Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Development and Impact of Research Efficacy in an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Certification Class1. IntroductionResearch experiences and opportunities are growing in availability and significance forundergraduate students. Furthermore, undergraduate students can offer a distinct perspective anda unique form of assistance compared to graduate students and faculty. This also applies to theclassroom. Participation in research in the undergraduate years, shows to provide all engineeringstudent populations (including marginalized groups) to consider a job in the academic andresearch fields.At a mid-size minority serving institution, undergraduate students are highly encouraged

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuvra Das, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

decisions as wellas inclusion of the person or communities that will potentially be impacted by their work.To introduce the concepts of Design Justice in their courses, faculty members can start by readingthe Design Justice book [4], which contains many examples throughout the text. A case studycould be a good starting point, especially one that students can easily relate to. For example, thecase about the Spirometer, a device used to measure lung capacity. This was invented at a timewhen it was believed that race determined lung capacity, so the device was built with a racecorrection factor. When employers were sued for asbestos related lung-diseases caused due tolong exposure, Black employees would have to demonstrate worse lung function than