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AJ Almaguer

audience.We believe that community service builds strong, empathetic leaders. With this in mind, wetackled this design problem like engineers would and specified the user needs of students likeourselves, our k-12 mentees, and the university—our primary stakeholders. After manybrainstorming sessions, we concluded that we have three main user requirements: (1)professional development, (2) the need for practical, technical experience—a chance to put ourengineering education into practice, and (3) formal mentor training.We used results from a recent a study1 performed by the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) andour own experiences to define user requirements for our k-12 mentees including the need formore exposure to science and engineering as well as the

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James Guthrie

 Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  213 ARCE students, they said they don’t mind the rigor and calculations when they can see thebenefit.Both the ARCH and the CM departments reported inconsistencies amongst instructors. Giventhe range of methodologies, this was not surprising to hear. However we believe there is valuein this variety.The ARCE faculty review now underway reviewing the learning outcomes, outlines andmethodologies for these two courses is expected to provide additional guidance to ARCEinstructors.ConclusionWe believe this five course sequence of support courses provides the college’s

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Stacy Gleixner; Elena Klaw PhD; Patricia Backer

Renewable Energy Engineering CourseTo be successful in the industry, engineers must have a strong foundation in their engineeringdiscipline, a broad understanding of the complexities facing renewable energy, and an ability towork effectively on multi-disciplinary teams. With these goals in mind, the Davidson College ofEngineering at San José State University has developed a minor in green engineering.[7] Theminor was established in Fall 2008 and is open to all engineering majors. One of the requiredclasses in the major is Engr 102: Renewable Energy Engineering. The class is taught in theGeneral Engineering department and is open to all engineering majors. The class has beenoffered three times, starting in Fall 2008. All of the engineering majors

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David Lanning; Jim Helbling; Wahyu Lestari

272  An Aerospace Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students David Lanning Jr., Jim Helbling, and Wahyu Lestari College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, ArizonaAbstractA summer camp for high school students has been held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University inPrescott, Arizona for the past six summers as a way to expose students to the concepts and the practice ofaerospace engineering. This intensive one-week camp immerses students in aspects of aircraft andspacecraft engineering, where the students alternate between lectures, computer simulations, and hands

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Amelito Enriquez; Catherine Lipe; Tom Nguyen

scholarships were reserved for godly students, but I know now that anything is achievable.  Winning the scholarship showed me that there is help and support to achieve my goals  I was able to set in my mind that achieving my academic goal not only had to do with doing well in classes but also with building a supportive community where everyone was enthusiastic and eager to learn and that's why I maintained my participation with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Phi Theta Kappa, organizations that provided different venues and resources to explore my interests.  It was the first scholarship I applied for and once

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Pacific Southwest Regional ASEE ConferenceTransforming Engineering Education through Community Engagement, Entrepreneurship and Service Learning California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA 93740 March 31 – April 2, 2011 California State University ◊ Fresno Henry Madden Library ii   The Conference Organizing Committee wishes to express its warmest gratitude to thefollowing