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Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Bush, Michigan State University; Laura J Genik, Michigan State University

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Women in Engineering

establish national recognition, and provides opportunities forcollaboration.The objectives of this work were to gather data, both in qualitative and quantitative forms,regarding the importance of disciplinary society involvement. Because this work was supportedby an NSF ADVANCE grant, focus was given to Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) areas and women in these areas.Both survey data and focus group data were collected for this research. Survey data werecollected from female faculty at a research-based institution (R1) located in the Midwest.Survey questions addressed levels of involvement in societies, pros and cons of involvement,how involvement affected promotion, differences (both positive and negative) betweenleadership in

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Visualization tools and uses in graphics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #6777Geometric Unity ConstructionsProf. James A Wronecki, East Tennessee State University Assistant Professor James Wronecki works in the Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, and Digital Media at East Tennessee State University. He has a master’s degree in Industrial Design from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pa. Page 23.637.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Geometric Unity ConstructionsPresent computer-aided

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Programs in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation and entrepreneurship are not topics limited to the fields of engineering andbusiness. When considering creativity one naturally thinks of the arts. But one certainly can’tquestion the benefit of entrepreneurial principles for a professional sculptor, musician orplaywright. Companies have also caught on to the benefits of employing anthropologists andpsychologists in their product development efforts. In fact, when considered more deeply,innovation is not specific to any single domain. And perhaps one can argue that the mostinnovative enterprises occur at the intersections of the disciplines as Steve Jobs suggested at thelaunch of the iPad18..Figure 1: Steve Jobs Highlights Technology and Liberal Arts at iPad LaunchIt is clear that our

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Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susannah Sandrin, Arizona State University; Connie M Borror, Arizona State University West

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #5941Student Perceptions and Interest in Engineering: Effects of Gender, Race/Ethnicity,and Grade LevelDr. Susannah Sandrin, Arizona State University Dr. Susannah Sandrin is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Arizona State University. Her research interests are in the areas of STEM education, specifically looking at the influences of social and economic factors on pre-college student engagement with STEM fields. She has directed numerous research, outreach and dissemination grant projects examining gender and student participation in STEM programs (including NASA and National Science Foundation, among others

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Best Methods for NEEs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James C. Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Turk McCleskey, Virginia Military Institute; Elizabeth White Baker, Wake Forest University; Anthony Evan English, Western New England University

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New Engineering Educators

Information Systems and Entrepreneur- ship. Her research interests include Information Systems Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-Cultural Infor- mation Systems and Commercialization of Intellectual Property. Baker’s research has been published in a variety of academic journals including the Information Systems Journal, Journal of Global Information Management, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, and Journal of Decision Systems.Prof. Anthony Evan English, Western New England University Anthony English received the Ph.D. degree in medical engineering and medical physics from the Harvard- MIT division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1996, where he received a Raytheon Fellowship. He is currently a professor at the

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Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Native American STEM education.Dr. D. Darshi De Saram, North Dakota State University Dr. Darshi De Saram is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the Department of Construction Management & Engineering, North Dakota State University. He has a PhD degree in Construction Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an MTech degree in in Construction Management from the Open University of Sri Lanka, and a BScEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Per- adeniya, Sri Lanka; getting an academic experience that straddles engineering technology, management and social sciences. His research interests are in soft aspects of construction management. Before return- ing to academia to pursue the

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Training and Support for NEEs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Sherif N Kinawy, University of Toronto; D. Grant Allen, University of Toronto; Chris Damaren, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Bryan Karney

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New Engineering Educators

component.Specifically, Norris and Palmer describe a doctoral teaching intern program for engineeringstudents at Georgia Institute of Technology.1 They adopt a team-teach approach between afaculty member and doctoral student, and pay students for conducting one to two-thirds of theircourse for the quarter while the instructor is present for at least half of them. Wankat andOreovicz clarify the need for instructional programs for Ph.D. candidates specifically, provide aframework for successful programs, and describe the value of such programs at severaluniversities.2,3 Such programs also exist in doctoral programs outside of engineering. Utect andTullous describe the context and approaches used in business schools and their literature can be

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Tricks of the Trade II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University; Barry Wayne Peddycord III, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

large projects and portfolios, butthese are typically more time-consuming and difficult to evaluate. Page 23.1151.3 2The SurveyIn order to find out how others were using textbook exercises, we developed a web survey usingGoogle Forms and sent it to three listservs for college educators and educational researchers: thePOD Mailing List, the ACM SIGCSE Members List, and the Engineering Technology* listserv.Most of the questions on the survey were open-ended.The survey collected 142 responses. Due to the uncontrolled nature of a web survey, this

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Julie Ann Lorah, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

qualitative methods to examine the culture for women and underrepresented minorities in 22 engineering colleges nationwide. She also directs the external eval- uation for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). In addition to her lead- ership in the office, Dr. Litzler is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational climate for students in science and engineering and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Ms. Julie Ann Lorah, University of Washington Julie Lorah is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington in the measurement

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CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Chirag Patel; David Joseph Tortoriello; Justin Baldacci, ASME Northeastern chapter; Jeffrey Speroni

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Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #7120Augmenting a First-year Design Course with an Undergraduate Student Ad-ministered SolidWorks ModuleDr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University Richard Whalen received his Ph.D. from Northeastern University in Mechanical Engineering. Over the past decade he has been a member of the Northeastern University’s Gateway Team. This is a team of teaching faculty devoted to the development and enhancement of the first-year General Engineering pro- gram at Northeastern. The focus of this team is to provide a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience in engineering that endorses the student

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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Jessica Uscinski, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

served as a National Science Foundation ASEE Visiting Scholar. In 2010 she was honored at the XI Confer- ence on Engineering and Technology Education (INTERTECH 2010) in Ilh´eus, Brazil with an award in Recognition of Global Outreach and Contributions to the fields of Engineering and Technology Education Worldwide. Dr. Larkin is the author of a book chapter published in 2010 entitled ”Women’s Leadership in Engineering” in K. O’Connor (Ed.) Gender and Women’s Leadership: A Reference Handbook (Vol 2, pp. 689 – 699). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.Jessica Uscinski, American University Page 23.1197.1

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Training and Support for NEEs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, University of Arkansas; John DUPE Lee, University of Arkansas; Douglas E. Spearot, University of Arkansas

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New Engineering Educators

hasgraduated more than 40 graduate students (PhD/MS), trained numerous (18) post-doctoral fellows, and providedresearch experience to several undergraduate (24) and high school students (8) and 6 school teachers, and 5corporate engineers. His graduates are leaders at key organizations, such as IBM at Almaden, University of Florida,Qualcomm Technology, Texas Instruments, etc. He has received 34 awards/recognitions, including Fellow ofAmerican Society of Materials (ASM), Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Fellow ofthe Institute of Physics (InstP), London, UK, Frost and Sullivan Technology Excellence Award and others. He hasan extensive track record of global collaborations with academic institutions and companies from Australia

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhang Fenzhi, Aalborg University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

andimplementation of PBL curriculum. Furthermore, their understandings on conflicts andinnovation competency unfold the learning trajectories as the escalating process ofconflicts, which could end up either as constructive or destructive on developinginnovation competency. Based on the findings, this study revisited the literature andproposed a tentative explanatory model to describe the relationship between conflicts andinnovation competency. At the same time, we suggest conducting further research tocritically rethink PBL and its effects on cultivating innovation competency.1.IntroductionTo promote economic growth and national competitions, current policies aim to educateinnovative engineers, who can contribute both on technology function and business

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Minority Student Success

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, Ohio State University; Leroy L. Long III, Ohio State University; Joseph A Kitchen, Ohio State University; Michael Steven Williams, Ohio State University; Meg E. Stentz, Ohio State University

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Minorities in Engineering

understand the academic and socialexperiences of African American and Latino American men in these fields. Interviews revealedthat these students tend to (1) feel alone and invisible, (2) lack same race peers and facultymembers, (3) have difficulty applying theory to practice, and (4) lack the pre-college preparationnecessary to succeed in STEM fields.IntroductionIncreasing the number of American college students who complete degrees in science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is a compelling national interest, as a decliningnumber of workers appropriately skilled in scientific and technical careers threatens U.S. globalcompetitiveness, potentially reduces national security, and almost ensures continued exportationof highly technical

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Sharon Lourens, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Port Elizabeth South Africa

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Women in Engineering

-curricular programmes catering for engineering undergraduates. They consulted over 70 expertsand investigated over 40 programmes. Graham et al.4 provided a summary of the significantprogramme activities of eight highly regarded engineering leadership programmes from acrossthe world. The programmes include: - Engineering leadership program, Iowa State University - Teamwork and Leadership Module, Loughborough University - Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership program, MIT - Leadership in a technological environment, Monash University - Engineering Leadership Development Minor, Penn State University - Leaders of Tomorrow, University of Toronto - Global Engineering teams, Technische Universitat Berlin

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Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Women in Engineering

research in key focal areas over the last 20 years. TheCollege of Engineering and Science emphasizes and utilizes an interdisciplinary, team-basedmodel in all aspects of administration, education, and research1,2. The college incorporatesengineering, engineering technology, computer science, math, chemistry, and physics in asingle administrative structure, which emphasizes collaboration and removes manytraditional systematic hurdles. The practical structure of the college demonstrates a morecollaborative, versus competitive, work environment than most institutions. The collegeleadership is reasonably familiar with gender issues as they relate to undergraduate education,faculty retention and success. The college has been successful in securing

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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Mark Scaife, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Andrew F Heckler, Ohio State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

do not exhibitAptitude-Treatment-Interactions.Chronbach's framework of Aptitude-Treatment-Interaction is not exclusively limited to learning styles,but rather, it extends to any pre-existing characteristic of a student prior to engaging with instruction.Many of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines have the unique situation inwhich students enter the classroom with a wealth informed ideas and intuitions that they haveaccumulated over a lifetime of interacting with the physical world. This is especially true introductoryphysics. Because these ideas existed prior to engaging with formal instruction (at least formal instructionat the university level), these pre-existing ideas, or preconceptions, fit the definition of

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Best of Computer in Education Division

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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Computers in Education

Improving Students’ Writing Skills in EngineeringAbstractTechnology and Civilization is an advanced general education course (Area V: Culture,Civilization & Global Understanding) in the College of Engineering at San José State University(SJSU) that is designed to introduce students to the realm of history and usage of technology insociety from an international perspective and to increase their awareness of both the uncertaintiesas well as the promises of the utilization of technology as a creative human enterprise.This paper will present detailed data on student achievement of the course and GeneralEducation learning objectives. This course utilized the ETS Criterion Writing Evaluation Systemto allow the students to get

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...by Design

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mangold, University of California, Berkeley; Stefanie Robinson, University of California, Berkeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are thedevelopment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation.Several experts in the field of technological education have provided strong evidence thatengineering design should be the central focus of technological education1,2,3. Wicklein proposed Page 23.1196.3that the field of technology education adopt a design-based interpretation on the engineeringdefinition and suggested that the most appropriate approach for infusing engineering intechnology education is by establishing engineering design as the focus. Some key aspects thatwere the basis for the assertion were that engineering design

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Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Charles Knight, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

Summer Camp focused on accelerating students to prepare them for college mathand to increase their interest in Information Engineering Technology and MechanicalEngineering and other STEM disciplines. The program has been very successful, as measuredby the progress made by the students in their math skills. The student body is 85% Hispanic. Thefirst two summer camps targeted high-school students, while the last summer focused on collegefreshmen students with low-level math skills. This paper describes the strategies used, therecruitment tools used, and the results obtained for three years of Summer Camps. One of themain results shows that an average participant student has improved their math skills theequivalent of one semester or even one year

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Undergraduate Student Issues II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Lauren Gianino, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Emily Wisniewski, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

course coordinator for the freshman-level General Chemistry for Engineers as well as an instructor for Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1 and Chemical Engineering Kinetics at Northeastern. He also is the author of the recently-published textbook General Chemistry for Engineers.Lauren Gianino, Northeastern University Lauren Gianino graduated in May of 2012 from Northeastern University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering. During her time at Northeastern, she held three co-op positions at Lockheed Martin, 1366 Technologies, and Genzyme and completed a summer REU program at UC Berkeley in Bioengineering. Lauren is currently employed at EMD Millipore as a Quality Engineer.Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Technology (NCWIT). In addition to her lead- ership in the office, Dr. Litzler is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational climate for students in science and engineering and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce. Page 23.1058.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Seeing the Big Picture: The Role that Undergraduate Work Experiences Can Play in the Persistence of Female Engineering

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dianna Newman; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #7365Collaborative Research: Center for Mobile Hands-On STEMProf. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering where he teaches courses on plasma physics, electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. Since joining the Rensselaer faculty in 1974, he has been continuously involved in research programs at

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #7975Designing an Introductory Entrepreneurial Thinking CourseMr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is a graduate student in the Engineering Education Program at Purdue University and the recipient of NSF awards for research in engineering education. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder; José Marcio Luna, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico

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Electrical and Computer

position at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Ar- gentina, and has served as visiting and resident professor at universities in Brazil, and many other countries in Ibero-America. He is the Executive Vice President and Founder in 1990 of the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC), a successful non-profit organization with the mission to accelerate STEM education, R&D and entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. He serves on the Board of Directors of several industrial and professional organizations. He served as Vice President for the Americas Region and Executive Committee in the International Federation of Engineer- ing Education Societies. He is on the Board of

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FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian M Frank, Queen's University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #6447Web-based audience response system for quality feedback in first year engi-neeringDr. Brian M Frank, Queen’s University Brian Frank is an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he has taught courses in electronics and wireless systems. He is the DuPont Canada Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development, and the Director of Program Development in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science where he works on engineering curriculum development, program assessment, and developing educational technology. He is a co-founder of the Canadian Engineering Education Association

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Vandenbussche, Southern Polytechnic State University; William George Griffiths IV, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Mathematics

is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Southern Polytechnic State University. His research interests include enumerative combinatorics, permutation pattern avoidance, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University Christina Scherrer is an Associate Professor of industrial engineering technology at Southern Polytechnic State University. Her research interests are in the application of operations research and economic decision analysis to the public sector and in assessing education innovation. She teaches primarily statistics and logistics courses, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. She received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from

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Pre-Service Development Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Specifically, wesought to find out what they did well and where they struggled, what the student-designersunderstood, and their perception of engineering design when developing modeling artifacts.Although there was the potential for many phenomena to be investigated, we believe anexamination of the students thoughts and processes around modeling was salient. We alsosought to demonstrate the utility of the pedagogical focus on modeling artifacts in engineeringdesign. Page 23.972.2Situated in Literature In science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) education at the K-12 level, thereis an established infrastructure for all the sub-disciplines

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CEED - Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamad Metghalchi, Northeastern University; Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Emanuel Mason; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #6298The Impact of Self-efficacy, through Experiential Education, on the Reten-tion of Engineering StudentsDr. Mohamad Metghalchi, Northeastern University Metghalchi is full professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department. He received his doc- toral degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 and has been involved in education since then. He was Chair of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department from 2004 to 2011 and interim Dean of the college in 2006-07. He is currently Editor of ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology.Mr. Richard Harris, Northeastern University Assistant

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #7087Connecting Rural Teachers and Students to Nanoscale Science and Engineer-ing through Teacher Professional DevelopmentMrs. Joyce Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Joyce Palmer Allen is the assistant education coordinator for the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) and works at the Nanotechnology Research Center at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her job includes planning, developing and implementing educational outreach programs in nanotech- nology and representing the NNIN Education and Outreach office at local and national conferences and meetings. She also helps to