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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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called This Engineering Life, the undergraduate series. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Why should you join? Exploring the Impact of Engineering Extracurriculars on the Undergraduate Engineering Experience 1. INTRODUCTIONAn engineering courseload is a big commitment, yet undergraduate engineering students findtime to engage in many activities outside of required coursework. Research, clubs, jobs, sports,extracurriculars, social activities, and leisure time all constitute attractive ways for anengineering undergraduate to spend “residual time”. The time available to spend on theseactivities, however, is limited to as little as 1.9 hours per

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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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, andknowledge generation.Epistemic differences can be difficult to study due to the tacit nature of people’s beliefs aboutknowledge, which results in individuals having a hard time articulating their true beliefs aboutknowledge. Additionally, the ways in which people enact their epistemic beliefs are dependent oncontext and situation [1, 2, 3]. So while an individual may report holding a specific epistemic beliefon a survey or in an interview, they may not always act in ways that reflect these beliefs. Giventhese complexities associated with studying epistemic matters, recent trends among researcherscall for the use of context and situation-specific approaches [4, 5].Ethnography offers research methods that allow researchers to deeply consider both

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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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Claudia Vanessa Garcia, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Daniel E. Chand, Kent State University

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innovativetechnologies benefiting our society. Unfortunately, a gender gap persists in most STEMdisciplines even though men and women comprise a similar proportion of the total U.S.workforce[1]. In engineering, while there has been an increase in degrees awarded to women,they continue to earn fewer undergraduate and graduate degrees than their male counterparts [1]and comprise approximately 16.1% of the U.S. engineering workforce in 2022 [2].To address the problem of female underrepresentation in STEM fields, researchers have beeninterested in learning how faculty can serve as potential role models or mentors to studentsinterested in obtaining degrees in STEM [3]–[5] . The research proposes that a higherrepresentation of female faculty can positively influence

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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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Aadhy Parthasarathy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rupal Nigam, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aanchal Gupta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Tove Elisabeth Kopperstad, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ani Pirosmanishvili, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Theresa Ann Saxton-Fox, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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genderminorities in science and engineering fields for decades [1]. As of Spring of 2023, women andother gender minorities make up only 13% of Master’s students, 16% of Ph.D. students, and 18%of undergraduate students in the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, for example [2]. Recruitment and retention efforts for gender minorities areongoing at every level for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and faculty positions across academiaand STEM. The efforts of the current initiative focus on the transition from undergraduate tograduate education, which was identified as one of three critical points in a woman’s engineeringcareer, defined as a time when significant numbers of women leave the field [3, 4]. The

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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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Mei-Yun Lin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Hsinju Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leah Espenhahn; Erin Marie Raftery; Alyssa Huang; Mayura Kulkarni

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Technology, only 25% of engineering degrees, includingBachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D., were awarded to women in US institutions [1]. Theunderrepresentation of women in engineering may be due to a lack of diversity when recruitingstudents, as well as the fact that women have higher attrition rates than their men peers, so-called“the leaky pipeline” [2, 3, 4].Many studies have attempted to understand this high attrition rate of women students inengineering careers. Some suggest that women students have fewer opportunities to develop theirengineering interests or chances to be recognized as engineers compared with their mencounterparts [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Others note that women students face additional professionaldevaluation and chilly climates in

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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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Luke Raus, Olin College of Engineering; Katherine Mackowiak; Stephanos Matsumoto, Olin College of Engineering; Zachary Riggins del Rosario, Olin College of Engineering

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activitysuccessfully provides immediate exposure to an interesting physical system, to which an array ofaccessible modeling approaches can be applied. Since the activity (and subsequent analysis)relies on relatively little background knowledge, first-year STEM students can effectively engagewith the game, and some students can produce novel models of the game’s behavior. Thischallenges an assertion sometimes made in modeling pedagogy—that undergraduate studentslack the domain knowledge necessary to engage fully in the modeling process [1]. Additionally,the proposed activity results in a rich student-generated data set which motivates a variety ofquestions about viral phenomena, and offers the opportunity for students to meaningfully answerthese questions by

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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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staff and attendees that build a diverse and welcomingcommunity within the makerspace, while also providing standardization to workshops, ensuringquality, accessibility, and a rolling training platform so every year new employees can beonboarded. This peer-to-peer learning system encourages communication, understanding, and abalance of power between the students and instructors, understood through quantitative andqualitative data from attendee feedback and employee review.1 Introduction and Motivation: Due to the recent Maker Movement, education has seen a significant push towardshands-on-learning both in and out of the classroom. Spaces have and are continuing to bedeveloped with the goals of providing a place for students to learn

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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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theundergraduate researchers (first author) on undergraduate electrical engineering students’perceived self-efficacy and Impostor Syndrome during their participation in RED programactivities.Self-efficacy refers to the “students' beliefs in their ability to achieve tasks,” [1] while ImpostorSyndrome is defined as a “psychological term that refers to a pattern of behavior wherein people(even those with adequate external evidence of success) doubt their abilities and have a persistentfear of being exposed as a fraud,” [2]. Impostor Syndrome is known to occur more frequently inscientific communities, along with marginalized communities and communities frequently facingmental health issues, such as anxiety and depression [3]. For this project, the goal is to

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlyn Pope, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

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engineering identity development,contributing to our understanding of this important, complex, and dynamic process.IntroductionSeveral factors have been shown to influence an engineering student’s ability to recognize andidentify themselves as an engineer, including personal academic achievement, experience in theengineering field, acceptance of family legacies, or a combination of other factors [1], [2], [3].As an engineering student experiences and accepts these factors, they can better envision andrealize their potential as an engineer. However, due to their diverse backgrounds and priorknowledge, we know that students have differing definitions of what it means to be a ‘successfulengineer’ [4], [5]. While some students base their definitions on

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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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engineering design. However, perspective-taking is only one facetof empathy. This work reviews models of empathy, pedagogical strategies for empathy education, andempathy assessments that have been employed in the context of BME education to enable BMEinstructors to integrate empathy education in their individual course contexts and continue to developempathy education within BME education.Keywords: Empathy, Biomedical Engineering, UndergraduateIntroductionAs the world has become increasingly global, so too has engineering become a global practice, requiringengineers to have diverse social and technical skillsets [1]. This is particularly important as modern-dayengineers are expected to participate and problem-solve within sociotechnical challenges

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Perla Abigail Bran, City Colleges of Chicago; Casey Mikaela Tan, City Colleges of Chicago; Jason Kwame Frimpong Osei-Tutu, City Colleges of Chicago; Luis Vicente Villanueva, City Colleges of Chicago; Brenda Najjuma, City Colleges of Chicago; Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago

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moresupportive communities, and specific transfer pathways. Academic pathways provided bycurricular maps affect students' likelihood of persisting in their studies. [18]. The newexperiences have been significant in providing a clear sense of direction and an increase in self-efficacy [19].V. FUTURE WORKFigure 1: The complete process of our research including future work.All the interviewed participants are enrolled in an engineering program at Wright College.Picking reverse transfer students that are not in any pathway, and non-engineering students willgive us two reverse transfer populations to compare. The next group of interviews will berandomly chosen from reverse transfer students who are not involved in a program but are onlytaking courses to be

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alondra Gonzalez Quintana, City Colleges of Chicago; Alexis Alvarez, City Colleges of Chicago; Amara Moreno, City Colleges of Chicago; Alessandra Romero, City Colleges of Chicago; Lourdes Beatriz Johnson, City Colleges of Chicago; Bohan Ren, City Colleges of Chicago; Kendrit Tahiraj, City Colleges of Chicago; Anthony Jesus Huerta, City Colleges of Chicago; Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago

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Development of a Research-Based Application for Effective Mentor-Mentee MatchingI. INTRODUCTIONMentoring is a relationship between two individuals, wherein a mentor, an experienced andknowledgeable individual, provides guidance and support to a less experienced mentee. Thisrelationship is established with the objective of imparting knowledge, skills, and expertise tofacilitate the mentee’s personal and professional growth [1]-[5]. Currently, there are severalmodels of mentoring relationships. Mentoring can happen on a one-to-one basis. It can besituational, group or peer-based [6]. It can also occur in formal or informal contexts [4]. An idealmentoring relationship must happen organically [7].Mentoring is an essential tool for

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narangoo Tumur, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Amardeep Kaur, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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and involving students in design choices during thelab, coupled with their feedback fosters a more innovative and well-organized lab creationprocess [1].The level of structure in laboratory courses may vary depending on the learning objectives of thecourse or curriculum and the academic level of students enrolled in the course, i.e., lowerdivision vs upper division [2]. For example, a highly structured laboratory may be used tointroduce students to laboratory analysis techniques and the use of laboratory equipment. At theother extreme is the unstructured laboratory which may be used at the senior level, requiringstudents to apply and synthesize skills to design and test a large-scale or multi-componentsystem. For sophomores and juniors

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vivian H Nguyen, City Colleges of Chicago ; Anthony Jesus Blanco, City Colleges of Chicago; Andrew Steppan, City Colleges of Chicago; Juan Munoz, City Colleges of Chicago ; Guadalupe Pina-Castillo, City Colleges of Chicago; Shlesha Patel, City Colleges of Chicago; Melvin Cabrera, City Colleges of Chicago; Tobias Wimmer; Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago

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Society for Engineering Education, 2024 FOSTERING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (CoP): THE IMPACT ON SELF-EFFICACY AND BELONGING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSI. INTRODUCTIONAs of July 2021, 40.4 million students have attended college and dropped out without earning acredential—referred to as the “Some College, No Credential” (SCNC) population [1]. Out of the40.4 million SCNC population, only 2.1% re-enroll into a degree program. Student retention isrecognized as remaining in a college or university program until the course of study is complete,regardless of whether they pass or not, or until the students gain a degree [2]. Students whocancel their enrollment are classified as dropouts [3]. The six most prevalent factors thatcontribute to a lack

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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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to be taught in a subse-quent quarter. Successful teaching teams are hired to teach their quarter long class, with the optionto come back and mentor others and/or teach their class again. We began piloting this students-teaching-students concept in 2020, and have since run 15 instances of quarter-long, nine learnerhours/week courses in a wide range of topics: Robot Operating System, Graphical User Interfaces,Embedded Programming, Hacking, Creative Virtual Reality, among others. This proceeding is adiscussion of two of the original classes taught as part of this program: Introduction to ElectronicDesign and Introduction to 3D Design & Fabrication (examples of student work from these classesare shown in Figure 1).Figure 1: (Left) Ten of

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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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Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

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theory to the field of engineering,considering how these frameworks can inform career paths, transitions, and professionaldevelopment within this specialized domain.Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: A Lens for Understanding Career MotivationsWhile not explicitly a career theory, Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs [1], [2] sheds lighton the motivational forces driven by different levels of human needs. Maslow's model proposes apyramid structure, where individuals progress through five levels of needs, each requiringfulfillment before moving to the next: • Physiological Needs: These fundamental survival needs include air, food, water, shelter, and warmth. • Safety and Security Needs: This level focuses on the desire for protection

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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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Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University; Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University

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internalization of certain valuesover others.IntroductionGraduate students engaging in research education are vying for admission to a community ofscholars, learning to operate within specific requirements, regulations, and expectations in eachfield of study [1]. Shifts in how doctoral students view themselves and their peers, their mentors,the field, and generated knowledge occur throughout the research education process.Simultaneously, students proceed through the process of taking on or rejecting values and valuesystems (axiology) that are proliferated and perpetuated in their professional field of study. Inaddition to messages conveyed from graduate development within engineering environments,graduate students also bring their beliefs about knowledge

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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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Research Grants 24K06133 and the Shibaura Institute of Technology Grants for Educational Reform and Research Activity in the AY2024. Her current main research interests are: 1) how including humanities courses in an engineering education curriculum can help students to gain flexibility, and an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas; and 2) systematic issues impacting the effectiveness of engineering education, specifically in the context of project-based learnings for the engineering education. Below are her recent presentations at international conferences: ASEE 2023, WERA 2023, 2022, 2019, APAIE 2023, 2022, IIAI DSIR 2021, 2020. She obtained the Multidisciplinary Engineering Division’s Best Diversity

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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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Developing KSAs in Engineering Capstone Students (WIP) This work-in-progress research analyzes undergraduate outcomes after participation in anengineering design capstone course. In this context, knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) areintegrated within a competency-based educational (CBE) [1] model with an emphasis onformative assessment and feedback throughout the semester. Mirroring work in industry, thecourse also incorporates elements of new-product design (e.g., pre-work, definition, iterations)[2]. The course provides authentic learning through community and industry partnerships forteams of mixed-major engineering students (e.g., electrical, mechanical), exemplifying integratedlearning experiences [3] in pursuit of real-world

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xinyi Ma, University of Toronto; Janet Lam, University of Toronto

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andexplores the subjective perspectives and experiences about programming. In the context of athird-year quality control course with a computing lab component involving both mechanical andindustrial engineering students, we aim to answer the following research questions: (1) How dodifferences in the programs’ curricula impact students’ attitudes and self-efficacy towardprogramming? (2) How do the computing lab activities affect the students’ attitudes and self-efficacy toward programming? Three surveys are distributed across the semester, collectingstudents’ programming backgrounds, perceived interests, usefulness, and self-efficacy, alongwith their engagement with lab activities. Initial findings indicate that industrial engineeringstudents have

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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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be most useful.Background According to the American Society of Quality, problem solving is the process of defining,determining the cause, creating or identifying a variety of solutions, and then selecting andimplementing one of the solutions to a problem [1]. The ability to problem-solve is consistentlyone of the most sought-after competencies that a prospective employee can have [2].Additionally, the ability to problem-solve impacts critical thinking, teamwork, and leadershipskills, all of which are also considered important competencies needed for career readiness.However, despite their importance, many employers note a proficiency gap in several of thesecompetencies in recent graduates [2]. One of the most important parts

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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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subtleties around recipe optimization, such as combining ingredients that finish cookingaround the same time, only develops with experience and intuition. There are smart thermometers on themarket such as Yummly, Meater, and more but the price of these products ranges from $80-$370. TC++aims to deliver reliable results for a lower price.There are many tools used to measure temperature, one of the tools is the thermocouple. In 1821, ThomasJohann Seebeck was able to use his discovery of the Seebeck effect to create a thermocouple. The Seebeckeffect is the thermoelectric phenomenon where when a junction is heated between two dissimilar materialsit creates a change in the electrical operation of the integrated circuit [1]. A thermocouple uses this

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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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enrolled full-time in engineeringprograms in higher education in the United States [1]. Yet the American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE) found that engineering has a dropout rate of 40-50% [2]. ASEE also foundthat most engineering students do not complete the degree within the expected four years, withmany needing closer to six years [2]. Poor advising, substandard teaching, difficulty of thecurriculum, and lack of a sense of belonging in engineering are all significant contributingfactors to the high dropout rate [3]. While understanding some of these reasons why students donot stay in engineering programs is important, an approach that focuses on barriers to success isfundamentally different from one that focuses on engineering students

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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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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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framework's impact relied on servicehours, outreach scales, and feedback collected during the summer camps.The analysis confirmed the framework's effectiveness in enhancing students'technical and soft skills, sustaining their interest in STEM, improving teamperformances, and fostering an inclusive community for collaboration. The LPSframework offers students flexibility in developing their skill sets and has beenproven to be sustainable, transformable, and scalable for integration into K-12thengineering curriculum and extracurricular programs.IntroductionRobotics has been identified as an interdisciplinary field encompassing electrical components,computer vision, mechanics, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence [1-5]. Innovation inrobotics

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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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Leslie Anna Brown, Utah State University; Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University

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we willobserve their teaching when implementing the game lesson. Data will then be coded andanalyzed using thematic analysis to find out the change in preparedness and engagement towardsteaching computer science.IntroductionIn response to the lack of engineering and computer science education in high school, the NextGeneration Science Standards (NGSS) were created in 2014 by twenty-six states with twentystates adopting these standards [1]. The NGSS shifted science instruction to incorporate cross-cutting (utilizing common themes among STEM disciplines) engineering standards and expandon computational thinking skills [2]. However, as technology and computing have advanced, theNGSS do not reflect the modern skills needed for computing to

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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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Sruthi Dasika, Purdue University; Anyerson Cuervo, Purdue University; Amena Shermadou, Purdue University

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journey.Their experiences are influenced by learning to navigate a foreign educational system while alsonegotiating their own cultural backgrounds in the process. Existing studies have indicated thatinternational students grapple with their experiences of adjusting to a new culture, managinglanguage barriers, and challenges with feelings of belonging within their academic environments[1], [2], [3], [4]. However, there remains a notable gap in understanding how the culturalidentities of doctoral students influence their professional development experiences, such asgraduate teaching roles. As such, this collaborative reflection between the first two authors aimsto explore their teaching motivation and identity development through the lens of their

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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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engineers was 8.5% [1] of the professionin the United States, Mechanical Engineering degrees rank the highest awarded at thebaccalaureate level, with only 17.6 % awarded to women [2]. One factor that aids recentgraduates in obtaining employment is experience, such as internships, co-ops, researchopportunities or participating in design and build engineering teams. Many of the design andbuild teams that engage mechanical engineering students are run through the Society ofAutomotive Engineers (SAE). These include eight collegiate design series SAE Aero Design,AutoDrive Challenge ll, Baja SAE, SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, Formula Hybrid,Formula SAE, Formula SAE Electric, and Mission Autono that provide undergraduate andgraduate students with pre

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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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Caroline Cresap, Louisiana Tech University; Ashtyne Klair Monceaux; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University

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to selectedstudents. In addition to the scholarship funds, S-STEM programs offer additional activities andresources [1]-[4]. For example, Southern Methodist University provided their S-STEM studentswith weekly seminars and block scheduling which positively impacted the students and theirability to excel academically. While various academic and support resources are included in theimplementation of the S-STEM Program discussed here, this paper’s focus is the impact ofweekly lunches on our students.Student retention is typically influenced by feelings of self-efficacy and inclusion in engineeringspaces [5]-[6]. Reasons for attrition include classroom and academic climate, grades andconceptual understanding, self-efficacy and self-confidence

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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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receiving high-quality mentoring duringour doctoral work, we ourselves did not receive the hidden curriculum we offer here, and weknow that doctoral programs in engineering and engineering education focus on training studentsto be independent researchers rather than to develop research agendas and manage researchgroups as faculty. We hope to support the next generation of faculty by offering practical adviceabout three aspects of earning tenure at a research institution that are rarely explicitly discussed:(1) developing and disseminating a compelling narrative about your work, (2) promoting theimpact of your work, (3) leading a research group, and (4) creating an internal and externalsupport team.We structured this paper to highlight both our

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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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, and Applied Sciences launched in the Fall of2019, with the first students to receive financial support and SPECTRA-based programming inthe Spring of 2020. Since then, the SPECTRA program has provided financial support to nearlyone hundred undergraduate Scholars who are transfer students in the college. While the Scholars have consistently reported the SPECTRA program’s main sellingpoint is its monetary value, other evidence indicates that transfer scholars in STEM often havemyriad unmet needs beyond financial assistance [1]. Our research has shown this to be accurate;Scholars have demonstrated that their primary appreciation of the SPECTRA program camefrom a need for additional funding, but other aspects also contribute. Similar to