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Work in Progress: Engineering Identity Development after Two Years of Undergraduate Education

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Supporting Students To, Through, and Beyond Transitions

Tagged Division

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44238

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/44238

Download Count

143

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Janet Aderemi Omitoyin The University of Illinois at Chicago

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Janet Omitoyin is a PHD student in the Department of Curriculum and Instructions, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). An astute scholar, Janet’s quest for a solution to the problems of mathematics learning based on her experience as a student and

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Renata A. Revelo The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Renata Revelo is a first-generation college student, migrated from Ecuador to the United States as a teenager with her parents and sister. She is the first in her family to obtain a Ph.D. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic change

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Musab Kazi

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Betul Bilgin The University of Illinois, Chicago

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Betul Bilgin is Clinical Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (CHE) at the University of Illinois
at Chicago (UIC) and has been teaching the Senior Design I and II courses for 6 years and Introduction to
Thermodynamics for two years. Since her ap

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Justin Merchan

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Houshang Darabi The University of Illinois, Chicago Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-6542

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Dr. Houshang Darabi is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Darabi’s research focuses on the use of Big Data, process mining, data mining, Operations Research, high performance computing, and visualization in improving educational systems and students’ learning. Dr. Darabi’s research has been funded by federal and corporate sponsors including the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety.

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Abstract

This work-in-progress research paper explores how low-socioeconomic status (SES) high-achieving undergraduate engineering students develop their engineering identity. Identification with the engineering field, or engineering identity development, is an ongoing process for students. While scholars have used retrospective studies to understand the developmental aspect of this process, a longitudinal study that follows students’ engineering identity development could provide an advantageous viewpoint. In this study, we investigate the engineering identity of low-SES, high-achieving engineering students after two years of undergraduate education. Our preliminary results show significant changes in the second year of undergraduate school for students’ engineering identity. These changes are primarily apparent in their recognition and performance. A connection with socioeconomic status is more pronounced in their engineering identity development during the second year of their academic careers.

Omitoyin, J. A., & Revelo, R. A., & Kazi, M., & Bilgin, B., & Merchan, J., & Darabi, H. (2023, June), Work in Progress: Engineering Identity Development after Two Years of Undergraduate Education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44238

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