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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- Allison Quiroga P.E., University of Oklahoma; Christopher Dalton, University of Oklahoma; Lisa Morales, University of Oklahoma; Christopher Jeffries
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: Planning and Implementation (Experience)AbstractThis paper discusses the transition of an established residential Summer Bridge Program to avirtual learning experience due to the COVID-19 restrictions of summer 2020. The program aimsto increase retention of first-year engineering students through a curriculum focused on academicreadiness in math and chemistry, professional development, familiarity with campus andavailable resources, and a broad-based knowledge of engineering fields and the engineeringdesign process. Outside of the curriculum, participants build community and a sense ofbelonging with social, professional development, and philanthropic programming. With theconstraints of remote instruction, math readiness and community building were
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- Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Allison Kang, University of Washington; Lisa A. Peterson, University of Washington; Elena Maria Hernandez, University of Washington
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ResearchInstitute‟s curriculum. The units, which are integrated with the wetlab curriculum (Table 6),emphasize research ethics, research integrity, and the ethical, legal, and social implications ofgenetic research, creating an essential and powerful learning experience. Table 6. Examples of Ethics and Science Topic Pairing Ethics Science Introduction to Ethics in Science, Proper Lab Safety and Pipetting Lab Record Keeping (lab notebooks) The Search for the Structure of DNA DNA Structure and Function Tutorial/Lab (case study)These teaching modules, which close with an interactive capstone project, assist the students inmaking the
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- Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Jessica Alyce Wilson, University of South Florida; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Deonte Cooper, Bulls-Eye
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challenging technical curriculum. The core values of the program are based on the belief that mentor andmentee relationships and proven methodologies for fostering these relationships improves the effectiveness of STEM interventions forunderrepresented minorities. The effect of Bulls-EYE Mentoring will be studied through its ability to influence students’ perceptionsand attitudes towards engineering and their growth as an individual. The programs effect on undergraduate students’ desire to remainin the college of engineering will also be assessed. In addition, the effect of the program on middle school students’ STEM literacyand interest in pursuing STEM related degrees at the collegiate level. This paper presents the Bulls-EYE Mentoring
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6
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- 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Henriette D. Burns, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Mark McKenney, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Matt Johnson; Sharon Locke; Ann Vogel, iBIO Institute; Colin Wilson, Southern Illinois University; Georgia Bracey, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
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physics and a PhD in science education. Her research interests include physics/astronomy education, citizen science, and the integration of technology in teaching and learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Mitigating the Fear of Failure in a STEM + Computational Thinking Program for Minority Girls (Work-in-Progress-Diversity)IntroductionThis is a work-in-progress study. The purpose of the paper is to present research on anintervention informed by the first year of the study. We are conducting an after-school program,studying an integrated STEM +Computational Thinking curriculum, in an urban, low-incomeneighborhood. Our program’s broader intention is to influence how
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erin Buehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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fabrication in educational settings. He looks at the experiences of students in classroomsutilizing making in the curriculum and discusses the advantages of using digital fabrication in aneducational setting. In his observations, he found making to be an asset in the classroom whenutilizing contextualized learning of STEM topics, by creating meaningful, concrete tasks for aproject or concept.Edward Pines and colleagues [5] explored the possibilities of “Broadening Participation ThroughTngagement in the Maker Space Movement” and shared the lessons they learned in usingmakerspace activities as a partnering component to traditional engineering curriculum. Theycontribute an interesting discussion on how to balance the interests of the various
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Josh Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Ann Vallie; Teri Ann Allery; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Karl Haefner, Cankdeska Cikana Community College
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registered into all four of these courses, thusestablishing a cohort. This cohort was comprised of random students, without regard to theirdegree plan, placement tests, etc. All other first semester students were enrolled in thetraditional non-cohort curriculum. About a month prior to the start of the semester, each of theinstructors (MATH, PSYC, CSCI, and ENGL), and the IFYEP project coordinator (Dr. Mattes)attended several meetings (roughly 6 hours total) to establish a sequence of weekly topics thatwould easily allow for subject integration across the courses. An example of a weekly themethreading through the four core courses is illustrated in Fig. 1, along with an indication of howadditional major-specific first-semester courses could be
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan CPEng, The University of Auckland; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines
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integrity in particular water bodies. 3. Historic exclusion of Māori from academics, as Māori were historically considered more suited to labors of the land than the mind. 4. Present-day school scheduling of subjects in ways that are culturally marginalizing, often resulting in students who are either weak in calculus or their cultural identity. 5. Institutional devaluing of identity and background, through curriculum rules regarding elective subjects.Specific examples help to describe the nature of these five barriers.Historic cultural conflict. An extract from The New Zealand Book of Events (1986) commentsthat on May 1, 1979, engineering students at the University of Auckland planning to perform amock Māori haka during the
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College ; Teri Ann Allery; Ann Vallie, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech; Karl Haefner; Lori Nelson, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College; Danny Luecke; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College
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northeast area of the USA, has been a resident of Fargo, ND since 1996.Dr. Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College Austin Allard is a Pre-Engineering Instructor at Turtle Mountain Community College. He earned a doc- torate degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. His work deals with using manufactured drones to map ecological areas. He is dedicated to using engineering solutions to investigate environmen- tal issues close to home.Teri Ann AlleryAnn Vallie, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeDr. Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech Bradley Bowen is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Education’s Integrative STEM Education program. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- Mauro Rodriguez Jr, California Institute of Technology; Karen Mariela Siles, IBM Corporation; Dora Louise Renaud, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
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NRP guidelines, detailing the requirements, were streamlined to be less than twelve pagescompared to the 20+ page documents of their predecessors.10 For student chapters, an advisor is either a faculty member or university administrator.11 The NAC provides up to 31 different awards to chapters based on their NRP performance across the student andprofessional chapters annually.12 Up to three different chapter awards for NRP v.3. 11 Figure 1. NRP v.3’s chapter activity in the SHPE annual cycle.2.3.2 Chapter v.3 Ecosystem Integration In addition to chapter ecosystem integration within the NRP v.3 report
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- Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University
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time study. Systems engineering is an integral part of an engineeringproject. Funded through a NASA grant “Center of Excellence in Systems Engineering for SpaceExploration Technologies”, MSU established the Systems Engineering and Management Institute(SEMI) in May 2009. The goals of SEMI include but are not limited to: integrating systemsengineering curriculum into the existing engineering education and research programs at MSU;and providing the students with an opportunity to choose a concentration or minor in systemsengineering. One of the three exchange students assigned to MSU assisted Dr. Chen, the interimdirector of SEMI, in laying the foundation of SEMI’s curriculum and developing a small casestudy on a systems engineering application
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7
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- A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; Farman A. Moayed, Indiana State University; Alister McLeod, Indiana State University
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experience in the industryenvironment. Successful integration of workplace and education is expected to result inincreased focus, interest, and success for all our students [7]. These experiences are alsoexpected to positively affect course curriculum and teaching effectiveness through increasedfeedback by students and industry [7].The MET and SM curricula are rigorous, as both programs are math and physics intensive andare considered STEM programs. Both of them require courses such as (but not limited to)algebra, calculus, chemistry, physics, probability and statistics, industrial hygiene, human factorsand ergonomics, fire protection systems, system safety analysis, hazardous materialmanagement, introduction to solid modeling, applies statics
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6
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- Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Maeve Drummond Oakes, CISTAR, Purdue University
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Paper ID #34970Creating a Diverse Next Generation of Technically- and Community-MindedSTEM Professionals (Experience)Dr. Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Denise M. Driscoll, Purdue University Dr. Driscoll is an experimental social psychologist with ex- pertise in stereotyping and prejudice, attitude and persuasion, diversity and inclusion, and managerial and intercultural business communication. Her experiences as an academic, diversity consultant, and admin- istrator over the last 30 years have helped her integrate broadening participation and inclusion practices across research
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
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- Danny Luecke; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College ; Paula Comeau, North Dakota State College of Science; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Karl Haefner; Alexa D. Azure, United Tribes Technical College
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ElectronicAccess (Experience)AbstractThis paper will focus and comment on the operational variability introduced to a long-standing collaborative aimed at an underrepresented population of Native Americanengineering students in North Dakota. The focus of this paper will center on a decade-long distance-based education collaborative’s resilience to the rapid change incurred bythe adjustments forced upon education by the 2020 pandemic. The most notable of thechanges was the shift from having the majority of the student curriculum taught face toface (outside of the distance-based pre-engineering program) to suddenly the entirety ofthe learning experience moved online. For this particular program, this included the two-week Summer Camp experience at North
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- Attracting Young Minds: Part I
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jana B. Milford, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder
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the first semester of engineering physics.Among those six, one student achieved an A in engineering physics, one a C, and the other fourreceived grades of D or below—so physics achievement appears to be a major barrier for studentsuccess in the Engineering GoldShirt Program.The results from the first group of students who passed preparatory physics and then performedpoorly in engineering physics showed that their preparation was clearly insufficient. Thus, weredesigned the preparatory physics curriculum for the second cohort by consulting with twoprofessors from the physics department, reviewing course content with the GoldShirt team,obtaining feedback from students and integrating more learning technology into the curriculum.The changes
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- 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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received NAE’s Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education.Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder DANIEL W. KNIGHT is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University, and an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education.Diane Sieber, University of Colorado, Boulder DIANE SIEBER is an
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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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from the University of Minnesota’s Electrical Engineering program. He works for Xcel Energy in their Strategic Technology Department, investigating renewable energy generation, storage and transmission technologies for Xcel. He was involved in the deployment of Xcel Energy’s “Smart Grid City” project in Boulder, Colorado. As an EE student, he helped develop curriculum and projects, as well as source materials required for BRIDGE’s outreach work. Mr. Sonnenburg became a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) student organization, and continues to volunteer time with the student organizations.Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy Munira Masoud is currently
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- Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II
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- 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College
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mandatory tutoring was Computer Page 25.748.4Programming I. The tutoring was integrated into the course syllabus and students not 3 performing well in the initial assignments were referred to a tutor and some hours ofsupplemental instruction were enforced. The success of this strategy was remarkable and othernew courses with large dropouts were targeted for mandatory supplemental instruction. TheEngineering Physics I, Engineering Physics II classes along with Computer Programming I classwere selected on the Fall 2010.III.c Curriculum and
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- Marketing Engineering to Minority Students
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; jack esparza, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
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): This program allows teams from schools to acquire new teaching resources and technology tools using NASA's unique content, experts and other resources to provide exciting learning experiences science, mathematics and technology for students. v. NASA Quest: This program is an online educational experience allowing students to interact in the classroom with NASA experts, from all fields of work. Activities include background information and curriculum materials. vi. Space Center Houston - Teacher Camp-ins: This program allows educators to participate in hands-on activities that they can use back in their classrooms while having a great time with fellow teachers. vii. Space Vehicle
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- Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I
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- Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American
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increase? By using it; and teaching is a practical use. Space is a scarce commodityon any campus but knowledge is abundant.Students naturally look to the course instructor as the ultimate source of knowledge in a course.The typical classroom situation is an attempt to pass (possibly even force feed) the instructor’sknowledge of a subject to enrolled students. The attempt to pass along knowledge may beaccomplished by leading the class through a curriculum using discussions, lectures, slide shows,example problems, assignments, projects, etc. There are all kinds of tools to help with this.Devices like smart boards, document cameras, clickers, online recorded video, and even someold standards like chalk and books as well as a host of techniques such
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- Research in Minority Issues
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
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assembly process using feed back from middle school students. (v) Exploring the world of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and possible development of a state of the art CAD CAM facility at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).The second ACTION project described in this paper addresses the first of the extensionpossibilities listed above. The project utilizes a software environment titled MDSolids as well asProMechanica. ProMechanica is an integral component of the ProEngineer Wildfire softwarethat allows stress analysis of solid models developed in ProEngineer environment, underappropriate loading.3. Exploring Mechanics of Material Principles using ProMechanica and MDsolids Software PackagesMDsolids is a
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- Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience
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- 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower PE, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Elizabeth Connor, The Citadel
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to proficiently enter the engineeringprofession. Further elaboration on activities created to accomplish these three programobjectives are presented in the following paragraphs.Objective 1: To provide higher education funding opportunities targeting minority,female, and socio-economically disadvantaged, students entering civil engineering. Tofulfill this program objective, cohorts ranging from five to ten academically qualifiedstudents are recruited, screened, interviewed, admitted and prepared for success fromtarget demographic groups, over the five-year duration of the NSF S-STEM grant award.Objective 2: To provide enhanced academic support structure for ExCEL-SC civilengineering students. To implement an integrated support program for
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- Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Claude Brathwaite, City College of the City University of New York; Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University
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are faculty led and short term are seen as one of the majorvehicles for students to integrate an international experience in their curriculum. The opposite istrue for the NYC LSAMP model, which consists of 8 weeks or more of research. A summary ofthe program elements at each university site is shown in Table 2. The eleven core elements of theprogram all contribute to the success of the programming per each site. A total of nine site coordinators for the Netherlands (1), China (1), Morocco (1) andColombia (6) sites were engaged, all were participants in the NYC LSAMP, and need not havefluency in the language of the host country. Only for the program in Cartagena that involved themanagement of both Colombian and American students, was
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- Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities
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- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University
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Paper ID #6019Dr. Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University Hao Jiang received the B.S. degree in materials sciences from Tsinghua University, China, in 1994 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in 2000. Hao Jiang has been with San Francisco State University since August 2007 as an assistant professor in electrical engineering. Prior joining SFSU, he worked for Broadcom Corporation, Jazz Semiconductor and Conex- ant Systems Inc. His research nterests are in the general area of analog integrated circuits, particularly in ultra-low-power circuits for biomedical applications.Dr. Cheng Chen, San Francisco State UniversityProf. A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State
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- Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Jamie Bracey, Temple University College of Engineering; Gregory D Jones Jr, Temple University; Nadif Bracey, Morgan State University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University
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“whatworks” but “why” for retaining underrepresented groups (URGs) in rigorous fields ofstudy. In general changes to pedagogy and curriculum have not yielded an increase in thenumber or diversity of students entering the quantitative disciplines (Jolly et al, 2004).Using the 2011-2013 data as a baseline, the decision was made to help underpreparedengineering students improve their math achievement outcomes by modifying thecurriculum to test an applied mathematics course for engineers adapted from Wright StateUniversity’s NSF funded ENG101 applied math course. Freshmen and transfer students(N=507) entering in Fall 2014 and Fall 2015 included 84% freshmen, 16% transfers, 21%women, and 14% ethnic minorities. While 86% of students reported very strong
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- Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Gordon W. Skelton, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University
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University Dr. Wei Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University (JSU). He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over 10-year industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum. He serves as a freshmen advisor for the First Year Experience Program at JSU and is the Principle Investigator for ongoing CCLI-Phase I Project funded by NSF. He has led the new course module development for CCLI-Phase I project and integrated its implementation in his course at the Department of Civil
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- Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I
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- 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Virginia Booth Gleghorn, Purdue University,Minority Engineering Programs; Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette
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% implementation of training and integration of lean manufacturing principles at the 3.7L and 4.7L Mack Engine Facilities. In her current position as Minority Engineering Programs Director for Purdue, Virginia looks forward to continuing the legacy of MEP and addressing retention and matriculation issues using a ’lean manu- facturing’ engineering approach. Her current passion in this effort is to assist in the establishment of a standardized metric system that can be used to demonstrate the impact MEP has had (and continues to have) on increasing the number of engineering graduates from historically under-represented populations. Her passion is to assist in developing, assessing, and sustaining effective STEM initiatives. MEP
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- Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines
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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Rose Stoakley, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Tiara Turner, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Suraf Cherinet, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Gabriel Ladd, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Harsha Chalyam, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
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early detection of crop stressthrough remote sensing. Several preliminary issues needed to be addressed before suchanalysis could be performed. The Terrahawk imaging system integrates a Color Infrared(CIR) Digital camera with a gimball attachment, microcomputer, and a GPS unit. Thecamera is installed looking down through the belly of an airplane. A shapefile of the fieldboundary or shapefiles of region boundaries to be imaged is loaded in the computermemory. As the pilot flies the aeroplane over the field, the GPS unit recognizes that it hascrossed into the field boundaries, and starts snapping images at pre-determined intervalsof time without any pilot intervention. The pilot focuses on covering the region using apredetermined flight path that
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- Attracting Young Minds: Part II
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- 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University
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, Engineering, Technology, andScience (COMETS) program. Funded by NASA through the Curriculum ImprovementsPartnership Award for the Integration of Research (CIPAIR) program, the COMETS programinvolves collaboration among math and engineering faculty of a community college andengineering faculty of the closest neighboring four-year institution that has an establishedrelationship with a NASA Ames Research Center. This paper summarizes the results of the firstyear of implementation of the COMETS program.2. COMETS Program Objectives and ActivitiesOne of the main goals of the project is to improve student engagement in foundational math,science and engineering courses by introducing NASA-themed content in classroom activities anddemonstrations, laboratory
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- Foster Excellence
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University; Pabitra Saha, Alabama A&M University; James Foreman, Alabama A&M University
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session was primarily due toschedule conflicts, it also is an indicator of low student commitment. The review sessions arevoluntary so it is not possible to enforce attendance at the sessions.Strategically, in order to circumvent this lack of student commitment the department has decidedto modify its curriculum to increase the lecture hours in one of the senior level required courseseach semester and integrate an FE review session into this regular course. By embedding reviewtopics into a mandatory course, students would essentially be compelled to attend the whole FEreview session without any conflict whatsoever.In the future, perhaps in the next three to five years, the authors would be willing to share anyfurther experience and findings with
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- Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities
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- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University; D. Darshi De Saram, North Dakota State University; Thomas Charles Schanandore, North Dakota State University; James Schanandore, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University
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experience over atwo-week period during which participating students from the tribal colleges assemble at theuniversity. The course content is equivalent to that of the surveying course offered in a regularsemester at the university; an objective of the program being to enhance instruction and supportwithout lowering the bar. Surveying was chosen as the first course to be offered becausefieldwork (outdoor activity), integral to the course, is attractive to students and thus helpful tosustain their interest. Because most surveying endeavors require group work, students get a tasteof working in teams to complete tasks. The ability to integrate applications of trigonometry,computer aided graphics and spreadsheets into the course is another reason