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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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Abigail Nichole Lehto, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE); Ning Fang, Utah State University

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, metal machining, and design for manufacturing ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: A Correlation Analysis of Engagement of First-Generation College Students in EngineeringIntroductionIn the college environment, students engage in a variety of educational activities. They askquestions in class, have discussions with peers and faculty, study in their preferred way, and doall of these with the goal of a degree in mind. These types of engagement, along with manyothers, are key components of students’ education.Previous research on first-generation college students shows that first-generation students acrossall majors engage less than their peers and perceive the college

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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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Micaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; John Roberts, UK College of Engineering

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Paper ID #38826Attracting Black Students to Undergraduate Engineering Programs: A RapidReview for Broadening ParticipationMicaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Micaha Dean Hughes is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program in the Teacher Educa- tion and Learning Sciences department at North Carolina State University. Her research interests include community-engaged approaches to educational equity and access in STEM education, college recruitment and K-12 outreach practices for minoritized groups in STEM, mathematical identity development for rural adolescents and young adults, and

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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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Paper ID #44464Encountering Axiology: Engineering Graduate Students’ Experiences withValues in an Engineering Research CenterMr. Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University H. Ronald Clements is an engineering graduate student at Purdue University.Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University Alex is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is interested in furthering the use of motivational theory in engineering education research, and investigating how departmental culture can affect students’ persistence. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Encountering

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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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Revisited: Persistence, Relocation, and Loss in Undergraduate STEM Education, EBook. Springer, 2019.[11] B. N. Geisinger and D. R. Raman, “Why they leave: Understanding student attrition from engineering majors,” Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 914–925, 2013.[12] J. Willink and L. Babin, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, 1st ed. Manhattan: St. Martin’s Press, 2015.[13] C. Bouchez, “10 Signs of an Ailing Mind,” WebMD, 2018. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/10-signs-ailing-mind#1 (accessed Feb. 20, 2023).[14] S. R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Simon & Schuster, 2020.

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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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Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, University of Alabama

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minds study, 2013–2021,” Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 306, pp. 138–147, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.038.[3] A. Danowitz and K. Beddoes, “Mental Health in Engineering Education: Identifying Population and Intersectional Variation,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 257–266, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TE.2022.3182626.[4] A. Danowitz and K. Beddoes, "Characterizing Mental Health and Wellness in Students Across Engineering Disciplines", 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, 2018.[5] Sanchez-Pena, M. L., & Ramirez, N., & Xu, X. R., & Samuel, D. B., "Work in Progress: Measuring Stigma of Mental Health Conditions and Its Impact in Help-seeking

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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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three surveys are concerning,it is important to keep in mind that the effects of the GrOW initiative cannot be isolated. Mostparticipants attended only 1-3 events in the series. Other factors, such as societal and institutionalbiases and discrimination, may also be contributing to the participants’ decreasing feelings ofbelonging, anxiety, confidence, and preparedness. Despite these challenges, the program’s effortsto support and empower gender minority students in engineering were widely well-received, asshown through direct testimonials. By providing a space for these students to connect with oneanother and offering resources to navigate the unique challenges they may face, the program hasundoubtedly had a positive impact. It is essential to

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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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Nicole Adia Jefferson, Virginia Tech ; Jeremi S. London, Virginia Tech

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engineering Ph.D. students is 60%, compared to 55% for HispanicAmericans, 53% for Asian Americans, and 47% for African Americans (Kerlin, 1995). In 2008,the Council for Graduate Schools reported a quantitative study tracking attrition and persistence,noting that graduate attrition in engineering is between 24%-36% for men and women inengineering, respectively (Sowell, 2008). More recently, in 2015, Sowell, Allum, and Okahanareported data disaggregated for graduate engineering men and women of color, noting alarmingstatistics for most traditionally underrepresented groups, including that ten-year completion ratesfor African American engineering graduate students, are only 48% (Sowell et al., 2015). Withthese statistics in mind, it is not unreasonable

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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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contribute to a sense of STEM identity, andthereby retention, in URMs [39], [52]. In addition to providing opportunities to socialize withother like-minded students, this would provide students with the opportunity to receivementorship from faculty members, which is tied to higher engineering persistence [32]. Asindicated in Figure 2, all participants expressed interest in interdisciplinary research.Similarly, we suggest that universities join forces with industry partners to offer and effectivelymarket interdisciplinary internships, especially towards URMs. Internships have been shown toincrease retention and graduation rates for engineering students [53], particularly URMs [54],making them a promising setting for interdisciplinary collaborations

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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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, further cementing the importance of such experi-ences towards stronger teamwork and problem solving skills [5][10].With these educational shortcomings in mind, we decided to join the effort in providing experien-tial learning to first and second year students and become student-teachers by designing and lead-ing the Introduction to Electrical Circuit Design and Introduction to 3D Design & Fabrication FirstYear Design courses. Our motivation was to address the aforementioned issues by giving lower-division students a glimpse into professional engineering practice that we had accrued through ourdiverse experiences both inside and outside of academia and our preliminary results show we aresuccessful [9]. By working to scaffold the development of

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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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Aimee Sayster, Clemson University ; Jessica Allison Manning, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc

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initially considered medicine as an option, although changedhis mind to engineering after taking a physics course in high school. He also attributes thisswitch to there being a number of engineers on his mom’s side of the family and the “prestige orchallenge of the major”. Additionally, Micheal chose engineering because he thinks it is aninteresting way to make society better; he has hopes of going back to Senegal to start a school or“helping as much as [he] can”.Michael's parents had acknowledged that he excelled in math and science and encouraged him tolook into attending a large engineering intuition in the southeast where they thought he “couldget in [and where] he should go” for school. He applied to two other institutions, but afterrealizing

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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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has become a transformative force to reshape the way we live, work, and interact. Fromenhancing road safety to revolutionizing healthcare, robotics offers novel solutions to a diversearray of challenges and has evolved from an idea in science fiction to become a reality integral tothe human experience in the twenty-first century. This paradigm shift underscores theimportance of preparing young minds for contemporary life and future innovations through theexploration of robotics as robotics is one of the most widespread interests among children andteenagers. These facts further contribute to an uptrend of introducing robotics into STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curricula at an early age, aiming tocultivate robotic