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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Maja J. Mataric, University of Southern California; Shaobo Huang, University of Southern California; Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Mentoring (PAESMEM), the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation, Okawa Foundation Award, NSF Career Award, the MIT TR100 Innovation Award, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award. She served as the elected president of the USC faculty and the Academic Senate. At USC she has been awarded the Viterbi School of Engineering Service Award and Junior Research Award, the Provost’s Center for Interdisci- plinary Research Fellowship, the Mellon Mentoring Award, the Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Service Award, and a Remarkable Woman Award. She is featured in the science documentary movie ”Me & Isaac Newton”, in The New Yorker (”Robots that Care” by Jerome Groopman, 2009

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Hani Mehrpouyan P.E., California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering outreach.The effectiveness of summer high school science and engineering workshops has been reportedin the literature [3–8]. In [4], Anderson et al. found that engineering outreach programs canincrease the students’ awareness of engineering. In this study, women were the focus participantsof the engineering outreach program. There was a significant increase in the interest in pursuingengineering as a career among women participating in the program. In [8], researchers Yilmazet al. concluded the success of the program is dependent on the quality of the ”hands-on nature” Page 24.1141.2of the engineering projects. The diversity of the

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Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Electrical and Computer

engineering concepts? These questions were among thosefaced by the Electrical Engineering faculty. This paper exposes some of the techniques used tointrigue students and to capture their interest in digital circuit design.Attracting middle-school students to the field of engineering is a challenge. Students’ interestmust be captured before societal pressures deflect career choices into other directions. Students,must be encouraged to consider engineering as an interesting field before it is “too late” to enterthe necessary math and science tracks in high school. Consequently, students must be exposedto the excitement and potential of engineering during their middle-school education to motivatethem successfully to consider engineering careers. The

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Skaggs, American University in Cairo

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Women in Engineering

engineeringeducation, this study allows for increased understanding of their identity development in relationto their future career choices. For many females, their identity formation during their collegecareer, as they balance being a woman with being an engineer, is precarious resulting in anexodus of females from engineering within the first five years of graduation.This paper will first present the research surrounding evidence of women not participating inengineering, indications of engineering as a socially-constructed masculine environment, and thepurpose of higher education for professional and personal identity development. Secondly, theconceptual framework and research questions driving this study will be provided. Thirdly,Marcia Baxter Magolda’s

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Ranil Wickramasinghe

experiences and mentoring that emphasizespreparation for a career in STEM. The center has regularly hosted a Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU) program and has recently extended these efforts to include non-traditionalcommunity college students as part of a separate Research Experiences and Mentoring (REM)program. The REM program includes a time-intensive research experience and further mentoringsessions during the following academic year only possible for local students [1]. Through acollaboration with Upward Bound, a program that hosts rising high school (HS) seniors on theUniversity of Arkansas campus, an opportunity was identified to extend these research andmentoring efforts to HS students.The program seeks to provide the HS students

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Technical Sessions 5

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2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Arkadiy Portnoy, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Sunil Dehipawala, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung

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Professional Papers

could serve as a filter for faculty to decidewhether to teach the technical skills related to the inertial fusion confinement career whenmentoring the student projects.We found that a discussion of jobs is good for students during recitation sessions in which theywere free to move around inside the lab space, when compared to the seating arrangementrestriction in a lecture room setting. The Feb 2024 award of 1.5 billion dollars toGlobalFoundries (Headquarters: Malta New York) for chip production to support GeneralMotors, etc. could attract more students to careers in semiconductor technology when comparedto careers in fusion energy technology [17]. This report proposed a pedagogy to help thosestudents interested in fusion energy

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kasey L. Moomau; Jessica Deters; Emily Fitzpatrick

identified as an important time in forming self-efficacy and identity which willaffect career choices made in high school and college [3]. Other work [4] suggests that open- © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceended STEM exploration in a group collaborative setting is conducive to positive STEM identitydevelopment, due to the identity formation that occurs in the context of relationship-buildingwith peers during STEM activities.The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a large, public land-grant university in the Midwest,located in Lincoln, Nebraska, which contains a sizeable public school district, servingapproximately 40,000 students. A significant

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First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Clark, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, basic circuits,experimentation and data analysis, and more. Engineering Orientation is a one semester, zerocredit hour course which meets once a week during the fall semester and all incoming first-yearstudents are enrolled in a department-specific section of the course, plus an additional coursesection for undecided engineering students. This course focuses on an introduction to the college,their major, university resources, career exploration, and college success skills. For a few selectactivities (e.g., social event, guest speakers), sections are combined as appropriate. The generalcourse outcomes for engineering orientation are listed below:In completing this course, students will… • Build connections with the college community

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 2: Students and Peer Mentors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University; Todd R. Hamrick, West Virginia University; Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, West Virginia University; Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University ; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Fundamentals of Engineering Program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and completed postdoctoral training in Molecular Neurosciences and Neural Tissue Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Work in Progress: Student Perspectives on Skills Required in Engineeringand Computing CoursesAbstractEngineering and computing students need to be prepared to find solutions to complex problemsfaced in college and in their careers. Solving these problems requires a variety of knowledge andskills. This work-in-progress (WIP) research aims to answer the following research questions: a)what are the

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Innovative Pedagogical Strategies I

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkata Avinash Paruchuri, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Fred Vondra, Tennessee Technological University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

the lucrative career choices made by students in therecent years. The extensive career opportunities in a wide variety of industries have beendemanding hands-on experience from the graduates of engineering technology program. Recentstudies on the engineering work force demonstrated the need for communication skills in additionto technical knowledge. One way of achieving these employer-desired skills is by incorporatingproject-based learning in the upper-level classes of the engineering technology program. Thispaper will present a detailed study of implementing project-based learning technique in a senior-level class of the engineering technology program. This investigation showed that the hands-onexperience earned by students who has a free

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

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Angelika Aldea Tamura, University of California, Davis; Tiffany Marie Chan, University of California, Davis; Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

engineering, as well as problem-based learning in core biomedical engineering courses. Before joining UC Davis, he was a career-track Assistant Professor at Washington State University (WSU). Dr. Wang is the recipient of the 2024 ASEE-PSW Section Outstanding Early Career Teaching Award, 2023 UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and 2022 WSU Reid Miller Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan. 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 Work in Progress: Fostering the Development of Engineering Identity in First-Year Women Engineering Students Through

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Boyd, American Institutes for Research; Jing Yan, Tennessee State University; Taylor Lightner, QEM Network; Mercy Mugo; Ivory A. Toldson, Howard University; Lin Li P.E., Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-author of 20 peer-reviewed papers and principal investigator or co-principal investigator of more than 17 major research grants.Dr. Taylor Lightner, QEM Network Dr. Taylor Lightner is a dedicated educational researcher and advocate committed to empowering historically marginalized groups in STEM education and careers through innovative and equitable educational practices. Her background in Engineering Education and Industrial Systems Engineering enables her to deeply understand how system dynamics influence broadening participation in STEM preparation, training, and careers. Therefore, she has coordinated various research efforts associated with teaching courses, developing workshops, administering surveys

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Michael Robinson; Eric Wang

of confidence in their preparationto teach science.” 1 In order to increase test scores, American schools need to ensure thateducators are prepared to teach math and science classes. Government acts like “No child leftbehind” (NCLB) help ensure that US teachers are adequately trained. NCLB mandates that allpracticing teachers become highly qualified. In order to do this, they must pursue a master’sdegree in the subject they teach or pass an equivalency test.The overall goal of this research was to improve science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education at the middle school level in order to inspire more young peopleto pursue careers in the engineering and science fields. Robots were used in this effort becausethey are a

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Paul Blowers; Greg Ogden; Kim Ogden

through electronic sources has not led them to become bettersearchers for information or users of information they find. A series of both short- and long-termexercises and discussion points for exposing students to the need for and the skills to findrelevant information is presented in this work. Freshman engineering students can be introduced to on-campus library facilities, andequally importantly, on how to efficiently use the electronic library resources early in theiracademic careers. One way is to have one lecture designed to cover the major areas of electronicsearch tools like textbooks, online references, and peer reviewed journal databases. This lectureis appropriate in the context of a hands-on design project where students have

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John T. Tester; Perry G. Wood

instructionsfor use as teaching aids.A sampling of research in the use of RP in freshman engineering and technology classes givesinsight into how to use RP as a means of accomplishing educational objectives in the classroom. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationSeveral technology-oriented departments implemented RP as part of their design classes.3,4,5They had various primary educational objectives in their assessments, but they all noted animproved students’ enthusiasm towards the RP technology as well as towards their curriculumand careers. Other authors have noted the use of RP in the classroom as a

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri

students.(g) Provide professional development opportunities to the faculty of community colleges throughadvanced training programs, collaborative research activities, and workshops. The proposed activities lead to increased awareness of information security related issues in thecommunity. The partnerships and knowledge sharing are expected to result in enhanced learningexperiences for students and increased student retention rates in the area of Cybersecurity and Forensicsfor WSU and community colleges in the state of Kansas. We expect that students who graduate through 2the proposed career paths will pursue careers in Cybersecurity and

Conference Session

Instructional Showcase

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of Missouri, Columbia

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Professional Interest Council (PIC)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Business Concepts Purpose: Positively impact students' STEM Solution for the Classroom: attitudes toward STEM 13 independent lessons and activities on bridge design and concepts, classes, and construction using photos and interviews from a current career choices construction of the new I-70 bridge over the Missouri River Each lesson includes: PowerPoint Slide decksAnimated slides with notes that gives Embedded videos to explain Interviews with real engineers and photostheory, background, and examples concepts from an active construction siteRecorded Videos of presentations Hands

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David W. Dinehart; Warren Chan; Dorothy W. Skaf

programestablished within Villanova University’s College of Engineering in 2009. The group aims todevelop excitement and interest towards engineering careers, especially among under-represented groups, by offering hands-on educational activities in engineering and science at hostschools. The initial group membership was primarily focused on graduate students and upper-class undergraduates1 but has transitioned to more significant undergraduate membership. This isconsistent with a strong service-learning commitment among Villanova undergraduates and thefaculty.The founding group was comprised of primarily civil engineers who created activities associatedwith structural engineering for sixth grade students. Due to interest expressed by the hostschools, the

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; LaDawn Partlow; Monique Head; Roshan Paudel; Jonathan Farley; Omar Muhammed

Minority Male Maker Program: Encouraging STEM Interest and Creativity in Middle School Boys Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias1* , LaDawn Partlow1, Monique Head2, Roshan Paudel3, Jonathan Farley4 and Omar Muhammed5Departments of 1Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2Civil Engineering, 3Computer Science & 4 Mathematics; 5Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center Morgan State University, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251 * Corresponding Author: Jumoke.Ladeji-Osias@Morgan.EduAfrican-American and Hispanic males are significantly underrepresented in STEM. While youthstart narrowing their career choices in middle school

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mary Lowe; Marcia Wiedefeld; Andrew Zink

requirements of the academicprograms. Their personal experiences and insights, as well as information about best practices,will be shared.ResourcesInclusivityAccess STEM: The Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics. Access STEM is one of several regional alliances funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) to increase the successful participation of people with disabilities inacademic studies and careers.http://www.washington.edu/doit/stemChemists with Disabilities (CWD)Many scientists and technicians who have disabilities are pursuing successful careers inchemistry and allied sciences-in industry, education, and government. CWD members personallydemonstrate the professional achievements of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard Mendoza; Brian Stuckman; Anthony Melkonian; Alexander Gilman

for exhausting the fog from AUTHOR BIOSthe pinball machine. The first is to route it from the Richard Mendoza is from Central Falls, RI. He is majoring incontainment unit, through a duct that travels beneath the Electrical Engineering at Roger Williams University and plansplayfield, where it will eventually exhaust from the front of the to begin his career as an electrical engineer after graduation.pinball machine where the player is standing. This solutionrequires a series of fans placed at different sections of the Brian Stuckman is from Bristol, CT. He is majoring in Me-exhaust duct and an electronic valve that allows outside air to chanical Engineering with a minor in

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Stuart W. Baur; R. Joe Stanley

box foryour response for the following statements:Answer Options Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Rating Disagree Agree Average1.) Students are actively engaged in 1 2 4 81 120 4.52the hands-on projects in PLTWcourses.2.) Hands-on projects reinforce the 1 2 5 66 134 4.59curriculum in PLTW courses.3.) Students have become moreinterested in engineering as a result of 1 1 50 78 74 4.09taking PLTW courses.4.) Students have a betterunderstanding of STEM careers after 1

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Track 4: Technical Session 6: Building a Future in STEM: The Girl Scouts and a University Partnership

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions

3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.Specific STEM Activities and BadgesFacilitated DAISY ROLLER COASTER DESIGN CHALLENGE BADGE Grade Level – Kindergarten - 1st Badge Requirements ▪ Make a simple roller coaster car ▪ Build a model of a roller coaster ▪ Test your roller coaster One of Daisy Mechanical Engineering Design Challenge Badges ▪ Board Game Design Challenge ▪ Roller Coaster Design Challenge ▪ Model Car Design ChallengeSpecific STEM Activities and BadgesFacilitatedJunior Think Like A Daisy STEM Career Ambassador

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Jody Hamabata

154 First-year Experience for Engineering Lab Course: The Mini-Rose Parade Float Project Update – Year 6 Jody Hamabata California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractThis paper discusses how our university integrates the Cal State’s “learn by doing” philosophyinto the curriculum by combining both a lecture and lab to prepare students for careers inengineering through hands on activities. Each Winter Quarter, each EGR 100 Lab section is giventhe task of designing and building a miniature Rose Float. Under given specifications the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urmi Duttagupta, New York City College of Technology; Nadia S Kennedy, New York City College of Technology; Diana Samaroo; Viviana Acquaviva, New York City College of Technology; Armando Dominguez Solis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

faculty mentoring ofSTEM students [13]; d) seminars and informal meetings with STEM researchers andprofessionals, women and URM included, to develop a professional STEM identity. Becauselittle is known about structural factors that foster STEM identities, this project explores studentperceptions of the effectiveness of program interventions in supporting their persistence andsuccess. The project is particularly concerned with generating useful knowledge about academicsuccess, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students[6, 7, 8] that could be replicated elsewhere.Project SEER: Supporting, Engaging, Empowering and Retaining New Scholars in Science,Technology, Engineering and MathematicsThrough this project’s

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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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

who transfer to 4-year institutions for engineering degrees areknown to face significant adversity. Some common challenges they face include having minimalfinancial resources, a lack of engineering-oriented mentorship, and prolonged time to degree.Engineering transfer students are naturally diverse, ranging in age, experience, and motivation.Some have carved paths that include, for example, military service, starting a family of theirown, or switching their career aims. The nuanced nature of the transfer student experiencechallenges higher education professionals to identify innovative ways for transfer students tomeet their individualized goals.The engineering transfer students aim to transition from a previous institution to a 4

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanja L. Greene, E.S. Witchger School of Engineering, Marian University; Hansika I. Sirikumara, E.S. Witchger School of Engineering, Marian University Indianapolis, IN; Binh Q. Tran, Marian University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

reach outto high school students seeking STEM career paths. Due to the camp's targeted demographic, itwas important that enrollment costs were kept low. In response, a total enrollment cost of$500.00 per camp participant included room and board, three meals a day, all transportationcosts while attending the camp, and admission to any event. Financial help was also available tothose who found it necessary. Through the generous offerings of industry partners and securedgrants, the INnovation Through Engineering summer camp offered half of the camp participantsscholarships to attend. With the combined efforts of these items, accessibility was improved, anda diverse population of attendees were enrolled in the camp’s first iteration.The target

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Entrepreneurship and Inventive Thinking & Student Beliefs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew S. Sheppard, Clemson University; Alyssa Patrick; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

identified alow sense of belonging within his department based on survey and interview data collected aspart of a larger project. From interview data, the student described how the attainment of hisengineering degree was one of many of his ongoing responsibilities, and thus he did not seek outstrong connections within his department. His interview data also revealed a lack of careerreadiness, as he only had a vague idea of what an engineering career might entail. Recognizingthat some students who view degree attainment as a transaction (i.e., they prioritize efficiencyover engagement) may not value traditional means of support and professional preparationwithin their engineering programs, we ask the research question: "What are the unique valuesand

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CIT Division Technical Session #10

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Janis Raje

career – one taken in their first year,and one taken later in relation to their major field of study – but ideally, every student shouldparticipate in one HIP each year in college. Many other researchers have addressed the benefitsand application of HIPs as well [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. A common outcome studied across high-impact practices is undergraduate student retention and academic performance (grade pointaverage). For both measures, the result is positive: students who participate in HIPs areconsistently retained in the programs at a higher rate than those who do not, and HIPs have apositive impact on student performance.Kuh acknowledges in his 2008 article that: “These practices take many different forms,depending upon learner

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PCEE Session 11: Engineering Outreach / Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin; Bryant Chambers; Indu Venu Sabaraya; Navid Saleh, University of Texas at Austin; Mary Kirisits, University of Texas at Austin

during the outreach program impact the students’ (a) perceptionof engineering? (b) enjoyment of STEM classes/activities? (c) confidence in STEM skills? (d)interest in a STEM career?We reached 50 students over the course of four years, with six students participating in all fiveactivities/modules. Adapted surveys were implemented at three timepoints during the program toassess engineering perception, confidence in STEM skills, and enjoyment of STEM. Wecalculated descriptive statistics at the three timepoints for the six participants who completed allactivities and compared descriptive statistics at the third timepoint for participants whocompleted all three engineering modules (n=15) and those who completed only one module(n=10). We also