dimensions defined above. Measuring AE levels across variouspopulations, e.g. engineering students vs. working professionals, could provide insight into howadaptiveness progresses over time and eventually how targeted activities can be designed todevelop these types of cognitive skills in our engineering students.Currently there is very limited data on AE measurements of any population. In this study, we aimto establish baseline measurements of these dimensions by collecting and analyzing survey datafrom first-year students in STEM fields over multiple years. This research is conducted inconjunction with an NSF S-STEM program aimed to support our limited income studentsthrough scholarship, mentorship, and workshops centered around AE. Accordingly