Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1208: FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING NSF S-STEMGRANTS AT KANSAS STATE, SALINARaju Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina Page 14.634.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 First Year Experience in managing NSF S-STEM Grant at K-State at SalinaAbstractThe ELITE (Enhancing Lives through Technology and Engineering) program is a targetedscholarship program to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented but academicallytalented students in Kansas earning associate and bachelor's degrees in engineering technology.The program received an S-STEM grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2006. Thispaper provides an overview of first year grant

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2009-829: A NSF-SUPPORTED S-STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FORRECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF UNDERREPRESENTED ETHNIC ANDWOMEN STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean for Engineering Education Research and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won five major university teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

how the women fared in this program. Theprogram is being continued with an S-STEM NSF grant.I. BackgroundArizona State University (ASU) is now the largest single university in the United Stateswith over 67,000 students on four campuses and also has the largest single campus, itsTempe campus, with over 53,000 students. Tempe is a neighbor city to Phoenix, thefourth largest city in the United States. The University is set in a valley of high techmanufacturers and over 4 million people. Also set in this valley is one of the nation’s Page 14.172.2largest community college district system, the Maricopa County Community CollegeDistrict (MCCCD) with over

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Abi Aghayere, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Two Year College Division

graduate on time. This support indicates the university’s enthusiasm, a firmcommitment of service to our EET students, and an endorsement of the goals and objectives ofthe ET2 program.The paper describes how the ET2 program: (i) addresses a national concern by helping to expandand diversify the engineering/technology workforce of the future, (ii) will develop linkages andarticulations with 2-year schools and their S-STEM programs, (iii) identifies a clear potential toincrease the participation and graduation of female and minority students from engineering andtechnology degree programs, (iv) serves as a model for other selective universities to providetransfer students the access to the baccalaureate, (v) gives scholars hands-on experience in

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Two Year College Division

grant # 0324212 and then S-STEM grant # 0728695) for transfer studentswhich has resulted in a retention and graduation rate of over 90%.This paper will discuss an exploratory program sponsored by the National Science Foundation(grant # 0836050) taken on by Fulton to collaborate with three nonmetropolitan CCs which lie60-200 miles from ASU. At present very few students from these schools come to ASU forengineering. We will discuss the primary needs of such CCs as they attempt to build up their pre-engineering programs. Complete articulation agreements already exist with ASU for each CC inthe state of Arizona. This collaboration includes a visit each semester by an ASU team to eachCC. At least one of these events each year will also include high

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University; Forrest Stamper, Hoopa Valley High School; Laura Atkins, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Raymond, Humboldt State University; Katie Mills, Humboldt State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

diversity of engineering students and improving education for all engineering students. Two of Beth’s current projects are an NSF sponsored S-STEM grant and the project described in this paper.Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University Mary Virnoche is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Humboldt State University. Mary collaborates with colleagues in STEM areas to increase interest and diversity in those fields. She is currently working with a team on an NSF S-STEM project. In recent past her action research focused on the Expanding Your Horizons conference designed to generate and retain girls' interest in science and engineering. Mary completed her doctoral work at