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WIED: Medley

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, King Saud University

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Women in Engineering

-representation is analyzed by researchers11 of female education in Saudi Arabia and the SaudiMOHE12 as pertaining to the “historical socio-economic” factors11, higher education policies,stereotyping, gender-related household responsibilities, career-related conditions, politics, andthe “role of researchers in society”12 in Saudi Arabia . Such gap is also described as accountingfor the near non-availability of engineering-related careers for females, mostly due to thecommon notion that complete segregation is required between males and females in such a male-dominated workplace. Until today, such factors force many parents who are open or enthusiasticto their daughters acquiring degrees or jobs in various engineering fields to mainly having toresort to

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

innovative, interdisciplinary curricular approaches that engage students in developing models of real world problems and their so- lutions. Her research also involves working with educators to shift their expectations and instructional practice to facilitate effective STEM integration. Tamara is the recipient of a 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for her work on STEM integration with underrep- resented minority and underprivileged urban K-12 students.Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Page 24.928.1 c American Society

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From Industry to the Academy - Female Faculty Boundary Spanners Offering and Gaining Perspective

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Diana Bairaktarova, The University of Oklahoma; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

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Women in Engineering

, andor research-based Ph.D. In addition, FOP often come with rich personal connections andexternal contacts that would take years to develop organically from inside an academicinstitution. This panel will engage a variety of “boundary spanning” faculty from a range ofinstitutions for a lively panel discussion surrounding topics such as: common attributes andassignments associated with the FOP role; professional decisions around joining the academiccommunity; first impressions and experiences in the FOP role; opportunities and benefits to non-FOP faculty colleagues and institutions; considerations for FOP as a career pathway; and lessonslearned/advice for individuals and institutions considering FOP faculty roles, to name a few. Anopen

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Preparing Future Educators

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

practicum coursewas found to be helpful to graduate students who considered themselves noviceengineering educators. GTAs who participated in the practicum course found theexperience to be beneficial because the course provided a space for learning throughshared experiences. Experienced teachers could also participate in class discussions toshare their experience and their teaching approaches to help develop new GTAs for theirfuture professorial careers. Not only did experienced teachers participate to help noviceeducators, experienced teachers were also able to improve their own teaching strategiesbased on the continuous feedback and the deep discussions about topics that they

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Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert G. Ryan, California State University, Northridge; Nathan Durdella, California State University, Northridge; Teodoro Navarro

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Minorities in Engineering

, and are expected to spend additional time on campus in order to become more fullyengaged in their department’s activities. Assessment of the academic impact of theseexperiences on the first cohort of transfer students in this program is presented. Also consideredis the impact of working on summer research projects with their faculty mentors. Specificbenefits were associated with research interaction with faculty, including faculty accessibilityand responsiveness, faculty research connections to coursework and career, and academic effectsof student-faculty research interaction on students. This paper also describes a particular summerresearch project performed by a group of mechanical engineering students (five from CSUN andtwo from Glendale

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Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics

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Manufacturing

unions, industryand the public sector, in the U.S. these same relationships have been largely antagonistic formany years.What can we learn from Austria that could aid the U.S. in its efforts to revitalize our advancedmanufacturing sector? Discussion in the paper will focus on the following: • The resurgence of advanced manufacturing in the U.S. and the resultant need for a highly skilled engineering education workforce at the sub-Bachelor’s level • The state of career and technical education in the U.S. at the sub-Bachelor’s level Page 24.859.2 • The state of career and technical education in Austria at the sub

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli PE, Old Dominion University

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Ocean and Marine

-Campus and Distance Learning Delivery of an Introductory Naval Architecture Course to Engineering and Engineering Technology Undergraduate StudentsAbstractThis paper describes the author’s experiences in multi-mode (face-to-face and online)delivery of an introductory-level course on the topic of Naval Architecture geared towards anaudience of engineering and engineering technology undergraduate students with no previousmaritime background. The goal of this course is to expose talented undergraduate engineeringstudents to the marine industry and to prepare those interested in pursing a career in this fieldwith an introductory understanding of the complex nature of designing and building ships andother marine vessels. This

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin M Brevik, The University of North Dakota; Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota; Kristi Jean, North Dakota State College of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 You’re Hired! Changing Students’ Attitudes Towards Engineering (Research to Practice) Strand: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum DesignAbstract With the growing need for qualified employees in STEM-based careers, it is critical to developactivities for middle and high school students to increase their awareness of opportunities inthese areas. With proper design, increasing awareness of STEM-based careers in conjunctionwith overcoming current stereotypes can lead to a change in attitudes towards these variouscareers. Researchers at North Dakota State College of Science, along with

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SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martha E. Grady, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Christopher Reuer Gergely, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Student

December 3rd andthe survey was closed that evening at 8pm. The total time of collection was 16 days. Theresponse rate (47%) was satisfactory to obtain trends and represent the population of teachingassistants in mechanical engineering at the university.The electronic survey consisted of 8 multiple choice and short answer questions administeredthrough an online survey provider, Survey Monkey. Items 1-3 were designed to elicitbackground information about the study’s participants. These items addressed a) the type ofteaching assistantship held (e.g., grader, lecturer, discussion leader), b) the TA’s year in graduateschool, and c) his/her current career interests. These questions were required to be answered byeach participant. Item 4 was also

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FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah

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First-Year Programs

exposure to engineering design and createrealistic expectations for a major and a career in engineering.Introduction Within the College of Engineering at the University of Utah, there are eight majorsoffered. While the retention rate of students in the program has not been low, there are barriersin place that do not allow for an easy transition between departments. Furthermore, otherresearch universities across the US have implemented first-year engineering courses to helpstudents gain a better understanding of engineering and design at an earlier point in theiracademic programs.1-9 These universities have reported higher retention rates because not onlyhave students gained more realistic expectations of engineering, but they have also

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Outcomes for Undergraduate Students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan UniversityAbstractStarting with the award of its first scholarships for the Fall 2010 semester, the goal of the S-STEM Scholars program at Western Michigan University has been to increase opportunities andimprove outcomes for financially needy but academically talented students and to involveundergraduate students enrolled in engineering, technology, or applied sciences majors. Theprogram has worked with first-time, first-year students and supports them as they progress intheir academic careers. Each scholarship awarded is roughly equal to one semester of tuition peracademic year for a full-time undergraduate student, and can be

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Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica M. Harlan, University of South Alabama ; Susan A. Pruet, STEMWorks, LLC; James Van Haneghan, University of South Alabama; Melissa Divonne Dean, Mobile Area Education Foundation

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

related to STEM workforce needs forthe region. Following a year of collaboration and planning, a pilot initiative emerged calledEngaging Youth through Engineering (EYE). The goal of EYE is to engage area youth in grades4-9 in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academics and careers byproviding students with a coordinated continuum of curricular and extra-curricular experiencesthat use real life engineering design challenges as a “hook.” Once “hooked,” and with carefulguidance and support of “adult influencers” (teachers, counselors, parents, and businessvolunteers), the theory of action is that youth will become motivated to choose to take the highschool mathematics and science coursework that are needed in preparation for

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dark, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

guidelines, rules, regulations, laws, procedures, standards, protocols,requirements, and so forth. To list a few response examples: a) “The general guidelines that arefollowed to handle situations”; b) “Policy are the set of rules and regulations that are followedwhile achieving a particular task…”; c) “Policy is a law that governs certain situations”; d) “Aset of standards…”; e) “A protocol that guides decision making…”; and f) “…policy isrequirements and guidelines pertaining to a subject, like a class or career”.The second major theme involved actors, with 26 participants including this theme in theirresponse. Actors minimally could be described as an entity or entities, which consist of anindividual, government, organization, business, party, or

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Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals the Tools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented Minorities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sandra D. Eksioglu, Mississippi State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9377Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals theTools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented MinoritiesDr. Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microde- vices. She earned a NSF CAREER award, has published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of

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K-12 Teacher Pre-Service and Undergraduate Instructor Training

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard L. Greene, The Ohio State University; Xi Zhan, Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University; Anika Anthony, The Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, The Ohio State University; Andrew James Parkhurst, Ohio state university

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

signed rank test. Results reveal that the universitycourse increased teachers’ and engineering students’ self-efficacy to interest middle schoolstudents in engineering. A discussion is provided on pre-engineering education in after-schoolsettings and realizing broader impacts of STEM research through K12 outreach.IntroductionProviding K12 students early exposure to engineering education is an effective way to increasetheir interest to pursue STEM-related careers 1-3. Two common exposure strategies includeproject-based learning and informal learning environments 4-5. Although partnerships betweenuniversities, engineers, and teachers help provide students with engaging and relevant learningexperiences 6, they may present challenges. Teachers who

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Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J. White, Queen's University

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Engineering Libraries

profiles are also important as a means to facilitate networking within institutions andprofessional societies, disseminating research and best practices, identifying expertise, recruitingnew members to professional societies and boards, and connecting with mentors.The purpose of this study is to explore the current development, characteristics and positioningof online engineering librarian profiles. Profiles of members of the Engineering LibrariansDivision (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) were compiled andanalyzed by element, currency and platform. Examples of profile elements include personalphoto, contact information, education, career biography, title and rank, subject expertise,research interests, video recordings

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SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gurlovleen K. Rathore, Texas A&M University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Student

4 2 International Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Biomedical Engineering Electrical and Computer EngineeringResultsThe results section is divided into an examination of student members’ professional developmentneeds and possible solutions for how to meet those needs.Professional development needsForty-seven respondents ranked professional development needs on a scale of 1-8 in eightdifferent professional development areas. The professional development areas include: grant &proposal writing; college teaching; navigating the job market; leadership skills; communicationskills; career counseling; service and outreach skills; and work-life balance. The

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Focus on African-American and Hispanic Engineering Students’ Professional and Academic Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, University Corporation for the Development of Internet-Mexico

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Minorities in Engineering

with low educational attainment and low socioeconomic status... They are more likely to attend schools where the teachers are not well prepared to teach science and mathematics and/or who have few resources to enhance their teaching and learning. These children are at a significant disadvantage from the very start of their educational careers, and they continue to fall further behind. (p. 190) Adding to the disadvantaged position, the report to the president (2010) refersto the messages Latinos and other minorities get about not considering careers inmathematics and science during the pre-college years. On the side of socioeconomic reasons, across most of the publications, the problem

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Xu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

proficiency in mathematics-precursors to success in STEM undergraduateprogram2. It has also been noted that many students made their decision to leave an engineeringmajor within the first two years, the period during which they are taking engineeringprerequisites and before taking any (or many)engineering courses5. One of the potential reasonsfor the current crisis is that students in their first two years are given little exposure to the manypossibilities that an engineering career can offer, while they are taking math and science coursestaught outside of engineering departments. Encouraging our youth to pursue careers in theSTEM fields has been viewed as crucial in recent years, to meeting humanity’s needs, bothnationally and globally6. It suggests

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Watson, University of Cincinnati; Maureen G. Schomaker, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #9273Introduction to Cooperative Education-The CourseDr. Joy Watson, University of Cincinnati Joy Watson is an assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati’s Division of Professional Practice and Experiential Learning where she is the co-op adviser for chemical and environmental engineering students. She completed her Ph.D. in the College of Engineering at the University of South Carolina in August 2011. Her doctoral work focused on preparing engineering Ph.D. students for careers in industry. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with her

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Meena M. Balgopal, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

compiled by the authors andincluded questions related to two different theoretical frameworks. Social Cognitive CareerTheory (SCCT) was used to investigate student career development, including their intention toremain in engineering. The SCCT questions used on the EAA were adapted from Lent et al.13.The Patterns of Adaptive Leaning Scale (PALS)14 was used to measure constructs related toachievement goal theory as a way to investigate possible changes or differences in motivationand their relationship to academic outcomes of interest between the control and interventionsections. Further background and results for these two frameworks are provided in subsequentsections.In addition to these quantitative tools, video recordings of teams were made for

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

potential for success in computer science and engineering technology. The CSET-STEM AdvisoryCommittee - consisting of the Program Manager of the Upward Bound Math and Science Project,Director of the Office of Enrollment Management, Director of the Office of Financial Aid, and thePI/Co-PIs of this project - will develop a CSET-STEM Scholars Program brochure to be distributed tothe targeted high schools and during XYZ STATE University student recruitment activities. Faculty andstudent representatives from National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE) and ACM, as well as firstyear CSET-STEM Scholars, will visit local schools to motivate students to pursue STEM courses andSTEM careers.(2) Retain these students through the incorporation of a mandatory pre

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valerie Yvette Rito, Kansas State University; Jessica Lynn Aschenbrenner, Kansas State University; Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University

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Industrial Engineering

study that measured current IE students’ interestin solving operations research problems in different industry sectors and their perceptions aboutindustrial engineering careers. The aim of the study is to gain greater understanding about theinterests and perceptions of current IE students at Kansas State University (KSU). While thespecific results are most directly applicable to the institution where the study was conducted, wecomment on broad insights of interest to the industrial engineering education community.The pilot study described here is part of a planned long-term effort to understand the perceptionsof prospective (pre-college) students and those of students at multiple stages in the curriculum.The overarching objective is to design

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Tsu-Jae King Liu, University of California, Berkeley

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9774Transfer-to-Excellence: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Cali-fornia Community CollegesDr. Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Sharnnia Artis is the Education and Outreach Director for the Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She oversees undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and science and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to the exciting career opportunities in science and engineering. Dr

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Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne L. Berliner -Heyman, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rosa M. Cano, NJIT; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

public schools. Page 24.1209.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 The Effects of Single vs. Mixed Gender Engineering Enrichment Programs on Elementary Students’ Perceptions of EngineersAbstractAlthough there is much debate about the relative effectiveness of single-gender education,previous research comparing aspects of our female-only summer enrichment programs toequivalent mixed-gender programs has shown our female-only programs to be particularlyeffective in reaching young girls, influencing their perceptions of engineers and attitudes towardengineering as a career. The addition

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Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Anju Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 24.45.2American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates shows that the City of Laredo has the followingcharacteristics:  The Hispanic population is 94%  The per capita income is $13,941 compared to $27,041 nationally.  The percent of residents living at or below the poverty income level is 29% compare to 14% nationally.  Over 22.5% of the population has less than a 9th grade education compared to 6.4% nationally.  Only 12.8% hold a Bachelor’s degree compared to 17.4% nationally.  Only 5% hold a master’s or higher degree compared to 10.1% nationally.This presents a challenge in motivating our graduating high school students to pursue a career inengineering.1.3 The Problem Addressed by this WorkshopThis

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding CPEng, University of Texas, El Paso

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Education where engineering plays a pivotal role in applying mathematics andscience content. Specifically, the goal of the NRC framework is as follows: to ensure that by the end of 12th grade, all students have some appreciation of the beauty and wonder of science; possess sufficient knowledge of science and engineering to engage in public discussions on related issues; are careful consumers of scientific and technological information related to their everyday lives; are able to continue to learn about science outside of school; and have the skills to enter careers of their choice, including (but not limited to) careers in science, engineering, and technology. (NRC, 2011, p. ES-1).As STEM researchers

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K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University; Sarah Marie Riordan, Robert Morris University; Stephanie Abbott; Sarah Mukui Mutunga, Robert Morris University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8977Impact of a 5-Week Collegiate Level Residential STEM Summer Program onSecondary School Students (research to practice)Dr. Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University Ben Campbell holds a BS in physics and MS in electrical engineering from Penn State and a PhD in en- gineering from Robert Morris University. For the first decade of his career, he worked as a laser engineer at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. In 2011 he joined Robert Morris University as an Assistant Pro- fessor of Engineering. Since 2005, Dr. Campbell has served as faculty for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(NJIT), weconsidered the following:a. Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity of nanotechnology: nanometric entities and the nanoscale mechanisms associated with them are not exclusive to one or a few disciplines, nor to one or a few departments, but they extend beyond the limits of traditional fields of knowledge and beyond the borders of traditional academic curricula.b. Research-driven field: nanotechnology is a hot research topic, the instruction of which has been typically confined to graduate school and to those who pursue research careers. As a result, the development of courses on nanotechnology for UG students is challenged by a constantly evolving body of knowledge.c. Little flexibility of the UG curricula: STEM

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Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2014 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; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Nick Patrick Rentsch, San Francisco State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering through a two-week residential summer camp. The Summer Engineering Instituteprovides participants an insight into the engineering profession and the engineering educationalsystem through a combination of lectures, hands-on laboratory activities, field trips, workshops,panels, and projects. Among the strategies employed in developing the program are emphasizingall the major fields of engineering and the various paths to an engineering career, including therole of community colleges; targeting first generation students and underrepresented minorities;collaborating with high school faculty and staff through a nomination process to identify andselect potential students; collaboration among community college and university faculty indeveloping