Tran, V., & McCall, C., & Secules, S., & Kali, M. B., & Van Dyke, G. (2024, June), From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategy for Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering Education.  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/47482

\bibitem{asee_peer_47482}
  Tran, V., \& McCall, C., \& Secules, S., \& Kali, M. B., \& Van Dyke, G. (2024, June), \emph{From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategy for Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering Education.}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
  https://peer.asee.org/47482

Vanessa Tran, Cassandra McCall, Stephen Secules, Maimuna Begum Kali, and Gabriel Van Dyke.  "From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategy for Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering Education.".  2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/47482 Internet.  30 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_47482}
  Vanessa Tran, Cassandra McCall, Stephen Secules, Maimuna Begum Kali, and Gabriel Van Dyke.
  "From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategy for Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering Education.".
  \emph{2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/47482 Internet.  30 Jul, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Engineering students are increasingly reporting struggles with stress and mental health challenges during their undergraduate careers, yet most will only consider seeking support once they have reached a significant state of distress. While university campuses are increasingly establishing mental well-being centers and support structures for students, these efforts are reactionary and require student engagement outside the classroom. Mindfulness, a well-recognized mental health intervention, has shown significant promise as a preventive strategy that fosters a culture that prioritizes well-being in educational settings. This intervention offers many benefits for students beyond mental health, including improved focus, emotional regulation, stress reduction, enhanced cognitive performance, and overall well-being. Despite the growing needs for such interventions, the adoption of mindfulness as a practice in engineering education remains limited. In this paper, we propose mindfulness as a proactive strategy for safeguarding mental health in engineering education. Specifically, we draw from existing  literature to dive into the benefits and potential feasibility of incorporating mindfulness into daily engineering curricula. By equipping engineering students to manage stress, we can better promote their overall well-being as students and as emerging career professionals, with the overarching goal to foster healthier engineering communities and workplace environments.
AU  - Vanessa Tran
AU  - Cassandra McCall
AU  - Stephen Secules
AU  - Maimuna Begum Kali
AU  - Gabriel Van Dyke
CY  - Portland, Oregon
DA  - 2024/06/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategy for Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering Education.
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