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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Deanna Christine Easley Sinex, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Wendy Carter-Veale, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Drew G. Yohe, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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author for the ”Dissertation House Model” (2016), published by CBE Life Sciences, which was acknowl- edged at the 2018 AGEP National Research Conference, ”Pathways to a Diverse Professoriate,” at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Carter-Veale co-authored ”Structured Interventions for Under- represented Students and Faculty Members in STEM” (2014), as part of the 2012 Conference Summary for ”Understanding interventions that broaden participation in research careers: Intervening to Critical Mass,” and she co-authored the book chapter, ”Successful Ph.D. Pathways to Advanced STEM Careers for Black Women” (2011). Carter-Veale is Co-PI on the Career Pathways project (Council of Graduate Schools), and she has had

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Laboratory Learning in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

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Ryan P. Devine, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Georgia; Cheryl T. Gomillion, University of Georgia

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especially crucial towards proper career development. The data attained fromlab assignments can remarkably improve students’ understanding of classroom concepts byallowing students to observe the strengths and weakness of various scientific theories.Compared to traditional engineering disciplines (civil, mechanical, etc.), biological engineering(BE) students have been found to have different motivations for entering the engineering field;therefore, it is paramount that the BE engineering education community capitalizes on thisdifference to address the systemically lackluster engineering student retention rate.[1] BE studentsare largely driven to the field for the opportunity to benefit society, which differs compared totraditional engineering majors

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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University; Yin Huang, Vanderbilt University

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course has been predominatelylecture-based. In this project, the intervention course was redesigned to include predominatelyhands-on activities that connect to chemical engineering concepts, i.e. conservation of mass andsurface tension, and chemical engineering jobs. These activities were designed to engagestudents’ curiosity and connection to what chemical engineers do in the real world.In this study, approximately 70 students took the intervention section of this course, whichpredominately consisted of hands-on activities and connections to real-world chemicalengineering careers. The control section, which was predominately lecture-based, hadapproximately 90 students. Students in both sections were asked to take pre- and post-surveysthat

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

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Kent A. Crick, Iowa State University; Matthew T. Seipel, Iowa State University; Lisa M. Larson Ph.D., Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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) majors report notablelevels of gender bias and sexual harassment within the context of their work [6]. Among womenin STEM majors, experiences of STEM-related gender bias have been found to be relatednegatively to their career aspiration and motivation to pursue vocational opportunities in STEM[6]. In addition to messages of being unwelcome in the field, women in STEM fields have alsobeen shown to encounter benevolent sexism (e.g., protective paternalism or genderdifferentiation) from their male peers [7]. This form of sexism has been linked with lower gradepoint averages (GPAs) in STEM courses [7]. These findings highlight the impact the academicclimate can have on underrepresented students pursuing careers in STEM fields. Because GPArepresents

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Minha R. Ha, York University; Joshua Racette, McMaster University; Shinya Nagasaki, McMaster University

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Reasons for Pre-Course Pre-Course Determined to Pursue a Enrolling in Determined to Pursue a Determined to Pursue a Career in Nuclear EP 3D03 Career in Nuclear Sector (6 Career in Nuclear Sector (4 Sector (3 of 7) (open- of 14) of 8) Considering a Potential ended) Considering a Potential Considering a Potential Career in Nuclear Career in Nuclear Sector (3 Career in Nuclear Sector (4 Sector (0 of 7) of 14) of 8) Seeking Introductory Seeking Introductory Seeking Introductory

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

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Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #29685Work in Progress: Intersection of Race and Gender on Experiences ofUndergraduate Engineering Students of Color in Positional LeadershipRolesProf. Carmen M. Lilley, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Lilley’s research interests in engineering education focus on professional development of engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate level. In particular, she is interested in the nuances of how the intersection of race/ethnicity with gender affects professional development in the area of leadership and the long term career trajectory of an individual. Her other research interests are focused on

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M. Javed Khan; Chadia Affane Aji

ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright ã 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2underrepresented in STEM is even lower than the average completion rate8. The ASEE reported9that while the six-year engineering degree completion rate was about 60% for White students, it wasabout 35% for African-Americans.These statistics translate to an engineering workforce inadequate in numbers, and that lacks diversitywhich is a valuable contributor to development and innovation10. Underrepresentation of minorities(e.g. African American, Latino, women) in STEM careers is well documented. Landivar11

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AEE Journal

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Jenna L. Mueller; Mary Elizabeth Dotson; Jennifer Dietzel; Jenna Peters; Gabriela Asturias; Amelia Cheatham; Marlee Krieger; Baishakhi Taylor; Sherryl Broverman; Nirmala Ramanujam

-Centered Design to Connect Engineering Concepts to Sustainable Development Goalsthem to peers in the community in which they live. In India, mothers of middle school and elementaryschool students participated in Ignite and demonstrated that this program can also be used as part ofadult education in innovation and entrepreneurship. The Guatemalan program, which was geared towardmiddle school and high school students, included a component related to student career goals. METHODSHuman-Centered Design as a Framework for the Ignite Curriculum Human-centered design, used to develop and implement the Ignite program, has three formalphases: hear, create

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mesut Akdere, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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challenge.Faculty at the high school where this study took place find themselves in a unique workingenvironment. The students in the high school, as opposed to traditional classroom techniques,typically thrive in hands-on and applied learning environments; with the expectation that thestudents are expected to pursue post-secondary careers [4, 5]. When considering the STEMfields and the level of hands-on involvement at the professional level, understanding thedifferences between the fields and the expectations during the post-secondary experience isimportant to the creation of a successful, impactful curriculum and learning environment. Figure1 shows the relationship of hands-on experiences both in the classroom and work environment ofthe STEM fields as

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachel Saunders, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Madison Elizabeth Levan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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engineering program innovation and diverse STEM workforce development. Her recent research focuses on student veterans’ civilian acculturation through higher education.Ms. Rachel Saunders, UNC Charlotte Rachel Saunders is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Coun- selor Education and Supervision Program. Her research focuses primarily on culturally responsive school counseling, college and career readiness, and experiences of student veterans in higher education. She serves as a Research Assistant at UNC Charlotte as part of a Office of Naval Research grant supporting student veterans and engineering curriculum innovation.Dr. Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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NSF Grantees: Sustainability

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Mason Andrews, Hampton University; Mujde Erten-Unal, Old Dominion University; Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University

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, most crucially, an activedesign studio. The course set is taught under the aegis of an established cross-university, cross-disciplinary entity - the Coastal Community Design Collaborative. The overarching objective isto model effective trans-disciplinary collaborative research and design in teaching, learning, andproductivity.Specifically, the research asks: What pedagogic tools, curricular support, and teaching strategiescan foster trans-disciplinary collaboration among students from engineering, architecture, andscience programs? It seeks to evaluate impacts on students’ short- and long-term career interestsand it asks: What shifts in focus and methods are required for faculty toeffectively lead a trans-disciplinary design studio?The most

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NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

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Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Joseph F. Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Allyson Jo Barlow, University of Nevada, Reno

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Paper ID #29282Community Building for the NSF PFE: RIEF Program: Year 1Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral

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Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

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Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Hamid Eisazadeh, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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assess the performance of the project, an instrument was developed withmultiple-choice problems and survey questions for the students. The results of a field test in asophomore manufacturing class are presented. The module is available at the ASME Dropboxand the developers are seeking other colleges to promote the project and participate in thefield test.1. IntroductionAfter surveying 2500 industry engineering supervisors, early career mechanical engineers andME Department Heads it was found that 46.9% of industry supervisors state a weakness inunderstanding of standards among ME/MET graduates and 48.3% of early career engineersstate their own weakness of standards understanding1. In addition, under the programcurriculum section in the self

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego

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Paper ID #30981Integration of C programming and IoT in a Raspberry Pi Controlled RobotCar in a Freshmen/Sophomore Engineering Core ClassDr. Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of San Diego Shaghayegh Abbasi received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Washington in 2011. In her thesis, titled ’Integrating top-down and bottom-up nanomanufacturing: Controlling the growth and composition of seeded nanostructures’, an innovative nanomanufacturing method is explored and optimized. Upon graduation, she started her career as Senior System Design Engineer at Lumedyne Technologies. She worked on design, simulation, and

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1 - Skill and Competency Development through the Co-op Experience

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Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University

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Outcome 4), andthe ability to function effectively on a team (Student Outcome 5) [1]. Engineering educatorswork to identify the most appropriate curricular approaches to address these outcomes withintheir programs [2], [3].Internships or co-op experiences as well as capstone design projects are some ways in whichschools can address these important student outcomes in their curriculum. When incorporatingthese high impact experiences into a curriculum, research has also shown that internships thatdirectly relate to the academic program provide higher internship satisfaction and a higherperceived relevance to student’s career development [4]. Additionally, when students have achoice in the projects they work on and a genuine interest in the project

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ET Pedagogy III

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Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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incorporate legitimate engineering tasks into curricula which help students advance towards and prepare for careers in engineering.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dan D Nale PE, The Citadel - Civil & Environmental Engineering; Rebekah D Burke, The Citadel

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career as a structural engineer. She was a founding board member, and the first chair elect of the Hampton Roads Green Building Council. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Adopting Service Learning and Community Engagement as a High Impact Teaching Strategy in Geotechnical EngineeringIntroductionTo meet the high calling of professional engineering ethical cannons and civil engineeringprofession vision to establish safe, healthy, equitable, and vibrant communities; undergraduateeducation programs need to prepare graduates to be well-rounded leaders in planning, design,and construction of public infrastructure and built environment

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

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Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg University; Nancy A. Rodenborg, Augsburg University

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focus of the grant is on connecting students to high-impact practices such asundergraduate research experiences or internships that achieve the following: ● Achieve student-identified goals; ● Improve immediate and future financial stability, e.g. paid internships with additional scholarships, summer research experiences that provide academic year funding, higher hourly rate, STEM work experience; ● Include mentoring or professional development components; ● Inform self-knowledge about possible career choices; and ● Increase marketability for future competitive opportunities.The program reflects a personalized approach to supporting students and invites active scholarinvolvement in recruiting and supporting other scholars and

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Amrita Dhakal Ghimire, Mississippi State University; Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University

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Lineberry, Mississippi State University Lineberry is currently a Ph.D. student in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education at MSU with a research focus in cybersecurity education. She received her MS in CS with a concentration in Information Assurance from North Carolina A & T State University. Her BS in CS was received from Voorhees College. Previously, Lineberry was Area Coordinator and an Instructor in CS at Voorhees.Dr. Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University Sarah Lee joined the faculty at Mississippi State University (MSU) after a 19 year information technology career at FedEx Corporation. As an associate clinical professor and assistant department head in the Computer Science and

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt; Joel Versypt; Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp

with the institution that leads the outreach efforts, can be a good supplement to the development work of the institution’s alumni association and fundraising team.4. Engineering outreach to adults can enable participants to be more productive in their current employment or caretaking positions or aid in scientific discovery as citizen scientists.5. Educating adults of all ages may have a trickledown effect on STEM aspirations and career knowledge for the participants’ children, grandchildren, and other friends and relatives.ExamplesIn the remainder of this paper, we will briefly detail a wide array of specific examples ofengineering outreach targeted to adults including events focused on legislators, activitiespresented to residents of

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NSF Grantees: Diversity 2

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John C. Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Miguel Velez-Reyes P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University; Raziq Yaqub, Alabama A&M University

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Electrical Engineering from Howard University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He is currently serving as professor and Interim Dean for the Clarence Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering. Morgan State University at one of the na- tion’s preeminent public urban research institutions in the Clarence Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. His career spans over twenty-eight years of progressive scholarly experience in such areas as research administration/ implementation, pedagogical innovation, international collaboration, strategic planning, promoting community engagement and academic program development. He instructs courses in computer vision

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

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Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Yu Liu, Clarkson University

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graduate study and HPC careers byengaging them in exciting and meaningful research experiences and by cultivating their talentsduring their summer experiences and beyond. To address this project goal, our REU sitepursued three objectives: 1) Engage a total of 10 students annually from traditionally underrepresented groups or from colleges and universities with limited research opportunities, immersing these students in ongoing research projects in HPC-related engineering fields. 2) Cultivate talented students to effectively plan, conduct, and communicate scientific research through meaningful and engaging research projects, close and effective mentoring, weekly group meetings, mentor training, and public presentations. 3

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Minoritization Processes and Critical Responses

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Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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Professor and Founding Chair of Experi- ential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in inductive pedagogy, spatial skills, and inclusion and diversity. She has been hon- ored by the American Society of Engineering Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning, and she was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).Dr. Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education Rocio Chavela is Director of Education and Career Development at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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successful business. Junior Engineer at You are a junior engineer at Occidental Engineering. You were hired 6 months ago after a grueling job search. Having recentlyOccidental Engineering graduated from a highly prestigious engineering university, you approach the engineering field with enthusiasm and moral vigor. You want the world to be a better place for all people, especially for your family. Spouse of the Junior You are the spouse of a junior engineer at Occidental Engineering. Both of you are young and ambitious, but you have decided to put Engineer your career on hold in order to take care of your new baby. Your spouse works in the Aerospace

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Arthur Pachachura; Vedansh Patel

. In contrast to the previous process, volunteers can now quickly complete tasks byperforming simple changes on their mobile devices. In addition, Trusted World staff are now able to morecompletely understand and visualize the state of their operations through specialized reporting functions.SummaryBy working on mission-critical projects for nonprofits, students are able to engage with the community whilelearning personal and interpersonal skills. Trusted Inventory is a successful case study of a combinedlab-lecture approach with direct student-client interaction that increased efficiency of a nonprofit organizationand helped prepare students for future careers in industry.AcknowledgementsThank you to team members Han Bao, Justin Chen, Sid

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Martha Mitchell; Paola Bandini

of their career preparation and ultimately into their engineeringstudies. In this qualitative method, open interviews provide research participants an opportunity tonarrate and construct meaning of their life history. The interview questions were open responseallowing participants to guide the information sharing and tell the context and concepts in their ownlinguistic and cognitive framework. From a total of 24 interviews, 11 themes emerged, includingfaculty support, and most comments about faculty mentorship were positive. Check-in survey results for mentee satisfaction in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 had 100% and 95%very satisfied or satisfied responses. In Fall 2017, 100% of mentors were 100% very satisfied orsatisfied. In Spring 2018 one

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ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Fred Lacy, Southern University and A&M College

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undergraduate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and ap- plied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, numerical modeling, elec- tromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters, several papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Lyn Liebl, University of South Dakota; Alyssa M. Kiesow, Northern State University; Mary Emery; Pam F. Rowland; Cynthia Anderson

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thatcultivate gender equity. Within the system, at the institutional level, administrative leaders havethe power to create consistent models for gender equity policy implementation and practices. Atthe individual level, a coherent and consistent gender equity policy becomes a new norm inacademic culture translating into change in individual practices by faculty and administrators [9],[10]. Our three levels of transformation were selected to nurture a change in the culture of thestate BOR system and participating institutions as well as in the careers of women faculty inSTEM through establishing a supportive policy environment for sys-tem-wide gender equityinitiatives, university level changes in equitable implementation and increased faculty

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Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

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Lynn Albers, Hofstra University; Edward H. Currie, Hofstra University; David M. Rooney, Hofstra University; Robyn Alma, Hofstra University; Travis Chen Shen, Hofstra University

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confident that they had chosen the correct major, will do well in their major during the currentacademic year, were comfortable approaching a faculty member, and will graduate with a degreein their major. The responses for “I am well prepared for post-graduation plans” were more evenlydistributed. One 3rd-4th year student and one 4th-graduation student chose “slightly disagree”indicating that perhaps participating in such a program during earlier academic years would haveproven helpful in determining a career path.Figure 2In the survey, students were given three prompts to reflect on their experience. A simple wordfrequency query in NVIVO 12 pro on each prompt produced the respective word clouds. The top10 most frequent words (with stemmed words

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 18

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Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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