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2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jenna Greenwood; Phil Courey; Amanda Parker; Malinda Zarske

from bothsessions expressed gratitude for the program's guidance on time management, financial wellness,efficient studying techniques, and maintaining a balanced school-life dynamic, while prioritizingmental well-being. The interactive nature of seminars was praised, particularly for elucidatingfinancial concepts, while fostering a stronger sense of community. Suggestions for improvementencompassed the provision of seminar materials for review, increased social events, retention ofthe weekend retreat, a blend of online and in-person meetings, enhancing mentorshipopportunities, offering practical career advice like resume writing and mock interviews,providing resources on nutrition and grocery shopping, and a balance between mandatory

Conference Session

Understanding the Student Experience in Mechanics Courses

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rawan Aqel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Samia Tarannum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

studentsenrolled in a fundamental engineering course at an urban, access-oriented, R1 university. Solidmechanics is one of the fundamental engineering courses at this institution and is crucial for thesuccess of students pursuing careers in various STEM fields. However, minoritized studentsfrequently encounter difficulties and barriers that can hinder their academic progress and success.University and Course ContextThe University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is an R1, urban, access-oriented university.Admitted undergraduate students are often from the surrounding city and state region.Additionally, students who graduate from this university get jobs in the area and promote regionalprosperity. The solid mechanics course at UWM has undergone notable changes

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Rui Li, New York University

personal development. TheVIP team also allows students to pick their interested topics to pursue and they are allowed tochange the topic of interest every semester. VIP is designed to be differentiated from studentclubs and research labs. VIPs have project deadlines as it is an undergraduate course, comparedwith the student clubs. However, there is no time limit to publish the work, compared with theresearch labs. This unique opportunity would allow students to fully explore their skill setsaccording to their own career pathways.The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of using VIP as a platform and develop alearning framework named “Parallel Tri-track” for students’ personal development. The ParallelTri-track allows the students to

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang

Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 335Students’ opinions on how the Mechanical Engineering program prepared them to perform intheir current career are neutral/somewhat related in 49.95% of the answers in Fall 2020, 30% and62.50% in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters, respectively (Figure 5). Fig. 5. Students' opinions on how well prepared they are for their careers.Mechanical engineering graduates work in construction, energy, automotive, food production,materials, medicine, sales, transportation, etc. [1] what makes it one of the most diverse of theengineering disciplines and encompasses the utilities

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Kim Gaines; Caleb Allen; Johnica Mitchell; Shirley Walker-Herrington

potentially be bridged in education because of some of thesenew technologies like VR.” [2] Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 515Educational TechnologyAlthough many companies are embracing the metaverse, few intrinsically focus on the educational integrationpotential. The grant team selected the company Eduporium whose technology provided opportunity for AfricanAmerican students and other people of underrepresented populations to enter STEM careers in general andengineering and other

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Serdar Celik

session between the twofinalist debate teams. Such structure has been enjoyed by the students, which was notedas another benefit of this class activity. In the paper, observations including challenges,benefits, and outcomes on the debate sessions will be discussed with examples from pastsemesters.IntroductionEngineering education is expected to improve the students’ hard and soft skills, ratherthan focusing only on hard skills such as mathematics and physics. Soft skills includingwritten and oral communication play a significant role in helping them get better jobs andclimbing up the ladder in their career whether it is in private sector or in academia. Anoteworthy fraction of engineering students feels that being good that sciences pertinentwith

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James N. Almquist; D. Joanne Wilson

Changes in Freshman Engineering Students Bring Changes to Introductory Engineering Courses James N. Almquist D. Joanne Wilson General Engineering Department UW-PlattevilleAbstract: All freshmen interested in engineering at UW-Platteville take both of our twocredit courses: Introduction to Engineering and Engineering Computer Graphics. In thispaper, we discuss the changes we have made to these courses in response to the changeswe are seeing with respect to the incoming students. The two biggest changes are thatmany students are starting their academic careers at lower math levels

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Vojin Nikolic

on real-life engineering projects. It introduced quite a complete view of the variousaspects of an engineering career. Modern engineering practices were presented in asystematic way to give the students a fairly clear picture of what to expect upongraduation. As such the course provided invaluable help to all engineering freshmen andin particular to those students who at the time when they entered college were not surewhat area of engineering was their top career choice. It also presented the students withadequate engineering challenge at this stage, which for most of them was their firstcontact with real engineering. Most among the students had very positive feedback onthe course in the form of end-of-semester course evaluations and exit

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Binod Tiwari

data, and prepare scientific presentations; which would not have been possibleotherwise. The students obtained excellent information to write in their plan of study whilesubmitting their applications for admission in the universities. In addition, they could contact theauthor anytime in their career, whenever they need a reference for future use. More importantly,the community college and high school students received an exposure to university leveleducation and research, which not only motivated them to pursue higher education but alsohelped them to streamline their academic goal. The cohort group 2 students are presented inFigure 5.Figure 5: Second cohort group: 2 high school students and 3 community college students. Proceedings of

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Ejiwale

leadership, what works, and new approaches to explore through constructivecriticism from the learning communities that includes faculty, students (peer groups), and thecommunity they serve. Therefore for this article, learning communities will be defined “asgroups of people engaged in intellectual interaction for the purpose of learning” (Cross3, 1998). 3Service learning at Jackson State UniversityThe mission of the Department of Technology is to provide a nationally accredited program,which serves the technical, managerial, and communication needs of persons desiring to enter oradvance professionally in an industrial technology related career

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anilkumar Bhate; M.G. Prasad; Lex McCusker

An integrated Approach to Creating Student-Awareness, Pedagogy and Efficient Management of Multi-Cultural Teams in Engineering Projects Anilkumar Bhate, M.G. Prasad, Lex McCusker Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New JerseyAbstractTeamwork is an essential aspect of most engineering projects. Often the teams consist of memberscoming from diverse backgrounds, and such diverse backgrounds may lead to internal conflicts within theteams. Engineering students, many to become managers in their future careers, need to be educated abouthow to deal with the diversity in their work teams. Teams

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Peggy A. Johnson

are related to people working in legal, medical,and other professions. Engineers are rarely the topic of television shows and movies. Another reasoncommonly cited for the shortage of women entering engineering majors in colleges is the lack ofencouragement by high school counselors and teachers, relatives, and other influential people in the livesof young women (Johnson et al., 1992; Bix, 2004; Widnall, 2006). Other reasons for the shortage ofwomen in engineering may include climate, social value, and peer influence (Johnson et al., 1992). Based on a survey of 85 high school girls, the National Science Foundation (2005) found thatthere is a disconnect between motivating factors for high school girls in selecting a career path and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Carolina Elizabeth Jerez, Universidad de Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

countries anddisciplines, the institutional climate and culture significantly attract, retain, and promote womenand girls in STEM. This situation affects how women feel in male-dominated careers due to alow sense of identity within the community and challenges in establishing interpersonalrelationships with their peers [2], [3], [4].Furthermore, feeling a sense of belonging within the institution is essential to understanding andaddressing the socio-cognitive needs of students in STEM-related fields. It promotes success andretention [2], [5].The underrepresentation of women in STEM careers can also increase their vulnerability. Thissituation can be due to gender stereotypes, negative experiences with teachers or other students,or the hostility

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ester B. Johnson

students from thesecounties.To state that work is needed in the area of recruitment is an understatement. Strides arebeing made, but much more is needed. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee andother institutions expend a significant amount of time examining factors that attribute tothe success of students that includes recruitment, retention, and survival skills and/or 3techniques. Research has shown that recruitment is a key component of attractingstudents, but recruitment alone is not enough. Studies have shown that recruitingStudents of Color into engineering is multifaceted. The community and or families mustbe educated as to what a career in

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Kenneth Edward Dudeck; Wieslaw Grebski

Engineering with an Alternative Energy and Power Generation Track. This newBachelor of Science degree will prepare graduates to enter the job market in the alternative andrenewable energy sector as well as the power generation industry. The graduates of this programwill have the critical knowledge and skills needed to begin their careers in this growing industry.This paper documents the details of this new program, which began accepting freshman into theprogram during fall 2010 as well as how program utilizes the campus’ existing resources in itsEngineering and Technology programs to implement the program. The first graduates of thisprogram are expected in spring of 2014.BackgroundThe Pennsylvania State University College of Engineering offers

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Luis Rodriguez; Gail Coover; Dalelia Davis; George Johnson; Oumar Kaba; Angela Frey; Andrew Pham; Amihan Huesmann

of national importance.This paper describes the development and implementation of teaching strategies for theWisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) Excel program. Theprogram involves: 1) selecting underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in scienceand engineering whose first year academic performance indicates they are at risk for leavingSTEM; and 2) providing an intensive 8-week immersion experience in STEM scholarship,research, academic and career exploration and advising. Collectively program faculty membershave identified a shared programmatic strategy with respect to supporting students’ cultivation ofa growth mindset [1], which has been shown to increase student persistence and performancewhile

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Elisabeth Lugo, UT Arlington Research Experience for Teachers - Fort Worth ISD; Meribah Marie Treadway, The University of Texas at Arlington

Drones. I.M. Terrell’s robotics teams have earned several awards, and most recently, team #17505B advanced to the VEX World Championship in the 2023-24 season.Mrs. Meribah Marie Treadway, The University of Texas at Arlington Meribah Treadway is a graduate of the University of North Texas where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics along with a secondary math and physics teaching certification through the Teach North Texas program. Treadway has spent her entire teaching career at James Martin High School (her own alma mater) where she is a part of the Arlington ISD STEM Academy faculty and is the co-coordinator for the annual STEM Leadership Conference. Treadway has taught both mathematics and engineering

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Sunil Dehipawala; Guozhen An; Arkadiy Portnoy; Tak Cheung

in preparing undergraduate students to conduct research, in-conversion for deployment to fulfill the first-year experience person as well as online when necessary, starting in the Excelcriterion was challenging given the setting of open admissions, environment with a gradual transformation to the standardthe newly graduated high school students with strong intentions Python framework. The Excel with Python by Microsoftin the programming career were found to be successful in thelearning of Python fundamentals. The recent Microsoft Office without third vendor subscription fee is only available to365

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Vewiser J Turner Jr P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Sarhan M. Musa, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

– ExxonMobil Corporation; during this time have been assigned 17 different job positions of increasing responsibility from my initial assignment to Executive positions in ExxonMobil’s Oil/Gas Production, Refining, Business Planning, and Information Technology business segments. Three notable assignments during my career include: 1. Project and Operations Manager for world-wide call center Responsibilities include: strategy develop- ment, business justification, project oversight, staffing, and process development required to implement a follow the sun 24x7 global call center department with locations in Moncton Canada, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Curitiba Brazil. 2. Led Technology design team for ExxonMobil’s new

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2005 GSW

Authors

G. Beate Zimmer; eremy S. Flores; Alexey L. Sadovski

having publications. Such experience will likely have an influence inthe student’s career choice. Research students also get financial support and sometimes thebenefit of office space. A study1of science, mathematics, and engineering majors concludes: (p.384) “All students, regardless of race or ethnicity, appreciated those departments and facultywho had given them a discipline–specific work–study opportunity or the chance to be involvedwith a research project. We found that research opportunities for any undergraduates were rareon all seven campuses. However, students who had been involved in departmental research werevery enthusiastic about their experience and felt it greatly enhanced their interest in the field.”Another book2 on retention

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #5: Best Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alaa Abdalla, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

, competency development, and understanding the experiences of traditionally marginalized engineering students from an asset-based perspective. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that tra- ditionally marginalized students, bring into the field, and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tool to promote effective and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #4: Global DEI

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

Awards. These awards are offered toprofessionals, artists, and people from academics at any career level. However, some awards maybe for certain types of scholars and are limited to specific career levels. In general, some awardsallow you to select the country and/or host institution while others do not permit that. Similarly,some awards require you to have a letter of support from the host institution at the time ofapplication. For the Fulbright Scholar award, there are three different categories: Teaching,Research, and Teaching-Research. The research award consists of activities related to research thatincludes scientific research, practice-based research, etc. The research work can be applied andcan take place in a laboratory, field, or an

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 11

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Margaret B. Bailey, P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology ; Caroline Solomon; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sara Schley, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Iris V. Rivero; Gloria L. Blackwell; Jessica Bennett

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

additional campuses:Villanova University, Drexel University, and Gallaudet University. While all of these sites areprivate universities, they each offer distinct contexts and circumstances.The LTM Project builds on two past NSF ADVANCE funded efforts at RIT going back fifteenyears. In 2008, RIT received an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Catalyst award,Establishing the Foundation for Future Organizational Reform at RIT (#0811076), orEFFORT@RIT which identified career advancement barriers for RIT women faculty andestablished how well the university addressed issues in the recruitment, retention, andadvancement of women faculty. Results of a faculty climate survey [1] conducted as part of theproject, in conjunction with objective data review

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

into the expert-like practicesengineers might engage in to address challenges, but how and where engineers develop the abilityto engage in sociotechnical thinking throughout their careers is currently unclear. Sociotechnicalthinking is inherently complex, and while many engineering educators regard it as a critical skill,relatively little is understood about the learning experiences and processes needed to promotesociotechnical thinking. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the literature on cognitivedevelopment and sociotechnical design theories and to envision a research area related to studentsand professional development of sociotechnical thinking in engineering design. In cognitivedevelopment, I highlight literature related to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elan Hope, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Anitra Alexander; Alexis Briggs; Laila Allam, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Paper ID #38379Discrimination & Identity: How Engineering GraduateStudents Navigate Pathways to PersistenceElan C HopeAdam Kirn (Associate Professor) TBDMatthew Bahnson Postdoc in Engineering Education at Penn State with Catherine Berdanier.Derrick Satterfield Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students' experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Anitra Rochelle AlexanderAlexis BriggsLaila Allam © American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Ashley Shew; Marie Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Denise Simmons, University of Florida; Lisa McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Shew Associate Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia TechMarie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design education, and identity (including race, gender, class, and other demographic identities) in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6: Monitoring, Evaluating and Research

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed K. Faris, University of Mosul / Iraq; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina; Muwafaq Awad; Inthuorn Sasanakul

engineering students who participate in sponsored programs. According to Ortega-Alvarez et al. [1], three common challenges that most early-career engineering faculty face arebalancing the demands of research, teaching, and other professional obligations; lack of time tocope with personal and professional responsibilities; and setting realistic goals and expectationsfor individual accomplishments. The difficulties can be more pronounced for internationalstudents, especially those who return to their home countries. Khanal and Gaulee [2] describethis readjustment as reverse culture shock. Arthur [3] recognizes that international students oftenneed coping strategies to manage the re-entry transition after their academic studies arecompleted. She

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karinna Vernaza, Gannon University; Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University; Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Saeed Tiari; Varun Kasaraneni, Gannon University

scholars graduating with a STEM degree who completed the program and with$1.76 million dispersed directly to scholarships. To-date, without NSF funding, the programcontinues to exist with university funds to support the scholarships.In the current paper, the authors summarize the implementation of new activities, lessonslearned, and the evolvement of these three grants. Emphasis will be given to describe responsivechanges made after the second grant activity incorporated in the third iteration of the grant, andlessons taken from the third award activity. Topics of this paper include additional featuresimplemented in order to foster better diversity in the program and career readiness, observationsabout student motivation as a result of grant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Faye Jones, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

curriculumrevision and enhancement. This paper summarizes five years of research output, emphasizing theimpactful findings and dissemination products for ASEE community members, as well asopportunities for further research.Motivating RationaleManufacturing is often perceived as an unappealing profession; however, it is diverse in people,technology, and experiences. Many critiques are based on outdated stereotypes: a 2016 surveyrevealed that 40% of parents did not see manufacturing as a good-paying employment choice fortheir children; 50% did not see manufacturing as an exciting, challenging, or engaging career [1].Even more troubling is the underrepresentation of women and minorities in manufacturing. Thisunderrepresentation is even more dramatic in rural

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Integrated Engineering and Interdisciplinary Impacts

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Adrian Villalta-Cerdas; Mary Swarthout, Sam Houston State University; David Thompson, Sam Houston State University; Taylor Martin, Sam Houston State University

staff collaborates with university-wide programs topromote STEM education and contribute to the university’s quality enhancement plan (QEP). Thepaper shares details regarding faculty and student involvement, the development of preparatorycourses, institution-wide resources, and student outcomes from the project with the academiccommunity.IntroductionThe STEM Center at SHSU seeks to increase the number and quality of STEM graduates byestablishing a strong foundation for learning using innovative teaching practices, supportingstudents in finding research and internship opportunities, and building lifelong skills needed foradvancement and leadership in STEM careers. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology (PCAST