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CIT Division Technical Session #10

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Janis Raje

) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com High-Impact Practices in LEAP: an NSF S-STEM Scholarship ProgramAbstractUtah Valley University (UVU) was awarded an NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) grant in2014 to strengthen outcomes for students in computer science, software engineering, computerengineering, and electrical engineering through Leadership, Engagement, Academic Mentoring,and Preparation (LEAP). The LEAP project was completed in September 2021. This paperpresents the impact of the program on the institution and its computing and engineeringprograms. Also, it presents the effect of the high-impact practices in this program in retentionand completion of computer

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Llewellyn, Boise State University; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

Paper ID #38305The Impact of S-STEM Faculty Mentoring on the MentorsDonna C. Llewellyn (Executive Director)Emily Knaphus-soran Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (UW CERSE). Emily has served as the evaluator for several NSF-funded programs aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM education. Emily earned a PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of Washington, and a BA in Sociology from Smith College. Emily approaches her work with the intention to use her positions of privilege to challenge

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Thompson, Baylor University; Anne Spence, Baylor University; Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Emily Sandvall, Baylor University; Andrea Pouso Morales, Baylor University

(Graduate Apprentice) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com S-STEM First Year Progress: Baylor Engineering and Computer Science Scholar's ProgramThe major goal of the project is to contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists,mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Baylor University. Over itsfive-year duration, this project will fund four-year scholarships to 22 students who are pursuingBachelor of Science degrees in Engineering, Electrical and Computer

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eun-young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Matthew Jackson, California State University, Los Angeles

Paper ID #38399Impact of Three Years of Intervention in Culturally AdaptivePathway to Success on S-STEM ScholarsEun-young Kang (Chair and Professor) Dr. Kang has served as PI/Co-PI on several educational and research grants sponsored by NSF programs and local industries such as Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, JPL, and LA County CIO. Dr. Kang has a particular commitment to broadening participation of underrepresented faculty and student groups in computing.Matthew Jackson (Assistant Professor) (California State University, LosAngeles) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Evans, Houston Baptist University; Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Mitzi Desselles (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com S-STEM Summer, Sophomore Bridge: Successes of Two Cohorts and Experiences of our Year 5 CohortLouisiana Tech University has completed its fifth year of an S-STEM Scholarship Program toserve as a Sophomore Bridge for engineering majors

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

Paper ID #38307Retention of student participants in an S-STEM fundedprogram versus comparable students in engineeringJacqueline Gartner (Assistant Professor) Jacqueline is an Assistant Professor and founding faculty at Campbell University School of Engineering. As part of her role, she teaches many of the chemical engineering courses for students in the middle years.Michele Miller (Associate Dean) Dr. Michele Miller has been the Associate Dean of Engineering at Campbell University since 2017. She earned a BS degree at Duke University and MS and PhD degrees at NC State University. She was a professor of mechanical

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey Lacombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

Kirn (Associate Professor) TBD © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com S-STEM: Creating Retention and Engagement for Academically Talented Engineers – successes and challengesIntroductionThis paper describes the successes and challenges of the third year of a five-year NationalScience Foundation S-STEM project funded through the Division of Undergraduate Education,entitled “Creating Retention and Engagement for Academically Talented Engineers (CREATE)”.The program is being conducted by the College of Engineering at a large western land-grantuniversity and has retained 28 of the original 32 students (hereafter

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University; Erin Carll; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University

Paper ID #38345Building S-STEM scholars' knowledge and skills throughtechnical and career-development seminarsKaterina Goseva-Popstojanova Dr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova is a Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Her research interests are in software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, as well as in higher education focused on these areas. She has served as a Principal Investigator on various NSF, NASA, and industry funded projects. She leads the B.S. in Cybersecurity program and serves as Academic Coordinator of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karinna Vernaza, Gannon University; Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University; Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Saeed Tiari; Varun Kasaraneni, Gannon University

Paper ID #38348Evaluation of three consecutive NSF S-STEM Awards (2008 –2021) at a Predominantly Undergraduate InstitutionKarinna M Vernaza (Dean and Professor)Scott SteinbrinkLin Zhao (Chair and Professor)Saeed TiariVarun K Kasaraneni (Assistant Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Evaluation of three consecutive NSF S-STEM Awards (2008 – 2021) at a Predominantly Undergraduate InstitutionAbstractFrom 2008 to 2021, Gannon University was awarded three National Science Foundation S-STEM awards (0806735, 1153250, and 1643869) amounting to $2.2 million. These

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manuel Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Edward Pohl, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Xintao Wu, University of Arkansas; Ronna Turner, University of Arkansas; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas; Jeffrey Offord, University of Arkansas

Paper ID #37027An Overview of the Multi-Disciplinary Data Science (MDaS)S-STEM Scholarship ProgramManuel D. Rossetti (University Professor)Edward A. Pohl (Professor and Chair) (University of Arkansas)Bryan Hill (Associate Dean) Dr. Bryan Hill is Associate Dean for Student Success in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Arkansas. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering student recruitment, retention, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, K-12 outreach programs and

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Best Diversity Paper

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiayun Shen, Clemson University; LaToya McDonald, Clemson University; Marian Kennedy, Clemson University

Clemson University. Her research group focused on the mechanical and tribological characterization of thin films. She also contributes to the engineering education community through studying the process/impacts of undergraduate research and navigational capital into graduate school. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work in Progress: Facilitating a year-long research course sequence forundergraduate transfer students within a NSF S-STEM scholarship programIntroductionScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students transferring into 4-year from 2-yearinstitutions have been reported to change their majors

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Supporting Transfer Pathways

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Dwayne D Arola, University of Washington; Sandra B Maddox, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Lilo Pozzo, University of Washington; Eleftheria Roumeli, University of Washington; Ismael Fajardo, City of Seattle, Department of Education and Early Learning

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Paper ID #35762An S-STEM Scholarship Program Engaging Transfer Students in theMaterials Intensive Engineering Departments: Successes And UnexpectedChallengesProf. Dwayne D Arola, University of Washington Dr. Arola is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Uni- versity of Washington. He has been committed to improving engineering education for over 20 years and is primarily focused on improving the success of transfer students.Sandra B Maddox, University of WashingtonDr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is the Assistant Director of the UW Center for Evaluation

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Best Diversity Paper

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy

Paper ID #37544Experiences of students supported by an NSF S-STEM grantin a Robotics and Mechatronic Systems Engineering programShuvra Das (Professor) Dr. Shuvra Das started working at University of Detroit Mercy in January 1994 and is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Over this time, he served in a variety of administrative roles such as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach, and Director of International Programs in the college of Engineering and Science. He has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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Two-Year College Potpourri

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricky Castles, East Carolina University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University; Charles Goodman, Pitt Community College

Paper ID #37849Managing the Challenges of Recruiting and Supporting S-STEM Scholars at Three Partnering Community CollegesDuring a PandemicRicky T Castles (Associate Professor) Currently serving as Electrical Engineering Concentration coordinator at East Carolina University. I am the PI on a multi- institutional track 3 S-STEM grant designed to support low-income students in eastern NC at East Carolina University and 3 partnering community colleges. My disciplinary scholarship focuses on sensor networks for improvement of health. My educational scholarship focuses on curricular innovations and support to improve

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aidsa Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro Quintero; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Paper ID #38049Perceptions of low-income and academically talented studentsand mentors of [Program Name] - an S-STEM program at aHispanic Serving InstitutionAidsa I. Santiago-roman Aidsa I. Santiago-Román is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Sciences and Materials at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus. She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez (UPRM). At UPRM, she has won many awards, including Distinguished Professor, at the Engineering Sciences and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricky Castles, East Carolina University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University; Charles Goodman, Pitt Community College

Paper ID #38382Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Engineering StudentsAcross Four Institutions During a Pandemic: Progress andLessons Learned from a Track 3 S-STEM GrantRicky T Castles (Associate Professor) Currently serving as Electrical Engineering Concentration coordinator at East Carolina University. I am the PI on a multi- institutional track 3 S-STEM grant designed to support low-income students in eastern NC at East Carolina University and 3 partnering community colleges. My disciplinary scholarship focuses on sensor networks for improvement of health. My educational scholarship focuses on curricular

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Carter, College of Dupage; Cory Dicarlo; Susan Fenwick; Marcia Frank, College of Dupage; Richard Jarman, College of Dupage

the P.I. on College of DuPage's S-STEM program from 2016 to 2021 and has been a leader in developing research opportunities for community college STEM students both on-campus and in research universities and national labs.Susan FenwickMarcia Frank (Grants Manager)Cory DiCarlo Associate Professor of Chemistry at College of DuPage © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Using a Student Success Coach to Improve Success for Full and Part-Time Students in STEMIntroduction There is significant concern about students in higher education, particularly incommunity colleges, spending time and

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deniz Nikkhah, University of California, Irvine; David Copp, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro; Natascha Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Gregory Diggs-Yang, University of California, Irvine; Hye Rin Lee; Lorenzo Valdevit; Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine

the benefits that faculty mentors gain and what it takesto become a successful mentor.We investigated benefits that faculty members perceived from mentor-mentee relationships in aNational Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (S-STEM) funded program at the University of California, Irvine. The programaims to support low-income, transfer students who are pursuing baccalaureate of science degreesin engineering. As part of the program, faculty mentor these students through degree completion.To study this mentoring, we performed one-on-one interviews with S-STEM faculty mentors andasked questions that were divided into four subcategories: (1) how the mentors’ identity and pastexperiences shaped

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tuncay Aktosun, The University of Texas at Arlington; Yolanda Parker; Jianzhong Su, The University of Texas at Arlington

Paper ID #38227THREE MENTORING PROGRAMS IN MATHEMATICSAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON ANDTHEIR LOCAL AND BROADER IMPACTSTuncay Aktosun (Dr.) Dr. Aktosun is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research area is applied mathematics and differential equations with research interests in scattering and spectral theory, inverse problems, wave propagation, and integrable evolution equations. He is involved in various mentoring and scholarship programs benefiting students. He has been the GAANN Fellowship Director in his department since 2006, the NSF S-STEM Scholarship Director

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter Nelson, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Shanon Reckinger, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade; Renata Revelo, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic change.Peter C Nelson (Professor & Dean)Jeremiah AbiadeDidem Ozevin (Dr.) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering Students: Lessons Learned and Progress ReportAbstractThis paper provides the status report of an NSF S-STEM program that is currentlyin its fourth year in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois atChicago (UIC), a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Tom Withee; Harvey Henson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Social Interdependence ModelAbstractThe Leadership Development Program (LDP) at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU)is a two-year undergraduate experiential leadership development program. Since inception 15years ago, the LDP has a 100 percent post-graduation placement rate. Included in this statisticare the graduates that elect to continue their graduate studies. The Pathways to STEM Leadership(PSL), an NSF S-STEM project at SIU, provides scholarships to support STEM majors’ successin the LPD. Now in its sixth year, the PSL project examines the impact early S-STEM leadershiptraining produces on transformational technical leadership in its graduates. The LDP uses aninstructional approach framed upon Social Interdependence Theory to

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CIT Division Technical Session #2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University

increase student engagement with professional development activities tohelp students develop a positive professional cybersecurity identity. S-STEM scholars, however,are selected based on academic success and prior academic engagement which may influencetheir level of participation and persistence in their degree program. Three questions arise: (1)Are there early signs that ACCESS scholars will have higher academic achievement and persistat higher rates than non-ACCESS scholars among cybersecurity students? (2) Do studentsparticipating in the ACCESS program participate in more professional development activitiesthan students in a comparison group?" and (3) What elements of the S-STEM ACCESS programdo students find most helpful in supporting their

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brandon Sorge, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Grant Fore, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal

. However, when possible, questions were kept as theoriginal or only slightly modified. The nanotechnology and STEM attitudes survey was a modified version of theStudent Attitude Toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) instrument developed bythe Friday Institute at North Carolina State [16]. The S-STEM includes scales on attitudes towards mathematics,science, engineering, and technology, 21st century learning skills, and STEM career awareness. For the purposes ofthis project, the mathematics scale was removed and replaced by a nanotechnology focused scale developed duringprevious one-week camps provided for high school students. The nanotechnology scale contains nine questionswhich were modified over its early development

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marian Kennedy, Clemson University; Christopher Kitchens, Clemson University; Joseph Santaniello; Spencer Davenport, Clemson University; Kaitlynn Conway, Clemson University; William Ferriell, Clemson University

Engineering and Computing for Transfers (SPECTRA) program is arelatively recent NSF S-STEM site within South Carolina and expected to provide scholarshipsfor students through 2026. The program was anticipated to provide a streamlined academicpathway for transfer students from 2-year programs within South Carolina into ClemsonUniversity, and provide programming to aid their academic success and social integration. Toachieve this, the faculty intended to solidify cohorts of students at two community/technicalcolleges (Spartanburg Community College and Trident Technical College) and then support thatcohort as they transitioned together into Clemson University. To provide the students in thecohorts with a shared experience, all scholarship recipients at

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Joseph Brobst, Old Dominion University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Andrew Klein, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University

(PACE). She also manages program evaluations that provide actionable strategies to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. This includes evaluation of NSF ADVANCE, S-STEM, INCLUDES, and IUSE projects, and climate studies of students, faculty, and staff. Her social science research covers many topics and has used critical race theories such as Community Cultural Wealth to describe the experiences of systemically marginalized students in engineering.Sura Alqudah (Assistant Professor) Sura Al-Qudah Holds a Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Binghamton University. She is a co-program director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at Western Washington University. Dr. Al-Qudah is a Co-PI on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Miriam Howland Cummings, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie Ivey, The University of Memphis; David Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Karen Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Danny King, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Jeffrey Watt; Craig Stewart; Michael Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Gregory Simon, University of Colorado Denver

Paper ID #38426Three Years of the Urban STEM CollaboratoryMaryam Darbeheshti (Faculty) Dr. Maryam Darbeheshti is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research interests are in multiphase fluid flow, and Engineering Education.Miriam Howland Cummings (Graduate Research Assistant) Miriam is a PhD candidate in Education Research and Evaluation Methods at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) and a graduate research assistant on an NSF S-STEM grant in CU Denver's College of Engineering, Design, and Computing.Stephanie S Ivey (Associate Dean for Research

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ERM: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar; Sandie Han; Nadia Kennedy, New York City College of Technology; Diana Samaroo; Armando Solis

Co-PI on the NSF S-STEM grant. Her research area is number theory and mathematics education. Her work on Self-Regulated Learning and Mathematics Self-Efficacy won the CUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics Instructions in 2013. She participated in the CUNY-Harvard Consortium Leadership program and initiated the CUNY Celebrates Women in Computing Conference.Nadia Kennedy Nadia Stoyanova Kennedy is Associate Professor in Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics and Program Director of Mathematics Education. Her research focuses on inquiry approaches to mathematics teaching and learning; mathematics identity; philosophy of mathematics education, and mathematics teacher education. She

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Maher, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; John Kevern, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri - Kansas City; Kathleen O'Shea

Jacob Marszalek Kathleen O’Shea University of Missouri-Kansas City Dan Justice Metropolitan Community College-Penn ValleyAbstractIn this paper, we explore the lived pandemic experiences of civil and mechanical engineeringstudents participating in a S-STEM scholarship program during the 2020-2021 academic year.The program, launched in 2020, is designed to facilitate the transfer of students from acommunity college to an urban-serving research university co-located in a Midwestern city.Findings reveal how the pandemic both challenged students and illuminated resiliency andsources of on- and off-campus support. A description of how findings have informed programgoals and implementation is

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzad Ferdowsi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Heather Stone, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; G. H. Massiha, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Terrence Chambers, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Mehdi Mokhtari, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Afef Fekih, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

an Evidence-based Practice. The research describes the current status of theaffirmative sustainable support for scholars in energy technologies (ASSSET) program andexplores its potential impact on the graduate and retention of engineering students. This NSF S-STEM funded project provides scholarships and educational support to low-income,academically talented students entering and pursuing engineering studies at the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette. Its main objective is to increase the retention and graduation in fieldsrelated to energy technology. It supports students in the chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical,industrial technology and petroleum engineering. The ASSSET program was developed with theplan of incorporating evidenced

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ETD - ET Curriculum and Programs I

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gloria Fragoso-Diaz; Billy Gray, Tarleton State University

] 1 Biology and Engineering [54] 1 Total 39* This particular publication included Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering,Civil Engineering Technology, and Modeling and Simulation Majors.NSF EffortsTo understand more about the amount of student retention efforts, the authors analyzedinformation publicly available in National Science Foundation NSF website [72], [73].Specifically, we selected two areas of funding: Scholarships in STEM network (S-STEM-Net)[73] and Broadening Participation in Engineering BPE [72]. To narrow the analysis, the criteriaused to define the starting point in our research, included the grant’s awards that had a “Startday” of January of 2020. That means work