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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder

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question: How do the curricular, advising, and cohort-building elements of the RedShirt program impact the students’ experiences in the sophomore orjunior year at their university and in engineering? RedShirt students in the sophomore and junioryears responded to a semi-structured list of questions through focus group participation, withsome individual follow-up interviews.The thematic findings from sophomores and juniors include: academic strategies for respondingto more challenging classes; adjusting to new peer groups; developing identity as a minoritizedstudent; effects of advising interactions; and, dealing with living arrangements and other externalfactors. Additionally, themes from 2019-2020 include how students adapted to the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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

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interests transfer students who first enroll in community colleges, as well as developing broader and more nuanced engineering performance indicators.Dr. Haiying Long, University of KansasMs. Anna Teresa CaringellaIng. Andrea Pinto American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Understanding Nontraditional Students in Engineering and Computing (Work in Progress)When post-secondary schools design academic and co-curricular programs and student performance goals,they often frame them around traditional student populations (Chen, 2017). Traditional students aregenerally full-time, live on campus, are 18-24 years old, and are financially supported by parents (Figure1). Chen

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Arielle Marie Rainey, Colorado School of Mines; Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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author their identities as engineers and negotiate their multiple identities in the current culture of engineering. Dina has won several awards including the 2018 ASEE/IEEE Fron- tiers in Education Conference Best Diversity Paper Award, 2019 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award and the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Distinguished Scholar Award. Dina’s dissertation proposal was selected as part of the top 3 in the 2018 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division D In-Progress Research Gala.Dr. Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines Jessica M. Smith is Associate Professor in the Engineering, Design & Society Division at the Colorado

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Mayra S. Artiles Ph.D., Arizona State University; Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC

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. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Natalie Schaal, Loyola Marymount University; Spencer Edwin Chan, Loyola Marymount University; Julian K. Saint Clair, Loyola Marymount University

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) numerical simulations of earthquake source physics, which relates to her graduate work, and (2) developing, imple- menting, and assessing the effectiveness of educational interventions that support student persistence in STEM.Mr. Spencer Edwin Chan, Loyola Marymount University Spencer Chan is an undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), majoring in Mechan- ical Engineering. He is an activist for better understanding the underlying reasons that lead to student success. In addition to engineering education research, he was also involved in research under Dr. Omar Es-Said at LMU to improve the mechanical properties of MGAz31-B through cold rolling and heat treat- ments.Dr. Julian K. Saint Clair, Loyola

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Zaniyah Victoria Sealey, University of Georgia; Racheida S. Lewis, University of Georgia; Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University

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Paper ID #34059What I Wish My Instructor Knew: Navigating COVID-19 as anUnderrepresented Student - Evidence Based ResearchMs. Zaniyah Victoria Sealey, University of Georgia Zaniyah Sealey is an Undergraduate Student majoring in Computer Systems Engineering, at the Uni- versity of Georgia(College of Engineering). She is set to graduate in 2022 with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Systems Engineering along with a certificate in Informatics. She was recruited for the project through the National Society of Black Engineers(NSBE) where she currently serves as Secretary. Her current research and general interests include