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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn A Vallas, University of Virginia; Wraegen Williams, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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Minorities in Engineering

leader in innovation.1, 2 Therefore, we must rectify the situation to guarantee our Page 22.623.2prominence in the rapidly changing global economy.Many have stated that the United States is in turmoil due to its ill investment in education andinnovation.3-6 For example, America once led the world in high school graduation rates, butcurrently we rank 18th out of 24 industrialized countries.1, 7 Nationwide, less than 10% ofstudents in the United States pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) disciplines, whereas 75% of students in India and China are pursuing educationalopportunities in these arenas.8, 9 This is concerning as

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

program that has the potentialto strengthen the engineering education pipeline.1. IntroductionThe Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) at San Francisco State University is a two-weekresidential program held on campus at SFSU. The SEI program is part of a Minority Science andEngineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant funded by the US Department of Educationthrough collaboration with Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community college in RedwoodCity, California since 2008. The goals of the program are to introduce students to theengineering educational system and the engineering profession, to recruit students into anengineering field, increase student awareness of resources and skills needed for college success,and to increase student knowledge

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea M. Ogilvie, University of Texas, Austin

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Minorities in Engineering

= 417) in the CockrellSchool of Engineering. The average one year retention rate in engineering for EOE FIGparticipants is 92 percent, 11 points above the college average. The average two year retentionrate in engineering for EOE FIG participants is 78 percent, 12 points above the college average.Goals and ObjectivesFIGs led by the EOE Program are designed to increase the retention rate of first year AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, and Native American students in the Cockrell School of Engineering. EOEFIGs were initiated to address the following challenges: (1) gap in retention rates betweenminority and non-minority students in the Cockrell School of Engineering; (2) large percentageof African American, Hispanic, and Native American students with

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Scott Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

grades) to learn about engineering and experience hands-on labs in auniversity atmosphere. It's an opportunity for students to explore the different types ofengineering available at many universities. The aim of EPIC is to expand the College ofEngineering mission to K-12 students: "To educate students for careers of service, leadership anddistinction in engineering or other fields by using a participatory, learn by doing, ‘hands-on’approach" (Figure 1).Figure 1. High school students in the EPIC summer engineering program do hands-on labactivities to explore different engineering disciplines.The program goal is to inspire a diverse set of students to become engineers, while a secondarygoal is for those students to apply to the College of

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Shelby Gilbert, Ed.D., Florida Gulf Coast University; Yves J. Anglade, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Minorities in Engineering

SAT practice tests each week. They also planned for college and exploredcareers during multiple workshop sessions.Program ResultsThe test results for the 2010 Summer SAT and College Preparation Programs are presented inFigure 1. As illustrated in the chart at right, 83% of students in all 2010 camps who took pre- andpost-tests increased their practice SAT scores. That percentage is up from 67% in 2009, due inpart to extended programming that increased the average number of camp hours. A studentevaluation was also conducted to identify the effectiveness of the Camps. The results of thesurvey are presented in Figure. On student evaluations 72% of students reported improvedreading skills, 75% noted better writing skills, and 89% acknowledged

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Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phillip S. Dunston, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

potential to serve as a model for other graduate programs that are trying to engage theirMasters and Ph.D. students in cohort experiences during their graduate careers. Via REACHassessment efforts, benefits of such experiences might be identified for first-time graduatestudents.This paper presents information on the assessment efforts based on field observations of theinteractions of Scholars and mentors at REACH meetings and on activities and one-on-oneinterviews with scholars. To explore the Scholars’ experiences in their transitions to graduateschools and within the REACH program, we prepared the following research questions to guideboth the interview process and data analysis: 1. What are the challenges during the transition from

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

in engineering educationresearch on underrepresentation. We find it important to remind the engineering educationresearch community of the theoretical and methodological limitations of homogenous reliance onone metaphor to guide research studies. This paper critically explores the discourse of “pipeline”as an aim to (re)introduce to engineering education researchers both the method of discourseanalysis as well as alternative metaphorical frameworks. We use empirical data collected forADVANCE Purdue’s Academic Career Pathways study using oral history and participatoryresearch methods to explore the consequences of pipeline metaphor’s predominance. These dataare the academic stories of STEM faculty and help us explore: 1) what theoretical

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Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine A Broom, University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Wendy Lynn Klassen, University of British Columbia, Okanagan ; Carolyn Labun, Ph.D., University of British Columbia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

issues embedded in aframework of concern for the welfare of other people. Care is a necessary component ofsuccessful group work and is thus related to effective engineering design by the researchers, asengineering frequently depends on multi-disciplinary teams.This paper presents the findings of a collaborative study that explored stereotypes and how thesemight be addressed. In particular, it discusses:1) if previous research describing the presence of gender stereotypes among both male andfemale students about the engineering profession as non-caring and non-collaborative issupported in this study, with a particular focus on upper elementary school age children;2) if male and female students have similar or varying views/stereotypes; and3

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Harold Jay Harris, Eastern Illinois University School of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

1biometric systems derive their fundamental accuracy from the following parameters :- False Match Rate (FMR): Is the probability that an imposter will be accepted as a genuine user by incorrectly judging a match in his or her enrollment template- False Non-Match Rate (FNMR): Is the probability that a genuine user will be rejected by incorrectly judging a mismatch in his or her enrollment template- Failure To Enroll (FTE): Is the probability that a given user will be unable to enroll in a biometric systemFMR and FNMR are dependent variables and their relationship to one another can be describedby the Receiving Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC) shown in Figure 1

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Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne E. Donnelly, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

now called the LouisB. Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP). This program is aimed at increasingthe quality and quantity of students successfully completing STEM baccalaureate degreeprograms and increasing the number of students who continue to graduate school. In the first 14years of the program more than 225,000 bachelor's degrees were awarded to minoritiesparticipating in LSAMP. More than 200,000 students are now enrolled in programs across thecountry, graduating approximately 25,000 students per year.1 Although LSAMP and othernational programs such as the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program haveresulted in a pool of minority students earning bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields, there has notbeen a

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Emmanuel Gurrola

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Minorities in Engineering

minority students in STEM related fields. The proposed modelspans the educational engineering spectrum, impacting high school students and teachers,undergraduate and graduate students through structured education, research and mentoringactivities. The main components of the present model are: 1) Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering (T3E) program 2) Peer Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP) 3) Optimization Models for Engineering Research Class 4) Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Engineering Optimization 5) Speaker Seminar Series & Graduate School SeminarFirst, through the participation of high school teachers in the Teaching Teachers to TeachEngineering (T3E) program, teachers benefit by having a tested set of standards

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota EPSCoR

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Minorities in Engineering

students who aspire toseek higher education degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)by 1) creating a strong alliance between the universities and the state’s tribal colleges; 2)implementing an initiative of research capacity building in tribal colleges that will engage tribalcollege faculty and baccalaureate anticipatory STEM majors in basic scientific research; and 3)engaging tribal college students in research using a tribal college-university collaborative modelfor research mentoring. Recent educational research has shown that students who engage inresearch projects are more likely to enroll in and complete STEM degree programs whencompared to other students. Increased understanding of the research process, a shift

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M Riley, Smith College; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

theory have been slow to enter the world ofengineering education, yet they offer some important leaps forward for the engineering educationcommunity. In particular, they bring to light some problematic assumptions or myths thatinfluence our framing of “the problem,” our development of research questions, our studydesigns, and our interpretation of findings.This paper examines three myths of gender and race that operate in engineering education, anduses a review of the literature as well as findings from the authors’ research to address them.Myth 1: Gender Difference and Gender EssentialismWhen engineering education researchers study gender, they often construct studies to look fordifference. Studies reviewing the literature on why women are

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Ansari, Virginia State University; Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Krishan Agrawal, Virginia State University; Arthur Fridrich, Virginia State University

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Minorities in Engineering

projectoutcomes are listed. Lessons learned from this project at VSU as well as the intellectual merit ofthe program are outlined. The broader impact of the project is discussed.IntroductionIn 2005, the National Science Foundation awarded a Historically Black Colleges and UniversityUndergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Implementation grant to the Virginia State University(VSU).The HBCU-UP Implementation Project provides support to implement a comprehensiveinstitutional project to strengthen STEM education and research. The strategies should be theresult of an institutional STEM self-analysis, address institutional and NSF goals, and have thepotential to result in significant and sustainable improvements in STEM program offerings 1.The UniversityVirginia State

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elyce Winters, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Jennifer Dellaposta, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christine Szaraz, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Minorities in Engineering

. Table 1: Freshman Cohort 2008 by Gender Mean Mean credits earned Gender grade point average (two semesters) Female 2.918 29.269 Male 2.718 26.092Ethnicity, economic background, and status as the first in family to attend college are also factorsimpacting undergraduate students’ preparation for and experience of STEM study. For example,Trenor et al (2008)16 found that “…being a minority student was significantly related to notknowing an engineer (p. 454);” this finding is particularly relevant in light of research (forexample, Amenkhienan, C. and Kogan, L

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jones, Louisiana State University; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University; Vaneshette Henderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Minorities in Engineering

while attrition rates for those students starting in engineering haveincreased during the last quarter of the 20th century 2, 3. This is happening as the first wave ofengineers from the baby boom years prepare to retire from the active workforce; thus, thiscreates a gap between the insufficient number of engineers (and other scientist & technologyworkers) entering the workforce and the number of technologically focused researchers andinnovators needed to continue economic growth 1.Nationally, minorities and women continue to be under-represented in the engineering fields 4,and the ability to increase engineering undergraduate enrollment, persistence and graduation ofthis group will be necessary to meet the demand for more engineers 1, 5

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida; Cameron Ford, University of Central Florida; Kim Small, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

years (freshman and sophomore) of a student’s college career in a STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline. In the book Talking About Leaving, WhyUndergraduates Leave the Sciences4, it is stated that nationally 40 percent of undergraduatestudents leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and60 percent leave mathematics. The losses are disproportionately greater among women andminorities (also seen with the one-year retention numbers at our university; see Table 1).Thefeeling of a small college experience and a supportive learning community are some of thefeatures that make EXCEL a successful, retention program. Over 90% of the 2006 EXCELapplicants (n = 247) indicated in their

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Diane Sieber, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ann Scarritt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Minorities in Engineering

-college academic preparation is a critical barrier to admission into engineeringcolleges, with only 4% of US African American and Latino high school graduates having theacademic preparation to directly enter a four-year engineering program.1 In response to ourcollege’s unacceptably low diversity numbers and this preparation gap, in 2009 CU-Bouldercreated the Engineering GoldShirt Program.Engineering GoldShirt Program OverviewThe Engineering GoldShirt Program’s goals are to provide expanded opportunity and aperformance-enhancing “GoldShirt” year for motivated high school graduates who are not yetfully prepared to succeed in an undergraduate engineering program, and to thereby increaseenrollment and retention of students historically

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Minorities in Engineering

with plenty of available table space to complete the hands-on activities as well as develop the flight payload is the right choice to conduct this course. Page 15.1113.4 Figure 1. First lesson on soldering during Student Ballooning Course The students are first provided an overview of the previous balloon launch and recovery for various science experiments, introduced to electronic components, circuit drawing and prototyping, different sensors for measuring atmospheric parameters, data acquisition and data logging, analog to digital converter, real time clock etc. Then the students are made familiar with the BASIC Stamp

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Emin Yilmaz, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Craig Daughtry; Geoffrey Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Wallops Flight Facility; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

22.4.2undergraduate STEM majors were also supported by MDSGC. MDSGC/NASA has renewedtheir support annually till date. The scope of the project has been refined and integrated withmulti-year project (2006-2009, extended to August 2011 through no-cost extension) funded byUSDA with the title “Environmentally Conscious Precision Agriculture (ECPA): A Platform forActive Learning and Community Engagement” for which the primary author serves as theprincipal investigator (PI). These efforts have drawn strong student participation and the resultsand activities have been disseminated through websites, outreach activities, conferencepresentations and publications [1-5]. Some of the new directions integrated with the broad scopeof these projects at UMES includes (i

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise Community College

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Minorities in Engineering

transfer to a four-year institution, to have financial support andresources available after transfer, and to encourage the students to go for a Master’s orPhD degree full-time after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree.1-8In Fall 2008, we began to investigate how the successful activities developed with localCCs could be adapted, expanded, and modified to work with non- metropolitan (rural)CCs. The CCs chosen were Arizona Western College, Central Arizona College, andCochise College. These CCs were not located close to ASU or any university and werefrom one to four hours distance by car. Central Arizona College is only about an hourdistance from ASU. The trips to Cochise or Arizona Western take three- four hours. Inaddition, the CCs had never had

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Science in Cognitive Science from MIT. Professor Rubineau’s research focuses on the informal social dynamics that generate and perpetuate in- equalities in organizations. This focus has yielded three primary research streams: (1) referral dynamics and job segregation, (2) social network effects and sex segregation in engineering, and (3) professional socialization of physicians and racial disparities in patient care. The first stream, referral dynamics and job segregation, explores practices and policies organizations can implement to reduce the segregating effects of recruitment using word-of-mouth referrals. The second stream, social networks and sex segregation in engineering, scrutinizes the role of a person’s

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quintin S. Hughes, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

Qualitative Study of How African American Engineering Students Define SuccessThere have been many calls to build the Nation’s STEM workforce by attracting and educatingmore students in academic STEM programs.1-4 Much of the emphasis has been placed onbuilding more diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fieldsby focusing attention and resources towards building equitable representation of STEMgraduates among under-represented groups.2, 3, 5 One potential pitfall to establishing morediversity in STEM fields may be a lack of understanding of the differences among our under-represented and under-served groups. In particular, it may be important to understand whether ornot there are differences in how under

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

activities developed and presented are successful in fulfillingtheir purpose of motivating the high school students to consider a college education. A soliduniversity-tribal college collaborative platform has been established via NATURE and itspredecessors. The platform could serve as a launching pad for other collaborative STEMinitiatives.References[1] Monette, G.,1995. High Plains Rural Systemic Initiative, NSF-RSI Award # 9554467 to Turtle MountainCommunity College and Systemic Research Inc. NSF-RSI Key Indicator Report, 2004, Pages 74, 81, 82 and 86.[2] Davis, C. A., Padmanabhan, G., and Pieri, R. V., 1998. An Adaptive Systemic Initiative of Tribal Collaborationfor Increasing Native American Participation in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Victoria Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Rican-born parents). *U.S. Natives with Native Parentage or Third-and-higher Generations—U.S.-born citizens withboth parents born in the United States (including persons born as U.S. citizens in foreigncountries with two U.S.-born.”[8]The Hispanic profile we would like to study are Hispanic currently or recently enrolled in K-12that consider going to higher education. The following table describes the personas.Table 1 - Personas Born K-12 Education Parents1. Joseph Non US US US citizen2. Judy US US Non-US citizen3. John Non US Non US US

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 22.224.3to learn how they work; there are rarely opportunities to enhance their vicariouscapabilities (learning through watching others). Also, many K-12 math and scienceprograms across the country lack the resources needed to prepare students to studyengineering11. This is just one of the many challenges these students face whenconsidering the pursuit of an engineering degree. This fact can be summed up as noted byBandura: “diversity in social practices produces substantial individual differences in thecapabilities that are cultivated and those that remain underdeveloped”1.Math and science skills are underdeveloped in urban communities which may leadminority students to pursue careers in athletics, entertainment, cosmetology, humanities

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

students in engineering and computer science. Additional students in the FultonSchools major in construction. Additionally, located in the ASU/Maricopa County area is one ofthe largest community college districts in the nation, the Maricopa County Community CollegeDistrict, serving over 250,000 students each year in ten independent colleges. Over 300 transferstudents enter the Fulton Schools of Engineering each year. Many ASU students have need offinancial need. In 2007-08 more than 70 percent of all ASU students received some form offinancial aid. In 2008-09, ASU awarded over $500,000 in all types of financial aid to more than46,000 students.1 In spite of this, traditionally, 80% of ASU students work

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Carrie Boykin, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-1907: A PARTNERSHIP OF NON-TRADITIONAL ACCESS INTOENGINEERING VIA NUPRIME AND THE UJIMA SCHOLARS PROGRAMRichard Harris, Northeastern UniversityCarrie Boykin, Northeastern UniversityBala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Page 15.70.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 1 A Partnership of Non-Traditional Access into Engineering via NUPRIME and The Ujima Scholars ProgramBackground:There are social and cognitive factors which may hinder the academic achievement of under-represented minority (URM) students in science and

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Anders Sonnenburg, Xcel Energy; Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy; Meron Demissie, Mortenson Construction

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Minorities in Engineering

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Cristina Villalobos, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Wrinkle, University of Texas, Pan American; Olga Ramirez, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American

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American (UTPA) andSouth Texas College (STC), a two-year community college, to facilitate student engagement andsuccess in STEM areas. Both UTPA and STC are Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). TheCCRAA grant funded four specific activities: ≠ Activity 1: Enhanced Student Services – STEM Advisement and Mentoring Program and STEM Calculus I Student Assistant Support Program; ≠ Activity 2: Curriculum Reform– Curriculum development based on Challenge-Based Instruction (CBI); ≠ Activity 3: Faculty Development – Faculty development seminars and workshops on CBI; and ≠ Activity 4: STEM Pathways Growth and Support – Dual enrollment programs at STC