Conference Session

Potpourri - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Veterans

students featuredin previous studies of engineering students, such as a lifelong love of tinkering [26]. Forexample, B12AE developed an interest in engineering as a child, when he “liked to destroythings and take them apart.” For him, “engineering was just something I always wanted to do, Ialways wanted to build things, and create the new technology that’s doing somethingspectacular.” C8CN said ever since he was five or six years old he enjoyed “playing with thelittle Army figures, or just playing with Legos,” thus stimulating his interest in engineering. 8FGSVE were attracted to the engineering major because of the opportunity to engage inproblem solving and to be of service to others. Participants