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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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Stacey L. Vaziri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Phyllis Leary Newbill

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rural communities support and promote engineering as a career choice for theirstudents. Therefore, this study explored the ways in which rural communities provide support tohelp students make fully informed decisions about engineering as a college major.The findings presented here come from Phase 2 of a three-phase study exploring engineeringcareer choice among rural students. Using interview and focus group data collected from currentengineering students in Phase 1, Phase 2 turned to community members, including high schoolpersonnel, local industry leaders, members of local governments, and members of keycommunity organizations (e.g., 4-H). Using interviews with 16 participants across 3communities, we address the following question: What

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 20

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Joseph O. Arumala PE, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Joseph Nii Dodu Dodoo, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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drawn from the County School System andworked in partnership with university faculty members. The UMES STI provided awareness to theparticipants on transportation and STEM careers and encouraged them to consider transportation-related courses of study in their higher educational pursuits. The program provided opportunitiesfor participants, comprising of minority and underserved groups on the Lower Eastern Shore ofMaryland, to explore the many exciting fields in the Transportation Industry. The Instituteprovided an integrated program in Mathematics, Science, Communication Skills/English andRecreation as well as activities in Land, Air and Water Transportation. The DemographicSummary of participants showed that 94.6% of students completed the

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

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Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Christos Zahopoulos, Northeastern University; Rajini Jesudason, Northeastern University

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ofchange -- (See Appendix A). The logic model illustrates the logical relationship among programinputs (such as the grant funds and faculty expertise), activities (such as the introductoryengineering design course) and desired outputs (such as numbers of participating students) andoutcomes (such as increases in student interest in clean energy careers). This logic model wasused to inform the program design, including activities with students. In addition, the logicmodel was used to frame measures of success. This paper will describe our efforts, examine themeasurements of our goals, and discuss lessons learned over the three iterations of our program.BackgroundThree different cohorts of students participated in the program between 2013-18. Each

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Kristin Maria Repchick, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Consultant; Lauren Q. DiBianca Frye, Forsyth Country Day School; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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community challenges through strategic partnerships and deep listening. Lauren lives in Winston-Salem with her husband, Danny, and two boys who inspire her daily.Dr. Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University Dr. Elise Barrella is a founding faculty member of the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest Univer- sity and a registered Professional Engineer. She is passionate about curriculum development, scholarship and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainability, and engineering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where she conducted research in transportation and sustainability as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 19

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Pooneh Sabouri, New York University; Shramana Ghosh, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Abhidipta Mallik, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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theimplementation of the lessons or skills. Additionally, the research team anticipated that positioningteachers and students within a team would reveal various actions that teachers might take as theywork with their students.During the first two weeks of the workshop, engineering graduate students under the supervisionof an engineering faculty introduced relevant robotics concepts, robot components, and robotprogramming to the participants. In addition to learning about how to design, build, and programa robot, participants were introduced to some ideas of entrepreneurship and how to present theirengineering products to businesses. The ultimate goal of the workshop was that teachers andstudents learn about engineering practice and how its product can be

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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Malle R. Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Cheryl Carrico Consulting, LLC; Holly Larson Lesko; Gary R. Kirk, Dickinson College

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for the Center of Enhancement for Engineering Diversity where she taught a seminar for first-year female engineering students and coordinated precollege outreach events. As a researcher, she has previously served as a Graduate Research Assistant on the VT PEERS project studying middle school students reg- ularly engaging in engineering activities. In addition, she dedicates her spare time to exhibiting at the Virginia Tech Science Festival and hosting several sessions for the Kindergarten-to-college (K2C) Initia- tive.Dr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Duncan Davis, Northeastern University; Matthew Burns; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Elizabeth Quinn, Northeastern University; Alice Smith; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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academic and campus life at theuniversity. In addition to providing an exciting enrichment experience to students, pre-collegeprograms help Northeastern University to attract top high schoolers around the globe to campusand excite them about the university’s unique learning model and ample opportunities at theundergraduate level. The programs allow students to learn from Northeastern University facultymembers, explore and live on campus, and get a sense of the experiential style of a Northeasterneducation. The APCP are two-week residential programs. From approximately 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM,Monday-Friday, students work in the classroom with a faculty lead and their teaching team tolearn about their specific areas of interest. During evenings and

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17

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Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Ryan A. Brown, Illinois State University

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content knowledge. International journal of technology and designpotential for use with students is evident. Future work with undergraduate and graduate science education, 22(3), 345-360.and or engineering majors as well as with high school students is also an area of need. Additionalrevisions may be necessary for work with different populations of learners. Some differences [9] Kaya, E., Newley, A., Deniz, H., Yesilyurt, E., & Newley, P. (2017). Introducing Engineering Design to a Science Teaching Methods Course Through Educational Robotics and Exploring Changes in Views ofbetween different groups of respondents

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17

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Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Taryn Shalini Bipat, University of Washington; Jessica Carr, University of Washington; Elena Agapie, University of Washington; Andrew Davidson, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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body of literature which explores the process of measuringimpact at the service-learning level, the goal of this paper is to begin to understand theorganizational infrastructure of our K-12 STEAM outreach efforts by documenting stories fromthe graduate coordinators of a K-12 outreach program. The findings from this work help build ataxonomy of the program for potential future research which explores its impact on multipleconstituencies (undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, community, institution).MethodsApproachTo answer our research question and gather insights from past graduate coordinators of theoutreach efforts, we sent out a recruitment email to all of the past graduate student coordinators.The email described the project