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- Track 5: Technical Session 4: Fostering an Inclusive Community Among Electrical Engineering Students with Mixed-Reality Technologies at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
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- Preeti De Maurya, New Mexico State University; Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Theoderic Thomas Platt, New Mexico State University; Cristina Miriam Esparza, New Mexico State University; REDWAN UL HAQ CHOYON, New Mexico State University; Bill Hamilton, New Mexico State University; Marshall Allen Taylor, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University
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. During this session, to orient participants’ design efforts, we brieflydiscussed the concept of MR [21] and six popularly used definitions of MR [6] to theparticipants.The designer-research team synthesized the results of sessions 1 and 2, specifically focusing onthe needs of ECE students for both social and academic activities that encourage collaboration,and created fictional scenarios for laboratory and social activities that required teamwork in bothFigure 3: Screenshot of participants using the prototype MR system. A virtual classroom wascreated in Gather.town based on the classroom in which session 3 took place. Both remote andin-person students’ presence is represented by virtual avatars.in-person and online settings (see Figure 3). The
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- Track 1: Technical Session 1: Supporting Engineering Graduate Students to Create Inclusive Learning Environments: A Professional Development Program at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
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- Katherine R. McCance, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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their teaching throughout theprogram. However, only one graduate student was a TA and had full access to undergraduaterecitation sessions; two other graduate students were teaching assistants but were involved withgrading and minimal classroom instruction. For this reason, the focus of the program was shiftedtoward learning about and discussing inclusive teaching, and away from implementation andformative feedback. In future iterations, consistent classroom, laboratory, and/or recitationinstruction will be a criterion to participate. It is expected that the TAs’ real-time classroomexperiences and the feedback cycle will generate rich discussion, challenge TAs’ thinking aboutinclusion and equity in STEM, and enhance TA and undergraduate
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- Track 3: Technical Session 3: Work-in-Progress: Development of an HBCU/Research 1 Collaborative to Increase African American Semiconductor Manufacturing Researchers
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- Laura Sams Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College; Talia Capozzoli Kessler, Georgia Institute of Technology; R. Christian Ford, Georgia Institute of Technology; Whitney L Nelson
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Science and Computer Engineering research and researchcapacity.VI. Current StatusThroughout 2024, both Morehouse College Computer Science and Georgia Tech ComputerEngineering program directors met monthly with specific program stakeholders to discussvarious related activities. Since the fall 2023 funding of the grant, a newly formed alliance led byGeorgia Tech has emerged to support HBCUs pursuing semiconductor manufacturing fundingopportunities. Additionally, in January 2024, the program directors and the program postdoctoured the Georgia Tech cleanroom laboratory, the largest in the southeastern US. Regardingconference and event travel, the Georgia Tech Computer Engineering program director attendedthe 7th Annual Collaborative Network for
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- Track 5: Technical Session 7: WIP: Perceptions of Instructional Practices among Engineering College Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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- Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Nolgie O. Oquendo-Colón, University of Michigan; Musabbiha Zaheer; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan
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, or pausing periodically (Adapted from Prince, 2004). Four participants form lecture-based sessions and 9 participants from active learning sessions reported lecturing combined with informal classroom activities. 3. Lectures combined with labs/studios pertain to a course consists of two different sessions: lectures and laboratories/studios. In labs or studios, students are expected to apply knowledge imparted during lectures through hands-on activities and projects (Adapted from Gelernter, 1988). For lectures combine with labs or studios, 3 participants of lectured-based sessions focused on lecture part, while 5 participants of active learning sessions talked more about labs or
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- Track 7: Technical Session 7: Grassroots Approach to Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in Engineering
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- Ashleigh R. Wright, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ellen Wang Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Akshina Sood, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Cooper is Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia in 1982, his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois in 1988, and he was a postdoctoral research associate at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988-1990. His research interests include optical spectroscopic studies of novel magnetic and superconducting materials at high pressures, high magnetic fields, and low temperatures. Since 2013, he has co-taught (with Celia Elliott) a graduate-level technical writing course each spring to physics and engineering graduate students.Dr. Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois
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- Track 1: Technical Session 4: The Effects of Group Size on the Experiences of First-Year Engineering Students in Mixed Gender Groups
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- Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Ioana Elena Tiu, State University of New York at Binghamton
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gender composition impact student experiences in a project-based first-yearengineering course?Methods:This study examines the effects of group size on the experiences of first-year engineeringstudents working in mixed-gender groups. This research involves analyzing data collected fromstudents following their first-year experience in the Watson College of Engineering and AppliedScience at Binghamton University in the 2023/2024 academic year. During their first year, thesestudents took part in project-based curricula each semester.There are three main components of this first-year engineering program, a large lecture with 200-400 students, activity/laboratory sections of about 24 students each, and a discussion sectionswith those same 24 students
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- Track 2: Technical Session 2: Bridging Futures Takes a Village: A Pre-College Collaborative Education and Research Approach to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Population in STEM Career Pathways
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- Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Chloe Hincher, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Veronica Mbaneme, North Carolina State University; Sarah Olivia Harris, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
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established research labs thatwould provide peer mentoring and a CoP for the incoming ECHS students. Leveraging existinglab infrastructure for professional, technical skill, and community development was ideal forremoving additional burden to those facilitating the program, both at the ECHS and universitylevels. The faculty mentors’ preparation and training played a critical role in creating an inclusive,effective research environment. For example, mentors tailored their feedback to meet students attheir developmental stage. They focused on practical skills like poster presentations, writing forresearch, and hands-on laboratory experimentation. One participant highlighted the value ofthese experiences: “This REU was significant in me feeling
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- Track 5: Technical Session 1: Evaluating the five pillars of a Summer Bridge Program and their influence on participants' intentions to complete an engineering degree
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- Lorena Benavides-Riano, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University
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and build asupport group. The goal of the pillar is to provide spaces for students to connect and offersupport through the program and beyond.Academics: The program offers academic courses in mathematics, chemistry, and programmingto prepare engineering students in academics to ensure success in the the fall semester. Themathematics placement is based on individual ACT scores among college algebra, pre-calculus,and calculus I. The mathematics courses are offered with credits, allowing students to advance intheir curriculum.Engineering at MSU: The program offers learning experiences in laboratories and researchcenters to enlighten students with the many opportunities offered by the institution for studentdevelopment and success. This pillar
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- Track 7: Technical Session 4: Diversity in STEM: Strategies of Professional Engineering Organizations in Recruiting and Retaining Women from Minority-Serving Institutions
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- Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers
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uniquely positioned as agentsfor diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reform via shaping and maintaining the STEM cultureand provide critical levers for systems change [17]. In particular, Societies, members andsupporters from diverse STEM influencers across academia and industry, government, and nonprofits provide ‘multiple levers’ for DEI reform by shaping disciplinary culture and serving awide range of stakeholders [3], [18]. Academic literature often defines the role of STEMprofessional societies as multifaceted—spanning across varied disciplinary functions—frequently collaborating with other STEM system gatekeepers, (i.e., corporate entities,laboratories, and academic organizations) to optimize the engagement of all STEM talent andfoster
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- Track 6: Technical Session 2: Empowering Hispanic Engineers' Success Towards Graduate Education with Hybrid Mentorship
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- Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Paola Alexandra Baldaguez Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Julie E Lorenzo, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Natasha Mamaril, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Paper ID #45202Empowering Hispanic Engineers’ Success Towards Graduate Education withHybrid MentorshipFederico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research develops wireless system privacy enhancements for Wi-Fi protocols. While at Illinois, he interned at Apple, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Sandia National Labs. He served as the Graduate Ambassador in the SHPE chapter on campus to support a community of Hispanic graduate students in engineering. He has
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- CANCELLED: Track 5: Technical Session 5: Hiring Practices to Build a Diverse Team at Wakr Forest Engineering: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!
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- Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University
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, space and laboratory design, andassessment and accreditation efforts. Specifically, because the Department of Engineering and its student body are in the founding phase,applicants should be prepared for and excited about the extra opportunities and challenges that this start-up process necessarily entails.Applicants should have a Ph.D. in an engineering or complementary discipline.What To Submit - Interested applicants should apply via the University’s career website at: http://www.wfu.careers/. The application shouldbe submitted as ONE PDF file and include the following: (1) a cover letter that addresses the applicant’s motivation to be a founding facultymember, personal values in alignment with the department values, and vision for building a