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Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Kang, University of Washington; Lisa A. Peterson, University of Washington; Elena Maria Hernandez, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

research project is different, the majority of students are involved in a small,independent research project under the mentorship of a graduate student/postdoctoral fellow anda faculty member. Frequently, these summer positions lead to ongoing research, as students areoften invited by their mentors to continue with their research throughout the academic year.Weekly lunch seminars give students the opportunity to hear from carefully selected speakersabout the variety of research careers connected to genomics. Students are coached to askquestions, and the speakers are encouraged to make the sessions as interactive as possible,encouraging student engagement, and personalizing the talks to their interests

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

Fellow of the IEEE.Amy Aldous Bergerson, University of Utah Amy Aldous Bergerson, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Utah. Dr. Bergerson’s research focuses on college choice and college student retention. In particular, Dr. Bergerson is interested in exploring how underrepresented student populations (i.e., students of color, women, and first-generation college students) make the decision to attend college, and how institutions can improve persistence rates for these students. This research agenda has provided Dr. Bergerson with the opportunity to present papers at the Association for the Study of Higher

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina M. Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven LaLonde, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

civil- ian faculty member in her department. Margaret maintains a research program in the area of advanced thermodynamic analyses and health monitoring of energy intensive systems.Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of TechnologyElizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) ELIZABETH A. DeBARTOLO is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her BSE at Duke University in 1994 and her MSME and Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1996 and 2000, respectively. She works with students on assistive device design and determining mechanical properties of biological materials. Dr. DeBartolo serves on

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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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

], female students enjoy using software to createstories and to communicate their ideas. The goal of using the Alice software in this studywas not to convince students to become programmers but rather to demonstrate that theAlice software may be used as a tool to convey information, much like Microsoft Word,Publisher, and PowerPoint are used. Students were given the task of creating an Aliceworld that either illustrated a popular story or described a personal career goal.Students also completed a pre and post program Concept Exam, which assessed basicunderstanding of programming commands in Alice. SPIRIT’s goal was to show studentshow to use Alice as a tool to develop interactive, animated stories, not to learnprogramming. As such, SPIRIT

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James J. Pembridge, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

the work habits and personalities of theirstudents (48%) and put a lot of effort to get to know their students personally (59%). Within theworkplace environment, Kram noted that young managers that had been supported by mentorsthrough friendship frequently had informal exchanges with their mentors. Similarly, relatedresults from this capstone survey 12 have shown that the interactions between capstone facultyand their students are frequent and often times occur outside of the classroom. This indicates thatwithin the capstone course faculty go beyond the simple lecturer role and actively seek to buildrelationships with their students in an effort to advance their career and psychosocialdevelopment. One area that was not as well described by

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

. As a later individual exercise, the student were asked to compile a written account of one of their learning experiences and analyze it in terms of their learning and formulate decisions for future, similar situations for an example of a useful structure for the analysis see: 32.Thematic analysis of student reflections in the focus groupsThe focus groups in the context of the study were digitally recorded and transcribed for thesubsequent analysis using the qualitative data software NVivo8. The following presents an earlythematic analysis of the focus group transcripts. The presentation in the context of this paperserves two purposes: (i) to explicate and explore some of the categories of emotional indicatorsthrough students

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Women in Engineering

develop mentoring relationships. Summerbridge programs can provide an effective method to reduce college readiness gap betweenincoming students9, while another study10 reports that institutions that were high producers offemale and underrepresented degree recipients also offered summer bridge programs. Since the dimension of organizational context can be integral to the learning, recruitment,and retention of female and underrepresented students and to the recruitment and retention offemale and underrepresented faculty members in engineering, it is the main focus of this researchpaper. The guiding questions for this inquiry are: Page 22.1185.4

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Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranji K. Vaidyanathan, Oklahoma State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

know this was engineering” • “Selection of variables is every thing” • “This is how they design good cars” • “Computers have real uses”Students have written personal notes to the MEP director explaining the value of the SEAprogram in helping them to become engineers. A female student wrote that she wanted tobecome a fighter pilot as a result of attending the SEA program. She wrote: “I would like tothank you very much for helping me to get in to the Summer Engineering camp. This Camp wasvery helpful in my decision to become an Engineer. Everyday I met someone new, that wasinterested in the same great field; Engineering. I really enjoyed the lectures that we attendedalmost every morning. I loved going to computer lab to apply

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1485: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IN-TERMEDIATE DESIGN COURSE USING ACTIVE LEARNINGJohn S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park John S. Lamancusa is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Founding Director of the Learning Factory at Penn State. Before coming to Penn State in 1984, he was employed at AT&T Bell Labora- tories where his technical experience included electronic packaging, product design and acoustic design of telecommunications equipment. At Penn State, he teaches courses in design, vibrations, noise control, product dissection and mechatronics, and supervises senior design projects. He is the faculty advisor for Penn State’s student chapter of Engineers

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Lauren Chapman, Boston College; Mac Cannady, Boston College; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Department (1988-96) and a tenured associate professor and chair of the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department (1996-98) at Tulane University. In 2002 he joined the University of Houston as professor & chair of the Department of Engineering Technology. He served as associate dean for research & graduate studies for the College of Technology (2009-10) and returned to full-time faculty in fall 2010. His teaching and research interests are in Systems Control Technology area. He is a member of ASEE, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of the Executive Council of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center

Conference Session

High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona; Jane Hunter, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and Industrial Engineering, in 1980 and 1979 respectively. He has piloted programs for increasing the number of high quality high school students enrolling in Engi- neering, co-developed and co-taught a freshman success seminar and tutoring program, and co-developed and co-taught mentoring programs for new faculty members and graduate teaching assistantsJane Hunter, University of Arizona Page 22.498.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN— AN AP ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karyn L. Biasca, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Steve Hill, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-1678: ASSESSMENT OF ABET STUDENT OUTCOMES DUR-ING INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIPSDr. Karyn L. Biasca, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Karyn Biasca is a Professor in the Paper Science and Engineering Department, where she has taught since 1989. She received her B.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1981 and worked for Kimberly-Clark Corporation as a process engineer for three years. Finding the career paths available within the corporate environment unappealing, she returned to graduate school, earning her Ph.D. from the Institute of Paper Chemistry (Appleton, WI) in 1989. Her current research interests include the scholarship of teaching and learning, especially on

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2.7Table 1. Example of a decision matrix used to evaluate three design options. If a higher rating is better, Option 3 is the best option for the client chosen criteria and relative weights.As faculty, we encourage the students to explore innovative options in addition to the traditionaloptions for this important design decision. For example, the traditional structural materials forbuildings and bridges are concrete, steel, masonry, and timber. Over the last few years, ourstudents have also explored recycled plastics, structural insulated panels (SIPs), insulatingconcrete forms (ICFs), and autoclaved aerated concrete. It would be easy for students to let theexcitement of a novel solution to the problem drive them to choose the innovation

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

shortcomings of this construct is that it only provides a glimpse of student‟s plans upto three years into the future. It does not capture the fine-grained complexities that oftenaccompany career decision-making, e.g., the plan to use an engineering job as a stepping stone toa non-engineering job, or the decision to pursue a non-engineering job before eventuallyreturning to engineering. The APPLE survey addressed this issue by asking participants howlikely it was that they would do each of the following after graduation: work in an engineeringjob, working in a non-engineering job, go to graduate school in an engineering discipline, and goto graduate school in a non-engineering discipline1.Table 7: Professional Persistence by GroupGroup Number Group

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

, entrepreneurship, and modeling. She has served as an associate editor for the JEE and is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Rosa Goldstein , University of Pittsburgh Rosa Goldstein is an Undergraduate Industrial Engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Goldstein has been an active member of the University of Pittsburgh’s SHPE (Society of Hispanic Pro- fessional Engineers) chapter and currently holds the position as President. She recently studied abroad for a semester in Spain at Saint Louis University in Madrid. She will be starting her career this summer at Accenture and is hoping that her research experience this past year will reinforce her plans to attend graduate school in a few years

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy C. Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Patricia Lea Hardre, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

characteristics of the learners and context. As constructivistperspectives and approaches have gained wider acceptance and support, several teachingstrategies and techniques developed from an interpretivist position are being adopted within andacross disciplines. One example is cooperative learning. This strategy, and how it isimplemented, is critically relevant to the future of engineering education given the increasinglycomplex social contexts and immediate communications globally. Educational institutions arefeeling pressure to serve greater numbers of students with fewer faculty members. Foroverburdened instructors, cooperative learning can be perceived as reducing a burden.Cooperative learning also was directly relevant to the workshop we were

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

to include management issues in thecurricula, and 3) the ASCE vision for civil engineering in 2025 to include leadership, teamwork,public policy, and management as educational outcomes.Some advantages of the MS management option include (a) a structured mentoring experiencefor graduate students, (b) an effective means to acquire projects for the undergraduateculminating design class, and (c) a forum that allows practicing engineers to share professionalexpertise directly with students. In addition, students gain an understanding of how technicalproficiency must be meshed with business acumen to have a successful career in engineeringmanagement.IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has become a strong advocate

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Engineering (ENGAGE)

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Ana Maria Dison, University of Texas, Austin; Yosef S. Allam, The Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University; Wally Peters, University of South Carolina, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina; Sarah C. Baxter, University of South Carolina; Guangming Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Mechanical Engineering; James A. Leach, University of Louisville

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Women in Engineering

in 1992 and a master’s degree in College Student Services Administration from Oregon State University in 1994. After working for two years at the University of Maryland, Ana returned to the university in 1996 and was Assistant Director in the Division of Recreational Sports. She joined the Cockrell School in 2000.Yosef S. Allam, The Ohio State University Yosef S. Allam is an Auxiliary Faculty member in the First-Year Engineering Program within the En- gineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State University. Some of his research interests in Page 22.819.1 c American

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Sander, University of Florida

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, communicate ideas, understand and exercise real world ethics in challenging situations, and experience other “real-world” dilemmas faced by innovators.The University of Florida College of Engineering (UF COE) has depth in education and researchacross a broad spectrum of disciplines with 11 departments, over 270 faculty members and over$100M in annual research expenditures. The COE has recently engaged in a strategic planningprocess which reinforced that the college is well positioned to provide students and faculty witha full innovation educational experience as the College is: Comprehensive, as the 14th largest school of engineering in the US in undergraduate enrollment and 6th largest in graduate enrollmentvi, with ~8,300 students and

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Edward Morris Barbanell, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

students wereagreed that class discussions were the most effective, it is interesting to note that themultidiscipline team project was identified by the non-CE students as highly effective, nearly themost effective technique. The CE students agreed it was effective, but it was not among the top 3most effective. The explanation for this observation was elucidated through discussions withsome of the individuals. In a few instances CE students expressed mild frustration with the non-CE team members, but non-CE majors questioned did not indicate frustration with the CEmajors. It was not an issue for the teams or their projects because it was not a disappointedfeeling, but rather an “it could be better” feeling. This is described further by the

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Andrea Bill, University of Madison, Wisconsin; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

Board.David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. Hurwitz serves as an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Ore- gon State University (OSU). He teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in traffic operations, highway design, traffic signal design, and transportation safety. His areas of research interest include traffic en- gineering, driver behavior, driving simulation, and human factors. Dr. Hurwitz founded a traffic data collection company in Massachusetts that successfully completed numerous projects with private compa- nies and public agencies during his 5 year tenure with the firm. He is an active member of TRB, ASCE, and ITE.Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

decisions in the form of curriculumchoices9,10,11,12,13,14,15. Many of these middle school and high school students passively eliminatetechnical career options by not choosing courses that are not needed for these STEM fields9. Inmany cases, students who pursue STEM courses have made these career decisions before theyfinish high school so that STEM career exploration summer programs before their senior year, orbefore they start college may be too late. With this consideration, the SEI team is planning todevelop a curriculum that will be implemented in an engineering institute for middle schoolstudents.AcknowledgementsThis project was supported by a grant from the US Department of Education through theMinority Science and Engineering Improvement

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Miller, University of Maryland; Robert Lent, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Gregory M. Wilkins, Morgan State University; Matthew M. Jezzi, University of Maryland; Kayi Hui, University of Maryland, College Park; Robert H Lim, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole A Bryan, University of Maryland, College Park; Helena Mimi Martin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Women in Engineering

questions one through four or five through seven. Theresponses were reviewed and coded by a team of doctoral students (n = 5) and faculty (n = 2) incounseling psychology. We used common content-analysis methods7 to code participants’ responses. We alsoincorporated aspects of the consensual qualitative research paradigm8; specifically, we used aconsensus-driven process to arrive at final coding decisions. First, for each question, participantresponses were unitized such that each individual thought unit within an individual response wasidentified; thus it was possible for one response to include multiple thought units. Second, eachresearch member individually reviewed all participant responses and then developed a tentative

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Wade, Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology; Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Dan Ingold, University of Southern California; Peter G. Dominick Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, W.J. Howe School of Technology Management; Richard R. Reilly, Stevens Institute of Technology; William R. Watson, Purdue University; Don Gelosh, ODDRE/Systems Engineering

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Systems Engineering

and Tools (ASSETT), Inc. Alice previously served as a senior engineering manager for General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LM) and as a technical lead for IBM. Alice is a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma (Business), Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering), and Eta Kappa Nu (National Electrical Engineering) Honorary Societies and is an International Council on Systems En- gineering (INCOSE) Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) in both base and Acquisition (CSEP-Acq). She is in the process of completing her doctorate dissertation in ”Investigating the Relation- ship Between Online Pedagogy and Student Perceived Learning of Systems Engineering Competencies” and her research interests include systems

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University; Sandie J. Griffin

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First-Year Programs

whether to actually practice engineering aftergraduation while somewhat smaller, but still significant, percentage had no intention ofpracticing engineering. They mention “the quixotic nature of many students’ decisions abouttheir careers” and also the importance of chance events in career decisions. They report … during the span of students’ tenure as undergraduates, their thoughts about career options were strongly swayed—we could even say disproportionately swayed—by a single experience, such as an internship, interaction with faculty or even staff, or advice from a mentor. The movement could be in either direction.The importance of “third party individuals” in major decisions is reinforced by Degiorgi et al9who

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Virginia Tech 24-26 workboth directly with FIRST robotics teams as mentors and develop technologies to help teachrobotics concepts to high school FIRST participants. Students from multiple high schools Page 22.1082.5participate in an evening class for elective credit taught by high school teachers and assisted byVirginia Tech students. The program is coordinated by faculty members from MechanicalEngineering and Education. Although not explicitly studied, Kasarda et al. 26 suggest that thisprogram facilitates the development of self-efficacy through mastery experiences in the contextof the mentoring program.Students from Michigan Tech also work with

Conference Session

Panel on Recruiting and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Minority Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

practicing engineer in industry,government, or non-profit organization. We also explored if being active in engineering clubs orprograms for women and/or minority students played a role in their career planning. Whenwomen and underrepresented minority students actively participated in these types ofengineering clubs or programs, they were, indeed, more likely to plan to work in engineering, butthey were also more likely to expect to focus on management or sales rather than on becomingpracticing engineers. After two engineering faculty members prominent in promoting a more diverse studentbody commented on these findings, the floor was opened for a discussion of the findings andtheir implications for engineering and engineering education

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.J. Egelhoff, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Susan Donner Bibeau, U.S. Coast Guard; K.L. Burns, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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First-Year Programs

Officer and the Construction Officer. In this latter capacity, she was the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) as well as Civil Engineering Project Manager for the Academy’s $5.2 million dollar construction program. In 2003, she was selected for graduate school and attended the University of Texas, Austin where she earned a M.S.C.E with an emphasis on Construction Engineering and Project Management. In December 2004, she joined the USCGA faculty as an Instructor. During her time at the Academy, she has been the advisor for both the American Society of Civil Engineering and Society of American Military Engineers student chapters, a member of the SUPT Gender Policy Group, and worked with CGA Admissions

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

does not extract funds from the host schools but,rather, helps those institutions garner financial support from corporate and local stakeholders.There are no prerequisites (academic or otherwise) for participation imposed on students by theHSE program; project interest is the deciding factor. There are in-curricular instances of HSEteams and, in those few cases, prerequisites for participation are a decision of the host school.High School Enterprise Objectives High School Enterprise offers secondary students an opportunity to engage in STEMpractice in an environment that is at once “real life” with workplace demands/expectations andyet a safe place to try, to fail, and ultimately to learn. It is hoped that HSE equips high schoolstudents

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees

served for a few years as one of the faculty advisors for the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), and has observed the benefits of service involvement on student learning and personal growth. Professor Bielefeldt is also affiliated with the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities, and is actively researching point-of-use ceramic water filters appropriate to treat drinking water in developing communities.Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley Striebig is an associate Professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has worked on sustainable development projects in Benin, India, Kenya, Malta, Rwanda, and throughout the United States. He is heavily involved