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Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan M. Caley Opsal, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene M. Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James A. Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- tional Science Foundation grant #0802505, was PI for NSF grant #0501885, and served as a consultant on NSF grants at Moraine Valley and Sinclair Community Colleges. She served as co-leader of IVCC’s Tech Prep and Partnerships for College and Career Success teams. Prior to teaching, she served five years as a CAD manager in industry.James A Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College JIM GIBSON, Program Director/Instructor of Electronics at IVCC, is Principal Investigator for NSF grant #1003730 , Co-PI for NSF grant #0802505 and was co-PI for NSF grant #0501885. He has extensive in- dustrial experience. In 2005, he was named Outstanding Faculty by the National Association of Industrial Technology. He holds an M.S. and

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Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanaz Mahmoodi Takaghaj, University of Calgary; Chris Macnab, University of Calgary; Sharon Friesen, University of Calgary

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AC 2011-1100: INSPIRING GIRLS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN STEM WITHA MENTOR-SUPPORTED ROBOTICS PROJECTSanaz Mahmoodi Takaghaj, University of Calgary Sanaz Mahmoodi Takaghaj received her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tabriz in 2004, followed by a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007 from Iran University of Science and Technology. She is currently pursuing the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Her areas of interest are Control Systems and Robotics.Chris Macnab, University of Calgary Chris Macnab received his B. Eng. in Engineering Physics from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1993. He

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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engineering to K-12 teachers & counselors so that they can inform and advocate this important career to their students. Her research interests include gender equity in the K-12 Classroom, assessment of K-12 engineering education, curriculum development, and teacher professional development. Page 22.1171.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Counselors to Advocate STEM Careers: A Professional Development model for K-12 Counselors U.S. Department of Labor workforce projections for 2018 highlight that nine of the 10fastest-growing

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Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Marcella K. Minster, Oregon Institue of Technology (Student); Irina Demesko-Prosnik, Oregon Institute of Technology

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AC 2011-2166: PROPOSING A STRUCTURED GRAPHICAL MODEL US-ING IDEF THAT CAN BE USED FOR STORING, ORGANIZING ANDSTUDYING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMENTO CONSIDER A CAREER IN ENGINEERINGDavid E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology 2007-Present: Associate Professor of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Ore- gon Institute of Technology Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Emphasis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. American Society of Engineering Education Member Faculty Ad- visor, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)Marcella K. MinsterIrina Demesko-Prosnik, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob D. Joseph, The College of William and Mary; Jessica Taylor, College of William and Mary, STEM Education Alliance; Gail B. Hardinge, College of William and Mary, STEM Education Alliance; Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Virginia Demonstration Project— A Summative AssessmentIntroductionThe Virginia Demonstration Project (VDP) is a middle-school-focused, educational outreachprogram that is designed to increase the interest of middle-school students in STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Math) careers. This is accomplished by exposing the students toreal-life, problem-based challenges, solved in a cooperative learning environment and stimulatedby lesson plans collaboratively implemented by their classroom teacher and visiting Navyscientists and engineers (S&Es). It makes science and math connections between the classroomand real life, supplies

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Kathleen Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie A. Tran, California State University, Fullerton

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engineering education, along with Professors Sandra Shaw Courter and L. Allen Phelps.Amy Kathleen Atwood, University of Wisconsin - MadisonAmy C. Prevost, UW-Madison Ms. Prevost is a doctoral student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research is focused on the STEM career pipeline, especially related to engi- neering, engineering education and the molecular biosciences. In addition to her work in education re- search, she is also the Director of scientific courses at the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Madison, WI, where she coordinates curricula in the area of molecular biology.Natalie A. Tran, California State University - Fullerton

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Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

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and science teachers.The program has expanded tremendously, with the 2010 program structured in a series of oneweek, 20-hour intensive sessions, accommodating 143 middle and high school studentparticipants, 20 peer mentors, and 21 middle and high school math and science teachers. Overthe course of the past 7 years, GEE has involved 641 middle school and high school participants,along with 100 teachers and 128 high school and college mentors. Importantly, 85% of thesegirls represent minority groups traditionally underrepresented in math, science, technology, andengineering fields.The primary goal of the GEE Program is to increase the number of girls pursuing careers inSTEM fields by offering female middle school and high school students an

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High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Krishna Prasad Kisi, University of Nevada Las Vegas

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum. Depending upon the school district, as students matriculate tohigh school, they may be afforded more choices from which they can begin to tailor theireducation towards the future career they envision for themselves. Students in school districtsoffering numerous curricula to select from face further complications in the selection of acurriculum of academic study. There are many influencing factors that affect the choice of theacademic curriculum that they select to pursue. At this point in their education, few students willhave full understanding of the numerous curricula and the different disciplines. Therefore, it isvery difficult for a student to make a highly-informed decision regarding the selection of thediscipline that he/she is

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sunni H. Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna C. Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 22.32.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Demographic Analysis of Engineering Majors with an Interest in TeachingAbstractThis work describes a demographic analysis of student participation in teaching relatedprofessional development programming at a research extensive university. This programming isoffered through Tech to Teaching, an initiative at Georgia Tech designed to illuminate pathwaystowards K-12 and higher education teaching careers for students seeking out such careers.Nationally sponsored efforts to increase the STEM workforce in the United States have gainedrecent prominence through such programs as the Race to the Top. Therefore, it is vital that weunderstand the

Conference Session

Computer Science and Information Technology in K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Victoria Forssen, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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technology (IT). The attitude survey contains two researcher-definedfactors: general interest in IT and perception of gender stereotypes in IT. The attitudesurvey successfully captured differences in students’ attitudes across year of programimplementation and ethnicity in a high school IT educational program.IntroductionOver the last several decades, there has been a shortage of female and minority studentswho pursue careers in information technology (IT) in the United States. Based on dataprovided by the National Science Foundation (NSF), only 25.3% of all mathematics andcomputer science (CS) bachelor degrees granted in 2008 were awarded to women, yetwomen comprise more than 50% of the U.S. population. The number of females pursuingdegrees in

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Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon F. Bendall, San Diego State University, Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education; Christina Deckard, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific; Clarisa E Bercovich Guelman, California State University, San Marcos; Nancy A. Taylor, San Diego County Office of Education; Adrienne Marriott, San Diego Science Alliance

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AC 2011-1650: STEM PROFESSIONALS WITH CLASSSharon F. Bendall, San Diego State University, Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education Sharon Bendall started her career as a professional physicist at IBM’s T.J. Watson Laboratory but early on switched her focus to physics education. She is an Adjunct Faculty member of the San Diego State University Physics Department and a Senior Scientist in SDSU’s Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education. As a nationally recognized materials developer and leader of professional develop- ment, she has been the PI or co-PI on many NSF grants in science. She has developed and implemented numerous content and pedagogical workshops for K-12 teachers, and is a

Conference Session

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

of the engineering workforce.Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman civil- ian faculty member in her department. Margaret maintains a research program in the area of advanced thermodynamic analyses and

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Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. High school studentsfrom around the United States were selected for a month long STEM experience in the chosensite of Calhuitz, Guatemala, a remote community in the county of Huehuetenango. A team ofBioengineering and Nursing faculty delivered this educational and cultural summer experiencewith the objective to broaden students’ knowledge and exposure to health care careers inengineering and nursing, while providing assistive devices and health care outreach to the localcommunity. The high school students convened for two and a half days on the campus ofFlorida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), where they were introduced to health care topics andprepared for the challenges they would encounter in Guatemala. Students spent three and a halfweeks in

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David W. Richerson, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Amy Aldous Bergerson, University of Utah

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

electrical engineering with a mathematics minor in 1985, M.S. degree in elec- trical engineering in 1988, and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1994. Dr. Furse has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, mi- crowave engineering, antenna design, and introductory electrical engineering. Dr. Furse works to interest young students, particularly women and minorities in engineering and routinely volunteers in Utah’s K- 12 schools as an engineering mentor, science educator, and engineering career guidance counselor and is active with the Society of Women Engineers, Junior Engineering State, Expanding your Horizons, School-to-Careers, MESA, Girl Scouts and

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Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine A Broom, University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Wendy Lynn Klassen, University of British Columbia, Okanagan ; Carolyn Labun, Ph.D., University of British Columbia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

Carolyn Labun is a Senior Instructor in the School of Engineer at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia. Page 22.685.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Education-Engineering Collaborative Research Project Exploding Stereotypes: Care and Collaboration in EngineeringOverview and AimsResearch has found that students in schools often hold stereotypes of STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects and careers: they view them as male-dominated, individualistic8 and uncaring. They are perceived to marginalize women.6 Thesestereotypes

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Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 ENGINEERS ON WHEELSIntroductionThere is a growing concern among educators that the science and mathematics knowledge of K-12 students needs to be made exciting and relevant [1-3]. Most school districts are faced withfinancial constraints especially in providing students enriching experiences via field trips andteachers with opportunities for educational workshops for STEM (Science TechnologyEngineering Mathematics) exposure. As such there is a dire need to reach out to the teachersand students on site to offer exposure to STEM careers via innovative hands on learningactivities. One such way would be to take engineering workshops onsite to school districts

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca N. Macdonald, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

K-12education remains in the forefront of today’s society. Even with years of inclusion, engineeringremains an enigma to many pre-college students. The 2008 National Academy of Engineering’sreport, Changing the Conversation, stated the case that many Americans do not truly understandwhat engineering is.11 Even with hundreds of millions of dollars annually spent on increasingunderstanding of engineering, efforts to promote engineering have been numerous and wide-spread yet there has been minimal impact.3,12 K-12 students can readily identify with writers,doctors, scientists, and other careers from their exposure to these fields yet struggle withengineering. Despite all these efforts, research has shown that K-12 students and teacherscontinue

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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ProgramsIntroductionToo few high school students understand that a technical career path can genuinely beexciting and neat. Some have the short-term view that good paying jobs are plentiful, sowhy take the really difficult courses. Many sell their own abilities short and convincethemselves that it is too difficult a career path. And still others conjure up the image of adirty, dull, dangerous, and demeaning factory floor and run (not walk) in the otherdirection.What is needed to turn these impressions around are exciting exposures to technicaltopics in existing high school curriculums such as technology education, science, mathand physics. The purpose of this paper is to identify exactly one such exciting modulethat has been successfully used to build bridges

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melanie R. Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Vibhuti Dave, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

compete for a slot, take a college course and attend workshops thatshowcase STEM majors. Students earning a B or higher in their college course are automaticallyaccepted to Penn State Behrend. In 1996 a one day event was started for 7th and 8th grade girlscalled Math Options Career Day. Last year 38 and 243 students respectively attended theseevents. Also during this time period, engineering faculty would visit public schools as requestedby teachers. It was in 2006 that Penn State Behrend‟s outreach program blossomed. The majorityof the events developed focus on middle school and high school females. Students participate invarious hands-on activities that demonstrate to them how they could positively impact thesociety and community by choosing a

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Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

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of Engineering and 2) as a pilot study to informan upcoming district-wide effort to develop a middle-school engineering education program. Thesurvey given to the middle school students is a modified version of the 2008 survey used by theNAE1 copyright through the National Academy of Sciences. The original NAE study consistedof both qualitative and quantitative research. In an attempt to inform the public, the NAE studycreated and tested a small number of messages aimed at increasing the publics’ awareness ofengineering. The survey generated through the NAE study provided a reliable instrument fromwhich we could elicit student conceptions about careers, engineers, and engineering. Previouseducational studies have shown that K-12 students have

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamsnaz Virani, University of Texas, El Paso; Iris B. Burnham, Burnham Wood Charter School District; Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Miroslava Barua, University of Texas, El Paso; Elaine Fredericksen, Ph.D., University of Texas, El Paso; Sally J. Andrade, Andrade & Associates, Inc., El Paso, TX

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of the degrees awarded in the U.S. are in Science and Engineering, however half ofthem are in the social and behavioral sciences, which suggests its technical workforce is fallingbehind other nations, in that 26 percent of graduates of foreign universities earn STEM degrees.Pre-college engineering is especially problematic in STEM education reform since there is nowell-established tradition of engineering in the K-12 curriculum, or as part of teacher preparationand certification processes. The result: most K-12 teachers and administrators are ill-prepared toadvise students about engineering careers, much less to introduce engineering knowledge andskills into the classroom. While there is a growing appreciation that engineering may be

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Innovative Program and Curricular Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham, UK; Susan Lowes, Columbia University, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College; James S. Bonner, Clarkson University; William David Kirkey, Clarkson University; Temitope Ojo, Clarkson University; Peiyi Lin, Columbia University, Teachers College

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, that integrate fundamental STEM principles while at the same time introducingstudents to the field of sensors and sensor networks—technologies that are increasinglyimportant in all fields, but particularly in the world of environmental research.The project provides students with the opportunity to learn about science, engineering andmathematics through the design, construction, programming and testing of a student-implemented water monitoring network. The objectives are to:1) Use environmental sensors as an engaging context to teach technology, engineering,mathematics, science, and critical workforce skills;2) Encourage learners to look at a local problem and data with a global perspective.3) Promote awareness of sensor network related careers

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Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Rivale, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jayne Aiken, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sweta Adhikary, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Changing theConversation (CTC) findings, while the other cohort actually received the messagingintervention. Engineering attitudes were measured on two dimensions (―knowledge ofengineering as a career‖ and ―interest in engineering‖) at the beginning and end of the academicyear. These results were compared with a qualitative analysis of the Draw-an-Engineer Test. Theresults showed that all students significantly improved on the ―knowledge of engineering‖dimension over time, with the engineering messaging intervention significantly impacting thegirls in the study. The results from the ―interest in engineering‖ construct were more complex.The DAET study revealed that gender of the Graduate Teaching Fellow had

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Theimportance of catching the attention of students at an early age along with the support of theirparents and grandparents is something that all engineering schools must take into considerationwhen planning their outreach activities for K-12. The earlier the students are connected toengineering with positive approaches, the earlier they will start the road to seriously looking atengineering as a career. Surveys presenting the attitudes of participants will be provided, alongwith the details of other departments in the college participating in Grandparent’s University.IntroductionUniversities around the United States are beginning to see the importance of starting to influencechildren at an earlier and earlier age into becoming aware of the

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Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Carlos A. Garcia, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Tamara D. Guillen, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

career options as well as to promotethe camp outcomes such as presenting viable role models for prospective engineering students.Written daily evaluations by the camp participants provided timely feedback on the outcomes ofthe camp learning experiences and activities. Adjustments, if needed, were made on the next dayto ensure the expected camp outcomes. During the departmental introductions, six engineeringand science department representatives from mechanical, chemical, civil, environmental,biology, and industrial technology disciplines presented their programs to the camp participantsin ten-minute interactive sessions by focusing on the nature, admission and scholarshipopportunities, and career perspectives of their respective disciplines. The

Conference Session

Engineering as the STEM Glue

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Barth, University of Alabama; Debra M. McCallum, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Rosanna E. Guadagno, University of Alabama; Beverly Roskos, University of Alabama; Carmen Burkhalter, University of Alabama; Marion J Goldston, University of Alabama

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2446: EFFECTS OF ENGAGING CLASSROOM STRATEGIESAND TEACHER SUPPORT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES OVER SCHOOLTRANSITIONSJoan Barth, University of Alabama Joan Barth is a research social scientist at the University of Alabama. Research interests include psycho- logical and educational issues in school settings. Current projects include a study of personal, social and life goal factors that affect interest in STEM careers from elementary through college years.Debra M. McCallum, University of AlabamaBeth Todd, University of Alabama Dr. Beth Todd is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama.Rosanna E. Guadagno, University of AlabamaBeverly Roskos, University of AlabamaDr. Carmen Burkhalter, The

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terence J. Fagan, Central Piedmont Community College; Gerald D. Holt, Project Lead The Way

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more of these categories. Please email him at terence.fagan@cpcc.edu if you want any more information or interested in collaborating on a project or two.Gerald D. Holt, Project Lead The Way Gerald Holt began his career as an engineer with Schlumberger in 1991. Among his responsibilities the experience of mentoring junior engineers sparked a passion for teaching, prompting him to leave the Petroleum industry after a nearly a decade to pursue a career focused on education. Following that passion of inspiring students, Gerald introduced and taught several Project Lead The Way (PLTW) engineering classes to high school students in Charlotte, NC. Through his leadership the pre- engineering program grew quickly at that

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Computer Science and Information Technology in K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Papini Warren, Maui Economic Development Board; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Departments of Labor, Agriculture, and Education, as a workforcedevelopment project. Its mission is to encourage females and other under-represented groups topursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in the stateof Hawaii. WIT successfully creates systemic change by building awareness among educatorsand employers of the return on investment in recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusiveskilled technical workforce that is homegrown.Geospatial Technology in EngineeringWhile there is a specific field known as „geospatial engineering,‟ the impacts of geospatialtechnology reach a wider spectrum of the engineering industry. There is a growing number ofengineering firms are integrating broad scale uses of GIS

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Computer Science and Information Technology in K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura E. LeMire, Community College of Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2856: A MODEL FOR ENHANCING PROJECT LEAD THE WAYTEACHER KNOWLEDGE IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSLaura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County Laura LeMire, an alumna of the University of Maryland at College Park with a B.S. and Masters in Geotechnical Engineering, started her career at Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE). During her career there, she was responsible for substation and transmission construction projects, relocation and installa- tion of BGE facilities for Oriole Park at Camden Yards and for a new Light Rail system, and for im- proving service reliability. After obtaining her MBA, Laura became the Director of Corporate Purchasing and was also a financial analyst handling investor relations

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Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ranji K. Vaidyanathan, Oklahoma State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of them to pursue STEM careers so that they cancreate those future innovations by entering engineering professions.1Possible strategies to address the engineer shortage for the future are being developed by severalgroups.4 These include development of high school-level engineering courses to high schoolstudents to engineering-based First Robotics competitions.5 Clearly, there is evidence that theseprograms serve to increase student interest in engineering as a career. However, they may notprovide students an opportunity to experience the university setting or exposure to the breadthand variety of engineering projects.4 Various universities instead may provide summer camps asa means to introduce students to STEM disciplines and create a