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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Lloyd R. Harriott, University of Virginia; Sarah Schultz Robinson, University of Virginia

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highlighted institutions who are increasing equity inaccess and graduation rates [2], [3], [4], [5]. This call included a shift from seeing the student orthe student’s identity as the deficit or source of the problem that needs to be fix and insteadcalled for dedicated time and shifts in power (i.e. school priorities and resources) to addresspolicies which might exclude students in minoritized groups or create a chilly climate. Thankfully, there is an already established data source where engineering programs canexamine which student groups report not being able to major in their first-choice major. Withinresearch universities who participate in the Student Experience in the Research University(SERU) Survey, one survey question asked students

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1: Robotics and Bio-Inspired Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Colorado State University; Lisa Bosman, Marquette University

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Methods section. To conclude thissegment, we provide the research question pursued in this paper which has an exploratory nature:Research question: How does bringing Entrepreneurial Mindset to the design of machinerythrough a bio-inspired design project with aesthetic objectives impact students’ self-reportedexperiences?2. Literature Review2.1 Lack of Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning Integrated Across EngineeringCoursesMost engineering education today does not adequately equip students to address complexand ill-structured technical problems that involve different stakeholders, uncertainty in the successcriteria, and interdisciplinary application of knowledge. Such problems are called wicked problems[3] and constitute some of the most

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1: Robotics and Bio-Inspired Projects

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Jeffrey Ma, Saint Louis University

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the instructor was given to each student and approval to move to the next step. Phase 3: The final phase of the project is the final solution after the feedback and Design and comments were received from the previous stage. Students in this stage Technical focused on the STEAM component specifically art components including. Solution technical design and sketch drawing on the robotics cell including the robot programming approach. Also, provide an informative video showing the project was completed as they proposed. Finally, every team is required to present the final design and functioning program

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diego Reyes, Arizona State University

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), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00830.x[4] Rodriguez, S., & Blaney, J. M. (2021). “We’re the unicorns in STEM”: Understanding how academic and social experiences influence sense of belonging for Latina undergraduate students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 14(3), 441–455. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000176[5] Rainey, K., Dancy, M., Mickelson, R., Stearns, E., & Moller, S. (2018). Race and gender differences in how sense of belonging influences decisions to major in STEM. International Journal of STEM Education, 5(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594- 018-0115-6[6] Slaten, C. D., Elison, Z. M., Deemer, E. D., Hughes, H. A., & Shemwell, D. A. (2018). The

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Peers as Mentors & Instructors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Matutes, University of Indianapolis; Shelby Hacker, University of Indianapolis; Patricia Snell Herzog, Indiana University Indianapolis; Stephen J. Spicklemire, University of Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Joan Martinez, University of Indianapolis; Brett Leonard, University of Indianapolis; Joseph B. Herzog, University of Indianapolis

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,” presented at the Paperpresented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, June. 2014.doi: 10.18260/1-2--22815.[3] M. DeMarinis, J. Beaulieu, I. Cull, and A. Abd-El-Aziz, “A Mixed-Methods Approach toUnderstanding the Impact of a First-Year Peer Mentor Program,” Journal of The First-YearExperience & Students in Transition, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 93–107, 2017.[4] B. Leidenfrost, B. Strassnig, M. Schütz, C.-C. Carbon, and A. Schabmann, “The Impact ofPeer Mentoring on Mentee Academic Performance: Is Any Mentoring Style Better than NoMentoring at All?,” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, vol.26, no. 1, pp. 102–111, 2014.[5] P. Collier, “Why peer mentoring is an effective approach for

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 4: Supporting Success 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Randi Sims, Clemson University

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community colleges aseducational pathway conduits with nearly 49% of all United States baccalaureate graduates havehad some previous enrollment in a community college, and increasing opportunities to attendcommunity colleges for free or little tuition cost [3]. Yet, the transfer puzzle is still missing manypieces in understanding “transfer success,” such as the lack of a “well-trodden pathway” to abachelor’s degree, students lack of use of articulation agreements, credits lost in the transfer, andthe weak relationship between transfer policies and baccalaureate degree completion. Alsoalarming is the fact that 80% of all community college students indicate a desire to transfer, yetonly approximately one-third transfer and earn a bachelor’s degree in

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Peers as Mentors & Instructors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esme Eleanor Abbot, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Berwin Lan, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Luke Raus, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Bill Fan, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Zachary del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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people react to uncertainty. In particular, he is interested in how technical people (scientists, engineers) make decisions with numbers. There are examples in the historical record where decisions ignored uncertainty and the results led to catastrophic failure. Prof. del Rosario’s research goals are to understand how technical people experience uncertainty, and use that understanding to help them make better decisions. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Beyond "How's it going?": A CollaborativeAutoethnographic Study by Early Instructors in aFirst-Year Engineering Studio CourseAbstractIn this complete research paper, we study student-instructor communication in an engineeringstudio

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Davis Ferriell, University of Kentucky

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and R. Wang, "Machine Vision Algorithm Training CourseConstruction with PBL," International Journal of Information and Education Techology, vol. 12,no. 10, pp. 1050-1055, 2022.[8] J. Macedo, K. Colvin and D. Waldorf, "Machine Vision Course for ManufacturingEngineering Undergraduate Students," Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 24, no. 3, pp.256-265, 2005.

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 5: Supporting Student Transition

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Dayana Rivas, University of California, Irvine; Analia E. Rao, University of California, Irvine

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; Transfer: M =3.27, SD = 1.34; t(57) = −1.714, p = .046). These differences may be related to the differencesin prior experience that transfer students have as compared to first-year students, and they mayalso be related to how the teams chose to distribute the technical work among theirmembers.Overall assessment and psychological safetyIn their overall assessment at the end of the week, students reported a high level of enjoyment ofthe Tech Challenge and that they worked well with their team on average, as shown in Figure 3.No statistically significant differences between transfer and first-year students were found.Figure 3: Mean (M) responses to questions evaluating attitude towards tech challenge forthe total sample and for first-year and

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak Jr, Hope College; David R Brown; Amy B Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana

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Systematic Literature Review of Trends in the Psychometric Evidence of Scales.”International Journal of STEM Education 10, no. 1 (June 2, 2023): 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-023-00430-x.31. “NSF I-CorpsTM | NSF - National Science Foundation.” Accessed: Apr. 29, 2025. [Online]. Available:https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/i-corps32. Blank, S. G., "Why the lean start-up changes everything," Harvard Business Review, pp. 3-9, May, 2013.33. National Science Foundation, “I-Corps L - Stimulating Innovation in STEM Education, NSF 15-050, February25, 2015. https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dcl-i-corps-l-stimulating-innovation-stem-education/nsf15-050.34. Guerra, Rocio C. Chavela, Karl A. Smith, Ann F. McKenna, Chris Swan, Russel Korte

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; James A. Juett, University of Michigan ; Heather Rypkema, University of Michigan

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, “50 years of cs1 at sigcse: A review of the evolution of introductory programming education research,” in Proceedings of the 50th acm technical symposium on computer science education, 2019, pp. 338–344. [3] R. P. Medeiros, G. L. Ramalho, and T. P. Falc˜ao, “A systematic literature review on teaching and learning introductory programming in higher education,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 77–90, 2018. [4] A. Luxton-Reilly, Simon, I. Albluwi, B. A. Becker, M. Giannakos, A. N. Kumar, L. Ott, J. Paterson, M. J. Scott, J. Sheard et al., “Introductory programming: a systematic literature review,” in Proceedings companion of the 23rd annual ACM conference on innovation and technology in computer science

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New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 1 - Maximizing Student Interaction and Engagement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ghazal Barari, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Brian Sanders, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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by a thermocouple that records temperature at both the initial and final states, providing real-time data on thermal changes during the energy transformation process. • Simulink Sequence: As shown in Figure 3, the entire virtual lab sequence is visually represented in Simulink, a prototype of exploring the basic functionality and interaction schemes of the lab. With that, we make sure to provide students with a step-by-step guide to understanding the progression of energy transfer and helping them calculate work, heat, and internal energy changes in accordance with the First Law of Thermodynamics. Figure 3: Thermodynamics virtual lab sequence, visually represented in Simulink 3.2. Phase 2

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership in Industry

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Volpe, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

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for newcomers,more professional development opportunities, better technical training - and trainings on specificprojects, supportive, more fair/equitable, higher pay, allow individuals to negotiate their ownsalaries based on experience and internships, more flexible with hours, opportunities to workremotely, more holistic approach, evaluate individuals performance on more than just timereporting metrics, less employee turnover, less overworking employees, genuine work-lifebalance, no cubicle walls/divisions that separate individuals from their team, more color, natureelements, relaxing viewsGenerative AI Prompt: Open concept, nature, fun, relaxing, floor to ceiling windows, sunny,natural light, color, fun colorful workwear, welcoming

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin L Schaefer P.E., University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston

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with and support students with a broad spectrum of learning preferences.Dr. Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston Dr. Jerrod A. Henderson (”Dr. J”) is an assistant professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). He began his pursuits of higher education at Morehouse College and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, where he earned degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering as a part of the Atlanta University Center’s Dual Degree in Engineering Program. While in college, he was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, allowing him to intern at NASA Langley. He also earned distinction

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 4: Supporting Success 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cristian Saavedra-Acuna, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepcion, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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continuity of students in their careers,positively associating the retention rate, which in the first year of study since it represents asignificant proportion of dropouts [14]. In Chile, this indicator averaged 75.9% in the 2020cohort and identified differences based on factors such as the institution type or the studyarea. Concerning the type of educational institution, the lowest retention rate of first-yearstudents was identified among technical training centers, with 66.2%, while the highestpercentage was found in universities, with 85.0%. When compared by area of study, thelowest values are found in degree programs associated with Technology and Basic Sciences,with 70.7% and 76.5%, respectively. On the other hand, the areas with the highest

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Marcela Paola Bentin; Maria Haydée Peralta, National University; Laura Romero, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Paper ID #44454Empowering Latin American Women Engineers: Bridging the Gender GapThrough a Network of ChangeDr. Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnologico de Monterrey Vianney Lara graduated as Mechatronics Engineer from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus and holds a PhD in Smart Materials from Loughborough University in the UK. She worked in GE Healthcare as Manufacturing Process Engineer and Advanced Projects Engineer for Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment. She joined Tecnologico de Monterrey as Program Head for the Mechatronics Engineering Program. Then, she was Academic Projects Director, Division Director, National Head

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Razi Nalim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Danka Maric, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Mohammadhossein Jamshidnejad, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Purdue University; Lauren Christopher, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Christine Krull, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Eric W. Adams, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Shahrzad Ghadiri, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Richard Vernal Sullivan, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Clifford Campbell, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Paper ID #43925Developing Diverse Leaders through Peer Teaching and Undergraduate Research:A Work in ProgressProf. Mohamed Razi Nalim, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Dr. Razi Nalim is Chancellor’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IUPUI, where he directs the Combustion and Propulsion Research Laboratory and helps lead the Transportation and Autonomous Systems Institute. He has extensive experience in higher education and professional practice – in industry, academia, and government. He has administered research, sponsored work, graduate programs, international initiatives, accreditation, and

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Newsome Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lakshmi Raju

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environments whereindividuals are likely to feel marginalized, unsupported, or unfamiliar [1, Ch. 3], [3]. First-yearengineering programs must be reimagined into malleable interventions that can meet the needs ofa diversifying student body and adapt to shifting enrollment patterns. Centering sense ofbelonging within the priorities of first-year-in-engineering interventions is key.Recognizing the importance of cultivating student belonging, the School of Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech employs a multifaceted approach to developdiscipline identity and improve the undergraduate program culture by strengtheningopportunities for student engagement, supporting student well-being, and building studentagency in their own academic

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

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graduates should possess upongraduation, including both technical and non-technical competencies [1], [2]. The current pace oftechnological advancement makes lifelong learning vital for engineering graduates. Focusing oncompetency development helps engineering students gain familiarity with the language andprocess, thereby preparing students to identify and intentionally develop necessary competenciesin the future [3]. Additionally, industry expectations for graduates with leadership competencies,incorporating both technical and professional skills [4],[5] continue to increase, driving the needfor engineering-specific leadership development models, frameworks and programs [6].Despite the need for engineering leadership competency development

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; nadia sahila, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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five weeks of RAMP, we added one-hour meetings twice a week committed toworkshops focusing on DEIB. The nine workshops that students participated in were based onvarious themes such as team building, intersectional identities, going beyond one’s comfort zone,culture wheels, power and privilege, microaggressions, identifying strengths and challenges,ethics, and exploring music and art reflective of the cultural heritage of the participants. Weemployed a variety of pedagogical strategies during the workshops including but not limited todiscussions, role plays, and games. Table 3 shows the structure of each of the nine workshops. Table 3: DEIB weekly session content and activitiesSession Session structure and activities

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura J. Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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successful initiatives from less successful ones (NASEM, 2019, page 4). This intentionality includes assessing students’ needs, articulating clear objectives for courses and programs, implementing evidence-based strategies, and monitoring success using data (NASEM, 2019).” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25257.The SECI Model of Knowledge Creation: Socialization, Externalization, Combination,Internalization (Nonaka, 2009) introduced a definition for tacit versus explicit knowledge inorganizations. The model was

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; William Church

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opportunities and challenges of AI code generation,” in Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, Toronto ON Canada: ACM, Mar. 2023, pp. 500–506.[3] M. Kazemitabaar, X. Hou, A. Henley, B. J. Ericson, D. Weintrop, and T. Grossman, “How Novices Use LLM-Based Code Generators to Solve CS1 Coding Tasks in a Self-Paced Learning Environment.” arXiv, Sep. 25, 2023. Accessed: Jan. 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14049[4] K. Roose, “Don’t ban ChatGPT in schools. Teach with it. - The New York Times.” Accessed: Nov. 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html[5] N. Singer, “Despite cheating fears, schools repeal

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 10: Identity & Belonging 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Chloe Grace Hincher, North Carolina State University; Ton Nguyen; Nicholas Goodwin

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research.IntroductionThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and engineering educators envision a bettertomorrow by preparing undergraduate STEM students to define and build a sustainable, secure,healthy and enjoyable future [1-3]. The NAE fourteen grand challenges encompass the greatestchallenges and opportunities that engineers face and will continue to face in the 21st Century.This work describes the design, implementation and assessment of a summer undergraduateresearch experience curriculum that was established in 2022 to strengthen an existingengineering Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) in a southeastern Research-One LandGrant institution. The goal of this 10-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates(REU) program was to provide hands-on

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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fostering inclusivity andproviding pathways for marginalized individuals to pursue engineering by familiarizing studentswith engineering careers [1]. Increasing the participation rate of diverse and marginalizeddemographics in engineering continues to be a critical aspect of meeting the increasing shortfallof engineers in the United States, as seen in Figure 1. Effective partnerships between researchuniversities and institutions with large populations of students from underrepresentedbackgrounds plays an important role in addressing this shortfall [2]. Increasing participation is akey part of maintaining the overall participation rate in engineering, and essential to fuelinginnovation in the United States [3], [4], [5], [6]. The shortfall is set to

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Li, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

-11.19. Touretzky, D.S., et al. Accelerating K-12 computational thinking using scaffolding, staging, and abstraction. in Proceedings of ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2013. p. 609-614.20. Khanlari, A. and Mansourkiaie, F. Using robotics for STEM education in primary/elementary schools: Teachers' perceptions. in Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). 2015. Cambridge, UK: IEEE. p. 3-7.21. Grubbs, M., Robotics intrigue middle school students and build STEM skills. Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013. 72(6): p. 12.22. Kopcha, T., et al., Developing an integrative STEM curriculum for robotics education through educational design research

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ingrid Paredes, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Rui Li, New York University; Chris Woods, New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Sooah Kwak, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Marie Burns, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Ameya Palav, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Mei Schuerch

students. Efforts to broaden participation in engineering haveachieved modest progress as students, especially those from historically marginalized groups,lack structured support towards academic success [1]. First-year, team-based design coursespresent a unique opportunity to foster inclusion through active, collaborative learningexperiences [2, 3].Undergraduate teaching assistants (UGTAs) often play an important role in building communitywithin first-year courses. UGTAs promote student engagement, serve as peer mentors, andimprove students’ perception of a course. Through their work, UGTAs build their own technicalskills, practice effective communication, and gain leadership experience [4-6]. UGTAs oftenreceive training on technical knowledge

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyril Okhio, Clark Atlanta University; Sade Tramble, Kennesaw State University; Amy Buddie, Kennesaw State University; Ayse Tekes

will track the following components of Full-Time Faculty, Faculty from other departments, Undergraduate/Graduate Assistants and othersinvolved in: (a) Teaching, (b) Advising, (c) Research, and (d) Tutoring. Later in this WIP Paperyou will see the list of courses taught in our Engineering First Year programs/departments. Thesewill help us to track student progress better and effectively through their first encounter with ourinstitution. An equally vital study is being initiated as part of this WIP Project which will track thefollowing sets of data: 1) Number of First Year students; 2) Percent Females; 3) Percent Under-Represented Minorities; 4) Percent International Students; and 5) Those Not Ready forEngineering.It is well understood here that

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siwei He, University of Toronto; Hamid Timorabadi, University of Toronto; Afshin Poraria, University of Toronto

. Students were in a more isolated studying environment than ever. A recent studyshows that the impact of remote learning on students’ mental health is significant [4]. Remotelearning not only impacts the logical/technical problem-solving ability of students, but also theengagement level of students in the material [5]. In this paper, we introduce an online platformalong with a custom-build online judge that contributes to teaching an introductory course in Cprogramming. The new platform transpires students to design their own game AI that cancompete with other students’ AI. The platform is currently accommodating a design project thatruns over two practical lab sessions, nevertheless, the infrastructure can be used for other labs orin other

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Alexander, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Michael Preuss; Breanna Bailey, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks; Rajashekar Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Nitilaksha Hiremath, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jingbo Liu, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Lihua Zuo, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur

. Liu serves as the Immediate Past Chair of Energy and Fuels Division of American Chemical Society and Officer at the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (TAMU Chapter). She has been elected as Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM), Fellow of Vebleo (Science Engineering and Technology), and the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, DEBI faculty fellow at the US Air Force Research Laboratory. She has been awarded the Chartered Scientist and Chartered Chemist in March and May 2019, respectively. She was awarded the “2012 to 2014 Annual foreign experts and talent from overseas project” supported by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, P.R. China (3 consecutive terms

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE, Quinnipiac University; Michael Ben-Avie, Quinnipiac University

math placement scores: those who placed into College Algebra (a placement scoreof 2 out of 5) and those who placed into Pre-Calculus (scores of 3 and 4). This division ofstudents based on their placement scores was maintained when comparisons were made withtheir non-FA peers. In other words, the FA students in College Algrebra were compared onlywith their peers who also placed into College Algebra. Of the nine FA students, two took CollegeAlgebra in the fall and seven took Pre-Calculus. None of the FA students had a score of 5, whichwould have placed them into Calculus I. Due to the small sample size in each group, many of ourfindings are observations rather than statistical conclusions.Of the seven students with math placement scores of 2