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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prajnaparamita Dhar, The University of Kansas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

) and low levels of confidence andself-efficacy, particularly among girls, also influence student interest in engineering. Thissuggests the need for interventions at an early age. However, simply exposing students toengineering design principles is not sufficient to create interest in engineering careers among abroad range of students; interventions must also address social and psychological barriers [2].We identify two sets of challenges to promoting interest in engineering and engineering careersamong K-12 students. First, teachers may not be aware of the scope and specifics of theengineering field. In addition, teachers who are primarily trained in science pedagogy maystruggle to incorporate and explain engineering concepts within science

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vigdor, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of NY; Rosemarie Wesson, City University of New York, City College; JOSHUA Craig BRUMBERG

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

programs to help CUNY faculty better understand the expectations of funding agencies and write more competitive proposals. Her intensive NSF CAREER and Grants 101 bootcamps, which are open to CUNY faculty across all its colleges, have supported 21 NSF CAREER awards, and prepared over 150 faculty to submit and win awards. Linda was part of the planning committee and a presenter for NSF’s Engineering CAREER workshops for 3 years and organized a CUNY-wide Convergence Workshop in 2018 as well as Broader Impacts presentations. Linda has a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; her postdoc, through the University of Arizona, focused on art and technoscience collaborations. She

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 4: Pathways, Belonging, and Early Experiences

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis R. Taylor, University of Florida; Darryl Bryant McCune II, University of Florida

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

University and the University of Missouri with funding from NationalScience Foundation grants HRD0120642 and HRD0607081 [18]. LAESE evaluates the self-efficacy of undergraduate engineering students. It has been validated through testing andresearch involving both male and female students. The instrument comprises 60 items andrequires approximately 15 minutes to complete. LAESE addresses the following domains relatedto self-efficacy: student efficacy in challenging situations; outcomes anticipated from pursuingengineering; student expectations regarding workload; student decision-making processregarding major selection; student coping strategies in difficult circumstances; careerexploration; and the influence of role models on study and career

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PCEE Instructional Showcases

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erica J Marti, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

involves water and wastewater, she has strong interests in engineering education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education. In 2021, Erica received the ASEE Pacific Southwest Early Career Teaching Award and two awards at UNLV for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She also received the Peter J. Bosscher Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2019 from Engineers Without Borders and was recognized as a Nevada Woman in STEM by Senator Jackie Rosen. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Contact information: Dr. Erica Marti (erica.marti@unlv.edu) You can transmit sound via light? An engineering activity to demonstrate

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Macarena Becerra-Cid; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

areas. Women's sense of belonging is crucialto higher education institutions, especially in highly masculinized careers such as engineering.It increases academic motivation and can influence their success in higher education.However, statistics worldwide show that the increase in the sense of belonging and, thus, inthe participation of women in STEM areas has not risen enough to reduce the gender gap. Inthe current research work, we present data collected over one semester in an EngineeringSchool at a large private university in Chile. Our main objective is to diagnose and analyzethe students' sense of belonging in social and academic areas, their self-efficacy, andperceived institutional support from a gender perspective. With a quantitative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Genovesi, Drexel University; Ian Marcus, Drexel University; Kimberly Sterin, Drexel University; Dominique Thomas, Drexel University

Black students in district). However, most of the alumnae now working inSTEM are in the natural sciences with none in engineering.Thus, to increase the number of future engineers and disseminate lessons that can be transferredto other curriculum and mentoring contexts, the goals of this project were to (1) design a newtraining and support program for adult engineers who mentor students. (2) Enhance the culturalrelevancy of the curricula for students and their mentors. (3) Increase awareness among thesementors about implicit biases and stereotype barriers that impede the advancement of all womenin STEM education and workforce. (4) Increase the number of students in the program pursuinghigher education and careers in engineering.To meet those

Conference Session

PCEE Session 12: STEM, Technology, and Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dare, Florida International University; Joshua Ellis, Florida International University; Mark Rouleau; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Elizabeth Ring-Whalen

, Dr. Dare has a passion for working with K-12 students to understand how changes in classroom instruction towards these integrated STEM approaches impact their attitudes towards and beliefs about STEM fields. In particular, she examines methods that positively impact girls, which may increase the number of women pursuing careers in STEM-related fields where they are currently underrepresented.Joshua Alexander Ellis (Associate Professor of STEM Education) Associate Professor of STEM EducationMark Rouleau Associate professor in the Social Sciences department at Michigan Technological University with a background in computational social science, research design, and social science research methods for assessment and

Conference Session

LEES 6: Writing & Communication

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Essig, Purdue University Fort Wayne

. In discussions withour FYE students, we have often heard them express being caught off guard by the workloaddifference between high school and college courses, and they feel overwhelmed with balancingcourse work with their job and family expectations. Outside of the technical problem-solvinglearning outcomes, ENGR 101 also serves as the university mandated first-year student successcourse within the engineering curriculum and incorporates activities throughout to teach studentsabout different success strategies and topics.During one of the student success activities, instructors observed many students did not have aclear idea of what a career in engineering looked like, and many students did not have a distinctreason for why they chose

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Al Mestiraihi, Utah State University; Kurt Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

' perspectivesAbstractThere is a mismatch or gap between the job-related skills that industrial companies want fromElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) graduates and what academic institutions providewhen students graduate from ECE programs. Consequently, and based on the literature, thenumber of contemporary graduates that lack the industry-required skills has increased. Becauseof the skills gap, newly hired engineers may require additional training to attain criticalcompetencies, which cost employers time and money.This paper examines the skills required by ECE graduates in the United States and presentssurvey results from ECE professional engineers. The survey used in this study was obtained fromThe College and Career Readiness and Success Center at the U.S

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3: Technology in Biomedical Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine E. King, University of California, Irvine; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Roza Vaez Ghaemi, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Alexis Ortiz-Rosario, The Ohio State University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

their log-in time for each event (collected by Zoom andwith respect to the total duration of each event). Finally, we looked into the number of uniquevisits to the Share and Learn webpage [22] to assess offline engagement of the community withthese events.We also surveyed the participants on their perception of the Share and Learn event’s value totheir career, professional development, and teaching enhancement via an online survey after allof the events had occurred. Survey questions included the following questions listed in Table 1.These questions were used to assess research question 2, “what are the demographics of theparticipants of these events in terms of title, role, and institution?” In particular, a quantitativeanalysis of questions

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gretchen A. Dietz, University of Florida; Kayla Julianna Kummerlen, The University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

to emphasize the differences between the academicand professional worlds, allowing students to be more prepared for life after graduation [21].One approach to combatting the negative impact of workplace culture is through mentorship.Professional engineer Kim Parker Brown has said that “One cannot overestimate the importanceof having someone who believes in you and is willing to act as a mentor” [9, p. 49]. Mentors canhelp a mentee transition into the professional workforce by providing guidance and alleviatingstress, especially in the beginnings of a career [10]. For women in STEM, having a mentor of thesame gender has been found to be particularly effective [8]. Hernandez [8] concluded that havinga mentor of the same gender makes it more

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University; Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University; Matthew Philip Hendricks, Santa Clara University; Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. In addition, we gatheredqualitative data to ascertain the successful delivery of the value propositions. Recent lab alumniand industry partners were surveyed to determine whether they received the value that waspromised and expected, as well as to discover why the lab was important to them, and what theyvalued most. We invited feedback from representatives of the university and school corporateand external relations programs, as well as the members of its advisory board to learn more aboutthe overall value the Lab brings to the university and its stakeholders.1. IntroductionEngineering students interested in pursuing careers in the healthcare industry are in want ofexperiential learning opportunities that allow them to test the waters and

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Celena Miller, University of Texas Austin - Center for Space Research ; Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

Paper ID #35106STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES): A reimagining of an onsiteNASA/TSGC/UTCSR high school internship programMrs. Celena Miller, University of Texas Austin - Center for Space Research Celena Miller is the Senior Outreach Program Coordinator for the Texas Space Grant Consortium in Austin, Texas. She has worked for over twelve years in education. During that time, Celena has worked in the Texas public school system, promoting earth and space education to students, teachers and the community through curriculum, professional development, science nights, and career exploration. Celena has been recognized for

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury; Annelies Kamp, University of Canterbury ; Dave Brierley, Engineering New Zealand

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Civil Engineering

andtheir mentors.A wide variety of mentoring topics have been analyzed in previous studies more specific toengineering and STEM subjects, and consideration of earlier literature reinforced the potential ofour trial to contribute to the experiences of undergraduate students. Research has explored thebenefits for young women of mentoring them into STEM subjects [9], the role of mentors inraising young women’s persistence [10] and their retention in engineering disciplines at a higherlevel [11]. A positive impact on career planning in STEM disciplines has also been found forstudents with disabilities [12]. Undergraduate students can mentor other students consideringentering the industry post-school [13] as well as their undergraduate peers [14

Conference Session

Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sohrab Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jen Skidmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Trish Wonch Hill; Michael Loehring; Emily Griffin Overocker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Collegiate, Diversity

the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he directs the Perceptual Systems Research Group. His research interests include information, video and signal processing, engineered healthcare and engineering education. He was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering in May 2018.Dr. Trish Wonch Hill Dr. Trish Wonch Hill is an applied sociologist who collaborates with scientists across STEM disciplines to investigate how to spark STEM career interests during childhood and adolescence. She is particularly interested in how to find STEM pathways for youth who belong to historically underrepresented groups (girls, rural youth, race/ethnic minorities).Mr. Michael LoehringDr. Emily Griffin Overocker, University of Nebraska

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan; Andrew Kim, Michigan State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. An explicit initiative of eachsummer program is to increase the number of historically underrepresented students who aremotivated and prepared to choose careers in science, math, and engineering; Table 2 data bearout the results of this initiative to ensure generous participation of underrepresented minoritiesand females. Financial assistance has been provided for students as needed.Table 2 contains some demographic information about the summer programs for each of theseven summers. Total counts are provided, along with female and minority sub-counts. Thefemale and minority counts (percentages) are especially appealing. Table 2 --- Demographics of WIMS Pre-College Summer ProgramsYear Number Total

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Cook, Brigham Young University; Geoff Wright; Steve Shumway; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and those found to be of interestwere selected and combined with additional criteria that we felt were needed for our particularinvestigation.2,3 Eight measurement criteria were selected that would allow us to define thescope of interest in areas which students’ attitude towards and understanding of technology andengineering would be grounded and also to identify the affects of gender of teacher and studenton students’ attitude and understanding. These eight criteria were: 1. Interest in learning about technology and engineering 2. Interest in a career in a technology or engineering field 3. Importance and contribution of technology and engineering to society 4. Difficulty of understanding technology and engineering 5

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

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Chemical Engineering

toconstrained schedules and competing time demands. However, frequent contact with individualsover time allows advisors to build student strengths in self-determination while tailoring advicedirectly to changing interests.The talk will highlight advising opportunities from outreach, through retention, continuing tograduation, and post graduate interactions that fit within student progress towards theirindividual careers. Appropriate advising content for a technically rigorous chemical engineeringprogram will be used as examples of how to motivate students towards exploring options andmaking decisions that open new doors to professional development. The issue explored is thatself-determination comes from inside the student and that confidence in

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Friedman, Ohio State University; Linda Weavers, Ohio State University; Glenda La Rue, Ohio State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

photochemistry), contaminants contained on fly ash and flue gas desulfurization by-product (FGD), and defouling of membranes for water treatment. All of these research areas are loosely related in that they investigate the fate and transformation of pollutants. In addition to her research, Dr. Weavers developed and directed for 6 years the Future Engineers’ Summer Camp. She has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Bush, and the American Association of University Women Emerging Scholar Award.Glenda La Rue, Ohio State University Glenda P. La Rue is the Director of the Women in Engineering program (WiE) at

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

program director. He has worked collaboratively with tribal college instructors and high school teachers. He serves as the faculty advisor for American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Student Chapter at NDSU.Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University Robert Pieri Dr. Robert Pieri is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in North Dakota State University. He served as the Chair of the department from 1996 through 2002. Prior to coming to NDSU, ten years of his teaching career were spent as an instructor/professor at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). Dr. Pieri has a ten-year involvement with the American Society for Engineering Education and has

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Secor, Institute to Promote Learning; Douglas Arion, Carthage College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Professor of Physics at Carthage College. After a career at Science Applications International Corporation as head of the Applied Physics and Engineering Division, Dr. Arion conceived, started, and directs the ScienceWorks: Entrepreneurial Studies program at Carthage. This program has for the last twelve years successfully integrated entrepreneurship and career training into the undergraduate science and technology curriculum. He works extensively with regional business development groups and municipal organizations, combining academic activities with new business creation and business revitalization. He is also technical director at the Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation, a

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Katie Johanson; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College; Naja A. Mack, University of Florida; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century, and higher education student success.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pavan Kumar Moturu, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Prabhakar Reddy Pagilla, Texas A&M University; Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

prior research experience. In total 20 students(ten per year) participated in the program and worked on individual project topics under theguidance of faculty and graduate student mentors. Unlike a typical REU program, theCybermanufacturing REU involved a few unique activities, such as a 48-hour intense design andprototype build experience (also known as Aggies Invent), industry seminars, and industry visits.Overall, the REU students demonstrated significant gains in all of the twelve research-relatedcompetencies that were assessed as a part of formative and summative evaluation process. Whilealmost all of them wanted to pursue a career in advanced manufacturing, includingCybermanufacturing, the majority of the participants preferred industry

Conference Session

Sense of Belonging and Diversity in Engineering Programs, Courses, and Teams

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert M. O'Hara, Clemson University; Candice Bolding, Clemson University; Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Rachel Lanning, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

to consider howthese factors interact with one another. Students’ affective attributes are complex in nature; thus,research methods and analyses should holistically examine how these attributes interact, notsimply as a set of distinct constructs. Prior research into engineering students’ affectiveattributes, in which we used a validated survey to assess student motivation, identity, goalorientation, sense of belonging, career outcome expectations, grit and personality traits,demonstrated a positive correlation between perceptions of belongingness in engineering andtime spent in the program. Other prior research has examined interactions between affectiveattributes, for example engineering identity as a predictor of grit (consistency of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Cesar Moreno

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Education, 2020 Creation of “The Engineering Student Experience” podcast to enhance engineering student readiness for school and the workforceAbstractThis “Complete Evidence-based Practice” paper describes an institutional strategy to supportstudent success using technology. Over the past decade, audio podcasts have become a popularformat for entertainment, news, and education. Although there are many podcasts that focus onscience and engineering topics, none of them focus exclusively on helping students make moreinformed decisions about whether to pursue engineering, which engineering discipline bestmatches their interests, and how to prepare for a career as an engineering professional. This workdetails the creation and distribution

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

continuing GAANN fellows there are 6 URMs, andall of 14 continuing GAANN fellows are making timely progress toward their PhD degrees.The fruitful efforts at the doctoral level in the UTA Mathematics Department have been coupledwith efforts at the undergraduate level. There also have been efforts to establish strong links witharea middle schools and high schools and civic organizations, with the goal of helping middleand high school students learn about careers in the mathematical sciences and encouraging themto attend college. All such efforts have resulted in positive changes at every level, and the UTAMathematics Department was recognized nationally in 2013 by the AMS (AmericanMathematical Society) as the winner of the AMS Award for an Exemplary

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education in the Formal Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

research focus relates to STEM career pathways (K-12 through early career) and conceptual understanding of core engineering principles. She is currently a Member-at-Large for the Pre-college Division of ASEE. Dr. Carrico’s consulting company specializes in research evaluations and industry consulting. Dr. Carrico received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech, Masters of Engineering from North Carolina State University, MBA from King University, and PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Dr. Carrico is a certified project management professional (PMP) and licensed professional engineer (P.E.).Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4B: Assessing Student Motivation and Student Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Dudek Ronan P.E., New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

.13,14 There is a potential fortheir previous work to be explored more thoroughly in the curriculum of a new course project.Other positive motivations can be classified as individualistic. These reasons are closely relatedto psychological enjoyment or behavioral preferences. The common student responses in thiscategory are being good at math and science, liking to build a final product, and understandinghow things work.10,11,13,14 Behavioral reasons have been shown to be the most popular, which iswhy they should be classified into subcategories like the ones above to determine what is moreimportant. The individualistic reasons, or the opposite end of the altruistic spectrum, are oftenreferred to as utilitarian. This includes career opportunities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Wolsky, WGBH Educational Foundation

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

,  Page 26.962.3engaging in certain behaviors, or making certain choices (e.g., children’s beliefs about whether engineering can help them contribute to society).   Study Design and Theoretical Framework  The IPE study, based on Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), seeks to investigate the effect of informal, out­of­school activities, as well as other factors (self­efficacy, outcome expectations, and personal interests, and intrapersonal factors) on children’s interest in engineering and  9​decisions to engage in engineering­related activities.​  SCCT has its roots in Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, which posits that personal characteristics, behaviors, and environment all play important

Conference Session

Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer P.E., Kansas State University; Linda P. Thurston Ph.D., Kansas State University; Beth A. Montelone, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

and have strong existing ties to the land-grant universitythrough programs funded by Federal and private agencies. Each Alliance institution identifiednew initiatives for this project to complement those already in place, providing synergy towardthe overall project goal. These initiatives include focused and enhanced recruiting; developmentof detailed transfer guides; training for admissions personnel and academic advisors; studentenhancement programs such as student research opportunities, internships, math immersion, andalternative spring break; a focus on career counseling; formal and peer tutoring; andimplementation of improved student tracking. A particular focus of the KS-LSAMP isrecruitment and retention of military veterans in STEM