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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris S. Hulleman, University of Virginia; Delaram A Totonchi, University of Virginia; Joshua Davis, University of Virginia; Michelle Francis, University of Virginia; Emma Huelskoetter; Yoi Tibbetts, University of Virginia

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,Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, School of Education andHuman Development, University of Virginia: da3tm@virginia.eduSuggested citation:Hulleman, C. S., Totonchi, D. A., Davis, J., Francis, M., Huelskoetter, E., Smith,A., & Tibbetts, Y. (2023, June 23-25). Educational Contexts that Support StudentMotivation Lead to Better Academic Outcomes in STEM: The Role of MathematicsInstructors in Student Motivation [Paper presentation]. ASEE 2023: Baltimore,MD, United States.IntroductionInstructors play a critical role in creating educational contexts that can support or thwart studentmotivation and success [1]-[3]. This impact can be explained by the cue hypothesis [4]-[5],which posits that students will look to situational cues in

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Avinash Danda; Bruce L Tai; Vinayak Krishnamurthy; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University

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to tackle this grand challenge, especially inconjunction with the Engineering World Health: Projects That Matter challenge on enablinglow-cost medical testing devices for the developing world, a multi-disciplinary and multi-levelteam approach that leverages the future generation of engineers is needed – this paper, inaddition to detailing the project, investigates the effectiveness of such vertically-integrated teamsin tackling essential aspects of this grand challenge.This specific project utilizes a haptic device for VR-based surgical simulations in bone cuttingoperations such as drilling, sawing, and burring, as shown in Figure 1. Haptics refers to the feelof touch. Currently resident surgeons are trained on artificial models, cadavers

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Virtual Mentoring Program, Listening to Those That Matter, Moving Beyond Research, and Career Outcomes Tracking

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lexy C. Arinze, Purdue University; Janet M. Beagle; Jacqueline E. McDermott

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is vital to developing engineering diversity. In the United States, the enrollment ofdomestic Black or African American and Hispanic students in doctoral programs is low (4.3%and 8.4%, respectively) compared to other races [1]. These percentages are even far less thantheir representation within the US population, 13.6%, and 18.6%, respectively [2]. Further, it hasbeen shown that mentoring programs focused on URM undergraduate students positively impacttheir academic performance and retention [3]. However, an outstanding question is whethermentoring can help prepare URM undergraduate students for graduate school and whethermentoring of prospective graduate students (undergrad mentees) by current graduate students canhelp increase feelings of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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opportunities for graduate school. As a result of these findings,we increased our outreach opportunities to allow students to discuss and explore the benefitsof graduate school to build the interest and self-efficacy of our target population. Further, weasked faculty members that work with the students to reach out to students individually andencourage them to apply. Using this approach, after identifying 79 eligible students, 38applications were received, 84% from our list of eligible students, and 63% from populationsunderrepresented in engineering.Problem One of NSF’s strategic objectives is fostering the growth of a more capable and diverseresearch workforce [1]. According to the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,and Medicine

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Teresa Cardador; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Isabel Miller, University of Michigan; Hannah Chiou; Andrea J. Kunze, Delta State University; Sohee Kim, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign

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career path/role choice. We use twocomplementary theoretical lenses to inform our investigation – intra-occupational sexsegregation (IOGS) and social cognitive career theory (SCCT).Intra-occupational Gender Segregation in Engineering While scholars have long noted that engineering is a gender segregated profession,researchers are also paying more attention to patterns of gender segregation within theengineering profession—whereby women and men pursue different career paths and roles withinthe profession—and to acknowledge that they may have important negative consequences forwomen’s professional retention in engineering [1, 2]. However, there is still a relative paucity ofresearch examining how and why these patterns of intra-occupational

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Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University; Lisa Ospitale, Stony Brook University

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engineering education with a focus on emerging technology systems in thecontext of applications and societal impact. We do this through a program of faculty-mentoredmultidisciplinary research, professional development, and exposure to real-world issues thatreflect the impact of nanotechnology on society, the business community, human health, and theenvironment. This approach also supports self-efficacy, multidisciplinary team-building,understanding the broader impacts of technology, and building the skills necessary for researchand lifelong learning.Overall, the key goals are:1. To provide an exciting and productive research experience for each fellow.2. To create a small cohort of students, who share common goals, that supports the developmentof

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Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston

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-STEM Program for First-Year Students: 3rd-Year Results1 IntroductionIn 2012, over four million freshmen were enrolled in U.S. four-year institutions of highereducation, and of those almost two million received Pell grants in their first year. Six years lateronly 43% of those students had obtained a bachelor’s degree, 10 percentage points behind non-Pell recipients [1]. The education disparity between privileged and low-income students hasslowly been widening over the years. The percentage of first-time students who obtained theirbachelor's degree within six years has increased from 57% (in 2001) to 69% (in 2017) forstudents from families in the fourth (highest) income quartile [2]. However, for students

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Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera

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process, these hurdles can seem almostinsurmountable. As universities around the nation are faced with directives to increase bothenrollment and retention, many have developed programs aimed to attract specific groups ofstudents [1-8]. The success of the population of first-generation students in college environmentshas been the focus of many studies [9-14]. The U.S. Department of Education defines first-generation students as “students whose parents have never earned a bachelor’s degree but mayhave some postsecondary experience” [15], which is the definition used by the SD-FIRSTprogram. Because first-generation students do not have familial experience to turn to, they oftenface specific, significant challenges when navigating the higher

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Arlington1. INTRODUCTIONWith the grant support from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) at the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), we have been running an S-STEM program [1] in the MathematicsDepartment at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) since 2008. In this paper we presentthe basic information about our S-STEM program and shares some lessons learned over the yearsto run the program better for the benefit of the participants and also for the PI team involved. Theinformation contained here provides an update on our S-STEM program as of April 2023, and itsupplements the data provided in some previous papers [2,3,4].Our S-STEM program uses the acronym SURGE, formed from some of the initials of the fulltitle “A Comprehensive System

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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student well-being and retentionIntroductionDoctoral students are experiencing a “mental health crisis” [1], including high rates of mentalhealth concerns and mental health service utilization ([1], [2], [3]) and high rates of attrition.Estimates suggest that the national attrition rate for doctoral students is near 50% (e.g., in [4],[5], [6]). In engineering, the attrition rate is somewhat better compared to other disciplines,however this rate is still high (e.g., no less than 30% [4]). Further, engineering students havebeen described as pursuing fewer help-seeking opportunities such as counseling servicescompared with students in other disciplines [3]. While efforts are underway to characterize theculture of

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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curricula.IntroductionCivil infrastructure forms the physical foundation for our society. Therefore, civil engineers areethically obligated to consider issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice (DEIJ), asacknowledged in the most recent revisions to the American Society of Civil Engineers Code ofEthics [1]. This professional responsibility is shared among those who practice engineeringcurrently – the engineers of today – and those who educate the engineers of tomorrow. There isevidence that engineering faculty increasingly recognize the importance of educating students toapproach problems through a socio-technical lens. However, institutional and professionalsociety efforts around DEIJ continue to focus primarily on issues of representation and

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey E. Brady, Vanderbilt University; Hyunyi Jung, University of Florida; JOSE DAVID DE LEON ALEJANDRO, University of Florida; Chonika C Coleman-King, University of Florida; Zandra de Araujo, University of Florida; Kayla Sutcliffe, University of Florida

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shelters in their design decisions.Team 1. This group began by talking about the walls of the shelter: how to measure them andhow to represent them. More generally, they focused on the structural elements of the shelter,using the materials to envision it and the options they had for design. They began early withmaterials, working to build a model that would take into consideration the real dimensions of thewood panels and wood studs listed in the supply sheet. To them, solid, sturdy walls wereimportant, and they decided that a floor was also important. One student in particular from thisgroup was concerned about the stability and sturdiness of the structure, emphasizing the woodenstuds and their placement, to make the shelter safe.Team 2. This

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Historically, only half of declared engineering undergraduates will graduate with abachelor’s degree in engineering [1], [2]. Furthermore, underrepresented minority (URM)students and women enroll in engineering programs at much lower rates than their white malecounterparts and suffer disproportionate attrition rates [1]-[3]. This lack of participation andpersistence in engineering programs leads to an inequitable and unrepresentative engineeringworkforce [1]. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report claimsthis contributes to the national labor shortage as well as lost opportunities for economic gain [3]. Different engineering fields attract and support varying levels of women and URMstudents [1]-[5]. Women made up

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Kelly Bohrer, University of Dayton; Amy Anderson; Elizabeth Generas; Marjorie Langston Langston; Sharath Krishna

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change.Teachers play a significant role in helping students develop an awareness of, and interest indifferent career opportunities [1]. They also help shape a students’ self-efficacy and expectationswhich can have a significant impact on the student’s choice of careers [2]. Unfortunately, manyteachers either have little knowledge of the field of engineering or have misconceptions about thefield such as failing to identify engineering as a career that helps humanity [3-4]. EngineeringCommunity Engaged Learning (CEL) is an excellent way to help teachers understand howengineering, as well as other STEM careers, can have a high level of community engagementwhile using creativity to help humanity.For the 2022-2023 Global STEM cohort, RET participants engaged

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Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University

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Support for Undergraduate EngineeringStudents[1], East Carolina University (ECU) in collaboration with three partnering communitycolleges was awarded a Multi-Institutional Track 3 S-STEM Grant (Grant number: 1930497) inJanuary 2020. The intention of the project was to recruit 2 cohorts of scholars with 40 studentseach. One cohort was to start their pursuit of a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering degreein Fall 2020 and the other in Fall 2021. Each cohort was to be comprised of 20 students whostarted at ECU as freshmen and 20 students who intended to get an associate’s degree from oneof the partnering community colleges and transfer to a university to complete the BS inengineering. Despite some early challenges in recruiting students and

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl W Reid, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, American Society for Engineering Education; Richard R Harris, Northeastern University; Michael Silevitch

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©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engineering PLUS (Partnerships Launching Underrepresented Students) Eddie Bernie Johnson INCLUDES National AllianceEquipping the engineering workforce to meet national challengesResearch shows that teams with gender and racial diversity are highly effective when innovationand problem-solving are critical goals [1]. Despite a wealth of best practices published over thepast several decades on how to broaden participation in engineering, and despite significantinvestments to increase diversity in the engineering workforce by the National ScienceFoundation, engineering industries, and universities, women currently comprise just 23% of

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Mayra S Artiles, Arizona State University; Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Rising Doctoral Institute: Helping minority students overcome the transition into the engineering Ph.D. Studies on graduate education have shown that underrepresented racial and ethnicminorities (URM) finish PhDs in engineering at lesser rates and longer timeframes than theirmajority counterparts [1], [2]. While multiple interventions have been designed for studentsconsidering their decision to apply for graduate school, few focus on the transition into thosedoctoral programs. Graduate student development frameworks argue that it is during this initialtransition into doctoral education that graduate students suffer the largest dissonance with theirenvironment [3]. Students

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Katherine Acton, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas; Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

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programs that offer streamlined credit transfer, areaffordable and accessible, and provide specialized support to ensure their success.The APEX program is designed to follow evidence-based practices to support transfer students’acclimatization and success in the engineering program, including cohort-building, mentoringand connections with internships. It has been shown that combining multiple strategies bydeveloping cohorts to engage transfer students in STEM learning communities and using bridgeprograms and other holistic, targeted supports has proven to be an effective approach [1]. Acohort-based summer course and year-round activities organized through APEX support transferstudents’ acclimatization and success at UST [2]. The cohort learning

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacalynn Sharp, JHU APL; Julianne Burroughs; Jorge Luis Rivera; Aishwarya Jayabharathi; Katherine-Ann Carr; William Roberts Gray-Roncal; Danielle Patrice Hilliard, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel; Alberto J. De Jesus Santiago

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increased afterparticipating. With intentionally removing the barriers of needing prior technical skills andproviding professional development trainings for students such as networking, Net-Hack was ableto provide a supportive and accessible space for participants regardless of background. Ourapproach has the potential to be used as a non-conventional recruitment tool for organizations.IntroductionWe seek to address national workforce challenges for the STEM community, focusing on issuesof inclusion, diverse recruiting, and retention. Our United States labor force is facing twointertwined challenges: 1) an aging labor force and 2) a decreasing talent pool entering the laborforce1. In the search for a novel, inclusive, and informative recruitment

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eugene leo draine mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College

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Council and a Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Educa- tion project. His grant-funded activities are focused on serving Engineering Technicians in Undergraduate Programs, and broadening access to careers in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023High Tech and High Touch: Inclusive Ecosystems for Community College Engineering and EngineeringTechnology Student SuccessIntroductionThe economic demand for engineering and engineering technology professionals in the United Statescontinues expand with the support of national government policy. Through the efforts of previous andcurrent White House administrations [1]–[3], and recent legislation on

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary E Lockhart, Texas A&M University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University

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researchers to gauge thetemperature of a group of students and assess the effect of interventions developed to promotechange within the culture.BackgroundThe need for computing professionals in the workforce is growing rapidly. The U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics (2022) estimates that employment in computer and information technologyoccupations is projected to grow 15% from 2021 to 2031, generating 682,800 new jobs andannually replenishing another 418,500 vacancies. This rate is much faster than the average forall other occupations [1]. These statistics indicate that there is a great need to continue toincrease the overall number of qualified computing professionals within the United States.Though the number of undergraduate students enrolled in

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University; Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University

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participatingin and delivering high-performance sustainable infrastructure projects. Finally, this study wouldbe valuable for implementing SI and enhancing the project management skills of the future AECworkforce.BackgroundSustainable infrastructures (SI) must be planned, built, and maintained carefully to fulfill theirintended function due to their complex design and construction. Such complex projects typicallyinvolve a wide range of stakeholders. These stakeholders hold diverse roles and responsibilitiesincluding setting the project's parameters and performance standards to running and maintainingthe finished infrastructure, all of which vary as the project progresses [1]. The path to sustainablegoals, which might include zero energy, zero carbon, and

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Selvin Yovani Tobar; Bara Maisara Zalloum; Anna N. Le; Yessenia Nicacio-Rosales; Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College- One of the City Colleges of Chicago

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and implement practices that develop Community of Practice (CoP), Professional Identity, and Self-Efficacy to increase diversity in Engineering and Computer Science and to streamline transfer from community colleges to 4-year institutions ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engagement in Practice: Strengthening Student’s STEM Identity Through ServiceI. INTRODUCTIONVolunteering offers participants the opportunity to develop their social network and connectionwith the local community. Volunteering can make adolescents more adept at connecting withsocial groups outside of their norm [1], increase their civic engagement [1], and increase theiracademic

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Verdin, Arizona State University; Sharona Krinsky, California State University, Los Angeles; David Raymond P.E., California State University, Los Angeles; Eva Schiorring, STEMEVAL; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Carlos Luis Perez

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) Background Commitment to Learning Instilled by a Mastery-Based Undergraduate Program (CLIMB-UP) is an NSF IUSE:HSI project centered on re-designing courses with high non-completionrates (C- or lower) that have implications towards students’ graduation, transfer ability andretention. Despite decades of effort to create active, inquiry-based learning practices inclassrooms, our institution continues to see equity gaps and many required courses with non-completion rates exceeding 50%. Grading practices have been identified as one of the mainculprits in the persistence of equity gaps. Feldman [1] asserted that “... the traditional system ofevaluating students and reporting information about them has been part of the inequities,unfairness, and

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Danielle Wood, University of Notre Dame; Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville; Daniel Lapsley, University of Notre Dame

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, and examined a community-engaged STEM learning environment in adeindustrialized city in Indiana. Drawing on principles from academic engaged learning andinnovation ecosystems [1-5], the pilot integrated partners across a diversity of higher educationinstitutions, high schools, local government, and community organizations to developcommunity-identified, authentic projects and tailored programming to implement internships thatsupport STEM attraction and retention for underrepresented groups in engineering and science aswell as improving the quality of life in these communities. As such, it applied what weunderstand about persistence in STEM [6-8] by providing opportunities for early research andactive learning in the community. The original

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audrey Boklage, University of Texas, Austin; Emily Violet Landgren

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Haley McDevitt; Hermine Vedogbeton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Debra Boucher, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Arnold Mitchell Lane Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Brianna Raphino, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ; Olufunmilayo Ayobami, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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degreesin Biomedical Engineering and Professional Writing from WPI, and completed her PhD in BiomedicalEngineering at Cornell University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Imagining and Co-designing a Supportive College Experience for First Generation Students through an NSF S-STEM ProgramIntroduction - The CoMPASS S-STEM Scholarship ProgramTwo cohorts of ten (10) first generation students from the local Worcester Public School districthave been recruited to the NSF S-STEM CoMPASS scholarship program [1] that providesnavigational support in attending and graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), aSTEM-focused private university. The S-STEM funding complements a university

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Kreimendahl, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh-Menon

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, and management.abundance of research in the area, we still lack retention ofstudents in first-year computing. This is due to many factors C. What are CS I and II at Wentworthincluding, but not limited to, 1) student math preparation andreadiness from high school, 2) adjunct faculty teaching classes Computer Science I (CS I) is a foundational class that iswhere no common coursework is employed, 3) faculty teaching fundamental to the future success of students in computing ma-the same courses in different ways, creating inconsistency in jors at Wentworth. Other majors also rely on CS I to introducematerial covered, and 4) lack of tutoring for students who arestruggling, behind, or do not understand the material

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Woo, Lafayette College

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case studies in undergraduate courses can be developed.As the impacts of climate change have continued to evolve and manifest over the past fewdecades, there is also a growing need to develop more nuanced and expansive discourse aroundenvironmental topics. [1] Due to their complexity, the social, ethical, and justice elements ofenvironmental issues often take a secondary role to more economic or policy-based motivations(loss of product, emission/release standards, etc.) in these discussions, which may result in theunintentional erasure or lack of apparent attention to the socially disadvantaged groups whom aredisproportionately affected. [2]–[4] As such, when creating new materials for environmentally-focused chemical engineering coursework

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Evans, Houston Christian University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

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Education, 2023Final Year of an S-STEM Summer, Sophomore Bridge: Successes of Three CohortsLouisiana Tech University has completed its sixth year via a no-cost extension of an S-STEMScholarship Program to serve as a Sophomore Bridge for engineering majors [1-6]. TheFast-Forward Scholarship program supports engineering majors in the summer between theirfirst and second years to take one engineering and one mathematics course in their major, alongwith a professional development (PD) course that includes a spatial visualization curriculum andopportunities to visit regional companies employing engineers. The purpose of the program is toprovide students with scholarships and support as they transition into more challengingsophomore engineering and