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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Rachel Walsh

ability to communicate in practice• Impact of accents• Coping mechanism of self-segregation (Rose- Redwood and Rose-Redwood, 2013) Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018 American Society for Engineering Education Session CEED 432 Overcoming Challenges• Focus on empowerment and practice • Ongoing language support (opportunities to practice, writing centers) • Workshops specifically targeting professional communication, LinkedIn, career fairs, networking, navigating cultural differences in the workplace, etc. • Peer mentorship Proceedings

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Veronica van Montfrans, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Gary R. Kirk, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Andrew L. Gillen, Virginia Tech; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Holly Larson Lesko; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech

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. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Gary R. Kirk, Virginia Tech School of Public &

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Elizabeth Petry

Session ETD 435 Professional Preparation for Architectural Engineering Technology Students Elizabeth Petry, AIA Associate Professor and Architecture Licensing Coordinator University of HartfordAbstract:The University of Hartford’s Architectural Engineering Program (AET) or pre-architecture program is based on the blending academic-based theoretical studies withprofessionally based problem solving. Our objective has always been “to preparestudents for a variety of professional careers in the design and building

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neil A. Knobloch, Purdue University; Levon T. Esters, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Abeera P. Rehmat, Purdue University; Quintana M. Clark, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Ulyssa Hester, Purdue University; Trinity A. Johnson; Dottie Vollmer, Purdue University; Elizabeth Morgan Alexander, Purdue University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #22317Enhancing Minority Middle School Student Knowledge, Literacy, and Moti-vation in STEM Using Culturally Relevant ContextsDr. Neil A. Knobloch, Purdue University Neil Knobloch is a recognized leader for his scholarship of teaching and learning processes in agricultural sciences to engage and retain students in the STEM career pipeline. His research improves the devel- opment of future educators and scientists to engage with K-12 audiences, demonstrates learner-centered teaching strategies to increase student motivation and engagement, and advances intentional and inclusive mentoring of women and minorities in

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Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi M. Sherick, University of Michigan

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

faculty in Engineering, facilitating career advancement, fostering connections, and providing leadership development opportunities. Heidi served as the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Diversity in the College of Engineering at Montana State University from 2001-2012. She also served as the Director of EMPower, the engineering minority program. Heidi earned her PhD in Educational Leadership from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. She studied developmental relationships in higher education and investigated the processes through which higher education leadership is fostered including mentoring, coaching, role-modeling, sponsoring, and networking. c American Society for

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Gender Track - Technical Session I

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Maya Rucks, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Diversity, Gender

engineering, K-12 engineering, and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.” c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The WISER Experience: Perceived Supports Embedded in a Living-Learning

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ET Peripherals

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Mohammed Sayer Elaraj, Alaqsa University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

) architecture and design methodology, Engineer- ing Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is a 2013-2014 Fulbright scholarship recipient at Qatar University, where he taught courses on Embedded Systems. Ad- ditionally, Dr. Alaraje is a recipient of an NSF award for a digital logic design curriculum revision in collaboration with the College of Lake County in Illinois, and a NSF award in collaboration with the University of New Mexico, Drake State Technical College, and Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The award focused on expanding outreach activities to increase the awareness of potential college stu- dents about career opportunities in electronics technologies. Dr. Alaraje is a

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Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto; Madeleine Santia

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

Practice StyleAbstractInherent to the career trajectories of professional engineers is an expectation that they learn tointegrate communication, interpersonal and leadership skills into their technical knowledge base.While this process may feel smooth and natural to some, research suggests that others find itchallenging and require support [1-3]. Our paper examines three bodies of literature relevant toengineering leadership learning in industry contexts: industry perspectives on the skills, traitsand styles of effective engineering leaders; large-scale surveys tracking engineers’ career pathsand transitions; and ethnographic studies examining engineers’ professional identitydevelopment. Our primary reason for doing this is to ground the next

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Technical Session VIII

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati

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FYEE Conference Sessions

. They are doing this with hopes ofpersuading more students to pursue a career path related to the STEM (science, technology,engineering, and math) fields. The efforts of these organizations are well supported bytheoretical models [2],[3] and empirical studies [4-6] discussed later in this paper, that showinterest plays an important role in students’ college major and career choices.Studies also support that interest plays a role in a student’s decision to persist in engineering[7],[8]; this makes it important for engineering colleges to purposefully attempt to help studentsretain interest in engineering. Three main opportunities are present in post-secondary educationto help students maintain interest: courses and guest lectures, work (co-op

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Disability Track - Technical Session VI

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H. Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Chase Addison Barr

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Disability

Paper ID #213792018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Why inclusion programs are beneficial to students with disabilities and howuniversities can help: perspectives of students with disabilitiesMs. Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University Meenakshi Das is a junior computer science student at Mississippi State University and has an active interest in Accessibility in tech.Dr. Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University Sarah Lee joined the faculty at Mississippi State University after a 19 year information technology career at FedEx

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Mistele, Radford University; Sandra Nicks Baker, Radford University; Sarah L. Strout, Worcester State University; Prem Uppuluri, Radford University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Elites: A STEM Leadership ProgramAbstractIn this article, we describe the Emerging Leaders in Technology, Science and Mathematics(Elites) program developed as part of an NSF S-STEM grant awarded to RadfordUniversity’s Artis College of Science and Technology. The S-STEM grant supportsscholarships for meritorious students with financial need. Elites was designed to incentivizestudent participation in high impact activities that would help them develop their careers asthey are progressing through their degree. Coupled with strong advising, the Elites program’soverarching goal was to increase retention among scholarship recipients and help themcontinue to pursue STEM related careers. This

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education, 2018 The Effect of Engineering Summer Camps on Middle School Students Interest and IdentityIntroductionA persistent problem in engineering is an insufficient number of students interested in pursuingengineering as a college major and career. Under enrollment in engineering is highest forunderrepresented groups [1]. Student interest in engineering at the K-12 level has been shown topredict whether students of all backgrounds pursue engineering as a college major and career [2,3]. Middle school is a critical time where student interest, identity, and career choices begin tosolidify [4, 5]. Social cognitive scientists [6, p. 79] have developed a framework based on socialcognitive theory [7] for understanding

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Faculty Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington

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Faculty

and recently biomedical systems. She is the first Associate Dean of Faculty Ad- vancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. Awards/service include 2015 AAAS Mentor Award, Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Board of Directors, NSF Presidential Award for Ex- cellence in Science, Math and Engineering Mentoring, Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award. She is the founding director of the Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculties (PURPOSE) Institute”. A certified coach, Grant consults and empowers STEM individuals at all levels in the academy towards excellence in career and professional development. Her workshops on mentoring and academic career development for

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis; Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Alin Wakefield, University of California, Davis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

available to students is provided as supplementalmaterial.Survey development and administrationSurveys of students were completed prior to matriculation and again after the first year ofgraduate study in order to measure the following three outcomes regarding the PEGS21curricular and co-curricular activities: 1. A change in the participants’ self-efficacy related to persistence in graduate school including their research and social self-efficacy; 2. A difference in participants’ perception of barriers to graduate school and careers, and 3. A change in participants’ coping skills related to barriers to graduate school and careers.Data were collected from two groups:1. PEGS21 Group: graduate students who participated in the

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Connecting BME education to the "real world"

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya M. Nocera, The Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Alexis Ortiz-Rosario, The Ohio State University; Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University; David A. Delaine, The Ohio State University

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Biomedical Engineering

young discipline in which individuals are trainedto solve problems at the interface of engineering and biology. Many students pursuing this fieldaim for careers in developing new medical technologies. Unfortunately, the BME-to-industrypipeline faces hurdles that appear to be keeping students from pursuing their medical industrycareer goals. Herein is a brief discussion of the history of BME and the influences that may havecreated challenges faced by students seeking industry careers. We then present a case study atThe Ohio State University (OSU), a large research I university, which evaluates and comparesthe industry employment potential of students progressing through and graduating from BME.Through this case study, we aim to identify measures

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University; Ekundayo Shittu, George Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education, Professional Development, and OutreachAbstractAn undergraduate Nanotechnology Fellows Program was established to addresses key problemsin implementing nanotechnology education: (1) science and engineering curricula are alreadyfull; (2) practical, hands-on experiences require extensive training on complex, expensiveequipment; and (3) necessary fundamental concepts and knowledge span multiple disciplines andare rarely taught at the undergraduate level. This work reports on the program evolution over thecourse of three years as well as the short- and long-term impacts on students’ academic andprofessional careers. The evaluation results from the first year indicated the most profoundimpact came from integrating the interdisciplinary

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Sharon Britton; Andrea Cox; Lorraine Mountain

3GE/NU Partnership TeamCooperative Education and Employer Relations andExperiential Learning Career ServicesCollege of Engineering • Maria Stein• Lorraine Mountain - COE • Jim Boyle• Sharon Britton - MIE • Jane Braley• Jake Walker – BioE/ChemE• Josie Flanagan – ECE NU Alumni Relations andD’Amore-Kim School of Business Development• Heather Hauck –Finance • John Bowen• Ernest Mauristhene – MarketingCollege of Computer & Information NU Center for STEMScience Education• Yasmil Montes • Claire Duggan • Nicholas Fuchs

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Faculty Development Medley

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A. Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

/service include 2015 AAAS Mentor Award, Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Board of Directors, NSF Presidential Award for Ex- cellence in Science, Math and Engineering Mentoring, Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award. She is the founding director of the Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculties (PURPOSE) Institute”. A certified coach, Grant consults and empowers STEM individuals at all levels in the academy towards excellence in career and professional development. Her workshops on mentoring and academic career development for NSF ADVANCE programs at Purdue, Cornell, Texas A&M, University of Toledo, UVA, Prairie View A&M, and the ADVANCE Annual PI meetings

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Kerrie Pieloch, Suffolk University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

developmental psychopathology with underserved populations. She is the co-PI for an NSF grant which provides schol- arships and career counseling to engineering students at Suffolk University. Her role in the project is to assess career development trajectories for the scholarship students, create program evaluations, collect assessment data and disseminate information to the STEM community. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Evaluation of the Suffolk’s Electrical Engineering S-STEM Program at Year 4 Suffolk University’s Electrical Engineering (EE) S-STEM Scholars program aims to givefull scholarships to study electrical engineering at

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock J. LaMeres, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Jessi L. Smith, Montana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Theory states that students are more motivated to pursue a career when theybelieve the profession affords the values that they personally endorse. Goal-Congruity furthercategorizes value into two forms, agency (wealth, prestige, power), and prosocial (working withand helping others, benefitting society). In our study, we focus on the often-overlookedprosocial value. This type of value system is important for two reasons. First, with theubiquitous nature of technology in the modern world, the consequence of engineering decisionscan have a devastating impact on society, often in the aggregate over time. Considering thesocietal impact within the engineering decision making process can benefit the sustainability andaccessibility of new technologies

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra A. Major, Old Dominion University; Katelyn R. Reynoldson M.S., Old Dominion University; Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University; Seterra D. Burleson, Old Dominion University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #22998Preliminary Validity Evidence for a Brief Measure of Engineering IdentityDr. Debra A. Major, Old Dominion University Debra A. Major, Professor & Eminent Scholar at Old Dominion University (ODU), earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Michigan State University. Her research broadly focuses on how people successfully enact their careers and overcome barriers to career success. Dr. Major’s current research focuses on work-family conflict and coping and the barriers encountered by women and ethnic minorities pursuing careers in science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM

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Motivation, Attitudes, and Beliefs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Lee Perkins, North Carolina State University; Mary Wyer

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Educational Research and Methods

groups (such as womenand racial minorities) can help solve the numbers problem and can improve the quality of workbeing done [7], [8]. This requires both expanded efforts to engage new students and a criticalanalysis of the STEM ‘pipeline’. Specifically, the fact that many students report early interest inSTEM but drop out as undergraduate students, graduate students, or early career professionalsindicates that this is more than an issue of early recruitment, but a more serious flaw in the‘pipeline’ [9]–[11].As a result, many methods attempting to engage and retain a wider array of students have beensuggested and tested [12]–[14]. Key among them is the idea of ‘identity’, or the extent to whichstudents identify with their field and feel that

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Lucinda Fowinkle

. Thisexperience gives the student motivation to complete their degree and enter industry aftergraduation. Internships benefit all of the stakeholders: the student gains valuable, marketableskills that give them a head start to a career; the employer has the opportunity to screen potentialfuture employees; the engineering technology programs’ recruitment and retention rates increase.Teaching in an engineering technology 2+2 program has given me experience with students of abroad age range. I began to notice that some of the younger students were not as engaged in theclassroom, were absent more often, and seemed to only be concerned with passing the courseand not necessarily understanding the concepts. The problem did not seem to be related toaptitude, but

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Socioeconomic Track - Technical Session II

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Dawn Anita Hunter, The University of Texas, Austin; Efren Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas, Austin; Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity, Socio-Economic Status

thenumber of African American, and Hispanic individuals becoming Science andEngineering professionals when compared to non-Hispanic Whites and Asians [3]. Thishas been linked to the disparities in exposure to technology both in the home andschool [4].Panelist 1 – Provides equal and equitable opportunities for underrepresented ethnicminorities and students with marginalized identitiesThe Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas (UT) at Austinestablished the Equal Opportunity in Engineering (EOE) Program in 1970 to promotethe recruitment and academic development of African American, Hispanic, and NativeAmerican students interested in pursuing careers in engineering. Since that time, EOEhas expanded its goals and now seeks to increase

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Topics in Computing and Information Technology-II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University; Valerie A. Carr, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Morris E. Jones Jr., San Jose State University; Amy Strage

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

. Other programs reflecting Wei’s international reach include the college’s Poverty Alleviation/Service-Learning program and Engineers Without Borders. This global perspective is rooted in a vision of SJSU as a preeminent producer of forward-thinking problem-solvers. With this goal in mind, Wei has established the Silicon Valley Engineering Scholarship, a program that provides $5,000 of annual support for high-achieving students to pursue engineering careers. Wei is also a Principal Contributor to CSU (California State University) Engineering Academies, a statewide program that helps high schools better motivate and prepare students for the rigors of engineering education. Moreover, she supports the creation of high

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Symone Whipple, Kennesaw State University; Shelbie P. Prater, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

labeled as first-generation, low-income or underrepresented. In these programs, participants learn about differentaspects of STEM majors along with skills and knowledge required for applying to college.Because these programs are sponsored by external funding and networks, they can exposeparticipants to STEM opportunities and careers. Understanding participants’ attitudes towards,and understanding of, engineering and engineering careers can provide insights on how to gaugethe students’ and the community’s understanding of STEM. Thus, these programs have thepotential to broaden participation in STEM fields and increase the STEM workforce [1].It will be important, moving forward, to be able to identify the critical experiences of students inthese

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Construction Division Technical Session 3: Case Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Perrenoud, University of Oklahoma; Juvenal Huizar, University of Oklahoma

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Construction Engineering

electrical industry and provided consultation to several government organizations on alternative project delivery methods.Mr. Juvenal Huizar, University of Oklahoma Through traveling throughout the eastern part of Europe Juvenal developed a love and fascination with buildings, their construction and maintenance in particular. The intricacy of buildings and their operation has been a field that needs more development in relation to future prospective careers for graduating col- lege students. This paper is geared for Facility Management professionals and students interested within this field of Construction Management. This paper explores the Facility Management career opportunities within the State of Oklahoma. Juvenal

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Program Evaluation Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayman Ali; Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan University; Shivani D Patel, New Jersey Department of Transportation

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

found that the curriculum utilized was successful at achievingthe goals of the NSTI program. The evaluation results also indicated that the participating studentsenjoyed the various sessions and activities, thus, suggesting that the management of the programat Rowan University was successful.INTRODUCTION The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in partnership with state highway agencies(State DOTs) offers an annual program known as the National Summer Transportation Institute(NSTI). This program is typically held in most states across the nation and aims to increaseawareness of the potential career opportunities in the transportation industry among middle and/orhigh school students. The program focusses on minority, female, and

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Design Thinking and Creativity

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Barbara G. Ryder, Virginia Tech; Margaret O'Neil Ellis, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

for universities toidentify methods for attracting and retaining students, particularly women, in computer science.Interactionalist theory which suggests student retention to a degree is based on personal andenvironmental factors provided the framework guiding our study. In addition, career certaintymodels allowed us to investigate how experiences at the undergraduate level influenced careerinterest in computer science. Questions included prompts to reflect on environmental andpersonal factors that sustained or diminished interest in continuing within a computer sciencedegree and ultimately a career. Significant results suggest that females and males have a similarundergraduate experience and our results indicate that across institutions

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean L. Bossart, University of Florida; Neelam Bharti, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

, consistently show great success in theenrollment and retention of women. Research into women’s preference for these engineeringdisciplines suggests that women earn larger proportions of undergraduate degrees in programswhere they perceive their career will benefit society in the long term and that these preferredprograms offer both the motivation to persevere in the curriculum and, once completed, greaterprospects for a more rewarding career. Based on these findings, university engineeringdepartments can help motivate women to major in engineering and to stay engaged throughouttheir college careers by offering opportunities to address societal challenges and reinforce thepotential contribution they can make through their career. Academic libraries can