Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Adam Kirsch, Crescent Valley High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

permanently integrate new understanding, particularly associated with math and science, within their cognitive framework. In his eight years as a high school teacher, Mr. Kirsch has often utilized the context of engineering and its focus upon problem solving to engage students in community-based projects. Page 14.539.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Engaging High School Students in Engineering, Science and Technology using Virtual LaboratoriesAbstractThe Virtual Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Laboratory was originally developed forcapstone projects in experimental design to be

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tara Gomez, California Institute of Technology; Oliver Loson, California Institute of Technology; Douglas Yung, California Institute of Technology; Sindhuja Kadambi, California Institute of Technology; Paul Lee, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in the biology graduate program at the California Institute of Technology, and is working towards earning a doctorate of philosophy. Oliver is investigating the role of mitochondrial genetics in diseases affecting this organelle, and is also trying to develop techniques for manipulating the mitochondrial genome.Douglas Yung, California Institute of Technology Douglas Yung earned a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Caltech, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from UCLA. He received the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship and is currently working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. His research focuses on photonics, biosensor development, microfluidics, molecular &

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Robert Stiegler, NSWC-DD

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

SMARTpermanent and lay the foundation for a National Defense Education Program that would supportthe development of a new generation of scientists and engineers who will put their human capital Page 14.1241.2resource talents to use in our nation's defense laboratories.In the words of Dr. William S. Rees Jr., former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense(Laboratories and Basic Sciences): “We don’t own the problem of American education inscience and technology, but we have to be part of the solution. The technological superiority thatour country enjoys today is something we inherited from those who invested in research andeducation in the 1960s and 1970s and it

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

participate in research. It has threemajor programmatic goals: (1) To provide biomedical engineering research training experiencesto talented undergraduates, with an emphasis on training women and members ofunderrepresented minorities, to develop a diverse, internationally competitive, and globally-engaged biomedical engineering workforce. (2) To provide hands-on laboratory experiences forundergraduate student participation in cutting edge biomedical engineering research facilitatingthe learning of research methods, laboratory skills, and problem solving in premiere researchlabs with BME foci. (3) To facilitate learning beyond biomedical science with community-basedoutreach foci with training on issues related to research ethics, organizational

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Autenrieth, Texas A&M University; Karen Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Cheryl Page, Texas A&M University; L. Diane Hurtado, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Welch, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

used to continuously improvethe program experience and impact. It should be noted that this is not a research project, and assuch, there are neither research questions nor a research design. However, the E3 program hasgoals and anticipated outcomes, and has used qualitative questions to measure these outcomes.The program has become more refined and impact is being felt through the state. Teachers arerecruited from targeted schools, but the application is open to all teachers. Selection is rigorousand competition for available positions has intensified. Selected secondary (grade 8-12) science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers work in teams of 2 with engineering facultyin his/her laboratory during a 4-week summer residential

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Tara Gomez, California Institute of Technology; Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; Pamela Aschbacher, California Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Seventh grade students and two teachers also experienced the ________ Laboratory Page 14.569.4d 120 Students also visited the ______ Science Center; 60 students and 6 teachers were provided a guided____ Lab experience concerning the physics and engineering of sailing.Pairings Meetings (Scientist-Teacher)After the XXX partnerships are formed based on the teachers’ and volunteers’ responsesto questionnaires about subject of specialty/need, schedule availability, and collaborationvision, along with past teacher’ XXX experiences. An initial meeting, or PairingMeeting, facilitated by XXX Co-Directors, is held for each of the scientist

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Sanders, Virginia Tech; Thomas Sherman, Virginia Tech; Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; James Pembridge, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students are female, 35% are non-White/Caucasian, 22% are special needs students, and about 14% have been designated as“gifted.” He spends about 25% of this teaching in lecture/demonstration, with the rest of itsupervising students working in the classroom or laboratory components of the TechnologyEducation course. He believes that 67.7% of his instruction “engages students in problem-solving activities” and believes that nearly half (48.7%) of that instruction “engages students inlearning mathematics or science.”We found significant differences between Middle School Technology Education and HighSchool Technology Education. Table 1 identifies some of these differences.Table 1: Differences between Middle School and High School Technology Education

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Friedman, Ohio State University; Linda Weavers, Ohio State University; Glenda La Rue, Ohio State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

30 4.53 4.67 4.37 Page 14.1363.4 Up, Up, & Away 27 4.52 4.44 2.93 Airplane Design 28 4.50 4.54 4.64 Nestlé: Scale-Up Design 16 4.44 4.56 4.38 Cholera 27 4.30 4.30 3.74 Parallel Sorting 29 4.14 4.31 3.59 High Voltage Laboratory Tour 28 4.11 4.29 4.25 Engineering Drawing 29 4.10

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-918: TEACHING ENGINEERING IN SINGLE-GENDERMIDDLE-SCHOOL CLASSROOMSJoy Watson, University of South CarolinaJed Lyons, University of South Carolina Page 14.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Engineering in Single Gender Middle School Classrooms AbstractStudents in middle school are often given pre-planned laboratory experiments which providelittle or no opportunity to develop creativity or problem solving skills. This paper describes aninvestigation of middle school students’ reactions to an open-ended engineering design problem,specifically to create a machine to move a Cheerio™ or a plastic egg seventy centimeters. If theproblem was solved

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Diane Hurtado, Texas A&M University; Andrew Conkey, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Thomas Blasingame, Texas A&M University; Christi Madsen, Texas A&M University; Cesar Malave, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

undergraduate students in the COE.Departmental Tours/DemonstrationsIn general the participants spent the mornings of the camp with the 12 departments in the COE.This time was intended to introduce the participants to the various engineering disciplinesincluding future career opportunities, and the types of classes they would be taking in that major.The tours varied in content and style from department to department. For the most part, theyincluded presentations, laboratory tours, and/or hands-on demonstrations.Design ProjectsThe afternoons and evening were used to prepare a design project. The participants at each campwere divided, roughly equally into 3 groups of approximately 20 participants, and assigned to aparticular design project. This division

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

providesguidance to K-5 teachers on how to use open-ended problems in their classrooms. The institutesinclude one week of instruction in engineering concepts through the use of everyday technology, Page 14.383.2directed laboratory activities, and design briefs. The institutes are designed to model the teachingmethods the participants will use in their classrooms. Previous assessment has focused on theimmediate and long term effectiveness of the institutes using surveys and focus groups4,5. Thisstudy focuses on how the prototyping process with LEGO Mindstorms in open-ended designprojects can be improved.Focus groups consisting of DTEACh practioners have

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the student activities, parent workshops, and joint parent-student activities executed in the 2007 summer are presented next.Orientation SessionAll parents and students were required to attend an orientation program held on the first day. Theorientation covered a history of the Family Science Academy, program overview, expectations,and teacher introductions. After the orientation we went into the first parent workshop session,and the students went to the lab to do their first activity planned for the day..Student ActivitiesThe students were divided into two age specific groups of 4th to 5th grades and 6th to 7th grades.Each group was taught by a separate instructor in laboratories provided by the ChemistryDepartment. Both groups worked on the

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doug Kueker, Vivayvic; Pam Newberry, Project Lead the Way

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bing Chen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Neal Grandgenett, University of Nebraska, Omaha

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

% 2% Learning about engineering 15% 6% 18% Friendliness and helpfulness of workshop staff 8% 5% 15% Learning about new resources 3% 5% 0% Learning about robotics 3% 4% 7%In all three cohorts, teachers made comments about enjoying the experience of building therobots and about how they were impressed by and learned from the hands-on laboratory sessionsof the workshops 4. They noted that they gained a better appreciation of engineering in generaland the career opportunities available to students 4. The teachers enjoyed the diversity ofexperience of the

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Bethany Fralick, University of South Carolina; Jennifer Kearn, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1372: A SURVEY OF MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDESTOWARD ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTSJed Lyons, University of South Carolina Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. His passion is developing laboratory experiments and other hands-on active learning experiences for pre-college, undergraduate and graduate students.Bethany Fralick, University of South Carolina Bethany Fralick is a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina, conducting research on engineering education.Jennifer Kearn, University of South Carolina Jennifer

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Belter, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Shirley Magnusson, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

endeavor that helps Page 14.743.14people) should also be revisited to create a program that is uniform and consistent with itslab activities.ConclusionsOverall, the Engineering Days summer program was successful in serving students ofunderrepresented groups. The combination of different hands-on laboratory activities,industry tours, speakers, and fun activities all contributed to the positive experience thestudents reported. While the survey indicated an increase in their understanding of whatengineers do, plan to study engineering in college, and confidence to be an engineer, wealso noted that most of the participants were already starting out very high

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Cook, Brigham Young University; Geoff Wright; Steve Shumway; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Becky Hammack, Stillwater Middle School; Beth Watt, Stillwater Middle School; Julie Thomas, Oklahoma State University; Adrienne Redmond, Oklahoma State University; Pat Jordan; Jean Dockers, Oklahoma State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

important inquiry science tools thatallow students to extend their everyday experiences and organize data in ways that provide newinsights. Imagination is one of the least emphasized science processes.13 Indeed, research onstudents’ perceptions of science indicates that they see scientific work as dull and rarelyrewarding, and scientists as bearded, balding, and working alone in the laboratory.14Middle school students need to be able to conceptualize science and mathematics in ways thatallow them to understand and transfer learning to new situations.1,15 Students need to learn in abalanced way. They need both procedural and conceptual knowledge.16 Conceptualunderstanding involves the concepts, operations and relations in mathematics; this web

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Klein-Gardner; Michele Dischino; Manjit Khosla, HALS Academy; Patrick Foster, Central Connecticut State University; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dan Fagan, Wallace Primary School; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Staley, Doherty Memorial High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school courses. Thesecollaborative projects provided a venue for continued dialogue between the partners. In addition,these long term projects produced instructional materials, laboratory activities, pre and post-testassessment data, and allowed for the university students to work directly with the secondaryschool students by functioning as the teacher within the engineering classes. To date, curricularunits have been developed, implemented and refined in the areas of flight, robotics, digitalcircuitry, general design activities, and renewable energy. In addition, the university students Page 14.275.26have been guest lecturers in our classes and