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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Radiah C. Minor, School of Agriculture and Envrinmental Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University; Vernal G. Alford III, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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. The program seeksto improve students’ competence and self-efficacy in science and engineering, stimulate an interestin pursuing STEM-related careers, and provide engaging “hands-on/mind-on activities.” Theprogram is divided into two initiatives which include an academic year and weekend academy. Atotal of 45 middle school students have participated in a 1-week Girls in Science Lab Camp andfive half-day Girls in Science and Engineering Weekend Academy activities. For the Girls inScience Lab program, the participants were divided into teams and assigned an environmentalscience and engineering themed case study to solve during guided laboratory experience. Studentswere taught how to collect and analyze water samples using university laboratory

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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which is required of some of the 4+1 Programsavailable in engineering and computer science for students to be able to earn a Master’s Degreein one year after their Bachelor’s degree.Which parts of the Plan are the most important to the students, in general, was not known. In Fall2015, a survey on the components associated with the 4.0 Plan was given to a class of 62students with 59 students (95.2%) responding. The results of this survey are given and analyzed.These results give insight into how the 4.0 Plan is perceived by the students and can be used infuture instruction of the 4.0 Plan. The goal of all this is to help the ENGR student understand thatthere are things to learn about learning and methods that can be used to enhance learning.For

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Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joni M Lakin, Auburn University; Edward W. Davis, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

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retain promisingstudents through graduation.1 Therefore, research exploring how students develop commitmentto engineering is of particular interest. This issue is especially important when considering thewidespread goal of increasing the diversity of engineering and promoting the success of diversestudent populations in this field. To better understand career commitment, this research paper explores the relationshipbetween students’ occupational values and their perceptions of engineering as a career field andhow this relationship impacts major commitment. Research has documented substantial sexdifferences in occupational values and interests, where women are more likely to prefercommunal or helping occupations while men are more likely

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Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alicia Nicki Washington, Winthrop University; Shaefny Grays, North Carolina State University ; Sudipta Dasmohapatra, North Carolina State University

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identity in CS. Initial validation and reliability testingresults indicate that the tool is both valid and reliable.Related WorkThe review of the literature identified several computing and engineering-related surveys overthe last 15 years that measure students’ attitudes toward and interest in CS and engineering.Table 1 presents the most related surveys, participant grade levels, constructs measured, andmeasurement scale. Table 1. Computing and Engineering-Related Surveys Name Grade Constructs Measurement Level(s) ScaleComputing Undergraduate Transfer, Interest, Problem

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Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech

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system, disability status, ethnicity, gender, genderidentity, gender expression, national origin, race, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, andany other visible or non-visible differences”1 within its definition of diversity. Recognizing theefforts of its members and divisions to advance diversity and inclusion efforts, ASEE even tookthe step of naming 2015 as the Year of Action on Diversity.The year 2015 also marked the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with DisabilitiesAct (ADA), a major piece of law focusing on the civil rights of the disabled community. Thehistory of this Act includes disability activists abandoning their mobility devices at the base ofthe U.S. Capitol Building to crawl up its 83 steps, in protest to

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Manuela Restrepo Parra; Laura Meszaros Dearolf, The Perry Initiative ; Lisa L Lattanza MD

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physics, mathematics, andmechanical and electrical engineering, while simultaneously equally or even overrepresented infields such as biosciences, environmental science, and biomedical engineering [1]. This unequaldistribution of female talent persists, despite increased awareness and achievement in STEMamongst high school age women [2]. In many respects, this situation is similar to the medicalprofession, where women are entering and completing medical school at equal rates to their malecolleagues, but they are concentrated in specific specialties, such as pediatrics and familymedicine, while sparse in others [3-7]. Orthopaedic Surgery is one of the least gender diversemedical specialties, with 4% women in practice and 14% in residency [5

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allie Copeland, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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completed the entire survey and remained in the data set. Respondents could be removedfrom the data set if 1) they chose not to disclose their gender or 2) were not members of theindustrial distribution industry.3.2 Materials & DesignThe questions were adapted from the Society for Human Resource Management’s DiversityClimate Survey Templates and questions developed by DiBartola et. al. 2011. Our surveyinstrument asked men and women different questions using skip logic. Women were asked toelaborate on any experiences they have had regarding gender stereotypes. Additionallyrespondents were permitted to decline answering any of the survey questions. The resultsindicated that while we had a survey completion of rate of 282, many respondents chose

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Viewing Engineering Education through the Lens of Social Science: A Candid Dialogue on Race and Gender

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H. Robinson III, Vanderbilt University; Ebony O. McGee, Vanderbilt University

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Lens of Social Science: A Candid Dialogue on Race and GenderEngineering faculty members and industry professionals play a crucial and multi-facetedrole in science and engineering; they help to discover, promote, and disseminateadvancements in technology, as well as educate a future workforce of multi-cultural, multi-racial engineers. It follows that a thorough understanding of racial and gender disparitiesis required: (1) to address the complexity of issues facing potential faculty andprofessionals and (2) to foster greater numbers of Black engineers into academia andindustry.There has been a concerted national effort to promote diversity among the engineeringresearch, industry, and faculty communities for more than 40 years

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emily Olina Wisniewski, Johns Hopkins University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University; Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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improved term and overall GPAs while in college. [1] Further, evidence suggests that theway students start their college career often indicates how they will finish. [2] At NortheasternUniversity, General Chemistry for Engineers is the first challenging course a student entering theengineering program takes that serves as model for subsequent coursework in the fullengineering curriculum. Among engineering students, where historically males are the majority,females often have been seen as the primary seekers of SI. Retaining female students inengineering and enabling their overall academic success has been a subject of great importancefor engineering programs.The first portion of this study focused on the grade progression of the students enrolled

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Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Yatchmeneff, University of Alaska Anchorage; Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Matthew E. Calhoun, University of Alaska, Anchorage

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positive feedback from their teacher, compared to a student who did not feelconfident in their mathematics abilities and/or received negative feedback from their teacher.Relatedness refers to a person’s internal feeling that provides “a sense of belongingness andconnectedness to the persons, group, or culture disseminating a goal”40. For example, a highschool student may feel more motivated in a college mathematics course if there are other highschool students taking the course with them because they feel they belong to the group.Study ParticipantsThere were two types of participants for this study. Group 1 participants were high schoolgraduates, former ANSEP Precollege component participants, and who were currentlyparticipating in ANSEP’s

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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and their high school teachers, and the lessons we learned fromoffering this workshop. 1. Introduction and BackgroundEngineering is a profession to solve problems. Statistics data show that there is a big gender gapin the STEM field in workplaces. It has been found that women make up 46% of the workforce,but hold only 24% of jobs in STEM fields1. The challenge lies in how to attract the students intothe engineering field. Many institutions and organizations have realized this challenge and haveprovided various activities to promote female students into the STEM field. For example, theIntel “She Will Connect” program helps young women expand their understanding and use oftechnology; Microsoft “DigiGirlz” gives

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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is scarce. Ten select African-American STEM PhD mentors from various backgrounds in academia, government, and industrywere interviewed in a research study that focused on understanding the personal, professional,and mentoring experiences and relationships of African-American STEM PhD mentors whomentor African-American undergraduate protégés. The study’s research questions were: 1) whatare the personal and professional experiences of select African-American STEM mentors whomentor African-American undergraduate protégés in higher education and 2) how do selectAfrican-American STEM mentors in higher education describe and explain their mentoringrelationships and experiences with their African-American undergraduate protégés in

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinhui Wang, North Dakota State University; Na Gong, North Dakota State University

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conferences. Dr. Gong received 2014 NDSU Development Board of Trustee Endowment award and 2014 NDSU Centennial Endowment award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 WIECE: Women Undergraduates in Electrical and Computer Engineering Summer Research ProgramThe Women Undergraduates in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECE) SummerResearch Program was an intensive eight-week research program for women undergraduates inElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Our goal was to build distinctive experiences thatcan propel female undergraduate students to enter graduate school.1. Motivation.ECE is one of the largest engineering disciplines and it is also one of the oldest

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Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron W. Coates, Armstrong State University

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is much easier toimplement, manage and assess programs at the collegiate level. Several research studies however havealso suggested that the best predictor of academic success at the college level is the rigor of academicinstruction at the K-12 level [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Unfortunately, under-represented minorities in STEM,particularly those from low income households, are more likely to be in programs with insufficientacademic rigor [2, 5, 6, 7].Universities and colleges, partially in response to these studies, have also introduced programs at the pre-college level, designed to enhance STEM success among under-represented minorities and low incomestudents. Hill [8] described a program applied to Detroit area schools in 1976 which included

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Paper ID #16074Promoting Engagement through Innovative and Pragmatic ProgramsDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for over

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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employing quantitative methods are likely of most interest to practitioners who wouldwant to evaluate the effectiveness of this pedagogical approach before implementation in theclassroom. As a means of identifying future possible frameworks for further investigation on theimpact of peer coaching on female engineering students, this study explores the followingresearch questions: (1) How does student opinion about coaching transform through this class?(2) What new or revised perspectives do students gain, as both coach and coachee? (3) How doescoaching equip engineering women for the transition to the workforce? Findings indicate thatstudents’ initial apprehension about coaching progresses into recognition and experience ofbroad potential impact

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Eva Leong

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Subdisciplines: Challenges and OpportunitiesIntroductionThere are many benefits to a diverse workforce of civil engineers. In particular, work-placeinnovation, creativity, knowledge and productivity have been shown to be enhanced when manyperspectives and experiences are represented.1 As the civil engineering profession tackles someof big challenges facing society in the 21st century, it is critical that we are able to recruit andretain the most talented students, regardless of gender or race/ethnic background. Unfortunately,engineering schools continue to be challenged by student retention, and, for example, only about70% of entering engineering freshman at our large public university graduate with anengineering degree within six years. Although

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Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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DeLean Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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labeled engineering or not, canserve a unique role for African American boys. These experiences may inspire them to pursueengineering degrees, can contribute to the students’ development of engineering skills,knowledge, behaviors. Furthermore, the experiences may positively impact their engineeringself-efficacy through their college years. Although all students may not continue into engineeringcareers these skills are transferable to many career and challenges. [1, 2] For those AfricanAmerican males, who complete STEM degrees, they will be our problems solvers who willaddress the technological challenges to come. While society is bombarded with propagandaaround the challenges and failures that African American male students experience

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Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

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on the genderedinterplay of institutions and individuals’ everyday experiences in engineering. Our analyticalcategorization of the reviewed literature resulted in the following distribution: 10 texts underdivision of labor, 15 texts under symbols, and 10 texts under identities. Appendix 1 presents alisting of the reviewed literature for the division of labor and identities categories including theirrespective number of citations as of February 2016, study contexts, and participant profiles.Our analysis of the research examines the extent to which Faulkner’s call for disrupting theheterosexist mapping of the technical/social dualism to masculine instrumentalism/feminineexpressiveness was pursued. 11 This allowed us to trace the intellectual

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology

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difference between Black students who activelyparticipated in a local NSBE chapter and those Black students who were not active NSBEmembers. The research questions for this study are the following: 1. What effect does NSBE membership have on graduation rates at the university? 2. What are students’ perceptions of the impact of participation in NSBE?Theoretical framework The theoretical framework of social integration is rooted in Durkeim’s seminal work onsocial conditions, and is described as the extent to which individuals participate in a broad rangeof social relationships13. The results of studies in medicine suggest that social integrationdecreases an individual’s susceptibility to depression, recurrence of cancer, and

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Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui(Celia) Pan, Toyota Financial Services; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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team lies in qualitative methodologies, cultural theory and the belief that outliers offer great insight into the workings of power. Her research interests include cultural theory, the cultural/historical construction of women’s identities and roles in past and present societies, and most recently, equity issues surrounding gender and underrepresented populations in engineering education. She can be contacted at cynthia.e.foor-1@ou.edu.Rui(Celia) Pan, Toyota Financial Services Dr. Pan is currently working as a sales, product and remarketing analyst at Toyota Financial Services. She received her Ph.D in Engineering Education, M.S. in Statistics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering.Dr. Randa L. Shehab, University of

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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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Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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the College ofEngineering, so the curriculum for Fall 2015 was heavily influenced by feedback andobservations from the previous year of this course offering. The three instructors collaborativelydesigned the curriculum the summer prior to the class. Table I shows a summary of the activitiesand topics that were included in each week:   Table 1. ENGR 101 Weekly Course Activities and Topics Week Activity Week 1 Welcome and introductions; engineering design cycle team activity Week 2 Engineering discipline presentation Week 3 Industry career panel Week 4 Global perspectives in engineering role playing activity

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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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(voluntary mentors) prepare 1-2 page experiential learning research project summaries (by January). The laboratory research engineer budgets for the internship cost from his/her research project. • Laboratory Contracting Officer forwards research project summaries to university PM. • University PM develops an intensive promotional (with all STEM academic departments) and orientation program, and students apply on line. • University PM matches student applicants with research project summaries based on academic merit and mentors interests. Students are interviewed, if necessary. • Logistics including housing, local transportation, and air transport to the laboratory, etc. are jointly arranged for

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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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Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Karen E. Crosby, Southern University Baton Rouge; Edgar R. Blevins, Southern University and A&M College; Beth R Isbell, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington

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wasdesignated as an HSI by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in 2014,after FORCES began. Based on 2006-07 data (just before the FORCES proposal was written),UT Arlington had an enrollment of approximately 19,205 undergraduate students of whom53.2% were female, 14% were Hispanic, 12% were African American and less than 1% wereNative American. The College of Engineering’s undergraduate enrollment in 2006-07 was 1,884students, nearly 10% of the university’s. There were 410 students at the university who wereregistered with the Office for Students with Disabilities. Of those, forty-four (44), or nearly 11%,were engineering majors.6 National data at that time reflected enrollment of students fromunderrepresented groups in

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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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Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois at Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, University of Illinois at Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter C Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ashkan Sharabiani, Exelon Corporation

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students.Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the relationship between ACT, College Readiness Index (CRI), andTotal Economic Disadvantage (TED) for COE applicants from different feeder high schoolsbetween 2008 and 2013. The College Readiness Index and Economic Disadvantage factors ofdifferent feeder high schools were obtained from US News. The horizontal axis representscollege readiness (in Figure 1) or economic disadvantage (in Figure 2). The left vertical axis ineach figure is the average ACT for the corresponding college readiness or economicdisadvantage. The right vertical axis in each figure is the number of applicants for that index. Forexample, as read from Figure 1, there were about 800 applicants from high schools with aCollege Readiness index of 94. The

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Kerrie Pieloch, Suffolk University; Emily Shamieh, Latino-STEM Alliance

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. Surveys of the student attendees as well as some of the presenters wereperformed to assess various measures of self-efficacy. Surveys indicated that the event wassuccessful in promoting self-efficacy.IntroductionThis paper discusses the Robotics Competition and Family Science Fair for grades 4-8 sponsoredby the Latino STEM Alliance, which was held at the end of the school year in an inner cityneighborhood in Boston.. In it, we will discuss the motivation for this event, its planning, itsexecution, its assessment, and next steps in the partnership between Latino STEM Alliance andSuffolk University.BackgroundEvidence has shown that robotics programs can encourage interest among underrepresentedgroups and others in studying STEM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

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Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brian J Wisner, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

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understood to drive an increase in their representation in this labor market segment. With (1-3)minority groups currently accounting for the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population ,American global technical leadership and economic vitality will increasingly depend on minority (4)demographics succeeding in science and technology fields . However, minority and femalestudents face particular challenges in university settings, often finding themselves one among few,if any, in STEM courses . Freshman and sophomore “gateway” courses typical of STEM

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Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

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gender mix of students in traditional courses for the ElectricalEngineering program in our college versus the gender mix and race of students choosing othermayors such as humanities, business or arts programs [1]. In particular, four cohorts of the seniordesign classes were used to perform the investigation, with about a total of 120 studentsparticipating. The student population was as follows: Women (of any race) comprised about9.3% of the total class population for these senior design course offerings, while male African-American comprised 23%, and Hispanic students comprised 5.3%. On the other hand, inhumanities, business and arts programs, women comprised over 50.2%, African- American 27%,and Hispanic 2.61% of the student population. We also

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Kyle, Columbia University; Rachel Lauré Sattler, Columbia University, Biomedical Engineering Department; Hanzhi T. Zhao, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Christine Kovich, HYPOTHEkids

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occupations: African Americans make up less than 5% ofscientists and engineers, and Hispanics 6% [1]. We are particularly interested in the lack of pre-college engineering and design emphasis inSTEM education. Currently, there is an engineering renaissance across the country that iscapturing the imagination of young innovators. This interest includes coding, hardware andsoftware hackathons, and the bourgeoning “Maker” movement. The Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS), which are increasingly becoming part of K-12 curricula, emphasizesengineering and design principles. The NAE and NRC Center for Education established theCommittee on K-12 Engineering Education. This committee stresses that STEM educationshould include engineering design training

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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). We do note, however, that thissituation did not emerge as a theme in our interviews, probably because—as Meadows andSekaquaptewa argue—students saw their assignment to non-technical work as self-determined,and therefore not an issue they thought to complain about.Part I ResultsStudents routinely encounter problems in their teamsConsistent with the EC2000 criteria, 98% of students (n=664) reported participating on at leastone team, with the average student participating in three teams in the most recent year.Table 1 shows that team problems are very common: 85% of engineering students reported atleast one team problem in their STEM classes in the most recent year. Moreover, many of theseissues appear to have limited students’ opportunities to