AC 2012-5340: CRITICAL QUESTIONS TO WHICH ENGINEERING STU-DENTS NEED ANSWERSDr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 technical papers in ref- ereed journals and conference proceedings. He has authored three engineering texts. Dr. Rodriguez has given over 70 invited presentations - 13 plenary - at international and national forums, conferences and corporations. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research program
AC 2011-2078: CATALYZING AND SUPPORTING MINORITY TALENTDEVELOPMENT IN STEM FIELDS: AN STRUCTURED MENTORINGMODEL TO INSPIRE YOUNG ENGINEERING MINDSHeidi A. Taboada, The University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Heidi A. Taboada is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. Her research strengths involve the devel- opment of practical methods for the solution of multiple objective optimization problems, the design of new biologically inspired algorithms, sustainability engineering, and engineering education. Her research work has been published in several recognized journals such as IIE Transactions, IEEE Transactions on
AC 2012-4703: A MODEL FOR DIVERSITY AND EQUITYDr. Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh Sylvanus Wosu is the Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Associate Professor of mechanical engi- neering and materials science at the University of Pittsburgh. Wosu’s research interests are in the areas of impact physics and engineering of new composite materials, dynamic problems in composites failure, and energy containment and responses of dynamical systems. Wosu is also interested in engineering edu- cation with particular interests in development models for effective recruitment, retention, and mentoring of women and under-represented students. Other research interests include experimental investigation of the
AC 2011-2091: EXPLODING PIPELINES: MYTHOLOGICAL METAPHORSSTRUCTURING DIVERSITY-ORIENTED ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRESEARCH AGENDASAlice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Alice L. Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s ADVANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Feminist
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AC 2010-1843: AN EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMSBY PROGRAM AMD ETHNICITYMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R.ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the PI of an NSF STEP grant to work with five non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs three academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Computing, Informatics, and Systems Design Engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student affairs in the Ira a. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. She received the WEPAN Engineering Educator Award 2009, ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE
AC 2010-1272: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: EXPLORING FACTORS THATINFLUENCE AFRICAN AMERICANS TO PURSUE AND COMPLETEDOCTORAL DEGREES IN ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCEDISCIPLINESTiffany Simon, Columbia University Tiffany Simon, Ed.D. has more than fourteen years of experience working in the field of higher education administration. She has professional experience in the areas of pre-college programs, multicultural affairs, student activities, residential life, college and graduate school admissions, and graduate student affairs. Dr. Simon currently serves as the assistant dean of Graduate Student Services at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. She
AC 2011-2319: SURVEY OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT MI-NORITY ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTS ENCOUNTERAdrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedi- cal microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER award; her group has published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Lab on a Chip, and had an
AC 2012-3975: AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR COMPUTER NETWORKSEDUCATION IN COMPUTING DISCIPLINESDr. Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College Jorge Crichigno received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Catholic University of Asun- cion, Paraguay, in 2004, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in 2008 and 2009, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, N.M. His current research inter- ests include wireless and optical networks, graph theory, mathematical optimization, and undergraduate STEM education. He has served as reviewer and TPC member of journals and