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Broadening Participation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

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levels inwhich certain groups have been traditionally marginalized or underrepresented in colleges,universities, and the workforce [1]. As we introduce engineering into K-12 education, we mustwork vigilantly to ensure from its inception that such patterns are not prevalent at this level.Though little research has been done looking at young children’s interest in engineering at anearly age—exposure to engineering in elementary schools in the United States has been minimalat best—research on children’s interest in and attitudes towards science is informative becauseengineering and science tend to be associated. Research has concluded that it is necessary toaddress disparities in access and exposure to science at an early age because students

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa Guerra, NASA

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solving suchchallenges, they rarely have the same representation of that process in mind. Recognizing theneed for a standardized representation of this process to structure students’ experiences, the teamundertook to clearly articulate such a representation. This effort, which is described by theauthors in a related paper10, resulted in the development of a unique, multi-level representation(Figure 1) that is accessible to high school students, applicable in engineering teacher preparationcourses, and authentic to the experience of professional engineers. Page 25.533.4Figure 1 – The UTeachEngineering representation of the engineering design

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Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Boynton P.E., Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

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commonly foundlocally – including careers such as engineering that offer entrepreneurial frameworks that couldgenerate local economic development. Page 25.536.2 Figure 1: Map of the Appalachian region of the United StatesDespite the economic and educational struggles facing the Appalachian region, little research hasbeen done regarding the vocational developments of rural Appalachian students2, and no studiesidentifying barriers that limit engineering in particular as a career choice for this population havebeen identified. As described in detail later in this paper, the work that has been done regardingvocational choice in rural

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Standards and K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rodney L. Custer, Black Hills State University; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Daniel A. Spake, Purdue University

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25.539.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineering Concept Assessment: Design & DevelopmentIntroductionWhile much of the focus on K-12 STEM education has concentrated on science andmathematics, engineering is increasingly seen as a viable educational approach. Some of thereasons include that engineering (a) provides authentic educational problem solving contexts formathematics and science; (b) may increase the number of students interested in STEM areas,particularly from underrepresented populations 1; and (c) might facilitate the technologicalliteracy of all students2. In 2009, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) convened aCommittee on K-12 Engineering Education resulting

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The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University

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theactivities in which they spontaneously engaged during their design process, such asnarrowing and framing the problem, discussing and iterating on their design, and thinkingabout feasibility and functionality in literary and classroom contexts. In the following,we highlight four episodes that capture the nature of the engineering task and illustrateHarvey and Matthew’s strategies for finding a solution.Findings1. Episode 1: Identifying the Problem and Framing the Task After Ms. J asked the students to form groups of two, she tasked each pair withdiscussing and selecting a problem to solve using engineering. As shown in the transcriptbelow, Harvey and Matthew, like many other students in the class, choose and rankproblems based on solution

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Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Shepard, University of Saint Thomas; Colton Thomas Altobell, Camp Olson YMCA

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daily news briefings of high schools, middleschools, and even elementary schools adopting and developing STEM curricula and hostingSTEM events. In addition to the focus on introducing students to STEM during the school yearthe number of STEM summer camps is also increasing. This is evident based on the numberASEE conference proceedings on “STEM Summer Camps” one finds when doing a search basedon year as displayed in Fig. 1.Figure 1. Yearly growth in the number of STEM Summer Camp papers presented at ASEE AnnualConferences (based on searches at www.asee.org/search/proceedings) Page 25.550.2STEM summer camps may also be seen as a measure in

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caridad Cruz, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, American University in Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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salt,sand, grave, beans, and/or rice to achieve required buoyancy. Teacher teams competed againsteach other. Thus the ETKs approach involved hands-on and minds-on, inquiry-based, team-oriented projects.Information to report workshop outcomes was obtained from observational and interview fieldnotes from the formal sessions, participant workshop evaluations3-4 and a 13-item workshopsurvey (adapted from the Evaluation Survey designed by Schnittka8-9), which has ten closed-ended questions for participants to rate (in a scale from 1 to 10) workshop aspects such asexcitement, teamwork, learning, success, and challenge; and three opened-ended questions todiscover participants’ likes and dislikes regarding the workshop. Furthermore an exit survey

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Service as an Element of Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

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: Bringing Math and Science to Life in the K-8 ClassroomAbstractMany sources note the rapid erosion in the United States’ competitiveness in science,technology, and engineering. They caution that the U.S. position as a global leader may beabruptly lost without a greatly expanded commitment to achieving success in advancededucation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The 2007 seminalreport regarding STEM education and careers, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”1, makesnumerous recommendations in long-term approaches to remedying this quandary. Primary tothese recommendations is the need to increase America’s talent pool by vastly improving PreK-12 STEM education.The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa M. Batula, Drexel University; T. William Mather, Drexel University; Gabe Carryon, Drexel University; Stuart Surrey, Philadelphia High School for Girls; Daniel Edward Ueda, Central High School; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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, Drexel UniversityDr. Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Page 25.587.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Evaluating the Acquisition of Engineering Confidence and Skills Through Robotics1 - IntroductionIn recent years there have been a number of studies that have cited the declining number of USstudents graduating from 4-year colleges and universities with degrees in science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM)1. Going along with this trend is a declining interest in scienceamongst US middle and high school students. Many educators are

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The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Igel, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Ronald Leonel Poveda, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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sustainability may suffer.21 Thus, it is evident that thesustainability of robotics-based activities in K-12 STEM education is strongly tied to the qualityof teacher professional development programs. Literature on professional development suggests17 that teachers sustain more skills fromprofessional development which (1) expands their knowledge and skills, (2) offers a practicalcurriculum with direct applicability in the classroom environment, and (3) enhances theireffectiveness with students. Moreover, successful professional development activities are Page 25.598.2designed to initiate change in teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions.17

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Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dani Sledz, Colorado School of Mines; Allison M. Silvaggio, STEM Magnet Lab School

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AC 2012-3160: EXCHANGE: MOUSE-WHEEL GENERATORDani Sledz, Colorado School of Mines Dani Sledz, GK-12/Bechtel Fellow,Colorado School of Mines, is a mechanical engineering graduate stu- dent with a thesis focus on manufacturability of CdTe thin film solar cells. Sledz has experience through NSF fellowships with instructing students from 1-12th grade in STEM topics and as a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate college engineering labs.Ms. Allison M. Silvaggio, STEM Magnet Lab School Allison M. Silvaggio is currently pursuing a doctorate in science education with a focus in experiential learning through the University of Colorado, Denver. Her master’s is in elementary education, curriculum and instruction, with a

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Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; Diane Johnson, University of Central Florida; Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida

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terms of women enrolled inundergraduate programs in the engineering colleges (University of Florida 22.7%, FloridaInternational University 17.7%, and University of South Florida 16%) and on par with a fourthstate university (Florida Atlantic University 13.5%)4. Approximately 50% of incoming freshmeninto CECS are from high schools in surrounding Central Florida area counties, 32% fromcounties to the south, and 11% from counties to the north. The remaining 6% of incomingfreshmen are primarily from other states, and another 1% from outside the U.S. Sixty-sixpercent of students who declare an engineering or computer science major transfer in to UCFfrom one of four feeder community colleges in the area. From these statistics, we can estimatethat at

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New and Innovative Ideas

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; Danielle Tadros, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Paul Holt; William Andrew Stoy, North Carolina State University; Joy A. Kots, Father Judge High School; Caroline Louise Schauer, Drexel University

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-graders and 60% of twelfth-graders performed at or abovethe Basic level in science in 2009. Such reports clearly indicate that the US is quicklyfalling behind other world leaders in educating the next generation of scientists andengineers.Nanotechnology is the study of materials and their properties at the nanoscale,approximately sizes between 1 and 100 nanometers. At this scale, many materials exhibitproperties and behaviors unique to the nanoscale. The applications of nanotechnologyare becoming increasingly incorporated into modern life. For example, materials such astennis rackets, makeup, and paint all utilize nanotechnology to make materials stronger,lighter and more energy efficient. Due to the high demand of a technical workforceversed in

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Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Neil Hutzler, Michigan Technological University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science; Mia Jackson, Foundation for Family Science & Engineering; Joan F. Chadde, Michigan Technological University

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, rural, and minority communities. Family Math and Family Science offerpublications and program delivery in both English and Spanish to assist in reaching diverseaudiences.In its report Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding ofEngineering9, the National Academy of Engineering concluded the public image ofengineering needed to reflect the optimism and aspirations of students and needed to beinclusive. Some common misconceptions include: (1) engineering work is a sedentary deskjob, (2) engineering is strongly linked to math and science, but not to other vital aspects, suchas creativity, teamwork, and communication, and (3) engineers are not seen as directly helpingpeople. NAE observed that many kids want a well

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Middle School Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Chandra L. Muller, University of Texas, Austin; Anthony J. Petrosino Jr., University of Texas, Austin ; Austin B. Talley P.E., University of Texas, Austin ; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin

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paper, we describe a novel afterschool engineering program targeted for middle schoolgrades. The afterschool program builds on our many years of experience in conductingengineering-based professional development for K-12 teachers. The program is founded on athree-pronged approach of: 1) engaging students in inquiry-based learning opportunities thatfeature motivation of engineering concepts with readily-available technology examples, andteam-based design projects with the National Academy of Engineering 21st Century GrandChallenges themes; 2) professional development and support for teachers to guide students inmeaningful engineering design activities; and 3) informing parents and caregivers of the fullrange of STEM college and career pathway

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Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sonja Turner, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayan Bhattarai, North Carolina A&T State University; Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, lung tissue, and heart tissue.The technique used to turn these macromolecules into Nano fibers is called electro spinning.Electro spinning is a highly versatile method used to process polymers into continuous fibers Page 25.656.3with diameters ranging from micrometers to a few nanometers [1]. It involves the use of electricalcharge to draw very fine fibers from liquids. Solvents are used to assist in the breaking down ofthe solid pieces of a polymer into a liquid solution.Using polymers to produce Nano fibers provide medical benefits as well as improvements in theuses of materials associated with energy, and building materials. Nano fibers

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Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin R. Berg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lucas A. Harder, University of Minnesota; Arthur G. Erdman, University of Minnesota

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general public and did notelicit interest or excitement in children.As shown in Figure 1, the cavities of the game board contain a variety of medical devices whichare placed in locations appropriate to their real-life use. The included medical devices consist ofan implantable artificial pacemaker, a laparoscopic trocar, a hip replacement implant, a drugdelivery pump, a femoral rod implant, a fracture plate, an oversized cardiovascular stent, and aknee replacement implant. These devices represent a variety of sub-disciplines within the field ofmedical devices and were chosen for their relatability and logical placement within the body. Page

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New and Innovative Ideas

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, project images and objects using documentcameras, and play streaming educational videos, to name a few examples. Indeed, there is anincreasing expectation by technically savvy children and their parents, as well as up-to-date Page 25.686.2school systems, that such technologies will be regular and utilized fixtures in the classroom. Thispaper argues that handheld digital video cameras, common and affordable as standalone productsor as features of cell phones and other devices, have significant potential to enhance teaching andlearning (Figure 1). In particular, these cameras may be ideal tools to support evidence-basedreasoning within engineering

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High School Students Thinking and Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Shaobo Huang, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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problems”1. The engineering design process is asystematic problem solving method and is the key element of the field of engineering.Engineering design has the potential to integrate science, technology and mathematics conceptsfor students and is essential for developing technological literacy 2. For over a decade now,experts have been calling for a push to increase technological literacy of our Nation’s K-12students 3-7.While a demand for technological literacy is loud and clear, many young people are unprepared Page 25.691.2to make informed decisions in our democratic society regarding the development of newtechnologies and their applications. The

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High School Students Thinking and Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design: Observations from Mudd Design Workshop III. Journal of Engineering Education, 2003. 92(1): p. 105-107.7.5. Jonassen, D. Design problems for secondary students. 2011, National Center for Engineering and Technology Education: Utah State University, Logan, UT.6. Maher, M. L., & Tang, H.-H. Co-evolution as a computational and cognitive model of design. Research in Engineering Design, 2003. 14(1): p. 47-63.7. Douglas, E. P., McNeill, N., Koro-Ljungberg, M., & Therriault, D. J. Dealing with ambiguity in open- ended engineering problems. Research in Engineering Education Symposium. (2011, 4-7 October). Madrid, Spain.8. Borrego, M., Newswander, C.B., McNair, L.D., McGinnis, S., Paretti, M.C

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Engineering Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Jay Caponigro, University of Notre Dame

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

worthwhile by the fifthgrade customers. The best designed robotic pets from each section of the first-year engineeringcourse, as voted on by their peers, were invited to attend a follow-on event at the intermediateschool where the fifth graders evaluated the designs. The fifth graders then completed anassignment to create an advertisement for their favorite pet. Figure 1, below, is an example of aPenguin Robot designed by a team of First-Year Engineering Students (right) and theadvertisement developed by a Fifth Grade student. Figure 1. Penguin: First-Year Design (right) & Fifth Grade Advertisement (left)For the Freewheeling Derby, the long term goal was to spur the thought process for science fairprojects for the fifth graders. The

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Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Phillip A. Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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employer of engineers in the country, predicts that by June 2012, the portionof their STEM workforce eligible to retire will more than double to 69.5 percent. Likewise,NASA is seeing similar trends in its workforce.5 The National Research Council’s 2007 reportentitled, “Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the Workforce Needs for the NationalVision for Space Exploration,” reported that the NASA workforce has been steadily aging sincethe early 1990s.17 As of 2007, the average age of a NASA scientist or engineer was 45.8 years asshown in Figure 1. In contrast, during the Apollo years, when the nation was developing thevehicles needed to begin our initial lunar exploration campaign, the average age of a NASAscientist or engineer was 26.1 Locally

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Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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creative thinking and keep students engagedin shipbuilding and repair processes. The teacher training component of these projects hasprovided training in using and implementing these modules. The paper presents the results fromcommunity college faculty workshops and from the survey of SBRCD events.Key wordsProject Based Learning; Workforce Development; STEM Education; Shipbuilding Industry.1. Introduction Old Dominion University in collaboration with three community colleges i.e. MountwestTechnical and Community College, South Lousiana Community College and Mid AtlanticMaritime Academy along with marine industry and local school systems are attempting toimprove STEM preparation using innovative experiences for students and teachers in

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Lessons learned

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Ramiro g Gonzalez, Boston Arts Academy High School; Cassandra Wallace, Boston Arts Academy High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Founded in 1998, Boston Arts Academy (BAA) is the city’s first and only high school forthe visual and performing arts [1]. It was founded on the conviction that academics and the artsare equally important to student development and achievement. The arts are integratedthroughout the academic curriculum motivating students with a variety of learning styles tosucceed in high school and pursue higher education. BAA is committed to providing a rigorousarts and academic education to urban youth who seldom have the opportunity to focus on thearts. Its 405 students reflect the diversity of the seventeen Boston neighborhoods from whichthey come: 49% are African American, 29% Latino, 17% Caucasian, 3% Asian, and 2% self-identified as Other. Nearly

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Engineering Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

just as our challenges are interrelated, so too are our opportunities for the future.”With this in mind, our state applied for and received an award from The Race To the Top fund,and our state’s STEM task force made the following recommendations: 1. Align P-12 STEM curriculum with college requirements and workplace expectations in order to prepare ALL students for postsecondary success. 2. Triple the number of teachers in STEM shortage areas who are prepared in Maryland programs, increase their five-year retention rate from an estimated 50% to 75% and enhance the STEM preparation and aptitudes for elementary and early childhood teachers. 3. Ensure that all P-20 mathematics and science teachers have the knowledge

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Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shamsnaz Virani, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Iris B. Burnham, Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts

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concluded thatalong with the understanding by design approach to curriculum they would use a systemsapproach to the defining engineering in high school.Systems engineering, as defined by International Council of Systems Engineering’s (INCOSE)Systems Engineering Handbook is a profession, a process, and a perspective as illustrated bythese three representative definitions. 1. Systems engineering is a discipline that concentrates on the design and application of the whole (system) as distinct from the parts. It involves looking at a problem in its entirety, taking into account all the facets and all the variables and relating the social to the technical aspect 8 2. Systems engineering is an iterative process of top-down

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The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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. Through a single learning activity, campers are introduced to topics related tomathematics, physics, electrical engineer, computer engineering, computer science, mechanicalengineering. These topics can be introduced subtly in engaging ways through a combination ofmini-lectures, demonstrations, and build activities.In this paper, the curriculum of the 2010 and 2011 summer camps are presented. The curriculumis broken into a number of topics: robotics 101, robot motion, robot sensing, robot software, androbot intelligence. For each topic, the sub-topics, build activities, and demonstrations will bedescribed. The camp’s two culminating competitive events will also be described; a robot BattleBot competition (as shown in Figure 1) and a robot talent

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Computer Science-related Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ning Fang, Utah State University; Karen Nielson, Utah State University; Stephanie M. Kawamura, InTech Collegiate High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

concepts such as displacement, velocity,acceleration, force, torque or moment, work, energy, impulse, momentum, and vibrations, aswell as foundational laws and principles such as Newton’s laws, the Principle of Work andEnergy, and the Principle of Linear Impulse and Momentum 1-3. Lacking a solid understandingof these foundational concepts, laws, and principles is is one of the main reasons many highschool students perform poorly in physics 4-6.Many high schools have adopted innovative instructional strategies such as in-classdemonstration, multimedia, and computer simulations, to improve students’ understanding ofphysics concepts 7-9. A significant amount of educational research has demonstrated theeffectiveness of these instructional strategies

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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thesummer of 2010, followed by three improved camps in the summer of 2011. The response wasencouraging. A few field trips were arranged and guest lecturers were invited. Airplane,helicopter, and space shuttle models were used as training aids. Students participated in flightcompetitions including range and endurance competitions. Model rocket launch was one of thewell received activities. Model aircraft flights were enjoyed by students. The guest lecturerintroduced students to Computer Aided Design (CAD) using state of the art software CATIA.Few pictures from the camp are shown in Figure 1. The overall response from the participantswas enthusiastic. Students enjoyed the hands on activities and gave encouraging feedback. At-least one of the campers

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Middle School Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Suzanne L. Berliner-Heyman, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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environment that draws mostly on math, science, andtechnology and offers major benefits to education at all levels, as it fosters essential 21st centuryskills such as problem-solving, communication, teamwork, independence, imagination andcreativity. Results indicate that, in addition to significant increases in their attitudes towardscience, mathematics and engineering, most students demonstrated increased knowledge aboutcareers in engineering and an understanding of the engineering design process by the end of theprogram.1. IntroductionThe demand for a highly qualified workforce in the information and knowledge age of thecurrent global economy continues to put pressure on institutions of higher education to producemore engineers1. But despite the