J. & Muller, C. B. Matching by race and gender in mentoring relationships: Keeping our eyes on the prize. Journal of Social issues 67, 622-643 (2011).21 Blake-Beard, S. D. Taking a hard look at formal mentoring programs: A consideration of potential challenges facing women. Journal of Management Development 20

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Marcos Miranda, Ohio State University ; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Marianne T. Johnson, University of Delaware; Michael L. Vaughan, University of Delaware; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Darryl Dickerson, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rachel A. Davidson, University of Delaware

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student retention andsuccess (4-13). A whitepaper study conducted by the National Society of Black Engineers(NSBE) (4) studied four top-ranked MEP programs and recommended nine interventions forinstitutions to boost minority enrollment and retention. Six of the nine interventions traditionallyfall in the purview of MEPs, namely, summer bridge programs, living-learning communities,facilitated study groups, scholarships, and positive development of self-efficacy and engineeringidentity. The success of these interventions in boosting minority enrollment and retention inengineering programs of study has been proven repeatedly in the literature (5, 10-13), withparticularly strong evidence to support summer bridge programs (12) and intensive

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University; Haiying Long, University of Kansas; Anna Teresa Caringella; Andrea Pinto

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research programs, tend tohave stronger retention rates (Fakayode et al., 2014).Similarly, scholarship on Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) has advanced the concept of servingness asa measure of HSIs’ supportive institutional climate (Garcia, Nuñez & Sansone, 2019). Researchers alsoposit that engineering students at HSIs benefit from having professors who show interest in students, peerswho are more like family members, and a sense of self-efficacy that they gain from a supportive institutionalculture (Fleming & Smith, 2013). Additionally, undergraduates at HSIs benefit from co-curricularexperiences such as research opportunities, as well as tutoring and other types of engagement on campus(Garcia & Hurtado, 2011). Garcia and Hurtado

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University

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employment may not provide them with the relevant experience employers arelooking for. The Office of International Student & Scholar Services at Florida InternationalUniversity reported a total of 2,738 international students, out of which 57% are at theundergraduate level. The lack of self-efficacy was also exhibited in some of the responses, as itseems students are afraid of the course load. One student explains: “I think the program is verychallenging and intimidating; I wanted to apply but I do not know if I have the ability to do it.”Another respondent describes that being that it is a STEM degree, students need to be well-disciplined to manage this heavier course load and thus suggesting that it is not for everyone.Others expressed “being

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Influence of Race and Culture

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

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of their community and their native culture.The WIT project enlists female scientists of Native Hawaiian ancestry who are involved in mathand science-based careers to participate in the camp and to provide mentoring for the studentparticipants. WIT also employs a team-based, instead of the individual or competition-based,paradigm which has been proven to be more effective for girls’ education. The paper will alsodiscuss methodology for building self-efficacy through highlighting astronomical navigationalscience of ancient Hawaiians juxtaposed with current day science, engineering and astronomycareers atop sacred Mount Haleakala. This paper will present survey results, anecdotal evidence,multi-year tracking and improvements/revisions to the

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Focus on African-American and Hispanic Engineering Students’ Professional and Academic Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Inez N. Moore, Howard University; Silas E. Burris, Howard University; Fabiana Bornmann

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-fold effect: first,the denial of access to post-secondary education, and second, a lack of self-efficacy in Blackstudents regarding educational attainment because of the prolificacy of negative stereotypesabout their achievement4. Steele and Aronson’s5 work on stereotype threat supports the notionthat knowledge of negative stereotypes about the achievement of Blacks can, in turn, lower thatachievement. Steele and Aronson found that when Black students were tasked with completing astandardized test that they were told measured intelligence, they consistently scored significantlylower than their White American counterparts. When they were instead given a standardized testand were told that the test did not measure intelligence, Black students

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felicia James Onuma, University of Maryland, College Park; Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park

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classroom or workplace is not measured by a deepattention to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, etc. Conceivably, many Clark School alumnirepresented in the study were trained in more of a traditional engineering pedagogical tradition,and therefore did not explicitly need to grapple with issues of race in order to persist in theircourses. Foregrounded by these prior studies and the implications described here, it may not beespecially surprising that some study participants did not respond strongly to the idea that therewas any type of negative treatment based upon their race or gender identity. At the same time,the lack of attention to identity based on race may have allowed these alumni to see faculty in amore positive manner.Notwithstanding

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Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Yatchmeneff, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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because it is linked to student success and persistence in STEM degrees30,33–39.Students’ self-efficacy in mathematics and science is also related to student success andpersistence in STEM degrees10,20,35,37,40–42.MethodsSelf-Determination TheoryI used Ryan and Deci’s self-determination theory of motivation as the theoretical framework formy study. Self-determination theory takes into consideration intrinsic and extrinsicmotivations43–46. ANSEP makes public the extrinsic motives they provide to their high schoolstudents, such as scholarships, to motivate them to complete advanced mathematics and sciencecourses19. Due to ANSEP’s high levels of success at motivating high school students to takeadvanced mathematics and science course19,21,22, ANSEP

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Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos

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: The National Academies Press.10) Denson, C. D., & Hill, R. B. (2010). Impact of an engineering mentorship program on African- American male high school students’ perceptions and self-efficacy. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 47(1), 99-127.11) Sanders, T. (2004). No Time to Waste: The Vital Role of College and University Leaders in Improving Science and Mathematics Education. United States Department of Education. http://www.ecs.org/html/Document.asp?chouseid=548012) Henderson, A. T., & Mapp, K. L. (2002). A new wave of evidence: The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

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Attracting Young Minds: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jana B. Milford, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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enough self-efficacy to apply to engineering if they donot think they will be admitted.To better understand where the population of young women who apply to our college comefrom, we analyzed which high schools had the most women apply to our college and ultimatelyenroll. We found that the schools that sent the most women were the top-performing local highschools. We did the same for minority students and found that in addition to one top-rankedschool about an hour from our campus, our partner schools where we have active K-12engineering education programs matriculated the most minority students. This highlights theneed to continue our partnerships with minority-serving high schools and recruit more effectivelylocally.We have taken steps to

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carin Queener, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Dorian Davis; Renaldo C. Blocker, The "Why You?" Initiative, Inc.

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, sense of community, perceived program benefit, science identity, and research self-efficacy. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2016. 15(3): p. Ar48.[19] Murphy, T. J., Stafford, K. L., & McCreary, P. (1998). Subsequent course and degree paths of students in a Treisman-style workshop calculus program. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 4, 381–396.[20] Shultz, E. L., Colton, G. M., & Colton, C. (2001). The Adventor Program: Advisement and Mentoring for Students of Color in Higher Education. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 40(2), 208–218. doi: 10.1002/j.2164- 490x.2001.tb00118.x[21] Ehrich, L. C., Hansford, B., & Tennent, L. (2004). Formal

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, PROMINENT Labs UIC; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois, Chicago

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-economicfactors and emotional health as described by the following authors.As written by Richardson et. al, psychological and emotional health correlate with how a studentperforms at the university level and whether they complete their program. Richardson found thatdemographic and psychosocial factors, high school grade point average, SAT, ACT and self-efficacy were all correlated with a student’s GPA in college4. Conley et. al also presents on howACT scores and high school GPA predicted academic achievement best when combined withsocioeconomic status, academic self-confidence and motivation5. For this study, thepsychological and social predictors which are qualitative will not be explored. The focus will betowards quantitative predictors.Geiser et. al

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sofia M Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Linda M. Null, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Leigh Sliko, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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scholar with a peer mentor inthe same or a similar major, in addition to pairing every STEM scholar with a faculty mentor.After conducting a mentor/mentee training session, the peer mentoring teams met on a monthlybasis throughout the semester. The authors evaluated the effectiveness of the mentoringprograms through a series of pre-, mid-, and post-year assessments. The authors used acombination of assessment tools from the NSF-approved Assessing Women and Men inEngineering and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. These tools are designedto identify longitudinal changes in the self-efficacy of undergraduate students studyingengineering. Results obtained indicate a significant improvement in metacognitive strategies,goal

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Trina L. Fletcher, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Vishodana Thamotharan, Florida International University; Atalie Garcia

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engineering design in middle schools. International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(5), 874–883. 4. Litzinger, T. A., Wise, J. C., & Lee, S. H. (2005). Self-directed learning readiness among engineering undergraduate students. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(2), 215–221. http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00842.x 5. Raelin, J. A., Bailey, M. B., Hamann, J., Pendleton, L. K., Reisberg, R., & Whitman, D. L. (2014). The gendered effect of cooperative education, contextual support, and self- efficacy on undergraduate retention. Journal of Engineering Education, 103(4), 599–624. http://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20060 6. Schuurman, M. K., Pangborn, R. N., & McClintic, R. D. (2008). Assessing

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; David Lorch, University of Michigan; Cinda-Sue Davis, University of Michigan; Guy Meadows, University of Michigan

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provide an opportunity for students to develop the skillsnecessary to succeed in college and to improve their self-confidence. On a four point scale,students’ level of confidence increased from 3.1 to 3.5 (p=.001) and their feeling of preparednessto succeed increased from 2.9 to 3.5 (p=.000). This is a remarkable and significant shift showingthat the program is instilling a sense of self-efficacy in the students.Finally, themes from the open-ended items on the end-of-course survey provide interestinginsight. Students noted that, through making mistakes in “Crossing the Boundary,” they learnedto ask for help from the teacher and from others, to work more effectively on teams, and to beginhomework early (rather than procrastinate). Common

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Myron L. Stevenson, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T University (Tech)

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conditions have on students’ education, we hope to better understandand highlight the circumstances that are preventing an increase in STEM diversity in NorthCarolina. We propose increasing the number of ethnic minority educators, improve culturaltraining for educators by implementing cultural relational teaching methods into standardcurriculum including more hands-on instruction, a redistribution of financial resources to statepublic educational institutions, including higher education, based on need instead of population.We believe these changes have the potential to increased interest and self-efficacy in math andscience for underrepresented minority students of North Carolina.I. Introduction The US Department of Commerce reports employment in

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa Trahan, University of California, San Diego; Gennie Miranda, UC San Diego; Olivia A. Graeve, University of California, San Diego

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relevant resources, which will beintroduced to all departments through an orientation and follow-up communications.Guided Engineering Apprenticeship in Research (GEAR): Launched in 2019, GEAR is ayear-long research experience for early undergraduates that aims to provide a scaffoldedexperience to support the development of students’ research self-efficacy, engineering identity,and sense of belonging and inclusion within the field--especially among underrepresented, firstgeneration, and low-income students. The program is based on the NSF-funded Early ResearchScholars Program in the Computer Science and Engineering Department [14]. Assessment of thepilot year of the GEAR program found that 1) participants gained research skills/knowledge inways

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Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Lynne Morazes, Brandeis University

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colleagues49, mastery goals have been positively associated with how astudent perceives him/her academic ability and self-efficacy. “for me I’m the kind that likes a challenge I like to be in a challenging major,… I know there is a lot of praise in doing engineering, but I don't want the praise to be because I’m a women doing engineering… I know I’m a girl but it shouldn't be Page 26.1291.12 extra amazing it should just be that oh okay you’re doing engineering that's cool but uh it helps cause in my mind yea I can do this and

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University

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Educational Psychology with the specialties in Gifted Education and Research Methods & Measurement, respectively from Purdue University. Her work centers on P-16 engineering education research, as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and institutional data analyst. She has authored/co-authored more than 30 journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a reviewer of journals in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology, as well as an external evaluator and an advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects.Dr. Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University Dr. Mendoza Diaz is Instructional Assistant Professor at the Dwight College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She

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Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie LeSure, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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showed that service participation yieldedsignificant positive results in the following eleven areas: (1) GPA, (2) writing skills, (3) criticalthinking skills, (4) commitment to activism, (5) commitment to promoting racial understanding,(6) self-efficacy (7) leadership activities (8) self-rated leadership ability, (9) interpersonal skills,(10) choice of a service career, and (11) plans to participate in service after college.A joint investigation at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology disclosed that students who participated in service-learning had a betterunderstanding of the connection between engineering and community needs 36. According toTsang et al., “Service learning is an effective strategy

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Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University

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kit (http://www.pasco.com/).  Calculate the bar forces of truss bridge under static loads.  Measure the bar forces of truss bridge under static loads.  Measure the bar forces of truss bridge under dynamic traffic loads.  Compare the bar forces under static and dynamic loads.  Prepare project report and presentation.Electrical Engineering Project: Mini TimerThe Electrical Engineering group project uses the BASIC Stamp Activity Kit from Parallax, Inc.(http://www.parallax.com/) to achieve the following objectives:  Understand basic circuits principles.  Understand circuit elements, symbols and diagrams.  Design, build and test simple circuits.  Understand the basics of microcontrollers.  Learn concepts of

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deanna Christine Easley Sinex, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Wendy Carter-Veale, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Drew G. Yohe, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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principles of UMBC’s programs; andthe University of Pittsburgh’s SSOE has adapted (i.e., adjusted) many of the programs andstrategies that are the hallmark of UMBC Meyerhoff and PROMISE programs. The goal of thisdescriptive paper is to highlight key replicable factors and/or principles that support sustainedsuccess of URM academic programs developed at UMBC. Employing content analysis methods,we illustrate the alignment of these principles within our institution to create a baseline by whichthe success of the University of Pittsburgh’s SSOE program (hereafter referred to as PittSTRIVE) can be assessed.Supporting the Academic Success of URM in STEM: Evidence Based TheoriesFundamental to the measured success of all academic programs, regardless of

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beata Johnson, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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average, higherGPAs and are more likely to graduate in engineering than students who do not participate in co-ops [8], [11]. Furthermore, co-op students experience positive gains in employment outcomes,including positive mentoring relationships, socialization into the engineering profession, andhigher post-graduation starting salaries than students who do not participate in co-ops [7], [8],[12], [13]. Studies measuring outcomes related to co-op participation consistently affirm thevalue of this experience.Qualitative studies of students’ perceived co-op experiences also confirm the positive effects ofco-ops. One study of underrepresented minority engineering students who completed either co-ops or internships found that these students reported

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Damon L Tull; Shawnisha Hester, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Anthony Michael Johnson, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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mentoring and self-efficacy to facilitate solutions for successful matriculation, andavoiding “black holes” by using student feedback to fulfill needs. The investigations use aphenomenological approach as its qualitative research method to study “phenomena.”5.1 Part 1: Developing an Orbit for STEM SuccessIn one NSF-program, data showed that Black and Latino graduate students in engineering and ITprograms experienced a sense of mentoring in external workshops that they didn’t regularlyreceive within departments. Further, these seminars influenced students to strengthen theirSTEM identity. These kinds of interventions metaphorically return us to physics, as objects canavoid destructive black holes if they are thrust into orbits that are far enough