Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Timothy A Poynton, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

all the factors listed above, Suffolk University’s EE program, at theencouragement of its industrial partners, is putting extra emphasis on power concepts in itscurriculum, and is promoting careers in power to its students.Encouraging underrepresented Boston students with financial need to study EE atSuffolkIn order to encourage underrepresented Boston students with financial need to study EE atSuffolk, the EE program was awarded an NSF S-STEM grant EE Scholars at Suffolk University.For this grant, the EE partnered with three local Boston Public High Schools and companies fromthe electric power industry so that these scholarship recipients can gain exposure to their industry.The partner schools, TechBoston Academy (70% African American, 20

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. She is passionate about active learning and strategies to improve electrical and computer engineering education, as well as increasing the number of women in engineering. She is a PI on an NSF S-STEM ECE Scholars grant, which provides scholarships and academic support to finan- cially needy and academically strong transfer students. Dr. Miguels teaching interests include MATLAB, circuits, linear systems, signal processing, digital image processing, and data compression. Dr. Miguel is a member of the IEEE, ASEE, SWE, and Tau Beta Pi. She has held several officer positions within the American Society for Engineering Education (Campus Representative, 2012-2013 ECE Division Chair, and 2013-2015 Chair Elect of the ASEE

Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University; Taipeng Zhang, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

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