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Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and won the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 14.172.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 An Academic Scholarship Program for Transfer Students in

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Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Diane Hurtado, Texas A&M University; Andrew Conkey, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Thomas Blasingame, Texas A&M University; Christi Madsen, Texas A&M University; Cesar Malave, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a career choice, and 2) encouraging them to pursue a baccalaureatedegree in engineering at our university. In summer 2008, an evaluation was collected at the endof each of three camps. This paper will discuss the general strategy of the camp, provide anoverview of the experiential learning projects, and report evaluation results from admissions dataand surveys collected from summer 2008 camps.In all of the recruitment programs for the college, great effort is made to attract traditionallyunderrepresented groups, including African Americans, Hispanics, and women. A large part ofour recruitment plan involves the use of targeted high-achieving majority-minority schools.These schools were heavily recruited for participants in the camps. A total

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Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kalan Kucera, University of Kentucky; John Balk

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Materials

possible employment inthese areas before they can even learn about the industries. This research describes amethod aimed primarily at integrating information about industrial establishments,particularly those in iron and steel making, into first-year materials engineering curriculain order to acquaint students with a major national and international industry. A secondgoal is to educate students about the close relationship between steel and theirengineering studies. Through these unique integration measures—which involve usingaspects of industry as examples, and providing samples of manufactured products to adda tangible quality to classroom learning—not only would students have a wider array ofinformation leading to more informed career decisions

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Cristina Villalobos, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Olga Ramirez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Minorities in Engineering

stateuniversities, making it difficult for faculty to provide optimum individual attention to students.Based on the overall need of increasing access to STEM careers and STEM student success,UTPA and STC submitted a proposal to the Department of Education. The project was recentlyfunded in fall 2008 over a two-year period under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act(CCRAA). The project, particularly focused on Hispanic and low-income students, is designedto increase enrollment, retention, and six year graduation rates in STEM fields at UTPA; toincrease enrollment, retention, and three year graduation rates at STC and the percentage ofqualified STC transfer students to UTPA (and other four year institutions) in STEM fieldsthrough strengthened pathways

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ERM Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Julie Trenor, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education. This latter project is funded through her recent NSF CAREER award. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics and K-12 engineering education.Julie Trenor, Clemson University JULIE MARTIN TRENOR is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Dr. Trenor holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech and a bachelor's degree in the same field from North Carolina State University. Her research interests focus on factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-545: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FORGRANT PROPOSALSDonna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)at Georgia Tech. Donna received her B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College, her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University. After working as a faculty member in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, she changed career paths to lead CETL where she works with faculty, instructors, and graduate students to help them teach effectively so that our students can

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Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Burger, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

abilities required to complete anundergraduate engineering degree at the institution; essential educational experiences; strengthsand weaknesses of the institution in supporting undergraduate education; and what those beinginterviewed perceived as efforts that could be made to promote the recruitment and retention ofwomen in undergraduate engineering majors and into future engineering careers. During thefocus group meetings with undergraduate women in engineering, we asked about theirperception of the university and college environment for women in class and out-of-class, factorsthat had led them to decide to major in engineering, and the careers they planned for themselves.The interviews and focus group discussions were audiotaped with the

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Ross, University of Detroit, Mercy; Eswara Venugopal, University of Detroit, Mercy; Daniel Maggio, University of Detroit, Mercy; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

whichyield immediate feedback through discussion with peers and/or instructors,…” 4 Innovativepedagogy such as collaborative learning, peer instruction, tutorials, and computer basedinstruction are now commonly used to increase student achievement (a comprehensive review ofthe literature can be found in reference 2). Students bring their personal histories with them toclass, and it has been shown that their expectations play a critical role in the outcome of aphysics course. 5 Similarly, it has been shown (for example, see Reference 5 and referencestherein) that student attitudes towards a Physics course they have completed influence theirfuture engagement with science and engineering disciplines and subsequent career choices

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Emerging Information Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

MySQL providing dynamic HTML capabilities.This has had many benefits to student learning, forcing students to become familiar with remoteaccess to hardware via command-line, file transfer, and other similar concepts that are commonto commercial web development.Since the virtualization system used allows good performance with over 200 lightly loadedvirtual servers on a single hardware server, we have allowed students to retain their virtualservers throughout their academic careers, and to use them to serve their own non-commercialweb pages. This has promoted additional independent and service learning opportunities forstudents. Students have hosted web sites for nonprofit or church organizations, family groups,and have developed portfolio

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Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Moshe Hartman, Retired; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

posed in this paper is how persistent are gender differences in engineeringorientation and achievement, once we control for engineering discipline, cohort, and year in theprogram. More specifically, we ask: 1. Do gender differences persist in grades, engineering self-confidence, satisfaction with engineering major, satisfaction with peers, and commitment to engineering as a career, even when major, year, and cohort are controlled? 2. Is there an interaction between gender and major, so that women and men in the same major have different reactions/achievements in engineering? 3. How much variation in these variables is there between majors (women or men)? 4. Is there a clear pattern of variation in any of these

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Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Management

more effective in the workplace and happier in life. Orsted (2000) stressed theimportance of human behavior skills, which govern behavior at meetings, towards colleagues, on thephone, and the way problems and conflict are approached are needed by engineers in the daily interactionwith others. In addition, Hissey (2000) pointed out human behavior skills, such as teamwork,communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills that have a career enhancing value and may saveengineers from downsizing. In addition, Moon et al (2007) pointed out human behavior skills andattributes such as communication, social, presentation, interpersonal, leadership, management, and team-working skills that engineers need to confront new challenges in the ever-changing

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; Ted Yu, California Institute of Technology; Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, California Institute of Technology; James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Angela Capece, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Page 14.723.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Incorporating Scientific Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills into a Physics and Engineering Summer CourseAbstractThe Young Engineering and Science Scholars (YESS) three-week summer program offered bythe California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recruits and inspires talented high schoolstudents towards engineering and science career paths. The program is geared towards high-achieving, but traditionally

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Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Strutz, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

student awarenessof engineering, parents, teachers, and counselors need a familiarity of degrees and careers inengineering in order to knowledgeably discuss this field with their children and students.IntroductionThe U.S. Department of Labor forecasts that by the year 2012, the United States will needapproximately 1.6 million individuals who are engineering educated and trained to fill theengineering employment demand27. The purpose of this paper is to understand the characteristicsof individuals who pursued engineering.In order to meet this future market demand and address the concern of an engineering shortage,an intervention is necessary to increase the likelihood that students with STEM-based talent willchoose engineering as a college major

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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

students tospace-related problems and careers as they work toward solving a NASA mission-relevantdesign objective. Participating students work as part of an engineering design team under theguidance of a faculty advisor and alongside a dedicated workplace mentor to solve a “real-world” problem identified and provided by NASA. Over the course of one or two semesters,each team simultaneously secures funding for their individual project and satisfies course creditrequired for graduation.The opportunity to engage in substantive student research is the hallmark of the program’s effortto encourage and prolong student interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)related academic studies and careers. A measure of success is assured for all

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International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristine Lalley, Univerity of Pittsburgh; Josephine Olson, University of Pittsburgh; Brant Hawk, University of Pittsburgh

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International

, who during their first year of studies had participated in a short term study abroad program in2005 or 2006. The intent of the study is twofold: 1) to determine if the program is meeting its goals ofinfluencing participants to pursue additional study abroad opportunities later in their college career, inspiringstudents to further study foreign language and culture, and encouraging students to become involved inadditional international activities; and 2) to assess learning outcomes of the participants two to three yearsafter the time of participation in the short term education abroad program.Quantitative and qualitative data were collected in the study, and are presented in this paper. The researchersprovide an analysis of both the

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Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Wankat, Purdue University

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Chemical Engineering

education for industry or education for a productive life? If chemical engineering is education for industry, how do we change the education process to ensure more graduates have careers as chemical engineers? Area 2- Learning Mechanisms. How do students acquire, comprehend, and synthesize chemical engineering specific knowledge such as mass and energy balances, chemical reactor design or separations? What barriers impede student understanding of energy balances of reactive mixtures? How do chemical engineering students develop an identity as a chemical engineer? What external activities such as clubs, part-time jobs, or internships will help chemical engineering students learn? What are

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

the PIC IV Chair from 2008-2010. She has also been active in the IEEE Power & Energy Society and served as Secretary for 2004-2007 and Treasurer for 2008-2009. Page 14.1011.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Recharge your professional and personal activities through an International SabbaticalAbstractFaculty careers are very demanding. The first six years we focus on activities related to tenureand promotion. Faculty are busy developing course notes, getting research programs growing,supervising graduate students, writing papers and proposals, and many other

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Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 14.901.5NCSLI has begun developing a Metrology Ambassador Resource Toolbox to remove commonobstacles to make conducting Metrology education outreach simple, easy, and efficient. TheNCSLI resources are designed to help Metrology Ambassadors convey measurement sciencefundamentals and let students learn about careers in the Metrology profession. MetrologyAmbassador are located all across North America and volunteer at diverse set of outreachvenues: a presentation at a ‘Career Day,’ spending an hour in science classroom at your localschool conducting hands-on measurement activities, inviting science teachers and students fromhigher education institutions with Engineering or Metrology curriculums to attend NCSLI regionand section meetings, or

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Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Murray, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Elizabeth Cudney, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Katie Grantham Lough, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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New Engineering Educators

Need to Know, But Don’t Know to AskAbstract A smooth transition to life at an academic institution and the surrounding community isessential to the professional careers of new faculty members. The transition begins during thehiring process and startup package negotiations. Once at an institution, aspects of academiaincluding teaching, proposal writing, and the tenure process inevitably generate issues andconcerns for new faculty members. Research has shown that mentoring new faculty membersearly in their academic career can have significant impact on professional success. This isespecially true at a research-based institution where the demands of funded scholarship add anextra level of complexity. A survey was conducted of

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nichole Au, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1722: ENGINEERING ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE INSPIRESCURRICULUMNichole Au, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Nichole Au graduated Cum Laude in 2008 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She plans to finish her MS degree in Chemical Engineering also from UMBC in May 2009, after which she will pursue a career in industry.Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Julia Ross is Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her technical research interests are in the area of cellular engineering. In particular, her work focuses on bacterial

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Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

not be repetitive. In addition to exposing students to thinking like an engineer, another goal of the programis to inform students about the numerous fields of engineering, its importance, and the manyopportunities and career paths available. These goals are accomplished through presentationsdelivered by the weekly guest speakers. Every year a new group of speakers is invited to sharetheir experiences of why they chose a career in engineering, the challenges they may have beenfaced with, the career choices they’ve made, and their advice to prospective engineeringstudents. Speakers have been both male and female ranging from undergraduate engineeringstudents to doctorial students and medical students to professors and industry

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OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

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Ocean and Marine

students, (vi) career placement upon graduation. These activities areconducted in collaboration with CISD personnel. The 10-week summer internships at CISDreally motivate students in the program. The impact of these activities on ocean engineeringeducation is assessed. At FAU, 23% of graduates participating ocean engineering graduates overthree years took up careers in Navy laboratories and ship related marine industry. Overall, 17% Page 14.686.2of all students interning at CISD over five years took up jobs at Navy laboratories.1. IntroductionNational Naval Responsibility for Naval Engineers (NNRNE) program was established by theOffice of Naval

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ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

. Review the final report of the ASCE Experience Committee (July 2007). Recast the ASCE BOK experiential guidelines into a form applicable and acceptable to engineers of all disciplines, while ensuring full compliance with the intent of the BOK outcomes for civil engineers. If necessary, propose additional outcomes/guidelines that are essential for other disciplines that naturally accommodate/align with the career paths of civil engineers 2. Develop a matrix for attaining the elements of the generic experiential outcomes in an engineer intern’s pre-licensure career. If necessary and appropriate, identify those elements that may be unrealistic or unreasonable to attain in pre-licensure career

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Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Civil Engineering

work in an engineering firm during the summer, having faculty members spend theirsabbatical leaves in an engineering firm, and having full time engineers spend a year of paidleave in a university. There also exist situations where companies send engineers to theclassroom at the expense of the companies and situations where engineers with many years ofpracticing experience decide to have a second career in academia. Students in primarilyengineering technology programs indicated that as a result of including real world engineeringexperiences in the curriculum they became more job ready and were actually receiving job offersas a result.13,14 More recently and partly in response to ASCE’s Body of Knowledge15 report andPolicy 46316, many schools

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Benjamin Choo, University of Virginia; Heather Rowan-Kenyon, University of Virginia; Amy Swan, University of Virginia; Marie Shoffner, University of Virginia

and the increased rate oftechnological change, globalization is playing an important role. As globalization continues, therole of engineers in the United States is shifting further up these hierarchies towards moreintegration and coordination. In a more global economy, engineers employed in organizations will necessarily be required to coordinate projects having global workforces …A typical U.S. engineer will have to become a project manager early in his or her career and will be coordinating the work of people stationed around the world, either within the parent organization or in con- tractor organizations. 2To be effective at integration, however, an engineer must have deep knowledge in thecomponents that s/he is

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Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Anita Grierson, Arizona State University ANITA E. GRIERSON is the Director of the METS Center in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU. Ms. Grierson has over 10 years corporate experience in Program Management, Business Development, and Biomechanical

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Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

12 12 10 9 8 6 4 2 2 1 0 0 Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree Figure 9: Assessment 3The fourth statement, “I hope to use the microcontroller skills from this class in my career”,received all positive or neutral responses. This shows that the students do see how themicrocontroller skills could help their careers, and that they would be agreeable to working

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Jackson Sherion, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

-based program to match each student’s ambitions and abilities. All of itsprograms prepare their graduates for twenty-first century technology-based careers. Thecollege’s graduates are equipped to make an immediate positive impact in modern industry.Within its state-of-the-art facilities, students work toward degrees in Computer Science,Construction Management, Design, Engineering, Industrial Distributions and Logistics,Industrial Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology, and Information and ComputerTechnology. Figure 1 depicts a high level view of various STEM educational offerings of theCollege.Department of Technology SystemsThe Department of Technology Systems3 undergraduate programs span the technologyworkplace and give a career option

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New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

minorities andwomen to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but finding theseresources is not easy. MIND Links gathers and updates each year links to resources in anorganized manner that is useful for parents, students, professionals, academics andadministrators. Special attention is paid to provide useful resources to every stage of forming theengineer, including • Exploratory and motivational stage: K-12, enrichment activities, competitions • Preparatory: scholarships, fellowships, rankings of undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, internships • Professional careers: publications, salary surveys, organizations • Academic careers: career development, evaluating institutions and offers

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Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, New York City Government

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

, this advantage may be influenced by several factors includingthe quality and quantity of non cooperative education work experiences.The purpose of this research is to investigate the relative impact of cooperative educationinternships on students' full-time employment salary upon graduation under myriadcircumstances of student employment arrangements. While this work is inclusive of all thecomputing (computer science, information systems, technology systems, etc.) students who usedthe Cooperative Education and Career Services office of the university between 1998 and 2006,it will highlight undergraduate students with particular emphasis on computer science majors.During the eight year period of the study data, a total of 285 computing students