Luthi, K. T., & Harvie, D. P., & Wilson, J. K., & Surrency, M. (2025, March), Building Strong Communities: Exploring Qualitative Data on Virtual Learning Support Structures to Support Non-Traditional Groups in Foundational Engineering Courses.   Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi. 10.18260/1-2--54147

\bibitem{asee_peer_54147}
  Luthi, K. T., \& Harvie, D. P., \& Wilson, J. K., \& Surrency, M. (2025, March), \emph{Building Strong Communities: Exploring Qualitative Data on Virtual Learning Support Structures to Support Non-Traditional Groups in Foundational Engineering Courses. }
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi.
  10.18260/1-2--54147

Kimberly T. Luthi, David Paul Harvie, John K Wilson, and Monica Surrency.  "Building Strong Communities: Exploring Qualitative Data on Virtual Learning Support Structures to Support Non-Traditional Groups in Foundational Engineering Courses. ".  2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/54147 Internet.  11 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_54147}
  Kimberly T. Luthi, David Paul Harvie, John K Wilson, and Monica Surrency.
  "Building Strong Communities: Exploring Qualitative Data on Virtual Learning Support Structures to Support Non-Traditional Groups in Foundational Engineering Courses. ".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/54147 Internet.  11 May, 2025

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title = "Building Strong Communities: Exploring Qualitative Data on Virtual Learning Support Structures to Support Non-Traditional Groups in Foundational Engineering Courses. "
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AB  - This session explores structural learning support systems that lead to the collaboration and professional development of non-traditional engineering students who serve as peer leaders in asynchronous, online engineering programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The session will discuss innovative practices to understand ways to strengthen undergraduate students’ acclimation, advancement, and commitment in engineering pathways related to aerospace. Findings discussed will show how peer mentoring and collaborative team learning have potential to increase the academic success and engineering career affiliation for non-traditional groups, specifically Veterans, active military and adult student learners in engineering. Through a qualitative approach, the aggregated reflections of 12 undergraduate peer leaders will provide insight into best practices to support small groups through industry-vetted collaborative learning assignments to engage students in traditionally siloed online learning activities in foundational courses to include statics, aerodynamics, digital circuits and fluid mechanics. Attendees will learn about the importance that leadership development and collaborative incentivization has on group learning models led by a near peer. 
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