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Student Division Technical Session 1

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Renee M. Desing, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University

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topic.As an inherently convergent mixed methods design, Q methodology explains the quantitativeresults of a factor analysis using the qualitative findings from interviews. While Q methodologyhas had limited use in engineering education research to-date, it has a larger presence ineducation and educational psychology research more broadly.This paper details the history of Q methodology, when it is appropriate to use it as a researchdesign within engineering education research, the components of the methodology, how toexecute a Q methodology study, and how to analyze and interpret the results. A detailed examplefrom a dissertation is provided for how Q methodology is currently being used to study theexperiences of early career women engineers when

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First-Year Programs: Major Choice

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Brian J. Smith, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Kerr, University of Notre Dame

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Risk Reduction Branch for the Galveston District of the Army Corps of Engineers. Prior to that, she served as an Associate Teaching Professor and was the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame for 11 years. Dr. Kerr was the recipient of the Cathy F. Pieronek Women in Engineer Impact Award in 2020, and in 2018, Dr. Kerr was the recipient of the Dockweiler Advising Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising which is awarded to faculty who demonstrate a sustained commitment to undergraduates through outstanding mentoring, academic advising, or career counseling. Her research interests include

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years of experience teaching mathematics, statistics, computer science, and freshman engineering courses in higher education institutions. Currently, she leads a team of faculty who are dedicated to providing first year engineering students with a high- quality, challenging, and engaging educational experience with the necessary advising, mentoring, and academic support to facilitate their transition to university life and to prepare them for success in their engineering discipline majors and future careers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Exploring the

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First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

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Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shannon M. Clancy, University of Michigan; Richard Olaf Blorstad, DeMatha Catholic High School; Ryan Reinhardt; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; L. D. Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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of research (increasing retention ofengineering students) by developing a tool that uses existing validated assessments to support astudent’s ability to self-assess their engineering academic career. This tool will serve first- andsecond-year students. The aims of the study focused on the following: 1. To define a UMBC student’s (Third, Fourth and Fifth year) successful Engineering State of Mind. This was essential to the creation of the Engineering State of Mind Instrument (ESMI) giving students indirect peer mentoring opportunities through online profiles. 2. Determine the common themes of Freshman Engineering students Engineering State of Mind and the attitudes and perceptions of the different population groups of the

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Tariq Khraishi; Kristine Denman

Institute for Social Research University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 kdenman@unm.eduAbstractIn this paper, the authors discuss the experiences of a National Science Foundation STEP (STEMTalent Expansion Program) award to the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico(UNM). The setup of this STEP project is unique in the sense that it focuses its efforts and activityfunding on internships and professional conference participation trips for early career engineeringand computer science students. In addition to a background on the national STEP Program, thepaper discusses the constructive elements of this project and the data

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Richard R. Harris, Northeastern University; Brad Lehman; Russell Faux; Luis Rafael Frias II

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of Massachusetts, the U.S. Department of Educa- tion, Houghton Mifflin, Verizon, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Mr. Luis Rafael Frias II ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Mitigating Transfer Shock for Undergraduates in Engineering to Increase Diversity (Work in Progress)Background As part of its response to the anticipated workforce needs in STEM fields, the National Science Foundation S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiative provides essential scholarship support to academically talented and diverse students with interests in STEM careers. The success for this initiative is essential to broadening

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17

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Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Karin Brown, University of St. Thomas; Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of St. Thomas; Tami Brass, University of St. Thomas and St. Paul Academy and Summit School; Rebecca Ann Leininger, University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

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envision the potential that these skillshave in their future careers. This study spotlights how the engineering experience is markedlydifferent for these young women when empathy is the unifying cornerstone from whichengineering design experiences flow.Recent research findings on empathy and engineering points to the necessity of pairing empathywith engineering, including empathy needed for emotional intelligence in engineering design, thenecessity of empathy for product design and the need for empathy as an essential skill inengineering project management. Additionally, the use of empathy in the school years is wellestablished for success in multiple modes, including in an inclusive learning culture and as abasis for teamwork. Yet under explored

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NSF Grantees: Diversity 1

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Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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University of Rabat in Morocco, engineering students have beencompleting their masters of science degrees in aerospace or mechanical engineering. Welaunched our study to determine the impact of culture on career choice when we noted thatalmost equal numbers of Moroccan men and women arrived at our university each year since2015. This work is an exploratory qualitative case study that uses the combined frameworks ofHofstede’s Cultural Dimension Theory and Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Theory.According to a report entitled "Is U.S. Science and Technology Adrift?" released by theCommission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST), the United States’ engineeringworkforce is growing but still lagging behind the overall growth of the country [1]. The

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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Victoria Sorg; Lilian Johnson; Alexandra Westbrook; Susan Daniel

has developed an annual outreach event to bolster the number of women in the cen-tral upstate NY area interested in STEM careers. Our signature outreach event, the WOMEN(Women’s Outreach in Materials, Energy, and Nanobiotechnology) Event, introduces female highschool students and their parents to what scientists and engineers do and how they benefit society.While many outreach programs focus on urban communities, our program targets rural areas wherewomen are particularly at risk for not attending or completing college [3]. During the WOMEN Event, our group hosts 20 to 40 tenth grade females and their parents fromrural areas to further their interest in STEM fields and provide an early start on college planning.Now in its sixth year, the

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Biomedical Engineers and Professional Development - June 23rd

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Emmett Jacob Springer; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering

constructed to analyze what predictorconstructs contribute to a stronger identity for either engineering or science and how theseidentities influence career path goals and choices. This study shows that recognition from othersis a significant predictor of individual identity and that personal interest is a significant predictorof how an individual views BME. Gender was not found to influence professional identity orperception of BME in this study.1. IntroductionWhile biomedical engineering (BME) continues to grow as a discipline and the number ofprograms increase, there continues to be difficulties with defining BME [1][2]. BMEincorporates aspects of several science disciplines including biology, chemistry, and physics, aswell as traditional

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Computing -- Increasing Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities

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Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University; Maureen Doyle, Northern Kentucky University; Linda Ott, Michigan Technological University; Wendy Powley, Queen's University; Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College

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Minorities in Engineering, Pre-College Engineering Education, Women in Engineering

Panel discussion on Regional Programs to Increase Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing: Experiences, Partnerships, and Lessons Learned1. IntroductionSeveral high-profile national programs aim to increase diversity of the computing andinformation technology workforce. Among them, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women inComputing, now “the world’s largest gathering of women technologists,” is the best known [1].By bringing attendees together to celebrate the accomplishments of leading women in computingand technology fields, the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) helps counter many obstacleswomen encounter along their career paths, such as lack of role models

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Selene Y. Willis, University of South Florida; Tonisha B. Lane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanović; Salam Ahmad; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Ahmirah Samayah Muhammad, BullsEYE Head Program Coordinator

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Pre-College Engineering Education

the UnitedStates that focus on promoting the development of youths' engineering identity and interest inSTEM-related career paths. In this paper, we present work in progress, focusing our discussion onrising 7th and 8th grade youth drawings and accompanying explanations of “an engineer in action,”as part of a summertime STEM summer outreach program for underrepresented minority middleschool youth. Our work is an adaptation of Draw an Engineer Test (DAET) [1] which focuses on thestereotypical understandings and (mis)conceptions adolescents have of scientists and engineers intraditional PK- 12 classroom settings. The context of this study, however, is an informal STEMlearning environment, entitled ​Bulls-Engineering Youth Experience for

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Michael Elmore, State University of New York at Binghamton

leave the university). Of those that declare anengineering major, it is found that some number of students go on to declare a major differentfrom the one they initially indicated.This paper will present detailed data of the intended major given in the first week of class, thestrength of their intention, and their final major declaration. An in-depth description of themethods used to introduce the engineering majors will also be provided. Finally, the authors willprovide their insight into the reasons for any changes in intended major from the first week tofinal week of the semester.IntroductionChoosing a future career can be a daunting task, whether this is as a young adult or later in life.Everyone chooses which career to pursue for their own

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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– Veteran PerceptionsFollowing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 1.9 million veterans have returned stateside andbegun the process of reorientation with civilian life [1]. Excluding cases of trauma and injury,research has identified five perceptions held by veterans that correlate with an unsatisfactorytransition to civilian life: 1) feeling like they do not belong; 2) missing the military culture andstructured lifestyle; 3) retaining negative views of the civilian lifestyle; 4) feeling left behindcompared to civilian career opportunities; 5) having difficulty finding meaning in the civilianworld [2]. In a longitudinal study comparing veteran and civilian post-secondary outcomes, 71%of civilians enrolled in a 4-year institution within one year of

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 4

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Kim Bullington, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University; Rafael Landaeta, Old Dominion University

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

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Astrid K Northrup P.E., Northwest College, Powell WY; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #28837”I’m not good at math,” she saidProf. Astrid K Northrup P.E., Northwest College, Powell WY Astrid Northrup earned her B.S. degree in petroleum engineering from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology (Montana Tech) in 1984 and her M.S degree in petroleum engineering from Mon- tana Tech in 1986. She also earned a Certificate in Land Surveying from the University of Wyoming in 2005. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and Wyoming. She worked in the petroleum industry as a reservoir engineer and as a private consultant before moving into a teaching career at North- west

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Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Dennis W. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

, economic, environmental, and societal issues [8].Students who have completed co-ops or internships readily distinguish between effective andineffective leaders. However, they typically do not recognize why lack of essential professionaltraits and activities cause leadership disasters and employee dissatisfaction. Making thisconnection is imperative if students are to appreciate the need for and development of soft orprofessional skills. In addition, students need to know that effective engineering leadershipapproaches are somewhat fluid in that they depend upon the career stage, personalities involved,and organizational culture within specific situations [9].Leadership Course or Workshop Content and MethodologyThe lack of leadership training and

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Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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Pamela McLeod, ReNUWIt at Stanford University; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Richard G. Luthy, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

geographicallydistributed campuses united around a common theme. Though logistically challenging, such aprogram can expand participants’ networks while maintaining a sense of cohort and community,which is important for researcher identity development. The current study investigates theoutcomes of an REU Site run across four campuses within the National Science Foundation(NSF)-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban WaterInfrastructure (ReNUWIt). Participants to date have been 69% female and 39% from historicallyunderrepresented racial or ethnic groups. Outcomes include participant skill-building,development of researcher identity, pursuit of graduate school, and pursuit of careers in STEM.Assessments include pre- and post

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Around the Water Cooler: Ideas and Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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Cassandra J. McCall, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Courtney Zongrone, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

interested in examining the ways this identity is influenced by students’ academic relationships, events, and experiences, and vice versa. Dr. McCall holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is

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Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

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Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

trajectories of early-career graduatestudents and senior-level undergraduate students as they consider graduate school. To thisend, we qualitatively examined a corpus of N=50 personal statements, taken from winners ofthe NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program in one award cycle, to understand thetrajectories that researchers take going into graduate school. Current graduate engineeringenrollment numbers are declining with engineering doctoral attrition rates estimated to beabout 24% and 36% for males and females, respectively. Students from traditionallyunderrepresented minority groups record doctoral attrition rates higher than 50%. This studyemploys the lens of Stewardship Theory, a theory commonly used to characterize thepractices and activities

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Graduate Education Expectations, Preparation, and Pathways

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Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Gabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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for graduate school are more important thanpreviously established: Students coming in with uncertain goals and expectations often considerdeparting from their PhD programs. This paper presents interviews with N=35 current engineeringgraduate students, exploring their perceptions for what they thought graduate school would be like.The semi-structured interview protocol probed students to think back on their transitions into theirgraduate programs, expectations for the graduate school experience, and whether thoseexpectations were proven false or were validated. Findings show that those students whoseexpectations were incorrect and resulted in negative experiences were more likely to considerleaving their programs later in their career as a

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Andrew Richard Kline, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Fernanda L. Leite, University of Texas, Austin; Eduardo Luis Isatto, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

of the different trades responsible for a model, andbasic construction terminology.Based on the varying student backgrounds and concentrations, this course was made to focus onthe careers they were pursuing. The majority of the graduates who take the class go on to workfor mid to large-sized general contractors, whereas a minority of students works for design orengineering firms. Based on this data, the course was structured with relevant software systemsand course assignments to focus on management rather than design. Instead of introducing andtraining the students how to create, the course focuses on how to manage and solve constructionrelated problems utilizing these tools.Another major aspect of this courses successes and failures has

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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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Kevin J. Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachael Ohu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sherman Mumford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda A. Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

Psychology from Roosevelt University. Moving to Charlotte in 1995, Ms. Thurman continued to work in the IT and Engineering recruiting field and then made a career change in 1999 to work in Higher Ed. She has worked for over 20 years at UNC Charlotte and currently serves as the Director for Student Professional Development and Employer Relations for the William States Lee College of Engineering. In March 2010, Ms. Thurman was appointed by the governor (and reappointed American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29193in 2015) to serve on the NC Board of Examiners for

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Tony McClary; Germain Degardin; John Kulpa; Patricia Sullivan; Karen Trujillo

, participation, and persistence in STEM-related careers. Our specific research questions were as follows: Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference 1. Did the confidence and/or content knowledge of the students change during the PREP program? 2. Was there a relation between changes in student confidence and knowledge? 3. Was there a relation between active learning and gains in student knowledge and/or confidence? 4. Did

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Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

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Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

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-funded projects.Dr. Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University Ebony McGee, associate professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, investigates what it means to be racially marginalized in the context of learning and achiev- ing in STEM higher education and industry. In particular, she studies the racialized experiences and racial stereotypes affecting the education and career trajectories of underrepresented groups of color by exploring the costs of academic achievement and problematizing traditional forms of success in higher education, with an unapologetic focus on Black folx in these places and spaces. McGee’s NSF CAREER grant investigates how marginalization undercuts

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Kyle F. Trenshaw, University of Rochester; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Derek Rushton, University of Rochester; Philip Asare, Bucknell University

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emphasis on les- bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students; and using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to improve students’ communication skills during group work.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. As a result, her diverse background also includes experience

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NSF Grantees: RED 2 / Civil Eng

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Jennifer Harper Ogle, Clemson University; Candice W. Bolding, Clemson University; Jules Ava Lloyd, Clemson University; Logan C. Wade

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

: psychological andemotional support (PES), goal setting and career path (GSC), academic subject knowledgesupport (AKS), and the existence of a role model (ERM). Gunn, Lee, and Steed [3] found thatfor mentors, the role modeling factor was identified as most important, but for mentees, it wasacademic knowledge support followed by psychological and emotional support. Table 1 belowlays out the domains, pertinent constructs, and associated training modules to develop studentaptitude for these various mentor roles.Table 1 Summary of mentor role domains, constructs, and associated training modules Mentor Role Typical Constructs Training Modules Domains Psychological and • Listening Active Listening – mentors

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Jalil Kianfar P.E., Saint Louis University; Stephen M. Belt, Saint Louis University

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maintenance), computer science and electricalengineering (intelligent transportation system, and autonomous vehicles), mechanicalengineering (design of automobiles and other transportation modes), environmental engineering(air quality, and environmental impact assessment) among other science and engineering fields.Given that transportation is universally experienced by K-12 students, and considering the extentto which transportation systems impacts the society and the economy, and the diversity of STEMfields that it includes, a transportation-focused outreach program could be developed to introduceK-12 students to various engineering disciplines and career paths in STEM. In the next section,an overview of the summer program that was developed at

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Design in K-12 Education

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James S. Mokri P.E., San Jose State University; Nicole Okamoto, San Jose State University; Sorin Ion Neagu, Independence High School

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Design in Engineering Education

to schools of higher education, and severalhave specifically enrolled in SJSU. Additionally, the SJSU students have benefitted fromthe direct hands-on help building their projects and the opportunity to teach youngerstudents.IntroductionHigh school students who are approaching graduation are often confused by theoverwhelming number of job/career options facing them, or the lack thereof. In manycases, the option chosen is based on their limited life experiences from family, friends,school, teenage activities, and society. Assistance should be offered at all education levelsto help students with career exposure, exploration, and career.This paper outlies an informal program where technically inclined high school students whoare drawn to

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NSF Grantees: Identity

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Debra A. Major, Old Dominion University; Seterra D. Burleson, Old Dominion University; Xiaoxiao Hu, West Virginia University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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and multi-institutional research teams. Dr. Major is fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Society for the Psychology of Women.Seterra D. Burleson, Old Dominion University Seterra is a doctoral student in the industrial-organizational psychology program at Old Dominion Uni- versity. Prior to entering her graduate studies, she received her BS in Psychology at the University of Montana and served in Peace Corps Per´u for 27 months and worked in human services in Portland, OR. She received her MS at ODU and is now pursuing her PhD. She currently works as a research assistant in the Career