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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Shani O'Brien, University of Colorado Denver; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; William Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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University Indianapolis (IUPUI). However, awardingtalented students is only one element that this collaboration is using to promote the growth of aSTEM identity in their students. The Collaboratory is expected to generate new knowledge inSTEM education by investigating a variety of mechanisms for supporting a diverse set ofstudents in an urban context in their development of a STEM identity--the lack of which is afundamental reason students often select out of STEM majors and careers [1].The funding for this project was awarded on October 1, 2018. Because this was after theacademic year had already begun, the team decided to delay funding of the first cohort ofscholars until 2019-20 so that the program could be implemented with fidelity to the

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ronald B. Bucinell, Union College; Rebecca Cortez, Union College; Holli M. Frey, Union College; Joanne D. Kehlbeck, Union College; Michael E. Hagerman; David A. Cotter, Union College

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studying the intersections between gender, race, class, and place in STEM access and success using both national panel data and data on cohorts of Union College students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Leading Educational and Academic Directions to Enhance Retention in STEM R.B. Bucinell, H.M. Frey, R. Cortez, S. Amanuel, J.D. Kehlbeck, D.A. Cotter, M.E. Hagerman Union College, Schenectady, NY This project aims to develop, refine and implement practices that will advanceunderstanding of the factors affecting retention and career pathways of low-income, at-riskpopulations. The production of academically

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University

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underrepresented in computing. Scholars receive support throughout theirgraduation and beyond should they pursue graduate studies in a STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math) discipline at any of the three participating institutions.Besides funds, the program provides an expansive career pathway opportunity to each of itsstudents, accompanied by various supporting services, a dedicated advising team, experientiallearning offices, career services offices, and graduate schools. Supporting services includeinternship fairs, panel discussions with alumni, resume workshops, graduate school applicationworkshops, and career fairs. The project brings together the unique collaboration of threeinstitutions for each of its supported activities to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael W. Thompson, Baylor University; Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University; William A Booth, Baylor University; Taylor Wilby, Baylor University

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,and employing predictive analytics. Major goals of the project included developing expertise inusing a student dashboard and integrating student data, with the potential broad impact ofinforming the STEM community of best practices for timely interventions, improving retentionand graduation rates, and facilitating career development. The Navigate platform is used for predictive analytics and to track and document ECS Scholarprogress toward achieving benchmark goals in the areas of retention, graduation rates,internships, undergraduate research experiences, and job placement. The use of predictiveanalytics has significant potential for helping students arrive at successful outcomes. However, itis an assumption of this project that the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arvin Farid, Boise State University

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College of Engineering (S and G) were asked to complete theFirst-Year Survey as they entered their program. This survey was repeated every semester forthese students over the three following semesters. The survey consisted of 10 questions askingabout their motivations for enrolling in their program, career aspirations, motivations, supports,and barriers. Barriers and supports were rated on a 4-point Likert scale responding to, “To whatextent have the following factors supported you/served as barriers to you in considering and/orattending the graduate program(s) indicated above?” (1 = not at all; 4 = a great deal). Statementsabout these supports and barriers were then phrased as “I” statements (e.g., “I can keep up withthe workload of graduate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky; Joseph H Hammer; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston; Sherri S Frizell, Prairie View A&M University

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at Urbana-Champaign. As a graduate student, he was a NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Graduate Fellow and mentor for the Summer Research Opportunities Program. Dr. Henderson has dedicated his career to increasing the number of students on pathways to pursue STEM careers. He believes that exposing students to STEM early will impact their lives and academic pursuits. He, along with Rick Greer, co-founded the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy (SEBA). SEBA is an educational intervention that introduces underrepresented and underserved fourth and fifth-grade students and their families to hands-on STEM experiences. Dr. Henderson is the immediate past Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES, pronounced

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College; Sam Ajlani; Mori Toosi; Sidney E Martin III, Saint Petersburg Junior College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Susan Frandsen

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. Demonstrate proficiency in use of quality assurance methods and quality control concepts. 6.0. Demonstrate proficiency in using tools, instruments, and testing devices. 7.0. Demonstrate basic troubleshooting skills. 8.0. Demonstrate appropriate communication skills. 9.0. Demonstrate appropriate math skills. 10.0. Demonstrate an understanding of modern business practices and strategies. 11.0. Demonstrate employability skills and identify career opportunities.The full framework including all of the specialization outcomes is available in the appendix andalso at https://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/curriculum-frameworks/2022-23-frameworks/manufacturing.stmlAdjusting Standards to Meet the Skills GapThis project emerged from

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Jo Dale Ales; Karim Elkholy, Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC); Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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 coordinator  attended  the  workshop.  Drs.  Richard  Felder  and  Rebecca  Brent  facilitated  the  workshop.  Topics  included  active  learning  techniques  such  as  think-­‐pair-­‐share,  group  projects,  problem  based  learning  and  appropriate  learning  objectives.    Transfer  Programs  from  BRCC  to  LSU     The  grant  calls  for  a  “bridge  type  program”  for  transfer  students.  A  survey  of  the  current  transfer  students  at  BRCC  and  the  potential  students  at  both  institutions  indicated  that  the  students  wanted  more  information  about  classes,  course  transfers  and  scholarships,  as  well  as  opportunities  for  meeting  other  students,  finding  jobs  and  learning  about  career  options

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lauren J. Donovan, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Thomas Woodson, Stony Brook University; Candice June Foley, Suffolk County Community College; Shanise N. Kent, University at Albany, State University of New York; Bonita London, Stony Brook University; Stacie Swingle Nunes, SUNY New Paltz; Maurie McInnis, Stony Brook University

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Paper ID #34079An NSF-LSAMP Model for the Successful Transition of UnderrepresentedStudents into STEM Majors and BeyondMrs. Lauren J. Donovan, Stony Brook University Lauren Donovan is Assistant Director for STEM Smart programs. After graduating from Stony Brook University with a BA in Anthropology, Lauren’s career in higher education began in the non-profit con- servation organization within the Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University. This environment grew Lauren’s proficiencies for grant proposal and research, and program development. After a decade long tenure in Anthropology, Lauren transitioned to the

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NSF Grantees: REU 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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theseparticipants, 71% have presented their work at national professional society meetings, and two ofthem have become co-authors on three papers. Of the 17 who have since graduated, 13 are eitherin engineering graduate school or in STEM industry positions.REU students took part in an introductory bootcamp on the fundamentals of systems modelingand applied biostatistics and had multiple opportunities to present their research progressthroughout the summer to experts in the field. They also received professional developmenttraining through workshops and seminars on research ethics, technical communication, andlaunching careers in systems bioengineering. Post-REU surveys of participants revealed that100% of respondents rated their overall experience with the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University ; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Andrew G. Klein, Western Washington University

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new, ABET-accreditedengineering programs at Western Washington University (WWU) have faced unique challengesin recruitment and retention, particularly in the first two years for pre-engineering students.Building on the success of prior S-STEM awards in other disciplines at WWU, the proposedprogram provides a systematic sequence of academic, social, and career support servicesspecifically designed to enhance the success of engineering students during these first two yearsof undergraduate study.The primary program goal is to ensure the engineering programs offer an equitable pathway intoengineering careers, particularly for low-income, academically talented students. In addition toproviding financial support for participants, the BEES program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Dina Verdin, Purdue University

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and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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also explains the career placement, student retention, and community collegetransfer rates.Project ActivitiesThis NSF-funded project was initially planned for three years but was extended to four years dueto the COVID situation. The project includes five major activities as listed in Table 1. In thesubsequent sections, these activities and the project evaluation plan will be explained in detail. Table 1. Project activities. Activity Description (i) Design, develop, and offer the new course and laboratory (renewable energy) (ii) Summer K-12 workshops through the CPCP at NJIT (iii) Faculty development workshops for the instructors of other 2- and 4

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston

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mixes technical skills, undergraduate research, professional development, personaldevelopment, team projects, and career advising. The stakes are low, the group is small (20STEM students), and almost all activities are performed within the scheduled class time. Theintent is to bring these students together to increase all aspects of engagement and make themmore successful in school and eventually in a STEM career. The engagement data collected canthen be analyzed to determine which, if any, aspects of engagement are good predictors ofretention and graduation. Once we develop a reliable way to track changes in studentengagement levels and understand how those levels relate to success, we can use thatinformation to design more impactful early

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Wagner, University of New Mexico; Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico; Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University; Nadia Singh, University of Oregon; Elizabeth A. Wentz, Arizona State University; Benjamin Jose Aleman, University of Oregon; Mala Htun, University of New Mexico

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? Experimental Findings on Factors Driving Faculty Perceptions of Tenure Candidates in STEMIntroductionHiring, academic reviews, and tenure and promotion (T&P) are the most importantcheckpoints along the academic career path in STEM. The hiring process shapes the sub-field and demographic composition of academia, while annual reviews dictate advancementto promotion, awards, and salary. Tenure is a particularly high-stakes juncture, as it sets upa decades-long relationship with faculty colleagues, and grants life-long job security whilealso conferring a badge of honor and legitimacy in the global scientific community. Whatdetermines whether or not a scholar passes through these critical academic checkpoints?Evaluation by

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nicole Evans McIntyre, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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homeinstitution and aims to encourage more students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursuedegrees and careers in science and engineering [2].The deadly SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has had widespread effects across institutionsof higher education, research, and industry. While many states issued Shelter-in-Place orders anduniversity campuses closed indefinitely, REU administrators made difficult decisions regardingthe feasibility of offering a Summer 2020 program [3]. Unfortunately, thousands of studentswere notified that their internship had been cancelled.Located in an urban environment with a rigid Shelter-in-Place order and high rates of COVID-19infection, the University of California, Berkeley campus indefinitely closed on March 17, 2020

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Shasta Ihorn, San Francisco State University; Carol E. Tate, SRI International; Jennifer Nelson, San Francisco State University; Nina Narayan Hosmane, San Francisco State University; Nicole Adelstein, San Francisco State University; Pleuni S. Pennings, San Francisco State University; Torey D. Jacques, San Franciso State University; Ilmi Yoon, San Francisco State University

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were interviewed in January 2021. The interviewsfollowed a semi-structured format. Topics included, but were not limited to, mentors’perceptions of student needs, the mentor training experience, the roles that mentors play, and thebenefits of mentoring. We also interviewed seven student mentees (5 male, 2 female) in May of2020. Topics for these interviews included prior experience in computing, reasons for joiningPINC, career plans, and program supports. The interviews were conducted via videoconferenceand lasted approximately 45 minutes. They were transcribed in their entirety and coded by theproject’s external evaluator using a combination of deductive and inductive methods (Graebneret al., 2012).4. Results and Discussion Due to the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University

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mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE Fellow and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Highlights of Over a Decade of University/Community College PartnershipsAbstractIn 2002, an NSF sponsored (# 0123146) S-STEM academic scholarship program for upperdivision engineering and computer science (designated as ENGR) students materialized atArizona State University with about half of the students being transfer students. This directedattention to the need for more support for potential and actual transfer ENGR

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Workforce Development (ATE)

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

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: 1) the development of acertificate program in high value manufacturing; 2) offering professional development toworking professionals in the area of high value manufacturing; and 3) educating teachers aboutadvanced manufacturing with a goal of recruiting their students into manufacturing careers. Thiswork describes the lessons learned through each of the project aspects.The design of the High Value Manufacturing Certificate Program required close collaborationbetween both institutions. The issues that arose during this development process includedpersonnel turnover, approval timelines and processes, and agreement on the course content. Theauthors will relay how they navigated these issues to get the program created and approved.The creation

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Christopher Martinez, University of New Haven

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support from A Scholarship Program to Increase Retention in Engineering (ASPIRE):Improving Work-Study-Life Balance. The goal of the program was to increase retention ofsophomore and junior engineering students who show academic promise but are at risk of notcompleting their studies due to financial concerns and/or life-work-study balance issues. Inaddition to financial support, ASPIRE provided scholarship recipients with opportunities toparticipate in activities that contribute to persistence such as tutoring, faculty mentoring,conferences, presentations and career planning workshops. Sixty-one students have beenawarded scholarships in this five-year period.This paper examines the effectiveness of ASPIRE to help students alleviate financial

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing Institute note that the U.S. faces a need fornearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs over the next decade due to baby boomer retirement. Twomillion of these jobs are likely to go unfilled, largely because young people do not view theindustry as a career destination [9].In addition, a recent national survey showed a decline in the number of undergraduate studentsmoving on to graduate school after graduation [10]. The Council of Graduate Schools has notedthat the U.S. must continue to develop highly skilled human talent through graduate school tomaintain its leadership role in global innovation and discovery [11].In addition to NSF, other federal agencies such as NASA [12], Department of Energy [13],Department of Homeland Security [14], and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leyla F Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill L Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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included to obtain feedback about their co-curricular activities and theenvironment of their undergraduate institutions. Another set of questions refer to sources ofencouragement that students might have had when deciding to attend graduate school. Thus far,the program has been tremendously successful in attaining its primary objective. Collectedoutcome measures have shown that 76% of the students who participate in the program attend Page 26.1538.2graduate school in engineering/science and 6% attend medical school upon receiving their B.S.degree.IntroductionA key factor for motivating students to pursue advanced degrees and careers in science

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Douglas Jahnke, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

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) convenes annually and has done so for the past 25years. The IAC comprises representatives from industry, government agencies, academia, andother segments, offering advice on current industry trends and the latest state-of-art technologies.These close partnerships with industrial companies enable our students to explore careers andinternship opportunities with leading engineering enterprises. Several IAC members are formergraduates actively engaged in addressing the professional needs of the department.Through collaboration with the IAC and former students now employed in the service industry,we have identified a gap in our workforce education and a demand for skilled PLC and Roboticstechnicians. The city stands as a prominent job hub for banking

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University; Wendy Cagle, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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, withfeedback from the event being uniformly positive.Fall 2023. During the fall 2023 semester, scholars attended weekly cohort meetings. Meetingsincluded a tour of WCU’s prototyping facilities and machining labs (freshmen only), a collectionof invited business leaders from the area, ideation sessions, and speakers from campus resourceunits. Speakers/subject areas are listed below. Scholars typically showed great interest in thetopic at hand, with questions from scholars being posed at length.  WCU Center for Career and Professional Development  Review of past senior capstone projects  Former industrial designer and bookstore entrepreneur  WCU Corporation for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)  WCU Library – market analysis

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NSF Grantees: K-12 Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Constance M. Syharat, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut

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Paper ID #31529Diversifying the Engineering Pipeline through Early Engagement ofNeurodiverse LearnersMs. Constance M. Syharat, University of Connecticut Constance M. Syharat is a Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut as a part of the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF-RED) project, ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. In her time at the University of Connecticut she has also worked as a Research Assistant for NSF CAREER project ”Promoting Engineering Innovation Through Increased Neurodiversity by Encouraging the Participation of Students with ADHD” and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Cindy M Walker, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Luciana Cancado, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dian Mitrayani , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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on ordinary engineering students. Yet, in order to achieve broaderparticipation in undergraduate research experiences, it is these students to whom undergraduateresearch opportunities need to be provided. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how theseexperiences can mesh with the career goals of these students, and how they can best meet thestudents’ expectations and needs.The primary purpose of this NSF-sponsored work is to develop definitions of what constitutes asuccessful undergraduate research experience for a wide range of engineering students.Particular attention is devoted to students whose academic background and performance is solid,but not outstanding. For such students, some of the benefits seen in high-achieving students

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Luciana Cancado, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Cindy M Walker, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Dian Mitrayani , University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

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become moreengaged in, and develop a deeper understanding of, their field. In some cases, this Page 26.441.3engagement helps to increase the retention of students if they begin research early in theirundergraduate careers. This engagement can also give students more confidence in theirabilities and increases their interest in attending graduate school. However, someundergraduate students are actually dissuaded from continuing their studies as they learnmore about their discipline and experience some of the frustrations typical of researchendeavors [8].In addition to improving retention rates and increasing the number of students pursuinggraduate studies

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Development

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lily Krest, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Julianna Ge, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Chen P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Edward J. Berger, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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College of Engi- neering’s interdisciplinary, industry sponsored, senior project class as well as course in mechanics and design. He also conducts research in the areas of creative design, machine design, fluid power control, and engineering education.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University; Miladin Radovic, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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implemented by student teams under the supervision of the instructors. Given the newapproach, the key question is the degree to which the change has altered student learning andattitudes. For the purposes of this paper, the aspects of student learning on which the authorshave focused are conceptual understanding and scientific reasoning. Further, they have decidedto assess conceptual understanding via a materials science concept inventory10. Scientificreasoning is assessed by evaluating the proposal, progress reports, and final report. Studentattitudes, including inclinations to pursue careers in engineering and material science, areassessed using Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitudes Scale11, 12. This paper presentspreliminary findings on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuella Obiageli Ejichukwu, University of Michigan, Dearborn; DeLean Tolbert Smith, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Hanadi Matar, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Families’ Engineering, Design, and Inventive PracticesAbstractBlack students belong in STEM career pathways but often experience a diminished sense ofbelonging in their college programs. Through informal conversations, the authors learned thatsome Black students felt they had not had the formal pre-college engineering training andextracurricular experiences that they perceived their peers had and therefore they did not feelthey possessed engineering knowledge. There is little research that identifies the diverseengineering family practices of Black families and further finds ways to connect these practicesto formal higher education learning environments. Acknowledging the rich history of Blackengineering, design, and invention that occurs in Black