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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ursula Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin; Catherine Riegle-Crumb

STEMengagement, and their engineering identities [11], [12]. One study found that among first-yearcollege students interested in engineering, self-reported engagement in various STEM-relatedexperiences were predictive of their engineering identities [13]. However, young women’sengagement with tinkering and computer programming was associated with lower levels ofidentification with engineering. Overall, research reveals that understanding the factors thatcontribute to young women’s engineering identities is critical, as those with strong identities aremore likely to persist in engineering [14], [15].Similar to engineering identity, intentions to pursue an engineering major are highly predictiveof STEM college persistence and interest in a STEM career [16

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2004 GSW

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M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; M. M. Holt; R. H. Cox

Texas Tech University AbstractAccording to the Hudson Institute’s report Workforce 2020: Work and Workers in the 21st Century,national demographic trends suggest that 62% of those entering the labor force will be women by theyear 2005. However, women are not choosing to pursue careers in engineering. In fact, fewer than 20 %of the students studying engineering in college are women.In response, Texas Woman’s University (TWU), Texas Tech University (TTU), and Texas Instruments,Inc., (TI) have created a unique partnership to encourage members of traditionally under-representedpopulations to pursue graduate degrees in engineering. The partnership supports female and minoritystudents by providing

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ASEE-NE 2022

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Grace Remillard, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Sarah Kamal, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Justin An, University of the District of Columbia; Charles Thompson PhD, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of NewYork, and a Ph.D. in Acoustics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation he became an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1987 he joined the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMASS Lowell as its Analog Devices Career Development Professor. Dr. Thompson has served on the executive boards of the Cooperative Research Fellowship program of Bell Laboratories (1991-1999) and the AT&T Labs Fellowship Program (1996-2006). At Bell Laboratories Dr. Thompson created with the Vice President of Research and Nobel laureate, Arno Penizas, the W. Lincoln Hawkins

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

technologies. This involves development of hardware and software systems with sensors, embedded control and mechanical actuators. Applications include respiration monitoring, sleep apnea, rehabilitation of impaired muscle for recovery of motor func- tion, health monitoring for elderly to extend independent living, and diabetes management. These systems utilize internet of things (IoT) for remote communication between patient, medical staff, care-givers and instrumentation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 STEM Programs for Female StudentsAbstractDespite engineering careers helping to solve problems in society and the

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Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Russell Korte, George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University

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Educational Research and Methods

fellow, a Sandia Campus Exec- utive fellow, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research fellow. She was a Churchill Scholar at University of Cambridge where she received an MPhil in engineering, and she has a BS in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2018, the American Society of Engineering Edu- cation named Dr. LeBlanc one of its ”20 Under 40 High-achieving Researchers and Educators,” and she received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2020. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Studying the Formation of Engineers: A Case Study of a Higher Education Learning

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ramsin Khoshabeh, University of California, San Diego; Vikash Gilja

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Electrical and Computer

and software to interface with the world. In thispaper, we discuss our motivations, the design of the course, what we have learned from teachingthe course, and where we see the future of experiential education heading, especially in light ofthe COVID-19 pandemic and the need for highly effective remote instruction. We believe thatthe model we have created in this classroom experience successfully prepares students for therigors of an engineering career.Our ECE department has a rich history of exemplary theoretical teaching, with a strong emphasison research, but undergraduate students felt a void in how to apply that knowledge intoengineering practice, especially in future careers. This is why in recent years we have stronglyfocused on

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Outcomes to ABETThe National Academy of Engineering’s Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways ofEngineers indicates that the engineering labor force in this country consists of three segmentswith some overlap between them:  Those who work in engineering occupations without an engineering degree,  Those who work in engineering occupations with engineering degrees,  And those who do not work in engineering occupations but have engineering degreesEach category listed above consisted of 1.7 to 3.2 million people, a significant quantity of theengineering workforce. The report also stated that engineering is a dynamic and evolvingdiscipline and practice that incorporates knowledge from different fields and employs a wide-ranging

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia Howard-Reed, The Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

research opportunities • Awareness of the possible benefits of research experiences • Awareness of cultural norms associated with scientific research • Perceived barriers to interactions with faculty • Financial and personal barriers • Assessment of mentorship and preferences for the “best” students • Unconscious societal biasTo help reduce these barriers, many universities have created undergraduate research officesdedicated to helping students find research opportunities. Typically, you will find engineeringstudent research offices in spaces near the Career Services Center, Office of Research, in theindividual Engineering Departments, or students are referred to a centralized university office.However, to break down

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Anna M. Mostoller, Elizabethtown College; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

mastery-based course structures.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University Shannon K. Gilmartin, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab and Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Her expertise is in education and workforce development in science and engineering fields. She has particular interest in access to and equity in engineering education and practice. She studies the experiences of underrepre- sented students in engineering classrooms, the transition to first jobs and the ”early career” for women in engineering, and the trajectories to senior leadership in technology settings.Ms. Anna M. Mostoller, Elizabethtown CollegeDr

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Caitlyn Aaron

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #32427Is it Rocket Science or Brain Science? Developing an Approach to MeasureEngineering IntuitionDr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. As a result, her diverse background also includes

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tongjie Ju, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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International

doctorate degrees are similar, and themost important one is to solve practical problems. Hawkes [5] pointed out that,engineering doctoral students usually have observed the problem of practices for sometime and wanted to find solutions to make things work better in their work places.Professional engineering doctorate degree programs provide them with the opportunityto develop a doctorate with an industrial applicability [6]. In addition, enhancingemployability and career prospects is what engineering doctoral students expect.Students hope to develop and update their skills through the professional engineeringdoctoral training [7]. Additional motivations include expanding current connections inboth industry and academia, hoped-for changes in career

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nick Lux, Montana State University - Bozeman; Blake Wiehe ; Rebekah J. Hammack, Montana State University - Bozeman; Brock J. LaMeres P.E., Montana State University - Bozeman; Paul Gannon, Montana State University - Bozeman

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Pre-College Engineering Education

end. Although she was atfirst concerned about teaching STEM, especially under COVID constraints, she soon foundpassion for both teaching and learning STEM material. Because the engineering curriculum shedelivered included considerable focus on computer science, and more specifically, in coding, shewas exposed to a STEM discipline that really ignited her passion and validation for her chosencareer. Simply put: This experience served as a career affirmation event that we want all PSTs toexperience during their teacher education trajectory. Kristina also experienced the true power ofcollegial and collaborative relationships during her time in practicum. Holly routinely revisitedthe best-practice research in teaching with Kristina, and those

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Phuong Truong, University of California, San Diego; Nicholas Stein, University of California, San Diego; Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego

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Electrical and Computer

Stein, University of California, San Diego Works as the Project Development and Outreach Coordinator for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC San Diego.Prof. Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego Truong Nguyen is a Distinguished Professor at UCSD. His current research interests are video processing and machine learning algorithms with applications in health monitoring/diagnosis and 3D modeling. He received the IEEE Signal Processing Paper Award for the paper he co-wrote with Prof. P. P. Vaidyanathan on linear-phase perfect-reconstruction filter banks (1992). He received the NSF Career Award in 1995. While serving as department Chair (2014-2019), Prof. Nguyen and several faculty and

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University-Bloomington; Sana M. Syed, Saint Louis University; Traci Aucoin

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Pre-College Engineering Education

biomedical engineering from Saint Louis University. She is currently an NSF/ASEE I-PERF post-doctoral fellow in a biotech start-up and hopes to continue her career by combining her passion in biomedical engineering and healthcare as well as in education reform in engineering.Mrs. Traci Aucoin Traci Aucoin is currently the Lafayette Parish School System GEAR UP Project Director. She has worked in education for 30 years and has been a part of the GEAR UP initiative for seven years. She began her career as a high school biology and physics teacher before she moved into higher education where she served the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in numerous capacities for over 20 years. She served as Director of the Alumni

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Briceland McLaughlin, Boise State University; Nick Hudyma, Boise State University; Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University; Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller P.E., Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

as to thecontent of their coursework and neither of these goals are easily met in large-format courses thatserve all majors [6].Students desire a community of peers and faculty as well as a sense of belonging [7] within theirmajor. Belonging can be developed in many ways, but a core piece of belonging is knowing whatyou belong to. When students understand what they are studying, they can connect their input(academic effort) to an output (degree attainment, career) that reflects their values and self-identity now and, in the future, [8]. A large contributing factor to programs not being able to helpstudents make connections is a lack of major-specific courses available where students can findand spend structured time with peers/faculty in

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Eric Marsh, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

withdigital badges starting with our initial exploration of their viability.Early explorationThe initial motivation for our exploration of badging was our perception that students aremissing out on key skills that would serve them well in their careers. Early benchmarking alsoshowed the success being enjoyed by other programs such as work at Purdue University [8] andthe work of other schools like Robert Morris University [9]. Our particular departmental cultureled us to survey the 12 members of our industrial advisory board. This group was evenly split onthe idea of offering badges. Reasons cited against the badging effort included: 1) manycompanies already offer extensive in-house training on relevant but non-technical skills, 2) it isnot clear if

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to electricity 2. Energy generation, transmission, and distribution 3. Energy and electric circuits 4. Energy efficiency 5. Introduction to renewable energy 6. Fundamentals of Solar Electric Circuits 7. Economics of Renewable Energy & Career Path in Renewable Energy 8. Social, Environmental, and Political considerations for Renewable Energy SystemsSeveral materials have been sent to the students including: an electric circuits kit, solar cells, adigital multimeter, energy-efficient bulbs, and an energy monitoring device. The contentpresented during the workshops followed the best practices for energy education includingcontent from the US Energy Information Administration[13], US Department of Energy[14], andthe National

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years of experience teaching mathematics, statistics, computer science, and first-year engineering courses in higher education institutions. Currently, she leads a team of faculty who are dedicated to providing first-year engineering students with a high- quality, challenging, and engaging educational experience with the necessary advising, mentoring, and academic support to facilitate their transition to university life and to prepare them for success in their engineering majors and future careers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Educating the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts1.0

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Stephen Patchin; Cody Kangas; Jamie Lindquist

Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conferencetheir families, brings STEM education outside the classroom and school day hours, andcelebrates informal learning and innovation.Meeting the ChallengeIn 2004 Michigan Technological University conducted its first annual YES! (Youth Engineeringand Science) Expo at Chrysler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This STEM career awarenessevent brought together industry, institutions of higher education, and government to participatein the event. The goal: inspire middle and high school students to explore education and careersin engineering and science. The program moved to Ford Field in Detroit with K-12 attendancegrowing from 5,000 students in 2004 to over 15,000 in 2008. YES! Expo event format

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

instruction and group worthy tasks, productive struggle, mathematics-scienceintegration, mathematical modeling, and literacy foci as fitting together in a seamless whole thatallowed instruction guided by this perspective to naturally incorporate these effective practices.Connected to this was the challenge of acquiring and implementing that complex perspective.IntroductionRising Above the Gathering Storm identified the need to “encourage more US citizens to pursuecareers in mathematics, science, and engineering” [1]. Teachers Engaged in STEM and Literacy(Project TESAL) was designed to strengthen the STEM educational and career pipeline inAppalachia. Difficulties attracting students to STEM careers are enhanced in Appalachia andWest Virginia (WV) [2

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 19

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Adena Moulton, Digital Harbor Foundation; Shawn Grimes; Stephanie Grimes; Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation

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Pre-College Engineering Education

include a section on interests towards STEM careers. Interest ineach topic is measured using a series of 8 to 11 self-reported Likert style items (Table 2). Eachitem has to be rated on 5 levels ranging from “Strongly Disagree” to “Strongly Agree”. TheSTEM Careers survey consists of 12 items that are rated across 4 levels of interest, ranging from“Not at All Interested” to “Very Interested”.After reviewing the contents of each survey and taking into account findings from previousresearch that shows youth prefer short assessments [6][7], we decided to only deploy surveysrelating to two topics relevant to DHF’s learning objectives. These included the Technology andEngineering (9 items) and 21st Century Skills (11 items). The original paper survey

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Trinity Borland, Wartburg College; Ripken Gehrig Holst, Wartburg College; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

when STEM careers are set to grow by 12.6%over the next 10 years, 5.2% faster than other occupations (Burke, 2019).Additionally, STEM is facing a diversity crisis with a lack of representation from women andsome races. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up only 15.9% of the totalengineering and architecture workforce (Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation, Sex, Race,and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity, 2019). This creates an issue, as STEM peer contact correlateswith STEM retention among females (Hilts, Part & Bernacki, 2018). Further, according to theBureau of Labor Statistics, whites make up 79.3% percent of the total engineering andarchitecture workforce (Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation, 2019). Minorities

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

StudentsIntroductionSignificant educational equity gaps exist in STEM fields for underrepresented minority (URM)students who live in the San Joaquin Valley. For this paper, URM students are defined as non-white and non-Asian, though it is recognized that there are subpopulations of URM studentswithin each of these non-URM groups. Some equity gaps present themselves as differences inacademic achievement between underrepresented minority URM students and non-URMstudents or women in STEM fields and arise due to numerous academic and social factors.Significant factors for attrition are perceptions about careers in the STEM fields, poorexperiences with the academic culture and teaching pedagogy, and declining confidence due todemanding curriculum. One study shows that

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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First-Year Programs

Successful Engineering Careers,” sponsored by NSF DUE.Dr. Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Dr. Jimenez is a professor at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department in the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM). He earned his B.S from Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Do- minican Republic in 1986, M.S. from Univ. of Puerto Rico Mayaguez in 1991, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1999. His current teaching and research interests include design, characterization, and rapid prototyping of information processing systems, embedded cyber-physical systems, and engineering education. He is the lead author of the textbook Introduction to Embedded Systems: Using Microcon

Conference Session

K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sabina Anne Schill, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

gainedsupport and insider knowledge of their department, and mentors gained communication andinterpersonal skills. Dennehy and Dasgupta’s [10] research concluded that female peer mentorsseemed to increase belonging, confidence, and motivation of female first-year mentees.Mentoring can provide different functions, commonly separated into the categories ofpsychosocial support (i.e., encouragement, counseling, role modeling) and career / instrumentalsupport (i.e., skill-building, evaluating, acknowledging achievements) [7, 8, 10]. Additionally,mentoring can be either formal (structured / intentional) or informal (developed organicallybetween the mentee and “a more experience[d] individual with whom the mentee has regularcontact” [7, p. 37

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Design Across Curriculum 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Design in Engineering Education

three departments in the Frank H.Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville have incorporatedengineering design instruction and hands-on design projects in the last two years as part of NSFgrant award #1928611. A primary objective of this grant is to increase the retention andpersistence of minorities in the engineering programs by incorporating high-impact enrichmentactivities into courses early in the student’s academic career. A logical course to include high-impact activities for first-year students is the introduction to engineering courses in thedepartments, which are titled “Engineering as a Career” (GEEN 1201), within the Frank H.Dotterweich College of Engineering.This work presents the approach used for a

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, PDip (CM), Architect, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

Architecture peers. Bycomparison, this is one year longer than engineering technology graduates pursuing a ProfessionalEngineering (PE) license. This time lag places BSc Architectural Engineering Technologygraduates who plan to pursue architectural licensure at a disadvantage, and may affect theenrollment, retention, and graduation rates for this type of program. The objective of this paper isto compare course offerings of a four-year B.Sc. Architectural Engineering Technology Programto NAAB-accredited five-year Bachelor of Architecture programs, examine qualitative feedbackfrom students regarding the Architectural Engineering Technology Program and their career goals,and assess the continuing viability of the architectural engineering technician

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

programming course. Students often began their engineeringprogram knowing only that they were good at math and science, yet not knowing what anengineering career entails. As students may apply for a particular major as early as completion oftheir second-semester courses, weekly lessons exploring one of the many offered majors wasincluded as a component of their first-semester experience to drive informed decisions regardingchoice of major.The committee came forward in March 2017 with recommendations, which were immediatelyfast-tracked to support a fall 2018 rollout: • The first-semester course in engineering, for all students, was a newly developed computer programming course using Python and integrated various calculus and physics

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WIP: Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Emily Sandvall, Baylor University; Deanna Calder; Megan Harper, Baylor University; Zachary Bruce Jackson, Baylor University; Billy Joel Baker

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FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

with one’s major, and the probability of classroom environment allows for deeper, moreretention within the major. Specifically, the study wanted to transformational conversations to occur between first-yearexamine the factor of peer mentoring with the development students and the Peer Mentors about college life andof a student’s professional identity, or an attachment and academic success in engineering. Allowing Peer Mentors toidentification with one’s chosen career path [6]. Reference co-teach opens the door for more focused conversation and[5] concluded that the rigorous nature of STEM majors and creates another opportunity to reiterate curricular topicscourse work can make the development of professional

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

theknowledge of STEM in Elementary and Middle School students.KeywordsSTEM, Elementary, Middle, methods, technologiesIntroductionAt the elementary school level, STEM education provides an introduction to the STEM as wellas an awareness of STEM (California Department of Education, 2014). For middle schoolstudents, STEM allows students to begin the exploration of STEM-related careers. Finally, forthe high school, STEM prepares students for successful post-secondary education and beyond1.Among the four areas of the STEM, the research in technology and engineering education inelementary and middle schools is less mature because those subjects are not as commonly taughtin K-12 education. The nature and potential value of integrated K-12 STEM education are