Paper ID #45156Unlocking Innovation: Empowering Underrepresented Entrepreneurs in InterdisciplinaryEngineering TechnologyDr. Teddy Ivanitzki, American Society for Engineering Education Dr. Teddy Ivanitzki is part of Fellowships and Research Opportunities (FRO) by ASEE. FRO is managing a large fellowship/ research and scholarship grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under STEM umbrella with total of $15M/year.Elsabeth Mekonnen ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Graduate, Engineering, Race/Ethnicity, Entrepreneurship Unlocking Innovation: Empowering
throughworkforce education. Dean Huffman has over 25 years of experience in higher education where she hasprovided leadership in the planning, implementation and assessment of curriculum and programs withinthe CTE Division. She has served on the Texas Association of College Technical Educators Board ofDirectors and currently serves on the Texoma Workforce Board of Directors.1 Current Status of the U.S. Engineering and Computing Workforce, 2019 – IRA | ASEE https://ira.asee.org/national-benchmark-reports/workforce2019/2 Understanding the Closing the Gaps Domain final https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/accountability/academic-accountability/performance-reporting/closing-the-gaps-domainfinal.pdf3 Rankings | Colleges with the largest endowment - Most
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educators (Lent et al., 2019). Cultural expectations, socioeconomic status, and exposureto specific careers may shape these identities. While many students may be encouraged to pursuecareers that are more stable or familiar, such as those in service or business sectors, STEM careersoften remain outside of their consideration due to limited exposure, lack of role models, and the Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Copyright 2025, American Society for Engineering Education 3perceived difficulty of these
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many Latin*groups across the US. However, unlike other Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs), the HSIdesignation is appointed at the federal level, where institutions of higher learning may apply tobecome HSIs once their undergraduate enrollment reaches or surpasses the 25% Hispanic/Latin*student threshold. This definition, coupled with the change in demographics across the Nation,has resulted in a deluge of newly minted HSIs in the past decade alone. Yet many of theseinstitutions join the ranks of HSIs without having an established mission to serve the needs ofunderrepresented communities, and those of the Latin* community, specifically (Aguilar-Smith,2021; Vargas & Villa-Palomino, 2019). As a result, much work has focused on
Background Engineering is largely dominated by cisgender, heterosexual, white men (ASEE, 2023; Lee et al., 2020) LGBTQ+ people in engineering must contend with a heteronormative and hypermasculine climate. (Miller et al., 2020; Cech and Waidzunas 2011) TGNB people face additional discrimination and alienation both on campus and within engineering. (Haverkamp, 2018; Haverkamp et. al. 2019; Campbell‐Montalvo et. al. 2023)Despite broader efforts to improve diversity on college campuses, science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors remain largely dominated by cisgender,heterosexual, white men [3], [4], [5]. In order to create change and
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publications in archival journals and conference proceedings. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM and a member of AAAI, APS, ASEE, INSTICC and SIAM.C. Cozette Comer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University C. Cozette Comer has been conducting and supporting scoping/mapping reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other forms of evidence synthesis since 2018 as both a researcher and information specialist. She is currently the Assistant Director for Evidence Synthesis Services at the University Libraries at Virginia Tech, leading the development of support and educational services for faculty, students, staff, and community members across disciplines and in interdisciplinary contexts
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reports (data pointsand lines, in the 1-5 scale) and their standard deviations (bottom bars) in the Fall 2024 semester.The course MENG 2110 has been offered in the mechanical engineering curriculum since Fall2012, and the evaluated contents of technical writing and assigned reports have not substantiallychanged since 2019. Table 4 and Figure 2 show the average percentage grades awarded for eachreport and their corresponding standard deviation in the last eight consecutive semesters, whichis the period when the teaching initiatives of this paper have been implemented. The number ofstudents taking the course was between 54 and 72 for each of the reported semesters. Table 4. Average percentage grades awarded and their standard deviation for each
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scienceand engineering-related fields (ABET - 1) and 2) fostering professional collaboration and inclusiveteam working environment as well as effective oral and written communication (ABET # 3, 5 &6). We present our preliminary assessment results for each learning outcome based on post-labassignment and survey, demonstrating that modules can be applied at any institute to advanceundergraduate curricula in science and engineering.Keywords: Nucleation, Cold stage, Hands-on activity, Experimentation, Data Analysis Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Copyright © 2025
students (VISs) mathematics education.[26] vision-impaired students.Author(s) Country Technologies Purpose Target Group Education Designedand Year Level Solution/MethodologyTopin et al., Brazil Computer Vision Enhance Math teaching to Students blind or All Designed a mobile system that can(2019) [27] (CV), Artificial blind or students with with reduced identify the main Cartesian curves Neural Networks reduced vision
effective support students and balance all the other activities that faculty have to carry out (Chan et al., 2019; He and Hutson, 2017; Khalil et al., 2014; Drake 2011).(3) Academic advising practices should leverage a diversity of communication methods and tools (Chan et al., 2019; Iatrellis et al., 2017).(4) Academic advising needs to be seen as a form of student development (Pargett 2011)(5) Academic advising needs progressive and developmental pathways to support student success (Emekako and Van der Westhuizen, 2021).(6) Centralized advising models, staffed with professional advisors, have both advantages and disadvantages to supporting student success and retention (Kot 2014; Rowan 2019). Centralized professional advisors
other organizations. Content for this table wasderived from Claude AI (December 18, 2024) and edited as well as re-organized into categoriesby the author. To complement the AI derived practices, below is also a list of literature derivedstrategies that have been used by organizations to mitigate the challenges to building diverseteams. Such evidence-based strategies can help us advance diversity, equity, and inclusioninitiatives in higher education also.Recruitment, Screening, and Interview Phases: • Regular bias training (Gino and Coffman, 2021; Applebaum, 2019) • Broad recruitment across historically excluded groups (Cosgriff-Hernandez et al., 2022) • Structured interviews (Levashina et al. 2014; Williamson et al., 1997) • Blind
Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of the U.S. White House endorsed initiative Algebra by 7th Grade, the Commission for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to ASEE MIND, the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s Advisory Committee for ’Zero Barriers in STEM Education,’ board member for the Northeast STEM Starter Academy of Mount Vernon, NY, and the Florida-based STEM Xposure. She earned a BS in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025
Paper ID #49600Designing and Developing Summer K-12 STEM Outreach Programs Througha Tenure-Track Faculty’s PerspectiveDr. Nathan Galinsky, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Dr. Nathan Galinsky is a tenure-track faculty in the chemical engineering department at WVU Tech since 2019. He has been actively involved in outreach within the university running six summer outreach programs since 2021 and being actively involved within the department and university in K-12 outreach, recruitment, and retention efforts. His educational research interests are on K-12 outreach, developing more engaging out of class
success in engineering. Justin completed their Ph.D. in Engineering Education (’22) and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (’21) at Purdue University, and two B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (’17). Atop their education, Justin is a previous NSF Graduate Research Fellow and has won over a dozen awards for research, service, and activism related to marginalized communities, including the 2020 ASEE ERM Division Best Diversity Paper for their work on test anxiety. As a previous homeless and food-insecure student, Justin is eager to challenge and change engineering engineering education to be a pathway for socioeconomic mobility and broader systemic
change.Establishment of Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access and GIANTProgramIn 2019, the Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA), referred to as theIDEA Institute, was established in response to a recommendation from The Grainger College ofEngineering Diversity Committee to form an institute which would be responsible forunderstanding the national and institutional landscape of DEI and evaluating the College’spractices and policies that impact broadening participation among students, faculty, and staff.This research-based institute would also serve as the focal point for DEI activities. In practice,the IDEA Institute acts as a hub for innovation through social justice by encouraging andstrengthening IDEA at all levels
classroom environments.However, while research trends indicate interest in studying faculty development, there is limitedresearch on faculty motivations specifically, as indicated by a 2019 search that identified 579publications for ‘faculty + development’ but only 87 publications for ‘faculty + motivation’ [24].Understanding faculty motivations for engaging in faculty development programs is essential fordesigning effective faculty development programs that align with faculty interests andinstitutional goals.Despite the recognized importance of CRP, there is limited research on the specific motivationsof engineering faculty to participate in faculty development programs focused on these inclusiveand equitable pedagogical approaches. This paper