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Examining longitudinal career outcomes following NASA SUITS participation at Wichita State
Bradley, Ashlyn Shryock, Lauren
Bradley, Ashlyn
Shryock, Lauren
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2025-04-11
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Bradley, A., & Shryock, L. 2025. Examining longitudinal career outcomes following NASA SUITS participation at Wichita State. -- In Proceedings: 21st Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University
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The Open XR Lab at Wichita State University provides students with applied research and product development experiences utilizing immersive technologies (AR/VR/XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) within interdisciplinary teams. In this study, we examine how these High-Impact Practices (HIPs) contribute to long-term career outcomes for participating students. The Open XR learning model leverages high-impact practices to improve student engagement in NASA-based STEM challenges and long-term interest in STEM careers, especially with NASA. We hypothesized that students’ participation in the NASA SUITS challenge would increase the frequency of STEM careers following their participation in SUITS. Wichita State’s SUITS team, named “CosmoShox”, is a multidisciplinary team that works in designing software UIs for astronaut helmets and other lunar assets. Wichita State has participated in the NASA SUITS challenge since 2020. Student team members come from varying academic units and degree status (first year to PhD). The methodology of this study utilized a mixed methods approach combining both quantitative and qualitative measures in surveys and questionnaires given to alumni between the ages of 18 and 40 years old who participated in NASA SUITS at Wichita State University. Additionally, an exit survey will be administered to current SUITS participants. Students completed the survey voluntarily.
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Presented to the 21st Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 11, 2025.
Research completed in the College of Innovation and Design.
Research completed in the College of Innovation and Design.
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Wichita State University
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GRASP
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