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Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary S. May, Georgia Institute of Technology

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2002, and has worked on many assessment, research, and evalu- ation projects, including the measurement of student learning outcomes in general education, longitudi- nal research on the effects of undergraduate engineering research experiences on minority enrollment in graduate school, and the evaluation of the Georgia Tech International and Research Plans. He is currently working on an upcoming evaluation of service learning and sustainability project as part of Georgia Tech’s Quality Enhancement Plan.Dr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research In- stitute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge

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Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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University. He received BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from New Mexico State University and the Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. Over the past 37 years he has served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri- Page 24.744.1 Rolla and New Mexico State University, at the latter for 32 years. He is currently the project director (PD) for the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation program and he has served in the role of PI or PD for the Alliance over the past 20 years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Influence of NSF Funded Undergraduate Research

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Engineers (SHPE) chapter at Northeastern, Advisor: National Society of Black Engineers chapter at Northeastern, Instructor: GEU100 Course: Intro to the study of Engineering, Instructor: GEU900 Course: Career Management SeminarBala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Page 14.1095.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 SUMMER BRIDGE: A STEP INTO THE ENGINEERING GAP We face a major demographic imperative. The U.S. Census Bureau projections show a steady decline in the White population (from 81% in 2000 to 72.1% in 2050); a slight increase in the African American population (from 12.7% in 2000 to 14.6% in

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Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Gerald Flynn, College of Charleston; Susan Marie Flynn, College of Charleston

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Paper ID #13482Attracting Minorities to ET through TECHFITProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she has been actively involved in teaching software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) project. Since October 2013, she has been co-leading with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching Engineering

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamila Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Margaret Tarver, Tri-Cities High School; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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for a Brighter Economic Future.1 As noted by theCommission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering andTechnology Development, investing in a diverse scientific workforce will lead to innovation andcreativity that will sharpen the competitive edge of the United States. 2 The projected USpopulation trends illustrate an increase in minority population from 30.6% in 2000 to 46.3% in2040.3 In the state of Georgia, minorities already make up 54% of the total K-12 studentenrollment.4 Therefore, in order for the United States in general, and Georgia specifically, toremain competitive and to utilize all of its intellectual capital, we will need to cultivate theuntapped STEM talents of underrepresented minorities. Introducing

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Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daryl Bryant Stone, Bowie State University; Quincy Brown, Bowie State University

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GK-12 Fellow she taught and developed STEM curricula for middle school students. Through her research she seeks to identify methods of facilitating human interaction with advanced technologies, including mobile devices, to support learning. Specifically, her ongoing projects examine the design of intelligent tutoring systems, delivered on mobile devices, to support middle school mathematics learning and exploring the design and usability aspects of mobile device use by children. Page 24.588.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Generation Innovation: Exposing

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Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darryl Dickerson, Purdue University; Freddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Virginia Booth Womack, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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:00 - 3:50 3:00 - 3:50 3:00 - 3:50 PROJECTS PROJECTS PROJECTS PROJECTS PROJECTS 4:00 - 5:20 4:00 - 5:20 4:00 - 5:20 4:00 - 5:20 4:00 - 5:20 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner 5:30 - 6:20 5:30 - 6:20 5:30 - 6:20 5:30 - 6:20 Social Activity 5:30 - 10:00 Study Hall Study Hall Study Hall Study Hall 6:30-10:00 6:30-10:00 6:30-10:00 6:30-10:00In addition to the

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Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen G. Villa, Texas A&M University; Felecia M. Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri S. Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Mary V. Alfred, Texas A&M University; Fred Arthur Bonner II, Texas A&M University

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American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in the Office of the President at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, he has recently been awarded a $1 million National Science Foun- dation (NSF) grant that focuses on factors influencing the success of high achieving African American students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Page 22.1499.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011This presentation highlights findings from a currently funded three-year research project with

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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classifications from this taxonomy that align with principlesof social constructivism to create inclusion criteria. Specifically, this review considers socialconstructivist pedagogies in CER as: peer-led team learning (PLTL), process-oriented guided-inquiry (POGIL), pair programming, contributing student pedagogy, project-based learning, peerinstruction, team-based learning, and flipped learning or flipped classrooms. The results are fromthe selected 14 out of 710 papers found in the ACM Digital Library. Only 5 of the 14 papersreviewed provided race/ethnicity data and/or disaggregated their findings based on thesesubgroups, meaning a majority of our findings are related only to gender. Our results found thatPLTL may show promise for improving “soft

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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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

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Paper ID #25976Enhancing Research Pipelines for Underserved Students through a Lower-Division Research Experience at a Minority-Serving Institution (Experience)Dr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineer- ing and Computer Science at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Dr. Danforth was the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth was the Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center; David W. Pittman PE, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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Engineers) Partnership Agreement (1994-date); Principle Investigator of the Education for Im- proving Resiliency of Coastal Infrastructure project under the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (2016-2020); Cofounder and Member of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Education (LACCEI). He earned a BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Civil Engineering (Environmental) at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez, and conducted PhD (ABD) studies in Hydrosystems at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1978-82).Ms. Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Mrs. Evelyn Villanueva is a Special Assistant to the

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Pamela Renee Lockwood-Cooke, West Texas A&M University; Emily M. Hunt P.E., West Texas A&M University; Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #29859Initiatives to financially, academically, and socially supportunderrepresented minorities in STEM disciplinesDr. Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University Dr. Anitha Subburaj is an Assistant Professor at West Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2014 from Texas Tech University, where she worked as a Research Assistant on the project, ”Advanced Battery Modeling and Evaluation”. She received her ME degree from Anna Uni- versity, India in 2007. She held a position as Assistant Professor, at Kumaraguru College of Technology, India for three years. Her areas

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida; Cameron Ford, University of Central Florida; Kim Small, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

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of Central Florida Cynthia Young is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics in the UCF College of Sciences and a Co-PI of the NSF-funded S-STEM program at UCF entitled the "Young Entrepreneur and Scholar(YES) Scholarship Program" as well as the NSF-funded STEP program entitled "EXCEL:UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence." Dr. Young's research interests are in the mathematical modeling of atmospheric effects on laser beams. She currently has projects with the Office of Naval Research and the Naval Research Laboratory investigating atmospheric propagation in the marine environment.Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida Alfred Ducharme is Assistant

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

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evolve fromresearch proposals to developmental phases. This indicates that communication, technical, andleadership skills are an essential set of tools embedded within groups to execute and maintain thefocus of innovative ideas. Thus, it is demonstrated that role of the practicing engineer is more thanfinding solutions to technical problems. It may include managing projects, working in teamsettings, communicating, decision-making, preparing technical reports, organizing events,scheduling meetings, or proposing new methods of solving problems.These roles and duties, despite being essential for the success of a practicing engineer, are notcultivated in undergraduate engineering curricula which are focused on strengthening andnurturing areas in

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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cultivate in the participants coming to do a research project with CISTAR so they can then carry it forward when teaching kids in NSBE SEEK or in a classroom, thus enriching the experience of kids even more by teaching the value of considering community in engineering and science.2. By appealing to students who may not necessarily be attracted to working on a research project for their whole summer but would be interested and curious enough to give it a try for six weeks--a part of their summer. This may be particularly true if a student is from an institution with little or no research opportunities, or has yet to avail themselves of opportunities to do research; a 10-week commitment may be off-putting, whereas a six week

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Out-of-school-time Engineering: Implications for Underrepresented Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Clinkscales Verdell, Mississippi State University; Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University; Vemitra White Alexander, Mississippi State University

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first-time student enrollment in the College of Engineering for cohort years 2010-2013, theoverall percentage of African American students declined each year as the first-time studentenrollment for White American students increased over the same period.Summer Bridge Program Overview/ GoalsIn existence for more than twenty years, the MSU Summer Bridge Program is designed to provideincoming URM engineering students five weeks of intensive coursework in Pre-Calculus/CollegeAlgebra, Chemistry and Physics. Students also receive instruction in technical communication,personal development, and real world engineering projects, teambuilding, and study skillsdevelopment. The program is held the summer prior to students’ first semester enrollment

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Curricular and Non-curricular Models for Diverse Learners in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie P. Martin, Clemson University; Stacey D. Garrett, Clemson University; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Jamora Hamilton, Clemson University

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constantstruggle to maintain their diversity efforts.The results of our prior qualitative work suggest that participation in Black Greek-letteredorganizations positively influences the educational experiences2 and supports the development ofEngineer of 2020 traits in African American students3. We therefore launched a project focusedon students and alumni who participated in at least one of the following types of organizations:Black Greek-lettered Organizations (BGOs), Minority in Engineering Programs (MEPs), and theNational Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Our prior quantitative research results4 show that African American engineers perceive theirparticipation in NSBE, BGO, and MEPs as supportive of the development of six of the tenEngineer of 2020

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Henriette D. Burns, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Mark McKenney, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Matt Johnson; Sharon Locke; Ann Vogel, iBIO Institute; Colin Wilson, Southern Illinois University; Georgia Bracey, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Paper ID #31545Program for Minority Girls (Research to Practice-Diversity)Ms. Henriette D Burns, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Henriette is a STEM Fellow at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She has worked at Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, Baxter Labs, Tenneco, Monsanto, Frucon Construction, SC Johnson Wax and HP as a design engineer, a manufacturing engineer and a project manager. She holds an engineering degree from Northwestern University, an MBA from University of Oregon, a MiT and a Ph.D. in Math/Science Education from Washington State University. Henriette’s research agenda is unveiling

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Recruitment and Retention

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Patti Culley, Arizona State University

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quitecommon that their work experience has been limited to fast food or customer service. Studentsoften feel that this is of no value and that they have nothing to offer. What we emphasize is thatwhile these positions do not involve technical proficiency, they are opportunities to describe the‘soft skills’ that engineers often lack. Even the most generic ‘Burger Land’ job may require suchskills as communication, team work, integrity, trustworthiness, leadership, or work ethic. Thestudents simply need to emphasize the aspects of the job that demonstrated them on the resume.This experience is usually placed in the lower half of the resume, following the engineeringrelated items such as education, technical skills, coursework, projects or any

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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software and projects in recent past.f) ENGR 1203 – Engineering Graphics (Fall 2001) This is a traditional introductory level course in engineering graphics and design including sketching, drawing, projection theory, tolerances and computer-aided graphics. This course was changed from a two hour to three hour course in order to provide more time in developing three dimensional solid modeling. Students use SolidWorks software to draw 2D sketches and then convert them to 3D model by either extrude, revolve, sweep or loft commands. At least one assembly project, where multiple solids have be to be mated keeping in view of mutual interference and relative movements is also covered. This course is required for only Mechanical, Aerospace

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Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower PE, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Elizabeth Connor, The Citadel

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ExCEL-SCstudent cohorts comprised of robust student enrichment components focusing onacademic performance, academic growth, academic success, directed academic reflection,life skills development, learning community participation, and supportive facultyguidance.Objective 3: To provide an enhanced leadership development program focusing onprincipled leadership in civil engineering, as well as developing professional leadershipskills. To develop student leadership skills through a broad-based program for ExCEL-SC student cohorts including interaction with professional mentors, meetings withengineering leaders, involvement in community service projects, engineering field trips,and participation in forums on leadership aspects of overarching

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Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quincy Brown, Bowie State University; Jamika D. Burge, Information Systems Worldwide

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research she seeks to identify methods of facilitating human interaction with advanced technologies, including mobile devices, to support learning. Specifically, her ongoing projects examine the design of intelligent tutoring systems, delivered on mobile devices, to support middle school mathematics learning and exploring the design and usability aspects of mobile device use by children.Dr. JAMIKA D BURGE, Information Systems Worldwide Jamika Burge is a Senior Scientist at Information Systems Worldwide (i SW), a technology, engineering, and research company providing high-end advanced technical, integration, engineering and analysis so- lutions to the US Government and other customers. From 2007-2009, she was a

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonisha B. Lane, University of South Florida ; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Selene Willis, University of South Florida; Salam Ahmad; Kali Lynn Morgan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, University of South Florida

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intervention programs. This line of research also seeks to understand the nuances and complexities of participation and persistence in these fields and develop new models for explaining such phenomena. Her secondary research strand focuses on the participation and achievement of Black students and professionals in higher education. She is the PI or co-PI on several grant-funded research projects including the national Black Doctoral Women Study (BDWS), the Women in Engineering Study (WIES), and Bulls-Engineering Youth Experience for Promoting Relationships, Identity Development, & Empowerment (Bulls-EYE PRIDE).Dr. Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida Jonathan E. Gaines is faculty in the Mechanical

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Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Cher C Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology; Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology - CEISMC; Julia Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology

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the role as FLL Operational Partner for Georgia, I am involved in two NSF funded research projects that use engineering design and robotics in STEM education. The NSF projects are SLIDER:Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering, and Robotics and the recently awarded AMP-IT-UP:Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrating Technology to Unlock Potential.Prof. Cher C Hendricks, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMr. Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology - CEISMC Norman Robinson is a seventeen year STEM educator currently serving as an Education Outreach Man- ager for the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) since June 2011. Prior to his service at

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Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Charles Knight, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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after working 60-90 hours, three hours a day, fivedays a week for four-six weeks. This is an increase in efficiency compared to the number ofweeks that students spend on math courses either at the high school or in remedial math classesat the college. Although other summer boot camps for minority students focused on strategies tobuild a sense of self-confidence, this one is focused on improving the student math skills in avery expedite way and this helps indirectly to build their self-confidence.I. IntroductionThis paper presents the strategies implemented and the promising results of a successful summermath accelerator program that the Department of Engineering has prepared for studentscategorized as not ready for Calculus.The project has been

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Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

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minute presentation. This past fall students requested that they present a secondISP. Due to class time limitations, we were only able to accept one additional presentation.Since the ISPs were designed to introduce the students to each other, we were taken by surprisethis past fall when a student gave his presentation on a friend, who was “more interesting thanhimself.” We will close that loophole with more exact directions in the future.The class team projects have remained basically in tact through the first three years. A problemwith the assignment for the students has always been that it is open-ended and the students wouldrather have exact directions on how they are to carry out the research project. Beginning in thethird year we gave more

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Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Liu, California State University-Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles

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Project which allows Hispanic students froma local High School district to participate in the SERENADES researches in summers. Inaddition, three senior/graduate level courses have been developed to leverage the research resultsof real-time and embedded systems, and image processing from the SERENADES laboratory tothe electrical engineering curriculum at CSULA. Page 13.1133.21. IntroductionCalifornia State University (CSULA), Pasadena City College (PCC), and University of SouthernCalifornia (USC) have established partnerships through an educational pipeline under theNASA’s MUCERPI program. The associated activities were conducted mainly in the

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Kenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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, might “drop off” the school altogether, might find jobsand abandon their educational objectives or perhaps discontinue for a short period of time andstart again later. Although it is nearly impossible to eliminate loss of students from the program,it is possible to minimize this loss by implementing several tactics. Critical factors affecting theretention of the students within the mechanical engineering program at AAMU are classattendance and participation, early exposure of potential students to mechanical engineeringtopics, advising, student competitions, participation in summer internship programs, participationin externally funded research projects, and utilization of multimedia and other technologies forunderstanding of topics.Class