Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

study abroad coordinator and the assessment chair for her department. Page 22.1557.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Twenty-First Century Civil Engineering: An Overview of Who, What, and WhereAbstractFrom the erection of the Ġgantija temples and development of the Roman aqueducts to thedesign and construction of One World Trade Center and the expansion of the Panama Canal,civil engineers have played a crucial role in improving people’s quality of life. The civilengineer of the past operated in a less complex world and relied more on

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryPat Beaufait; Duyun Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Cecile Dietrich; Garrett Michael Vanhoy, University of Arizona

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Electrical and Computer

work.Garrett indicated that networking in this way is rewarding. Garrett liked the conference butdescribed the software demonstration and discussion as ―tough‖ because people approached himas though he were an expert. Although he understood the basic point of the conferenceattendees‘ questions, he was not familiar with all terminology that they used. He also reportedwishing that the other team members were present, since knowledge of the team is distributedamong all three members, and some questions addressed aspects of the work that wereperformed by the other team members. The team has one technical paper accepted for aconference presentation44 and plans to submit abstracts and papers to other conferences thatreport quantitative assessment of the

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes and interventions aimed at improving learning objective attainment. Prior to his University as- signments he was the Founder and CEO of The EDI Group, Ltd. and The EDI Group Canada, Ltd, independent professional services companies specializing in B2B electronic commerce and electronic data interchange. The EDI Group companies conducted market research, offered educational seminars and conferences and published The Journal of Electronic Commerce. He was also a Vice President at the First National Bank of Chicago, where he founded and managed the bank’s market leading professional Cash Management

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ImprovementFor the Fundamental Needs advanced study, it will be important for additional lessons to becreated beyond the wheel. Because design is for systems as well as for objects, perhaps the nextlesson can be focused on the evolution of a system such as the assembly line production of theModel T. It may be helpful to engage in focused lessons that require the assessment of variousassets and liabilities within a design, and to further contextualize these discussions by imagininga situation, a people, a location and a time for which the design is being created. This will likelylead to a deeper appreciation of the sophistication of even very ‘simple’ designs.4 The Role of the Sensorial While Teaching: Science’s Relationship to EngineeringThe narrative

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Walter F. Deal III, Old Dominion University; Lacides Agustin Osorio, Norfolk Ship Support Activity; Mathew Henderson, Tidewater Community College

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Engineering Technology

2008, Microchip Inc. introduced a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver module called theMRF24J40MA that provides several attractive benefits6,7. These benefits include a compactpackage design, low-cost, and easy to use product with a small additional parts count thatincludes all components less the power supply. Integrating Microchip’s RF transceiver modulewith the PIC trainer does not require any extra hardware. Thus, the software development of SPI(Serial Peripheral Interface)14 and protocols designs become the focus of the RF conceptlearning. The IEEE 802.15.4 2003 rules5, standards, and software protocols designs with SPIinterfacing are the center of the student’s project. The student assessment process includes awritten report, a live demonstration

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joyce Palmer Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

prepared to include the materials in theirclassrooms. Appendix 2 contains the pre and post content surveys that were used by the externalevaluator and developed by the co-authors. As can be seen from these surveys, more content-specific questions were used to assess content knowledge which was possible during a week longworkshop.Table 4 presents summarized results for some of the items used to evaluate content knowledge ofthe participants. As can be seen, in most cases there is a marked improvement in contentknowledge which we attribute to greater time on task, i.e., each topic was covered in greaterdetail during a week long workshop. However, not all items show a gain in knowledge which we

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

global learning experiences in biomedical engineeringlaboratory settings in general.The goal of the first round of assessment reported here was to identify lessons learned forimproving implementation in subsequent iterations of this three-year research project. We beginwith examining the international component because it is the linchpin of CURE.ParticipantsNine Georgia Tech BME undergraduate students were chosen from a pool of twelve applicantsto participate in CURE 2010: three females, six males. Their ages ranged from 18 to 21.Projected graduation dates for the cohort ranged from May 2011 to May 2013. Page 22.463.4Four of the participants

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Bambrick

resulting product specifications. If these specifications are broken down into modules that are directly related to product functionality, product functions can be directly related to individual product components using the PDM transversal logic (Figure6). Whenever, a component is identified as exceeding its target cost, the product functionality that it provides can be immediately identified and the impact of reducing functionality assessed.• Time to Meet Target Cost – When the product is released to production, all the individual estimated costs ideally should have a confidence factor of 100%. The next challenge is to manufacture the product to the target cost. A measure of the effectiveness of the target costing effort

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Jennifer Turns

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Maines, Cornell University

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Liberal Education

Research Paper No. 11.84 Gavrilova, Natalia S., Victoria G. Semyonova, Galina N. Evdokushkina, and Leonid A.Gavrilov. 2000. “The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia,” PopulationResearch and Policy Review 19 (5):397-419.85 Kennedy, B. P., I. Kawachi, and E. Brainerd. 2005. “The Russian Federation - demography -high adult mortality rate said to reflect a society that 'Doesn't value human life': the role of socialcapital in the Russian mortality crisis,” Current Digest of the post-Soviet press 57 (48):10.86 Revich, B. 2006. “Toward the assessment of the Russian population mortality risk factors andthe feasibility of their reduction: Comments on the World Bank Report ‘Dying Too Young’,”Studies on Russian Economic

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

. The reports may also offer suggestions for other institutions for successfulimplementation or present statistical analysis for assessment purposes.20, 21, 22, 23 In manyways, this paper represents an extension of these publications that detail academicprograms for girls in science and engineering. At present, more literature can be foundthat addresses the subject of how groups, including librarians, can have a role withinfluencing girls towards considering traditionally male dominated fields.24 Onedifference the authors hope to demonstrate in this paper is the positive involvement oflibrarians and other information professionals in contributing to these crucial outreachprograms.Year One – 2007SEE was implemented at Carnegie Mellon University

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

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Civil Engineering

deliberate wayhistorically relevant teachings. Certainly, the faculty brings historical references into theclassroom, but this practice has not been formalized and assessed by the department.Outcome 12 Risk and Uncertainty: Apply the principles of probability and statistics to solveproblems containing uncertainties. The current civil engineering program does not explicitlyaddress the solution of problems containing uncertainties, but it does address probability andstatistics through its required course CENE 225 Engineering Analysis. The department facultyhas determined that the current curriculum prepares students to achieve a LOA of 1.Outcome 17 Public Policy: Discuss and explain key concepts and processes involved in publicpolicy. Students are

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College; Donna Riley, Smith College

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Women in Engineering

Analysis Toolkit (CAT) based at the University ofPittsburgh‟s Qualitative Data Analysis Program and hosted by the University Center for Socialand Urban Research. Coded text was uploaded to CAT‟s secure server and password-protectedaccess permission was set up for the project‟s Principal Investigator (PI). At several pointsduring the coding process, the PI assessed the coded data, marking each code valid or invalid.We then generated a report in CAT to review code frequencies and coding discrepancies. A Page 15.2.5check of three interviews yielded only one instance of coding marked invalid. However, therewere multiple instances (approximately 15

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Instrumentation

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

handle the projects and were encouraged to thinkabout and ask questions about the comprehensive final project that they would be required tocomplete. Page 15.1257.8Finally, students were asked to complete a survey at the end of the course to help assess whetherthey remembered and used their “super link” information as well as their reactions to the journalassignments. Results. As in previous studies, FA 08 Preferred Learning Styles (n = 9) Figure 5

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

manyassumptions, preconceptions, and beliefs. Being a responsive teacher, however, meansthat you should not plan objectives and methods or predict outcomes months in advance.You can not fix evaluative criteria at the start of an educational activity and expect theseto be as relevant at the end as they were at the beginning. Being responsive to students’experiences of learning makes your assessments of your effectiveness as a teacher partlydependent on students’ perceptions of what is taking place in the classroom. Suchcontextual notions of effectiveness do not always sit well with the administrative desireto standardize effectiveness through a series of replicable indicators. Trying to understandhow students experience learning, analyzing one’s own

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Zietlow, Bradley University

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Mechanical Engineering

area is theoptimum size. To assess student understanding of these concepts a quiz was administered to a group oftwenty five students where thirteen students were taught traditional thermodynamics and the Page 24.958.2remaining twelve were taught thermodynamics as presented in this paper. When asked the bestobjective function for optimizing an energy system five out of the eleven traditional students or45% correctly identified minimize total cost over the life of the system. With this new method,eight out of ten respondents or 80% provided the correct answer.Method To assist you with equation development the instructions are given

Conference Session

CIP Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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College Industry Partnerships

path” in the instrument were replacedwith “career path,” to potentially improve participant understanding and increase response rates.We conducted our tests with and without the pre-wording change responses to assess how thechange may have impacted the data, and since our analyses showed few differences, we retainedall responses for reporting.Demographic measuresThe PEARS instrument contained several demographic measures. In this study, we comparedfor those employed in different engineering sub-occupations their gender (female/male),race/ethnicity, and undergraduate engineering major. Respondents were instructed to “mark allthat apply” from six racial/ethnic identities: American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/AfricanAmerican, Hispanic/Latino(a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ann Marie Blasick, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

canunderreport the persistence of women to graduation. In general, it is shown that paths ofpersistence are nonlinear, gendered and racialized, so that it’s important to use multiple measuresto assess retention when dealing with diverse populations of engineering students.The research on retention of women in engineering can be contradictory – in part because, toachieve adequate statistical meaning, many researchers look at STEM (Science, Technology, Page 23.976.2Engineering and Mathematics) majors as a whole, and/or at multiple institutions together. Still, ithas long been known that women studying engineering often suffer from a lack of peer support

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

and Data Services. Since the summer of 2012, Natsuko has been involved in developing and implementing library data services. After joining the University of Michigan Library in 2009, the majority of her time and effort has been dedicated to textbook initiatives at the University of Michigan Library. Her research orientation and knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative methodological techniques has enabled her to conduct several textbook-related studies that examine and assess a wide range of potential roles the Library can play in increasing textbook affordability for the Michigan scholarly community. Natsuko most recently served as a project manager for the campus-wide eTextbook Initiative led by the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Georgas, Northern Arizona University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

curricular structures.Initial evaluation results focusing on student perceptions of the game and its benefits to learningare highly positive: Student frequency counts and weighted means from Likert-type survey itemsstrongly indicate that the architectural style game activity is more active, participatory, engaging,and enjoyable than the lecture-based equivalent. These results are further reinforced by open-ended student feedback, which has also been valuable in exposing potential areas ofimprovement in our game design, such as better pre- and post-game discussions that betterprepare and debrief participating students. While further study is needed to objectively measurepotential increases in learning through outcome-based assessment means, initial

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

withthe substance of policy issues and competency to locate, assess, and introduce validated researchon those issues” 19. The report continues, graduates also need an appreciation of “the complexityof the policy world, as well as an understanding of the assumptions underlying divergent policyframings, expert judgments, consensus building techniques, and standard analytic methods andapproaches” 19. The NRCNA 19 report also points out the need for graduates to “recognize thelimits of the persuasive power of scientific reasoning” coupled with the realization of the“substantial barriers and cultural resistance to new scientific knowledge” 19 and appreciate the“tradeoffs present in practically all policy” 19. A study done by Mendoza-Garcia

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Skaggs, American University in Cairo

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Women in Engineering

foundations including epistemological beliefs related to critical pedagogy; Comparative international STEM/STEAM education, accessibility and policy; accreditation and assessment. Page 23.1164.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Tension of Legacy: Self-Authorship of Female Engineering Students and Their Professional ChoiceBeing a successful female in engineering involves more than just mastering curriculum andtechnical competencies. It also involves learning how to negotiate one’s personal identity asone’s “professional engineering identity” is also being

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingyu Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

encouraged to look outside of the class for sources of inspiration.The third component of a T-shaped environment is the opportunity for reflection. Asopposed to content-based courses, where the focus is on mastering material, a T-shapedcourse can strengthen connections. In content-based courses, reflection often takes theform of a one-page assignment at the end of the class. What students most often produceis a summary of the content they have learned along with a surface level assessment ofwhere they might use the information in the future.I have been developing tool, called the Reflection Ladder (Figure 1), that is loosely basedupon Bloom’s Taxonomy and is used throughout the semester. It is another instructionatool to encourage the growth mindset

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karcher Morris, University of California, San Diego; Jaclyn Duerr, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Bill Lin, University of California, San Diego

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

San Diego. She is interested in scholarly teaching and employs active learning techniques to empower students to attain an expert level of critical thinking. Her expertise facilitates students’ journey towards connecting facts with practical knowledge to tackle intricate engineering challenges. She excels in crafting innovative assessments and explores their impact on enhancing students’ learning outcomes and fostering an inclusive educational environment.Prof. Bill Lin, University of California, San Diego Bill Lin received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985, 1988, and 1991, respectively. He is currently a

Conference Session

Session 1 - Track 3 : Exploring Experiences of Black Engineering Students Transitioning into Predominately White Institutions for Graduate Studies

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

that rural students subscribe to a “rural” identity, then it follows that rolemodels the students perceive as “rural like me” will have a much stronger impact on thesestudents.To assess the availability of these community mentors and role models, we turn to the 2022American Community Survey. It collects occupation data for the employed population ofage 16 and up. We will use the “Computer and mathematical occupations” category asrepresentative of the subpopulation employed in a computing career. For rural areas, itreports 627,115 (±14,157) computing professionals, or 2.06% (±0.04%) of the employed ruralpopulation [26]. In contrast, the corresponding urban population is 5,547,093 (±52,213) Table 1: NSSME+ School-based Computer Science

Conference Session

Bridging Education and Real-World Impact: Training, Career Development, and Urban Systems

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayley N. Nielsen, University of Michigan; Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan; Berenice Alejandra Cabrera, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering Division (IED)

Industrial Engineering Education: A Modular Approach,” Adv. Eng. Educ., vol. 4, no. 4, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1077845.[8]​ S. Daniel, D. Popejoy-Sheriff, K. J. Min, and L. Potter, “ABET Outcome Assessment and Improvement Through The Capstone Design Course In An Industrial Engineering Curriculum,” in 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Chicago, Illinois, 2006. doi: 10.18260/1-2--1082.[9]​ E. A. Cech, “The (Mis)Framing of Social Justice: Why Ideologies of Depoliticization and Meritocracy Hinder Engineers’ Ability to Think About Social Injustices,” in Engineering Education for Social Justice: Critical Explorations and Opportunities, J

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Friday Emmanuel James, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Nathan H Bean, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Michelle Friend, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Robert Stewart, Kansas State University; Carrie Grace Aponte; David S. Allen, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

. Arabnia, J. B. Gutierrez, W. D. Potter, and T. R. Taha, “Making cs inclusive: An overview of efforts to expand and diversify cs education,” in 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), 2016, pp. 321–326. doi: 10.1109/CSCI.2016.0067 .[13] S. Morrissey, T. Koballa, R. Allen, J. Godfrey, M. Dias, S. Utley, and D. Clements, “Designing a program to develop computer science master teachers for an underserved rural area,” Journal of STEM Teacher Education, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 3, 2023. doi: 10.61403/2158- 6594.1488 .[14] K. C. Huett and C. Westine, “Using needs assessment to inform a rural school district’s efforts to expand access to computer science education: (abstract only