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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Oludare Owolabi

FIELD EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PEDAGOGY IN ENGINEERING MECHANICS A MEANS OF IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Oludare Owolabi, DSc., PE, Department of Civil Engineering Morgan State1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, CBEIS 340, USA, Tel: 443-885-5445 Fax: 443-885-8219; Email: oludare.owolabi@morgan.eduMorgan State University has remained focus in broadening the participation of underrepresentedstudents through experiential learning, in-order to gain the necessary knowledge in STEM aswell as link theory with practice. This initiative has been via internships, field trips, and meetingswith consultants. As it has been noted that students become more engaged when

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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George Tremberger; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Rex Taibu; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

Improving learning motivation through physics lessons that include relationships between science technology and society for engineering and technology students George Tremberger, Vazgen Shekoyan, Sunil Dehipawala, Rex Taibu, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractIt was reported last year that learning motivation could be traceable to a genetic origin and thatSTEM attrition among college students when compared with other majors such as business is aconsiderably large 48%. Faced with an open admission policy in a community college setting,an attempt to improve retention was implemented with

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak

8-9, 2016 GWU Figure 1. Students developed their business model and were coached by a mentor.Children and Youth Empowerment Centre (CYEC), Nyeri, KenyaFour Penn State Berks students (two from Engineering, one from Business and one fromInformation Sciences and Technology) and their professors formed a team called the CreativeMinds. These students virtually partnered and developed project ideas with a group of studentsfrom Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya, during theFall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters. Creative Minds team visited Children and YouthEmpowerment Centre (CYEC), Nyeri, Kenya in Summer 2011 and worked with vulnerableyouth skills which help lead them to a sustainable future. In particular

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ralph C. Tillinghast; Edward A. Petersen

Picatinny Arsenal with STEM mentors, 98% reported increased job satisfaction, 96% wanted to continue providing outreach in the future, 71% reported increased personal work motivation and 33% believed their career was advanced by participating in STEM educational outreach.17 7. Do not forget to be creative and innovative with your own programs. As in engineering itself, fear of failure may be your greatest obstacle.VI. ConclusionsConducting outreach is a critical tool that should be utilized to inspire young minds to pursueSTEM careers. The examples presented are only samples of possible STEM based workshops.As the current generation of STEM professionals disappears from the active workforce, let

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Paul Azzi; Conor Sheridan; Matt Spadafora; Chung Hyuk Park; Myounghoon Jeon; Ayanna M. Howard

Music-Based Emotion and Social Interaction Therapy for Children with ASD Using Interactive Robots Paul Azzi1, Conor Sheridan1, Matt Spadafora1, Chung Hyuk Park1 (PI) 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University, DC {pazzi, conorsheridan, mspad3, chpark}@gwu.edu Myounghoon Jeon2 (PI), Ayanna M. Howard3 (Senior Consultant) 2 Department of Cognitive and Learning Science, School of Sciences and Arts, Michigan Technological University 3 School of Electrical and Computer Science, College of