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Reimagining STEM Transitions: Bridging Gaps and Building Resilience in Post-Pandemic Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Independent Researcher

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Educa. Currently, I am developing a blended learning strategy to bring high-quality STEM education to remote and rural communities. This initiative aims to spark students’ interest in STEM subjects and careers, fostering local talent and opportunities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 From Pilot to Practice: Expanding Remote STEM Education Across Remote Communities (Evaluation)AbstractFollowing the success of an initial pilot project aimed at addressing educational inequities in ruralareas through a blended remote learning approach, this paper presents the outcomes of its secondand expanded implementation across 11 remote schools in Latin America

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Faculty Development: Broad Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting, Inc.; Joshua Fletcher Robinson, Georgia State University; Pamela Scott-Johnson, Spelman College

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

promotion. The tenure andpromotion process in academia is complex and challenging, particularly for Black women, whoface unique structural and institutional barriers throughout the process related to race, gender,and intersectionality [1]-[3]. Throughout this journey, many Black women experiencemicroaggressions from faculty and students, invalidation of their research, and a devaluation oftheir service contributions. Thus, coaching has evolved into a proactive tool for career andleadership development and has gained momentum in both institutional settings, such asAAC&U’s Project Kaleidoscope’s STEM Leadership Institute and Office of UndergraduateSTEM Education’s Center for the Advancement of STEM Leaders. Coaching is designed toempower and

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

student mentors, starting with the 2024 summer cohort.1.2 Near-Peer Mentorship Between Undergraduate Students and K-12 StudentsMentorship experiences are known to play a crucial role in the professional development of STEMstudents, especially those from under-resourced school districts [25]. Effective mentorship canhelp keep such students in STEM, which can strengthen and diversify the future STEM workforce.Mentoring is often hierarchical [26], but may take different forms. Peer or near-peer mentorshipcan be defined as “mentoring relationships formed between individuals who are at approximatelythe same stage of career development” [25]. Mentors and mentees with shared identities andperspectives may find peer or near-peer mentoring particularly

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

that make it challenging to gain entry and to persist in the workplace [2, 3].Reports from students unable to obtain employment note that passing the technical interviews isone of the biggest issues they face in starting their career [3]. However, understanding the fullimpact of the hiring process in computing, and in particular, how it affects groups alreadyunderrepresented in computing (women, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latinx workers),is important to creating a workplace of diverse talent [4–6]. Given the paucity of rigorousresearch surrounding the steps in the process, our motivation for this work was to create acomprehensive assessment of what hiring in computing looks like from the perspective of the jobseeker. In addition, we

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

perception of littleopportunities for advancement. Conversely, a positive workplace climate also helps to explainwhy women stay in the engineering workforce.3,5For women in engineering careers, those who persist were found in one study to possess highlevels of self efficacy, to describe themselves in terms of their identity as an engineer, and to bemotivated by the innovations and challenges afforded by engineering. This study also reasonedthat those who persist possess an ability to adapt and thrive “despite working in a male-dominated culture characterized by difficulties associated with the workplace, includingdiscrimination”. In contrast to this, women who left the engineering profession were “less likelyto recognize options in navigating the

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 12

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Bahnson, Purdue University; Eric Trevor McChesney, University of Pittsburgh; Carlie Laton Cooper, University of Georgia; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin R. Binning

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Science Education. Her research earned her a 2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning to understand engineering students’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2021 Journal of Civil Engineering Education Best Technical Paper, the 2021 Chemical Engineering Education William H. Corcoran Award, the 2022 American Educational Research Association Education in the Professions (Division I) 2021-2022 Outstanding Research Publication Award, and the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Research.Dr. Linda DeAngelo

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Elfiki, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; George Toye; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Felix Kempf, King's College London; Lauren Marie Aquino Shluzas, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Engineering and co-founder of the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab in Career Education at Stanford University. She earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her PhD in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford. Her scholarship is focused on engineering and entrepreneurship education, portfolio pedagogy, reflective practices, non-degree credentials, and reimagining how learners represent themselves through their professional online presence.Prof. George Toye Ph.D., P.E., is adjunct professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. While engaged in teaching project based engineering design thinking and innovations at the graduate level, he also contributes to research in engineering education

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - DEI and Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; David Hicks; Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Lihua Zuo, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

regional university located in south Texas, an area ofHispanic/Latinx majority population [2]. The continuation of this summer program after the endof the NSF grant period has not yet been decided. Engineering-oriented programs such as thiscan be important tools for enhancing undergraduate student success, as demonstrated by otherresearchers [3-5]. Numerous challenges in the post-secondary education environment exist forHispanic/Latinx students attending community colleges [6, 7], universities [8, 9], and in graduatestudy [10, 11]. Challenges that Hispanics/Latinx face in their academic careers include a poorsense of belonging at the university level, cultural support deficiencies, and challenges inovercoming secondary education academic

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

/Country) do you call home? 3 4. Do you have a particular engineering industry that you are already focused on? No big deal if not as we will explore career options during the semester. Just let me know. 5. When you begin your career (post-college), do you have a particular location around the planet where you would like to be working? 6. How well-versed are you in all things about this university? Grew up in a university family, or new to all the traditions and lore? Just trying to understand the audience here. 7. What are some concerns and fears that you have about the semester ahead? 8. What are some passions that you are bringing to your engineering career? 9. What level of

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Work-in-Progress Session: Supporting Students To, Through, and Beyond Transitions

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Aderemi Omitoyin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Musab Kazi; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois, Chicago; Justin Merchan; Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

population and the education system [5]. Thus, low-income studentswill soon make up a more significant proportion of students in the nation’s schools and STEM-related careers [5]. Quality education must be made available for low-income students tostrengthen the workforce [5], [6]. Identity research, therefore, provides a lens to explain howstudents identify with a particular field and seek to improve their persistence [11], [12] as well asprovide a way to address system-level opportunities for change. The purpose of this researchstudy is to help educators develop a more inclusive engineering education environment andpromote cultural change that leads to positive and fulfilling college experiences for low-incomestudents. We believe that cultural

Conference Session

Technical Session T1A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jessica Martin, Baylor University; Jana Roste, Baylor University; Austin T. Smith, Baylor University; Shane Michael Meyer, Baylor University; Emma G Cartisano, Baylor University; Emily Sandvall, Baylor University; Andrea Pouso Morales, Baylor University

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Diversity, Full Papers

. Broadly categorized, students’understandings of success related to career preparation and opportunities—an expected theme forthose in technical degree programs, happiness or enjoyment in life, and living a life of purpose—what some might call “the good life.” Edwin’s response to our questions related to successreveals such understandings of success are not necessarily exclusive: “To me, [success] meansbeing able to fulfill your own personal purpose, while at the same time, enjoying it and making agood living out of it, I would say. That’d be success.”Though student participation in specific majors clearly shapes notions of success, students’insistence that the profitability of a future career is not the only—and sometimes not even theprimary

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debarati Basu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Advisor to the leadership at Sisters in STEM. Sreyoshi frequently collaborates on several National Science Foundation projects in the engineering education realm, researching engineering career trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., The University of Akron; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Clarkson University. Doug specializes in the development and application of optical diagnostic techniques for the measurement of fluid flows. He has applied these techniques to study problems ranging from the unsteady aerodynamics of airfoils modeled after the flipper of the humpback whale, to the motion of particle laden flows in pipes, to the aerodynamics of luge sled. Doug has also worked with graduate students and faculty to learn about and improve teaching throughout his career. Doug is currently directing a professional development group at Clarkson University for junior faculty and is a member of the ASEE Taskforce on Faculty Teaching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University; Pamela Renee Lockwood-Cooke, West Texas A&M University; Audrey Meador, West Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

also popularity used as a tool to increaseinterest in STEM education these days [1]. The gatherings of developers, designers,businesspeople, and other creatives are often brief occasions where they can work together tocreate fresh technology-based solutions. A hackathon is a computing technology focused eventwhich allows participants to become involved in building software-oriented projects. These typesof events also often include various activities such as workshops, mini-games, expert-panels,career fairs, and many more. Hackathons give its participants the opportunity to take theknowledge they have learned and apply it to creative ideas and applications whilesimultaneously encouraging collaboration with fellow participants. There are no

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B Knight, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Teri Kristine Reed, University of Oklahoma; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Dustin Grote, Weber State University; Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech ; Michelle D. Klopfer, Virginia Tech ; Saundra Johnson Austin, Virginia Tech; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Colorado Department of Higher Education.Mrs. Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech Amy Richardson is a Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education along with an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Northern Virginia Community College. She has been teaching math and engineering courses at comDr. Michelle D. Klopfer, Virginia TechDr. Saundra Johnson Austin, Virginia Tech Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin has dedicated her career to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belong- ing of elementary, middle, and high school students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Her research is grounded in the effective implementation of STEM cur- ricula

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aida Ghiaei, University of Connecticut; Alanna Marie Gado; Francesco Rouhana; Tasnim Zaman; Mahjabeen Fatema Mitu; Mayowa Festus Oladele; Adaeze Maduako, University of Connecticut; Suman Kumari, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

the leadership,communication, and cultural competencies increasingly required of today's high-tech workforce.The John Lof Leadership Academy (JLLA) is an innovative leadership program for engineeringgraduate students that was founded at the University of Connecticut in 2018 to create culturallycompetent visionaries in the field of engineering. John Lof Scholars develop their leadershipabilities through focused training, specialized workshops and seminars, and active learning. Runby graduate students from various departments based on a “for us, by us” program philosophy, theJLLA empowers its members to develop as leaders in their fields by aiming leadership trainingthrough the lens of each individual’s career and personal goals. Academy

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geniene K. Minkus, Geniene Minkus Consulting; Meagan C. Pollock, Engineer Inclusion

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

itprovides a basis for building communities. I will return to the idea of creating an SELaware classroom in part 5 of the framework.Part 1: Intentional Grouping Almost every career-oriented role requires collaboration skills; setting studentsup for success using intentionally created student-selected groups is an essential startto any culturally aware STEM classroom. Intentional grouping involves several differenttools that help teachers ensure student success. Brown, et al, write: “When teachers aremindful of the important aspects of group dynamics, such as size, ability, gender, andrace, and plan teams accordingly, every student—particularly those from marginalizedbackgrounds—is set up for success [5].” Teachers need to consider the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim, Indiana University-Bloomington; Lauren Penney, Indiana University-Bloomington; Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton; Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #37961Board 169: Making Families Aware of Engineering through the PublicLibrary (Work in Progress)Dr. Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington Dr. Kelli Paul is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at Indiana University where her research focuses on the development of STEM interests, identity, and career aspirations in children and adolescents.Dr. Jungsun Kim, Indiana University-Bloomington Jungsun Kim, Ph.D. is a research scientist at Indiana University at Bloomington. Her research focuses on how students can consistently develop their talent throughout their

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Clark, Ohio Northern University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

interest (e.g.,[26], [27]). This decline is particularly pronounced in middle-school girls (e.g., [24]). Given thatengineering is perceived as a career for people who are good at math and science (e.g., [28]) and thedocumented drop in math and science interest, middle school girls are at a critical tipping point wherefuture outreach may be ineffectual. Once the troops were selected, the research team attended individualtroop meetings to ask parents to grant permission for their child to participate in the study. The minorparticipants provided verbal assent to the study prior to the initial interview. It is important to note thattroop members were not required to participate in the study to take part in earning the engineering badge;however, most

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Etahe Johnson, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Willie L. Brown Jr., University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Mere Serea

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

STEMeducation with industry for innovation. The objective is to prepare learners for STEM careers and to connectindustry through academia. In higher education, the critical learning skills are necessary to STEM educationand degree completion. There are retention efforts provided for the curricular support program that scholarshave contribute to motivation and outcomes of STEM interdisciplinary degree completion. Our efforts tosupport pre-college STEM education includes an understanding of college readiness and the learningenvironment using project-based learning (PBL). Hands-on experiences are general found to be successfulwhen integrated using PBL methods with industry. According to recent study, both intrapersonal andinterpersonal skills in PBL has

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Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State Unviersity; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado Boulder; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

“how reforms in engineering are taken up in identityproductions” [24, p. 278]. The work described in this current paper focuses on this intersectionbetween a change in pedagogy and students’ engineering identities.Recent research proposes both quantitative and qualitative ways to measure engineering identity.For example, Godwin developed a survey to measure engineering identity, with a focus on threeconstructs: recognition as an engineer, interest in engineering, and performance/competence inengineering [25]. Meyers et al. also used a survey to model engineering identity developmentemploying stage theory [26]. They found that male students, students further in their studies, andstudents with future career plans in engineering are more likely

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mehmet Emre Bahadir, Southeastern Louisiana University; Ahmad Fayed, Southeastern Louisiana University; Deborah Athas Dardis, Southeastern Louisiana University; Bonnie Achee, Southeastern Louisiana University; Troy Williams, Southeastern Louisiana University; Wendy J. Conarro, Southeastern Louisiana University; Tireka Cobb Ph.D., Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance; Mohammad Saadeh, Southeastern Louisiana University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, virtual summer camp,experiential learning, multidisciplinary engineering, hands-on, simulationLiterature ReviewThe popularity of STEM focused summer camps has increased as a result of investments inSTEM workforce development. Early exposure to STEM principles and concepts increasesinterest in and pursuit of STEM careers. (National Research Council, 2011) The need for suchprograms is amplified for underrepresented populations. (Mau & Li, 2018) Underrepresentedpopulations face barriers to STEM access that are self-perceived and institutional. (Grossman &Porche, 2014) Investigations measuring the impact of STEM summer enrichment programs onself-efficacy, interest in STEM careers, and STEM identity has increased during the last decade.The

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deborah Athas Dardis, Southeastern Louisiana University; Ahmad Fayed, Southeastern Louisiana University; Bonnie Achee, Southeastern Louisiana University; Mehmet Emre Bahadir, Southeastern Louisiana University; Wendy J. Conarro, Southeastern Louisiana University; Troy Williams, Southeastern Louisiana University; Mohammad Saadeh, Southeastern Louisiana University; Tireka Cobb, Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance

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Pre-College Engineering Education

-college, interdisciplinary engineering, virtual summer camp,experiential learning, multidisciplinary engineering, hands-on, simulationLiterature ReviewThe popularity of STEM focused summer camps has increased as a result of investments inSTEM workforce development. Early exposure to STEM principles and concepts increasesinterest in and pursuit of STEM careers. (National Research Council, 2011) The need for suchprograms is amplified for underrepresented populations. (Mau & Li, 2018) Underrepresentedpopulations face barriers to STEM access that are self-perceived and institutional. (Grossman &Porche, 2014) Investigations measuring the impact of STEM summer enrichment programs onself-efficacy, interest in STEM careers, and STEM identity has

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Russell Korte, George Washington University; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Association; Miguel Velez-Reyes P.E., University of Texas at El Paso

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Ph.D. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He is currently serving as professor and chairper- son of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at one of the nation’s preeminent public urban research institutions, Morgan State University. His career spans over twenty-eight years of progres- sive scholarly experience in such areas as research administration/ implementation, pedagogical inno- vation, international collaboration, strategic planning, promoting community engagement and academic program development. He instructs courses in computer vision, computer graphics, electromagnetics and characterization of semiconductor

Conference Session

Potpourri - A Mix of All Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liang Zhu, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland Baltimore County; L.D. Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Mechanical Engineering

, the retention rate and graduation rate ofundergraduate students in STEM fields are typically low and there is room for furtherimprovement. The low retention and graduation rates may be due to not only the rigorouscurriculum of the STEM majors, but also economic and academic difficulties those studentsencounter. Financial support to students alone may not be sufficient to address the problems. The National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM scholarship program was established toencourage higher education institutions to develop academic activities to support undergraduatestudents in STEM fields to improve their retention and graduation rates, and further increasingtheir potential of career placement and graduate studies. Our university

Conference Session

Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie M. Arnett, New Mexico State University; Sandra M. Way, New Mexico State University; David G. Ortiz, New Mexico State University; Lorissa B. B. Humble, New Mexico State University; Analyssa D. Martinez, New Mexico State University

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Educational Research and Methods

c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Toward an Understanding of the Relationship between Race/Ethnicity, Gender, First-Generation Student Status and Engineering Identity at Hispanic-Serving InstitutionsAbstractUnderstanding how students of different demographic backgrounds differ in their earlyengineering identities can help inform educators’ efforts to facilitate engineering identitydevelopment. This work contributes to this understanding with a quantitative exploration of theways that race/ethnicity, gender, and first-generation status work together to impact engineeringidentity among 656 early-career engineering students at a public Hispanic-Serving Institution(HSIs) in the Southwestern

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elena Filatova, City University of New York; Deborah Hecht, Center for Advanced Study in Education

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Computing and Information Technology

in careers in evaluation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Using Data Science to Create an Impact on a City Life and to Encourage Students from Underserved Communities to Get into STEM.Abstract:In this paper, we introduce a novel methodology for teaching Data Science courses at New YorkCity College of Technology, CUNY (CityTech). This methodology has been designed to engageour diverse student body. CityTech is an urban, commuter, HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution)school with 34% Hispanic and 29% Black students. 61% of our students come from householdswith an income of less than $30,000. Thus, many students in our college come from the NewYork City

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Innovative Pedagogies Afforded Through Technology and Remote Learning

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Educational Research and Methods

the basic concepts taught in thecore STEM courses is a strong contributing factor to student attrition. Strategies to improvelearning experiences in STEM courses by all students at colleges and universities are thereforeneeded so that they persist in the STEM career pipeline. A group of STEM faculty members at aHistorically Black University is committed to this important need through the far-reaching use ofVirtual Reality (VR) in its STEM courses and investigating its impact on learning outcomes,engagement and persistence in STEM.The two big questions that continue to be examined by STEM education experts are: (a) Why dostudents change their majors from a STEM to a non-STEM major? and, (b) Why do studentsstruggle with STEM concepts leading

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Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology

activities to increase the awareness of potential college students about career opportunities in electronics technologies. Dr. Alaraje is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a member of the ASEE Electrical and Com- puter Engineering Division, a member of the ASEE Engineering Technology Division, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department Heads Association (ECETDHA). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Choose Ohio First – IMProving REtention and Student Success in Computing (COF

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Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

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Educational Research and Methods

understandhow students who enter the university with different levels of preparation navigate through theircollege careers through a social capital lens, focusing on their networks, and sense of identityand belonging within engineering. As part of the program, students are expected to meet withfaculty and peer mentors, broadening the pool of potential contacts they might turn to whenfaced with an engineering decision. After the first two years of the program, this paper exploresthe experiences of nine students to understand how their social networks have changed via theName and Resource Generator instrument, an instrument that is designed to understand studentnetworks and access to engineering-related social capital via self-reported networks. This