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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nigel Michael Caprotti, State University of New York, New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York, New Paltz

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Paper ID #38380Circuit-Level Microelectronics Reliability Project to FosterInterdisciplinary Engineering LearningMr. Nigel Michael Caprotti, State University of New York, New Paltz Nigel Caprotti obtained a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from SUNY New Paltz and is slated to receive a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from SUNY New Paltz in Fall of 2023. He currently works at GlobalFoundries as a process engineer.Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York, New Paltz Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Engineering Programs at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. He

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Zhang, Northeastern University; Joshua Dennis, Northeastern University; Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #41065Enhancing Culinary Precision: Students Embarking on a Project-Based LearningAdventureSimon Zhang, Northeastern UniversityJoshua Dennis, Northeastern UniversityDr. Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, MInstP Department of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 E.Mail: h.kumarakuru@northeastern.edu Hari has 18+ years of educational leadership experience amplifying academic and scientific endeavours in the higher education setting that has brought him to four separate continents. He capitalizes on his in-depth competencies in

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yujiro Iwata, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Leo Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Hatsuko Yoshikubo Ph.D., Shibaura Institute of Technology; Sumito Nagasawa Ph.D. in Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #41294Enhancing Student Participation in Online Global Project-Based Learnings(gPBLs) Through a Slack-Based Evaluation: A Student PerspectiveMr. Yujiro Iwata, Shibaura Institute of Technology Yujiro Iwata received his Bachelor of Engineering in Science and Mechanics from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, in March 2024. He is currently a master’s program student at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His main research area is the fields of micro-fabrication and micro sensors.Mr. Leo Kimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology Leo Kimura received his Bachelor of

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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James Chengda Lu, BASIS Shavano; Vincent Liu, Brandeis High School; Justin Jin; Parker Olkowski; Yu-Fang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Paper ID #42817Cultivating Robotic Professionals: A Learning-Practice-Service EducationalFrameworkJames Chengda Lu, BASIS Shavano James Chengda Lu is currently a junior at BASIS San Antonio Shavano. He has been an active member of the FIRST Tech Challenge community for 4 years. His interests include mechatronics and robotics. Through interning with the NASA SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Program, he has recently completed a CubeSAT project under the support of the Twiggs Space Labs. He has advocated for STEM education through organizing international outreaches, attending national conferences, and creating and

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Student Division Technical Session 4: Project-based Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryann Renee Hebda, Baylor University; Morgan R Castillo, Baylor University; Tracey Sulak, Baylor University

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undertaken via observations by the researchers. Essentialexperiential elements of each course were observed, with the researchers observing small groupsof students in the context of their projects (e.g., capstone for EDII, school outreach for SL).These observations triangulate the analysis of innovative teaching practices through studentlearning outcomes.Findings Six generative processing strategies were present in the experiential learning courses (seeTable 1) particularly through the course design in both EDII and SL. Both courses were found tobe rooted in contextual generative learning, particularly learning by teaching and enacting,considered the most high-leverage generative processes [3]. To further examine the context inwhich these

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Pegram, "Be A Maker (BeAM)" Makerspace in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Maria Christine Palmtag; Anna Engelke, UNC-Chapel Hill / North Carolina State University

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,encouraging problem solving, and identifying skill weaknesses among participants in botheducational and workplace settings [1]. Historically, practitioners have also used this model tosupport peer-to-peer learning, in which community members learn from and encourage eachother [2], in both teacher education [1] and technology use [3], two paramount components of acollaborative makerspace like the BeAM Makerspace. CoP research shows that peer-to-peerlearning paired with product-based work yields better knowledge retention and personalaccountability amongst users [2][4]. Eager to encourage these outcomes in its own staffmembers, the BeAM Makerspace designed CoPs that would incorporate adaptiveteaching-projects to improve both the collaboration between

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Luke Morrison, University of South Florida; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University

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its effect on student’s feelings of impostorsyndrome and perceived self-efficacy. Impostor syndrome has been found to occur morefrequently in scientific communities and found more prevalently in marginalized communities.Context: In 2020, USF’s D-EE was awarded the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments(RED) grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ongoing grant supportsorganizational and cultural revolutions to improve the current Research-Teaching-Service modelto a Research-Students-Practice model. Research efforts within the grant include sections onParticipatory Action Research (PAR) in which students within the department could launch theirown research projects into the effectiveness of the changes within the department, such

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Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #42097Breaking Barriers in Engineering Teams: Exploring the Experiences of AfricanAmerican Female StudentsMs. Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Isabel recently graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville earning her Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering with Honors. She has assisted with several qualitative and mixed-methods research projects centered around diversity and inclusion in engineering. She will begin a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Fall 2024.Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Skylar Hubbarth, Clemson University; Anna Grace Hunter; Shannon Conner, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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Significance of Scholarship Programs in STEMIntroductionIn this Work-in-Progress paper, we share our ongoing work with an NSF Scholarships in STEM(S-STEM) program related to an iteration of analysis that looked across specific aspects in amore summative manner than our typical analyses during the five years of the project that aremore formative. As the project will soon enter an extension into a sixth year to use existingscholarship funds, we took this opportunity to begin to reflect on overarching goals toward thedevelopment and submission of a new S-STEM proposal to continue this work. The StudentPathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA) program in the ClemsonUniversity College of Computing, Engineering

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eliot Nathaniel Wachtel, University of California, Santa Cruz; Qingyuan Cao, University of California, Santa Cruz; Matthew Kaltman, University of California, Santa Cruz; Khanh Tran, University of California, Santa Cruz; Miguel Robles Hernandez, University of California, Santa Cruz; Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

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sense of belonging [5]. This is reflectedlocally in a university-wide survey conducted at our university, where more than 80% of studentsfelt they needed more support from faculty and around 64% felt they needed more opportunitiesto participate in classes [4]. From the authors’ experience, the lack of opportunity for engineeringpractice has a clear and notably negative effect on undergraduate clubs, impacting students’ con-fidence and ability to materially contribute to applied projects and pursue other independent andextracurricular educational opportunities. We found that the time constraints of a third or fourthyear engineering student dissuade them from joining clubs, leaving the majority of new club mem-bers as first or second year. With

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Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katelyn Churakos, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jayden Mitchell, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Paper ID #42562An Autoethnography of the Student Experience Solving an Open-Ended StaticsProblemKatelyn Churakos, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Katelyn Churakos is an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Law and is expected to graduate in December 2025. After graduation, Katelyn plans to pursue employment in the mechanical engineering field, preferably in project management.Jayden Mitchell, University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkDr. Jessica E S Swenson

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Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorna Treffert, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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-methods research projects centered around diversity and inclusion in engineering. She will begin a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Fall 2024. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-In-Progress: How an Engineering Education Research Team’s Culture Impacts the Undergraduate Research ExperienceIntroductionThe impact of undergraduate research experiences (URE’s) on students' development asresearchers and STEM professionals has been studied since the early 2000s [1]. Students whoparticipate in UREs have reported that such experiences helped them clarify and confirm theircareer choices and

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Student Division Technical Session 2: Career Development and Employability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D'andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Paper ID #44217Identifying the Skills and Student Activities that Influence Career Pathwaysfor Black vs. non- Black Engineering GraduatesD’andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., University of Toronto D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto within the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP). Prior to that she worked for many years as an engineer and project manager in the Oil & Gas industry. She is originally from Nassau, Bahamas, and completed her B.Eng in Chemical Engineering at McGill University and her MASc. from the Centre

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Drinkwater, Duke University; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Duke University; Rebecca Simmons, Duke University

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Paper ID #38994Why Should You Join? Exploring the Role of Engineering Clubs on theUndergraduate Engineering ExperienceMs. Katherine Drinkwater, Duke University Katie Drinkwater is a recent graduate of Duke University with a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. She is excited to begin working towards her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in the Fall. Her interest in Engineering Education began through a project where she helped to design a makerspace inside a shipping container. Since then, she has explored design and engineering education through in- dependent projects and extracurricular leadership in SWE

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elyas Masrour

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continuouslygraduates engineers who know how to build amazing projects but have nearly no concept of howthese projects will change the societies they are built within. Thankfully, in recent times, this hasbeen changing. As the power of technology in our modern world has grown to be undeniable, sohas the need to properly design, build, and regulate it. Across the nation, engineering programshave adopted more rigorous forms of engineering ethics education by embedding it in capstonedesign courses, introduction to engineering courses, or even by establishing separate coursesentirely dedicated to ethics in the engineering field [1]. Currently, one of the dominant paradigms for teaching engineering ethics stems fromreal-world case study analysis. In 2018

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryann Renee Hebda, Baylor University; Morgan R Castillo, Baylor University; Tracey Sulak, Baylor University

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engineering education, CBE provides a transition from universityto industry. Many parallels exist between CBE and industry practices, in particular thosesurrounding design-based concepts. In industry, new-product development (NPD) requiresattention to detail at the individual project, business, and systems level to create a successfulproduct launch [2], whereas university engineering design courses tend to focus on the individualproject level. Cooper’s [2] NPD success drivers often reflect the type of skills that are a focus inCBE. For individual new-product projects, overlapping concepts include voice-of-the-customer,pre-work, definition, and iterations. Building in the voice-of-the-customer may involve marketresearch for businesses, whereas

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Julie P Martin, University of Georgia

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broadly.Rachel: When I joined Ohio State, someone said, “embrace the power of the Block O” (OSU’slogo) That’s why I chose to keep my site with the university. This also means it is easily linkedand protected within the university’s systems. Additionally, most of my students have used theplatform for other projects. Some have used it personally, some in class, and others as teachingassistants. This allows the group to easily share ownership and update content on the site as thereis no learning curve for using in just my research group’s context. There is also institutionalsupport for the platform if we run into any issues, so I do not need to hire web developers or payadditional costs for maintenance. I can update it myself and seek support within my

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tahlia Altgold, The Ohio State University

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design projects. Students were required to incorporate ethicsinto their design projects by developing and applying ethics-based and standards-based requirements fortheir projects and explain how the concept of equity applied to their designs. While this case study did notemploy systematic qualitative data collection, researchers observed that students in this cohort hadincreased empathetic design decision making skills compared to students in previous iterations of thecourse. More research specifically examining student empathy development due to these instructionalmethods would support the efficacy of the pedagogy, however, Howcroft et al. [5] present an interestingway to embed empathy instruction in a common BME course. In fact, Howcroft et al

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Edward Chaback, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Paper ID #41530Designing A Student Success Framework with Zachman ArchitectureMr. Benjamin Edward Chaback, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Benjamin (Ben) Chaback is a master’s thesis student in systems engineering and currently serves as the Program Coordinator of Undergraduate Research at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He uses modeling and systems architecture to investigate undergraduate engineering education and is working towards creating sustainable systems for student success. Ben is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research and is a facilitator for the Safe Zone Project and the Center for the

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sierra Lynn Repp, University of Portland; Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland; Jacob P. Kimball, University of Portland

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Paper ID #43308Engineering Ideation Method Efficacy StudySierra Lynn Repp, University of Portland Sierra Repp is a senior mechanical engineering undergraduate student from the University of Portland Honors Program. She has hosted several different design and ideation workshops, including three at the University of Portland Pilot Space (a maker space with a variety of tools for students to use for their personal or school projects) and one at the 2023 Western Regional Honors Conference in Missoula, Montana. At University of Portland, Sierra is also the secretary and STEM-outreach coordinator for the Robotics Team and is

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam J Murrison, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Cameron Wian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sydney Kerivan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jakob Sperry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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hands-on. These spaces oftenaccommodate students completing class projects as well as encouraging personal passionprojects. They all offer benefits for their users that may include tools, equipment, and educationalresources. Educational resources offered in these makerspaces range from required training foruse of equipment to informative workshops. Through conversations with other universities, wehave found that it is very difficult for many makerspaces, previously including our own, tomaintain a system of informative workshops, inspiring the motivation behind this paper. Withmakerspaces connecting students, faculty, and staff together to bring their ideas into reality,connecting these makerspaces together to share resources and workshops will

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 1: Student Success and Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University Library TSS

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students, either asteaching assistants or as mentors during a semester. In this latter role, we are tasked with guidingstudents through research endeavors and giving them an introduction to engineeringinvestigations. While in some instances this can be a straightforward task, there are times whenthe role of a mentor can be physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing. Some students have aharder time being able to grasp the research method or process, and it can lead to moredrawbacks than benefits to the project. But what of the instances outside of the laboratory?Certainly, our role as a mentor is to guide students and give them advice and mentorshipregarding their research endeavors. Do we just tell them that their problems are outside of

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 5: Motivation and Support for Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philippa Eshun; Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University

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Paper ID #39833Work in Progress: An Investigation of the Influence of Academic Cultureon Engineering Graduates’ Workforce Expectations and Subsequent WorkBehaviorsPhilippa EshunDr. Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University Kacey Beddoes is a Project Director in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office at San Jose State Univer- sity. She holds a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Further information about her work can be found at www.sociologyofengineering.org. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An Investigation of the Influence

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chulin Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Lorna Treffert, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Alexis Gillmore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Paper ID #38504Work in Progress: Developing an Ethnographic Observation and ReflectionTemplate: An Example from Studying Epistemic Differences within EERTeamsMs. Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Isabel is a third-year student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville studying biomedical engineering. She has conducted several mixed methods research projects centered around diversity and inclusion in engineering and is interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education.Chulin Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chulin Chen is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 1: Student Success and Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Christopher, Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University; C.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University; Aziz Gram Sarhan

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repeatedly evaluate what we are doing based on where we want tobe, and the process of learning is incomplete without it. Without this necessary step, even studentswith an abundance of pragmatic experience have “little capacity to turn learning into improvedaction.” Critical reflection involves generating, deepening, and documenting learning [27].A study conducted by Bo Chang at Ball State University demonstrated that the completion ofguided reflections at key points during the semester led to improved cohesiveness and overallquality of work [24]. Upon completion of assignments and projects, Chang requested that hisstudents “reflect on the highlights, or the uniqueness, or the most significant parts of theirassignment, the process of how they

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 6: Underserved Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anastasia M. K. Schauer, Georgia Institute of Technology; August Kohls, Carnegie Mellon University; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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projects have included the study of heuristics as education tools, and academic makerspaces as opportunities to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering. *Both authors contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.August Kohls, Carnegie Mellon University August Kohls is pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his MS in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2022 and his BS in Electrical Engineer- ing from the University of Cincinnati in 2020. His academic research focuses on fabricating novel nano- material integrated microdevices for cancer and viral diagnostics. His other personal research projects include investigating methods

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Corbin; Noor Aulakh, Rowan University; Alex Herrman, Rowan University; Conor Peterson; Shahir Shariful Mollah; Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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assignments and team projects. The clustering coefficient is a measure ofthe overall connectedness of one’s network (how many of your friends know each other?), andcan be used to infer the overall interconnectedness of a student’s social network. Taken together,these analyses can describe the ways in which collaborative learning may shape a students’social networks and perceptions of social connectedness.The results of this study indicate that, in instances where students perceived that their instructorsimplemented collaborative learning more often, a student’s social network became more denselyinterconnected. Additionally, the number of friends a student chooses to work with is positivelycorrelated to how often said student works or studies in a

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brigid McCormack, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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brokenup into three competitions located in the East, Midwest, and West with annual location rotationswithin regions [21].The secondary competition in which the design and build team participates is also run by theSAE International Design Series. This competition takes place annually in the upper midwest ofthe United States and its participating teams come from the United States and Canada. Theobjective of SAE International Design Series is to provide design and build team members withthe challenge and opportunity of working on projects that involve design, planning, andmanufacturing of current projects outside of the traditional academic setting [22].Purple University, a large R1 public university, has a unique organizational structure comparedto

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 5: Motivation and Support for Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jackson Clyde Smith; Ilham Kabir; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

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acrossindividual faculty based on the type of assessment practices they choose to adopt in their courses.In addition to traditional formative and summative assessments, prior literature has identifiedother forms of assessment including standards-based, competency-based, mastery-based, andadaptive [1]. More recently, the practice of ungrading has become more prominent in thehumanities and social sciences and is slowly being adopted by engineering education. In coursesthat utilize ungrading, students are required to develop a portfolio of writing intensive or othertypes of projects in lieu of traditional assignments [2]. Students are expected to submit their workfor review, obtain feedback from the instructor, and implement that feedback over the course

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 1: Student Success and Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyra Anderson, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Nagash Clarke, University of Michigan

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& McComb 2015). Inthis work, we provide details about a group of faculty and students that coalesced into an informalcommunity over a brief period of time. This community included formal and informal activities such asengaging in discussions in breakout rooms on Zoom, as well as attending a group dinner during an annualconference in 2022. During the program, social community elements emerged in that participants hadaccess to more experienced individuals through mentoring and engagement, and they were exposed toinformation relative to careers, graduate school, and networking opportunities.Researchers’ PositionalitiesThe project team consisted of three researchers: 1 Black man and 2 Black women. The first and secondauthors served as primary