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Mobley, C., Orr, M. K., Brawner, C. E., & Brent, R. (2021) Explaining Choice, Persistence and Attrition of Black Students in Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering (Year 3) Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
Mobley, C., Brawner, C., Brent, R., & Orr, M.K. (2021) The centrality of Black Identity for Black students in engineering: A reflection on methods and theory 2020-21 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Virtual Conference
Brent, R., Orr, M. K., Brawner, C. E., & Mobley, C. (2021) Who tells your story? A card-sort activity for eliciting authentic narratives International Journal of Qualitative Methods 20. 1-11.
Zahedi, L., Ebrahiminejad, H., Ross, M. S., Ohland, M. W., & Lunn, S. J. (2021) Multi-institution study of student demographics and stickiness of computing majors in the usa 2020-21 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Virtual Conference
Zahedi, L., Mohammadi, F. G., Rezapour, S., Ohland, M. W., & Amini, M. H. (2021) Search algorithms for automated hyper-parameter tuning arXiv
Zahedi, L., Mohammadi, F. G., & Amini, M. H. (2021) HyP-ABC: A Novel Automated Hyper-Parameter Tuning Algorithm Using Evolutionary Optimization. arXiv
Lunn, S., Zahedi, L., Ross, M., & Ohland, M. (2021) Exploration of Intersectionality and Computer Science Demographics: Understanding the Historical Context of Shifts in Participation ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) 21(2). 1-30.
Lord, S. M., Ohland, M. W., Long, R. A., & Layton, R. A. (2021) Quantitative Exploration of International Female and Male Students in Undergraduate Engineering Programs in the USA IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 184-188.
Huerta-Manzanilla, E. L., Ohland, M. W., & del Rocío Peniche-Vera, R. (2021) Co-enrollment density predicts engineering students’ persistence and graduation: College networks and logistic regression analysis Studies in Educational Evaluation 70. 1-14.
Mobley, C., Orr, M. K., Brawner, C. E., & Brent, R. (2020) Explaining Choice, Persistence and Attrition of Black Students in Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering (Year 2) Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
Brawner, C. E., Orr, M. K., Brent, R., & Mobley, C. (2020) Experiences of Black persisters and switchers in electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering departments in the USA IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
Zahedi, L., Lunn, S. J., Pouyanfar, S., Ross, M. S., & Ohland, M. W. (2020) Leveraging machine learning techniques to analyze computing persistence in undergraduate programs Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
Robbiano, C., Maciejewski, A. A., & Chong, E. K. (2020) Nonparametric Analysis of the Effect of Knowledge Integration Activities on Third-Year Undergraduate Performance IEEE Transactions on Education 63(4). 305-313.
Ricco, G. (2020) MIDFIELD Special Session; A Primer on Novel Methodologies in Longitudinal Analysis of Student Data IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
Orr, M. K., Ohland, M. W., Lord, S. M., & Layton, R. A. (2020) Comparing the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development with a National Dataset from the United States International Journal of Engineering Education 36(4). 1321-13.
Orr, M. K., Ohland, M. W., Long, R. A., Ebrahiminejad, H., Al Yagoub, H., & Layton, R. A. (2020) Expanding access to MIDFIELD: Strategies for sharing data infrastructure for research IEEE
Ohland, M. W., & Lord, S. M., & Layton, R. A., & Orr, M. K., & Brawner, C. E., & Long, R. A., & Ebrahiminejad, H., & Al Yagoub, H. A. (2020) Expanding Access to and Participation in Midfield (Year 4) Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
EbrahimiNejad, H., Brawner, C. E., & Ohland, M. W. (2020) Demographic and Financial Trends Among Southeastern Universities in the USA IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE
Main, J. B., Johnson, B. N., Ramirez, N. M., Ebrahiminejad, H., Ohland, M. W., & Groll, E. A. (2020) A case for disaggregating engineering majors in engineering education research: The relationship between Co-Op participation and student academic outcomes International Journal of Engineering Education 36(1). 170-185.
Lord, S. M. & Ohland, M.W. (2020) The role of introductory course grades in engineering disciplinary cultures IEEE
Orr, M. K., Mobley, C., Brawner, C. E., Brent, R., & Layton, R. A. (2019) Academic Pathways of Black Men and Women in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Proceedings of the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference
Ohland, M. W., Loughry, M. L., Woehr, D. J., Ferguson, D. M., Brawner, C. E., Beigpourian, B., ... & Wei, S. (2019) Board 117: Optimizing Student Team Skill Development Using Evidence-based Strategies: Year 4 NSF Award# 1431694 In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Ohland, M. W., Lord, S. M., Orr, M. K., Layton, R. A., Long, R. A., Brawner, C. E., Ebrahiminejad, H., & Hassan Ali, A. Y. (2019) Board 95: Expanding Access to and Participation in MIDFIELD (Year 3) Prceedings of the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference
Myers, B. A., Bielefeldt, A. R., & Sullivan, J. F. (2019) Critical GPA and Standardized Test Score Admission Thresholds CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computer Science Education
Mobley, C., & Brawner, C. E (2019) “Life prepared me well for succeeding”: The enactment of community cultural wealth, experiential capital, and transfer student capital by first-generation engineering transfer students Community College Journal of Research and Practice 43(5). 353-369.
Lord, S. M., Ohland, M. W., Layton, R. A., & Camacho, M. M. (2019) Beyond pipeline and pathways: Ecosystem metrics Journal of Engineering Education 108(1). 32–56.
Layton, R. A., Long, R. A., Lord, S. M., Ohland, M. W., Orr, M. K., Ebrahiminejad, H., & Al Yagoub, H. A. (2019) Accessing MIDFIELD: A Workshop for R Beginners IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
EbrahimiNejad, H., Yagoub, H. A. A., Ricco, G. D., Ohland, M. W., and Zahedi L. (2019) Pathways and Outcomes of Rural Students in Engineering IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
Ebrahiminejad, H., & Tomlin, N. J., & Al Yagoub, H. A., & Ohland, M. W., & Ricco, G. D. (2019) Analyzing and Comparing First-Year Engineering Course Requirements among Institutions FYEE Conference , Penn State University , Pennsylvania
Ebrahiminejad, H., & Al Yagoub, H. A., & Brawner, C. E., & Stuckey, W., & Cody, T., & Tomlin, N., & Eckhart, N., & Tanzeem, H., & Irby, D., & Francis, A. (2019) Undergraduate Academic Policy Trends Across Institutions Over the Last Thirty Years FYEE Conference , Penn State University , Pennsylvania
Al Yagoub, H.A., Ebrahiminejad, H., & Ohland, M.W. (2019) Learning to be a student: GPA trajectories and their relationship to persistence in engineering Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL
Al Yagoub, H. A., & Ebrahiminejad, H., & Ohland, M. W. (2019) Work in Progress – The GPA Trajectories of Engineering Students Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL
Wymer, L. L. (2018) Cultivating grit: Faculty influence on females’ academic success in engineering majors (Order No. 13421680) Technology Collection
Ohland, M. W., Lord, S. M., Orr, M. K., Long, R. A., Layton, R. A., Brawner, C. E., & Ramirez, N. (2018) Board 90: Expanding Access to and Participation in MIDFIELD (Year 2) American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE
Lord, S., Ohland, M., Layton, R., & Camacho, M. (2018) “Not all those who wander are lost.” Examining outcomes for migrating engineering students using ecosystem metrics IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
Francis, A., Martinez, F., Irby, D., Vinson, M., and Stuckey, W. (2018) Trends in Engineering Education Policy ASEE IN-IL Section Conference, West Lafayette, IN
Ramirez, N. (2017) Motivation of Students Who Switch from Engineering to Engineering Technology
Pilotte, M., Ohland, M.W., Lord, S.L., Layton, R.A., & Orr, M.K. (2017) Student demographics, pathways, and outcomes in industrial engineering International Journal of Engineering Education 33(2A). 506-518.
Ogilvie, A. M. (2017) Understanding Transfer Student Pathways to Engineering Degrees: A Multi-Institutional Study Based in Texas Dissertation
Lucietto, A. M. (2017) Engineering technology students – how do they compare to other STEM students? Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference
Lord, S. M., Orr, M. K., Ohland, M. W., Long, R. A., Brawner, C. E., & Layton, R. A. (2017) Engaging with the multiple institution database for investigating engineering longitudinal development (MIDFIELD): A special session IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 1-2.
Lord, S. M., Ohland, M. W., & Layton, R. A. (2017) Comparing student outcomes for women and men in Electrical Engineering to Civil, Chemical, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering in the USA 2017 27th EAEEIE Annual Conference 1-5.
Ohland, M. W., Long, R. A., Lord, S. M., Orr, M. K., & Brawner, C. E. (2016) Expanding Access to and Participation in the Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN
Ohland, M. W., Long, R. A., Layton, R. A., Lord, S. M., Orr, M. K., & Brawner, C. E. (2016) Making the Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) more accessible to researchers 2016 Frontiers in Education Conference
Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2016) The Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development: An Experiential Case Study of Data Sharing and Reuse. Advances in Engineering Education 5(2). 1-25.
Myers, B. A. (2016) Evaluating admission practices as potential barriers to creating equitable access to undergraduate engineering education University of Colorado Boulder Dissertation
McNeil, J., Ohland, M., & Long, R. (2016) Entry pathways, academic performance, and persistence of non-traditional students in engineering by transfer statu Paper presented at the IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,Erie, PA, United States
Ricco, G. D. (2015) Beyond Sectionality and Into Sizeness, or How Course Size Effects Grades: An Exploration of the Multiple‐Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development Through Hierarchical Linear Models Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
Orr, M. K., Ramirez, N. M., Lord, S. M., Layton, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2015) Student choice and persistence in aerospace engineering Journal of Aerospace Information Systems 12(4). 365-373.
Ohland, M. W., Lord, S. M., & Layton, R. A. (2015) Student demographics and outcomes in civil engineering in the United States Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 141(4).
Ohland, M., Cosentino, C. M., Brawner, C. E., Mobley, C., & Long, R. A. (2015) Characterizing and Modeling the Experience of Transfer Students in Engineering—Progress on NSF Award 0969474 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
McNeil, J. C., Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2015) Engineering Pathways of Nontraditional Students—an Update on NSF Award 1361058 Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
McNeil, J., & Ohland, M. (2015) Pathway, choice of major, and peer economic status of non-traditional students in engineering Paper presented at the IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, El Paso, TX, United States
Main, J. B., Ohland, M. W., Ramirez, N., Fletcher, T. L., & Davis, J. (2015) Factors associated with student participation in cooperative education programs (co-ops) Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference
MAIN, J. B., MUMFORD, K. J., & OHLAND, M. W. (2015) Examining the Influence of Engineering Students’ Course Grades on Major Choice and Major Switching Behavior International Journal of Engineering Education 31(6A). 1468–1475.
Lord, S. M., Ohland, M., & Layton, R. (2015) Understanding diverse pathways: Disciplinary trajectories of engineering students: Year 3-NSF REE grant 1129383 Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition 58(3). 141-150.
Brawner, C., Lord, S., Layton, R., Ohland, M., & Long, R. (2015) Factors affecting women’s persistence in chemical engineering International Journal of Engineering Education 31(6A). 1431-1447.
Barry, B., Ohland, M., Mumford, K., and Long, R (2015) Influence of Job Market Conditions on Engineering Cooperative Education Participation Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education
Orr, M. K., Lord, S. M., Layton, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2014) Student demographics and outcomes in mechanical engineering in the US International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 42(1). 48-60.
Ramirez, N. M., Main, J. B., Fletcher, T. L., & Ohland, M. W. (2014) Academic predictors of cooperative education participation Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 1-6.
Orr, M. K., Lord, S. M., Layton, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2014) . Student demographics and outcomes in mechanical engineering in the US International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 42(1), 48-60.
Orr, M. K., & Lord, S. M., & Ohland, M. W., & Layton, R. A. (2014) Student Demographics and Outcomes in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Including Migration between the Disciplines Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2014) Planning Grant: Developing a National Higher Education Student Unit Record Database Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ohland, M. W., Brawner, C. E., Chen, X., & Orr, M. K. (2014) A Comparative Study of Engineering Matriculation Practices Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
Mobley, C., Brawner, C. E., & Long, R. A. (2014) Looking upstream: Identifying and describing the entry points into engineering transfer pathways Proceedings ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 1-4.
McNeil, J. C., Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2014) Getting better with age: Older students achieve higher grades and graduation rates Proceedings ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Madrid, Spain 1-5.
Main, J. B., Ohland, M. W., Ramirez, N. M., & Fletcher, T. L. (2014) Access to cooperative education programs and the academic and employment returns by race, gender, and discipline Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
Lundy-Wagner, V. C., Veenstra, C. P., Orr, M. K., Ramirez, N. M., Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2014) Gaining Access or Losing Ground? Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students in Undergraduate Engineering, 1994-2003 Journal of Higher Education 85(3). 339–369.
Lord, S. M., Ohland, M. W., & Layton, R. A. (2014) Understanding Diverse Pathways: Disciplinary Trajectories of Engineering Students Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana
Lord, S. M., Layton, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2014) Multi-institution study of student demographics and outcomes in electrical and computer engineering in the USA IEEE Transactions on Education 58(3). 141-150.
Lord, S., Layton, R., Ohland, M., Brawner, C., & Long, R. (2014) A multi-institution study of student demographics and outcomes in chemical engineering Chemical Engineering Education 48(4). 231-238.
Lord, S. M., Layton, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2014) A disciplinary comparison of trajectories of U.S.A. engineering students IEEE
Cosentino, C., Sullivan, M. D., Gahlawat, N. T., Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2014) Black engineering transfer students: What explains their success? IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings 1-5.
Bushey-McNeil, J., Ohland, M., & Long, R. (2014) Nontraditional student access and success in engineering Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN
Brawner, C. E., & Mobley, C. (2014) Motivations and experiences of older transfer students in engineering IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 1-8.
Barry, B. E., & Whitener, J. (2014) Impact of professional skills on technical skills in the engineering curriculum and variations between engineering sub-disciplines Teaching Ethics 14(2). 105-122..
Camacho, Michelle Madsen and Lord, Susan M. (2013) The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering Lexington Books ISBN 978-0-7391-7558-3.
Schimpf, C. T., Ricco, G. D., & Ohland, M. (2013) The dynamics of attracting switchers: A cross-disciplinary comparison Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Atlanta
Ricco, G. D. (2013) Degree program changes and curricular flexibility: Addressing long held beliefs about student progression Dissertation
Orr, M. K., Brawner, C. E., Ohland, M. W., & Layton, R. A. (2013) The effect of required introduction to engineering courses on retention and major selection Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Atlanta
Lord, S. M., Layton, R. A., Ohland, M. W., & Orr, M. K. (2013) Student demographics and outcomes in electrical and mechanical engineering IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 57-63.
Lord, S. M., & Camacho, M. M. (2013) Latinos and Latinas in the borderlands of education Researching minority populations in engineering IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 561-566.
Huerta-Manzanilla, E. L., & Ohland, M. W., & Long, R. A. (2013) The Impact of Social Integration on Engineering Students’ Persistence, Longitudinal, Interinstitutional Database Analysis ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia
Christe, B., & Feldhaus, C. (2013) Exploring engineering technology persistence and institutional interventions: A review of the literature Journal of Engineering Technology 30(2), 44-53.
Chen, X., Brawner, M., & Orr, M. (2013) A taxonomy of engineering matriculation practices Paper presented at the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States
Brawner, C. E., Chen, X., Ohland, M. W., & Orr, M. K. (2013) The effect of matriculation practices and first-year engineering courses on engineering major selection Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 1217-1223.
Sullivan, M. D., de Cohen, C. C., Barna, M. J., Orr, M. K., Long, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2012) Understanding engineering transfer students: Demographic characteristics and educational outcomes. Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 1-6.
Ricco, G. D., Salzman, N., Long, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2012) Sectionality or Why Section Determines Grades: an Exploration of Engineering Core Course Section Grades using a Hierarchical Linear Model and the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
Orr, M. K., Ramirez, N. M., Ohland, M. W., & Lundy-Wagner, V. (2012) Using high school and district economic variables to predict engineering persistence Proceedings of the 119th American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
Orr, M., Brawner, C., Lord, S., Ohland, M., Layton, R., & Long, R. (2012) Engineering matriculation paths: Outcomes of direct matriculation, first-year engineering, and post-general education models Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, WA, United States
Ohland, Matthew W, Orr, Marisa K, Lundy-Wagner, Valerie, Veenstra, Cindy P, & Long, Russell A. (2012) Chapter 8: Viewing access and persistence in engineering through a socioeconomic lens Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond 157.
Ohland, M. W., Orr, M. K., Layton, R. A., Lord, S. M., & Long, R. A. (2012) Introducing “stickiness” as a versatile metric of engineering persistence Proceedings of the 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference 1-5.
Emerson, T. L. N., McGoldrick, K., & Mumford, K. J. (2012) Women and the Choice to Study Economics Journal of Economic Education 43(4). 349–362.
Chen, X., and M.W. Ohland (2012) The Effect of College Cost and Financial Aid on Access to Engineering Proceedings of the 2012 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference
Brawner, C. E., Camacho, M. M., Lord, S. M., Long, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2012) Women in industrial engineering: Stereotypes, persistence, and perspectives Journal of Engineering Education 101(2). 288-318.
Barry, B. E., & Ohland, M. W. (2012) ABET criterion 3.f: How much curriculum content is enough? Science and Engineering Ethics, 18(2). 369-92.
Ohland, M.W., M.K. Orr, V. Lundy-Wagner, C.P. Veenstra, & R.A. Long (2012) Viewing access and persistence in engineering through a socioeconomic lens Purdue University Press 157-182.
Ricco, G. D., & Ohland, M. W. (2011) Exploring curriculum flexibility and compliance through the use of a metric for curricular progression merican Society for Engineering Education 582-15.
Orr, M., Ramirez, N., & Ohland, M. (2011) Socioeconomic trends in engineering : enrollment, persistence, and academic achievemen CQUniversity. Conference contribution
Orr, M. K., Ngambeki, I., Long, R. A., & Ohland, M. W. (2011) Performance trajectory of students in the engineering disciplines 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Rapid City, SD S3H1–4.