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Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-525: PROJECT BASED ACTIVE LEARNING INVOLVING FRESHMAN ANDSOPHOMORE ENGINEERING MAJORS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDEASTERN SHOREAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He is active in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, mechatronics, control systems and remote sensing. He obatined his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University Ms. Smith was an engineering student at UMES during the 2003-2005 academic years. She is now a Junior at

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

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2006-306: NASA ADMINISTRATOR’S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (NAFP): PANELDISCUSSION AND FELLOW PRESENTATIONSMelissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp Melissa C. Green, Ph.D. Acting Director, Division of Science and Technology Programs United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 600 Fairfax, VA 22031 Dr. Green currently serves as the Director of the Division of Science and Technology Programs at the UNCFSP. In this position, she provides expert leadership in areas of effective project and grant management, strategic resource development and capacity building. A former research scientist, she has effectively

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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students do not enroll in appropriatepreparatory courses while in high school and if they are unaware of the career choices availableto them, they will not be prepared to pursue a career in engineering and are likely to choose analternate career path5.We have implemented an outreach project that increases the interest and improves the perceptionof traditionally underrepresented groups with respect to STEM courses in high school and STEMcareers later in life. We are showing high school students that engineering can be fun, engaging,and possible for them through high school clubs and competitions. We will provide details of theproject, and measured results of our efforts to date.IntroductionBetween 1990 and 2000, there was a 3.7% drop in the number

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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designated faculty should closely monitors thestudents’ performance. In a typical outreach program, students are quickly introduced toan interesting research project and asked to perform a variety of tasks and activitiessimilar to the ones assigned to any regular graduate students. They include literaturesearch and review, organization and selection of research ideas and results, anddevelopment and implementation of a research plan. Students are highly encouraged tobe self-reliant, innovative, highly motivated, organized and methodical which arenecessary characteristics of any successful graduate student in graduate school. In thepaper, a specific case study is presented, which discusses the importance of assessing thestudents abilities and skills

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phyllis Tedford, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

coming years.1, 2, 3, 4 As can be seen in figure 1, all thirteen of the 2004 2014 Projected 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Network systems and data

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tricia Berry, University of Texas-Austin; Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin; Randy Emelo, Triple Creek Associates, Inc.

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-1232: MARKETING ENGINEERING THROUGH OPEN MENTORING® - AWEB-BASED PILOT PROGRAMTricia Berry, University of Texas-Austin Tricia Berry is the Director of the Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin, responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the College of Engineering. She came to UT in July 1999 after six years at The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas where she worked as a Process Engineer leading design and expansion projects and a Product Development Engineer assisting in the commercialization of a new epoxy thermoplastic and leading the customer plant start-up efforts. Tricia holds both a BS Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-6: A WEEKEND STEM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR TRIBAL HIGHSCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTSG. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University G. Padmanabhan Dr. G. Padmanabhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of North Dakota water Resources Research Institute. He served as the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department from 1999 through 2003. Dr. Padmanabhan has more than twenty five years of teaching experience in engineering. He has attended several engineering education conferences. He has served not only as PI or CoPI but also as instructor of several educational outreach projects to motivate women and Native

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Korinne Caruso, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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students inscience, engineering, and technology by introducing them to college life, involve them inhands-on activities, and offering them network opportunities. Our goal is to make theactivities of this project an integral part of the recruiting and training efforts and expandthem to reach a larger geographical area and a higher number of underrepresentedstudents. This paper will describe the program and present some results.IntroductionStrategies employed to recruit and retain students in engineering and engineeringtechnology programs include hands-on approaches [1, 2], field trips [3, 4], summerworkshops [5], and software training programs [6]. This paper discusses a project thatuses all these methods to attract underrepresented students to

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Vernal Alford, North Carolina A&T State University; Elaine Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University; Venetia Fisher, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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expose thestudents to University research in a manner they can understand. Participantsmay encounter Computer Applications; Computer Drafting; Electrical Circuits;Nanotechnology and in each area they are coached in Project Presentations. Eacharea is presented in the form of modules which attempt to relate back to learningoutcomes in their public schools. Rounding out the program, other subjectscovered include Human Factors/Ergonomics Engineering, Lower Level SupplyChain Management and Web Page Design along with Energy Awareness andAlternatives; Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Photovoltaics. The incorporation of sucha variety of subjects stimulates the youths’ interests in engineering, in general,and Industrial, Architectural and Mechanical Engineering

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong

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societies.The article also briefly describes how the NASA Fellowship Program (NAFP) has providedopportunities to integrate faculty and NASA projects in the above efforts. Currently, averageenrollment in the School of Engineering is about 750 students each semester. This student body isethnically, culturally, academically and economically diverse. About 18% of the School’s studentsare women and 54% are minority (28% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 9% African American). TheSchool of Engineering has a strong interest in maintaining and strengthening its reputation forattracting minority and underrepresented students. Its enrollment has steadily increased in the pastfive years, while national enrollments at other engineering schools have been declining. It

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

have short exchanges with industry representatives, have a formalmeal at a very nice hotel, and listen to a keynote from a very charismatic engineer from industry,who happened to also be an underrepresented minority.Week Meeting Topics (Fall 05)(2 hrs.)1 Introductions, Time Management (general) Icebreaker, General course information How to “Study” to Get a 4.02 Ice Breaker, Chapter 1: Studying Engineering Video 2: Time Management, How to Catch Up If You Get Behind3 Ice Breaker, Chapter 2: Introduction to Engineering and Engineering Study Video 3: Presentations, Group activity 1-group assignment, project choice4 Engineering student panel – CEMSWE leaders

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-2603: MIND LINKS 2006: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MINORITIES TOSTUDY AND STAY IN ENGINEERINGMaria Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Page 11.931.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 MIND Links 2006: Resources to Motivate Minorities to Study and Stay In EngineeringAbstractMIND is the acronym for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) MINoritiesin Engineering Division. The MIND Links project gathers useful web links and information onresources that would allow minority students and minority faculty to find and take full advantageof the myriad of programs and information designed to promote their participation in

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

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UP projects who serve over 70,000 middle and high school students.Goal 3: Build on the professional development of public school STEM teachers-especially teachers of low-income and ethnic minority students, by providing engineering workshops that include hands-on activities to take back to the classroom. This was accomplished by inviting Texas Middle School Aerospace Scholars (MAS) and the NSF TAMU E3 Teacher Summer Research Program participants.Discover Engineering Conference PartnersSpace Engineering InstituteThe Space Engineering Institute (SEI) is credited for being the primary organizer of the DiscoverEngineering conference. In order to understand the cause of the conference it is worth explainingSEI’s

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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2006-305: DESIGNING OUR COMMUNITY: EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF APROGRAM TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS TOENGINEERINGCarolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb, PhD, is the Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects at Montana State University. Her work revolves around instructional development, curriculum reform and enhancement, and assessment of student learning. Prior to August of 2004, Plumb was at the University of Washington, where she directed the College of Engineering's Communication Program and also served as an instructional development and assessment specialist for the School of Law.Heidi Sherick, Montana State University Heidi M

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MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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. Page 11.553.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering Education of Minorities: An OverviewAbstractThe population of the United States is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse. The growingnumber of minorities in the United States population presents both challenges and opportunitiesto institutions of higher education across the federation. Minorities (Blacks, Hispanics, Americanand Indians/Alaskan Natives) are projected to constitute 52% of the college-age (18-24 years)population of the United States by year 2050; up from 34% in 1999. Even though the proportionof minorities in the population of the United States is increasing, they have not been assuccessful in obtaining engineering degrees and diplomas

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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– Provide funding for faculty to integrate undergraduate students in their research projects. Strategy 3 – Produce an informational campaign targeting underrepresented groups at the K-12 level. Strategy 4 – Establish partnerships with corporations having a strong commitment to diversity. Strategy 5 – Develop a faculty led task force for undergraduate diversity to help in recruitment efforts. Strategy 6 – Develop a student diversity team to increase student awareness of benefits of diversity. Strategy 7 – Increase undergraduate scholarships through solicitation of funds that

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Hudson, University of Texas-San Antonio; Dawnlee Roberson, University of Texas-San Antonio

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students who had just graduated with electricalengineering degrees. They had developed, as their senior design project, an embeddedprocessor-based device for counting the number of repetitions made when the device isconnected to the wrist of an individual exercising with a dumbbell. These were young peoplewho had come from circumstances similar to those experienced by the TRIO students. Thestudents received them well. Page 11.276.3 Table 1. Course Calendar (note: G1 is Group 1 (15 students), G2 is Group 2 (15 students)) Day

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allene Manning, Purdue University; Virginia Booth-Gleghorn, Purdue University-MEP; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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engineering project designed to expose students to the paceof learning at Purdue. Courses included Plane Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (MA 161),General Chemistry (CHM 115), Engineering Problems Solving and Computer Tools (ENGR106) and First Year Composition (ENGL 106). The courses were not offered for credit towardgraduation but exposed students to the dynamics of time management, study skills, test takingskills and teacher/professor relationship building to maximize subject mastery. Various extracurricular activities were implemented into the program in order to give thestudents a well-rounded experience. Since Purdue University is located approximately 65 milesnorthwest of Indianapolis and approximately 120 miles southeast of Chicago

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andre Butler, Mercer University; Priscilla Hicks, Mercer University

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. Chubin, D. and Babco, E., “Walking the Talk” in Retention-to-Graduation: Institutional Production of Minority Engineers – A NACME Analysis, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (www.cpst.org/WalkingtheTalk.pdf), July 2003.6. Morrison, C., Griffin, K., and Marcutillio, P., “Retention of Minority Students in Engineering: Institutional Variability and Success,” NACME Research Letter, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1995.7. Peterson, L., Pinkham, S., and Jordan, C., “ALVA: A Successful Program for Increasing the Number of Minority Undergraduates who Earn Engineering Degrees,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, June 2005.8. Morning, C. and Fleming, J., “Project Preserve: A Program to

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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importance of the need for diversity2 andpercentages of underrepresented students in engineering have increased over the past 20 years3.Yet, the current numbers of minorities and women in student populations are still well belowparity with their distribution in the U.S. population. Current and projected demographic changesand the economic realities of the global economy have resulted in mounting pressures to meetfuture demands for a workforce that includes engineers more representative of the diversitypresent in the U.S. population.As the 21st century proceeds, a growing number of students will come from ethnic, cultural, orgender groups not typically seen at high frequencies in engineering classes. Among the manychallenges this poses for the