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Muhammad Asghar, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Anika Banerjee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ebenezer Ewumi, Washington State University; Candis Claiborn, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

engineering.Candis S Claiborn (Professor and Dean Emeritus)Anika BanerjeeOlusola Adesope (Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Effects of High Impact Educational Practices on Engineering and Computer Science Student Participation, Persistence, and Success at Land Grant Universities – Year 2 Introduction and Background The science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce contributes tothe U.S. economy by supporting 67% of jobs and 69% of the gross domestic product [1].Currently, there is an increased demand for engineering and computer science (E/CS

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Doris Espiritu, Wright College; Ruzica Todorovic; Bridget O'Connell

completion rates, andtime for degree completion. The key research approach is to correlate student success data with self-efficacy and belonging measures.Outcomes and ImpactsThree years into the project, Wright College Engineering and Computer Science Program was able to: • Develop and implement the Contextualized Summer Bridge with a total of 132 Near-STEM participants. One hundred twenty-seven (127) completed; 100% who completed the Bridge eliminated up to two years of math remediation, and 54% were directly placed in Calculus 1. All successful participants were placed in different engineering pathways, and 11 students completed Associate in Engineering Science (AES) and transferred after two years from the Bridge

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Patricia Maloney, Texas Tech University; Bingbing Li, California State University, Northridge; Meng Zhang, Kansas State University; Weilong Cong, Texas Tech University

manufacturing course at three large state universities:Texas Tech University, Kansas State University, and California State University – Northridge.The research questions addressed are: (1) What are the changes in skill and knowledge concerning additive manufacturingexperienced by undergraduate students? (2) What is the effect of this course on attitudes towards engineering and self-efficacy inengineering for enrolled undergraduate students?The sample consists of four years of data from the undergraduate students enrolled in the courseat all three universities (combined N = 196). Our method for data collection was matched-pairsurveys that contained both (i) an assessment for content knowledge and (ii) an attitudinalassessment previously

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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Robin Altman, California State University, Sacramento; Jennifer Lundmark

Colleges of Engineering & Computer Science (ECS) andNatural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) at Sacramento State University, a large, public,primarily undergraduate institution, have deployed two programs to explicitly address theseskills for undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students.The goals of the NSF-funded Achieving STEM Persistence through Peer-Assisted Learning andLeadership Development (ASPIRE) project are to increase retention and decrease time tograduation for STEM students, as well as increase retention of women and underrepresentedminorities (URM) in the STEM workforce by implementing evidence-based practices to promotestudent success during two critical transitions: 1) from lower-division to

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Cassandra Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Alycia Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Molly Moore, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

provide academic, social, and economic support. Theexpected outcome of the SD-FIRST program is to achieve a sustainable increased retention andgraduation rate, and an increase in emotional intelligence for students participating in theprogram. The initial cohort of SD-FIRST scholars began in the fall 2021 semester, and thedetails of the program as well as initial implementation are included in this paper.Introduction and MotivationAs universities around the nation are faced with directives to increase both enrollment andretention, many have developed programs aimed to attract specific groups of students [1-8]. Thesuccess of the population of first-generation students in college environments has been the focusof many studies [9-14]. The U.S

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Adrian Villalta-Cerdas; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

discussed based on thecourse’s first implementation during summer 2021.Bridge Course Design and DevelopmentThe designed bridge course for the engineering technology students followed a similar approachto the chemistry bridge course previously reported in the 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference[1]. The design model is referred to as the Integrated Course Design [2] and starts with the goalsof the course, followed by an analysis of the situational factors surrounding the course, with thelast step being the components of the course (i.e., assessment and feedback, learning activities,and instructional practices). Thus, the goals of the course were established before the content andlearning activities were selected. The design team then explored the

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Elsa Gonzalez, University of Houston; Emma Perez, University of Houston

the project as she assists in advancing knowledge and understanding of the Latina student population. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com CAREER: Broadening Participation in STEM: A Qualitative Analysis of Resilience Experiences and Strategies of Latina STEM Majors in Hispanic Serving Institutions NSF Award # 2045802IntroductionWomen, Latinx, Black, and Indigenous groups continue to lag behind in STEM representation[1]. In the last decade, the Latinx population has grown 23%, a growth higher than the nation’srate [2]. There are currently 569 Hispanic Serving

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Chris Ferekides, University of South Florida; Carol Haden, Northern Arizona University; Gokhan MuMcu, University of South Florida; Ismail Uysal, University of South Florida; Joel Howell; Chung Seop Jeong, University of South Florida; Wilfrido Moreno, University of South Florida; Arash Takshi; Kevin Yee; Paul Spector, University of South Florida

Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comBreaking Boundaries:An Organized Revolution for the ProfessionalFormation of Electrical Engineers The Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida is at thesecond year of its RED program. The main goal of the project is to change the departmentculture by transforming the existing traditional unidirectional Research-Teaching-Service modelto a completely connected Research-Student-Practice one. There are several major tasksundertaken under the Organized Revolution: (1) The creation of Track Focused AdvisoryBoards (TFABs) for direct and impactful engagement of industry with the Electrical Engineeringprogram; (2) the development

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Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; James Pellegrino, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Cody Mischel, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Lewis Wedgewood, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Vikas Berry, The University of Illinois at Chicago

2022semesters with full implementations.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation Professional Formation of Engineers(PFE) Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) program under Award #2024960.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] Patrick, Anita D., and A. N. Prybutok. "Predicting persistence in engineering through anengineering identity scale." International journal of engineering education 34, no. 2a (2018). 5[2] Marra, Rose M., and Barbara Bogue

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Arash Jamshidi, University of California, Berkeley; Elisa Stone, University of California, Berkeley

,correlations, and significance in data. The Berkeley Engineering Research Experiences forTeachers plus Data (BERET+D) pairs undergraduate pre-service teachers and experiencedin-service science and mathematics teachers (PSTs and ISTs) to engage in engineering and datascience research, exploring and analyzing data sets drawn from a variety of STEM fields andlaboratories across the UC Berkeley campus. In addition to conducting independent summerresearch projects with guidance from university research faculty, the program providesopportunities for: (1) PSTs to develop data science-based lessons inspired by their research andaligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), (2) ISTs to create data science-basedcurricula designed to inspire middle

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Sudarshan Kurwadkar, California State University, Fullerton; Salvador Mayoral, California State University, Fullerton; Antoinette Linton, California State University, Fullerton; Doina Bein, California State University, Fullerton; Paulina Reina; Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton; Yu Bai; Ariana Vasquez; Kirk Vandersall

148 (38.14%) degrees wereawarded to Hispanic students during the same period in all science discipline. CSUF ranks thirdin the entire United States for undergraduate degrees awarded to underrepresented minoritystudents. In terms of undergraduate degrees awarded to the URM, CSUF ranks fifth in the nation(CSUF, 2021b).Figure 1. Population demographics of the State of California (left) and the student demographicsat CSUF (right)The graduation rates, as discussed above, do not correlate well with the enrollment numbers.This glaring discrepancy points to the fact that many Hispanic students may not be graduating ontime or maybe disengaged early on without completing their degrees in sciences and engineering.A closer look at the systemic problems

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Dira Delpech, The Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University

Paper ID #38299Surfacing Deeply Held Beliefs about Gender-and Race-BasedMinoritization in Engineering: Emerging Insights After TwoYears Focused on Data CollectionDira Melissa Delpech (PhD Student)Emily Dringenberg (Assistant Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comSurfacing Deeply-Held Beliefs about Gender- and Race-Based Minoritization in Engineering: Emerging Insights After Two Years Focused on Data CollectionBackground and Project OverviewThe mission of broadening participation in engineering is well-known and commonly accepted[1, 2

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch; Wendy Robicheau

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Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Ismael Pagan-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Raul Zapata-Lopez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Humberto Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Rey Montalvo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

anddevelopment gains [1].According to the definition that the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction(UNDRR) postulates for a Multi-Hazard, the term may be interpreted as the particularcircumstances where dangerous and unsafe events may unfold, whether they occursimultaneously, over time, or overlapped, taking into consideration the potential that interrelatedeffects may have [2]. UNDRR identifies the following categories: biological, environmental,geological, hydrometeorological and technological processes and phenomena. It is common toidentify multi-hazards based on the interaction of various causes of natural phenomena, forexample, the interaction of floods, winds, earthquakes, tsunamis, and others based on theprevious classification [2

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Audrey Rorrer; David Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Kamalapriya Srinivasan

employmentlandscape. The specific innovation involves providing as an alternative to the current practice (inCarnegie R1 and R2 institutions) of externally peer- reviewed publication(s), with an alternatecapstone requirement: the development of a patentable technology as the capstone event. Yet, theexternal peer-review aspect is preserved, thus maintaining the academic rigor of the PhD programs.These changes are being piloted and tested in a Pathways to Entrepreneurship (PAtENT)program, implemented in multiple STEM departments (Mechanical Engineering, CivilEngineering, Physics and Optical Science, and Chemistry) across the University of North Carolinaat Charlotte (UNCC). The PAtENT program has four overarching goals: 1) to develop an alternateroadmap for

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Gerald Marschke, University at Albany-SUNY; Holden Diethorn; James Davis; Andrew Wang

innovation and productivity, both for their directrole in R&D and their role in implementing new technologies at the firms where they work [1].The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sudden spike in unemployment, pushing the US unemploymentrate to its highest level since the Great Depression. Had the pandemic hit a few decades earlier,the job loss caused would likely have been worse — the development of digital technologies andinfrastructure since the turn of the 21st century enabled many workers to transition from in-personto remote work, dampening what could have been an even greater decline in employment. Pastresearch finds that workers employed in occupations with high remote-work potential prior to thepandemic tended to fare better in terms of

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Donna Llewellyn, Boise State University; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch; Mehrdad Faezi, Manchester Community College; John Birch; Eric Flynn; K.andrew Angle

-scissors game, and measure the temperaturewith the integrated sensors of the BBC Micro:bit.Sample Assignment for Circuit WorkUse TinkerCAD Circuits to create a series circuit with a 9V battery, 1 KOhm Resistor, and aLED. You will do, as a team, two simulations. For the first simulation, you will use twomultimeters to show the voltage drop across the resistor and LED will add to be equivalent tothe 9V battery. For the second simulation, you will use two multimeters to measure thecurrent through each component is the same. Remember that when measuring current, themultimeters need to be placed in the path of the circuit or flow of electricity. For yoursubmission, you will need to create a separate document and submit just one document foryour

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Jacqueline Gartner, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University; Anastasia Rynearson, Campbell University

mentor each year and meet with them 2-4 times per semester. Peer mentoringwas added in year 2 of the program, where students already in the program receive training tobecome peer mentors, and the incoming students are peer mentees. We also offer professionaldevelopment sessions, where a consultant gives three sessions per semester on topics likemotivation, focus, stress, and values.This paper focuses on comparing retention rates of the first three cohorts of S-STEM studentswith the rest of the engineering student population. Information is provided based on race,gender, Pell grant eligibility, and tier status. Tier status in our School of Engineering (SoE) isdetermined by ACT/SAT scores. Tier 1 has Math ACT less than 22 and Math SAT less than

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Campbell Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Keith Lyle

draws on these experiences as well as her MS and PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Louisville to construct meaningful activities in her first-year engineering course. She aims to improve the number of engineering graduates as well as the quality and diversity of the engineering workforce using evidence-based practices and applied theory in the classroom. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com 1 Spaced Retrieval Practice in Undergraduate Engineering Courses: Psychometric

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Linda DeAngelo, University of Pittsburgh; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kevin Binning; Natascha Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Jennifer Cribbs, Oklahoma State University; Erica McGreevy, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Anne-Ketura Elie, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin Kaufman-Ortiz, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Beverly Conrique, University of Pittsburgh; Carlie Cooper, University of Georgia; Danielle Lewis; Jacqueline Rohde, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

and professional development © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Course-based Adaptations of an Ecological Belonging Intervention to Transform Engineering Representation at ScaleAbstractThis project uses an ecological belonging intervention approach [1] that requires one-class or one-recitation/discussion session to implement and has been shown to erase long-standing equity gapsin achievement in introductory STEM courses. However, given the wide social and culturalheterogeneity across US university contexts (e.g., differences in regional demographics, history,political climates), it is an open question if

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Jeremy Ernst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Brenda Brand, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Xiao Zhu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

doctoral completion and professional readiness for academia. This community featuressupport, guidance, and mentorship from faculty mentors, regional directors, research seminarleaders, summer institute leaders, fellow cohort members, and institutional research advisors.This collaborative structure was created to increase social support and enhance interpersonalexperiences in route to building research familiarity, confidence, self-determination, and ultimatesuccess.The nine Alliance Year 1 participants included HBCU faculty from computational engineering,data science engineering, computer science, chemistry, and mathematics. To gauge progressionsin Alliance Year 1, data were collected to examine participant self-efficacy, research autonomy

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Christine Wittich; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

environmentalinfrastructure in rural areas. This site has hosted over 60 students over 5 years, including 1 yearof virtual participation due to travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.Detailed discussion and results are provided with respect to the recruitment approach, includingparticular attention to first-generation college students, and the potential negative impacts of theCOVID-19 pandemic on first-generation applicants. This site also incorporates targetedinstruction on technical writing, which occurs over several weeks throughout the first half of thesummer and culminates with a final conference paper deliverable. This approach has yieldedover 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, or national conference presentations,which

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Vivian Jones, Bethune-Cookman University; Jillian Wendt, University of the District of Columbia

identified as underrepresented minoritywomen (UMW) mentee participants (four participants identified as male; their experiences arereported separately). Participants were required to participate in focus groups and individualinterviews once the program concluded during Spring 2021. The current paper focuses on theexperiences of the UMW mentees.Following a case study design, the current project examined the following research questions; 1)How, if at all, was participation in the online peer mentee program useful in furthering students’STEM self-efficacy?, 2) How, if at all, was participation in the online peer mentee programuseful in furthering students’ sense of community in STEM?, 3) How, if at all, was participationin the online peer mentee

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Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Ngawang Gonsar; Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of Minnesota

researcher at the Playful Learning Lab in the Department of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com STEM Identity Development for Under-represented Students in a Research Experience for UndergraduatesIntroductionIn addition to advancing scientific knowledge, National Science Foundation (NSF) EngineeringResearch Centers (ERC) have a primary focus on Engineering Workforce Development. Indeed,the number of STEM jobs is growing faster than non-STEM jobs with projected shortages of upto 3.5 million STEM workers in the United States by 2025 [1]. Additionally, it is important tonote

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Donald Visco, The University of Akron; Nidaa Makki; Erin Stevic; Joshua Phillips, The University of Akron; Elle Bonnema; Deanna Dunn, The University of Akron; Laura Carey, The University of Akron

that participating in job shadowing increased their interest inremaining in their majors.IntroductionSeveral factors impact students’ retention in STEM majors [1], [2]. Many students enter STEMmajors with little knowledge about what a career in their fields entails and may be discouragedfrom persisting in those majors if they face obstacles in their first-year STEM classes [3]. Ourprogram, “Zip to Industry: A First-Year Corporate-STEM Connection program,” was developedto bridge this gap between students' educational knowledge and their knowledge of what atypical day in a STEM career would be like. The program connected first-year STEM studentswith a near-peer mentor who was currently enrolled in a co-op program at a local company. Theprogram

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Rachel Levitin, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Teddy Ivanitzki, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Rashida Johnson, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

in high-tech startupsAbstractWhen starting small businesses, particularly in high-tech sectors, women and underrepresented minoritygroups face additional hurdles in securing funding and investment. Not only is such a discrepancy ininvestment socially unjust, but it deprives the US of the advantages in innovation and global competitionthat could stem from widening participation in innovative sectors. Yet, despite efforts to provide targetedsupport to women and underrepresented minority-owned businesses, more remains to be done to close theinvestment gap.The US Small Business Administration (SBA) provides more than $3.5 billion in funding [1] to over5,000 startups per year through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small

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Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Eakalak Khan; Om Prakash Yadav; Manan Shah, Texas A&M University

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research on Big Data in Energy and Related InfrastructureAbstractThis paper describes the first year of the implementation of a three-year long NSF-fundedInternational Experience for Students (IRES) Site Track-1 project. As a part of the IRES SiteTrack-1 project, three engineering programs at three U.S. universities have collaborated on aproject to increase the global competencies of undergraduate engineering/computer sciencestudents through a summer international research training program in big data in energy and relatedinfrastructure in partnership with the Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Perak, Malaysia. The U.S.Universities included Texas A&M University, North Dakota State University, and University ofNevada at Las

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Farzad Ferdowsi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Heather Stone, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; G. H. Massiha, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Terrence Chambers, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Mehdi Mokhtari, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Afef Fekih, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

, describes the educational and mentoringopportunities, and discusses the programs impact on students in this first year. The paper willalso discuss the potential for retention and quality of education for the ASSSET scholars.Goals of the ASSSET ProgramWith an NSF S-STEM grant awarded in 2021, UL Lafayette’s ASSSET scholarship programstarted in Fall 2021. Plans and activities are set to meet three (3) main goals: 1. Improve the UL Lafayette’s College of Engineering retention and graduation rate by supporting low-income academically talented students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in one of the six engineering majors with a focus on Energy Technologies. 2. Implement evidence-based practices to enhance students’ engagement in undergraduate

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Ann Beheler, Center for Occupational Research and Development

National Science Foundation (NSF), produced a comprehensive anddetailed printed manual of IT skill standards in 2003. The NWCET 2003 Skill Standards werecreated with strong input from both IT employer thought leaders and practitioners and werecreated to provide a common language for employers and educators to use in training studentsand incumbent workers [1]. This document has subsequently informed IT applied curriculumprograms at colleges nationally for over 17 years even though the rapid pace of IT innovationmeant that many of the standards were arguably obsolete shortly after publication. During those17 years, other professional organizations such as the National Initiative for CybersecurityEducation (NICE) and the Association for Computing