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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith A. Schimmel P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; C. Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University; Yvette Maria Huet, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; John P. Kizito, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

increases culturalcompetence and creates a graduate experience that enhances the success of diverse andinclusive graduates and future faculty: A variety of initiatives have been identified to addressdepartment concerns: (1) Develop a mentor-mentee work/communication styles learning moduleinto the graduate program core course required for all new graduate students, (2) Host aworkshop on how to write and evaluate a job application diversity statement that will trainfaculty and graduate students, (3) Develop a peer mentoring program for graduate students, and(4) Provide conference travel funds for graduate student(s) and/or faculty member(s) toparticipant in a conference URM program/event, (4) To revisit the doctoral qualifyingexamination in

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Seth Schlisserman; Alexandra Kirshon

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Kirshon is a Decision Science major at Carnegie Mellon University with an additional major in Professional Writing and a minor in Public Policy and Management. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teamwork in Engineering Undergraduate Classes: What problems do students experience?AbstractWhile teamwork is commonly integrated into engineering programs, it often discourages womenand minorities. The purpose of the current research is to better understand what teamworkproblems women and minorities most frequently encounter and the resources they currently havefor solving these problems. The researchers report findings from a two-part study. In Part I, 677engineering

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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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Minorities in Engineering

key courses (math,science, engineering, humanities and writing), sense of community within the program andcollege, and their intention to graduate and pursue a future in engineering.Ennis et al.1 described the motivation for the GoldShirt Program and key elements of its design,and also reviewed performance and assessment results for the first year. This paper furtherdelves into the strengths and weaknesses of the GoldShirt Program by examining how thestudents performed academically both in the GoldShirt year and beyond into the first year of theregular engineering curriculum. The paper provides a brief overview of the program, followed byan examination of the key challenges and outcomes in selected program elements, including

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camille Birch, University of Washington; Celina Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

stand-alone course available to all undergraduates that highlights the roles scientists andengineers can play in promoting social justice.The first offering of “Science and Engineering for Social Justice” was in Fall 2018 with31 students from both STEM and non-STEM majors. The is a 5-credit, writing-intensive,discussion-based course. For more information on instructor background, motivation fordesigning this course, enrollment, curriculum, and course logistics, please see our mostrecent work [3]. Example curricular materials for will be provided at the conference.Course OverviewStudents explore the impact of science and engineering in society through in-classdiscussions, assigned readings, and weekly written reflections. Students explore

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greses Perez, Stanford University

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demographics of our country are changing at a rapid pace. According to thelast American Community Survey (ACS) from the Census Data (2015), 71.81% of schoolage individuals, who are speakers of languages other than English, identified themselvesas Spanish speakers. Soon, Hispanics and Latinx will become the largest minority in ournation. In this population, 60% of the households are considered by the system as LimitedEnglish Proficiency with low levels of college attainment (US Census, 2015). Yet, yearsof educational reform have no resulted in educational gains for students who are Englishlearners. For instance, during the 2011 NAEP writing assessment, 99% of eighth- andtwelfth-grade students classified as English language learners (ELL) performed

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Helena Mucino, University of Texas, El Paso

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Minorities in Engineering

Teacher Education, and Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a faculty member at UTEP since 2008.Miss Helena Mucino, University of Texas, El Paso Helena Muci˜no is a Ph.D. student in the Teaching, Learning, and Culture program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She holds a master’s degree in Musical Education Research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is currently working as a Research Assistant for an NSF-funded project at UTEP dedicated to broadening the participation of Latinx students in higher edu- cation. c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ansari, Virginia State University; Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Krishan Agrawal, Virginia State University

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Minorities in Engineering

-study (HBCU-UP Planning grant) on its STEM program. Through this study, thefollowing needs were identified:1. Develop state of the art programs in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Manufacturing Engineering and obtain Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation for these programs by 2006.2. Purposeful restructuring of curricula to link together courses or coursework along with sound assessment components so that students find greater coherence in what they are learning and greater interaction with faculty and peers.3. Improve retention and the recruitment of quality students.4. Provide research opportunities for faculty and undergraduate students.5

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

difficulty byattending SI sessions, going to the library and working with classmates. Online courseswere a problem for freshmen as well. A student revealed that he was not ready for thatkind of classes which puts more responsibility to check homework and due dates onlinewithout having someone reminding him about the class duties.Socially, students from the three groups agreed that distractions and peer pressure weredifficult things to handle in freshman year. Students came to college, lived withroommates, and had no curfews as they used to have in high school. It was hard to takethe full responsibility to avoid these distractions and maintain academic success. Astudent from the second group stated that the whole new teaching environment whileanother

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NAFP Panel Discussion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Aggarwal, Alabama A&M University; Benjamin Penn, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center; Ravindra Lal, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

findings in nationaland international journals of physics. They also execute research experiments within the existinginfrastructure as it currently exists, serve on Review Panels, peer review papers in scientificjournals and serve on proposal review panels, initiate students in the methods of research, andguide M.S. and Ph.D. students pursuing their studies for their thesis and dissertations in variousareas of physics. They should develop the graduate students as the stewards of the discipline. Asteward is a scholar that can generate new knowledge, critically think and transform thisknowledge through writing, teaching and application. They are also required to support studentsin their presentations and research papers. At present, no release time

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Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Brown

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Minorities in Engineering

students act as mentors and role models for freshmen students and assist them in their understanding of the electrical engineering discipline as well as how to navigate through the electrical engineering program. In addition, the program coordinator acted as a mentor to the upper classmen. In the end, a professional (as well as a social) network was formed among the student participants as a direct consequence of this novel style of peer/tier-mentoring. This proved to be essential since most 1st year engineering students (particularly from underrepresented populations) struggle in identifying a network of students within their major that they can associate with professionally and socially. 3) Career

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Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Audrey Bowden, Vanderbilt University; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University; Tahira N. Reid, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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2010 Annual Conf. and Expo., Louisville, KY, USA. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/advance-peer-mentoring-summits-for-underrepresented-minority-wo men-engineering-faculty​. [Accessed: 07-Mar-2021].[2] “National Institute for Faculty Equity.” Serc.carleton.edu. ​. [Online]. Available,: https://serc.carleton.edu/facultyequity/index.html​. [Accessed: 07-Mar-2021].[3] “2019 Symposium.” Arlnetwork.org​. [Online]. Available: https://arlnetwork.org/symposium/2019/​. [Accessed: 07-Mar-2021].[4] D. Bell, “Who’s afraid of critical race theory?,” ​Univ. of Illinois Law Review​, pp. 893–910, 1995.[5] K., Crenshaw, N. Gotanda, G. Peller, and K. Thomas, Ed., ​Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, California State University, Bakersfield; Stephanie Salomon, California State University, Bakersfield

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mentoring.Dr. Ronald Hughes, California State University, Bakersfield ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES: (2017-Present) Associate Professor for the STEM Affinity Group, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University, Bakersfield. Duties included teaching responsibilities in Undergraduate Biology. Additional duties included grant writing, manage- ment, and evaluation. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Include teaching and learning cognition skills, informal learning environ- ments and strategies, and science/technology curriculum design/implementation/evaluation.Mrs. Stephanie Salomon, California State University, Bakersfield c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Enhancing

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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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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #10767African American Undergraduate Success in Engineering: ”Proving themDr. Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University Dr. Smith earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Social Psychology from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and her B.A. in Psychology and English from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. Dr. Smith has managed a three year longitudinal NSF-funded research project across four campuses, which has included collecting, analyzing/interpreting and reporting data through article writing and conference presentation. She has also taught various psychology courses.Dr. Lorraine N. Fleming P.E., Howard

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State Univ.; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. Novelties of Our ProjectAmong all the programs available for freshman and sophomore students, it has been shown thatengaging students via summer research and enrichment programs can significantly improveretention [4] [9] [11] [12], GPA [5] [6] [7], and graduation rates/time [10]. The rationale behindthese success stories is that engaging students in the summer program promotes their interests,broadens their knowledge, and fosters a closer relationship between students and their peers andprofessors, which in turn positively affects academic performance. Different from the previouslyestablished summer programs, our project activities had the following novelties:(1) Low floor, wide walls, and high ceiling: The summer research was based on project

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

senior undergraduate and graduate Hispanic students in thedesign, fabrication, and testing of microelectronic devices. Specifically, this grant has sponsoredthe research efforts of 3 graduate and 5 undergraduate students, but also outreach efforts haveimpacted around 70 high school students from the public education system. Additionally, 7senior undergraduate students have been indirectly impacted through a special topic course, fromwhich 2 of the participating students were able to publish and participate in a peer-reviewconference. The overall objective of the second project is to initiate a research program tobroaden participation and increase opportunities of Hispanic engineering students so that theycan become engaged in research as

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brandon Bakka, University of Texas at Austin; Vivian Xian-wei Chou, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University ; Gabriella P. Sugerman, University of Texas at Austin; Cassandra Prince, LGBTQ+ STEM Issues and Advocacy; Jeffrey Marchioni, The University of Texas at Austin; Ria Upreti

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Diversity

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’ organizations such as oSTEM and LGBQTies(a student-developed queer organization). The form collected students' contact information andwas used to gauge overall interest. We also had the students write a few sentences describing theirinterest in the group to select for a reasonable pilot group size. We offered the reading group to allengineering students as an independent study class for credit. Faculty allies in each departmentagreed to sign off credit. In the pilot reading group, we had one student pursue this option.We received 13 total responses, 5 graduate students and 8 undergraduate students all LGBTQIA+identifying (even though the call for participants was open to all identities). We invited all 13students to participate; however, some were not

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Renata A Revelo , University of Illinois at Chicago; Shannon K Stefl, Clemson University; Stacey D Garrett, Clemson University; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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Century [5], they confirmed thatNSBE, along with other ethnic student organizations for African American students, providedmuch-needed cultural enclaves on PWI campuses.Both research teams then came together to compare findings. Shannon joined the project afterthe grounded theory data analysis was already underway. As a result, she was able to view thefindings of both investigations from a new perspective with more clarity than the authors whohad been engaged with data analysis for a long time. She leveraged this perspective to helpsynthesize the findings of both studies, pinpointing and articulating commonalities and distinctdifferences in the results. Shannon produced the majority of the writing of the text based ondiscussions between the two

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Maeve Drummond Oakes, CISTAR, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

for the 2019 summer cohort as to whatneeded to be cut from the schedule to accommodate a 6-week versus 10-week research program.It was decided that REM students would not need to prepare or present a research paper; instead,we asked that they only prepare and present a poster to capture their research. There were alsosome professional development topics that were either cut from their schedule or given in ashorter timeframe, especially with respect to writing research papers and pursuing differentcareer pathways.Design Element #1: Forging connection between theory, research, and application. Theprogram was designed to help deepen participants’ understanding of the connection betweentheory, research, and application, making them better

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Rush Leeker, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Minorities in Engineering

efficient supply chain for urban water projects. Jessica has worked for many successful consumer product companies including Unilever, and Georgia Pacific. Currently, Jessica is completing her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University to focus on practical methods of corporate outreach in STEM for minority communities. In her free time, writes children’s books, teaches yoga to children, and enjoys her family.Dr. Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Mary Pilotte is Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She is an instructor for Multidisciplinary engineering course- work, and is

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Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Francisco Martin Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Miquela Trujillo, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Isabella Acevedo-Rodriguez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

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Minorities in Engineering

relationships benefit thestudents in multiple ways, such as building a strong reference for job or graduate schoolapplications. Oftentimes these connections lead to an introduction to academia, including thepublication process, presenting at conferences, and grant/proposal writing. Students are exposedto one-on-one instruction on research fundamentals and scientific concepts related to their Page 24.744.7research provided by their professor. In the case study, students reported that the career advicefrom their professors and the New Mexico AMP cohort proved invaluable and unique. New Mexico AMP has greatly benefited the careers of the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Rebecca Kuntz Willits, University of Akron; Linda T. Coats; Debora F. Rodrigues, University of Houston; Lakiesha N. Williams, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

Fellows from each yearindicated that they would recommend the professional development to their peers. Table 5contains a few comments from each year as to why they would recommend it to their peers. Acommon theme was the how much was learned about they learned about the topics andacademia. Table 4. ACADEME Fellows perceptions of the quality of the professional development workshop % Strongly %Disagree %Agree % Strongly Disagree Agree Cohort year 17 18 19 17 18 19 17 18 19 17 18 19 Content was useful for my 0 8 0 0 4 0 20 0 26 80 88 74 professional

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Minorities in Engineering

Wealthmodel. We discuss the role of financial support, navigating a predominantly white institution(navigational capital), a smoother transition into university life (Social Capital), peers as socialsupport (Social Capital), and aspiring to make a social impact (Resistance Capital).It is our hope that this paper gives voice to these students who have brought with them assets asthey maneuver this predominately white institution. It is our hope the insights from this paperwill help all of us develop support structures that will transform our institutions and others like it.IntroductionIt has been four years since the first cohort of students in the S-STEM PEEPS grant started at CalPoly. There are only 13 of them, but we wanted to capture their

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Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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to experience the traditional peer-review process that generally precedes scholarly publication.This paper documents efforts pertaining to two such ACTION projects that the primary authorhas supervised since the inception of the program at UMES. The first of these projects titled:CAD assisted Assembly and Programming of Mobile Platforms involved undergraduate students,Mr. Uditha Poddalgoda and Ms. Whitney Smith through the Complete Research Cycle in the fallsemester of 2004 and spring semester of 2005. Ms. Amy Jarret, Mr. Omar A. Omar and Mr.Aaron Redden forms the undergraduate student team for the second project titled: ExploringMechanics of Material Principles using ProMechanica and MDsolids Software Packages. At thetime of writing

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

ReviewMost studies connecting music and STEM have occurred within K-12 education. In a study ontest scores of students in urban Ohio who are involved in an organized instrumental musicclasses versus students who were not involved in instrumental music classes, Kinney5 discoveredthat students involved in instrumental music classes outperformed students who were notinvolved with instrumental music classes.Middle school and high school students in band, compared to students not enrolled in band,received a greater number of academic honors6 and scored higher than their peers on classroomtests7 and on the SAT tests.8 Abril and Elpus9 constructed a study based on demographics ofparticipants in high school music ensembles throughout the United States. The

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

conference room in order to accommodate all ofthe students’ schedules. This means that each meeting is attended by 10 – 30 students. Themeetings usually open with an ice breaker question which each student asked to answer alongwith their name, major, and graduation date. This exercise is very important to networking andencouragement. Students report that they “liked the introduction we each had to give andlistening to good things that happened to my peers.” A common report is “It helped me to knowthat I am not the only student having trouble in my class.” Sometimes study groups are formedafter students in the meeting realize that they are in the same class.The first meeting of each semester is dedicated to talking about the Guaranteed 4.0 Plan.14 In

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 14.917.5teams; hands-on and integrative experience in the first year; and emphasis on social relevance,service learning, and collaboration16.For example, the Colorado School of Mines allows freshmen to discover important connectionsamong multi-disciplines, and to acquire a deeper appreciation of the importance of theirEngineering studies and their interrelation with upper-level courses, their careers and life. Itincludes extensive use of active and cooperative learning strategies for interdisciplinary topicsthrough student peer study group17. The evaluation of the program indicates that the interventionimprove students' academic performance. Interactions with faculty and peers were the mostpositive aspect of students' experience. Turf

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar

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AC 2011-2360: INSTRUCT INTEGRATING NASA SCIENCE, TECHNOL-OGY, AND RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AND TRAIN-INGRam V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng) Dr. Ram Mohan is currently an Associate Professor with the interdisciplinary graduate program in com- putational science and engineering (CSE). He serves as the module content director for the INSTRUCT project. Dr. Mohan currently has more than 90 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and con- ference proceedings to his credit. He plays an active role in American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves as the chair of the ASME materials processing technical committee and a member of the ASME Nanoengineering Council Steering

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Curricular and Non-curricular Models for Diverse Learners in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A. Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Crist Simon Khachikian, California State University, Northridge

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design and/or solve engineering problems using theoretical, experimental, and numerical approaches, while appreciating the applicability and limitations of these approaches. Students will be able to think critically, analyze data, and generate appropriate data if needed. They will also be able to communicate their results and findings both orally and in writing. Above all, they will be prepared to successfully complete their engineering education.These objectives were distilled down to specific student learning outcomes (SLOs) that areshown in the figure below. By focusing on the objectives and SLOs of the core program, wewere able to avoid focusing on the traditional linear progression of core content and have begundeveloping

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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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district. The lack of this importantresource results in rural students being ill prepared for college level math and science courses ata greater rate than metropolitan students. This lack of academic resources is reflective of thesocioeconomic disparity between regions. This is not surprising since URM primary and middle grade math scores are much lower thantheir White and Asian peers. North Carolina students’ average National Assessment ofEducational Progress (NAEP) math score for fourth graders was four points higher than thenational average of 240 in 2015. URMs average score was 232, eight points lower than thenational average and 21 points lower than White students. Eighth graders’ scores for all NorthCarolina students was equal to the