Paper ID #42369Weekly Professional Development Lunches to Build Community Among anS-STEM CohortCaroline Cresap, Louisiana Tech University Caroline Cresap is a second-year chemical engineering major from Zachary, Louisiana. She is a Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science S-STEM SUCCESS Scholar with Ashtyne Monceaux. Along with her ASEE research, she is also an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Yang Xiao’s Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Science Laboratory. Caroline enjoys staying involved in her university and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the Honors Student
. I am excited about having the opportunity to become a better ENGR/ENGE researcher. In the future, I aspire to be an engineering education policy advocate and have plans to develop a research preparation consortium.Dr. Jeremi S. London, Virginia Tech Dr. Jeremi London is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, broadening participation and instructional change. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in Progress: Bridging the Gap in Doctoral Engineering Education: Critically Investigating Factors InfluencingPerformance Outcomes
students.Penny S EdwardsKatherine Mulholland, Clemson University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Exploring Neurodivergent Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Proposed Mixed Methods StudyBACKGROUND STUDY TIMELINE RESULTS • Recent increase in enrollment of neurodivergent students enrolling in undergraduate engineering programs • Neurodivergent students in engineering
Paper ID #44125Examining Imposter Syndrome and Self-Efficacy Among Electrical EngineeringStudents and Changes Resulting After Engagement in Department’s RevolutionaryInterventionsMr. Jeffrey Luke Morrison, University of South Florida Jeffrey Luke Morrison is an undergraduate student pursuing his bachelors in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida with focuses in wireless circuits and nano-scale systems. He is an IEEE member and also a member of the USF Honor’s College. In addition to pursuing his EE degree, he is also pursuing a BS in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics.Dr. Chris S Ferekides, University
Paper ID #44337Team Dynamics in Student Engineering Design Teams: Correlations to WomenRetention and Careers in Mechanical and Motorsport ProfessionsBrigid McCormack, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Brigid McCormack, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Brigid McCormack is an undergraduate student studying Mechanical Engineering at the University at Buffalo.Dr. Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Jessica Swenson is an Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo. She was awarded her doctorate and masters from Tufts University in mechanical
identities that complement andstrengthen engineering identity has the potential to increase retention of students who possessindicators of a weak engineering identity within engineering contexts.AcknowledgementsThe first two authors listed on this paper contributed equally to this work and therefore should beconsidered co-first authors.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2204726. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] S. Simms and J. M. Fraser, “Qualitative research methods to improve engineering retention,” presented at the 2000
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
against MGUDS-S global competence scores, also using MATLAB.⚫ To propose methods for identifying key factors for enhancing levels of student engagement and satisfaction in group activities, in the context of international, collaborative workshop involving students from diverse backgrounds.During the online robotics workshops in AY2022 and 2023, the study's authors, Iwata andKimura, were undergraduate students in the Department of Engineering Science andMechanics at the College of Engineering at SIT, and had been serving as Student TeachingAssistants (TAs) on the Online Robotics workshop; they were then chosen to also be part ofthe team carrying out Slack-based evaluation. They worked under the supervision of thestudy authors, Prof. Nagasawa and
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maintaining transfer momentum - full-time student status was oneof the strongest predictors of transfer in an analysis of 2003-2009 data from community collegesacross the U.S., doubling the probability that a student will transfer to a 4-year program (LaSotaand Zumeta, 2016). While maintaining academic momentum is a factor in improving graduationrates, scholarships also allow for greater opportunity to engage in campus activities outside ofclass, increasing students’ engagement with their institution (Marra et al., 2015). Several studiesat the Community College of Baltimore County showed that targeted scholarship programs (likeNSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM))can increase the number of
from a variety of sources such as faculty members, counseling centers, andindustry professionals could be beneficial. Furthermore, to create a curriculum that has asignificant impact with measurable outcomes on a particular subject, it is essential to determinethe most appropriate delivery method for the target audience.References[1] American College Health Association (ACHA), “NCHA- II_Fall_2017_Reference_Group_Executive_Summary.pdf.” Accessed: Nov. 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.acha.org/documents/ncha/NCHA[2] Lipson, S. K., Zhou, S., Abelson, S., Heinze, J., Jirsa, M., Morigney, J., ... & Eisenberg, D., “Trends in college student mental health and help-seeking by race/ethnicity: Findings from the national healthy
to an over-representation of 104% (percent change) compared to anover-representation of whites by just 4.8% (percent change)” (p. 271). While this seems to be,and arguably is, problematic, as Pippert and colleagues point out, this could potentially be aresult of the aspirations of IHEs – by depicting greater diversity, more diverse students may wantto enroll, which will create more diverse campuses. To that notion, Gibbs [68] argues – and weagree – that “persuasive marketing” by IHEs is unethical, and that colleges should resistemploying such strategies.This concept of disingenuous marketing was reproduced in Henslee et al.’s 2017 mixed methodsstudy examining undergraduate, first-year student perceptions of the college viewbook at
-based evaluation, Student engagement in the group project, Face-to-face/Online global project-based learning, Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale(MGUDS-S), Group activity analysis, Accurate grading1. Introduction1.1 Research ObjectivesThis study aims to experimentally introduce peer assessment as a complementary method toaddress the limitations of Slack-based engagement evaluation in face-to-face group work, andto examine its effectiveness. In particular, the study investigates whether combining activityscores derived from Slack posts with peer-assessed scores can enable objective evaluation ofstudent engagement, even in a face-to-face setting. In this context, "Slack-based evaluation"refers to a method of assessing student engagement
informal interactions between students and faculty. Our research uses Driscoll et al.'s[14] student-faculty interaction assessment model to evaluate students' sense of belonging,incorporating Likert-scale questions and free-response inquiries to capture nuanced aspects oftheir experiences. By focusing on both immediate and lasting impacts, our investigation seeks toidentify improvements in students' perceptions and assess the sustainability of these positiveoutcomes over time.This study contributes to the broader discourse on student engagement, community building, andretention strategies in engineering or higher education in general with the translation from BMEeducation. The findings not only provide insights into the effectiveness of informal
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Paper ID #48914How Personality Impacts Academic, Professional, and Social Activity Preferencesof Engineering StudentsAshtyne Klair Monceaux, Louisiana Tech University Ashtyne Monceaux, from Crowley, Louisiana, is a third-year undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University, currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. She hopes to pursue a career in Water Resources Engineering. Ashtyne’s involvement with her university’s own NSF S-STEM Success Scholars Program lead to her research in engineering education. Ashtyne is a member of Louisiana Tech’s Honors College, an ambassador for the College of Engineering
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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
importance of creating theseopportunities for college retention.VII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE-1832553. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors would like to acknowledge Jason Osei-Tutu, Dr. RuzicaTodorovic and Bridget O’ Connell for supporting our research and facilitating the Center ofExcellence for Engineering and Computer Science at Wilbur Wright College, City Colleges ofChicago. This research is derived from the research “Building Bridges into Engineering andComputer Science” that is approved by the City
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