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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Laura Bayerle; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Society for Engineering Education, 2017 FiERCE: Empowering Girls in Engineering Through Role-Models and Mentoring Laura A. Bayerle1, Dr. Marietta R. Scanlon2 1 St. Ignatius Loyola Regional School, West Lawn, PA 2 Division of Engineering, Penn State BerksAbstractLeveraging current research indicating that the presence of mentors and role-models areinstrumental to the recruitment and retention of females in engineering, the primary purpose ofthis study was to examine the effect of role-models and mentors on the attitudes and self-confidence of middle school girls towards engineering. Participants were cohorts of middleschool aged females, paired with Penn State University (PSU) female undergraduate

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Emily Alexandra German, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Niki Taylor Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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apply theseconcepts in the form of a working speaker. In order for Vaughn’s Society of Women Engineers tofocus on minority students, a Title 1 Elementary School, i.e. a school with high numbers or Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State Berkspercentages of children from low-income families and therefore requiring assistance from thegovernment, was chosen.This paper will present the rationale behind the choice of building a speaker as an engineeringworkshop topic, which is arranged in the second section. Secondly, the content of the workshopand how it was introduced to the students shall be provided in the third section. The result of theworkshop and its conclusion shall follow in the last two sections

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Ge Jin, Purdue University Northwest; Michael Tu, Purdue University Northwest; Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest; Justin David Heffron, Purdue University Northwest; Jonathan Kakahiaka White

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1-5 Department of Computer Information Technology and Graphics, Purdue University NorthwestAbstractCybersecurity is critical to the national infrastructure, government, military and industry. Todefend the U.S. against the cyber threats, a significant demand for skilled cybersecurity workforceis predicted in government and industrial sectors. To address this issue, Purdue UniversityNorthwest has successfully launched four GenCyber summer camps for 181 high school studentsin Chicago metropolitan area to stimulate the high school students’ interest in the cybersecurityfield and raise their awareness of cybersecurity and safe online behavior. PNW GenCyber summercamp activities were delivered in the format of game based learning and hands-on

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Charles M Ouellette, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

number of keystone events addressing the potential for a “SilentSpring” and the “tragedy of the commons”, for example [1]-[2]. Shortly after the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and theestablishment of Earth Day, Saarinen [3] emphasized the need to understand the link betweenhuman activity and environmental impact as future decisions grow in significance. These conceptsare not new as Thomas Malthus [4] emphasized the stresses the human population may place onresources essential for continued survival may result in collapse due to essentially exceeding theEarth’s carrying capacity. Although technological improvements provide a means to continuallychange projected resource exhaustion, the