Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S Grant, North Carolina State University; Tuere Bowles, NC State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University; Rex E Jeffries, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Adult Education at the University of Georgia.Mrs. Olgha B Davis, North Carolina State University Mrs. Davis earned her BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and UNC Chapel Hill. Currently, Mrs. Davis is the education coordinator for the BioMed-Connect Mentoring Incubator at NCSU College of Engineering. Mrs. Davis main responsibilities include conducting research and writing grant propos- als and final reports, developing the educational curriculum for the mentoring program, and facilitating weekly laboratory group meetings, and organizing professional development seminars for the participants. Mrs. Davis also is a

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Minorities in Engineering

, California. She received her B.S. in Physics from Istanbul University, M.S. in applied physics from Bogazici University, and Ph. D. in Physics from Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. She joined the faculty of Bogazici University in 1979 and Istanbul Technical University in 1983. After- wards, she taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in both materials science and physics depart- ments at various universities in Europe and USA. She worked as a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as a research faculty at UC Berkeley in USA before starting as a MESA Engi- neering Program director of San Francisco State University in the School of Engineering in 2001. Her research focuses on the

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University; Shirley A Scott-Harris, Auburn University

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Minorities in Engineering

personal support;settings that provide early and frequent feedback on students’ performance; settings that includestudents as valued members; and settings that foster learning.One AE-AEP support program is the Interactive Learning Laboratory, which incorporates avariety of approaches to learning, including one-on-one tutoring, collaborative (peer) learningand interactive software. The laboratory consists of nine computer workstations where studentscan use interactive software to enhance classroom learning. The lab also includes resources tohelp students develop money management skills and financial literacy that are essential for Page

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Turtle Mountain Community College; Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

shown that students who engage in research projects are morelikely to enroll in and complete STEM degree programs when compared to other students9.Increased understanding of the research process10,11,12, a shift from passive to activelearning13,14,15, enhanced research and laboratory skills10,11,16,17, and increased understanding and Page 23.307.2interest in the discipline are some of the benefits undergraduate students gain by engaging inresearch. Students are also more likely to pursue careers in the STEM field when they hadexperienced undergraduate research- gains were particularly noticeable among minorities3.Also in the last several years

Conference Session

Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nesim Halyo, Hampton University; Qiang Le, Hampton University

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Minorities in Engineering

design, open-ended problem solving, laboratory work, etc. As the learning styles ofstudents can vary considerably [1-7], achieving this goal can be very challenging even whenother variables which impact student learning are taken into account. Various teaching methodssuch as case studies, projects based learning, contexts based learning, computer based learning,etc, address the learning styles of different student populations [2], [8-11]. In this paper, weconcentrate on student populations who favor “learning by doing” [3], [6]. We will use the term“learning by doing” to refer to the approach of learning by solving many individual problems orthrough practice as opposed to studying the theory with which the problems are solved.The instructor of a

Conference Session

Minority Student Success

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Dan Mott, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

 fact that they learned more than what they expected and that this experience provided them with confidence and certainty about what they wish to do in the future. Internship is a great experience and an opportunity that every student should have. It is a great way to gain more experience in the field by applying it to real life.   Q21. Will you recommend this internship position to other students? All of the participating students indicated that they would recommend this internship program to others, mainly because of the work experience gained and the career information received. (b) Research Assistant ProgramThe undergraduate research program provides STEM students with laboratory researchexperience. Research assistants are supervised by

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University; D. Darshi De Saram, North Dakota State University; Thomas Charles Schanandore, North Dakota State University; James Schanandore, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

aspect of the graduate students.The other role of the student support staff, which was not planned but just as important, was inessence to act as camp counselors. The student support staff was in direct contact with thestudents for more than 9 hours a day. Through this second role the students support staff wereable to witness the camp fulfilling the goal and objectives of the program.The Surveying Course Objectives, Content and ScheduleThe catalog description of the surveying course is: An introduction to basic surveying operations, procedures, and equipment required for building construction site organization, layout, alignment, and dimension control. Laboratory topics include: surveying fieldwork, leveling instruments

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

undergraduate diversity (ROSE-BUD) program funded by an NSF S-STEM grant to increase the recruitment, retention and development of underrepresented popula- tions in electrical and computer engineering. She has approximately 20 peer-reviewed publications with two in the Computers in Education Journal. She also recently published a book on Mobile Robotics for Multidisciplinary Study.Dr. Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras ; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); Miguel Alfonso Nino, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #7626Examining the Intersection of Graduate Student Funding, Mentoring andTraining as a Mechanism of Success for Peer Mentors and their MenteesDr. Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Carter-Johnson is responsible for research and evaluation of several undergraduate education ini- tiatives at MIT in her role as a Postdoctoral Associate for Educational Research in the Teaching and Learning Laboratory. She completed her PhD in Public Policy with a concentration in evaluation and an- alytical methods from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. As a result of years of academic and