Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session V

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

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Monica Lauren Singer; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

Paper ID #219302018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Leveraging a NSF S-STEM grant to initiate ”PEEPS” (Program for Engi-neering Excellence for Partner Schools) for recruiting and retaining studentsfrom underrepresented groups while covertly transforming ourselves and ouruniversityDr. Katherine Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her degrees in Materials Science and Engineering are from Michigan State University and MIT. Her

Conference Session

Focus on ETAC Accreditation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); WEIHUA FAN

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #31351SETS: Lessons Learned and Best Practices of Implementing S-STEM projectin the Engineering Technology Department of a Large Urban MinorityServing Public Research Intensive UniversityProf. Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE) Dr. Xiaojing Yuan is Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology program of Engineer- ing Technology Department. She is the founder and director of the ISGRIN research lab and actively incorporating undergraduate research activities as part of final project requirements in several undergrad- uate junior and senior level

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg L. Saylor, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Promoting Research and Entrepreneurship Skills in Freshman Engineering Students: A Strategy to Enhance Participation in Graduate and Enrichment ProgramsAbstractThis paper describes the structure, implementation strategy, and early results of an undergraduateNSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Programaimed at: (a) increasing the number of graduating engineers with research and entrepreneurshipexperience, (b) preparing students for the future needs

Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Ford, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Kathleen G. Rubin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the UMass Amherst College of Engineering. She has over 30 years experience in recruiting, retaining and graduating engineering students. From 2003 through 2007, she also served as Director of Education, Outreach and Diversity for CASA - an NSF Engineering Research Center. She has been a Co-PI and Program Director for several previous CSEM and S-STEM awards. Page 26.1543.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Impact of Federally Funded Scholarship Programs on the Success of Transfer Students at a Public

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

of peer support to achieve in higher education [2]. Co-curricular and informal learning opportunities can provide students access to expert thinking intheir disciplines, and can improve retention in the sciences [3]. S-STEM scholarship programswere designed to provide curricular, co-curricular, and financial support to students withfinancial need who are underrepresented in STEM fields. Results from S-STEM programindicate scholars experience greater retention and higher achievement than their peers, [4,5,6] yetlittle is known about how S-STEM scholarship programs shape students’ professional identitiesin their fields.The Cybersecurity National Science Foundation S-STEM scholarship project is a joint effortbetween two- year and four-year

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis; Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Aaron Robinson, The University of Memphis; Stefano Alessandro Blasoni, The University of Memphis; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Michael Jacobson, Pennsylvania State University; William Taylor Schupbach; Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver; Karen D Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Mengyuan (Alice) Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Tony Chase, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Their current project is CourseNetworking (or CN), an academic social networking and learning platform, which has been used by the NSF Urban STEM Collaboratory project to connect student scholars from three urban universities and facilitate their STEM identity development through ePortfolio building and digital badges. Mengyuan has an EdD in Instructional Systems Technology with a research focus on social learning and innovative learning technology.Tony Chase, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Urban STEM Collaboratory: 5 Years of Lessons LearnedAbstractThe Urban STEM Collaboratory is an NSF-funded S-STEM project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ludwig C. Nitsche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, UK. He joined the UIC Chemical Engineering faculty in 1991, and has research interests in fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, applied mathematics and computer simulations - with applications in drug delivery technology.Prof. Jeremiah Abiade c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering StudentsIn this paper, we summarize the poster presented at the NSF Grantees Poster Session that providesan overview of the S-STEM program. The S-STEM program at the University of Illinois atChicago (UIC) began in 2017 and was developed to provide

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

, academically talented students. An innovative scholarship program developedand implemented at Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC has achieved an 81.8%on-time graduation rate for students in engineering technology programs and other advancedtechnologies by addressing a barrier referred to as the “digital divide” (NSF DUE #0422405,#0806514, #1259402). A technology support element was added to a National ScienceFoundation-funded S-STEM scholarship program in 2004 to address a well-documented needamong prospective scholars. Many scholarship recipients did not have access to a personalcomputer with the software and capability to do assigned work when off campus. To besuccessful, students were making extra trips to the campus to work in an

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya L. Peeples, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

bachelor’s degrees may be eager to enter the engineering workforce. However,in many engineering disciplines, individuals have more earning potential and career trajectoryoptions with a master’s degree. In this paper, we identify several categories of barriers and lessonslearned to launching an S-STEM focused on graduate students at a large R1 public institution thatmay be useful to other such programs. These include discussions on recruitment of this specializedpopulation of students into graduate school, especially those from other institutions, can bedifficult because i) there are structural and legal barriers to accessing financial information aboutstudents to identify low-income students and ii) smaller institutions may not have the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jung Won Hur, Auburn University; Cassandra Thomas, Tuskegee University; Li Huang, Tuskegee University; Xiao Chang, Tuskegee University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

low-income families, we have implementeddiverse support programs, including co-curricular and outreach activities. These initiatives weremade possible through the NSF’s S-STEM grant, awarded to us in August 2022. The project aimsto prepare talented minority and underrepresented students to successfully enter computing-relatedworkforce or graduate program to meet local and national needs, which would be also helpful forincreasing the diversity of computing field. The purpose of this paper is to spotlight our ongoingefforts, provide an overview of the outcomes achieved through these initiatives, and outline ourforthcoming plans for continued support and enhancement.Program Description and Supporting ActivitiesOur S-STEM program aims to empower

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Wendy Chi, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

, Boulder Dr. Wendy Chi is director of ABC Research & Evaluation, as well as a research analyst at Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado. Dr. Chi holds a Ph.D. in Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her research interests include educational equity and access for underrepresented students, with a specific focus on underrepresentation in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Developing Meaningful Studies of Student Success with Equity in Mind –Considering Context (Experience Report)AbstractThe National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(S-STEM) grants are designed to support

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro; Analia E. Rao; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Hye Rin Lee, University of Delaware; Gregory Diggs-Yang, University of California, Irvine; Lorenzo Valdevit

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Scholarship ProgramIntroductionThere is a lack of low-income community college students who successfully transfer to four-year-institutions, graduate with an engineering baccalaureate degree, and enter the STEMworkforce/graduate school [1,2,3]. To remedy this situation, the current project, funded throughan NSF S-STEM grant, developed the “UC Irvine Pathways to Engineering Collaborative” tohelp low-income students from diverse backgrounds to successfully transfer to and persist in theengineering program of a four-year university. The designed program targets the population ofstudents who have the ambition to pursue engineering degrees, but often lack the resources orexposure to engineering opportunities. The aim of the project is to a) increase the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracie Ferreira, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Shakhnoza Kayumova, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-efficacy and engineeringidentity, thereby facilitating the transition of LIAT undergraduates to graduate-level programs;and (3) it aspires to cultivate leaders proficient in technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation,who will contribute to and fortify the economy of the South Coast of New England—a regionnoted for its diversity and post-industrial economic challenges marked by significant poverty.ResultsIn its inaugural year, the AccEL program generated a large applicant pool, with 46% of eligiblestudents applying, the cohort included 8 eligible female students and a substantial number fromunderrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds. Eight M.S. students were successfully recruited intothe first cohort of AccEL S-STEM scholars, reflecting

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Nelson Blue, University of Southern Maine

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

  STEM Scholars Bridge Program for Increased Student Retention, Internship and Career Exploration at University of Southern Maine NSF Awardees Poster Session 2015 ASEE Conference Page 26.1397.2    AbstractIn the summer of 2012, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University ofSouthern Maine (USM) with a scholarship grant for “STEM Opportunities for AcademicallyCapable and Financially Needy Students: University of Southern Maine STEM ScholarsProgram” (S-STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Nelson Blue, University of Southern Maine

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Scholars Program” Award # 1153281AbstractThe National Science Foundation awarded the University of Southern Maine with a grant forSTEM Opportunities for Academically Capable and Financially Needy Students entitled the“University of Southern Maine STEM Scholars Program,” Award # 1153281. At the completionof our fifth year, this poster presentation provides an opportunity to present data on the successof our S-STEM program, as well as share some of the best practices learned and applied. TheUSM STEM Scholars Bridge Program has been a model for blending the elements ofrecruitment, retention, and placement into an integrated, comprehensive but non-intrusiveprogram that promotes student success in transitioning from high schools and communitycolleges

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyedehsareh Hashemikamangar, The University of Memphis; Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis; Craig O. Stewart, The University of Memphis; Aaron Robinson, The University of Memphis

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

ofthis five-year experience for UofM scholars. For both scholars and other eligible students,demographic data including gender, race and ethnicity, and first-generation status and academicperformance data including overall GPA, GPA in math courses, GPA in major courses, creditsreceived, retention rates, and graduation status are presented. Also, academic performance ofscholars and non-scholars (S-STEM eligible students) are compared. The data is also analyzed toreport gender and underrepresented/represented demographics.The UofM scholars showed better academic performance across all measured categories andhigher retention rates than S-STEM eligible students. To gain better insight into the impacts of theUrban STEM project on personal and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

this lack of representation in higher education engineeringprograms, the University of Lowell S-STEM program, funded by the NSF Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM), has the goal torecruit three cohorts of low-income, high-achieving students who wish to pursue a career inhigher education. The UML S-STEM program supports engineering scholars for four years,their last two years of undergraduate school and their first two years of graduate school. Thegoal of the program is to attract and retain diverse engineering S-STEM scholars and preparethem to enter the competitive pool of future faculty candidates. We present our successes and challenges in recruiting the first two cohorts of low-income

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Juan M Cruz, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Abagael Anne Riley, Rowan University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, 2024AbstractThere is substantial opportunity for engineering graduates to enter the workforce to engage in afulfilling career and achieve social mobility. Still, there is a lack of adequate support forlow-income, academically talented students. The purpose of this poster is to describe theinterventions designed to support S-STEM scholarship students at Rowan University in the firstyear of our S-STEM project. Our S-STEM project objectives are threefold: 1) Providescholarships to encourage talented students with low incomes and demonstrated financial need toinitiate and graduate from engineering majors in the College of Engineering at Rowan Universityand subsequently enter the engineering workforce or a graduate program; 2) Develop a supportsystem that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine E. Douglas, University of California, Los Angeles; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Anabella Gonzalez

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the 1st generation, low income, urban and rural highschool student populations. As evidenced by their SAT Math achievement scores and high GPA’swhich prompted their admission, these students are smart. However, they received their STEMeducation in low performing urban and rural high schools and were raised in highly challengedunder-resourced neighborhoods. Research shows that these talented students succumb to theintensity of the 1st and 2nd year university math/science courses. The S-STEM BEATS projectbuilds upon prior NSF S-STEM and STEP projects lessons and practices which proved S-STEMscholars will thrive best when embedded and engaged in an academic innovation ecosystem whichallows students to benefit from the support talents and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Olson P.E., Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Technology, New Delhi.Dr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is the Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Callahan received her Ph.D. in Materials Science, M.S. in Metallurgy, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Her educational research interests include materials science, freshman engineering programs, math education, and retention and recruitment of STEM majors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Lessons Learned from S-STEM Transfer Student Scholarship ProgramAbstractThis paper describes how the College of Engineering at Boise State University utilized

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Maher, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; John Kevern, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Jacob M. Marszalek Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea; Carol Nicole Pflum, Longview Community College; ANTHONY WEISS

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering transfer partnership when we began our S-STEMproject. We now know our preconceived notions only lightly orbit the current reality.” Thissaying has become symbol of our NSF DUE (Division of Undergraduate Education)-funded S-STEM project, the Kansas City Urban Renewal Engineering (KCURE) scholarship program.Now in its third operational year, the KCURE program supports the transfer of low-income civiland mechanical engineering students. When our research team applied for S-STEM funding, weassumed we had a solid engineering transfer student partnership between MetropolitanCommunity College (MCC) and University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).However, the MCC engineering coordinator’s retirement three years into KCURE programoperations

Conference Session

Track 2: Technical Session 5: From Barriers to Bridges: The GEES Program's Impact on Low-Income Master's Students' Success and Professional Development

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Ximing Li, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh; Keith Trahan, University of Pittsburgh; Tagbo Herman Roland Niepa, Carnegie Mellon University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

and their career progression in STEM fields [1]-[2].In order to bridge these gaps, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) has fundedprograms aimed at supporting students through scholarships, mentorship, and careerdevelopment. The Graduate Engineering Education Scholarship (GEES) of the University ofPittsburgh is one of the success cases of the NSF S-STEM (Track 2) initiative. The GEESprogram, launched 2019 by the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering(SSoE), is an attempt to address the financial issues that low-income students face. There aretwo primary objectives: (1) to increase access to Master of Science (MS) degrees

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington; Yolanda Parker, Tarrant County College; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #32725Broadening the Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in theMathematical SciencesProf. Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington Dr. Aktosun is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research area is applied mathematics and differential equations with research interests in scattering and spectral theory, inverse problems, wave propagation, and integrable evolution equations. He is involved in various men- toring and scholarship programs benefiting students. He has been the GAANN Fellowship Director in his department since 2006, the NSF S-STEM Scholarship

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

attaining a four-year university education (includingtuition and fees, as well as room and board) ranged from $23,250 for in-state students to $40,550for out-of-state students in 2022, individuals, particularly those from low-income backgrounds,can face significant financial challenges and stress [4].These financial burdens may be a deterrent for students to pursue degrees seen as morechallenging, like STEM degrees, in fear of having academic setbacks and incurring additionalcosts. Therefore, a key factor in strengthening the STEM workforce is creating opportunities toenhance capacity by ensuring accessibility to STEM education for individuals across allsocioeconomic groups [2]. Funding opportunities, like the National Science Foundation’s S-STEM

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Boyd, American Institutes for Research; Jing Yan, Tennessee State University; Taylor Lightner, QEM Network; Mercy Mugo; Ivory A. Toldson, Howard University; Lin Li P.E., Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

(S-STEM) grant to increase engineering degree completion of low-income, high achievingundergraduate students. The project aims to increase engineering degree completion byimproving student engagement, boosting retention and academic performance, and enhancingstudent self-efficacy by providing useful programming, resources, and financial support (i.e.,scholarships). This work is part of a larger grant aimed at uncovering effective strategies tosupport low-income STEM students’ success at HBCUs. The next section will discuss thebackground of this work.Keywords: Historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs), learning environment,undergraduate, underrepresentationBackgroundA public historically black land-grant university in the southeastern

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, his Master’s of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Ms. Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator and the SAGE Scholars Program Director in the College of Engineering at Boise State University. SAGE Scholars is an NSF-funded S-STEM scholarship program which is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium. As part of this program

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Transferring and Smoothing Transitions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia Kay Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, SFAz Center for STEM, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, SFAz Center for STEM at Arizona State University; Anna Tanguma- Gallegos Gallegos

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Two-Year College

Mission College S-STEM ATE* S-STEM HSI* Laredo College IUSE AISL HSI* ATE Miami Dade College S-STEM S-STEM* ATE* Palo Alto College IUSE S-STEM* ATE* West Hills CC S-STEM ATE* S-STEM S-STEM* Central Arizona 2 College ATE* HSI* LA Harbor College S-STEM Lee College IUSE HSI-F19 NMSU Grants ATE HSI* Phoenix College DRK12 HSI* HSI-F19 San Joaquin Delta S-STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Palm IV, Roger Williams University; Nicole Martino, Roger Williams University; Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and minorities continue to be underrepresented in engineering, both nationally and atRoger Williams University. In 2012, women constituted just 12% of engineering graduates at theuniversity, while minorities constituted just 4%. In an effort to boost the enrollment, performance,and persistence of underrepresented students, the university applied for and received an NSF S-STEM grant to integrate engineering, biology, and marine biology students into an existingprogram supporting underrepresented students on campus. The combined program, known asSTILAS, provides participants with a $10,000 NSF scholarship, supplemented by the university,as well as dedicated tutoring and advising, and co-curricular activities such as field trips and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Shanon Marie Reckinger, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Didem Ozevin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Performance Evaluation of an Ongoing Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of High- Achieving, Low-income Engineering StudentsAbstractThe present paper reports an update on an NSF-funded S-STEM program currently in its lastyear at the University of Illinois Chicago. Lessons learned during the project implementation arealso listed in the paper. A summary of the paper materials will be presented at the ASEE 2023Annual Conference and Exposition as part of the NSF Grantees Poster Session.The project's objectives are 1) enhancing students' learning by providing access to extra and co-curricular experiences, 2) creating a positive student experience through mentorship, and 3)ensuring successful student placement in

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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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #16560ASCENT - A Program Designed to Support STEM Students through Under-graduate Research and MentoringDr. Kumer Pial Das, Lamar University Dr. Kumer Pial Das is an Associate Professor of Statistics and the Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. He is the PI of a S-STEM program funded by NSF.B. D. Daniel, Lamar UniversityDr. Stefan Andrei, Lamar University Stefan Andrei received his B.S. in Computer Science (1994) and M.S. in Computer Science (1995) from Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2000) from Hamburg University, Germany. He was