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eugene leo draine mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College

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Program1. Introduction The geographically specific mission and teaching focus of community colleges empowersstudents from populations that have systemically been excluded from university programs.Community colleges stand apart from other higher education institutions for their role incultivating a demographically diverse, talented pool of engineering and technology scholars fromlow-income backgrounds [1], [2]. Engineering associate degree completion by women, Blackand Latine/Latinx students is nearing demographic parity [3]. Community colleges have beenable to meet the needs of underserved students in engineering education while establishinginclusive practices, and student services that counter the marginalization that students experiencein

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Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver; Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University; Kristin Lesseig

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engineering students. The course contains active learning and project-based learningcomponents. Specifically, a smart flower pot device was integrated into the lectures of the courseas an active learning platform. In addition, the course incorporates team projects involving designof smart products. The agile method, often used in software development companies, isintroduced to the mechanical engineering students to manage their project development process.The paper concludes with assessment details from the first offering of the new course.1 IntroductionToday, there are many consumer smart products in our lives such as smart door locks, bike locks,smart kitchen appliances, irrigation controllers, smart thermostats (e.g. Nest), and Amazon Echo,just

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Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University and A&M College; Elizabeth Michelle Melvin, Clemson University

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years.Program goals include: (1) Use the scholarships and programs to improve scholars’ academicperformance in engineering foundational courses; (2) Develop a resiliency program to increaseCollege of Engineering (CoE) student retention by building upon a sense of community createdthrough existing peer-based programs (Geisinger & Raman, 2013; Ikuma et al., 2019); and (3)Increase employers’ recognition of low SES students’ strengths and valuations of their employablecompetencies through a paid internship program.The general objectives were established including; (1) New pathway to success. Scholars areprovided a pathway to complete an engineering degree including direct education and interventionapproaches for their engineering academic career

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Alaine M Allen, Carnegie Mellon University; Darlene Saporu, The Johns Hopkins University; Elisa Riedo, New York University; Shelley L Anna, Carnegie Mellon University; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Douglas, The Johns Hopkins University; Nathalie Florence Felciai, New York University; Neetha Khan, Carnegie Mellon University; Jelena Kovacevic, New York University; Stacey J Marks, The Johns Hopkins University; William Harry Sanders, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah E. Schlesinger, The Johns Hopkins University; Yao Wang; Nelson O. O. Zounlomè, Carnegie Mellon University; Charlie Díaz, University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh. He is a recipient of the K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship. His research interests include minoritized student experiences in Higher Ed, student activism, and the development of inclusive policy and practice in Higher Ed. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Project ELEVATE: Promoting Sustained & Equitable Change Among Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Engineering Faculty 1. Abstract Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and New York Universitycreated the Project ELEVATE Alliance (AGEP Grant – Division of Equity for Excellence inSTEM in the Directorate for STEM Education) to develop a model promoting the equitableadvancement of early career tenure

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Brittany Lynn Butler-Morton, Rowan University; Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia M.Sc, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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Departments at Rowan. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Reimagining Civil Engineering Graduate Programs: A Research- to-Practice Approach for Shaping Future Transportation EngineersProject OverviewThe existing curriculum and models for civil engineering graduate programs assume thatgraduating students will primarily pursue career opportunities in research or academia, but recentdata suggests that there will be insufficient positions to meet the number of graduates. The NSFNational Science Board reported that the number of civil engineering Ph.D. graduates increased33% from 2007 to 2017 [1]. However, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) predicts only a9

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Julie M. Smith, CSEdResearch.org; Monica McGill, Institute for Advanced Engineering; Jacob Koressel; Bryan Twarek

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should be taught when viewing through the lensof teaching CS to high school students in the year 2030 and what content should be prioritized.Our analysis sought to delineate and synthesize their sentiments. Six major priorities emergedfrom our analysis: societal impacts and ethical issues, algorithmic thinking, data and analysis,inclusive computing culture, AI, and career knowledge. The significance of our findings is thatthey present a broad overview of what a variety of relevant parties consider to be the mostimportant CS content for high school students; this information is important for educators,administrators, and those who develop curriculum, standards, and/or teaching tools.1 Introduction and BackgroundThe field of computer science (CS

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Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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to enter and succeed intoday’s world, many leaders are turning to active learning and in particular to more experientiallearning [1]. Integrating experiences into the curriculum that have been traditionally outsidepresents many opportunities and challenges. Community engaged learning is a type ofexperiential learning that adds benefits of engaging students with underserved communitieslocally or globally. Within engineering, the engagement is typically through design projects [2].Community-engaged design experiences place students and universities or colleges inpartnerships with organizations that address needs of underserved people. These partners may bein the local community, within their region, or international. Together, they identify

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Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; R. Jamaal Downey

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faculty development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Reframing Racial Equity Year 2: Examining Scripts of WhitenessOverviewThis EHR Racial Equity project, sponsored by National Science Foundation’s Directorate forSTEM Education (EDU)/ Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), aims to shift the wayfaculty understand racial equity in engineering education. Rather than treating“underrepresentation” as a problem that needs to be solved (representation is not the same aspower, after all), the literature illustrates that the culture of engineering creates an inhospitableenvironment for students and faculty of color [1], [2], [3]. The invisible and normalized nature ofWhiteness has led to

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Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge; Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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disciplines, supportnetworksIntroduction In principle, the policies of the United States federal and various state governments havealways supported educating the population through a meritocracy [1], [2]. Upward mobility in USculture is held-out as a promise to all citizens, but the practical barriers for low socio-economicstatus (SES) students are significant [3], [4]. Status as a first generation to college or a racial orethnic minority compounds the difficulties faced by these low SES students [5], [6]. None-the-less,a significant enough number of these unlikely students manage to succeed in attaining collegiateSTEM degrees that as a group, they have been christened “Rising Scholars” [7], [8]. In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF

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Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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from UT Austin (2021). Her research interests center around the experiences of marginalized students in U.S. higher education institutions, with a focus on those who are marginalized by race and/or gender. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Responsive Support Structures for Marginalized Students in Engineering: Insights from Year 4IntroductionThe typical undergraduate engineering learning environment in the U.S. is made up ofpredominantly white male students [1]. Students who do not fit into those categories are usuallyoutnumbered in engineering. This numerical underrepresentation, coupled with an oppressiveculture means that some students face additional obstacles

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Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Rifatul Himel, Utah State University; Zain ul Abideen, Utah State University

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. Students’ perceptions may be instrumental in influencingstudents’ interest in EED research in the future and in pursuing advanced degrees and careersin teaching and engineering education research.2. The StudyThis study was conducted during the first three years of our REU-Site Program (i.e.,Summers 2021, 2022 and 2023) at one public university in the western part of the UnitedStates. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the REU Summer 2021 (i.e., Phases 1 and 2, seedetails in the contexts section below) was conducted completely online through virtualmeetings, discussions, collaborations, and reporting with their research mentors and fellowparticipating students. For some of the research projects during this first year, some studentswere required to

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Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Jacqueline O'Connor, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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represents a majoremployer in the United States. The gas turbine industry also has an enormous opportunity for future growthin both aviation and power generation applications [1], where there is a strong push towards reducing thecarbon footprint. To reduce CO2 in aviation, there is an emphasis on hybrid-electric aircraft, which requiresgas turbines to produce power much differently than conventional propulsion for flight. In the case of powergeneration, the onset of renewable energy sources is rapidly expanding; however, gas turbines are stillrequired to provide electricity during peak hours and when renewable sources are not available. While gasturbines have been in existence for numerous years, there is still much research to be done

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Anna Stepanova, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University; Juan Carlos Laya, Texas A&M University; Carlos Andres Alvarez Zarikian, Texas A&M University; Nancy Elizabeth Martinez, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

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2017-2019 (pre-Covid) time, 32% ofnon-Hispanic students in the course had A as a final grade, while only 20% of Hispanics did.However, during the Covid years 2020-2022, when the instructor added remote and onlineactivities, the gap between Hispanics and other ethnicities decreased, with 28% of Hispanicsearning A grades, while the percentage stayed the same for non-Hispanic students. Previousstudies has contradictory and mixed results on the effectiveness of online and remote educationfor HSI students, and researchers agree that more studies are needed to elucidate the differentperformance patterns among HSIs [1].Study GoalsThe main research goal of this project is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness ofSedimentSketch application and to

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

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of her students and industry constituents.Shakhnoza Kayumova, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024SCHOLARSHIPS TO ACCELERATE ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP AND IDENTITY IN GRADUATE STUDENTS (ACCEL)IntroductionThis paper presents the outcomes of the inaugural year of the Accelerated EngineeringLeadership (AccEL) program. The inception of the AccEL program responds to projections bythe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicating a nearly 17% growth in employment formaster’s-level occupations from 2016 to 2026, marking the highest growth rate across alleducation levels [1]. Among the disciplines experiencing the most significant growth in master’sdegree

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Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Eric Jankowski, Boise State University; Sara Hagenah; Anne Hamby, Boise State University; Brooke Ward, Boise State University

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open-source curricular materials focused on teachingstorytelling skills to engineering students. Each iteration of the intervention spans a semester,and involves personal narrative development supported by producers from The Story Collider.Our research is guided by the following three research questions:(1) What are the thematic andstructural characteristics of personal narratives written by students about their experiences inengineering education?; (2) How does students’ development and performance of a personalnarrative about their experiences in engineering education relate to their professionalengineering identity, sense of belonging in the major, and downstream persistence?; (3) How dothe thematic and structural characteristics of

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Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida; Tanvir Hossain, The University of Kansas; Swarup Bhunia; Pavlo Antonenko

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) [1], expanding the Internet of Things (IoT) [2],enhancing cybersecurity [3], and prioritizing sustainability [4]. These developments haveprofound implications for various industries and the capabilities of electronic devices. Hardwareengineers play a crucial role in driving these advancements, as they are responsible for designingthe physical components and systems at the core of these technologies [5]. However, there is anotable shortage of hardware engineers entering the job market due to a tendency among manyfirst-year computer science and computer and electrical engineering students to gravitate towardssoftware-related career paths, often because of limited exposure to hardware-related topics [6].To address this

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Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

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discuss the SSP in detail by outlining the many activities implemented andhighlighting lessons learned as the project moves into the second year of implementation.Preliminary data will be used to assess outcomes pertaining to retention and academicperformance. Initial results indicate a positive impact on the student population participating inthe project.BackgroundThe NSF-funded S-STEM program is designed to provide low–income academically talentedstudents with financial and academic support through scholarships and activities that promotetheir retention to graduation [1]. S-STEM programs differ from institution to institution.However, there are key elements like academic support, community engagement, and careerreadiness that are included in

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Weihang Zhu, University of Houston; ROBERTO G DIMALIWAT; Peter Weber, University of Houston; Dua Chaker, University of Colorado Boulder; Christy Miller, University of Houston

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completing the submission: too busy / no time, too muchtrouble, cannot find a good topic, very long review cycle, miscommunication (never got emails),no clue on how to revise when the first submission was declined, etc. A teacher needs to behighly self-regulated and persistent to complete this submission process. As such, a set ofinterventions was taken to improve the submission success rate starting from 2022. The actionsinclude: 1) coordinate with TeachEngineering.org about shortening the review cycle time; 2)improve communications (make sure emails are not blocked by local school districts or go into aspam folder); 3) invite the TeachEngineering director to give an introductory talk to teachers atthe beginning of the RET summer program; 4

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Bruce Kovanen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior; John R Gallagher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; John S Popovics P.E., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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difficult to implement. Overall, our analysis suggests that this programeffectively promotes pedagogical change and innovation around writing in STEM classes.IntroductionThe ability of engineers and scientists to communicate effectively and persuasively is a criticalcompetency that has been emphasized by the National Academies and included in accreditationstandards [1]–[3], yet remains challenging to develop [4]. Our local needs analysis confirmedwidespread recognition of this need across our engineering college [5], [6]. Reave’s 2004 report[4] documents two common approaches (requiring a technical communication course orintegrating communication instruction into engineering course(s) by incorporating a co-instructorwith expertise in communication

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

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motivationhas been to create a good environment for us all. During the process we have learned some goodlessons and found some good practices to share with others.A positive aspect of UTA is its location. Our campus is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (theDFW metroplex), which has the densest metropolitan population in Texas as well as in theSouthern United States. The DFW metroplex is also called the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlingtonmetroplex because Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington are the three largest cities in the DFWmetroplex, with the respective populations of 1.3 million, 1 million, and 400 thousand, accordingto the 2020 census. In fact, the population of the DFW metroplex is over 7.6 million, which is thefourth largest in the United States

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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by determining what sorts of technology is present inchildren’s home, and how such technological experiences impact children’s familiarization withand use of technology in preschool classrooms for children ages three-five. The presented studyis part of a larger, National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project in which preschoolers,their teachers and their families experience an intervention to improve children’s access totechnology and experience in pre-engineering and early computer science education with theirearly childhood teachers.The referenced “umbrella” study’s research questions include: (1) In what ways does theproject’s infusing of play-based early computer science and pre-engineering into childdevelopment programs impact young

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

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quality in mixed methods research methodologies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Stressors for Doctoral Students Questionnaire (SDSQ): Year 3 of an RFE project on understanding graduate engineering student well-being and retentionIntroductionResearchers have recently increased efforts to explore crisis levels of mental health issues [1]and dropout in graduate education [2]. Doctoral student retention rates across disciplines arepoor, with ranging estimates suggesting that as many as half of all doctoral students in the UnitedStates drop out of their programs [2], [3]. Engineering students have been documented to be lesslikely to take advantage of mental

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Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Omar Ochoa, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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automobile,business, and military. This paper discusses the results of integrating the agile methodology,more specifically Scrum, as part of our department’s day-to-day operations. Through thisprocess, we identified many advantages, including more efficient generation of better-qualityproducts (e.g., curriculum proposal). We also recognized tangible advantages of using theprocess, such as continuous feedback on the operation of the department by the stakeholders.IntroductionScrum [1 -4] is a framework to facilitate productivity by prioritizing tasks with the highest valueand by working in short time increments within a "inspect and adapt" framework. One of thefundamental principles behind the Scrum framework is the integration of the stakeholders

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Michele W. McColgan, Siena College; Jason Morphew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George E Hassel, Siena College; Junior Anthony Bennett, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan Clark Kelly, Siena College

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following conditions: 1. The conceptual understanding of students through guided exploration of the magnetic field of a current-carrying wire in the MARVLS App. 2. There are two groups of students including physics majors or minors and psychology students as participants in a research study of their choice.The AR 3D model and lesson for the magnetic field of a current-carrying wireAs shown in Figure 1, the components of the 3D model include a translucent cylinder representing awire, buttons to display positive current and negative current, a button to turn on the magnetic field, anda button to turn on a 2D representation. The positive current is represented by little blue spheres thatdrift upward through the wire, while the

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Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno

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stakeholder in aposition of power within graduate programs, the graduate program faculty administrators, orGraduate Program Directors (GPDs). GPDs can shape departmental procedures, enactinstitutional policies, and disrupt power dynamics between faculty and students [1] and as such,are central to improving and sustaining graduate mental health and well-being. Still, as priorwork has shown, little attention is given to and little is known about GPDs [2]. To that end, theproject discussed in this paper is examining the mental health crisis from the perspective ofGPDs and exploring the role of GPDs in integrating frameworks of care into engineeringgraduate programs and learning environments.Through research on those who hold power in the graduate

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Jessica D Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology

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grant, seeks to examine the effectiveness of STEM-ID when implemented indiverse schools within a large school district in STEM-ID. Investigating implementation ofSTEM-ID in diverse settings represents a major priority of our project’s research agenda. To thisend, the project applied the Innovation Implementation framework [1] to launch its fidelity ofimplementation research in the fall of 2022. Over the course of the 2022-23 school year, wegathered data through classroom observations, interviews, surveys and focus groups tounderstand the critical components of the curricula, necessary support factors, and challengesrelated to the successful implementation. This paper highlights illustrative findings from ourresearch exploring the implementation

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Rui Wu, East Carolina University; Sergiu Dascalu, University of Nevada, Reno; Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University; David Feil-Seifer; Marjorie Campo Ringler, East Carolina University; Bryan C. Hutchins; Laura Rosof; Ponkoj Chandra Shill, University of Nevada, Reno; Hossein Jamali, University of Nevada, Reno; Frederick C Harris Jr., University of Nevada, Reno

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, we can gather and address them through collaboration with the roboticscommunity and course content creators. Our user study results demonstrate the promise of thismethod in delivering undergraduate-level robotics education tailored to individual learningoutcomes and preferences.1 IntroductionUniversity and community college education, aimed at workforce preparation, can sometimesface limitations in course and degree availability. While courses related to robotics and advancedmanufacturing are often listed in catalogs, students may encounter difficulty enrolling due to ashortage of robotics instructors, as observed in our collaborative work with North Carolina andNevada community colleges and universities. This shortage, based on our

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Melissa Joan Caserto, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan

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prepared for real-world engineering application.IntroductionIn many courses required for the engineering curriculum, students complete “textbook” problemsthat require following a standard procedure to apply relevant equations to solve [1]. Theseproblems are well-defined with one single correct answer that typically can only be reachedthrough one solution path. While these problems regularly fulfill the curriculum requirements,they do not necessarily prepare students for work as an engineer outside of academia [2], [3], [4].Ethnographic studies of engineers in the workplace show that well-defined problems like theseare not encountered in the engineering profession; rather, professional engineers solveill-defined, complex problems in which the core

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Lesley M Berhan, The University of Toledo; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Dr. Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently she is explo ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Understanding why some African American Students Chose Engineering Technology over Engineering and the Implications of this ChoiceA. IntroductionAccording to data from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) [1], theenrollment in both bachelor’s and master’s

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Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Athena Wong, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Analia E. Rao, University of California, Irvine; Lorenzo Valdevit

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community colleges holds great potential in contributingto the desired diversification of the engineering workforce[1]. However, transfer studentscommonly experience a “transfer shock” when transitioning from community colleges to four-year bachelor-degree awarding institutions. They need to learn to navigate a new environment[2] and often struggle to gain access to departments, people and guidance to help them with thistransition [3,4]. Due to the fact that they are also joining already existing social networks, theyoften also experience a lack of personal relationships with faculty and a lack of social integrationinto their peer group [3,4]. All these extra challenges can affect their academic achievement,retention, and degree attainment