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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Smith

2004-1228 Mentoring Students To Technology Careers Narayanan M. Komerath, Marilyn J. Smith School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150AbstractThis paper summarizes three years of experience from the Computer Science, Engineering andMathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) program funded at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) bythe National Science Foundation (NSF). Features of the program include a partnership betweenacademic faculty and the Financial Aid department, a strong mentoring program involvingacademic faculty, and

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TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ray Walter

Session 2148 – Building Bridges with Community Colleges Building Bridges to Engineering Careers for Underserved Students Ray J. Walter Waukesha County Technical Collegeabstract A project with Waukesha County Technical College, Marquette University, and other partners,funded by a Congressional Award, increases the number of underserved individuals completing adegree to enter rewarding engineering careers. This model program removes barriers throughcollaborative linkages with secondary and post-secondary institutions, businesses, andcommunity, minority, and professional organizations to recruit

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience for Advanced Education and Research Careers Brown, H.J. and Cheney, A. Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN hjbrown@mtsu.eduAbstractUndergraduate research has been determined at many academic institutions and fundingagencies as a focal point for quality education (NSF 1996). Integrating research hasbecome an essential element in developing students for technical service careers andadvanced degrees. The industry professionals hiring students from the Concrete IndustryManagement

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Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tyler Cummings-Bond; Robin Adams

Session 3230 Career trajectories in engineering education – Where are they now? Robin S. Adams, Tyler Cummings-Bond University of Washington Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE)As part of the newly funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering (CAEE) we aredeveloping year long Engineering Education Institutes to build greater capacity in thescholarship of engineering teaching and learning. Although the National Science Foundation(NSF) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have targeted building capacity as a topgoal, the engineering

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Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrea Ogilvie

Session 3270 Developing an Appreciation for Careers in Research Through the Texas Research Experience Program Andrea M. Ogilvie The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Texas Research Experience (TREX) Program at The University of Texas at Austin hasproduced valuable research opportunities during the academic year for more than 280undergraduate minority engineering students. TREX provides students with a uniqueopportunity to establish strong links with faculty, gain hands-on laboratory experience, anddevelop an appreciation for research careers

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Daughton

2542 An Analysis of the Career Value of a Graduate Engineering Management Degree Revisited William J. Daughton Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractThe Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program in the College of Engineering andApplied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been granting graduate degrees for16 years, and in that time well over 200 engineers have graduated. The focus of the graduateprogram is to prepare individuals who have been

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Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ed Crowley; Susan Miertschin

Session 2158 Developing Information Technology Career Path Awareness through Student Online Portfolios Ed Crowley, Susan L. Miertschin University of HoustonIntroductionAt the University of Houston, the College of Technology operates a relatively young InformationTechnology (IT) program that, like other similar programs, continues to develop its identity.Most IT students at UH are developing their own professional identities as well. To foster thisdevelopment, IT faculty designed a learning focused portfolio project with a primary goal

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dae-Wook Kim

, amanufacturing company. The primary purpose was to build an interaction betweenmiddle schools, high schools, community and technical colleges, and industry whilepromoting manufacturing careers to students. The first field trip concentrated onmachine technology, computer-aided drafting, electronics, and surveying. The secondincluded a materials lab and manufacturing plant tour. The format included hands-onexperiences, interaction with college faculty and students, and involvement ofmanufacturing industry innovators. This paper presents details of organizing andmanaging such an outreach activity for manufacturing technology programs. Overallstudent experience and lessons learned in organizing such an outreach event are alsodiscussed.1. Intr

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Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Pravin Raut; Jonathan Lambright

jumping head first into theCalculus I course. Even if the material is a repeat of what students may have learned in highschool or another institution of higher learning, they have the opportunity to become very solidin the fundamentals and to earn a high grade in the course and therefore assist in getting theiracademic careers off to a good start. The Pre-Calculus course was taught and evaluated in mostlya traditional manner. Goulet3 shows significant success in developing and teaching a freshmancalculus sequence in an outcomes based manner. Future experiments may show benefits ofcombining outcomes based teaching approaches with the success predictor analysis detailed inthis paper

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

Session 1170 Pitt Engineering Career Access Program: Building a Pipeline for Success through Project CARE Sylvanus Wosu, Michael Lovell and Robert Goldbach1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15251/ 1 Research and Evaluation Consultant, Pittsburgh PA 15219AbstractThis paper gives an overview of the lessons learned in the first year of implementing the pre-engineering component of the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP). PECAPintroduces a college curriculum to pre-11th and pre-12th grade high school students throughCritical and Analytical Reasoning Enrichment (CARE) activities. Project CARE

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Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

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Naomi Chesler; Leslyn Hall; Mark Chesler

Acting Out: Using Theater to Discuss Career Struggles of Women Faculty in Engineering Naomi C. Chesler, Leslyn Hall, Mark A. Chesler University of Wisconsin/ORC Marco International/University of MichiganAbstractIn a workshop for untenured women faculty in engineering, participatory theater exercises wereused to build community and facilitate a discussion among participants about their careerstruggles. Two key differences between participatory theater-based discussions and traditionalround table discussions are the physical enactment of personal experiences and the collectivebrainstorming for (and enactment of) problem-solving strategies. At the workshop, the

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Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

succeedacademically. To meet this objective, the program provides first year students with:• Undergraduate and graduate mentors• Seminars with Engineering Faculty where various aspects of engineering career options are presented• Career development workshops to develop interviewing skills, resumés and cover letters• Academic scholarships to help with tuition expenses (Undergraduate scholars receive an annual scholarship of $2,500 for two years; graduate scholars are awarded a $3,125 scholarship.)In the Fall, the first year students are placed in teams with a second year student and a Mastersstudent. The sophomore mentor is a person who participated in the GUIDE program the previousyear and successfully completed their first year of engineering

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Berliner-Heyman; Nicole Koppel; Rosa Cano; Siobhan Gibbons; Howard Kimmel

of the STEM workforce. The status of women in the workforce shows femalesstill occupy stereotypical roles, such as secretaries, nurses and elementary schoolteachers.Much has been done to address the needs of women and girls in STEM areas. Programs,especially summer programs, have been implemented that are designed to encouragefemale students to pursue STEM careers and address their attitudes towards such fields.However, while such programs have achieved success, both actual and perceived,evaluation of such programs is difficult. For example, these programs are usually ofshort duration making the assessment of student learning under these circumstancesproblematic. The Center for Pre-college Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT

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Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daniel Chen; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

Session 3249 Attitude of Students Entering Engineering Technology Programs Daniel Chen1, Albert Peng1, Daniel Jones2 Central Michigan University1/SUNY Institute of Technology2IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to learn more about the attitudes of engineering technology freshmenin terms of their educational backgrounds, orientations and experiences in ET programs. Asurvey was designed and conducted to carry out this study. It was used to measure attitudinaldifferences among engineering technology freshmen in the following areas: • Career goals and elements for career decision

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IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt; Jorge Rodriguez

from new employees. The specificevaluation goals for this endeavor were as follows: 1) what are participants' beliefs aboutengineers and engineering and; 2) how have participants’ beliefs about engineering as a careerchanged over the two-week Institute? Pre- and post-surveys were administered to the 36participants to gather their opinions. Statistical results indicated that the participants’perceptions of engineering were significantly influenced. Furthermore, female participants’perceptions were significantly influenced to consider a career in engineering. Other findings andimplications are discussed in the body of the paper.IntroductionThe United States of America is a country that thrives on technological advancement. We havean insatiable

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Aisha Lawrey

Session # 1793 Engineering a Difference: Outreach Component Aisha K. Lawrey, Suzanne B. Heyman, & Ronald H. Rockland New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractPreparing students for STEM careers is the thrust of our campaign. We hope to arm the futureworkforce with the tools needed to fill the high-tech and healthcare needs for the world’s futuretechnology.The Pre-Engineering Instructional and Outreach Program (PrE-IOP), a collaboration of the NewJersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Center for Pre-College Programs and Newark College ofEngineering, was created in 2001 to increase the

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Cullinane; Baris Yanmaz; Ronald Perry

field. Page 9.1121.2 Data were collected in 2002 from both profit and non-profit organizations. There are 205respondents who work for a single large non-profit organization and 226 who work for several Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdifferent companies in Massachusetts. About 185 respondents are graduates of NortheasternUniversity's Information Systems master's degree program. This program, initiated in 1981, fa-cilitates career transition for non-technically trained individuals

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sean Holleran; Elaine Chan; Chad Rasmussen; Alan McGaughey

Session 3555 ASEE Student Chapters: Avenues for Promoting Future Engineering Educators Elaine R. Chan, Sean P. Holleran, Alan J. H. McGaughey, Chadwick C. Rasmussen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIAbstractThe University of Michigan (UM) ASEE Student Chapter continues to thrive as an activegraduate student organization dedicated to providing a forum for furthering excellence inengineering education. The organization sponsors numerous events to help graduate studentsprepare for careers in academia, to help undergraduate

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

also to retain women andgirls in these disciplines. Young women entering colleges and universities in the areas ofscience, engineering, and technology are disadvantaged by their lack of computer experienceand, we hypothesize, other technology experience as well.4 They appear to have career goals thatare not as well defined as those of their male counterparts, and often lack confidence in theirabilities.5,6 They may also encounter college and university classes that are unfriendly to them,impeding their learning. The absence of women faculty and mentors both within the classroomand outside of it, few women peers in their classes, and the lack of supportive networks cancreate a “chilly climate” for women in non-traditional fields. It is during

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Virgil Cox; Stephen Kuyath

Session: 1793 Diversity in Engineering Technology: The Community College Perspective Stephen J. Kuyath, Virgil Cox UNC Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology, Charlotte, NC / Dean, Engineering Technology, Gaston College, Dallas, NCAbstractWomen and minorities are less likely to choose careers in science, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) as noted in a report from the National Science Foundation (NSF). An NSFsponsored consortium including Gaston College, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte(UNC Charlotte) and

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Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robin Sanders; John Favata; David Kukulka; David Barker

areas of in computer science, computer technology, mechanical engineeringtechnology, electrical engineering technology or mathematics. CSEMS better preparesthe scholarship recipients to enter the workforce and with less education incurred debtthan the typical undergraduate student.CSEMS emphasizes the importance of recruiting students to high technology disciplines,mentoring and supporting students through degree completion, and partnering withindustry to facilitate student career placement in the high technology workforce. Programgoals include: • Increasing the numbers of highly skilled and well educated individuals in technical areas of national need; • Improving the educational opportunities for CSEMS scholars; • Increased

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Monica Gaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

professionals—white men, minority men,white women, and minority women—and to design educational requirements that accommodatethese different strategies or educational pathways. Our NSF-funded Alternate Pathways toSuccess in Information Technology (APSIT∗) program is seeking to explore the nature of the ITand engineering educational and career pathways used by successful female and minorityGeorgia Tech alumni. In particular, the specific goals of this project are: • To define alternate indices of IT and engineering success that reflect a broader interpretation of societal value than indicated by yearly income and job prestige. • To determine the nature of successful IT and engineering educational and career pathways used by women and other

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

the technological level of theirbusinesses to offset the loss of low skill level manufacturing work to foreign competition. As themanufacturing environment evolves, the level of education of the workforce will increase. To pre-pare for this change in the Grand Rapids area a new initiative was begun to increase the number ofstudents pursuing manufacturing education.The Articulation and Integration of Manufacturing Education (AIME) project [2] is focused onincreasing the number of students pursuing manufacturing education by streamlining the educa-tional process. The first goal of the project is to expand the number of high school graduateschoosing manufacturing careers. This begins in the middle schools when students are starting toform

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Naomi Chesler; Donna Riley

workshop participants to conceptualize and discuss career issues in a novel,representative way and allowed other participants to see their struggles and accomplishmentsthrough their eyes. Thus, visual representation of positive and negative aspects of being a part ofthe engineering academy may be a useful strategy for men and women in engineering to discusstheir career issues and to find community support.I. IntroductionIt is well known that women are under-represented in the engineering workforce nationwide [1].In colleges and universities, fewer women than men become engineering faculty members andfewer women than men make rapid progress up the academic ladder [2]. There are many andvaried explanations for these disparities including that there

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Diversity: Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

school counselor awareness ofand interest in the career and educational opportunities for students with aptitudes in math,science, engineering and technology. It has been confirmed through high school studentinterviews that few, if any, know or understand what engineering technology is. By raising thecommunity awareness about engineering and engineering technology, it is believed that morestudents will enroll in these programs.The third goal is to better align the curricula between the community colleges’ Associate ofApplied Science (AAS) degree programs and UNC Charlotte’s Bachelor of Science inEngineering Technology (BSET) degree programs. UNC Charlotte currently has a 2+2 program,and is in the process of developing the lower division courses

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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sayward Touton; Cory McDonald; Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

typically have diverse interests and are service motivated. Thegraduate student mentor is also the team leader and guides both students based on his/her owncollege experience. Both mentors encourage good study habits, involvement in a professionalengineering society, and career planning. Each group is required to meet at least twice a week toensure that everyone is participating and to discuss issues of concern. Usually, the meetings arenot all business. They are generally time to socialize and have fun together, because socialinteraction is important in developing relationships and gaining trust within the group. Someteam activities have been: volunteering at the humane society, hiking to a local waterfall, andcooking dinner together. This paper

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IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sandra Moore Furneaux; Randa Shehab; M Jayne Fleener; Kim Warram; Elizabeth Kvach; Betty Harris; Anne Reynolds; Teri Reed Rhoads; Susan Walden; Teri Murphy; Deborah Trytten

gives insight into industrial engineering (IE) student perceptions of IE.The perceptions were grouped into three broad themes: Career Profile, Discipline Profile, andDiscipline Meta-Profile. The Career Profile includes the availability of multiple career paths andflexible careers in this discipline in addition to the potential for the attainment of status throughentry into management. People-oriented, broad, and systems-oriented are terms that were used todescribe the Discipline Profile. Discipline Meta-Profile is used to describe the participant’sperception of other people’s perceptions of industrial engineering (i.e. what IE students thinkother people think). These participants felt that other engineers think of IE as easy, or"imaginary

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating

University of South Carolina 8 AbstractThis is the first paper in the panel session of the National Collaborative Task Force for reform ofprofessionally oriented engineering graduate education to make it more relevant to the needs of industryto ensure a strong U.S. engineering workforce for competitiveness. Because the practice of engineeringfor technological innovation is changing and because engineering education cannot meet all of therequirements relevant to the needs and skill sets required for career-long growth of engineers in industry,within the standard four-year baccalaureate curriculum, there is a heightened sense of urgency that majoreducational reform is needed at the graduate level. The

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leann Yoder; Stephen Kuyath

JETS competitionhosted by UNC Charlotte.Rationale for the Project:In the near future, the United States will face a serious shortage of scientists, engineers,technologists, and mathematicians because high school students from underrepresented groupsare losing interest in these subjects1. These students are depriving themselves of many technicaland scientific career choices, as well as access to high salaried occupations2. In 1995, womenconstituted about 46 percent of the U.S. labor force but only about 22 percent of the scientificand engineering labor force3.The National Science Foundation (NSF) report “Women, Minorities, and Persons withDisabilities in Science and Engineering: 2000” states that, although some progress has beenmade at all

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Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Press (2003) indicated that for the first time, womenoutnumbered men among those applying to U.S. medical schools.15 According to the Center forWomen's Business Research (2004), the number of privately-held majority or 50% women-owned businesses grew by 11% between 1997 and 2002.16 However, despite these substantialincreases in the number of women entering law, medicine, and business, previously dominatedby men, there is still a scarcity of women in the field of engineering.17 Nearly one-third ofwomen who are enrolled in technical university classes believe that professors of these classes donot treat women and men equally.18 If an initial interest to pursue technical careers is notpresent, young women entering institutions of higher learning