Conference Session

Empowering Marginalized Voices in STEM: Perspectives and Initiatives

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady Ph.D., University of New Mexico; Tahira Reid, Penn State University; Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

faculty, operate assupervisors, model collaboration, and provide experiences that influence undergraduate students’academic trajectories and career outlook [2], [3], [4], [5].Unlike other forms of mentoring, graduate student mentoring often lacks guidance or formaltraining [6], [7], [8]. Despite this, however, the impact of graduate student mentoring is criticalto their mentees' future academic and career trajectories [4], [9]. Much of the research literaturehas reasoned that two main goals of effective graduate student mentoring in engineeringeducation are guiding undergraduates in technical research and laboratory techniques andproviding mentees with social support [3], [9], [10]. These goals hold true for graduate studentsand postdoctoral

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nga Hin Ben Fong, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrick Brunese, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

author was astonished to learn directly from one of the top IE school’spresentations (faculty) at the IISE Annual Conference [21]. To be fair, some faculty might havenever worked in industry or did any consulting work in his/her career, they may not have theproper training or experience to collaborate and work directly with the industry leaders.For the industry sponsors [13,14,15], they usually determine the project charter and the expecteddeliverables at the beginning of the semester. Unfortunately, without much interaction with thefaculty mentor, some sponsors might even treat the student team as an unpaid, remote internor co-op. Often, the sponsors could change the objective and deliverable in the middle of thesemester [19,20]. Hence, it

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ribhav Galhotra, Nanyang Technological University; Panting Yu, The University of Edinburgh; Jiafei Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Asia has a small population, and Singapore has a mere 5.92 million people [12]. Morethan five thousand engineering degrees are awarded annually to people in Singapore [13], and withthe country expecting only 9% to 18% of its citizens in STEM and engineering careers [14], theseengineers must be focused and capable. There is an increasing demand for engineers in Singapore,with salaries rising to encourage talent to enter the employment market [15]. It is a fair assumptionthat the demand for engineers will increase in the future with technological advancements. Thisimplies action to take place in the present that brings about educational innovations to inspireengineers to stay in the market and provide the technical expertise that ushers the

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

to big University campusesAbstractThe primary purpose of a Satellite-University campus structure is to make higher education easilyaccessible to a diverse group of students in remote locations. The satellite campus aims to providethe same wholesome College / University experience as any other large University campus. Thecollege experience is one of the most exciting and transformative times in a student’s life. Thestudents not only look forward to a quality education in a discipline of their choice, but also get toexplore their true calling in terms of gaining, understanding, and honing their skillsets towardstheir dream career, while cultivating strong dependable relationships with their fellowcollegemates. The Satellite-University campus

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University

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Continuing, Professional, and Online Education Division (CPOED)

professional development programs for STEMaudiences.Introduction and Project GoalsThe CyberAmbassadors pilot project (NSF Award #1730137) developed, tested and refined highlymodular, customizable curricula to help the cyberinfrastructure (CI) workforce build the communications,teamwork and leadership skills necessary for success in interdisciplinary, computationally-intensive work[1]. Cyberinfrastructure refers to both the physical hardware, computing and communications resourcesrequired to create the types of advanced computing systems commonly referred to as “supercomputers” aswell as to the individuals who have the skills and expertise to develop and maintain these resources.Cyberinfrastructure is an emerging career field, whose initial members

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Ghazal Barari; Brian Sanders

colleges, universities & schools, 7(1).[2] Kleinbaum, D. G., & Klein, M. (1996). Survival analysis a self-learning text. Springer.[3] Plank, S. B., DeLuca, S., & Estacion, A. (2008). High school dropout and the role of career and technicaleducation: A survival analysis of surviving high school. Sociology of Education, 81(4), 345-370. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 515[4] Singer, J. D., & Willett, J. B. (1993). It’s about time: Using discrete-time survival analysis to study

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2024 CIEC

Authors

Rob Gies; Resit Unal; Clarles Keating

provideda terrific foundation to encourage more robust discussions and sharing of ideas and conceptsacross the value stream. This unintended consequence also allowed for an increased exposure ofcourse topics to a broader spectrum across industry, which also inherently supportedengagement. This program was very appealing to employees who were interested in advancingtheir educational career goals and allowed them to learn about specific unique topics withouthaving to commit to a multi-year educational program of study. This program has had studentswith diverse job titles take courses such as: engineer, planner, contract administrator, costengineer, supply chain specialist, construction supervisor, fireman, electrician, and so on.InstructionAs Table 1

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laine Schrewe Ph.D., Otterbein University; Elena Joy Caruthers, Otterbein University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

small, midwestern university. While the university itself is quite small,the engineering department is even smaller, with an average of only 25-30 incoming first-yearstudents each year. These first-year engineering students all enroll in one of two sections of anintroductory engineering fundamentals course (that includes both a lecture and a lab) thatfamiliarizes them with engineering concepts and tools they will use throughout their four yearsof engineering coursework and in their engineering careers. One section of this course wastaught by a professor who has taught this course for many years (Instructor A) and the othersection of this course was taught by a new faculty member teaching it for the first time(Instructor B). Since the goal is to

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James L. Huff; Todd A. Patten; Richard L. Wells; Monte Cox

or groups, through the counseling relationship, to develop understanding of personal problems, define goals, and plan action reflecting interests, abilities, aptitudes, and needs. Counseling/Psychotherapy is the application of mental health, psychological, or human development principles, through cognitive, affective, behavioral or systemic intervention strategies that address wellness, personal growth, or career development, as well as pathology.” 12There are two points within this definition that are significant to the context of Ansanm. First, acounselor‘s role is to assist in understanding needs. Once these needs are identified andunderstood, the next logical step is to address how to meet those needs

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Becky DeGreeff; Kathy Brockway; Troy Brockway; Sue Guzek; Fred Guzek

Moving from STEM to STEAM: Broadening an Interdisciplinary Study Abroad ProgramAbstract:In order to encourage students to pursue STEM careers, and to broaden the perspectives ofstudents in STEM curricula with an infusion of the humanities in an effort to move toward aSTEAM model, a multidisciplinary team of five faculty members created a family of six six-credit courses for students with a variety of academic interests. Graduate students wereintegrated with undergraduate. Pedagogical techniques include face-to-face as well as bothsynchronous and asynchronous distance delivery, in addition to a faculty-led European studytour in each course. Courses in Intercultural Communication and Interpersonal

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu Asaduzzaman; Farshad Mashhadi; Manira Rani

capable of developing new/better solutions.Undergraduate research is receiving more attention than ever before. Various studies try toinvestigate and propose methodologies to help the students benefit more from experience ofdoing research (Kardash, 2000; Kremer et al., 1990). Most of the students who are involved withresearch on their undergraduate studies, show more interest to continue researching and attendmore to graduate studies (Kardash, 2000; Laursen et al., 2010; Lopatto et al., 2010).Furthermore, for the underrepresented minority students and also women, it can provide theenvironment to interact more with the other students and scientists, helping them to thrive morein their studies and careers (Barlow et al., 2004; Eagan et al., 2011

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles E. Baukal; Lynna J. Ausburn; John E. Matsson; Geoffrey L. Price

Solvers, and 31.8% Engagers(Conti, 2009).25Different professions may have different learning strategy preference profiles. For example,Birzer and Nolan (2002) found that law enforcement had a distinctive profile compared to thegeneral population in a comparison of known population norms to the preferred learningstrategies of urban police in a Midwestern city.26 They found there were some differencesbetween those working in community policing environments and those who did not. Policeinvolved in community policing tended to be Problem Solvers. Ausburn and Brown (2006)studied career and technical education students and found that most were Engagers.27 To datethere have not been any studies to determine the ATLAS-defined learning strategy

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

. • Case Study “B”, based on gender, shows a difference between genders but this might be discriminatory to consider this as an entrance requirement. Suffice to say, we should start encouraging students of the minority gender to take curriculums that are predominantly the other gender. Eventually, no career should be naturally male or female dominated. • Case Study “C”, based on cultural differences, indicates that although students of different cultures start differently, they end up with little to no real difference in how they learn. Maybe, as they mature the slight differences disappear. • We must build into the admission exams, a test to measure emotional quotient (EQ) and must understand the

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gregory S. Parnell; Michael Kwinn

as 1operational leaders for first five years of their career. Later in their careers, some will have theopportunity to work as systems engineers and engineering managers, especially officers assigned to theCorps of Engineers and the Acquisition Corps. However, the skills we teach are critical for all branchesof the Army.In addition, we have some unique West Point constraints. First, our cadets choose their major in the Fallof their sophomore year and generally the second semester of their sophomore year is the first time theycan take a course in their chosen major. Also, with a maximum of 18 students per class andapproximately 150

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Marty Kump, Kansas State University; Ian August

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

observed, but we are unable to conclude that the change isstatistically significant.1: IntroductionIncorporating career-related examples in college courses benefits students in a variety of ways.These range from providing students with authentic learning experiences aligned with specificskills and activities one would perform on the job, to a deeper learning and growing of students’interest in the study area. Examples can take the form of course content, real-world case studies,authentic assessments [1], and service-learning opportunities. In today’s world, instructors arecompeting for students’ attention with a multitude of engaging, if not distracting, activities likeperusing social media on smartphones. The more authentic and engaging the

Conference Session

WIP: Classroom Innovations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Fernando Mérida, University of Florida

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

experience. One of the modules offered as a part ofthe summer program is “Introduction to Chemical Engineering,” which aims to provide studentswith a preview of the exciting world of chemical engineering (ChE). The goal of the module isalso to raise awareness of various career possibilities in chemical engineering. Students work onhands-on activities and tours of research laboratories. One of the hands-on activities is that ofmini fluid flow experiments showcasing one of the most important topics in the realm of ChE:fluid flow phenomena.Improving the experiential learning of college-level students has gained special attention. Oneexample is the creation of a desk-scale kit on fluid flow, aiming to facilitate the understanding offrictional losses and

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Eric D. Mead; Karen Reynolds; Lawrence Whitman

technicallyliterate. “Are we providing students with the intellectual skills and background they willneed to appreciate and continue learning about SME&T [Science, Mathematics, Engineering,and Technology] throughout their lives?”3 Much effort is underway to encourage students topursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. There is a growingbase of infusing these necessary skills and attitudes to pursue these avenues as careers. Thereis also much effort aimed at addressing the diminishing skills in math and many of thesciences. Technology is becoming more and more prevalent in todays classrooms. The skillsand knowledge necessary to utilize this technology is being provided to students. However,there is little effort to build a

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Deeksha Seth; Gabriel Carryon; James Tangorra

Universitywithin time and budget constraints as some of the crucial skills that engineers must possess to besuccessful in the workforce.6The 21st century skills are a broad set of abilities that are essential for students to develop tosucceed in our current era7 and provide the nation with skilled STEM graduates. P21 frameworkfor 21st century learning is one of the models established to illustrate the adoption of 21st centuryskills in education.8 Within this framework for 21st century learning, there are four categories ofskills and knowledge that students should master in order to succeed in the workforce. These arecategorized as: 1) core subjects and themes, 2) learning and innovation skills, 3) technologyskills, and 4) life and career skills.8 Learning

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kara Vance; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Gul E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan Esparragoza

Teamwork Efficacy, Attitudes and Interest: Insights on Their Relationships Kara Vance, Abdullah Konak, Sadan Kulturel-Konak Penn State Berks Gül Okudan Kremer Penn State University Park Ivan Esparragoza Penn State Brandywine AbstractStudents’ professional skills, such as teamwork, global awareness, ethics, and creative problemsolving, increase their likelihood for success throughout their education and career paths,especially in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Garrett M. Clayton; Allen Tan; Jordan Ermilio; Aaron Wemhoff

. Perspectives from the Ordnance Burning Filtration Hood advising team: The filter hoodproject has been ongoing for the past two years. In each of these years, a team of four studentswas involved. Interestingly, nearly all (6 of 8) of the students working on the project are fromthe Naval ROTC program at VU. Based on this, it appears that this project is drawing fromstudents that have a potential interest in exploring a career in the broad area of energeticmaterials (as it may apply to careers in the Navy).The fume hood project does not have the overall popularity of the EOD robot project. Threepossible reasons exist for the relative lack of interest, which may motivate project choices in thefuture. First, the students do not have a background in

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jacob J. Elmer; Noelle Comolli

the material is important.Indeed, Felder et al note that students are motivated to study harder when they believe that theywill actually need to use the course concepts later in their careers.6 While the benefits of PBL are easy to see, it is usually hard to find effective projects toimplement PBL in engineering courses. There are some online resources with examples ofproject-based or problem-based learning assignments that focus on one or a few concepts7,8, butit is much harder to find projects that utilize a majority of the concepts taught throughout aspecific course. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel brewery design project for PBLin a heat transfer course. Each of the fundamental heat transfer concepts are addressed

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

in the classroom, so it is possible to discussparticipants’ experiences with direct bosses or professors without fear that their comments willbe transmitted to those bosses. As the author put it in the interview16, they were ‘people that youknow well enough but at the same time don’t directly affect you, [and] your career’.The inequality in representation of women and men in the engineering classroom was seen ashaving not only a detrimental effect on society, but also on people’s personal lives. A wish wasexpressed ‘to go home to your life partner and talk about your work and they would understandit.’ The male students commented, “Yeah, it’s comfortable to be in a guys-mostly classroom, butwhere are all the girls?” Conversely, the female

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 4

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Marco Hermida, State University of New York at New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Nancy Campos, SUNY New Paltz; Aileen Pastrana, State University of New York at New Paltz; Bianca Bermudez, State University of New York at New Paltz; Shaima Herzallah, State University of New York at New Paltz; Christopher Monvil, State University of New York at New Paltz; Tenmetey Tetteh-Nartey, State University of New York at New Paltz

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Diversity, Professional Papers

the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. He received his B.S. from National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan, and M.S. and Eng.Sci.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia University. After a 20-year career in the semiconductor industry, he joined SUNY New Paltz in 2018 with research interests in stress-induced phenomena in engineering materials, microelectronics reliability, additive manufacturing, and interdisciplinary engineering education.Dr. Nancy Campos, SUNY New Paltz Nancy Campos is the Project Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation & Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at SUNY New Paltz. She received her B.A. in Art History, Ed.M

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lizabeth Schlemer; Jose Macedo

student’s points of view. Areas of future research will also be discussed.Review of Literature Most engineering schools use team based projects, or laboratory assignments to helpstudents develop skills necessary for their professional careers. Teamwork skills havetraditionally been developed by assigning students to teams. To some extent, this approach doesproduce results, but a better approach was undertaken at the University of Dayton[4] wherestudent teams were instructed on teambuilding and leadership. One of their suggestions was notonly to instruct, but to give students opportunities to work on teams where students refine theirskills as they mature though the engineering program. Many researchers have struggled with thedifficult task of

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

in the classroom, so it is possible to discussparticipants’ experiences with direct bosses or professors without fear that their comments willbe transmitted to those bosses. As the author put it in the interview16, they were ‘people that youknow well enough but at the same time don’t directly affect you, [and] your career’.The inequality in representation of women and men in the engineering classroom was seen ashaving not only a detrimental effect on society, but also on people’s personal lives. A wish wasexpressed ‘to go home to your life partner and talk about your work and they would understandit.’ The male students commented, “Yeah, it’s comfortable to be in a guys-mostly classroom, butwhere are all the girls?” Conversely, the female

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

. • Case Study “B”, based on gender, shows a difference between genders but this might be discriminatory to consider this as an entrance requirement. Suffice to say, we should start encouraging students of the minority gender to take curriculums that are predominantly the other gender. Eventually, no career should be naturally male or female dominated. • Case Study “C”, based on cultural differences, indicates that although students of different cultures start differently, they end up with little to no real difference in how they learn. Maybe, as they mature the slight differences disappear. • We must build into the admission exams, a test to measure emotional quotient (EQ) and must understand the

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gregory S. Parnell; Michael J. Kwinn

as 1operational leaders for first five years of their career. Later in their careers, some will have theopportunity to work as systems engineers and engineering managers, especially officers assigned to theCorps of Engineers and the Acquisition Corps. However, the skills we teach are critical for all branchesof the Army.In addition, we have some unique West Point constraints. First, our cadets choose their major in the Fallof their sophomore year and generally the second semester of their sophomore year is the first time theycan take a course in their chosen major. Also, with a maximum of 18 students per class andapproximately 150

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Brett Ross, East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University; Kevin Wade Varney, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

long-term effects ofstudying abroad in over 3,400 participants. According to this study 96% percent of study abroadparticipants credit their experience to an increase in personal development, while 94% credit thisexperience to increased intercultural development. Of the participants engaging in summer studyabroad, 84% credited their study abroad experience to an enhanced interest in academic study1.Additionally, further data has been collected documenting the impacts of study abroad to futurecareer paths. “Students who studied abroad were more open to additional internationalexperiences in their careers, and thus tailored their job searches to further that goal.”3These studies, along with a study from Gutierrez2 and many more, clearly indicate

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

ourcells, thus increasing the total energy we could capture without paying for additionalphotoelectric cells. Many other groups used various permutations of turbines to captureeither wind or hydraulic power.Observations and Impressions from a Student’s Perspective: At the time, as a freshman engineer I initially viewed this design project as simplyanother source of stress in my life; however, as our design evolved into the final product Ibecame quite proud of our accomplishment. This design project represented the first timein my academic career I had truly used synthesis in a project; looking back on this projectas a senior, I doubt I will ever forget this first milestone in my career as an engineer.This project also introduced me to the

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc

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College-Industry Partnerships

to cover their roles andresponsibilities as a mentee, the mentor roles, and expectations for future activities. Roles andresponsibilities for mentees include: communicating future goals and expectations clearly,actively participating in their career development plan, participating in networking activities,identifying potential pitfalls to success, and developing an increased sense of self-assurance andself-directed behavior. The coordinators asked mentees to commit time to regular meetings withtheir mentor that would include discussions beyond technical training. Topics to considerincluded general professional development questions, struggles and accomplishments, andopportunities for further education or experience. Again, these nontechnical