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Track 6: Technical Session 5: Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Emily Violet Landgren, University of Texas at Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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11expressed that he and fellow autistic friends are “are incredible at what they do, and then, they’rejust not very particularly good at talking to people,” so something should be done to supportneurodivergent engineers through navigating science communication, career fairs, interviews andother interactions. If the support is provided by someone neurotypical, it doesn’t work for him,so he would like to see neurodivergent engineers creating resources using their own strategies,and “as collateral for helping neurodivergent [students] with that, neurotypicals benefit too. So,there stands to be a reason to do it and not lump it in with just disability accommodationservices” (Participant 11). Lab instructions are often presented at the opening of

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Track 6: Technical Session 3: The role of undergraduate engineering students' different support networks in promoting emotional well-being: A narrative study

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Narjes Khorsandi Koujel, Rowan University; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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by talking to more studentsfrom different universities. We also want to explore how these support systems change asstudents move through their academic careers and into the workforce. Next, we seeopportunities to talk to students’ family members who are both chosen and traditional tounderstand how they support the student. We expect to identify the processes in whichstudents are mentored and supported. Another goal is to look at how cultural, gender andsocioeconomic factors shape students' experiences and support systems. By doing this, weaim to create better guidelines that colleges and teachers can use to support engineeringstudents in different settings. Finally, we could examine

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Jun Zhang; Peter Cavanaugh; Dan Tenney

teaches students about the culture that licenses do not expire and allow users to modify and adaptsupports innovation and continuous learning. programs to meet their needs. This independence is a critical aspect of fostering a resilient, self-reliant community that is Moreover, open-source communities benefit from the capable of driving technological progress without unduecontributions of students. Early involvement in open source external influence.can foster a habit of contributing to public projects throughoutone’s career. Academic institutions may support these Economic considerations also support

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Track 4: Technical Session 7: An exploration of the relationship between physical, social, and emotional resource access and the development of engineering identity and belonging

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Anne-Marie C.A. Zamor, Rowan University; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Nadia Albishi; Peter Cavanaugh