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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 1: Student Success and Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duncan H. Mullins, State University of New York, Buffalo ; AraOluwa Adaramola, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #37913Reflections on the Process of Growing into Faculty: A CollaborativeExperience in Being ApprenticesMr. Duncan H. Mullins, State University of New York, BuffaloAraOluwa Adaramola, Purdue University, West Lafayette AraOluwa Adaramola is a graduate student in the Chemical Engineering PhD Program at Purdue Univer- sity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on the Process of Growing into Faculty: A collaborative experience in being apprentices By: Duncan Mullins a

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Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffany Chan, University of California, Davis; Tate L Chatfield, University of California, Davis; Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis

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higher aptitude forengagement than students that did not [17]. Informal interaction is established as interactionoutside of relevant classroom instruction. [15] Reported benefits of informal faculty interactioninclude improved clarity in career goals for undergraduate students [18] and increased GPA [19];however, specific recommendations have yet to be investigated. Our study investigates informalstudent-faculty micro-interactions and their potential to shape students' perceptions of belongingwithin the field of biomedical engineering (BME) and the BME department. A 2019 internalsurvey within one specific BME department uncovered a concerning trend, revealing that one-sixth of undergraduate students felt discomfort within the major, all of whom

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Fitzpatrick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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important initial step in alongitudinal process that aims to explore the true impacts of COVID-19 on education on a largerscale. As the pandemic continues to shape our world for years to come, finding effective andrigorous methods to examine the issue with depth and precision is vital. In this paper, we presentour pilot study's findings that provide insights into the immediate effects of COVID-19 onstudents' learning experiences. This study lays the groundwork for future research that shouldbuild on our findings and expand the scope of the investigation to better comprehend thepandemic's long-term implications for engineering education.A critical concern about engineering student retention is raised by these results. If a patternemerges in which

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cody Petitt, Ohio University ; Greg Kremer, Ohio University; Timothy Cyders; Emily McCarty; Robert F. Lindsey; Ryan Pytosh, University of Florida

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for amental health concern. Follow up studies to better understand stressors identified unsupportiveand challenging training environments, time management issues, and high performanceexpectations as key sources of stress [9]. Students’ reported that relationships with family,friends, and classmates and health and wellness activities such as exercise, mindfulness, andmaintaining spiritual health were their primary coping strategies [9]. Although our students useddifferent words, the main themes identified in these studies are consistent with our experiences.Faculty experiences dealing with engineering student mental health have not been studiedextensively, but one paper surveyed 106 faculty and administrators and found that they felt

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 5: Motivation and Support for Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, University of Alabama

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. Considering theimportance of conducting a needs assessment in the design of educational curricula, it is essentialto employ comprehensive approaches to collect information from groups beyond students. Togain a more comprehensive understanding of mental health issues among senior engineeringstudents, it may be valuable to solicit input from university faculty and staff, as well as theuniversity's counseling center. These individuals are knowledgeable about students' concerns andstressors at various stages of their studies. Moreover, to develop a comprehensive curriculumthat addresses various strategies for managing stressors that senior students or entry-levelengineers may face, it is crucial to gather

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Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Cresap, Louisiana Tech University; Ashtyne Klair Monceaux; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University

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, 2024 Weekly Professional Development Lunches to Build Community Among an S-STEM CohortAbstractThis student-led research will assess a weekly lunch that eight faculty mentors implemented atLouisiana Tech University to promote student retention for an S-STEM scholarship cohort ofapproximately twenty engineering students. The faculty mentors hosted the students byproviding simple home-cooked meals, which helped reduce food insecurity among the cohortwhile providing a venue for professional development. These lunches also provided an informalway for the faculty to connect with the students while fostering peer-to-peer relationships. Theweekly lunch was initiated in the winter quarter of the first year of study for

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Pegram, "Be A Maker (BeAM)" Makerspace in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Maria Christine Palmtag; Anna Engelke, UNC-Chapel Hill / North Carolina State University

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undergraduate student staff to support its diversecommunity of 4,000+ users, which includes other students, researchers, faculty, and universitystaff. All student employees begin their role as Program Assistants, but they can later apply toacquire more advanced responsibilities by becoming Program Specialists. Program Specialistsare not only tasked with their personal professional development, but are also responsible forapplying these new skills towards instructional materials and programs aimed at teaching otherstaff members and makerspace users. Due to reduced makerspace access during the pandemic, many new Program Assistantsdid not develop as much hands-on experience with makerspace equipment. For this reason, therewas a noticeable

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aadhy Parthasarathy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rupal Nigam, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aanchal Gupta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Tove Elisabeth Kopperstad, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ani Pirosmanishvili, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Theresa Ann Saxton-Fox, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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genderminorities in science and engineering fields for decades [1]. As of Spring of 2023, women andother gender minorities make up only 13% of Master’s students, 16% of Ph.D. students, and 18%of undergraduate students in the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, for example [2]. Recruitment and retention efforts for gender minorities areongoing at every level for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and faculty positions across academiaand STEM. The efforts of the current initiative focus on the transition from undergraduate tograduate education, which was identified as one of three critical points in a woman’s engineeringcareer, defined as a time when significant numbers of women leave the field [3, 4]. The

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Luke Morrison, University of South Florida; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University

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UnderstandEngineering (TRUE) initiative as part of the capstone design; d.) designing and implementingthe Professional Formation of Engineering (PFE) courses; e.) establishing Track-FocusedAdvisory Boards with industry-faculty-student members; and f.) Stakeholder (Student)Empowerment in the Faculty Evaluation process [4].In this study, the main focus will fall on the PFE layer (which consists of a series of classes takenthroughout an undergraduate’s engineering schooling to prepare students for the professionalengineering world) and the TRUE-Capstone projects (which are the culmination of the new EEdegree, in which undergraduate student teams will be formed to provide an engineering solutionto an industry-sponsored or community-sponsored project). A recent

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sruthi Dasika, Purdue University; Anyerson Cuervo, Purdue University; Amena Shermadou, Purdue University

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foreign-born and U.S.-born faculty at four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States.,” J. Divers. High. Educ., vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 163–174, Sep. 2011, doi: 10.1037/a0022354.[27] E. A. Ismail and J. E. Groccia, “Foreign- and US-educated faculty members’ views on what constitutes excellent teaching: Effects of prior graduate training, rank, and teaching experience,” New Dir. Teach. Learn., vol. 2022, no. 169, pp. 47–64, 2022, doi: 10.1002/tl.20482.[28] R. M. Ryan and E. L. Deci, “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions,” Contemp. Educ. Psychol., vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 54–67, Jan. 2000, doi: 10.1006/ceps.1999.1020.[29] Y. Jiang and C. Zheng, “New Methods to Support Effective

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 1: Student Success and Mentoring

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University Library TSS

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Paper ID #37185Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See inEngineering EducationAlexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Purdue University Library TSS ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See in Engineering EducationAbstractThe educational pathway of engineering is often fraught with obstacles and challenges. Whilestudents that participate in research labs get through with less difficulty, there can be instanceswhere students enter with both academic and personal issues. In this paper, I will specificallyhighlight one of my

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Edward Chaback, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bryan Watson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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while taking classes. Yet both approaches focus heavily on theacademic side of the student experience, and do not pay much attention to other areas of holisticgrowth or development. The course learning objectives provided by most classes focus primarilyon obtaining and retaining information. Some examples of standard course learning outcomes are“Learners should be able to recall nutritional guidelines for planning meals” and “Learnersshould be able to develop solutions for networking problems, balancing business concerns,privacy and technical issues” [10]. While these course learning outcomes evaluate how wellstudents are progressing in a class, they do not look at how much students have developedholistically.2.2 Zachman Framework The

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University; Alexander V Struck Jannini, Purdue University

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environmental engineering faculty and students. Our message is not just for this specific context, we're looking at how degrowth is the only way to the future for sustainability. Even if we're talking about the work the Center is doing as a whole, we keep developing this technology, and we want to keep building–resources are finite. And thinking that we’ve gotta keep growing, gotta keep expanding, is just not truly sustainable, no matter what. Even if we pick what seems like a sustainable solution at the moment. And so, it's definitely interesting to be involved with the Center, where everyone has kind of this optimistic idea of new technology. I'm just like, “hey, did you think about this other stuff?” And not everyone wants to hear

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Drinkwater, Duke University; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Duke University; Rebecca Simmons, Duke University

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, FSAE, and Duke Engineers for International Development.Dr. Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Duke University Karis Boyd-Sinkler, PhD is the Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Adjunct Assistant Pro- fessor at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. She plays a key role in providing strategies to strengthen Pratt’s efforts to create and sustain an equitable environment for all members of the Pratt Com- munity including students, staff, faculty, and alumni. She has over 7 years of experience leading multiple mentoring, outreach, and professional development programs focused on the recruitment and retention of engineering students at all levels, especially students from Black and Hispanic/Latino populations. Dr

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; John Roberts, UK College of Engineering

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predisposition and the information gatheredduring the search. This three-step college decision model, posited by Hossler and Gallagher(1987), is a commonly cited college choice model in higher education literature [18], [19], [20],[21], [22]. While this framework simplifies the sequencing and timing of the college decisionprocess, other college choice theories expanded upon this initial understanding. In themid-1960s, Holland and Richards [23] posited four influential factors on college choice: 1)intellectual emphasis of the prospective campus; 2) practical concerns; 3) advice of others; and4) perceived social climate of the campus. Litten’s [24] (1982) five-stage model included: 1)college aspirations; 2) beginning the search process; 3) gathering

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Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology

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division of work among Dominique’s group arose from certain members havingspecialized knowledge that allowed them to do more of the work. This introduces the idea of un-equal access to early STEM exposure and learning. Without incorporating data from the first twointerviews, it is impossible to say what level of access the participants had to STEM in middleand high school. However, it is a larger issue that has been demonstrated [32]. In some cases, as with Charlotte’s situation, this concern about task delegation was linkedto a perceived lack of knowledge or skill. Charlotte explained that she was excited to help withcertain aspects of the project, but perceived that other team members had more knowledge anddid not accept her input. When

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Student Division Technical Session 2: Career Development and Employability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mandana Ashouripashaki, The Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

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State University Krista Kecskemety is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University and the Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Program. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences, and the research to practice cycle within first-year engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Review of Career

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hannah Corbin; Noor Aulakh, Rowan University; Alex Herrman, Rowan University; Conor Peterson; Shahir Shariful Mollah; Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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Paper ID #36804The Effect of a Collaborative Environment on Engineering Students’Social NetworksHannah CorbinNoor Aulakh, Rowan UniversityAlex Herrman, Rowan UniversityConor PetersonShahir Shariful MollahDarby Rose Riley, Rowan University Darby Riley is a student of engineering education at Rowan University. She has a special interest in issues of diversity and inclusion, especially as they relate to disability and accessibility of education. She is a founding member of Rowan University’sDr. Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk is an Associate Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vivian H Nguyen, City Colleges of Chicago ; Anthony Jesus Blanco, City Colleges of Chicago; Andrew Steppan, City Colleges of Chicago; Juan Munoz, City Colleges of Chicago ; Guadalupe Pina-Castillo, City Colleges of Chicago; Shlesha Patel, City Colleges of Chicago; Melvin Cabrera, City Colleges of Chicago; Tobias Wimmer; Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago

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out [19]. Therefore, smallsocial circles and a lack of peer-to-peer relationships limit an individual's source of motivation orencouragement to persist in high stress academic environments [20]. Understanding theinfluences of undergraduate learning through the SCT will allow us to target the factors that pushstudents to retain their degree program. Replicating these influences to a wider audience andmaking them more accessible will address the growing issue of retention and its impact withinthe United States.We utilized previously listed factors and Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory to delineatecommon barriers that may result in a lower self-efficacy and prevent a student from completingtheir degree. Many undergraduate students, especially