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2024 South East Section Meeting

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Showkat J. Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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professional growth. As a result, theCumulative GPA, Retention Rate, and Graduation Rate of these NSF STEM Scholarssignificantly increased, and graduation time needed significantly decreased compared to theirpeers.5. AcknowledgementNational Science Foundation, NSF S-STEM Award#1564893 and Award#2129961.References[1] Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, (2018). Four Decades of STEM Degrees, 1966-2004: The Devil is in the Details, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Accessed May, 2020 from http://www.careercornerstone.org/ccnews/pdf/ stem6report.pdf[2] Olson, S. & Riordan, D. G., (2012). Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Erik Fredericks, Grand Valley State University

investigation into fuzzing within our environment. Weaim to incorporate different types of fuzzers that impact PCG elements of the game (i.e., storygeneration, content generation), the interface, and the overall gameplay itself. Our goal is todiscover potential problems within our environment while minimizing the amount of requiredtest cases generated. Another direction for research is in search-based testing, or usingevolutionary computation-based techniques for generating test cases. Last, we intend to continuedeveloping the game itself for use in outreach activities and further research endeavors.AcknowledgementsFinancial support for this project was provided by RISE (www.gvsu.edu/rise), which is fundedby a National Science Foundation S-STEM award

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Two-Year College Potpourri

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Anne K Flesher, Truckee Meadows Community College; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

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. Second, we were challenged by the requirement that we must focus on educationalresearch, rather than the practical concerns of improving the “student professional formationexperience,” such as, for example, improving and expanding course offerings, student successstrategies, and transfer policies. We were, however, fortunate enough to have one of the Co-PIsfrom our partner university who was trained as an engineering education researcher through anNSF Research Initiation in Engineer Formation (RIEF) grant and had experience working onresearch on an S-STEM grant. She now serves as the primary engineering education researcheron the RED project, in conjunction with expert advice on research methodology and analysisfrom one of the consultants for

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Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation and Research Consulting; Raena Cota, New Mexico State University; Ruth Constansa Torres Castillo, New Mexico State University; Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University; Adan Maximiliano Delval, New Mexico State University

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the introductory course, inwhich the faculty member was energetic and showed interest in supporting student learning.Since that first course, Ernesto noted a change in faculty support–in fact, in CS1 Ernesto was toldto find help outside of class because the faculty member was not able to assist in his learningbeyond class time. Ernesto described finding friends as a source of support based on his experience in the S-STEM program–this sense of community flourished in his third year as a student at theuniversity. He considers his own introverted nature and his self-consciousness about his Englishas possible factors that impacted his sociability in the department early in his schooling. Ernestoviews the department as one that can, at

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 16

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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may not be meeting those challenges.MethodsContext: This research was conducted at a single large research intensive (RH-VH) public universitylocated in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, as part of an NSF Funded S-STEM program. S-STEM programs are intended to support low-income students in their trajectories to and through school.While most funded SSTEM programs in the United States are aimed at undergraduate student support, thisSSTEM is unique in that it supports low income Master’s students to obtain thesis-based MS degrees.Students in the program are supported financially, have substantial professional development programming,regular mentorship meetings with faculty affiliated with the program, and peer/near-peer mentoring. At

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tazim Ahmed, The University of Texas at Arlington; Syed Mufid, The University of Texas at Arlington; Shuchisnigdha Deb, The University of Texas at Arlington; Mahmudur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington

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. doi:10.3389/fcomm.2021.606445[7] K. Vance, S. Kulturel-Konak, and A. Konak, “Assessing teamwork skills and knowledge,” 2014 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, Mar. 2014. doi:10.1109/isecon.2014.6891052[8] K.-Y. Lin et al., “Design of an assessment system for collaborative problem solving in STEM Education,” Journal of Computers in Education, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 301–322, Jul. 2015. doi:10.1007/s40692-015-0038-x[9] T. Brown and M. Ahmadian, “Improving students’ soft skills through a NSF-supported S- STEM scholarship program,” 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. doi:10.18260/1-2--20614[10] N. Satchakett and A. Thana, “Stem education project-based learning activities impacting on

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Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Conner, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. His work focuses on how technology supports knowledge building and transfer in a range of learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Examining the motivations and experiences of transfer students participating in an undergraduate research courseAbstractIn this paper, we use both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine transfer student’s in ascholarship program to better understand their university experiences and what drives them tosucceed. The Student Pathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA)program is an NSF S-STEM (Award#1834081) that aims to aid students in their transfer fromtwo

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Baka, Youngstown State University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University

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empower faculty mentors, strengthen mentoring relationships, and foster a moresupportive and enriching learning environment for undergraduate engineering students.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant S-STEM-2030894. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. ReferencesAnafarta, A., & Apaydin, C. (2016). The effect of faculty mentoring on career success and career satisfaction. International Education Studies, 9(6), 22. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v9n6p22AuCoin, D. J., & Wright

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Spotlight on Diverse Learners

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lily Rui Liang, University of the District of Columbia; Rui Kang; Carlos Sac Mendoza, University of the District of Columbia

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Interest Group (SIG) Democratic Citizenship in Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2016 to 2018. She has taught high school mathematics and holds a clear renewable teaching certificate in mathematics in the state of Georgia. She currently serves as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of a National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM grant.Carlos Sac Mendoza, University of the District of Columbia ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing Lafayette Park Minecraft World to Broaden Participation in ComputingAbstract. In this project, we developed Lafayette Park World, a Minecraft Education game andprogramming

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University; Wendy Cagle, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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is professor and Director in the School of Engineering + Technology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Austin, masters degree from Penn State, and PhD from Georgia Tech, all in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Stone combines 9 years of industry experience at General Electric with his 22 years teaching in Engineering to pursue his interests in Lean Six Sigma and outdoor gear design and testing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Fostering Leaders in Technology Entrepreneurship (FLiTE): Second Year ProgressThe NSF S-STEM-funded program titled Fostering Leaders in Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama; Sarah T Dunlap, The University of Alabama; Debra Moehle McCallum

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Paper ID #41350Board 382: Social and Cultural Activities Integrated into International ResearchExperiences for an Undergraduates Program in the Czech RepublicDr. Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama with an active interest in engineering education. He has been the PI of multiple education/research focused grants from the REU, RET, IRES, DUE, and S-STEM programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Beyond the education focused efforts, his research explores techniques to

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

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Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; John Misasi PhD, Western Washington University

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, S. Alqudah and A. Klein, "Examining first-year engineering programs' impacts on sense of belonging across gender," in Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2023.[15] J. Brobst, E. Litzler, S. Alqudah, R. Barber DeGraaff, J. Davishahl, P. Fizzano, D. Hartenstine and A. Klein, "Developing sense of belonging in isolation: insights from two projects supporting STEM undergraduates," in American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, 2022.[16] J. Brobst, E. Litzler, J. Davishahl, S. Alqudah and A. Klein, "Impacts of supports on student affect in an engineering-focused S-STEM," in Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, 2020.[17] WWU Institutional

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Track 3: Technical Session 1: An Ecosystem of Support Initiatives for BIPOC, Women, and Domestic Graduate Students in STEM

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Andrew Edmunds, Clemson University; Melissa Smith, Clemson University

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sustainable • Collect feedback from students in multiple ways to determine what elements are missing in your ecosystem.Presenters will recap connections and opportunities to transfer lessons and strategiesto participants own institutions by highlight key activities and steps at ClemsonUniversity. 30C o N E C D 2 0 2 4What we’re working on next• We are continuing to seek external funding to provide funds to students and support initiatives. NSF INCLUDES, NSF S-STEMs, and non-profit opportunities are all targets. These efforts will target domestic students broadly but include approaches that will ensure BIPOC and women continue to have access

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Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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an NSF S-STEM grant.Two computer engineering students worked on this project for one semester. The objective ofthis project was to design a smart wireless sprinkler system to be used in residential and smallbusinesses. A wireless sensor network was designed and used throughout a lawn that tookperiodic moisture measurements and sent the data to the sprinkler control system, so that the unitcan make informed decision about what areas of a lawn need to be watered. The system that wasdesigned can be easily retrofitted into any existing sprinkler system. The top-level view of thesystem for their design is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Top Level View of the System [24]To design the smart wireless sprinkler system

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama; Claire Major, The University of Alabama; Miriam E. Sweeney, The University of Alabama

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Paper ID #41558Board 285: First-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering UndergraduatePerformance at Identifying Ethical Concerns in IEEE Case StudiesDr. Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama. Through NSF funding, he has coordinated REU Sites for engineering students to explore renewable resources and speech pathology. He is also the coordinator for an NSF S-STEM program to prepare students for gateway courses across different disciplines of engineering to support and retain students in

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2024 ASEE North East Section

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John F Drazan, Fairfield University; Emily J. Hangen, Fairfield University

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programsDr. Hangen (Social-Personality Psychology): Currently Dr. Drazan and I meet weekly to advance ourwork. Within 11 months of beginning our collaboration we have worked across at six projects which haveresulting in various scholarly products such as a co-authored podium presentation at the OrthopedicResearch Society Annual meeting that was recognized as a Finalist for the New Investigator RecognitionAward (NIRA), co-authored a manuscript on a sports biomechanics STEM outreach intervention (inprep), and as co-PI’s (along with another colleague) a National Science Foundation S-STEM proposal.These early, tangible, outcomes have laid the groundwork for future projects and collaborations at theboundary of our respective fields.More broadly, I have

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Curricular & Program Design

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Stephanie M Gillespie, University of New Haven

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used in this study.References[1] R. Harichandran, N.O. Erdil, and S. Gillespie, “College-Wide First Year and Career Mentorship Programs,” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 2022. https://peer.asee.org/41342[2] S. Alqudah et al., “S-STEM engaged engineering scholars: Insights from year 1,” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Virtual, June 2020. https://strategy.asee.org/35171[3] H. Darabi et al., “An integrated program for recruitment, retention, and graduation of academically talented low-income engineering students,” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Virtual, June 2020. https://peer.asee.org/34133[4] C. B. Muller, “The

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 3: Advising in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Conner, Clemson University; Skylar Hubbarth, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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Engineering and Computing (SPECTRA) program is an NSFScholarship in STEM (S-STEM)(Award # 1834081) based out of Clemson University in SouthCarolina. The SPECTRA program focuses on aiding transfer students interested in anEngineering or Computing degree by offering scholarships, opportunity to form cohorts, andaccess to professional skill-building programs. The goals of SPECTRA are as follows: (1) to provide scholarship opportunities to low-income students who wish to pursue engineering or computing at Clemson (2) to build cohorts of transfer students to support their transition into Clemson while also allowing for the Advisors for Cohorted Engineers (ACE) Fellows program to aid in the

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Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College

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, California, USA.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community college between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), and Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In ASEE, he is chair of the Two-Year College Division, and Vice-Chair/Community Colleges of the Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022. ©American Society for

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lily Liang, University of the District of Columbia; Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia; Rui Kang

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preparation and professional development. Her 20+ publications include articles that appear in journals such as International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, Journal of Social Studies Research, School Science and Mathematics, and Mathematics Teacher. She served as the Program Chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Democratic Citizenship in Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) from 2016 to 2018. She has taught high school mathematics and holds a clear renewable teaching certificate in mathematics in the state of Georgia. She currently serves as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of a National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM grant. ©American Society

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Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama

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Paper ID #41346Comparison of Engineering and Computer Science Student Performance andOpinions of Instruction of a Microcomputers Course Across Delivery FormatsDr. Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama Todd Freeborn, PhD, is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Alabama. Through NSF funding, he has coordinated REU Sites for engineering students to explore renewable resources and speech pathology. He is also the coordinator for an NSF S-STEM program to prepare students for gateway courses across different disciplines of engineering to support and

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Centers, The MITRE Corporation; Michael A Balazs; Titilayo Ogunyale

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) appear to have increased in their share of thetotal agency investments in STEM education over that same time frame. Also revealed from thisvisualization is how highly-invested agencies tend to have a handful of highly invested programsand then multiple smaller efforts. Because most STEM investments are funded via multipleappropriations from Congress, this graphic demonstrates that the approximately one billion dollarincrease in Federal STEM education funding is being utilized by multiple entities and notnecessarily just the few whose missions more closely overlap with achieving effective STEMeducation.Top funded programs listed in the inventory can be seen in Table 5. Of these ten investments,which encompass nearly 39% of fiscal year 2021’s STEM

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Track 2: Technical Session 7: Assessing Key STEM Identity Constructs among Hispanic Engineering Students and Professionals

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Dayna Lee Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Kimberly D Douglas P.E., Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Esther Gonzalez; Andrea D. Beattie, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.

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Prof. in Grad School Construct (U) (G) (P) (P-s) STEM Identity 4.04 4.08 4.17 4.18 Underrepresented 2.48 2.36 2.23 2.23 Status Perspectives (Micro- 3.51 3.40 2.98 3.31 Affirmations) Perspective 4.44 4.24 3.72 4.67 (Classes/Work) Perspective 7.01 7.12 7.29 7.56 (Feelings

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Attitudes and Perceptions of Mechanical Engineering S-STEM Scholars,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 143, n.o 12, p. 121006, dic. 2021, doi: 10.1115/1.4051715.[13] I. Thacker, V. Seyranian, A. Madva, N. T. Duong, and P. Beardsley, “Social Connectedness in Physical Isolation: Online Teaching Practices That Support Under- Represented Undergraduate Students’ Feelings of Belonging and Engagement in STEM,” Education Sciences, vol. 12, n.o 2, p. 61, ene. 2022, doi: 10.3390/educsci12020061.[14] "Gender mainstreaming: A global strategy for achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls," UN Women, 2020. [Online]. Available: [URL]. [Accessed: 29-Oct-2021][15] "Criterios y estándares

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karcher Morris, University of California, San Diego; Jaclyn Duerr, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Bill Lin, University of California, San Diego

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have been aligned through the EMPOWER program to meet the transfer engineeringstudents’ needs as they transition “in, through, and out” of their respective institutions and intomeaningful careers. This effort is ongoing and aims to produce data that can help the educationalcommunity better understand these transitions, especially as they pertain to Pell-grant-eligible,transfer engineering students.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge the support from the National Science FoundationScholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program.Additionally, we have a strong team leading a wide range of efforts through EMPOWER. Theauthors would like to acknowledge meaningful program contributions from Dr

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Transfer Issues Between 2-Year Colleges and 4-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Lubbe, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida; Justin Ortagus, University of Florida; Hope Allegra Allchin, University of Florida; Sofia Isabel Montiel, University of Florida

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