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Xiaowen Gong, Auburn University; Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University; Thaddeus A. Roppel, Auburn University; Chih-hsuan Wang; Melody L. Russell

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. He teaches and conducts research in the field of robotics.Chih-hsuan WangMelody L. Russell Dr. Melody L. Russell is a Professor of Science Education and Endowed Alumni Professor in the College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University. Dr. Russell’s research focuses on broadening participation in STEM and promoting equity and social justice in STEM teaching. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Work in Progress: Building a “Project-Based Learning for Rural AlabamaSTEM Middle School Teachers in Machine Learning and Robotics” RET SiteAbstractThis work in progress paper describes Year 1 results from a Research Experiences for Teachers(RET) in Engineering and

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Donald W. Mueller Jr. P.E., Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Josue Njock Libii, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Donna Dea Holland, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Omonowo David Momoh, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Peter A Ng, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Reynaldo Pablo; Suleiman A. Ashur, Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Year ward, 2012 ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building a Sustainable Institutional Structure to Support STEM Scholars – Work-in-ProgressIntroductionThis paper describes preliminary findings and outcomes from a five-year, NSF-sponsored project(Award #1565066) at Purdue University Fort Wayne to increase the number of students whocomplete engineering, engineering technology, and computer science degrees [1]. The objectivesof this project are to (a) increase graduation rates of the STEM cohorts; (b) build the foundationfor a sustainable institutional structure and support STEM scholars and other students; (c) carryout research designed to advance understanding of the

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Todd Freeborn, The University of Alabama; Claire Major, The University of Alabama; Miriam E. Sweeney; Debra Moehle McCallum, The University of Alabama; Sarah T Dunlap, The University of Alabama

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in a Freshman Introduction to Electrical and Computer EngineeringIntroductionThe issue of how to most effectively teach ethics in engineering education continues to be apersistent concern in the field. As early as the 1940s, engineering professionals articulated afocus on public safety, health, and welfare. The Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) solidified this focus when it adopted criteria requiring that ethicalresponsibility be included in curricula of accredited institutions [1]. As a result, college textbookauthors soon began to include information about professional and ethical responsibility in theirpublications [2]. Over time, these trends have increased scholarly interest in the

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Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Wendy Cagle; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University

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structure ofsimilar entrepreneurship programs.Keywords: NSF, Scholarship Program, Entrepreneurship, Project Based Learning (PBL),Learning Community, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Engineering, Engineering Technology1. BackgroundEngineering education has historically emphasized the graduate’s technical competence in theengineering sciences, math, and engineering design [1]. As technology changes, however, theneeds of the engineering profession continue to evolve [2]. In the traditional learning outcomesof engineering degree programs as formalized by ABET [3], undergraduate coursework thatexposes students to leadership, risk and uncertainty, project management, public policy,business, and sustainability are rising in importance [4].Entrepreneurship

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Lesley M. Berhan, The University of Toledo; Bryan Thomas Bosch

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, but rather is due in part to curricularbottlenecks, lack of institutional support, and lack of significant relevant exposure to materialmeant to engage these students’ engineering future selves. This data motivated the creation of theGEARSET program. In this paper we describe the program, summarize the results to date, anddiscuss the impact of the recent global pandemic and the subsequent transition to test optionaladmissions criteria on the definition of the GEARSET cohort, program implementation, andstudent participation.Program DescriptionThe central objectives of the GEARSET program are: 1. To increase recruitment, retention, student success, and transfer rates into engineering of students who are not admitted directly to

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Aakash Gautam, San Francisco State University; Shasta Ihorn; Ilmi Yoon; Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Michael Savvides, San Francisco State University

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Professor of Computer Science at San Francisco State University. Her research investigates problems at the intersection of information retrieval (IR), natural language process- ing (NLP), and machine learning (ML). Her work aMichael Savvides, San Francisco State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Foundational Strategies to Support Students with Diverse Backgrounds and Interests in Early ProgrammingIntroductionPrevious research has identified numerous challenges in teaching computer programming in theclassroom, including students’ varying prior knowledge and experiences [1, 2]. These challengeshave drawn attention to various pedagogical strategies and curricular

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Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez ; Monica Alfaro; Carmen M. Bellido; Matias J. Cafaro; Bernadette M. Delgado, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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, all 50 states and the District of Columbia reported shortages with the most acutescarcities in mathematics and science, besides special education [1] . The shift to remote learning alsocreated new demands on teachers, which may have contributed to the shortages in particular subjectareas [2]. With this trend, fewer students can take advanced courses in math and science areas,hindering progress in STEM career pathways [3]. Effective STEM teacher education and support canhelp address these challenges and ensure students have access to high-quality education in thesesubjects [4].Universities must develop initiatives and strategies to address their students' immediate and ongoingneeds to ensure they can be resilient in the aftermath of disastrous

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Jill M. D. Motschenbacher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jinhui Wang, University of South Alabama; Amber D. Finley

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Sacramento (AOE-1) with the Pacific 7th Fleet.Prof. Jinhui Wang, University of South Alabama Dr. Jinhui Wang currently is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer En- gineering at University of South Alabama (USA). He is co-director of the Intelligent Multi-Level Power- Aware Circuits and sysTems (IMPACT) Lab. His research interests include VLSI, 3D-IC, Artificial Intel- ligence (AI) Technology, Neuromorphic Computing Device and Hardware, Emerging Memory Design, Cooling Technique for Electronic Devices, Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT (Internet of Things), Elec- tronic Subsystems for Biomedical Applications.Amber D. Finley ©American Society for Engineering Education

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EVANGELIA G. CHRYSIKOU, Drexel University; John S. Gero, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Julie Milovanovic, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; DongHo Kim, Drexel University

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)IntroductionProblem solving in design is frequently susceptible to fixation, restrictions and mistakesintroduced in the design process due to previous practice, that often impede the generation ofeffective design solutions. Research has shown that the inclusion of examples in the problem’sinstructions is associated with a tendency to conform to those examples during creativegeneration, a phenomenon known as design fixation [1], [2]. Individual differences in learningtendencies during concept building might underlie one’s susceptibility to design fixation. In thisexploratory study, we investigate how learning tendencies relate to the neural correlates ofperformance on a design fixation task relative to a control

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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grid, transportation systems, andother large scale human enterprises [1].A Potential ProblemThere has been for some time now announcements of this new technology paradigm from theworld’s major technology companies in their commercial ads. Talking about the “smarter planet”or using similar terms that describe the emerging ecosystem embodied by IoT applications. Thesecompanies have become convinced that this newest application of the Internet will be the drivingforce behind their success for the foreseeable future. In 2019 a Google search of the “Internet ofThings” yielded about 3.5 billion hits [2]. Today that number has risen modestly to about 4 billionbut there are many more Google search suggestions about IoT sub-topics than ever

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Tiantian Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julie P Martin, The Ohio State University; Victoria Bill, New York University ; Giselle Guanes Melgarejo, The Ohio State University

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presentation is two-fold: 1) to provide an overview of our NSF project,Pandemic Impact: Undergraduates’ Social Capital and Engineering Professional Skills, and 2)to report our progress and preliminary quantitative findings. We hope to discuss our project andpreliminary results with fellow engineering educators and receive feedback.The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted engineering education in multiple ways that willcontinue to be felt for years to come. One of the less understood ways the pandemic hascontinued to leave a residue on engineering education is how social distancing and onlinecourses altered students’ professional development. Of particular concern are students who wereeither new to the institution or started their college education during

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Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Paras Mandal, University of Texas at El Paso; Sukumar Kamalasadan

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concept map rubric developed by Besterfield-Sacre [1] andthe work of other researchers within Engineering Education [2]. In investigating the prior work, itwas determined that modifications would need to be made to the original Besterfield-Sacre rubricto better fit the context of this research. The team developed a modified rubric and included a listof terms for the specific concept that would be used in evaluation [3]. Table 1 below shows thedeveloped rubric. In conjunction with the rubric, to better aid the research team in evaluating thecomprehensiveness of each map, a list of key terms describing this concept was provided by oneof the faculty experts on the research team, Table 2.Table 1. Modified Concept Map Scoring Rubric [3

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Anna C Tanguma-Gallegos, Arizona State University; Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University

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to accelerate Latinxrepresentation in STEM education through Institutional Intentionality and Capacity Building forCulturally-Responsive Experiential Learning.The ALRISE Alliance team has extensive work in higher education and understands the value ofbuilding an infrastructure to support students in the higher education systems. The ALRISEAlliance was built as a Networked Improvement Community (NIC), a model that is shown topromote and support collaboration. The ALRISE Alliance structure provides a platform forgaining knowledge and sharing knowledge that can be customized for HSIs institutions that arethe ALRISE members.The ALRISE Alliance objective is to (1) purposely engage and support Latinx students pursuingSTEM, (2) train educators and

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Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; David A. Wyrick PE, CPEM, West Virginia University

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of the engineering workforce [1], [2]. AcES has endeavored to attract, support andretain through graduation talented, but underprepared (non-calculus-ready) first-time, full-timeengineering and computing undergraduate students from underrepresented populations byimplementing established, research-based student success and retention strategies. During theseven (7) years of NSF funding, this program has served 71 students and supported 28 studentswith renewable S-STEM scholarships.Past research used surveys and individual and focus group interviews to measure AcES scholars’feelings of institutional inclusion, engineering self-efficacy and identity, and assessment of theirown development of academic and professional success skills [1], [2

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Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Miriam Howland Cummings PhD, University of Colorado, Denver; William Taylor Schupbach; David J. Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Stephanie S Ivey, The University of Memphis; Karen D Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tom Altman; Michael S. Jacobson; Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver

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NSF S-STEM Track 3: Scaling Up Student Success through Broadening Participation Beyond our S-STEM CohortIntroductionFirst year programs in engineering education are commonly used to help improve studentsuccess and retention at engineering colleges. Such attendant programs often involve studentinterventions such as learning communities, student mentoring, and bridge programs or bootcamps that provide external motivations and supplementary learning objectives aimed at helpingfirst year students in engineering succeed academically, [1]. Moreover, urban universities oftenhave student populations with a wide array of hurdles that impede their success in engineeringand STEM fields. Of these includes financial instabilities

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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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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

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John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz; Andrew Mark Herbert; Michael Scott Laver, Rochester Institute of Technology; Emily Lazarus; Iris V. Rivero; Erika Nuñez, Texas Tech University; Nafisha Tabassum

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assignment can improve the empathetic dispositions of students.This work is based on work from an NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)grant.IntroductionScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors need to understand thechallenges they will face as professionals and the communities they will serve. Studying thehumanities as part of professional preparation will ground scientific and technological innovationin a context of human need and reaffirm the ethical imperatives that inform the speed, impact,and consequences of human progress. There are natural connections between the humanities andSTEM, which can deepen students’ educational experiences [1]. Yet, there has been a long-standing tension in STEM education between

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Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Douglas Edward Pruim; Deana Lucas; Todd Kelley, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jung Joo Sohn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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mutual agreements acrosscolleges may then vanish, continued disputes over academic territory, and challenges over resourceallotments. Essentially, there may be little to no incentives for academic departments to engage intransdisciplinary programming within the existing structures of higher education. However, some insightsand practices have emerged from this research project that can be useful in moving towardtransdisciplinary learning around topics of convergence. Accordingly, the paper will highlight features ofan educational model that spans disciplines along with the workarounds to current institutional barriers.This paper will also provide lessons learned related to 1) the potential pitfalls with educationalprogramming becoming “un

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Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University; Erin Carll, University of Washington; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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benefits of the ACCESS program to students’ education and futureprofessional careers.1. IntroductionCybersecurity is of vital importance for protecting individuals, businesses, and governmentinstitutions from cyber threats. Furthermore, strong cybersecurity is essential for ensuringuninterrupted work of the critical infrastructure and the national security. However, there is ahuge unmet need for cybersecurity experts in the U.S. According to cyberseek.org, nationwidethere are over 755,700 open positions for different cybersecurity career pathways, which is asignificant increase from 597,700 open positions one year ago [1]. The Bureau of LaborStatistics projects that the employment of information security analysts, which is one of thecybersecurity

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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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women in engineering. Later that year, he briefly served as a mathematics instructor in Baltimore City High Schools. From 2005 through 2018, Dr. Berhane directed engineering recruitment and scholarship programs for the University of Maryland. He oversaw an increase in the admission of students of color and women during his tenure and supported initiatives that reduce the time to degree for transfers from Maryland community colleges. The broader implications of his research are informed by his comprehensive experiences as a college administrator. His areas of scholarly interest include: 1) Broadening participation in engineering through community college pathways and 2) Experiences of first and second-generation

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Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David J. Keffer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mary Skidmore Kocak, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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).Graduation rates among transfer students are lower than students entering four-year programs inyear one, and the TranSCEnD program was deliberately designed to provide these students withacademic, social and financial support. Three major components were included to improvecohort-building and thereby impact success. Students admitted to the program (1) engaged in agroup summer bridge project, (2) completed a single-term success seminar, and (3) wereprovided a scholarship for continued informal engagement with the comprehensive TranSCEnDteam throughout their years at UTK. The NSF-supported project has entered the fifth and finalyear of the program and the results of the effort show positive impacts on transfer studentsuccess. Students participating

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Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University

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and Community Transformation Track of the NSFIUSE Program, aims to transform the culture in STEM departments at the home institution to onethat values and prioritizes active and inquiry-based learning. The theoretical framework for theproject builds on existing work on grassroots change in higher education [1] to study the effect ofcommunities of practice and [2] to change teaching culture, with an emphasis on largeintroductory courses. We have established course-based communities of transformation (CCTs),faculty learning communities within three STEM departments that include faculty focused onhighly enrolled gateway courses in each of the departments as well as faculty interested inimproving teaching and learning.The math CCT started roughly

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Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University

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Adoption Among FacultyDuring the current 4th industrial revolution, technology is changing at an ever increasing pace[1]. Thus, it is essential that engineering educators continually adopt and teach new engineeringtechnologies to both keep the technologies used in engineering coursework relevant for graduatesentering industry, as well as to model lifelong learning for their students. In fact, ABET requiresfaculty to teach relevant tools for modern engineering, as well as equip students with life-longlearning skills [2]. However, the time restrictions on faculty are well documented [3 - 4] and canmake learning new technologies challenging.This poster summarizes the preliminary results of an NSF project funded through the Directoratefor Engineering

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Lisa Shatz, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech; Helen Zhang, Boston College

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electric energy, sustainability, and Maine's uniqueecology; a project-based first-year course about power, energy, sustainability, and robotics; mentoringopportunities with local Boston middle and high school students; study group opportunities, and exposureto IEEE PES Society events and other professional activities, such as seminars and conferences. Our goalwas a 90% second-year retention rate, and a 90% five-year graduation rate, with at least 50% of theScholars going on to intern and work in the electric power industry.The program started in October, 2021 and seven qualified EE students (Cohort 1) received the award in2021. An eight scholar was later added that year. Since these students had already started the fallsemester, they did not do

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G. R. Marvez, Tufts University ; Camila Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Justin Reich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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skills such as facilitating and moderating discussions and may be fearfulof bringing difficult or challenging debates into the classroom [1]. One way that pre-serviceSTEM teachers can practice refining these skills is by engaging in digital teaching simulations[2]. Digital teaching simulations present realistic classroom scenarios to allow teachers topractice refining their skills in low-stakes settings [3]–[5].Teacher Moments, a digital teaching simulation platform funded by two NSF grants in theDivisions of Research on Learning (# 2037983) and Computer and Information Science andEngineering (# 1917668), has been used to help teachers practice facilitating argument-baseddiscussions and moderating design discussions. We present two research

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Shengfan Zhang, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

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Science Foundation, is in its secondyear and have twenty high school teachers participating so far. The objectives of the program areto (1) promote research-driven high school data analytics curriculum and education to reachunderserved students, such as those in rural areas; (2) provide a professional developmentopportunity for teachers to attain new knowledge in data analytics and various engineeringapplication; and (3) encourage a long-term collaborative partnership between the University andpublic school districts in the region to strength data analytics education. Currently, participatingteachers have developed learning modules in mathematics, computer science, and pre-engineering. Faculty mentors across different fields in engineering and

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Bonnie Kathleen MacKellar, St John's University; Natalie Kiesler, DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education; Rajendra K. Raj, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire; Renee McCauley, College of Charleston; Amruth N. Kumar, Ramapo College of New Jersey

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work-in-progress paper motivates dispositions within computing disciplines and presents thebackground of this approach. It also discusses the use of reflection exercises and vignettes in un-derstanding, promoting, and fostering behavioral patterns that undergraduate computing studentsidentify as related to dispositions they experience in the course. Preliminary data and results fromthe study are also presented.1 IntroductionA major concern in higher education is to ensure that graduates are “career-ready,” that is, they notonly have learned knowledge and skills that are needed by employers but have also developed theprofessional traits and attitudes necessary for a successful career. This is especially important infields such as engineering

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Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Elizabeth Ann McNeela, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Thomas Tran, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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pilotstudy indicates our curriculum’s potential to introduce students to engineering and its related careerpaths. The pilot also provided insight to the method of surveying used and justified for us the use of aretrospective survey in a full scale planned study. This program may serve as a pathway to engage adiversity of students in robotics and engineering leveraging new materials and applications.IntroductionGender disparities persist across engineering disciplines. This is especially true in traditional disciplinessuch as mechanical engineering (MechE) and electrical engineering (EE) [1]. Nationwide, ~15% and~14% of undergraduate MechE and EE degrees are awarded to women, respectively [2]. Alternatively,bioengineering and biomedical engineering

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Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Northern Arizona University

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improve students’ sense of belonging, particularly for Hispanic/LatinX/ XicanXstudents, inclusive of their intersectionalities (e.g., gender, nationality, first-generation college)[16]–[19]. As such, the purpose of this project is to enhance “servingness” [30] for historicallyminoritized/marginalized students, inclusive of their intersectionalities, in engineering educationat Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) by developing a sustainable model for an academic,institutional, and social support system (i.e., formal peer-mentoring program) for first-yearengineering students. More specifically, PromESA seeks to: Objective 1: Increase students’ sense of belonging by (1.a) Incorporating holistic, socio- culturally responsive practices into

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Katrina J. Donovan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart D. Kellogg P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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ofthe semester.Concurrent with the curricular modification the faculty team has begun expandingthe program through new undergraduate course development (MET 300), andfocused community STEAM activities that engage pre-Kindergarten to retirementage participants.Program BackgroundThe Art + Engineering (A+E) program at South Dakota Mines is a unique program that has beenintegrated into all learning levels [1] of the Metallurgical Engineering curriculum. The field ofMetallurgical Engineering has a non-diverse professional makeup. Our program mimics thatprofile and has additional challenges associated with our rural location and relatively narrowdisciplinary focus. Consequently, our programmatic elements focused on making creativity,innovation