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Changing How We Pursue Change

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Madeleine Jennings, Arizona State University

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

deepening myunderstanding and empathy with my participants’ experiences.With this mentioned, I am aware that my subjectivities as someone within the community that Iam researching could present a quality threat to the findings of this research. To mitigate thisthreat, I engaged in memoing processes to help me to reflect upon all of the ways in which mysubjectivities could influence the findings. Additionally, I engaged in a “critical friends” protocolwith trusted mentors and colleagues to ensure that my framework was appropriate, my analysismethods were sound, and that my findings were representative of what the data present [33].Results & DiscussionSTEM IdeologyA recurring theme among all four participants was the reflection upon and

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Critical Conversations on Being Valued

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Emily Gwen Blosser, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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presented above. Such advice isstrongly reflective of a postfeminist sensibility. This is not to say that the women on the siteidentity personally with postfeminism as a philosophy or are even aware of it. The advice theyprovide, however, aligns with dominant postfeminist narratives and cultural ideas about howwomen can achieve success in the contemporary workplace. They emphasize the need forwomen to overcome any other issues or obstacles they may encounter as individuals (whether ornot they perceive of them as being related to gender). Women on the site promote the idea of a‘can-do’ woman who takes control of the situation and is confident.Minimizing and ReframingOne common piece of advice to women often with respect to gendered barriers was to

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Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., Utah State University; Ebenezer Ewumi, Washington State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

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Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Sarah Catherine Lilly, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

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cultureof STEM departments [21], makes it more difficult for students who do not reflect these imagesto enter the community of practice [2], [22, p. 1207]. Engineer, researcher, student, and educator roles are commonly enacted by engineeringdoctoral students during their graduate studies [23]. While these academic roles may align with adoctoral students’ interests, they may also be strictly defined by the institution that the doctoralstudent serves. For example, a doctoral student may or may not be interested in being in the roleof an educator but may have to be a TA as part of their graduate program. However, regardlessof how interested they are in that role, the expectations and structure of their behaviors whenenacting that role are

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Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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Madasamy Arockiasamy, Florida Atlantic University; Sudhagar Nagarajan, Florida Atlantic University; Hassan Mahfuz, Florida Atlantic University; Michael R. Maniaci, Florida Atlantic University; Ishwarya Srikanth, Florida Atlantic University; Stephen Michael Castillo; Reinaldo L. Dos Santos, Florida Atlantic University

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CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 7 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

and always thought back to (1.4)…25 just how much I had already accomplished and how all the people that were there …(1.9)26 just all the resources↑ that I was given. Um there was a lot of people to support me.27 They were definitely:: (2.8)28 a key aspect of it all. Um ((Cough))29 I think one thing is that that what definitely kept me going was that I actually liked↑30 what I was doing. I knew a lot of my friends um who were like “I don’t like learning↑31 this learning this stuff” but I really just:: once I got an answer it was just…so32 rewarding↑. I actually liked↑ it.. I think it was definitely very important.To counter the doubt of her peers, Iliana speaks to her reflection on what she had alreadyaccomplished and that a key

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CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 4

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Memoria Elizabeth Matters, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida

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acknowledging the unequaldemographics of the ECE department. As of the time of the interviews, participation of womenwas only 15%, while underrepresented minorities were even fewer at 5% [16]. Meanwhile, ahigh international student population (38%) [16] posed unique cultural challenges. Thesestatistics appeared to be common talking points at faculty meetings, especially when it came toadmissions and hiring decisions, and faculty generally expressed a desire to see thedemographics of the department more closely reflect that of the population at large. Amongsome faculty, there was also an understanding of deeper concepts related to diversity andequality. For example, some acknowledged factors other than race, nationality, and gender thatcontribute to

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 7 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Cassandra J. McCall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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never associated with inclusion or with bringing and being her entire self.She reflected on why professors interact with students the way they do: I really think it’s just, they get caught up on themselves and their research. They, in a sense, they’re very workaholic. And it’s easy to forget that you’re not just regurgitating information to these kids. You are impacting them. You are affecting them and they may be going through issues. Some people enter college so young that they still don’t know who they are. Like they’re still maturing, they’re still growing […] Not everyone’s gonna be mature and have their stuff together. If you’re not understanding everyone has their own pace, everyone has their own

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 3 Technical Session 2

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Sophia Lauren Plata, University of Southern California; Indhira María Hasbún, Florida International University ; Mauro Rodriguez Jr., California Institute of Technology; Dora Louise Renaud, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

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NILAcurriculum was developed to have comprehensive learning objectives and desired attendeeoutcomes, supplementary pre- and post-NILA curriculum, and evaluation strategy of attendees’gained knowledge and socio-emotional development. After three years of refinement, thecurriculum’s implementation had improved the attendees’ experience and preparation to lead theirchapters which was reflected across inter-organization metrics (e.g., membership, national eventattendance, survey data). However, NILA remained limited in its ability to achieve one of itsintended aims: to align its SHPE’s strategic, tactical, and operational infrastructure to the overallSHPE mission longitudinally, particularly in terms of local, long-term chapter programming. For the

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 3 Technical Session 1

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2021 CoNECD

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Justin Charles Major, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF. The ideas we present here are part of a much larger thought process (Authors, 2021, in progress) in which we are thinking about the ways in which we use quantitative methods in engineering education, and how they might be better realigned or reformed to achieve the same diversity and equity outcomes we feel are more readily achieved by qualitative methods at the time. Our treatment and presentation of demographic data variables here represent a starting point. 1 The “doing” of engineering education is full of many delicate power

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2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

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Jelena Trajkovic, CSU Long Beach

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similar to the one in our paper: for twoinstances of a class (on face-to-face and another flipped) they observed students’ grades,students’ reflections using surveys, and instructor, and peer observations. Similar to ourconclusion, they observed better students’ performance: all students passed and obtained bettergrades compared to face-to-face instructions. Additionally, Hussain et al. reported that “a flippedclassroom model helped high performing students more than lower-performing students.”Several prior studies also reported that the flipped approach is beneficial by reflecting on thestudent engagement[11], motivation, and acceptance by the students[12], but unlike our work, theydo not compare flipped approach to face-to-face instructions

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The Challenges that Two-year College Students Face when Transferring to a Four-year College for Engineering and Engineering Technology Program

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Sophia Isabela Barber, Pasadena City College; Sophia Isabella Ibargüen, Pasadena City College; Chloe Sharp, Pasadena City College ; Aaron Reedy, DataClassroom; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, Main Campus; Yu-Chung Chang-Hou, Pasadena City College; Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena City College

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Two-Year College

community college faculty can contact the MNT-ECor visit our website (micronanoeducation.org) for more information on joining this program.AcknowledgementsThis project was supported by the Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC), NSF ATEDUE 200028, and by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), NSF EEC 1227110. Theopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References: 1. J. A. Hewlett, “Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research Experiences (UREs): The Expanding Role of the Community College,” CBE-Life Sciences Education, Aug. 2018. 2. G. Bangera, S. E. Brownell, “Course-Based

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

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Minorities in Engineering

undergraduate research. The survey questionswere generated based on recurrent conversations the faculty advisor had with his undergraduatestudents during research meetings, office hours, or arbitrary settings. Moreover, the survey1 Cohort 2 information is in parenthesesincluded an open-ended question that provided students an opportunity to reflect and share abouttheir experiences in engaging in a research group setting. Descriptive statistics were employed foranalysis and presentation of data results. The authors note the following limitations of the study:(a) small sample size; (b) self-developed survey instrument; (c) convenient sampling procedure.The administered survey consisted of nine questions for Cohort 1 and Cohort 2: Question 1: Faculty

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Intercultural Competency-infused Teaching

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

competency. 9Fig. 2: Comparison of IDI scores pre- and post- program. Eleven students showed an increasingtrend and seven students showed a decrease.Conclusions The Sustainability Across Sectors – Sweden program impacted students’ short- and long-term academic and professional paths. The summative teaching evaluation scores reflect thatstudents gained new cultural perspectives and that the program integrated Swedish culture intothe curriculum. Students also recognized the program in the larger context of their engineeringmajor at Purdue University. The short-term benefits continued and evolved to shape studentschoices regarding graduate school, thesis research topics, additional intercultural

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Design Teams 2

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David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Alejandra Hormaza Mejia, University of California, Irvine; Mark E. Walter, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Design in Engineering Education

the team’s stated goals clear from the beginning? How successful do YOU think the team was in achieving its stated goals?IQ15. Considering all your activities (academic, social, work, family, etc) at the time, what priority was your project work, and why?Proposed Data AnalysisWe will use an inductive-deductive thematic analysis approach to our data analysis [20]. Usingthe literature on teaming and psychological safety, we will create a preliminary code book. Then,based on the interview data, we will update the code book to reflect ideas and concepts that arisefrom the data.Expected ResultsBased on the literature review, we expect to find themes related to psychological safety, includingpersonal characteristics, past experiences

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Taylor Maida, University of Notre Dame; Simran Moolchandaney, University of Notre Dame; Gabrielle Tanjuatco, University of Notre Dame; Caroline Lubbe, University of Notre Dame

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focused on gaining exposure tothe engineering in ski resorts including lift operations and snow making processes while buildingstudent-student and student-faculty relationships. During the 4-hour bus ride to the ski resort,students were asked to read a scholarly article on one of eight topics related to ski resorts.Students met in small groups with others that selected the same ski related topic and gave areport out to the larger group. At the ski resort, students had a behind the scenes tour of the liftoperations and of the snow making process. Students had the rest of the day to ski or take alesson with other women on the trip. The evening included a team building workshop whichincluded reflection on the day’s activities and how their

Conference Session

Diversity and Two-year Colleges part 2

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A. Fort Gwinn, Lipscomb University; Todd Gary

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Two-Year College

awareness activities, transfer transition support, cohesive learningcommunities, and scholarships. The program’s emphasis on an uncommon pathway toengineering reflected both the anticipated attraction of new students plus the shift of students totwo-year pre-engineering programs in response to the Tennessee Promise initiative, whichprovides free tuition at all state community colleges beginning in the fall of 2015. The proposedpathway to a senior engineering school was designed to pre-empt the unintended but wellrecognized consequences of students starting their engineering training at two-year schools byimproving student preparedness for transfer, providing structured support for students preparingto transfer, and rapidly establishing connection

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The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence

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Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Cody D Jenkins, Arizona State University; Karl A. Smith, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Ryan James Milcarek, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

influencedtheir grade, (3) impressions of other members in the study group, (4) opinions about the mostvaluable and least helpful parts of the study group and (5) reflections on how participating in thestudy group changed their confidence in completing the engineering degree and their feelingsabout being a student at ASU. Pseudonyms were given to participants to ensure theconfidentiality of the interview.ResultsThere were 22/50 respondents for the post-survey (response rate of 44%). Of these, 16 could bematched to the pre-survey, due to the fact that some students did not use the same personal codethat they generated on the pre-survey. Of the 16, 14 had been placed in PLSGs, and one hadbeen placed in TARs (one student did not identify a group).Table 2

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Caroline Murrie Clevenger P.E.; Rui Zhang, University of Colorado Denver

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Construction Engineering

sustainability engineering education has been widelyrecognized. However, reflecting the concept of sustainability in the course content and providingsufficient sustainability education standards are also issues that need to be considered. Some highereducation institutions have added sustainability courses to their construction courses and madethem compulsory courses for students. But there is a challenge in sustainable design education:recognizing the need for change and applying it to the enterprise [5]. Therefore, it still needs todiscover an appropriate way to improve sustainable education. Through appropriate engineeringactivities and education, students can increase their understanding of the world and theircommitment to sustainable development [6

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Nagash Antoine Clarke , University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College

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Minorities in Engineering

mentor can be accessible at any time and any place frompotentially any smart device. AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1831964. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. References[1] E. National Academies of Science, and Medicine, NASEM. (2019). The Science of Effective Mentoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and Mathematics (STEMM) Available: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/bhew/mentoring/index.htm[2] F

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Eunsil Lee, Florida International University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Matthew J. Miller PhD, Loyola University Chicago

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

National Science Foundation grant #1849430. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] S. Brophy, S. Klein, M. Portsmore, & C. Rogers, “Advancing engineering education in P‐12 classrooms,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 369-387, 2008.[2] S. Purzer, J. Strobel & M. E., & Cardella, M. E. (Eds.). (2014). Engineering in pre-college settings: Synthesizing research, policy, and practices. Purdue University Press[3] N. V. Mendoza Díaz, & M. F. Cox, “An Overview of the Literature: Research in P-12 Engineering Education,” Advances in Engineering

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Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

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Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky; Joseph H. Hammer, University of Kentucky; Ellen L. Usher, University of Kentucky

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priority in their position, which could misrepresent how thegeneral population of engineering faculty feel about student mental health. Finally, this surveyfocused on faculty self-reported confidence levels about communicating with students aboutdifferent mental health concerns rather than quantifiable skill levels. Literature shows that evenwith trained therapists, there is little relationship between confidence and competence when itcomes to treatment efficacy. In fact, it has been found that therapists who have higher levels ofself-doubt can help facilitate better patient outcomes [25]. This is possibly due to positive self-reflections that result in improved therapeutic interventions. As a result, lack of confidence doesnot necessarily mean

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Engineering Technology Pedagogy 2

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Clayton J. Hahola, Montana State University; Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

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Engineering Technology

behaviors,encouraging monitoring of those behaviors, encouraging reflection of those behaviors, gradingthe process as a whole not only the result, and using a standardized assessment to do so [10].Researchers and teachers using these methods can create relevant, dynamic, impactful, andvalue-added changes to their curriculum, the approach leveraged in this work.Study MethodsFelder and Brent’s 2003 article [7] defines a model by which to create course material basedupon accreditation requirements. The model is summarized in Figure 1. Figure 1: Elements of Course Design [7]From the defined model and as shown in the figure, course improvements are a continuous cycleof learning objectives, instruction methods, and assessment

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Teresa Cardador, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andrea J. Kunze, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1848498. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. The authors wish to thank Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, the Project Evaluator, for hervaluable input, and Hannah Chiou for her assistance in reviewing codes. Additionally, we thankthe students, advisors and faculty who participated in the study for sharing their experiences.References[1] M. T. Cardador, "Promoted up but also out? The unintended consequences of increasing women’s representation in managerial roles in engineering," Organization Science, vol. 28, pp. 597-617

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathy Ann Gullie, Gullie Consultant Services LLC; Dean T. Spaulding , Gullie Consultant Services LLC; James William Brown Ph.D., School of Professional Studies, City University of New York; Krishna Bista, Morgan State University; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

pedagogy.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1915614. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1]. Evaluation Consortium, University at Albany (2016) Experimental Centric Based EngineeringCurriculum for HBCUs Leadership Team, HBCU Year Three Report.[2]. Gough, A., & Gough, N. (2018). Beyond Tinkering and Tailoring: Re-de/signingMethodologies in STEM Education. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics & TechnologyEducation, 18(3), 284–290.[3]. Astatke, Y., & Connor, K. A., Newman, D., Attia, J. O., & Nare, O. E. (2016, June),Growing

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New Directions for Engineering Technology

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Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University; Christopher Cantrell, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

the College of Engineering and the engineering technology programs since 2010. Thesestudents were then assigned an admissions-type category to reflect how they entered anengineering technology program for the first time: • New First Time Freshman: A student who enrolled at Texas A&M University as an incoming freshman and selected one of the engineering technology programs at time of admission. It should be noted that this category only existed prior to academic year (AY) 2014-2015. After that, all freshmen entering the college were required to start in General Engineering. • Entry to a Major: A student who entered as a General Engineering student but then entered an engineering technology program

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University

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, which can leadto discoveries of new knowledge and innovations. These learning outcomes can impact classmates,community members, and/or society. Figure 1. The progression of active learning pedagogies employed within the Cardiovascular Engineering course.Overview of the Innovation-Based Learning PedagogyAs with many active learning pedagogies, IBL works between two frameworks Constructivist andCynefin. The IBL pedagogy uses aspects from the traits of constructivism: student-centeredlearning, interdisciplinary lessons, collaborative lessons, reflection, and assessments [4

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

of race/ethnicityand gender. A survey instrument measured the students’ attitudes toward professionalconnectedness (PC), a sense that engineers should apply their skills to help others, using 19 itemswith a 7-point Likert-type response scale. A key methodological inconsistency in the dataset washow students were allowed to report their race/ethnicity in the demographic question at the endof the survey: 1088 students selected a single race/ethnicity category, while 2305 students couldidentify multiple racial/ethnic categories. The results show that constraining students to select asingle race/ethnicity likely fails to accurately reflect the multiracial identities of many students.For example, the percentage of students who responded to the

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Academic Success and Retention

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Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Oluwafemi J. Sunday, Washington State University; Ebenezer Rotimi Ewumi, Washington State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., Utah State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering major's significancein other countries.Theoretical-based coursework is one of the contributing factors of large numbers of first-year E/CSleaving the engineering field [10]. Such coursework makes relating concepts taught in class toreal-world scenarios quite difficult and creates a negative feeling of engineering concepts amongE/CS students. Students tend to enjoy their coursework if they can see the benefits in real-worldapplications and the flexibility to solve real-world problems. E/CS curriculum should be updatedaccordingly to reflect technological advancement in the field. Teaching students, especially first-year students, outdated technologies and innovation could discourage students from continuing intheir majors. Students might

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Cara Mawson, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

thisarticle, Wasburns suggests providing a gender-neutral classroom by avoiding using sportsexamples or providing assessments earlier and more frequently [3]. Other strategies for gender-focused inclusion can revolve around assigning personal reflections for students to helpunderrepresented engineering students feel a stronger sense of belonging [4]. While thesestrategies may prove useful for building inclusive class-based environments, these strategies mayfall flat when students are utilizing technology as part of their instructional practice.Technology is a critical part of instructional design; however, the types and implementation oftechnology can affect the success and motivation of students. For example, women are heavilyinfluenced by the