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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Faruk Yildiz

conservation, energy safety andawareness, human power, and global warming. The MREE project has establisheda partnership between the university and selected area schools to improvestudents' mathematical and scientific skill sets and to improve their technologicalliteracy by creating an environment where they must understand and figure outrelationships in basic mathematics, science, and engineering technology. Thestudents can then apply their new-found skills to study renewable energy fields, tomentor others and manage their studies effectively, and to gain a professionalskill-set for successfully applying mathematics and science to technical projectswith diverse teams throughout their careers. The use of a number of renewableenergy and energy

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alan Wheatley; David Baglee; Mike Knowles; Alastair Irons

+ required, a skills gap islikely to occur and this is where UK universities can make a difference.Here are some of the recommendations arising from the Engineering UK 2013 study [1, 3]:- • A two-fold increase in the number of engineering graduates. This is vital to meet the demand for future engineering graduates and to meet the shortfall in physics teachers and engineering lecturers needed to inspire future generations of talented engineers. • A doubling of the numbers of young people studying GCSE physics as part of triple sciences and a growth in the numbers of students studying physics A level to match those studying maths. • The provision of (face-to-face) robust and consistent careers information advice

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

PERSONAL REFLECTION ON A SUMMER EXPERIENCE TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS Suzanne Keilson skeilson@loyola.edu Loyola University Maryland 4501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210Abstract: This paper presents personal reflections on an experience of just a few days of teaching high school andmiddle school girls over the summer in a STEM outreach program. The program is intended to stimulate curiosityand excitement about college in general and education and careers in STEM in particular. This paper intends topromote a deeper conversation about the

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

background, andstrong vocational emphasis, that makes RMU the ideal environment for training our futureworkforce for careers in the alternative energy sectors, and providing local employees withscience and business graduates with a strong background in environmental issues andsustainability.On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, President Obama outlined the importance of energy: “The timehas come, once and for all, for this nation to fully embrace a clean energy future. Now, thatmeans continuing our unprecedented effort to make everything from our homes and businessesto our cars and trucks more energy-efficient. It means tapping into our natural gas reserves, andmoving ahead with our plan to expand our nation’s fleet of nuclear power plants. It means

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashwin Satyanarayana

SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE DATA MINING COURSE Ashwin Satyanarayana asatyanarayana@citytech.cuny.edu New York City College of Technology, N-913, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY - 11201Abstract: Data mining, a growingly popular field in Computer Science, is the transformation of large amounts ofdata into meaningful patterns and rules. Recent studies have noted the rise of data mining as a career path withincreasing opportunities for graduates. Data mining introduces new challenges for faculty in universities who teachcourses in this area. One of the main

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc

tolearn how to get to a place when we are driving. So by default, we are equippedwith the basic skill set of self-learning. Unfortunately that basic skill set of self-learning doesn’t always get fully incorporated into our careers. Students tend tohave problems in adopting a learning style [1]. Some students understand theimportance of self-directed learning and develop an appreciation to be a self-directed learner. “Self-regulated learners are aware when they know a fact orpossess a skill and when they do not” [2]. Self-directed learning is learning with the aim of implementing theinformation into one’s life; academic, professional or personal. “The key tocontinuing professional development is learning, which comes about in differentways

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ralph Belton; Ahmet Zeytinci

PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND SIMILARLY NAMED PROGRAMS Lead Society: American Society of Civil Engineers ApplicabilityThese program criteria apply to engineering technology programs that include architecturaland similar modifiers in their title. ObjectiveAn accreditable program in Architectural Engineering Technology will prepare graduateswith the technical and managerial skills necessary to enter careers in the planning, design,construction, operation or maintenance of the built environment. Graduates of associatedegree programs typically