Lawanto, O., & Goodridge, W. H., & Himel, R., & Abideen, Z. U. (2024, June), Board 375: REU Participants’ Perceptions of Engineering Education Research: Looking for REU Impact  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--46959

\bibitem{asee_peer_46959}
  Lawanto, O., \& Goodridge, W. H., \& Himel, R., \& Abideen, Z. U. (2024, June), \emph{Board 375: REU Participants’ Perceptions of Engineering Education Research: Looking for REU Impact}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
  10.18260/1-2--46959

Oenardi Lawanto, Wade H Goodridge, Rifatul Himel, and Zain ul Abideen.  "Board 375: REU Participants’ Perceptions of Engineering Education Research: Looking for REU Impact".  2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/46959 Internet.  25 Feb, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_46959}
  Oenardi Lawanto, Wade H Goodridge, Rifatul Himel, and Zain ul Abideen.
  "Board 375: REU Participants’ Perceptions of Engineering Education Research: Looking for REU Impact".
  \emph{2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/46959 Internet.  25 Feb, 2025

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title = "Board 375: REU Participants’ Perceptions of Engineering Education Research: Looking for REU Impact"
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AB  - Undergraduate research has received growing attention in recent years due to its positive impact on engineering, including increasing students’ understanding, confidence, awareness, and interest in numerous engineering subjects. Our research experience for the undergraduate (REU) program focuses on engineering educational research, which is to expose and train undergraduate students in emerging engineering education research through independent, collaborative well-managed, high-quality research projects. 
This paper shares findings of the REU participants’ perception of engineering education research before and after participating in engineering education research projects. The qualitative data were collected through Qualtrics survey from three REU cohorts, who participated in the summer of 2021, 2022, and 2023. Each cohort participated in a 10-week research activity and was mentored by experienced researchers at a mid-size public university located at western of the United States.  There were 24 students (16 females, and 8 males) from 20 institutions, and 15 different states, participated in the program working on 13 research projects.
One of the questions in the entry and exit surveys asked each participant to describe their perception of engineering education research (EER). Two researchers were involved in the data analysis to find themes that identify the participants’ understanding of engineering education research. More than 87% of the participants claimed that their views on engineering education research have changed after participating in the program. Five themes were identified reflecting students’ perceptions about EER before and after REU participation. Further analyses based on gender, prior research experience, and educational background were also conducted. Brief discussion on how their research experience impacts their future study or professional career will be included in the paper. 

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