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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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) explores her experience as an internationalstudent from India teaching in the United States, while Anyerson (Second Author) examines histeaching experience in his home country of Colombia. Our review of the literature on theexperiences of international graduate students found that prior work has primarily focused onunderstanding their sense of belonging and acclimation to higher education settings in the UnitedStates. And yet, their teaching motivation and identity as international graduate students havebeen underexplored. Expanding on existing work that examines intrinsic factors of motivation(autonomy, competence, and relatedness) for graduate teaching assistants in engineering, weanalyzed written reflections and discussions about our personal

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Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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different groups (such as race or gender) and the resulting psychological re-sponses. ICT identifies key conditions that enable positive contact between members of differentraces and genders in a group. For this exploratory analysis, we included all participants in the larger study who identifiedas African American and female; all were full-time undergraduate students enrolled in an engi-neering course with a team project. The nine participants represent a range of years in school andengineering majors. Data collection followed a three-interview sequence and included questionsabout participants’ background, their team project, and their reflections on the teaming experi-ence, respectively. In this paper, we present our initial exploration of

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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detailsof teaching hidden behind the curtains, nor did these training programs prepare us for how muchwe would grow. Specifically, these training programs did not prepare us for the difficulty indeveloping material, designing and utilizing active learning, or navigating student emotions. Ourexperiences included an abrupt learning curve we had to navigate to learn these skills whilepracticing them. These skills cannot be entirely taught without practice. If we had not engaged inthis apprenticeship, we would have encountered these facets of teaching while we were engagingin teaching for the first time. Our experiences and the themes which emerged from that processsuggest that more graduate students, particularly those interested in a faculty career

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Julie P Martin, University of Georgia

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, enhancing teaching effectiveness5-7, using specific research methods ormethodologies8,9, writing National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposals10, andnavigating the tenure and promotion process11. This paper follows these prior examples bypresenting advice for future or new faculty, especially those considering a tenure-trackappointment at an institution where they will be evaluated based on their research.This paper shares the authors’ collective experiential wisdom for what we consider to be some ofthe hidden curriculum of establishing a research presence as a pre-tenure faculty member. In sodoing, we extend the concept that students are tacitly informed about what is valuable in a givencontext10,11 to future and early career faculty. Despite

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 6: Underserved Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anastasia M. K. Schauer, Georgia Institute of Technology; August Kohls, Carnegie Mellon University; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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contribute to a sense of STEM identity, andthereby retention, in URMs [39], [52]. In addition to providing opportunities to socialize withother like-minded students, this would provide students with the opportunity to receivementorship from faculty members, which is tied to higher engineering persistence [32]. Asindicated in Figure 2, all participants expressed interest in interdisciplinary research.Similarly, we suggest that universities join forces with industry partners to offer and effectivelymarket interdisciplinary internships, especially towards URMs. Internships have been shown toincrease retention and graduation rates for engineering students [53], particularly URMs [54],making them a promising setting for interdisciplinary collaborations

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Elizabeth Nortz, Cornell University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Danielle V. Lewis; Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz, Purdue University; Charlie Díaz, University of Pittsburgh; Carlie Laton Cooper, University of Georgia

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examination. Following each coding session, reflections, emotions, impressions, andinterpretations were recorded in a memo document to note emerging trends. After thepreliminary coding, a second-pass axial coding was conducted on the Excel sheet to identifycommon themes related to the control/treatment group and the decision to stay/leave. Theseemergent codes were discussed with the second author to refine the claims made from the dataand for coding consensus.The authors of this paper have varied experiences with engineering and as members of thegroups we interviewed. The research team of faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students,and undergraduate students included researchers from higher education and engineeringeducation. Three of the

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Student Division Technical Session 7: Teaching and Learning Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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professional development, group identity andbelonging, connections with faculty mentors, and academic success using a 25-question survey.The survey includes Likert scale questions, yes/no/unsure questions, and open-ended discussionquestions. While survey results show that students enjoy the lunches and believe the social andprofessional support activities are beneficial, the results are mixed on whether or not the lunchesplay a role in their decision to remain in an engineering major.IntroductionS-STEM, or Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is a NationalScience Foundation program that seeks to increase the success of low-income, academicallytalented students. A university scholarship of up to $10,000 annually is awarded

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Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Skylar Hubbarth, Clemson University; Anna Grace Hunter; Shannon Conner, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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anticipated. This issue was further compoundedby general public apprehension towards participating in in-person activities, which limited thediversity and number of participants, potentially affecting the representativeness andgeneralizability of our findings. In addition, students at some technical colleges in SouthCarolina received free tuition for their studies, decreasing their motivation to seek scholarships.Effects of Project Personnel TurnoverThe research project also faced significant turnover in personnel, primarily with the faculty andadministrators on the project. There is now only one member of the original proposal team, aseveryone from the original team has left the institution. The loss of key team members at variousproject stages led

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jackson Clyde Smith; Ilham Kabir; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

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ismany engineering faculty have not had formalized teacher and curriculum development trainingand tend to adopt grading practices and policies they were exposed to as students [4]. As a result,grading has become an important yet unpredictable measure of performance that can drasticallyshape the ways students navigate their undergraduate experiences to become engineers.To date, little work has explored the interplay between course grades and professional identityformation in undergraduate engineering programs. However, these links have been highlighted inliterature that tends to describe engineering educational culture as inherently valuingperformance and productivity encompassed by an aura of exceptionalism. For example, Stevenset al. [5

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 6: Underserved Student Experiences

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Victoria Wrobetz, Front Range Community College, Colorado

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also improve a students’aspiration to transfer (Wang et al., 2017), particularly when students form relationships withuniversity faculty and graduate students (Lenaburg et al., 2012). Community college faculty areaware of the importance of partnerships, and many desire to collaborate with members ofindustry to provide professional development opportunities for students (Smith and Wingate,2016). However, professional development is not enough if it does not also help students affordto stay in college. Kruse et al. (2015) discuss the “sticker shock” of tuition when transferringfrom a community college to a university, an effect which can be worsened when studentsreceive scholarships at the college but not at the university. Financially

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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. Evanoff et al., “Work-Related and Personal Factors Associated With Mental Well- Being During the COVID-19 Response: Survey of Health Care and Other Workers,” Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 22, no. 8, p. e21366, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.2196/21366.[34] S. Cohen, T. Kamarck, and R. Mermelstein, “A Global Measure of Perceived Stress,” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 385–396, 1983, doi: 10.2307/2136404.[35] J. Kim, J. Oh, and V. Rajaguru, “Job-Seeking Anxiety and Job Preparation Behavior of Undergraduate Students,” Healthcare, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 288, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.3390/healthcare10020288.[36] K. Park, S. Woo, K. Park, J. Kyea, and E. Yang, “The Mediation Effects of Career Exploration on the

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Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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. According toa 2005 paper by Ogilvie [51], the MITE program serves the following purpose (note that thisprogram is now called the “My Introduction to Engineering” program but is titled differently inOgilvie’s article, written 15 years ago): “The Minority Introduction to Engineering (MITE) program at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is a five-day summer residential program designed to spark students’ interest in engineering as an exciting career choice. MITE offers 100 high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to discover engineering through hands-on experience and interaction with engineering students, faculty, staff, and practicing engineers. While residing on the UT campus, MITE

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Christopher, Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University; C.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University; Aziz Gram Sarhan

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effort (incremental theory; orincremental belief)” [8].Resilience is the ability of a person to cope with and adapt to changing circumstances successfully.For many engineering students, the adjustment to college from high school includes stressors bothrelated and unrelated to academics. New living conditions, routines, and challenging classes allcontribute to the stress of undergraduate students in engineering [6]. Students that have higherresilience have been shown to have better mental health and well-being, better educationaloutcomes, and better employability [4, 8, 12].Exploration of these theories specifically in engineering contexts is limited. Tek and colleaguesexplored the effect of self-efficacy in an introductory programming course

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Student Division Technical Session 3: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryann Renee Hebda, Baylor University; Morgan R Castillo, Baylor University; Tracey Sulak, Baylor University

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the community-facing view, 21CS wereevident, thus, this is the context that framed our decision to focus on the 4Cs of 21CS. Througha mixed-methods design, our intent is to understand if students perceive that their skills changeover the semester, and to which course elements they attribute these changes.We explore the following research questions: 1. Do participants’ critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity/problem solving change from pre- to post-semester in an engineering design capstone course? 2. Do participants’ self-ratings and reflections throughout the semester align with any quantitative changes resulting from question 1? 3. How do students perceive their growth in communication

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam J Murrison, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Cameron Wian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sydney Kerivan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jakob Sperry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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andcommunicate with the staff advisor about hiring decisions. Aside from this, the student team isextremely independent from other makerspaces that often use faculty and staff to run the space,which introduces a sense of community within the team and encourages a shared goal of creatingand teaching valuable workshops. The management system we currently employ has four workshop coordinators, typicallymore senior/experienced students, responsible for most administrative tasks. This allows theworkshop instructors to focus on the actual creation and leading of workshops. However, we donot want the position of coordinators to establish a higher position of power over the instructors.We have taken steps to ensure every member of the team knows that