Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

’ metacognitive skills in learning andcreative problem solving in their engineering education. This will help students to enhance theiracademic performance and pursue engineering studies as their career goals. The outcomes fromthe prior implementation are outlined through students’ responses and reflections on theirlearning experience. It is expected that the presented scaffolding could have positive impact onstudents’ self-efficacy and higher-order skill development, and further experimental research isneeded to validate this conclusion. Page 25.575.2

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Giada Biasetti, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

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Minorities in Engineering

class, learn from others during the peer review process, andimprove grammar and comprehension skills in the target language (Spanish).The project was deemed successful based on student and instructor feedback. Section 6“Findings and Discussions” provides reflections of Spanish 351 students and faculty member,who participated in the translation project. Page 25.182.85.2 Challenges: Fall 2010 Spanish 351 ¡Vamos! Translation ProjectAlthough the above mentioned translation project was successful, it also lay bare inherentchallenges of such collaborations. For example, synchronizing schedules between the twoprojects (class project and developing

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Connie Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso

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Minorities in Engineering

assumptions are notalways correct. This activity highlights the need to consider how an audience willinterpret their work given different levels of familiarity with the topic.In Minefield, students are placed in groups of two. One student is blindfolded, while theorder student is tasked with directing their partner through a minefield of objects. Theimmediate result from their interaction highlights how easily simple tasks can bemisinterpreted or not carried out correctly. It demonstrates that even simplecommunication can pose problems to a process.The students are further pushed to improve their communication skills via the use ofweekly reflections of the activities from the LREU group meeting times, various readingassignments, and self-reflection

Conference Session

Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston; Stuart A. Long, University of Houston; Fritz J. Claydon, University of Houston

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Minorities in Engineering

corporate partners throughout theyear to provide peer mentoring at the schools, on-campus college experiences, and fun scienceand math events to excite students about higher education and careers in science and engineeringfields.PROMES has only a small fulltime staff, so we have developed a unique framework to maximizeour financial and human resources. This framework reflects a partnership between our programoffice and five multidisciplinary student engineering societies who also have engineeringoutreach goals. Program staffers serve as university advisors for all five organizations whichinclude the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers(SHPE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Mexican

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry John Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Craig S. T. Daughtry, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory; Jurgen G. Schwarz, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Lurline Marsh

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Minorities in Engineering

including yield monitors, variable rate applicators and remote sensing.  Field scouting with hand held GPS. AE  Environmental monitoring and data analysis.Students will get an opportunity toactively experiment with: RO Use of different biodiesel blends on diesel engines on farm STUDENT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING in Students reflect on their equipment. “Bio-Fuel, Sustainability, and Geospatial learning experience in the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

Purpose of This Element 1 Setting the Context Introduces the theme of the module along with what students should be able to do by the end of the module; Encourages students to reflect upon their values and attitudes about the topic (e.g., the best traits of a good mentor) 2 Warm-Up An often light-hearted activity that gets students to think about a topic without

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

disidentificationproposed by Steele, Osborne defines identification with academics as “the extent to whichacademic outcomes affect self-esteem.”10, p. 731 More broadly, it reflects individuals’ sense ofbelongingness in a domain and the degree to which they value success in that domain as ameasure of self.The primary research methodology associated with identification with academics is quantitativesurvey data using validated instruments to measure identification as construct, followed bycorrelational data analysis between the construct and varying measures of academic success.Studies have examined both secondary and college students in a range of institutional settings,though in general the studies focus on identification with academics broadly and do not

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

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Minorities in Engineering

ground theory approach to analyze the focus groupresults. The grounded theory approach yields themes that are formed from the grouping of codesaccording to conceptual categories that reflect commonalities among coded data.10 In this study,researchers looked for emergent themes formed from the focus group participants’ responses.This was done by looking at the transcribed recordings and notes that were taken during eachinterview session. Initial data examination was done independently by each researcher prior tocoming together to discuss the themes that were prevalent. Individual researchers reviewedcollected responses and gradually went from coding to categories, and eventually theory buildingwhich lead to the development of activity components

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadgee Mar González García, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Laura Isabel Nieves, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Paola Beatriz Pacheco, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Rosaurelis Joanne Marín, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Minorities in Engineering

petroleum institute(experimental group).8 Students’ responses were compared with those from students at apetroleum-engineering program in a US private institution (control group) to determine iflanguage was a factor that influenced students’ performance.8 Results revealed that some of thefactors that can influence students’ performance are the cultural biases of the assessment. Forinstance, many students were familiarized with certain connotations because of the way theywere taught and when the interaction with the scientific language was suddenly changed, it wasdifficult for students to recognize and detect what the question wanted them to reflect on. Also,another difficulty encountered was directly related to the translation of the FCI

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric C. Huang, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

Librarianship 36:158-165, 2010.7. Meyers, KL, SE Silliman, and NL Gedde, A comparison of engineering students’ reflections on their first-year experiences, Journal of Engineering Education 99:169-178, 2010.8. Angelique, H, K Kyle, and E Taylor, Mentor and muses: new strategies for academic success, Innovative Higher Education 26:195-209, 2002.9. Khazanov, L, Mentoring at-risk students in a remedial mathematics course, Math and Computer Education 45:106-118, 2011.10. Rodger, S, and PF Tremblay, The effects of a peer mentoring program on academic success among first year university students, Canadian Journal of Higher Education 33:1-18, 2003.11. Thorsheim, H, H LaCost, and JL Narum, Peer mentoring of undergraduate research in

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

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Minorities in Engineering

, for the post-tests, students were required to reflect onthe depth of their own knowledge concerning the topic, which is the basis of metacognition.Literature ReviewCognitive self-appraisal is “judgments about one’s personal cognitive abilities, task factors thatinfluence cognitive difficulty or cognitive strategies that may facilitate or impede performance" 1.In metacognition, when analyzing personal confidence judgments, one must introspect.Confidence judgments are the most commonly used method for determining whether anindividual’s belief that the information recalled from memory is accurate 2. Confidencejudgments consist of both the cognitive process of confidence assessment and the subjectivefeelings of confidence.To effectively learn

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

two strengths he or she possesses and one or two aspects of teamwork or leadership where improvements could be made. These will be compiled with feedback from the other members of your team and distributed to the appropriate individual. • Once you have received the feedback from your team members, submit (1) a brief summary of the feedback, (2) an evaluation of your own performance (including a reflection on your goals from your previous team project), and (3) a statement of your plan of how you will improve your teamwork and leadership abilities in your next team experience.In the next team experience students focus on this plan that they previously

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

actionsinclude:Articulate a Broad Diversity Vision and Specific Criteria for Comparison withComparative and Aspiration Institutions:At the core of effective diversity management is the articulation of a meaningful vision ormission statement for diversity that reflects the institutional commitment to diversity andequity goals. The institutional units must also develop meaningful and consistent support forDiversity and Equity in words and actions through allocation of sufficient resources. Theleadership must appoint and designate high level institutional leadership personnel with tenuredfaculty appointments to unify the vision for change deep into the institutional culture withappropriate language and expectations that can be embraced and duplicated at multiple

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiran Zhavian; James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

to time about translation and deafness in general.Perspective of the Deaf Student It’s a wonderful opportunity to be able to reflect on how it feels to be a Deafstudent in a regular “normal” classroom with a professor, fellow classmates andinterpreters. It is my first time to be in a classroom environment like this as myundergraduate degree is from a university for the Deaf. This new experience highlightednumerous obstacles, but at the same time, it has been a very valuable learning experience.I rely on interpreters every moment throughout the class in order to have full access toinformation taught by the professor. The interpreter hears the professor and thentranslates those spoken words to ASL, which is not necessarily English word

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

other programs. As one of the fastest growing areas,computer networks is experiencing a dramatic need of professionals with solid foundations andpractical hands-on experience. This need has been reflected, to some extent, into the curricula ofcomputing degrees such as Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information EngineeringTechnology, and others, where computer networks is now unquestionably included. Forexample, the curriculum guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in InformationEngineering Technology of ACM and IEEE Computer Society consider networking as a pillarfor any modern program 1. Page 25.149.2Despite these recent

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Earl Hilton Martin

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Minorities in Engineering

with development of a module incorporatingNASA activities and content into the teaching of calculus. For example, students will beintroduced to information about the shape of various space crafts and shown that the volumes ofsuch space crafts can be computed by using the disk and shell methods in calculus. Other issues Page 25.609.4such as computing light reflection on different shapes of mirrors will be included in the modules.Mathematics Module I:The project “Design Crew Module and Find the Volume” In teaching Calculus II, we used a module which involves using Disk method to computethe volume of revolving object. This project is

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

," Page 25.711.11 Interchange, vol. 1, pp. 64-85, 1970.[3] J. Bean, "Dropouts and turnover: The synthesis and test of a causal model of student attrition," Research in Higher Education, vol. 12, pp. 155-187, 1980.[4] E. Seymour, "Tracking the processes of change in US undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology," Science Education, vol. 86, pp. 79-105, 2002.[5] V. Tinto, "Stages of student departure: Reflections on the longitudinal character of student leaving," The Journal of Higher Education, vol. 59, pp. 438-455, 1988.[6] M. Besterfield-Sacre, et al., "Characteristics of Freshman Engineering Students: Models for Determing Student Attrition in Engineering," JOURNAL OF

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Tracy R. Rone, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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Minorities in Engineering

-parameter relationships  Homework assignments should be based upon the data collected in the laboratoryZemke et al. identifies design features for cooperative learning activities used in anundergraduate engineering laboratory: [13]  CL activities need to be everyday relevant  CL activities need to incorporate visual elements  CL activities need to have working groups  CL activities need a pre-lab to facilitate student prediction of lab results  Students need sufficient theoretical background to complete CL activities  CL activities need clear directionsHis findings reflect the responses of a high majority student population and show that the properimplementation of cooperative learning events enabled

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

Department of Education (ED) Grant 9031C080057-09. Any opinions, findings andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of NSF and/or Department of Education.Bibliography  [1] Cisco Academy, (2009), “Master a Language that Increases Your Career Potential”, Cisco Academy Report,[2] Council of University Presidents: New Mexico Universities, (2011), “Performance Effectiveness Report”, NewMexico, USA. [3] Fleming, L., Engerman, K., and Williams, D., (2006), “Why Students Leave Engineering: The unexpectedbond”, Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,Chicago, IL.[4] Fujinoki, H., Christensen, K.J., and Rundus, D

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Terrance R. Mayes, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering

able to graduate in engineering. 4.6 4.7 2.17% 16 I plan to join a student engineering organization. 4.6 4.8 4.35% Results from questions targeting the five academic preparation workshops that werepresented over the course of the four-day program are summarized in Table 2. Question 1, which targeted the assessment of whether the program fostered a sense ofcommunity among the 22 participants, showed a 28.6% increase between the pre- and post-surveys demonstrating the success of the program in attaining this goal and ensuring that the newstudents feel part of the school of engineering academic learning community. Questions 2 and 3 were designed to reflect on whether the program was successful in

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin P.E., Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

would respond that those in the 20-25 ACT Math category are especiallywell situated for success. Almost 100% of these students were products of the Mississippi publicschool system and had less than a stellar mathematics education in high school. Their scores maybe more reflective of their high school teachers than their ability to perform. Many of thesestudents have earned MS degrees and several will be awarded PhD degrees within the next 2/3years. Reference [1] presented rather compelling evidence of the success of these students intheir engineering careers and /or in graduate school. We would suggest that it is indeed a wiseinvestment for the US taxpayer since they will receive substantially more federal and state taxesfrom this group of new

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Microelectronics course, students areasked to characterize the circuits with a RLC resonator, pn diodes, MOSFETs and BJTs.Furthermore, students are trained on how to layout a Printed-Circuit-Board (PCB) and assemblethe related components.A graduate course on Embedded Systems has been revised to reflect the state of the art inembedded systems design. A new hardware platform has been introduced to allow defining theembedded processor specifications, memory organization, and logic, and build the firmwareneeded to realize the embedded application. The t-pad development kit, by Terasic, which is basedon the DE2-115 development board design around the Altera’s Cyclone IV Field ProgrammableGate Array (FPGA) provides a suitable platform for hands-on education of