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Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joyce Palmer Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

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state committees and received numerous recognitions. Page 22.441.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Designing and Implementing Teacher Professional Development in Nanoscale Science and Engineering: What makes for a successful program.AbstractNanoscale science and engineering is considered by many to be the next “industrial revolution.”The NSF estimates that by 2015 nanoscale science and engineering will be a $2.0 trillionindustry with the U.S. needing approximately 1 million workers. The Georgia Institute ofTechnology’s National Nanotechnology Infrastructure

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Lisa Stapley Randall, Arizona State University; Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University

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(ITEST,2007) program.1 The project served over 100 students via a highly engaging after-schoolengineering education program in four middle schools from traditionally under-representedpopulations. Embedded within the project were opportunities to provide discovery-basedlearning experiences during summer industry internships around “renewable energy andresources” hosted at a local water and energy company. The specific bioremediation unit wasdelivered during a summer internship, which served 22 eighth-grade students.The role of creative and critical thinkers is more important than ever. As our population andconsumption rapidly grow it is vital that we find innovative and creative new solutions toproblems of energy, food, housing, health care

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas; Sarah H. Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota; Brian Phillip Jensen, University of St. Thomas

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week for three hours. Toaccommodate the variety of labs involved, the class took place in various rooms,exposing the students to a computer classroom, a machine shop, an electrical engineeringlaboratory, a thermodynamics laboratory, and a physics studio. This somewhat unusualroom scheduling was intended to expose the students, most of whom had never had anengineering course before, to experiences that mirrored that of an engineering major asclosely as possible.Given the importance of hands-on learning in STEM education, each unit in this coursehas at least one lab associated with it. These labs were intended to give students ideas forways to apply the material in their own classrooms. Two types of labs are included in thecourse: (1) “common

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Christian D. Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Monica Christine Rothermel, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Shrake, University of Pittsburgh; Briana Niblick, University of Pittsburgh

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RET Site and to provide guidance to other RET sites interested in modifying orexpanding their programs.Pitt’s RET SiteEstablished in the spring of 2005, the core objective of Pitt’s RET Site is to develop strategiesthat address the critical challenges facing our K-12 educational system in STEM fields. Thesewell-documented challenges 1-2 relate to the degradation of our nation's technologicalcompetitiveness and the significant decline in the number of K-12 students interested in STEMsubjects. Many have argued that educators of our next generation of technical leaders,particularly those at the pre-college level, are the critical links for overcoming these challenges.Thus, our approach is to expose and train teachers on what it means to be an

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological Univeristy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-569: HIGH SCHOOL ENTERPRISE: AUTHENTIC ENGINEERINGEXPERIENCES IN SECONDARY EDUCATIONDouglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological UniversityJean Kampe, Michigan Technological UniversityValorie Troesch, Michigan Technological Univeristy Page 15.642.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 High School Enterprise: Authentic Engineering Experiences in Secondary EducationAbstractThe need for more, and better prepared, individuals entering STEM (science, technology,engineering, and math) education is well documented by several organizations.1 High SchoolEnterprise (HSE) is an extra- or in-curricular school activity in which students

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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2003 Distinguished Teacher Award. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-Poly’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included two edited books, 4 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 40 journal articles, and 90 conference papers. Moreover, he has mentored 67 high school students, 86 high school teachers, 21 undergraduate summer interns, and 11 undergraduate capstone-design teams, and graduated seven M.S. and four Ph.D. students.Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University MAGUED ISKANDER is Associate Professor and Graduate Adviser of the Civil Engineering Department at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stanley Hunley, Michigan State University; Joshua Whitman, Michigan State University; Seungik Baek, Michigan State University; Xiaobo Tan, Michigan State University; Drew Kim, Michigan State University

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current projectbased on these assessments. Page 15.715.2 11. IntroductionThe Office of Recruitment and K-12 Engineering Education Outreach at Michigan Statedesigned to attract prospective engineering students from middle and secondary schoolsthrough a plethora of visiting opportunities and workshops, some of which include:Design Day, Grandparents University, Wireless Integrated Microsystems (WIMS) Pre-College Enrichment Programs, which includes WIMS for Teens and WIMS for Womenin Engineering [1]. At such venues, the visitors are exposed to actual research and areinvited to engage in hands-on

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

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“Science and Technology inthe Arts” course at a urban art and media communication liberal arts and science college. This structureincludes 1) a procedure to guide students in the generation of the “Definition of the project”, 2) thegeneration of a valid and reliable rubric to assess the project and 3) instructions for the evaluators on howto use the assessment tool.The analysis of the data collected by the writer during the past two years shows a strong correlationbetween the students’, quizzes and final examination, with the grade of their self-selected project.In conclusion, it is possible to develop and implement a model that will allow engineering and technologyeducation instructors to assess the content, skills and values learned by their

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Wathen, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Hunt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Peter Ludovice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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skills gained at the lower levels. Thetaxonomy is typically applied to three domains of learning: affective, cognitive, andpsychomotor. We are concerned here only with the cognitive domain. The levels within thecognitive domain are knowledge (1), comprehension (2), application (3), analysis (4), synthesis(5), and evaluation (6). The Bloom’s categories used to describe the entries are the modifiedBloom’s categories reflecting active thinking3: Remembering (1), Understanding (2), Applying(3), Analyzing (4), Evaluating (5), and Creating (6). For analysis, each category is ranked from1-6 in the order of increasing complexity. Table 1 is a summary of the descriptions of eachcategory along with examples of students’ responses corresponding to the

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Strutz, Purdue University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Erin Bowen, Purdue University; Eric Mann, Purdue University

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primary stakeholder, issued engineering program outcomes that describe the skills,knowledge, and behaviors that are expected of students who have graduated1.A gap in the literature is a comparison of these three organizations’ lists of attributes. To bettersee how they compare, the listings of attributes of engineers that these three organizationsdeveloped are organized by similarities in Figure 1.Figure 1Comparison of Preferred Attributes of Engineers National Academy of Accreditation Board for Boeing Company5 Engineering25 Engineering and Technology1 strong sense of professionalism

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Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Winn, Virginia Military Institute; Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University

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AC 2010-708: ADJUSTING GENDER-BASED RECRUITING STRATEGIES TO FITTHE APPALACHIAN PEER-MENTOR MODELLaura Winn, Virginia Military InstituteGary Winn, West Virginia UniversityRobin Hensel, West Virginia UniversityReagan Curtis, West Virginia University Page 15.127.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Adjusting Gender-Based Recruiting Strategies to Fit the Appalachian Peer-Mentor ModelIntroductionThe well-known document often referred to as "The Rising Storm"1 suggested for the first timethat even though the U.S. remains the undisputed leader in many research and developmentareas, the country is not getting young people

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University; James Minogue, North Carolina State University; Mike Carter, North Carolina State University

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presented, demonstrating how modeling activities in the form of student-produceddrawings and notebook entries have been used to help explore scientific and mathematicalconcepts underlying engineering problems. Specifically, kit-based science and technologyeducation activities that actively support engineering problem-based learning are used as acontext for exploring the potential of these graphic-based modeling activities.IntroductionIn recent years K-12 education was to provide a strong foundation in science and mathematicsprior to formal engineering education in college. Increasingly, however, “pre-engineering”curricula have been developed as either stand-alone courses or supplemental experiences 1. Tothis end, a full or modified version of the

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Tech University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School

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immerses high school mathematics and science teachers into the design andprocesses of engineering research. Teachers conduct their research alongside engineeringstudents (undergraduate and graduate) with supervision from engineering faculty in variousdisciplines (mechanical, chemical, etc.). Of central importance to the project team is how tofoster the translation of that research into practice, specifically into the high school mathematicsand science curriculum. This paper explores the viability and flexibility of the Legacy Cycle as avehicle to (1) train teachers to be researchers, and (2) as a planning and implementation modelteachers can use to take engineering concepts and research into their classrooms.RETainUS is designed so that teachers

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Anne D'Agostino, Compass Consulting, LLC; Ed Maxa, North Carolina Cooperative Extension; Kate Guerdat, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

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for student responses. The goals of these focus groups areto answer the questions: 1) do students know what engineers do? 2) have there been changes instudent attitudes towards science, math, and engineering? 3) are students more or less interestedin pursuing a career in science, engineering, and technology? 4) do students in rural and urbancounties have different preferences in engineering activities? 5) do girls/boys have differentpreferences in engineering activities? Three focus groups were completed during the fall of 2009based on the Bioimaging and Your TV Remote modules, and data from those groups ispresented. TechXcite is an Informal Science Education program funded by the National ScienceFoundation (Grant 0638970

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virginia Mayfield, Monterey High School; Kenneth Currie, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Cynthia Rice-York, Tennessee Tech University; Dalton York, Tennessee Tech University; Cynthia Stowers, Clark Range High School; Robert Sircy, Tennessee Tech University

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as the “equipment mini-grant” to spend on resources and equipment for their classrooms to aid in the delivery andimplementation of their learning modules. The proven model for this learning module is the Legacy Cycle Module11 based on theresearch findings of the VaNTH project group. The Legacy Cycle lesson format consists of sixstages 1) a challenge question, 2) generate ideas, 3) multiple perspectives, 4) research and revise,5) test your mettle, and 6) go public. The cycle is based on current learning theory presented inHow People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience, and School6. During the summer research institute,a one-day Legacy Cycle workshop was provided to the teachers. The workshop provided theframework for the teachers to develop

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology

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by Making it FunAbstractThis paper describes a workshop, led by female Engineering Technology students with supportfrom female faculty members, that introduces engineering concepts to 4th -7th grade girls througha series of interactive laboratory experiments. The day-long workshops are offered to area GirlScouts and are intended to increase the girls’ interest in engineering. In support of this goal,hands-on experiments are carefully designed to: 1) show the girls that science can be both funand creative 2) connect science and engineering to things in everyday life that they already knowand care about 3) demonstrate that women can make a positive impact on the world with a careerin engineering.The workshops take place on the college campus

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Mora, New Mexico Tech; Ricardo Negron, WPAFB; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

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content and processes knowledge, enhance teacherattitudes and dispositions toward best teaching practices, enhance teacher self-efficacy throughattitudes of preparation in content and teaching skills, and to introduce the research-basedcurriculum.Changes in Teacher Content Knowledge—Teacher content knowledge changes were measuredwith pre/post content tests prior to and after the summer institute component of the professionaldevelopment. The tests were a mixture of multiple choice, extended answers, and in some cases Page 15.909.4performance assessments.Table 1 indicates that, overall, the 196 teachers who participated in the summer

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Liles, NCA&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, NCA&T State University

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“thinking outside of the box” in the scientific discovery process. Following is afull description of the summer camp which was intended in part to forward the purpose of theERC Education and Outreach Program and the overall vision of the Engineering ResearchCenter. Also included are 1) assessment procedures utilized to measure change in camperlearning over time; 2) discussions surrounding ways the concepts of creativity and innovationwere intrinsically linked to summer camp activities; and 3) future directions.Nano-to-Bio Summer CampHeld in summer 2009, the Nano-to-Bio Summer Camp was the result of a major collaborationamong partnering institutions, utilizing faculty and mentors from two geographically distantcampuses. This five-day commuter camp

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High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Holly Stretz, Tennessee Technological University; Angela McCulley, White County High School; Bridget Pugh, Monterey High School

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appendix provides more details of one of the legacy cycles.RET module #1: Aspect Ratio of Synthesized Polymer NanorodsA. Research SummaryNanorods have been widely investigated, and one significant application is in medicaldiagnostics4. Aspect ratio for a nanorod is defined as the length of the “fiber” divided by itsdiameter. It is believed that higher aspect ratio in the nanorod will contribute to theireffectiveness in protein separations when the nanorods are combined in a composite withhydrogels and then the composite is used in electrophoresis5. Electrophoresis is the movementof charged molecules (proteins) through the hydrogel driven by electrical current. In addition,balance of properties for the hydrogel composite is important, and nanorods

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Wendell, Tufts University; Kathleen Connolly, Tufts University; Christopher Wright, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University; Mike Barnett, Boston College; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Ismail Marulcu, Boston College

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give educators reasonto conclude that engineering design tasks can truly foster science learning? In Table 1, we reviewthree approaches to design-based science instruction at the elementary and middle school level inNorth America: design-based modeling by Penner, Giles, Lehrer, and Schauble,13 engineeringfor children by Roth,12 and Learning by Design™ by Kolodner and colleagues.2 We focus onthese approaches because they are representative of the field, and because information isavailable about their theoretical background, their principles of curriculum design, and theirfindings on learning.A variety of science content areas have been addressed through these three approaches to design-based science instruction. The design tasks chosen to

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

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further. This figure is rather startling considering the fact that women compriseroughly 56 percent of the undergraduate population. Lisa Tsui, author of the aforementionedreference, gathered data from six undergraduate engineering programs that enroll and graduate asignificant percentage of women. She identified three common factors which appear to affectthis relatively high degree of success. They are as follows: ≠ More female-focused recruitment opportunities are necessary; ≠ Community outreach fosters recruitment; 1 ≠ Both recruitment and outreach efforts must include undergraduate students.1 Tsui, Lisa

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elsa Head, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University

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-phasemodel to create a sustainable program that empowers teachers to gain independence in teachingin these previously unfamiliar content areas.IntroductionThe Tufts University Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP) is an outreachprogram designed to assist K-12 teachers in integrating engineering and technology across alldisciplines.1 The program was founded in 2001 as a response to the incorporation of engineeringand technology into the Massachusetts’ Science & Technology/Engineering CurriculumFramework.2 The additions to the framework placed new responsibilities on teachers who hadlittle previous engineering and technology experience. K-12 teachers are not necessarilyexpected to become experts in each field they teach, but are

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henry Harms, Stevens Insititue of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

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likely (4) to use this module again. Previous ASEE papers have shared detailedfindings on teacher impact and student learning.1, 2Five online short courses have been developed to provide teachers with the backgroundknowledge needed to insure successful implementation of the instructional modules and toincrease their experience in online collaboration. The courses deliver content through readings,videos and interactive assignments. Participating teachers engage in discussions that focus onstrategies for implementing the modules within their classrooms and in collaboration with otherschools. Three of the short courses; Core Concepts of Systems Engineering, Reverse Engineeringand Home Lighting for Developing Countries were piloted in November and

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

describes high school STEM lessons created by three undergraduate MechanicalEngineering students. The students participated in a classroom outreach program called ComputerScience Investigations (CSI: Cincinnati) as part of the Mentoring for Connections to Computing effortfunded by the National Science Foundation’s Broadening Participation in Computing program. The CSIprogram performs computing-themed pre-college outreach with a team of undergraduates who deliveroriginal lessons with hands-on activities and interact with high school students in their classroom. Thispaper describes three lessons: (1) pipe design layout based on CAD drawings for an industrial bakerykitchen, (2) computer vision systems using optical illusions and cupcake decorating

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Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Lisa Grable, North Carolina State University; Patricia Dixon, Florida State University; Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University

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program consist of three major thrusts: (1) aresearch experience for teachers, (2) a Young Scholars program for high school students, and (3)summer camps for middle school girls and minorities. Along with faculty, graduate andundergraduate students act as mentors to both the teachers and precollege students. Assessmentdata are being collected to gauge the efficacy of the precollege program.IntroductionThe Future Renewable Electrical Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Centeris an NSF-supported engineering research center (ERC). The vision of FREEDM is an efficientpower grid integrating highly distributed and scalable alternative generating sources and storagewith existing power systems to facilitate a green energy based society

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Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andres Goza, Rice University; David Garland, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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wished to study architecture. This indicates the success of DREAM inpresenting physics concepts in an exciting and intellectually stimulating format.IntroductionOver the range of years form 2006-08, 25% of Houston’s population was African American and37% Hispanic or Latino 1 . Students from these groups, however, are generally underrepresentedin college, specifically in the STEM fields. Nationally only 11% of baccalaureate degrees in Page 15.953.2engineering were conferred to these two groups in 2006 2 . Over 30% of both the AfricanAmerican and Hispanic/Latino population in the US is under the age of 18 3,4 . Therefore,extending knowledge of STEM

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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engineering activity. A new 30,000 sq.ft. building was nearingcompletion and two issues were being addressed: an outdoor art piece needed to be placed in frontof the building as per requirements by the university to provide 1\2 percent of the building’sconstruction cost to visible public art work. This was accomplished through the purchase of avibrant sculpture created by Charles McGee, a prominent artist from the Detroit area and shown inFigure 1. As with the artwork placed across campus since the mid 1990s, the McGee sculpturepresented a clear statement that there were definite ties between various disciplines across campus,especially with engineering and art. The visible nature of the art displays made it clear to allentering non art oriented

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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scientific concepts, concepts that might be beyond their students’ reachwhen not assisted. After the demonstrations and a brief review of the engineering design process,teachers worked in groups of four, and were required to test materials, then design, build, andtest a dwelling that reduces heat transfer in order to keep a penguin-shaped ice cube frommelting1 as can be seen in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1. Constructing the ice-penguin dwelling. Page 15.461.4As can be seen in Figure 1, using the material provided and after demonstrations and lectures,workshop participants begin to make decisions about designing a structure

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Silvia Carreño, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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. Page 15.451.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Eliciting P-12 Mexican Teachers’ Images of Engineering: What Do Engineers Do?AbstractThis study collected data using a modified Draw an Engineer (DAE) test followed up byunstructured informal interviews. The 134 Mexican teachers participating in the study weregiven the DAE test at the beginning of an unrelated workshop. The purpose of the DAE test wasto determine individual conceptions of engineers and engineering. Analysis of the teachers’drawings and answers to question prompts indicated the emergence of three main categories: 1)Engineers in action, 2) Occurrence of gender, and 3) Engineering tools. Drawings recorded asRepairing-Building