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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Guido Lopez

project the technological initiatives that can be found behind its principles. In effect, a goodgrasp of the concepts of science inherent to a particular engineering discipline provides a reliableand firm scaffold to engineering students for the practice of their profession. Quite often,however, the teaching of undergraduate physics in engineering programs emphasizes manipulationof formulas and numerical computation instead of deep understanding of inherent concepts. This“cookbook” approach seriously affects the strength of the scientific foundation that physicscourses need to provide to engineering students. The use of computer software in the classroomhelps to minimize this problem substantially. In effect, much of the tedious manipulative

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alan Scaroni; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

in the subject matter andhelped the students in their quest to become life long learners. Page 8.486.8“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference& Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”AcknowledgementsThe authors acknowledge Brett Bixler, Christine M. Wagner, David R. Stong, and MarilynneW. Stout of the Educational Testing Services of Informational Technology Services at PennState for generating the Insulation Activity Simulation Modules.Bibliography:1. Spanier, G., State-of-the-University Address. 2002, The Pennsylvania State University.2. McKeachie, W.J., Teaching

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mara Wasburn

State University,” a Midwestern Research I University, withthose women faculty discussed in 1997, when policies apparently intended to correctdiscriminatory conditions and practices had been in place for almost a decade. The research,foregrounding the voices of women faculty, confronts the question of why, despite theimplementation of these policies, many of their concerns remain. It also suggests strategies formeeting some of the challenges women faculty, especially those in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics, still confront.IntroductionWomen have made great strides in academe. There are more women assistant professors thanever. Yet, despite these gains, few of them become full professors. At issue is whether or notwomen faculty

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Silvanus Udoka; Paul Stanfield

practice has caused engineering school constituents to question the effectiveness ofthe programs1. Graduate engineers are expected to contribute immediately in competitiveenvironments with system engineering, information technology, and soft (communication andteam) skills in addition to traditional engineering fundamentals 2,3. Such skills are particularlyrelevant for Industrial Engineers who often serve as a facilitator of technical and businessinteractions4,5.A number of efforts to increase these skills are being undertaken, the most common being thecapstone senior design projects. Curriculum designers are increasingly more aware of developingcourses that combine skills from several prior courses to practice such skills. Especiallyinnovative

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Debra Fowler; Jefferey Froyd; Don Maxwell

Session 2430 Learning Strategy Growth Not What Expected After Two Years through Engineering Curriculum Debra Fowler, Don Maxwell, Jeff Froyd Texas A&M UniversityAbstractAs the pace of technological development continues to increase, consensus has emerged thatundergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula cannotcontain all of the topics that engineering professionals will require, even during the first ten yearsof their careers. Therefore, the need for students to increase their capability for lifelong learningis

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Christie

providing residential campusexperiences such as overnights, summer programs, and bridge programs as a means to improvethe pipeline of underrepresented minorities and women into science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) fields (Matyas, and Malcom,1991). Each university will have to make a choice as to how they will develop the partnership. A few Page 8.1317.2important factors to keep in mind that may help provide direction while designing a programinclude: improving content knowledge for students, providing information on engineering andtechnical careers, having students spending valuable time on the university campus, andinvolving family

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta

., (2001), Mechanical Engineering Design (6th ed.), N.Y., New York: McGraw-Hill.2. Szaroletta, W.K, Introducing Single-Criterion Optimization Methods into Mechanics Classes, ASEE 2002Conference Proceedings, Montreal, Quebec3. Microsoft, Inc website (January, 2003), http://www.microsoft.com, Redmond, Washington4. COSMOS, Inc website (January, 2003), http://www.cosmosm.com/dstar.htm. Frederick, Maryland.5. IronCAD, Inc. website (January, 2003), http://www.ironcad.com, Los Angeles, CaliforniaBiography:WILLIAM K. SZAROLETTA, P.E.Professor Szaroletta is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. Amember of ASEE, he has 18 years industry experience in engineering and project management positions, with 12awarded

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephen Silliman

, includingthe focus of the REU program on research opportunities, the focus of the classroom experienceon team projects based on new applications of established technologies (versus development ofnew technologies), and the mixed (science and engineering) student population in the classroomexperience. Both groups also show a number of common changes in expectation during the period of thelearning experience. Both groups showed significant increases in response with respect to theliberal arts component. This is viewed as a positive affirmation of the common learning objectiveamong all three learning models for exposure of the participants to the non-technical aspects ofengineering projects. Both groups also show a decrease in response relative to the

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

years.Bibliography1. Marvel, J. M. and Standridge C.R., 2003. Measurement, Instrumentation, and Experimentation: A First Co-op Experience, Winter 2003, Padnos School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.2. Standridge C.R. and Marvel, J.M., “Engineering Statistics as a Laboratory Course”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.3. Vardeman, S. B. and J. M. Jobe, Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis, Duxbury, 2001JON H. MARVELJon H. Marvel is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Grand Valley State University. He holds a BE fromStevens Institute of Technology, an MS from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. the University of

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mohamed Gadalla; Kamal Shahrabi

Session Number 2660 Excogitating a new Category of Computer Users to benefit CAD/CAM Industry Dr. Mohamed Gadalla Kean University, Department of Technology, 1000 Morris Ave., Union, NJ 07083 Tel: 908-737-3508, E-mail: gadalla@kean.edu, mohamed_gadalla@yahoo.comAbstractJob categories in computer systems particularly Computer Aided Design/Computer AidedManufacturing (CAD/CAM) have been classified into: users (operators) and programmers(administrators). In spite of the broad definition of such a classification, it is widely used inindustry, consultant and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Keyser; Kourosh Rahnamai; Ronald E. Musiak

anddemonstrate a successful solution to an engineering design problem. The other portion ofthe course concentrates on developing students' problem-solving skills using engineeringcomputational tools such as MATLAB and MathCAD. In this paper we concentrate onpresenting hands-on computer experiments. These are designed to motivate students,enhance problem-solving skills, and introduce students to the latest technology in dataacquisition tools as well as data manipulation and processing using MATLAB.IntroductionTwo thirds of the semester is used for teaching the use of MathCAD and MATLAB insolving engineering problems and one third of the semester is used for hands-onexperiments. Considering that these are first-year students who have limited or

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

Session 1447 Mechanical Engineering Technology Division: “Integrating Culture as well as Engineering Instruction in Capstone Project and Machine Design Courses” Francis A. Di Bella, PE (617 373 5240; fdibella@coe.neu.edu) Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Technology Northeastern University; Boston, MAC.P. Snow’s famous 1959 Rede Lecture on the clash of the “Two Cultures”: Art andScience continues to reverberate in the halls of science and engineering education. Snow’slecture brought to the surface what seemed apparent to most

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Valery Sokolov; Tatiana Burukhina; Michael Dmitriev; Galina Zhukova

beginning of XX century were considerably richer and moreinteresting than in the following decades. That is why it is necessary to analyse once againthe work of the Russian and Soviet higher school in order to apply it to the modern practice. The purpose of this work is to review the stages of formation of the education bycorrespondence in Russia, which was basically engineering in the Soviet period of the Russianhistory and remains to a great extent the same up to now. The higher school history began in the XII century and up to the XVIII century it wasrepresented, mainly, by universities. The rapid growth of material and industrial production,achievements in engineering and technologies, the growing value of science in the XIXcentury

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

andsystems engineers (I&SE). By putting the freshmen within the context of an IE projectenvironment, they can more accurately understand and evaluate their interest in an industrialengineering career. This enables the student to make a more informed decision regarding whichengineering discipline to follow after the freshman year.The six-week module engages students in an industrial engineering project as the means ofintroducing them to: 1) experiential problem-solving; 2) the engineering method of design,construct, measure and test; 3) typical aspects of people, process and technology that are foundwithin IE projects, and 4) the necessity for good leadership, communication, and teamwork.Class sessions include an introduction to agile enterprise

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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

designs.Materials Development The development of the materials produced for this project was part of a larger multi-university project, the VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering EducationalTechnologies (VaNTH ERC). The VaNTH ERC is a multi-year, multi-institutional programwith the aim “… to integrate learning science, learning technologies, and the domains ofbioengineering in order to develop effective educational resources to prepare for the future ofbioengineering.” An overall description of the VaNTH ERC may be found at its website(www.vanth.org). The National Science Foundation funds supplementary grants to NSF grantees that wantto involve classroom teachers in their research through the Research Experiences for Teachers(RET

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

to requests for changes in the way that we educate andprepare engineers for the future. For example, a number of organizations and stakeholders havesponsored initiatives focused on defining new goals, developing materials, and providingresources. Such efforts include NEEDS – the National Engineering Education Database (a digitallibrary of educational technologies), the NSF Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvementprogram (that supports resource development projects), the new ABET outcome-basedaccreditation policy, and the NSF Coalitions program (that brought together institutions aroundcoalition-specific missions and large-scale curricular reform).Work directly with faculty has been a key element of efforts to enhance engineering

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

the job market especially in the manufacturing industriesof the 21st century. With a goal to link industry more tightly to the engineering school, anundergraduate engineering program may identify two objectives: to improve U. S. technologicalcompetitiveness by creating a substantive, people-based technology transfer relationship betweenindustry and engineering colleges; and to improve the industrial relevance of the undergraduateengineering experience without compromising the teaching of fundamental science andmathematics. These objectives can be achieved through curricula developed by a team ofprofessors who have a strong industrial background, demonstrated teaching ability, significantmanagement experience, good undergraduate and graduate

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bell; Scott Fogler

Editing", http://www.thewavelength.net/.43. Sowizral, Henry, Kevin Rushforth, and Michael Deering, The Java 3D API Specification, Addison-Wesley, 1998.44. Bell, John T., "Virtual Reality Undergraduate Projects Laboratory Web Site", http://www.vrupl.evl.uic.edu.Biographical InformationJohn T. Bell( Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, 312 413-9054, JBell@uic.edu,http://www. cs.uic.edu/~jbell ) Dr. Bell holds graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science,and combines both skills by developing computer simulations of chemical engineering related phenomenon. Recentwork has focused on the application of interactive immersive three-dimensional display technology (a.k.a. VR

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

Session 2660 Quality Assurance of Engineering Undergraduate Programs in Colombia, a Social Duty and a Competitive Strategy Roberto E. Montoya School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad JaverianaAbstractIn Colombia, the educational development of engineers must meet two particular challenges in theimmediate future. The first one has to do with the unrestrained growth and diversification ofundergraduate programs in engineering, which although helps to meet demand, generatesproblems with respect to quality. The other challenge to be taken into account has to do

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra

development. Broader climate activities include facultydevelopment programs, revamping curricula, and overall retention tracking that tracks exposureto specific programs.WIE programs serve to both widen the pipeline for K-12 women and girls and then become areservoir and pumping station for many of the undergraduate, graduate and sometimes womenfaculty in the colleges or university. Anecdotally and through research on specific programactivities, we know that WIE programs have a tremendous impact on the goal expressed by theNational Science Foundation (NSF) and other engineering and science industrial and academicleaders to broaden participation of girls and young women in engineering and technology 9,10,11,12,13 . Nonetheless, the current

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Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tricia Lytton; Margie Haak; Edith Gummer; Dan Arp; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

Session 2213 OSU GK-12 Fellowships to Enhance Science and Engineering Education in Oregon Schools Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort, Margie Haak, Edith Gummer, Tricia Lytton and Dan Arp Chemical Engineering Dept., Oregon State University/Chemistry Dept., OSU/ Science and Math Education Dept., OSU/ North Eugene High School, Eugene, OR/ Botany and Plant Pathology Dept., OSUAbstract The goal of the NSF funded OSU GK-12 project is to facilitate the development of active sciencelearning and to enhance the delivery of science education (defined here as education in science,technology, engineering

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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E. Perry Deess; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

Session 1430 The Effectiveness of Education Learning Assistants Program for Student Retention Vladimir Briller, John D. Carpinelli, E. Perry Deess, Raymond Calluori, Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn 1995-1997, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), via the Educational OpportunityProgram (EOP), received funding from the Gateway Education Engineering Coalition for aretention initiative called the Educational Learning Assistants (ELA) Program. The main goal ofthe ELA program was to increase

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

VaNTH Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies. Prior to joining the faculty atNorthwestern, Suzanne was a process engineer for Texas Instruments in both the US and Thailand.DAVID E. KANTER is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy atNorthwestern University. After getting his PhD in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, heworked with xx on the “Learning By Design Project” at Georgia Institute of Technology. David’s K-12 outreachwork is extensive; he currently leads two other outreach projects.AMANDA KNUDSON is a senior biology student at Northwestern University. She has been active in this K-12outreach project since its inception. Following graduation from Northwestern, Amanda plans

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

engineers and designers in the use of CAD and data management software.He holds a Bachelor of Science in Technical Graphics and Master of Science in Technology from Purdue University. Page 8.726.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

of a Model”, ME4053 Engineering Systems Laboratory, the George W. Woodruff School of MechanicalEngineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 10 January 2003, available on line at.Sheldon M. Jeter is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the George W. WoodruffSchool of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He has degrees from Clemson University, the Page 8.542.15University of Florida, and Georgia Tech. He has been on the academic faculty at Georgia Tech Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

hour.Cooperative learning can replace some of that lecture time with methods designed to get studentsactively involved during the class period. This paper presents the use of active and cooperativelearning techniques applied to a first-year, first semester of principles of industrial engineeringcourse. In this course, students are introduced to engineering problem solving, engineering design,and industrial engineering topic areas. In addition, this course provides introductory skills incomputer technology and provides an opportunity for first-year students to get acclimated to theuniversity within a supportive environment. Tips and examples for how to transform a standardlecture into a lecture based on cooperative exercises are given and the authors

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerome Lavelle; Mary Clare Robbins

; (2) Chemical Engineering Presentation Effectiveness in Teamwork; Project HW: (1) HW #2 due Management (2) Journal Assignment #3 due 6 Design Projects & Effective Problem In-Class: (1) Design Team Work Day Solving; Video: Junkyard Wars (2) Civil Engineering Presentation 7 In-Class: (1) Computer Science Presentation Current Affairs & Emerging Technologies; HW (1) Due: HW #3 due Video: Engineering the Impossible (2) Design Project Team Contract due

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery

Session 3453 Laptops in the Lecture to Promote Active Learning Robert E. Montgomery, Heidi A. Diefes-Dux Department of Freshman Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstractUse of the traditional lecture format to teach software tool syntax and procedures is not engaging.Students find it difficult to take effective lecture notes and may not schedule time to practice withmaterials demonstrated by the instructor until several days after the lecture. The addition ofactive learning exercises to the lecture, enabled through use of a mobile LAN of wireless-equipped laptop computers, should improve the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Tim Anderson; Brian Thorndyke; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education(SUCCEED) longitudinal database (LDB) 3,4,5. The LDB contains data from eight colleges ofengineering involving nine universities: Clemson University, Florida A&M University, FloridaState University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, NorthCarolina State University, University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Charlotte andVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Since the University of North Carolina atCharlotte does not have a chemical engineering degree program, it was excluded from this study.SUCCEED is an ongoing project, and the LDB continues to be updated as data becomeavailable. As of the current study, the LDB

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

engineers, including diversity. • The Human Resource Development (HRD) Division supports the following programs for women and girls: (1) Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, and (2) Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE). Page 8.465.18“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3592While these show promise for the future of