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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darryl Dickerson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). National data suggests that an urgent, sustained,comprehensive, intensive, coordinated, and informed national effort is necessary to increasesuccess of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in STEM [2]. URM is the classification given tothe following groups: African American, Hispanic American or Latino, Native American, NativeHawaiian or Pacific Islander. In the US, these groups comprise 31.1% of the population [3], yetthey are only 17.4% of the student population pursuing engineering degrees [4]. In general, the successful pathway to a career in STEM typically requires “the acquisitionof knowledge, skills, and habits of mind; opportunities to put these into practice; a developingsense of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Ann Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Carolyn Parker, Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, Johns Hopkins University/Ctr for Educational Outreach; Michael L. Falk, Johns Hopkins University

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together. They decided upon relevant field trips andguest speakers in order to provide context to inform SABES.The community-based aspect of SABES was crucial for establishing in the minds of students,teachers, parents, and community members that STEM skills are relevant for their communitynow and in the future. Instead of being an academic exercise, each student engineering designproject was a practical attempt to envision the potential benefits to the community.For example, one school maintained a school garden. The fourth grade students decided to workon a composting project that would repurpose waste from the cafeteria. The students researchedcomposting, learned about composting from a guest speaker and field trip, and tested methods

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lola Brown, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Rawlins Beharry, City College of the City University of New York

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study of nonlinear enhancement of polymers embedded with nano-materials such as quantum dots and carbon nano-tubes. He has given numerous technical lectures and seminars at professional meetings and universities and has published a number of journal and conference papers in the areas of nonlinear effects in polymers, solids and semiconductors. Dr. Walser has served as the divisional chair of the Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) of the American Association of Engineering Education (ASEE) from 2000 to 2006. He is the recipient of many awards for teaching, including the Faculty of The Year award from the engineering honor society Eta Kappa Knu and the faculty award of the National Society of Black Engineers.Mr

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

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Paper ID #18305Lessons Learned from Successful Black Male ”Buoyant Believers” in Engi-neering and Engineering-Related FieldsDr. Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Dr. Leroy L. Long III is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Fundamentals at Embry-Riddle Aeronau- tical University in Daytona Beach, FL. He earned his PhD in STEM Education with a focus on Engineer- ing Education within the Department of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University (OSU). He earned his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering at OSU and his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering at Wright State University. He is a

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Michael L. Vaughan, University of Delaware; Kenneth A. Bright, University of Delaware, College of Engineering; Rachel Davidson, University of Delaware

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Paper ID #19169Engineering (verb) Diversity: Using the Engineering Design Process to Defineand Intervene in the Issue of Undergraduate Diversity at the Institution LevelProf. Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware Dr. Buckley is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Delaware. She received her Bachelor’s of Engineering (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, and her MS (2004) and PhD (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked on computational and experimental methods in spinal biomechanics. Since 2006, her research

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Felicia James Onuma; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #19970Rethinking Engineering Pathways: An Exploration of the Diverse K-12 SchoolExperiences of Six Black Engineering UndergraduatesDr. Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Bruk T. Berhane received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mary- land in 2003, after which he was hired by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) where he worked on nanotechnology. In 2005 he left JHU/APL for a fellowship with the National Academies where he conducted research on methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. After a brief stint

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sonia Jacqueline Garcia, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University; Matthew Pariyothorn, University of Houston; Ahmarlay Myint M.S., Access and Inclusion; Alexandra K. Hardman, Texas A&M University Access and Inclusion

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conclusions based onthe data that emerged from the study.Rationale and Literature Review:A study conducted by three researchers with the Center for International Business Education andResearch found that almost 40% of U.S. companies surveyed missed international businessopportunities because of a lack of internationally competent personnel. Given that 95% ofconsumers live outside of the United States, it is important for students to gain internationalexperience (Daniel, Xie, & Kedia, 2014). With those numbers in mind, the National Academy ofEngineering states that a core need for engineers is to be able to work with a diverse,multinational, and multidisciplinary workforce. Therefore, engineering colleges must developstrategies that provide global

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erin Buehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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campus’ postsecondaryprogram. The course has many goals, chief among them to promote awareness of students withID on campus, dispel misconceptions about the abilities of these students, and to promote aninterest in STEM fields for all students involved. Persons with disabilities are vastlyunderrepresented in engineering disciplines and people with ID experience unemploymentgreater than 60% [8]. With this in mind, we designed this course to both promote an interest inSTEM for all students involved, and we also introduced the idea of self-employment by way ofentrepreneurship as another avenue toward employment and self-determination.Undergraduate students in this course came from several different STEM fields includinginformation systems, business

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Teresa Napoli, University of California, Santa Barbara; Elizabeth Sciaky, University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Diana Jaleh Arya, University of California, Santa Barbara; Noreen Balos, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Paper ID #18457PIPELINES: Fostering University-Community College Partnerships and STEMProfessional Success for Underrepresented PopulationsDr. Maria Teresa Napoli, University of California, Santa Barbara Dr. Maria Teresa Napoli received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, in 2004. In 1999, she also earned a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Padova in Italy. Currently, she holds positions as VP of MEMS Development at Laxmi Therapeutic Devices, and as Community College Programs Manager at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Prior

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinny Rhee, San Jose State University; Camille Johnson, San Jose State University; Clifton M. Oyamot Jr., San Jose State University

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Student Success Priority funding. Many thanks go to Dr. Lauren Aguilar and Dr.Chris Gonzalez Clarke at Stanford University for their consultation and expertise.6 REFERENCES1 Tinto, V., 1975, “Dropouts from higher education: A theoretical synthesis of recent literature,” A Review ofEducational Research, v45, pp. 89-125.2 Veenstra, C.P., Dey, E.L., Herrin, G.D., 2009, “A model for freshman engineering retention,” Advances inEngineering Education, Winter 2009, pp 1-333 Spitzer, B., and Aronson, J., 2015, “Minding and mending the gap: Social psychological interventions to reduceeducational disparities,” British Journal of Educational Psychology, v 85 i1, March 2015, pp 1-184 Yeager, D., Walton, G., and Cohen, G., 2013, “Addressing achievement

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole D. Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kaitlin I. Tyler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wan-Ting Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Chaoyang Liu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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. https://www.asee.org/papers-and- publications/publications/college-profiles/15EngineeringbytheNumbersPart1.pdf.[2] M.T. Gibbons. Engineering by the numbers, 2009. https://www.asee.org/papers-and- publications/publications/college-profiles/15EngineeringbytheNumbersPart1.pdf.[3] Helen Shen. Mind the gender gap. Nature, 495(7439):22, 2013.[4] Rethink your gender attitudes. Nature Materials, 13(5):427, 2014.[5] Corinne A Moss-Racusin, John F Dovidio, Victoria L Brescoll, Mark J Graham, and Jo Handelsman. Science facultys subtle gender biases favor male students. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(41):16474–16479, 2012.[6] Sari M Van Anders. Why the academic pipeline leaks: Fewer men than women

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tony Anthony Barringer, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #18782A Case Study on Moving the STEM Fence: Exposing STEM to MinorityYouth Who are Oftentimes Not Aware of Such OpportunitiesDr. Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Villiers is an Associate Professor in the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering (WCOE) at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Materials and Construction from the University of Florida in 2004. Dr. Villiers’ areas of principal research interest are Civil Engineering Materials and Asphalt Technology, Highway and Pavement Design, Transportation, Specifications and Construction

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Paul Merriweather, Texas A&M University; Harriet A. Lamm, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, TAMUS; Shannon D. Walton, Texas A&M University; Karen L. Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Judy Kelley, West Texas A&M University; Krystal E. Thomasson, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John David Rausch Jr., West Texas A&M University; Frank Pezold, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Kendall T. Harris, Prairie View A&M University

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Paper ID #18491TAMUS LSAMP Project: 25 Years of Success - Finding and ImplementingBest Practices for URM STEM StudentsDr. Samuel Paul Merriweather, Texas A&M University Dr. Samuel Merriweather currently serves as the Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP) Associate Director through the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), a TAMUS member. He obtained bachelor and master of science degrees in industrial engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in industrial engineering at Texas A&M University.Dr. Harriet A. Lamm, Texas

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan CPEng, The University of Auckland; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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integrity in particular water bodies. 3. Historic exclusion of Māori from academics, as Māori were historically considered more suited to labors of the land than the mind. 4. Present-day school scheduling of subjects in ways that are culturally marginalizing, often resulting in students who are either weak in calculus or their cultural identity. 5. Institutional devaluing of identity and background, through curriculum rules regarding elective subjects.Specific examples help to describe the nature of these five barriers.Historic cultural conflict. An extract from The New Zealand Book of Events (1986) commentsthat on May 1, 1979, engineering students at the University of Auckland planning to perform amock Māori haka during the

Conference Session

Listening and Negotiation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #18490Listening and Negotiation IIDr. Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy is Professor and Associate Chair for Global Engineering Leader- ship and Research Development in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, with responsibilities for managing and expanding the School’s global/leadership education and research programs and impact, and directing the Institute’s Global Engineering Leadership Minor Program. Her research, teaching and professional activities focus on civil infrastructure decision making to promote sustainable

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

., & Potvin, G. (2010, 2013). GSE/RES:Sustainability topics as a route to female recruitment in engineering (#1036617). Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1036617Klotz, L., Potvin, G., Godwin, A., Cribbs, J., Hazari, Z., & Barclay, N. (2014). Sustainability as a Route to Broadening Participation in Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 103(1), 137–153. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20034Kollmuss, A., & Agyeman, J. (2002). Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior? Environmental Education Research, 8(3), 239–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504620220145401Krogstad, J. (2015, February 27). Hispanics more