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MIND: Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S.K. Sen, Florida Institute of Technology; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

’s (Lorenz 1963; Baker and Gollub 1996; Flake 2001). The dictionary meaning of the word “chaos” is complete disorder or confusion. Chaosin science and engineering refers to an apparent lack of order in a system thatnevertheless obeys certain laws and rules. This understanding of chaos is the same as thatof dynamical instability. Deterministic system can produce results which are chaotic andappear to be random. But these are not technically random because the events can bemodeled by a nonlinear procedure/formula. The pseudo-random number generator in acomputer is an example of such a system. A system which is stable, linear or non-chaoticunder certain conditions may degenerate into randomness or unpredictability (may bepartial) under other

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville; James Lewis, University of Louisville

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population groups are expected to be more than half (52percent) of the resident college-age (18–24 years old) population of the United States by 2050.Additionally, just about a quarter century ago, the National Science Board’s Commission onPrecollege Education in the Mathematics, Science, and Technology (MST) assessed the state ofUS precollege education in the subject fields and found it seriously lacking to meet the projecteddemand.[1]In the late 1980’s the Task Force of Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Scienceand Technology called for cooperation among schools, colleges, industry and federal and stategovernments to increase the pool of science and engineering talent, particularly forunderrepresented minority groups, through

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NAFP Panel Discussion: NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP); Panel Discussion and Fellow Presentations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Alim, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

FlexibilityThe NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program allows flexibility on the startingdate. This is a conducive to the individual faculty’s schedule to return to theinstitution on the anticipated date upon completion of the fellowship at a NASAcenter.Results and Outcomes1. Management and LeadershipManagement and leadership skills are developed via individual standing on theproject(s) and exercising necessary freedom of work ethics. Flexible schedule ofworking is a great advantage for the fellows. Often the fellows take advantage ofenjoying working during the weekends without hesitation. The gathering of thefellows administered by the UNCFSPC gives an opportunity to know each otherand may lead to future collaborations. This expansion of horizon

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

of the ACM, 47(7).4. Fleming, L., Engermann, E., & Griffin, A. (2005). Persistence in Engineering Education: Experiences of First Year Students at a Historically Black University. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon.5. Seymour, E. & Hewitt, N. M. (1997). Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.6. Brainard, S., & Carlin, L. (1998). A Six-year Longitudinal Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering and Science. Journal of Engineering Education, 87(4).7. Marra, R., Bogue, B., & Schuurman, M. (2005.) They Come and They Go -- An Instrument for Assessing Why

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Influences on Female Interest in Pursuit of STEM Fields

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diala Gammoh, University of Central FLorida; Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

present some of the empirical observationshere: 1. Inherent Social Constraints: The Jordanian women were affected with all the inherited social constraints that may deviate their thinking from getting involved in certain activities. Some of these activities do not welcome women. For instance, attitude tests in the 1970’s demonstrated that social implications and social responsibility issues have a significant effect on girls’ choices, but little on boys’1. This is in spite of the fact that studies indicated that men and women are attracted to the engineering profession for similar reasons, including ability in mathematics and science, career opportunities, challenge, and good salary prospects. 2. Cultural

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

environment).CurriculumAs in any academic program, the development of a cohesive curriculum is important, particularlywhen the program extends across departments, learning environments and academic institutions.The perspective of the community college on curriculum and the transferability of courses can bequite different from that of the 4-year institution. During the process of developing anarticulation agreement, it is not unusual for the community college to ask for a number of corepre-engineering courses (e.g., calculus, physics, chemistry, Engineering Design) that thecommunity college student could use to transfer into the engineering (and computer science)program/s at the 4-year institution. These core courses are selected so as to reflect the

Conference Session

MIND: Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

when quest for food(target). The stronger the footprints are the higher is the likelihood of finding the food ifthis path is paved. In AntNet4, the routing table for node k, denoted Tk, is used to make a probabilisticrouting decision. Table1. Original AntNet routing table at node k.A sample table is shown in Table 1 which has L rows corresponding to L neighboringnodes/links. The probability of sending the packet to the destination d via the linkconnected to node, i, is denoted as Pid. The AntNet algorithm can be summarized asfollow: 1. New forward ants, Fsd, from the source (s) to the destination (d), are createdperiodically.3. The next link (node j) of a forward ant is selected stochastically using P'(j, d) which is

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

toaddress these concerns and some other initiatives that can bring additional benefits at low costare also described. For each of these aspects, successful strategies or best practices are included.Finally, the effectiveness of the program is demonstrated with the results of the programevaluation.1. IntroductionOver the last several years, the United States has witnessed alarming statistics and trends ingraduate and undergraduate enrollment, graduation rates, and participation of minority groups inScience and Engineering (S&E) fields, and in Computer Science in particular. For example,according to the National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering indicators 2006,underrepresented minorities did not enroll in or completed college at the

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Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

f f f f f U n l e s s n o t e d o t h e r w i s e , e r c e n t a g e s o r t r a n s e r c r e d i t a m o n g a r t i c i a n t s a r e o u t o t h e s e t o a r t i c

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Gonzalez-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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. Page 13.608.7Bibliography1. Mo-Yin S Tam, Uday Sukhatme, “The importance of high school quality in university admissions decisions,” College and University Winter 2003, 78(3), pp 3-8.2. Gary S May, Daryl E Chubin, “A retrospective on undergraduate engineering success for underrepresented minority students,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2003, 92(1), pp 27-39.3. Bartolomei-Suárez, Sonia M., González-Barreto, D. and González-Quevedo, A.A., “Using an Expected Loss Function to Identify Best High Schools for Recruitment,” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Engineering Education, Sept. 3-7, 2007, Coimbra, Portugal

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Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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undergraduates in a Historically Black College and University.” Page 13.717.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.2. Desai S., Lovell M. (2005), “Multiphysics Modeling of a Piezoelectric Bimorph Disc in a Direct Write Fabrication Process”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2005.3. Desai S., Moore A., Sankar J., Method of Producing Calcium alginate Microbeads using Drop on Demand Inkjet Printing, Invention Disclosure - NCA&TSU, Sept 2006.4. NSF LSAMP Program: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/hrd/amp.asp

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Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pedro Leite, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina

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Minorities in Engineering

programming: What’s going on? SIGCSE Bulletin, 31(3), 1-4.[5] Zhang, Y., & Espinoza, S. (1998). Relationships among computer self-efficacy, attitudes toward computers, anddesirability of learning computing skills. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 30, 420-436.[6] Gallaher, J., & Pearson, F. (2000). Women’s perceptions of the climate in engineering technology programs.Journal of Engineering Education, 89, 309-314.[7] Cohoon, J. M. (1999). Departmental differences can point the way to improving female retention in computerscience. SIGCSE Bulletin, 31(1), 198-202.[8] Kondrick, L.C. (2003). What does the literature say about the persistence of women with career goals inPhysical Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics? Paper

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Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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Minorities in Engineering

’s with apercentage peak in 2000 at 20.6% of the total. In 2003, women represented 20.1% of thebaccalaureates awarded in engineering (Society of Women Engineers). According to Science (Culotta 1993), a publication of the American Associationfor the Advancement of Science, there are several reasons why African American,Latino, and Native American students remain underrepresented in science and technologyfields. These reasons include:• inadequate academic preparation;• low expectations by teachers;• image problems due to low minority representation at most universities; and• limited knowledge of mathematics and science professions. Loyola Marymount University seeks to help students overcome the barriers theyencounter

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Liu, California State University-Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles

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Minorities in Engineering

, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 2007), E-conference, December 2007. 3. S. Beltran, and C. Liu, “LabVIEW Fault-Tolerance Visualization Subsystem," Emerging Technologies, Robotics and Control Systems and in the International Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing ISSN 1828 – 6984. 4. D. Demery, Z. Purnajo, H. Boussalis, C. Liu, K. Rad, and J. Dong, “Development of Enhanced FITS Image Viewer with Graphic User Interface”, 2005 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods, Las Vegas, June, 2005 5. G. Drolshagen, H. Svedhem, and E. Grun, 2001. Measurements of cosmic dust and micro-debris with the GORID impact detector in GEO. Proc. the 3rd

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Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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the greatesthurdle in their effort to obtain a science or engineering education is financial…Options such asscholarships, …traineeships, …, support for research experiences and internships have proveneffective in providing incentives to students who pursue a career in S&E disciplines, while alsoproviding them with a good grounding in what it is like to work in the S&E fields.” 8 Theprogram takes this statement to heart, embedding some of the methods mentioned above into ourprogram. Page 13.458.5ScholarshipsMany low income students simply cannot go to college because Figure 2

Conference Session

Special Resources and Activities for Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas-El Paso

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Minorities in Engineering

Charts for Different Estimates Page 13.416.3In the late 1950’s, the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) was developed 1 tosupport large military programs. The innovation included an expanded model using best, worst,and more likely times to complete each task. Therefore, PERT produces an estimated projectcompletion time within a Gamma probability distribution. Although the curriculum might havedifferent tracks (e.g. math and physics) that are designed to converge in a particular semester, theprobability that a student will take longer time in one particular

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Fairley, Georgia Institute of Tehnology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

Excellent Good Fair Poor NA1. SURE housing arrangements2. Assistance with travel arrangements to Atlanta3. Assistance with travel arrangements from Atlanta4. Clarity of SURE program objectives5. Overall SURE program organization6. Helpfulness of social mentor7. Assistance with research from faculty advisor8. Guidance with research from lab graduate student(s)9. Availability of graduate student(s) from your lab10. Helpfulness of the program coordinator11. Helpfulness of the program director12. Clarity of research project objectives13. Experience gained from research project14. Quality of research facilities used for my project15. Elevator talk (enrichment activity)16. Graduate panel (enrichment activity)17. Lit review & annotated

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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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Minorities in Engineering

exam and adiscipline-specific exam.3.3 Familiarization with the FE Exam and FE Review Session(s)Based on the results of discussions in departmental meetings and input from past and currentstudents, the department has implemented a requirement that faculty include FE style examproblems in the quizzes and exams in all courses. This will allow students to becomeaccustomed to the wording and format of the FE exam problems.There are many resources available to help students prepare for the FE exam. The NCEES offerssample examinations and diagnostic tools prepared by engineering professionals, which arereviewed annually and revised as needed. Other commercial FE review books and softwarepackages are available for students, such as those provided by

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Northern, Prairie View A&M University; Brandon Green, Prairie View A&M University; John Attia, Prairie View A&M University; Teasa Northern, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

compilation of the survey results.Outcome 1: Why do I want to major in Engineering?17 of the 20 students plan on majoring in Engineering in college. The remaining 3 arestill undecided on their major but has Engineering in their top 3 choices of studies. Thestudents offered a number of reasons for their decision of Engineering. • My parent(s) are making me study engineering • They are studying Engineering because of the chance of making a lot of money • They enjoy the subjects science and mathematics • Engineering offers a host of well paid careers • Engineering allows you to put your creativity to the test every day • Because engineering is an international activity, professional engineers often have the opportunity to

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Victor Granados, California Polytechnic State University

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knowing. (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates., Mahwah, NJ, 2002).10 Linda Vanasupa, Jonathan Stolk, Trevor Harding, and Richard Savage, " A Systemic Model of Development: Strategically Enhancing Students' Cognitive, Psychomotor, Affective, and Social Development," in First International Conference on Research in Engineering Education, edited by Jeff Froyd (IEEE, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2007).11 C. Ames and J. Archer, "Achievement goals in the classroom: Student learning strategies and motivation processes," Journal of Educational Psychology 80, 260-267 (1988).12 Claudia M. Mueller and Carol S. Dweck, "Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivation and Performance," Journal of Personality and Social

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Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qiang Le, Hampton University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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AC 2008-2237: USE OF CASE STUDIES AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY: RESULTSOF IMPLEMENTATIONQiang Le, Hampton UniversityChetan Sankar, Auburn UniversityP.K. Raju, Auburn University Page 13.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Use of Case Studies at Hampton University: Results of Implementation Qiang Le Chetan S Sankar Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Management Hampton University Auburn University Hampton, VA 23668 Auburn, AL 36849 qiang.le

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Influences on Female Interest in Pursuit of STEM Fields

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Concannon, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lloyd H. Barrow, University of Missouri

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Minorities in Engineering

-confidence in mathematics than men 9. Seymour and Hewitt 13 interviewed students thatswitched majors and persisted in majors from several disciplines among seven campuses showedthat there is no evidence that those who dropped out of engineering lack preparation, have alower ability, or are unwilling to work. Rather, “problems which arise from the structures of theeducation experience and the culture of the discipline[s] (as reflected in the attitudes andpractices of the S.M.E. faculty) make a far greater contribution to S.M.E. attrition than individualinadequacies of students or the appeal of other majors (p. 392). The main reason why womenswitch out of engineering is because they felt alienation, isolation, and loss of confidence. Thisis primarily

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Callie Ruben, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

school,but working in groups in college is a complete different experience. In high school, working in agroup for me would usually mean that I did all the research and then (would) tell everyone elsewhat I needed them to do for the completion of the project. A complete turn around from highschool was college. Now, working in a group means that we all do our individual research andmeet and discuss thing(s) together as a real team.” Hopefully these students will continue to bein good teams throughout college.Only a few students said that they expected to get close to the grades that they had predicted.Several students said that getting a 3.25 or 3.5 so they could keep their scholarships was a goodenough goal. Several students admitted that they