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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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study also seek to establish best practices that could beimplemented more broadly in other introductory engineering courses. Therefore, the purpose ofthis paper is to explore a developmental approach to engineering success that allowsintrospection of the individual and building of community. Data were collected throughout thequarter in an attempt to answer the following research questions: • What can we learn from an emphasis on intentional activities and reflective writing to help first-generation students develop an “engineering identity” and ownership over their engineering major? • Does a course focused on relationship building, diversity, and social awareness improve first-generation students’ sense of

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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’ stories 3. This interview approach consists of threeinterviews: focused life history, details of the experience, and reflection on the meaning3. Afocused life history interview provides an opportunity to allow the interviewee to tell theinterviewer about him or herself spanning back to past lived experiences up to the present. Adetails of the experience interview asks the interviewee what they actually do in a particularexperience in order to put their experience within a certain context. Finally, a reflection onmeaning interview asks the interviewee to reflect on an experience’s meaning by looking at “howthe factors in their lives interacted to bring them to their present situation” 3. Since Dolbeare andSchuman’s interview approach was designed

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie Bracey, Temple University College of Engineering; Gregory D Jones Jr, Temple University; Nadif Bracey, Morgan State University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University

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to identify and adopt the individual, college anduniversity level practices most likely to support minority engineering persistence.Context & BackgroundNational leadership and STEM outreach to produce talent for the knowledge economy areat the highest levels, with the President of the United States championing STEMeducation in eight consecutive “State of the Union” addresses (2008-2016). The resulthas been an important resurgence in awareness of STEM careers, particularly inengineering, as reflected in the quadrupling of size of a large public university’s Collegeof Engineering the past 10 years.However in spite of the growth, the college’s struggle to graduate more engineers mirrorslongstanding challenges to reduce attrition, retain and

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joni M Lakin, Auburn University; Edward W. Davis, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

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also typical of engineering fields, although a bit high for thisinstitution (the freshman engineering class at this university was 18% female). As expected, 76%of respondents were first year students, while 14% were transfer students. Participating facultycame from a range of engineering programs including Biosystems, Chemical, Industrial andSystems, Mechanical, Polymer and Fiber, and Computer Science and Software Engineering.Instruments A battery of attitude scales was assembled for the purposes of this study from theliterature. The first 17-item scale assessed students’ Beliefs about Engineering, with half of theitems reflecting beliefs related to engineering as a helping or communal profession (e.g.,“Engineers are helping to solve

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Michael Geselowitz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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finalized. The questions were personalized for each interviewee andreviewed by the IEEE Historian. Following changes, the participating students sent the oralhistory questions to the interviewee prior to the interview.A standard set of interview components included the following sections: Introduction, EarlyLife/Education, Career, Awards/Honors, Gender-Related Questions, Reflection/Advice, andConclusion. Table I (shown on the next page) shows the structure of a typical oral historyinterview. Excluding an introduction and conclusion, the five general sections covered in theinterview are Early Life/Education, Career, Awards/Honors, Gender, and Reflection/Advice.Questions are personalized for each interviewee. Questions in the Early Life/Education

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Manuela Restrepo Parra; Laura Meszaros Dearolf, The Perry Initiative ; Lisa L Lattanza MD

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for our programming efforts. First, we modeled the long-term effect ofour programming efforts on the percentage of females in the incoming residency class assumingthat we maintain our current level of programming indefinitely. We then adjusted selectparameters in the model to reflect “worst-case” assumptions for recruiting and retention inorthopaedic residency (see Table 2). This analysis is particularly important because our currentprogram evaluation data – on which the model parameters are based – reflect intermediaterecruitment and retention outcomes, e.g., intention to pursue orthopaedic surgery for high schoolparticipants rather than actual matriculation rates into residency. Our worst-case assumptionswere as follows: (1) 10% decrease in

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Renata A Revelo , University of Illinois at Chicago; Shannon K Stefl, Clemson University; Stacey D Garrett, Clemson University; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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, the alumni participants in the NSBEstudy continued to give back to NSBE even after they graduated. Participants spoke of guidingyounger generations of NSBE members by returning as professionals to the leadershipconferences to train new chapter leaders, run programs, and give advice.Theme 3: Creating a family-like support systemEthnic student organizations create unique environments for students of color attending PWIcampuses to create family-like ties with others who share their cultural identity through spaceswhere these students feel accepted and supported.Central to the SHPE organization is the emphasis on cultivating a SHPE familia. Theorganizational culture of this SHPE familia reflects relationships among the members where

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech

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, as opposed to person-first(i.e., “people with disabilities”). My linguistic decisions are based in part on the social model ofdisability.7 The social model puts forth the idea that structural and social barriers are animportant component of what disables people, as opposed to their bodies or minds; or, asMargaret Price coined, their “bodyminds”.8 This choice is also reflective of the position of self-advocates from within the disabled community who point out that disability can be a large part ofan individual’s identity that influences their experiences in the world,9 similar to the influence ofidentifying with specific gender, racial, veteran, economic, or sexual orientations.MethodThis literature review was conducted through a database

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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educational pursuits withinengineering practice6, 7. This study was designed to better understand the experiences of Blackwomen in engineering industry using an identity analytical lens.Engineering has been identified as one field that enables the U.S. to retain its preeminence in theglobal market8. Even with such pressure to attract and retain engineers into the profession,numbers remain low. Despite studies that boast the benefits of having a diversified engineeringworkforce, women and minority participation does not reflect the U.S. demographic distribution.The National Science Foundation has identified women and people of color from threeracial/ethnic groups – Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indian/Alaska Native - asunderrepresented in

Conference Session

Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alicia Nicki Washington, Winthrop University; Shaefny Grays, North Carolina State University ; Sudipta Dasmohapatra, North Carolina State University

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strong attachment towards my own ethnic group.Question 5 I have role models in computer science who look like me.Question 6 I do not know any minority computer scientists.Question 7 I was encouraged to pursue a computer science degree.Question 8 I was not encouraged to pursue a computer science degree.Question 9 I believe my performance in computer science courses will reflect on my race/ethnicity.Question 10 I do not believe my performance in computer science courses will reflect on my race/ethnicity.Questions 1-4 are directly based on MEIM questions. Questions 5-10 are non-MEIM questionsthat are directly related to CS in the context of the two aforementioned MEIM

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Karen E. Crosby, Southern University Baton Rouge; Edgar R. Blevins, Southern University and A&M College; Beth R Isbell, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington

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wasdesignated as an HSI by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in 2014,after FORCES began. Based on 2006-07 data (just before the FORCES proposal was written),UT Arlington had an enrollment of approximately 19,205 undergraduate students of whom53.2% were female, 14% were Hispanic, 12% were African American and less than 1% wereNative American. The College of Engineering’s undergraduate enrollment in 2006-07 was 1,884students, nearly 10% of the university’s. There were 410 students at the university who wereregistered with the Office for Students with Disabilities. Of those, forty-four (44), or nearly 11%,were engineering majors.6 National data at that time reflected enrollment of students fromunderrepresented groups in

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

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(84 peer-reviewed) of Wendy Faulkner’s 2000 journal article where thedualism was first introduced. 11 Faulkner argued that gender and technology (includingengineering) are co-produced such that a gendered disparity exists between the image andpractice of engineering. 11 More specifically, the technical end of the dualism maps ontoindependent tool and technology use for practical purposes as a more valued and masculinizedform of engagement, or “masculine instrumentalism.” The social end of the dualism maps ontothe ideas of communication, interpersonal relationships, and expression of emotion inengineering as a less valued and feminine forms of engagement, or “feminine expressiveness.”However, such dualistic thinking does not reflect the blend

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Yatchmeneff, University of Alaska Anchorage; Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Matthew E. Calhoun, University of Alaska, Anchorage

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,phenomenon, or process under investigation by thinking and thus writing and thus thinking evenmore about them” (p. 41). “Analytic Memos” can act as a “prompt or trigger for writtenreflection on the deeper and complex meanings it evokes”45 (p. 42). Examples of “AnalyticMemos” that Saldaña45 provided includes reflections about personal connections to the data,study’s research questions, codes, definitions, patterns, categories, themes, concepts, assertions,possible networks, theory, problems with the study, personal or ethical dilemmas, futuredirections of the study, other analytic memos, and study’s final reporting (pp. 43–50).“Analytical Memos” were used to help deeply contemplate the meaning of the data and usedthem to help analyze the data45

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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to empower the students and to provide skills to navigate theirexperiences in an engineering workforce. Peer coaching is introduced and implemented throughexamples, training on key coaching skills, and five opportunities for the students to practice theseskills with one another.Mixed methods design is employed to identify emerging themes which can form the basis offuture theories and research as well as to assess the effectiveness of integrating peer coachinginto the classroom. Data analysis includes reflective journals from the perspective of servingboth as the coach and coachee, pre- and post-course surveys, as well as weekly post-classsurveys. While qualitative analysis aids in identifying theoretical frameworks for future studies,results

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui(Celia) Pan, Toyota Financial Services; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Restrains “Working students can participate but will never be in participation leadership positions.” “We don’t have many URM in the college and the Reflecting pool department has less than that.” Environment “The team space is called the ‘closet.’” “They are just not interested” “If they don’t like cars, Student attributes we can’t make them come participate.” “I think there is a little bit of an intimidation factor, 12 guys and 1 girl. I think the

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Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Kastner, Mississippi State University ; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Tori Holifield, Mississippi State University

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already trying to resolve existing gender gaps, there was a 64 percentdecrease in the number of first-year female students interested in concentrating in ComputerScience from 2000-2012.6 The problem of representation is even more distinct with regards torace; for example, in 2014, though only 26% of jobs in computing were held by women, only 3%of those jobs were held by African American women.6Such circumstances make it imperative to develop middle and high school initiatives to supportcomputing literacies for all, but particularly for those students whose demographic characteristicsare not currently reflected by the populations supporting the computing workforce. Similarly, itis as imperative for researchers to better understand variables that

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center; David W. Pittman PE, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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described was not incentivized by agency or ERDCfunding of the UPRM. The origin of the initiative was federal government policy tostrive for a workforce with demographics reflective of the national population orreflective of the demographics of the population of engineers and scientists. Laws,policy, executive orders and regulations encouraged recruitment strategies for allgovernment organizations to ameliorate the disparity that exists for underrepresentedgroups in any government organization. A compilation of the metrics documentedthroughout the paper forms the framework for the partnership assessment. Table 10summarizes eight activities along with a metric for each activity and a column thatprovides the authors evaluation of the benefit (either

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian A. Burt, Iowa State University; Alade S McKen, Iowa State University; Jordan Anthony Burkhart, Iowa State University; Jennifer Hormell, Iowa State University; Alec James Knight, Iowa State University

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other outcomes that resulted from offenses. Finally, the findings wereorganized into themes. Several steps were taken to ensure the quality of the findings. First, after thetranscriptions were produced, the audio recordings were checked against the transcripts to verifythe accuracy of the data. Second, transcripts were sent to participants to verify the accuracy ofcontent and meaning; no participants responded with changes to their transcriptions. Finally,because five researchers analyzed the data, and the five had various backgrounds andperspectives, the researchers reflected on their positionalities and subjectivities. This process ofbeing reflective helped them acknowledge who they were – and the biases they held – relative tothe

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology

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involved in an organization that expanded beyond the confines of their campusprovided the students with access to a larger community of black engineers. As reflected inprevious quotes, this created a sense of belonging in engineering. These students created anatmosphere of acceptance and affirmation for themselves, but it expanded to the campus and waslikewise, recognized by NSBE regional. This acceptance outside of their university providedthem with a greater sense of integration into a larger engineering community. “I think from, at least when I was on regional level and looked to award my chapter with an award with participating in a community event that was hosted in Indianapolis, and also of course, in Michigan in Detroit, I

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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® EV3 since it provides range information between the sensor and a detected object. Inthis lesson, we first introduced the characteristics of a sonar sensor, including sending out asound wave to detect objects, reflection of the wave from a nearby object to the sensor's receiver,and the calculation/estimation of the distance based on the speed of sound and the sound's one-way travel time. For students' mini-challenge, they were asked to program the robot totrack/follow a moving target based on the collected sonar data between the robot and the target.Students were very happy to see that their robots were able to follow a target moving in a straightline.Encoder - Translation and Rotation: We also introduced the encoder sensor and discussed

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brian J Wisner, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

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and presentation skills of all students was observedfrom abstract to final report phase, partly reflected in quantitative scores provided by anindependent panel of faculty judges for the midterm and final presentations.The RISE students became progressively integrated into their research groups, gaining autonomyin their labs over the 10 week period. In addition, participants universally expressed increasedinterest in STEM education and subsequent careers, and reported a sense of “belonging” to theirchosen labs, which can be interpreted as academic integration. A deliberate effort was further madeto include the RISE students in concurrent departmental seminars, senior design presentations,Masters and PhD defenses in addition to selected visits

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois at Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, University of Illinois at Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter C Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ashkan Sharabiani, Exelon Corporation

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Class by RaceDetermining New Admission RulesThe URS classes created in this study can be used to derive a new support system of admissionsat our University. Table 6 shows an example that illustrates how the URS classes can be used tosimulate the enrollment of underrepresented applicants. This example does not reflect ouruniversity’s standards or the ACT scores of our applicants and it is merely a hypotheticalscenario.Here we are assuming that our hypothetical university is currently using a minimum ACT of 27to admit all its applicants regardless of their URS classes. We would like to know how thisadmission policy can be modified based on the generated URS classes’ information. Table 6shows the modification process. First, for each URS class we

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tizoc Cruz-Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Sarah Rose Sobek, University of Michigan ; Julianna Marie Abel, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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reflecting on the event details, and the simple quantitative and qualitative componentsof the survey, we have begun to demonstrate there is a benefit to students participating in designand build activities at a large conference.Given the positive reaction of students to the intervention over three years of implementation, thedemonstrated benefit of STEM role models to students’ decisions to enroll and persist in STEMmajors4,5,6,7, frequency, and varied geographic locations of STEM conferences, interventionssuch as the one discussed in this paper present an opportunity to reach traditionally underservedpopulations. This paper details a successful and easily replicated outreach opportunity that existsfor participants in STEM research conferences. We

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Myron L. Stevenson, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T University (Tech)

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district. The lack of this importantresource results in rural students being ill prepared for college level math and science courses ata greater rate than metropolitan students. This lack of academic resources is reflective of thesocioeconomic disparity between regions. This is not surprising since URM primary and middle grade math scores are much lower thantheir White and Asian peers. North Carolina students’ average National Assessment ofEducational Progress (NAEP) math score for fourth graders was four points higher than thenational average of 240 in 2015. URMs average score was 232, eight points lower than thenational average and 21 points lower than White students. Eighth graders’ scores for all NorthCarolina students was equal to the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Seth Schlisserman; Alexandra Kirshon

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Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole M Yates, National Society of Black Engineers; Barry Nagle, Evaluation and Action Research Associates

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