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Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard; Margarent B. Bailey; Michael G. Schrlau

cited the team as having contributed to their confidence and identityas an engineer and as one of the reasons they remained in engineering. Survey data is currentlybeing collected from at least 30 existing and 30 former Hot Wheelz and Formula SAE membersto quantify demographic characteristics (including gender and race), year level, and currentlevels of self-efficacy. Pre-existing validated scales for measuring self-efficacy andpsychological safety are being used to assess engineering and career self-efficacy. The surveydata will be used to develop interview and focus group questions that further quantify differencesin self-efficacy for males and females and to inform how team practices and attributes improveself-efficacy and retention of

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Nancy K. DeJarnette; Ruba S. Deeb; Jani M. Pallis

—STEM teaching, mobile laboratories, STEM equity, STEM exposureN. K. DeJarnette is with the School of Education (email: ndejarne@bridgeport.edu), R. S. Deeb wasformerly with the School of Engineering (email: rsdeeb@gmail.com) and J. M. Pallis is with the School ofEngineering (email: jpallis@bridgeport.edu), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT.I. IntroductionEquity suggests that all children receive the same privileges and experiences, regardless of theirzip code. Equity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is front andcenter in education today [1]. The 21st Century has birthed a technological age like nothing everseen before. Likewise, careers in STEM continue to grow around the globe and today’s globalpopulation is

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Anusha Srinivas; Peter Stupak

-pulled hand. The student was treated as a Professional“Green Energy” golf cart that used the rotational Engineer in an Engineering-Solutions company – notmotion of one of the golf cart wheels to rotate a DC as a student. The focus was for the student to learn bymotor to generate electricity to charge a cell phone doing. The practical objective was to give the studentand a solar panel to power a thermoelectric cooler authentic hands-on experience in rapid prototyping,to chill a beverage. A secondary objective of the project planning, project execution, andcourse was to expose students, early in their careers communication, to relate to potential internshipand

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Sarira Motaref P.E.

I don't belong in this field or am not capableof doing the work. Throughout the semester any small comment from you helped me feel moreconfident about my studies and pursuing a career in engineering. Specifically, when I wasworking on strength-based projects”.Conducting strengths-based projects demands time allocation, as it requires the faculty to workindividually with each participant, provide feedback to each project, and meet with students.The large enrollment of the class and the limited teaching assistant resources are obstacles tointegrating this activity in the course for all students.It was observed in the second cohort of offering the SBP project (spring 2021) that more studentswith poor performance in the midterm exams signed up

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to have a large number ofparticipants from many institutions contributing atthis in-person conference in this pandemic era.Our mission is to showcase the latestdevelopments in engineering education andstrengthen partnerships among engineeringeducators in the region. We are committed to bringing together the best talents fromour engineering community and fostering their growth. This is an ideal forum to interactwith engineering educators and to listen to the methods of educators in otherinstitutions as well as to listen to undergraduate and graduate students’ research. Wehope that this regional conference on engineering education will inspire and motivateour younger generation to pursue a career in engineering fields that uplift our worldand

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Wei Wei

set and the student will thenleading to infinite depth, causing the maximum recursion depth apply such good practice in his/her own programming. Suchto be exceeded. Once they realize this error, they can easily good practice will not only benefit students in this particularcorrect the code. course, it will also benefit their future career. As an example, in Fig. 2, we point out it is better to use len(die1) andB. Practicing New Skills len(die2), instead of using a fixed value 20, for better We can use CFT assignments to show students how to generality and

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Courtney D. Giles

personal definitions of success, short and long-term goalplanning, regular assessment of goals, time-management, giving and receiving constructivefeedback, preparing for course registration, utilizing campus resources, and asking for help.4.3 Instructional SupportIn Fall 2020, course planning and instruction was led by a single faculty member with additionalsupport from other faculty for lab instruction. With the general structure established, yearlypreparation for the course centers on project development (i.e., Project Partners, challenges, andsupporting materials), coordinating the many visitors that share information on programrequirements, library and writing center resources, student services, career readiness, studyabroad, student clubs