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Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2243: USING FACTOR ANALYSIS TO RE-VISIT THE TEACH-ING DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY (DET) SURVEYTAO HONG, Purdue University Tao Hong is a Post-doctoral Research Associate in College of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D degree in Educational Measurement and Research Methodology at Purdue Univer- sity. His B.S. degree is in Business Management. His principal research focus is assessment methods in engineering education and service learning program evaluation.Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Co-Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research

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Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shauna O'Hurley, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert P. Lillis, Evalumetrics Research; Betsy Khol, Women in Engineering; Robert D. Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-917: WE-IMPACT- WOMEN IN ENGINEERING - IMPROVINGPROGRAM ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR OUTREACH AND RETENTIONPROGRAMSElizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Elizabeth Dell is the Director of Women in Technology, an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing & Me- chanical Engineering Technology and the Miller Endowed Professor at the Rochester Institute of Tech- nology. She is the Program Chair for Undeclared Engineering Technology. Dell received degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and Macromolecular Science & Engineering from the University of Michigan. Research interests include sustainable materials development, selection and characterization and increasing the diversity

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Engineering and Public Policy

impact on meetingeffectiveness and sets the overall tone20. The following recommendations came fromprofessionals that I interviewed advising how a meeting leader can create the ethos,which will help the meeting progress in a productive manner. These are techniques foreffective meeting facilitation that I learned from engineers and policy makers thatinformed the instructional module later created for civil engineers. The first recommendations concern the arrangement and set up of the room. It iswise for the meeting facilitator to visit the site of the meeting before the day of themeeting so that they will know what the room set up looks like, what technology isavailable, and how many people can comfortably fit. On the day of the meeting

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Engineering and Public Policy

undergraduate and graduate degrees. This is a desirable population for the engineering community for many reasons. First,they are a large untapped population; the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) estimates that2.1 million of today’s veterans served on active duty at least 30 days. 9 Second, the diversitythose veterans bring. More than 14 million active duty members are women, 30% come fromracial minority groups and 10% are Hispanic. 9 In 2008, more than 93% of active-duty enlistedmembers were high school graduates, while 6% had GEDs. 11 Third a large number of thepopulation has engineering or technology related occupations. According to the Veterans’ Education for Engineering Science Report published by theNational Science Foundation

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom C. Roberts P.E., Kansas State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

presentation outlines the value of engineer understanding of and contributions to problemsolving, technological complexity, risk, systems engineering, and states that engineers are“ordinary people with typical needs and problems, who hold the right to vote.” Norm Augustineis quoted as saying: “Engineers today seem to be the stealth profession, the silent occupation…If we as engineers are unwilling to responsibly speak out on issues within our realm ofexpertise, who then will?”Discussion of the questions posed by Sherra Kerns ensued during the 2004 Annual Conferenceand a decision was made by several “activist members” to continue the discussion at the 2005Annual Conference by sponsoring a session.3 Barbara Waugh, HP University Relations andGovernment

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Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2011-46: SOLAR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDWESTBill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Bill Hutzel is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University. He manages the Applied Energy Laboratory that is used for teaching and applied research into High Performance Buildings.Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association Tehri Parker is the Executive Director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). Tehri has served as a member of the Focus on Energy renewable energy coordinating committee, an advisory group that developed Wisconsin’s statewide renewable energy incentive and training programs. She is also on the Milwaukee Shines Solar City

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Jie Zhou, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Dyah A. Hening; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University

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Engineering and Public Policy

students and workers in high technology fields has made STEM education ahigh priority topic for education research1. The United States continues to fall in categories ofSTEM education. In 2007, the United States ranked 21st out of 30 Organization for EconomicCo-operation and Development (OECD) countries in science, and ranked 25th in mathematics2.These losses are not just in absolute numbers. In 2003, there were 104.35 engineering degreesper one-thousand 24-year old persons in Taiwan, 27.33 in the United Kingdom, but only 19.48 inthe United States3.Concern over this has risen to the highest ranks of government, with President Obama declaringthat the country had slipped from the top position it once held in the field of innovation andadvanced

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Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Joseph M. Nowakowski, Muskingum University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Page 22.1678.16References Cited1 Written Testimony of William H. Gates Chairman, Microsoft Corporation And Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Before the Committee on Science and Technology United States House of Representatives March 12, 2008.2 Vivek Wadhaw, ―Shortage of Engineers or a Glut: No Simple Answer,‖ available at http://wadhwa.com/blog/2010/12/04/shortage-of-engineers-or-a-glut-no-simple-answer/ (last accessed Jan. 13, 2011).3 Written Testimony of William H. Gates Chairman, Microsoft Corporation And Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Before the Committee on Science and Technology United States House of Representatives March 12, 2008.4 William P

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provide evidence that the RET program and its associated research-based modules positively affected student motivation.Introduction Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the goal of the ResearchExperience for Teachers program has been to support “the active involvement of K-12 teachersand community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge ofengineering and technological innovation into their classrooms.” In the winter of 2003,Vanderbilt University was awarded a site award for this program to host the “VanderbiltBiomedical Engineering RET Site Project.” Held in the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, thisprogram was designed with the previously discussed professional development characteristics inmind

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of their high schools. This shortfall has raisedconcerns among leaders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, (STEM) fields. To meet the changing demands of the nation’s science and engineering labor force,recognition of the importance of pre-college education intervention and implementation ofchallenging curricula that captures and sustains middle and high school students’ achievementand interest in science and “pre-engineering” content is critical. Current research reveals that one of the most important determinants of what studentslearn is the expertise and pedagogy of the teacher. Accordingly, our research is focused onimproving teacher quality and resulting middle and high school student learning in STEM