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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College; Gabe Hanzel-Sello, Growth Sector; David Gruber, Growth Sector

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Electrical/Electronic Engineering majoring in Telecommuni- cations. She gained an MSc. in Mobile and Satellite Communication from the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and her Doctorate in Cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK . She has been inter- nationally recognized for her contributions towards youth empowerment and campaigning for equity for African Americans and Females in STEM education and Career. She has research interests in the Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sustainable Energy and Appropriate Technologies for Emerging Economies and bridging gender and race divides in STEM education and careers. Rose-Margaret has implemented various initiatives to increase access and retention of

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sabrina Starr Jedlicka, Lehigh University

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Diversity

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Materials

Paper ID #29292Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Developmentin Materials Science and EngineeringDr. Sabrina Starr Jedlicka, Lehigh University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Development in Materials Science & EngineeringAbstractCourses in professional development can be a catch-all to address student skill building in areassuch as technical writing, communication, career path reflection, and ethics. While each of theseskills is important to student development, the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine G. Herbert, Montclair State University; Thomas J Marlowe, Seton Hall University; Jerry Alan Fails, Boise State University; Cyril S Ku, William Paterson University; Kelly M Goedert, Seton Hall University; Emily Hill, Drew University; Nina M Goodey, Montclair State University; Donal Thomas MacVeigh S.J.

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], tackles these challenges in a novel way. Mostapproaches to increasing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) enrollment ingeneral – and computer science enrollment in particular – focus on secondary or even primaryschool students or underclass college students. NECST, however, looks to interest undergraduatesclose to graduation, recent alumni, or returning students from any discipline in graduate study incomputer science. These interests are motivated as a change in career direction, or equally often as ameans to acquire skills, concepts, and frameworks that complement their original discipline or careerplans [4]. This can be an advantage for students of all disciplines, including undergraduatecomputing majors, since employers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

theundergraduate curriculum of these two majors is very similar, thereby facilitating thedevelopment of a cohort. We provide mentoring, cohort-building activities, and sharedcoursework early in the students’ academic careers to aid in the development of a cohortexperience for this group. Our program consists of four organized cohort interactions persemester: two networking events for strengthening the cohort community and two professionaldevelopment events to facilitate student successes.3.1 Mentoring ProgramThe ASPIRE mentoring program has three components: peer mentoring, faculty mentoring, andindustry mentoring. The interconnection of these components is shown in Figure 1. The ASPIREmentoring program attempts to ensure weekly mentoring while balancing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Krishna Kumar V. Nedunuri, Central State University; Edison Perdomo, Central State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Fall Spring 100 Freshmen 2017 2021Second 4 3 4 3 3 4 7 4 Fall Spring 100 FreshmenTotal 8 6 8 6 7 7 142. Increase the retention of the ENE-WRM majors in the low-income community at CSUUSE4WRM targets an increase in retention of the incoming freshman and sophomoreUSE4WRM Scholars to 80%, junior level scholars to 90% and senior level scholars to 100%while expecting the scholars to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.3. Increase the career and graduate school opportunities to the ENE-WRM graduatesWe target ten

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering

’ struggles with courses such as ‘Surveying’ that need advanced quantitative skills.Overwhelmingly, construction students had positive attitudes towards science and mathematics,and agreed that these skills are needed for career success.This study demonstrates the need for curriculum improvements that will strengthen the SL skillsof construction students. Furthermore, contributions add value to knowledge base necessary toadvance construction education research on scientific literacy skill development. Insightsprovided may be used to guide construction curriculum improvement, with increased emphasison quantitative skills for solving real-world problems. Strategies such as tutoring, mathematicslaboratories, and math placement tests could increase

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Evan Curtis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

with the increasingworld population while the resources available to meet these demands remain limited. Aninnovative workforce capable of designing creative solutions to these problems is needed.Agricultural and biological engineers focus on food, water, energy and healthcare systems andwill play a pivotal role in meeting these challenges. However, public awareness of these fieldsand their impact on society is limited. The objective of this study was to assess undergraduatestudent understanding of Agricultural Engineering (AE) or Biological Engineering (BE) degreeprograms and identify key motivating factors to pursuing a degree/career in these fields.Sophomore AE and BE students enrolled in a course on the engineering properties of

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sifat Islam, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Iris Minor, Florida Atlantic University; Susanne I Lapp, Florida Atlantic University ; Dilys Schoorman, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

alsoeducated about careers that require this skill set and were introduced to a programminglanguage called “Processing”. We observed that students showed increased enthusiasmtowards CS. In addition, we noticed that the group activity component of the classesencouraged sociability and idea synthesis among peers. This CS community outreachprogram motivated us to extend the effort to teach science concepts using the Processinglanguage. This may potentially promote sociability, creativity, and empowerment inSTEM among middle school students. Specifically, we plan to use the Processingprogramming language to facilitate learning of biological and chemical concepts, sincesuch concepts can be difficult for students to visualize from a textbook. This

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sanjeevi Chitikeshi, Old Dominion University; Shirshak K. Dhali P.E., Old Dominion University; Betsey Odell, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing ; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

- sutrial Engineering and Management, focused on Production Systems Design, and dipl.ing. degree in Industrial Engineering focused on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation. She went through engineer- ing pathways herself, completing master electrician degree when completing Technical School in Uzice, Serbia, focusing on pre-engineering program on high power voltage systems and maintenance of electro- mechanical systems. Her research is focuses on engineering pathways, career and technical education, digital thread, cyber physical systems, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of

Conference Session

Modeling, Inquiry, Engineering Literacy & Argumentation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V. Tarnai-Lokhorst, Camosun College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

: Girls and boys participate equally in Physics 11 classrooms in the Greater VictoriaRegion in British Columbia. Yet girls continue to comprise less than 20% of Physics 12classrooms and less than 15% of most engineering education programs. This active researchfocuses on diagnosing and mitigating the invisible barriers in Physics 11 that preclude youngwomen from continuing their studies in physics to the 12th grade and beyond. Three identifiedfactors for the persisting gender gap in physics follow. The first factor is rooted in stereotypicalbeliefs about engineering as a gendered career. The second factor arises from student beliefs thatthere is little new to discover in physics. The third factor relates to an inability to visualize howphysics

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

grades inengineering courses, but rather through students’ beliefs about their confidence in completing theirengineering degree, obtaining the knowledge required to be successful in their career, and certaintyof attaining their desired career path. Prior work has utilized metrics such as High School GPAand SAT math scores to understand graduation rates (e.g., [7], [8]). We move away from usingthese metrics of success for three reasons: 1) first-generation college students tend to have morediverse pathways than continuing-generation college students, that is, a high percentage may havepassed through community college before transferring to a four-year institution [9], [10]; 2) wesought to capture students beliefs about their abilities to succeed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Tim Robinson, 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

activities: methods and preliminary resultsIntroductionThere exists a continuing issue in the United States with respect to under-enrollment inengineering majors in college, and hence interest in pursuing an engineering career, especiallywithin underrepresented groups including women [1]. Studies have shown that a strong predictorof students enrolling in engineering college majors and pursuing an engineering career is studentinterest in engineering at the K-12 level [2, 3]. In addition, it has been shown that a critical timewhere student interest, identity, and career choices begin to solidify is during middle schoolyears [4, 5] and hence should be the population on which studies should focus. The NationalAcademy of Engineering and National Research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumer Pial Das, Lamar University; B. D. Daniel, Lamar University; Stefan Andrei, Lamar University; Lawrence Joseph Osborne, Lamar University Computer Science Department

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to conduct research with afaculty member. They also attend career workshops, professional seminars, conferences.Students are supported financially throughout the Summer Bridge program. Among the resources provided are summer housing and lodging at no cost, and a tuition waiver for the course from LU. They also receive a $500 stipend from the grant in both summers. LU offers ASCENT Scholars, in addition to financial support, a wealth of academic support, career development, and community building activities that will promote the program’s ability to meet the objectives of the program. Following the selection of recipients, Scholars participate in one orientation session that introduces Scholars to the program, faculty, alumnae, and each other

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

thisfield. They can be contributing to the operations aspect or to the sales process. TheIndustrial Distribution program at Texas A&M University has about 500 students andabout 20% of these students are female. Many of them do not think technical sales is apossible career choice for a woman. Many of them also shy away from the many otheropportunities that an ID major can pursue thinking that technical sales is the only optionfor them. In most Engineering schools, there is an active Society of Women inEngineering (SWE) chapter in existence and it is true in this case as well. However, theactivities that SWE hosts are mainly catered to students wanting to purpose engineeringjobs in design, manufacturing, construction etc. The SWE activities

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystel Castillo P.E., The University of Texas - San Antonio; Mauricio Cabrera-Rios, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Michael W. Persans, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Hudson R. DeYoe, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Rio Grande Valley, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg TX 78539AbstractGrowing energy demand is connected to water availability and climate change and it placesadditional stress on the environment. Thereby, It is critical to prepare the next generation ofengineers and professionals to face the challenges in bioenergy, expand sustainable alternatives tofossil fuels1 and enable climate-smart agriculture2,3. To address this challenge, a career-orientedmultidisciplinary educational model is being implemented at three minority-serving institutions.This paper discusses the foundation of this educational program, which provides a robustresponse to the current sustainability issues by conducting multidisciplinary coordinatededucation, mentoring

Conference Session

Faculty Development II: Building Community Among STEM Educators

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University; Nicole M. Colston, Oklahoma State University; Julie Thomas, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Juliana Utley, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

collaborative efforts – such as No Duck Left Behind, a partnership with waterfowl biologists to promote wetland education efforts, and En- gineering is Everywhere (E2), a partnership with a materials engineer to develop a an efficient model for STEM career education. Thomas has been active in professional associations such as the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA-Past Executive Director and the Council for Elementary Children International (CESI-Retiring President).Dr. Juliana Utley, Oklahoma State University Juliana Utley is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Director for the Center for Research on STEM Teaching and Learning (CRSTL) at Oklahoma State University. Her research interests include

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Alberto Acuna, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Joseph E Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Joshua Daniel Roth, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Joseph Towles, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Wisconsin–Madison in 2015.Mr. Joseph E Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison Joseph E Michaelis is a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology in the Learning Sciences area at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. His research involves studying interest in STEM education, focusing on the impact of learning environments, feedback, and influence of social constructs and identities. This research includes developing inclusive learning environments that promote interest in pursuing STEM fields as a career to a broad range of students.Dr. Joshua Daniel Roth, University of Wisconsin-MadisonDr. Joseph Towles, University of Wisconsin, Madison Joseph Towles is a lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shuyan Sun

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

current and future needs for a diverse skilled workforce in mechanical engineeringand the rising cost of higher education that acts as a barrier for many talented students withinterests in engineering, the NSF funded S-STEM project at a state university focuses resourcesand research on financial support coupled with curricular and co-curricular activities designed tofacilitate student degree attainment, career development, and employability in STEM-relatedjobs. This program has provided enhanced educational opportunities to more than 90economically disadvantaged and academically talented undergraduate students in the MechanicalEngineering Department in the past eight years. It is expected that approximately 45academically talented and financially

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

adjunct associate professor in the Technology, Engineering, and Design department at NC State and earned her doctorate in Technology, Engineering, and Design in the College of Education at NC State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Evaluation of collaborative REU exploring the energy spectrum from body-heat harvesting to smart grid technologyEngaging in research is one of the few and critical project-based learning experiences of theundergraduate engineering career. Typical students are rarely exposed to authentic applicationsof engineering design, research, and/or multidisciplinary content until the capstone course at theend of their undergraduate curriculum

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Doreen Aveni, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

fall, students take anintroductory freshman seminar geared specifically for WISE Honors students to get acclimatedto the rigors of college academic work. In spring of the first year, students take a seminar course,Opportunities in STEM and Beyond, which includes guest lecturers to introduce students to thebreadth of STEM research and discovery. Learning objectives include understanding thecollaborative, interdisciplinary nature of STEM and its worldwide relevance.Second year. The sophomore year expands on career and research and also emphasizesacademics. Society and Gender in STEM explores how gender impacts STEM and uncoversstereotypes and sources of underrepresentation in in the field. Research and Discovery in STEMfosters student capacity

Conference Session

Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nicole Gutzke, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity, Pre-College

Paper ID #24575FemineerTM : An Innovative and Engaging Program to Empower K-12 Fe-male StudentsDr. Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Kristina Rigden is the Director of Outreach Programs and the Women in Engineering Program for the College of Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). In her position, she provides several different outreach programming events to engage K-12 female students to pursue STEM majors and/or careers. Dr. Rigden holds a B.A. in Liberal Studies from Cal Poly Pomona, a TESOL certificate, a M.A. in Teaching with a multiple

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University; Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli2 1 Mississippi State University, 2 Washington State UniversityAbstract This paper concisely reports on the design and organization of a summer camp in the construction area and explores the impacts of such activities on getting high school students’ awareness of the benefits of a construction career. Summer camps provide a pathway for examining youth development in specific areas. Camps represent environments where participants can develop their technical knowledge, social skills, and emotional intelligence through a series of theoretical and practical activities that are fun, engaging, interesting

Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Esther Jose, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Diversity

Experiences of engineering women faculty in the era of affirmative actionThe purpose of this work in progress research paper is to explore the pervasiveness of thenarrative that women succeed easier in STEM/ Engineering careers because they are women.While extensive literature has documented that women still face significant discrimination inacademic spaces, the narratives of growing commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion(DEI) efforts, and especially those related to affirmative action, by institutions often misleadpeople to believe that such efforts reflect in direct benefits that give an advantageous edge towomen and other minorities. This paper explores these dynamics by asking if women faculty andgraduate students, who

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Susie Huggins, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Manar Yamany, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, West Virginia University; Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University; Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University

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Diversity

,” thisevent fosters student engagement and introduces first-year students to opportunities that broadentheir participation and enhance their academic success in engineering. By providing a platformfor student organizations to highlight their work and recruit new participants, EngineerFESTencourages peer learning and interdisciplinary interaction, enhancing the educational experience.Representatives from Career Services, Libraries, Study Abroad, and Student Services participateto inform students about available resources and networking opportunities. Additionally, studentsfrom varied backgrounds are made to feel welcomed and included, fostering a sense of belongingthrough the active participation of organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Macarena Becerra-Cid; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

areas. Women's sense of belonging is crucialto higher education institutions, especially in highly masculinized careers such as engineering.It increases academic motivation and can influence their success in higher education.However, statistics worldwide show that the increase in the sense of belonging and, thus, inthe participation of women in STEM areas has not risen enough to reduce the gender gap. Inthe current research work, we present data collected over one semester in an EngineeringSchool at a large private university in Chile. Our main objective is to diagnose and analyzethe students' sense of belonging in social and academic areas, their self-efficacy, andperceived institutional support from a gender perspective. With a quantitative

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gretchen A. Dietz, University of Florida; Kayla Julianna Kummerlen, The University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

to emphasize the differences between the academicand professional worlds, allowing students to be more prepared for life after graduation [21].One approach to combatting the negative impact of workplace culture is through mentorship.Professional engineer Kim Parker Brown has said that “One cannot overestimate the importanceof having someone who believes in you and is willing to act as a mentor” [9, p. 49]. Mentors canhelp a mentee transition into the professional workforce by providing guidance and alleviatingstress, especially in the beginnings of a career [10]. For women in STEM, having a mentor of thesame gender has been found to be particularly effective [8]. Hernandez [8] concluded that havinga mentor of the same gender makes it more

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Celena Miller, University of Texas Austin - Center for Space Research ; Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

Paper ID #35106STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES): A reimagining of an onsiteNASA/TSGC/UTCSR high school internship programMrs. Celena Miller, University of Texas Austin - Center for Space Research Celena Miller is the Senior Outreach Program Coordinator for the Texas Space Grant Consortium in Austin, Texas. She has worked for over twelve years in education. During that time, Celena has worked in the Texas public school system, promoting earth and space education to students, teachers and the community through curriculum, professional development, science nights, and career exploration. Celena has been recognized for

Conference Session

Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sohrab Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jen Skidmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Trish Wonch Hill; Michael Loehring; Emily Griffin Overocker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Collegiate, Diversity

the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he directs the Perceptual Systems Research Group. His research interests include information, video and signal processing, engineered healthcare and engineering education. He was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering in May 2018.Dr. Trish Wonch Hill Dr. Trish Wonch Hill is an applied sociologist who collaborates with scientists across STEM disciplines to investigate how to spark STEM career interests during childhood and adolescence. She is particularly interested in how to find STEM pathways for youth who belong to historically underrepresented groups (girls, rural youth, race/ethnic minorities).Mr. Michael LoehringDr. Emily Griffin Overocker, University of Nebraska

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Katie Johanson; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College; Naja A. Mack, University of Florida; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century, and higher education student success.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pavan Kumar Moturu, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Prabhakar Reddy Pagilla, Texas A&M University; Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

prior research experience. In total 20 students(ten per year) participated in the program and worked on individual project topics under theguidance of faculty and graduate student mentors. Unlike a typical REU program, theCybermanufacturing REU involved a few unique activities, such as a 48-hour intense design andprototype build experience (also known as Aggies Invent), industry seminars, and industry visits.Overall, the REU students demonstrated significant gains in all of the twelve research-relatedcompetencies that were assessed as a part of formative and summative evaluation process. Whilealmost all of them wanted to pursue a career in advanced manufacturing, includingCybermanufacturing, the majority of the participants preferred industry