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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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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

development Skills presented were 0 8 0 0 0 0 31 8 30 69 84 70 practical for future career plans Material was presented in 0 8 0 0 4 4 31 8 52 69 84 44 understandable way Presenters were engaging 0 8 0 0 0 4 20 8 52 80 84 44 Pacing of sessions was 0 8 0 8 15 35 46 31 48 46 46 17 appropriate Opportunities to network 0 8 0 0 0 9 31 23 30 69 69 61 with peers were providedThe impact of the Fellow’s knowledge and skills was also measured using a Likert scaleperception of knowledge survey, open ended questions about topics learned and focus groupinterviews. Fellows were asked to rate their perceived change in knowledge before participatingin the program using the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri; Rachel L. Navarro, University of North Dakota; Heather Hunt, University of Missouri; Hang-Shim Lee, Konkuk University ; Patton O. Garriott, University of Denver

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SCCT predictors contributedsignificant variance in satisfaction and persistence outcomes, with self-efficacy and supportsserving as reliable predictors [4]. We found nonsignificant, single-group differences inassociations within the model (i.e., Latinxs vs. Whites); however, intersectional differences werefound. Specifically, we found contextual differences for Latinx engineering students (i.e.,differences between Latinxs attending HSIs and PWIs). These results suggest that interventionsaimed at broadening Latinxs’ participation in engineering need to be tailored for Latinx studentsubgroups.IntroductionThe National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Strategic Plan identifies developing a diverse STEMworkforce as a key objective [5]. Despite this, slow

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abisola Coretta Kusimo, Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering Dept.; Marissa Elena Thompson, Stanford University; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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planning support activities. Drawing from Bandura’s sources of self-efficacy [4], engineering educators can be intentional about designing mastery experiences,providing explicit social encouragement, and creating environments that foster a positiveinterpretation of somatic and emotional responses, particularly for URM and women students.The presence or absence of URM women role models in the classroom, administration, alumni,and campus speakers could have an outsize impact on vicarious experience as a path toincreasing ETSE.Our results also suggest that URM status must be considered alongside gender when interpretingself-efficacy and self-confidence measures. A 2014 study, based on a large dataset of 7,833students across 21 institutions, similarly

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Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

retaining underrepresented minorities and women in STEM. Prior to Purdue, she spent time in industry holding technical and operations-based roles and has experience with informal STEM community and outreach projects. She holds a BS degree in Industrial Technology and a MS degree in Engineering Management.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, The Mercer University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University; Mahmoud Khasawneh, Texas A&M International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

flyer and application materials of the TRP and SEW workshops weredistributed to all students enrolled in the two-year Pre-Engineering Program, the B.S. SystemsEngineering Program and LCC students who intends to transfer to TAMIU Engineeringprograms at the beginning of the spring 2014 semester. All applicants were asked to submit a200 to 300 word typed essay describing their educational goals and career plans; their collegetranscripts were also requested. Apart from the carrier plan essay, completion or in-progress ofthe following courses were needed: Foundations of Engineering I and II, Calculus I, II, and III,and University Physics I and II, became the focus of consideration for their applications being

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy L. Long III, The Ohio State University; Joseph Allen Kitchen, The Ohio State University; Trevion S. Henderson, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the Outreach Chair of the OSU American Society of Engineering Education Student Chapter. His research interests include: (a) technology use, (b) diversity and inclusion, and (c) retention and success, with a particular focus on students in STEM fields. To contact Dr. Long, e-mail long.914@osu.edu.Dr. Joseph Allen Kitchen, The Ohio State University Dr. Joseph (Joey) A. Kitchen is a postdoctoral researcher and program coordinator with the Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE). Dr. Kitchen manages CHEE’s longitudinal, mixed-methods study of college outreach and academic support programs. He earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Student Affairs, a Master’s of City and Regional Planning, and a Bachelor’s in

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University Ebony McGee, associate professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt Universityˆa C™s Peabody College, investigates what it means to be racially marginalized in the context of learning and achieving in STEM higher education and industry. In partic ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Development of the Persistence of Engineers in the Academy Survey (PEAS)AbstractThis paper reports the

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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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Minorities in Engineering

transcript, and asecond wrote, “I always planned on being in the technology field, so I thought this was a goodway to start.”Pre/Post DifferencesWe used paired sample t-tests to examine pre/post differences in students’ interest in science,math, and future science or engineering careers. Because our sample size was small (n=22), largepre-post differences were necessary to find statistical significance, so we have also reportedstandardized effect sizes, using Cohen’s d as a measure of effect. With Cohen’s d, standardizedeffect sizes are described in standard deviation units, which explain the magnitude of differencebetween scores. An effect of .2 is considered small, .5 is considered moderate, and .8 isconsidered large.14Although there were no

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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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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Minorities in Engineering

theM-STEM Academy include: ≠ Careful identification and selection of students, ≠ A pre-freshman, six-week, intensive, summer transition program, ≠ A “Living Community” program during the freshman year through which M-STEM students live in the same residence hall, ≠ Required advising and academic coaching that focuses on academic planning and success strategies as well as on dealing with personal challenges, ≠ Peer study groups, tutoring, and supplemental instruction, ≠ Mentoring and other professional development opportunities, ≠ Monthly “family meetings” where student cohorts and M-STEM staff discuss academic and personal opportunities, challenges, and strategies, ≠ Research opportunities during the

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University

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Minorities in Engineering

Broadening Student Research Experiences Through a Summer Exchange Program across CampusesAbstractMaryland Space Grant Consortium (MDSGC) was one of the awardees of the NASA MinorityServing Institution Partnership Development program of 2009 – 2010. Facilitated by MDSGCleadership at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and active support from NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Center, faculty and undergraduate students at three member institutions of MDSGC havepartnered to implement a one year collaborative action plan to promote experiential learning andresearch efforts consistent with NASA’s strategic enterprises in space and earth sciences throughthis venture. Two of the participating institutions, University of Maryland Eastern Shore(UMES) and Morgan

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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1. A pictorial illustration of students services offered to EXCEL students in year 1 and 2 of their college Page 15.1387.5career and students services offered for the YES program recipients (recruited from academically talented andfinancially needy sophomore EXCEL students) in years 3 (junior) and 4 (senior) of their college career.Program InfrastructureThe YES program’s intent is to create a partnership that connects students, graduate students,faculty and industry affiliates, and through its many planned teaching, training and learningactivities better prepare the workforce of tomorrow. In this section, we will describe

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Diane Sieber, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ann Scarritt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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predominantly-white, higher-SES institution. This is aformidable challenge, and underscores our understanding that creating a climate of inclusiveexcellence is a people-driven, high-touch enterprise.To begin to establish more creative pathways for increased inclusive excellence, during 2009-10we are executing a Focus 12 plan in which we have identified 12 high schools within our regionwith which to form meaningful partnerships — six this year and six next. While tailoringapproaches to meet the needs of each school’s population and priorities, these partnershipsinclude daylong, on-campus field trips during which students experience hands-on engineeringdesign projects, visit engineering research labs, and engage in fun campus-wide, GPS-basedscavenger

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise Community College

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Plan” learning syste mdeveloped by Donna O. Johnson, the resume, the interview, internships, researchpositions, portfolios, computer research, and speakers from academic and engineers fromindustry with advanced degrees. A favorite program is on graduate school featuring apanel of graduate students to “tell it like it is”. The course also has assignments designedto help the students develop their academic, professional, social, and emotional skills.Assignments include a detailed time management schedule, an updated resume, a ten-year personal plan, a portfolio, and evidence of an application for a scholarship,internships, research position, or graduate school.The transfer students from day one (whenever Fulton representatives talk with

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Northern, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

% 0.32% 1.95% 1.63% 2.61% 4.56% 78.18% 21.82% 2 progs.2. STRATEGIES FOR REACHING EXPANSION GOALS2.1 Increase Retention RateThe national retention rate for freshman engineering students is close to 48%. The strategies wewant to employ to increase the retention rate are (a) mentoring and tutoring of students (b) designcompetitions and student recognition. Mentoring and tutoring of students are known to improveretention [2]. We intend to increase the retention rate of first and second year electrical andcomputer engineering students by providing them with academic and peer support to facilitatetheir transition into the College of Engineering. Additionally, we plan to provide studentrecognition and academic

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

expressed high level of commitment for this program at NC A&T SU.At present the Intel Undergraduate Research program supports students for two consecutivesemesters. Based on students’ response and faculty insight we believe that students could benefitfrom an extended research experience. To support this activity we plan to continue their researchexposure through the NSF supported NC-LSAMP program throughout their undergraduateprogram. The National Science Foundation's Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Page 13.717.5(LSAMP) program is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, undergraduate program designed toincrease substantially the

Conference Session

Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecil Shy, Prairie View A&M University; James Northern, Prairie View A&M University; Veda Brown, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

STEM Summer Bridge Programselects motivated students who plan to major in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering,or Mathematics. Participants spend eight-weeks during the summer, on Prairie View A&MUniversity campus, and can earn up to 11 hours of college credit.Growing up, students memorize how to solve different types of problems. Often times, however,college courses and personal circumstances have a much wider variety of problems that studentshave to figure out to solve by themselves. The Bridge Program emphasizes the skills essential toany field of study – simple problem-solving, programming, critical thinking and mathematicalskills.Problem-solving skills help students understand a problem, create steps to solve that problem,and

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

Figure 1: Graph of the Probation Trend for engineering students from 2000 to 2007.Note, that it is possible for the same student to have a P in more than one semester, andthat the height of the bars does not represent the number of students who are on academicprobation. The most salient feature of the chart is the decrease in the number ofoccurrences of the probation designation from 2004 through 2007. This indicates that thepractices and policies we have implemented may be having a positive impact onretention. This is a preliminary study and we are planning on looking more closely atother indicators that with help us to both understand some of the less obvious hurdles instudent retention and to develop better ways of addressing

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New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Minorities in Engineering

sense that carrying out the stepsof a research project (e.g., administering a survey, conducting interviews) and analyzing data(e.g., calculating statistics, searching texts for themes) is much more likely to affect students’confidence in their research abilities than talking about the intended purpose of a study, readingliterature about a particular topic, and writing literature summaries for one’s mentor (see Hu,Kuh, & Gayles). Thus, program administrators would do well to consult this information whenworking with faculty mentors; program staff might encourage faculty to plan a summerexperience that actually engages students in collecting or analyzing data if the goal of theprogram is to enhance students’ research self-efficacy

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Richard R. Harris, Northeastern University; Brad Lehman; Russell Faux; Luis Rafael Frias II

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

, 201 – 215.[6] Laanan, F. S. (2001). Transfer student adjustment. New Directions for CommunityColleges, 114, 5 – 13.[7] Young, Jacob TN, and Elizabeth Litzler. "Confirmatory factor analysis of transfer studentadjustment." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 37, no. 11 (2013).[8] Anderson-Rowland, Mary R. "Understanding How the 4.0 Guaranteed Plan Works." In2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2016.

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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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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

were taught programminglanguages (or coding skills in a graphical and text-based languages) after some classes inalgorithmic thinking or planning your code with flow diagrams or pseudo-code beforecoding. 35% Female (%) 30% Male (%) 25% Total (%) 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%Figure 3. Contribution to the skills part of the student responses to their view of theirview of the engineering foundation course’s contribution.Typical answers for the contribution of engineering foundation course to their teamworkskill development include

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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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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Underrepresented Minority Engineering Students’ Professional Experiences with Cooperative Education: Perceived Benefits, Drawbacks, and Pathways to ParticipationAbstractThis study examines underrepresented minority students’ perceptions of cooperative educationprograms (co-ops), and how these perceptions (and other influences) are related to students’decisions about whether to participate in co-ops. This study also examines current co-opstudents’ experiences, including identified benefits and drawbacks of co-op participation. EightAfrican

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan P.E., Rowan University; Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Danilo Zeppilli

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

diversity); were comfortable voicing opinions about diversity topics; hadwitnessed tensions, stereotyping, or discriminatory acts on the basis of any of these minoritycharacteristics (implying a dominant cultural capital excluding minorities); and whetherminorities felt pressured to act in any particular way inside or outside of the classroom(reflecting both social and cultural capital).1 Climate indices were derived from factor analysesof each of these sets of questions (see the Appendix for index construction). Further, self-confidence as an engineer and in terms of academic suitability to engineering were assessed;indices for these sets of questions were also developed through factor analysis (see theAppendix); as were future plans to be

Conference Session

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

least not until the project was over. Instructors rarely, if ever, learned about problems earlyenough to intervene. Students repeatedly told us that it was not worth going to the instructor todiscuss team problems. Furthermore, there was a general sentiment that problem teammates areinevitable and there is little an instructor is willing, or even able, to do.This sense that slackers and other problem teammates are inevitable was also expressed by manyof the faculty Hunter (2009) interviewed. However, as we already established, many problemswith slacker teammates—and, to a lesser extent, problems with exclusion—could have beenprevented with clearer planning and communication about expectations. Such problems can beeasily resolved by teaching

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Qian, Alabama A&M University; Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; George Seweryniak, DoE

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 12.671.7Ridge National Laboratory. Four graduate students were supported through researchassistantships. Five undergraduate research assistants were trained in computational science.In 2005, of the 60 minority scholarship recipients, 12 were actively attending graduateschools in science and engineering field. Three DOE Scholarship recipients are currentlyworking for DOE. It was proved that this project created a huge attraction to top minorityengineering students and greatly enhanced engineering education to minority students.Bibliography[1]. DOE Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration (ACSC) FY00 STRATEGIC PLAN.[2]. Z.T. Deng, Cathy Qian and Scott von Laven, “Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration: HBCU

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Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abulkhair Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Fahmida Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Minorities in Engineering

ethnic minority or a female. All entries are rated on their degree of innovation,originality, relation to health care engineering, quality of the proposal, and clarity of the planto implement the proposed designs. Teams, advancing to the second round, are required togive an oral presentation at the GE-HealthCare headquarters in Milwaukee before thejudging panel. Upon completion of the designs, and presentations, a panel of General Electricengineers selects the top three entries to be awarded prizes. In the first year of thiscompetition, there were eight entries, and according to the judges the top three designs werepatent worthy.This paper describes the planning, organizing, and methods to implement the designcompetition, and discusses the

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

Studies."25The issue of venturing into strange space came to a head when, with the outbreak of World WarII, the United States suddenly faced a manpower crisis. Men were called up to service, andindustry needed people with technical expertise at drawing boards and engineering shops toproduce planes and tanks for the war. So, companies sought to hire female engineers. But theycould not find enough female engineers. Companies like General Electric hired women withknowledge of Math and Science, gave them emergency crash courses and turned them intowartime engineers’ aides.One of the most elaborate of such plans, in 1942, was the Curtiss-Wright airplane company’sinitiative for training "Curtiss-Wright Cadettes." Seven colleges--Cornell, Iowa State

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allene Manning, Purdue University; Virginia Booth-Gleghorn, Purdue University-MEP; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

Purdue. Results from current assessments will be used to improve aspects of the program. Page 11.463.4Future Directions In an effort to enhance the Academic Boot Camp in the future, program developers areinterested in increasing the number of academic topics covered within the Camp. The hope is toexpand the Boot Camp to include separate tracks for science, technology and mathematicsstudents. The plan also includes the involvement of high school instructors working withcollege-level instructors in aspects of the Camp and giving Camp participants academic creditfor content that is covered during the program. Additional information about

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Louis Martin-Vega, Saigal

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Minorities in Engineering

fundamental engineering skill areas, we are able toimprove interest, excitement and pursuit of engineering as a plan of study and career in newways. This effect is particularly needed among historically under-represented populations inengineering.IntroductionIn the current engineering environment we are faced with several distinct problems with respectto the future development of our workforce. One is that students graduating from our K-12school system, although excellent in recall of fact, are not technologically literate in the broadestsense of the term1. (Note, that this does not mean that US students are not technically capable.Technological literacy equips an individual to confront life situations and enables them toidentify the technological

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl White, Morgan State University; Clifton Sean Martin, Innovative STEM Foundation (ISF); Maisha Drew, Innovative STEM Foundation (ISF); Givon Forbes, Innovative STEM Foundation (ISF)

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Minorities in Engineering

NASA-JPL Page 22.1437.4using Adobe Connect technology provided by the School of Engineering at Morgan StateUniversity where students were given an introduction to the projects they would be working onover the summer. At this video conference with the NASA engineers, the CASH students weregiven their project parameters. The CASH students were also introduced to the Juno mission thatthe engineers were working on, and their future planned trip to Jupiter. The CASH participantswere able to interview and ask the engineers questions via the video conference. This feature ofthe program was particularly important because the students were given the

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Connie Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso

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Minorities in Engineering

focused.[7]Overall, students that participate in a REU have positive experiences that increase theirconsideration of the pursing a graduate degree or a career in research. However, studentshave indicated that the important aspects of a REU for them include  Learning a topic in depth or having intensive exposure to a topic  The ability to apply their knowledge to a real situation  Learn to use appropriate methodology  Learn to work and think independently  Learn to design solutions to problems and learn to analyze data  Improving their oral skills  Improving their written skills  Clarifying their career plans [8]2. Traditional/Conventional Research Experience for UndergraduatesThe conventional model for an REU consists of