community leader * Certified John Maxwell leadership coach and speakerProf. Scott J. Tippens, Kennesaw State University I am a full professor at Southern Polytechnic State University and I am the founding director of the Alternative Energy Innovation Center at SPSU. I’ve been teaching in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department for approximately 17 ye ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Engineering Student Retention: Integrating Corporate Onboarding Practices with Social Identity and Self-Determination TheoriesAbstractRetention in engineering disciplines remains a persistent challenge for higher education. Thisstudy explores a novel approach inspired by corporate
Paper ID #45777Pilot Strategy to Enhance Mechanical Engineering Student Retention ThroughActive Academic Advising and Early EngagementJuEun Lee, Humboldt State UniversityDr. Joshua Paul Steimel, Humboldt State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Pilot Strategy to Enhance Mechanical Engineering Student Retention Through Active Academic Advising and Early EngagementAbstract:Student retention and recruitment represent persistent challenges in mechanical engineeringeducation. Retention is closely linked to the appropriate placement of students in foundationalfirst-year courses such as mathematics
, and working on communication skills [24],[25].As research discussed that undergraduate researchers could engage in their lived experiences formore authentic interpretations of data, we engaged our lived experiences, especially bothundergraduate researchers, through the writing of positionality statements. Positionalitystatements have been a growing phenomenon in engineering education research as part of theefforts to uncover researchers’ preconceived notions that can shape how they conduct theirresearch [26]. By reflecting on their positionalities, Alshanti and Thu as undergraduateresearchers engage their lived experiences as engineering students to interpret instructors’ beliefsand behaviors on test usage. This becomes the foundation of this