Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark McConkie, Utah State University; Timothy Taylor, Utah State University; David Britt, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Engineering education. Resource. July (pp. 13-15).4. Wells, J.H. and Taylor, T.A. (1996). First principles in Biological Engineering education. Resource. April (pp. 12, 22).5. Lauffenburger, D.A. (2003). Biological Engineering, The New Fusion of Biology and Engineering at MIT. http://web.mit.edu/be/about.html.6 . Gharib, M. (2003). Personal Communication.7. Ornstein A. C and Hunkins, F.P. (1988) Curriculum--foundations, principles, and issues. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.8. Anderson, J. A. (1998). Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.9. National Academy of Engineering. Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. National Academy of Sciences, 2005. http

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Schreuders, Utah State University; Brian Rutherford, Utah State University; Katrina Cox, Utah State University; Susan Mannon, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

"uekgpegu."vjg{"gctp"lwuv"qpg/Ýhvj"*43'+"qh"cnn"dcej-elors degrees in physics 8 and just 20% in engineering 19.Kp"vjg"gpikpggtkpi"cpf"uekgpvkÝe"eqoowpkv{."vjgtg"ku"gogtikpi"eqpugpuwu"vjcv"qpg"yc{"vq"cfftguu"the under representation of women is to interest women in engineering by developing a gender-balanced curriculum and integrating it into existing high school science, math, and technologyeducation programs 4, 8, 9, 29. A gender-balanced curriculum is one that is equally appealing to menand women.A few recent studies credit the success in recruiting women into the biological sciences andmedicine to a gender-balanced curriculum in high school. Eccles (2003) and Spears (2004) foundthat young women who are strong in math tend to seek careers in the

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

and project management into engineering technology programs. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, Session 1348.73. Alford, E. and T. Ward. 1999. Integrating ethics into the freshman curriculum: an interdisciplinary approach. Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition. Session 2561.74. Marshall, J. and J. Marshall. 2003. Integrating ethics education into the engineering curriculum. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition. Session 1675.75. Davis, M. 1992. Integrating ethics into technical courses: IIT’s experiment in its second year. 1992 ASEE