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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary E. Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Tyler J. Evans, Humboldt State University

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AC 2011-1843: INFLUENCES OF S-STEM FUNDING: FINAL OUTCOMESOF FOUR YEAR SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS PROGRAMINCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT RETENTION PRAC-TICESElizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State UniversityMary E Virnoche, Humboldt State University Mary Virnoche, Associate Professor and Chair in Sociology, teaches and does research on race, class, gender and inequalities. Much of her recent work focuses more specifically on higher education and STEM persistence.Tyler J. Evans, Humboldt State University Tyler J. Evans is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Califor- nia

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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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Direc- tors have laid the foundation to be recognized as the experts on their respective campuses for identifying strategies to improve under represented engineering student access and success. Virginia serves on the National Advisory Board of NSBE and is currently on the National Board of the National Association of Multi-Cultural Program Advocates (NAMEPA).Dr. Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 22.1267.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Impact of Transition Programs on the Retention of Underrepresented Minority

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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

AC 2011-1742: ”SUCCESS IS DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE”:A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGINEER-ING STUDENTS DEFINE SUCCESSQuintin S. Hughes, University of Oklahoma Quintin Hughes received both is B.S. (2004) and M.S. (2009) in Industrial Engineering from the Univer- sity of Oklahoma. He received a Bridge to Doctorate graduate fellowship to fund his Master’s research, which was centered in Engineering Education and sought to understand the pre-college influences of suc- cessful African American engineering students. He is currently an Industrial Engineering doctoral student with the same emphasis in Engineering Education. His doctoral research will take a further look at identi- fying common success

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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

University.Prof. Susan S Silbey, M.I.T. Susan S. Silbey is Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Head, Department of Anthropology.Brian Rubineau, Cornell University Brian Rubineau is an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior at Cornell University’s ILR School. Professor Rubineau joined the Cornell University faculty in 2007. Professor Rubineau earned his Ph.D. at the MIT Sloan School of Management, concentrating in Economic Sociology and Organization Studies. His dissertation was entitled, ”Gendering professions: An analysis of peer effects.” Professor Rubineau also earned a Masters degree in Public Health from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Science in Mathe- matics and a Bachelor of

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Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen G. Villa, Texas A&M University; Felecia M. Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri S. Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Mary V. Alfred, Texas A&M University; Fred Arthur Bonner II, Texas A&M University

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, participates in various speaking engagements and demon- strations, and encouraging K-12 students to pursue careers in STEM fields. .Sherri S. Frizell, Prairie View A&M University Sherri S. Frizell is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Prairie View A&M University. Her research interests include educational technology, social computing, women issues in engineering, and gifted and talented African-Americans in STEM.Mary V Alfred, Texas A&M University Mary Alfred is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development. She researches and publishes in the area of teaching and learning among diverse populations.Dr. Fred Arthur Bonner II

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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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programs have resulted in an increase of over 130% in engineering enrollment at SF State University, with significantly higher rates of increase among students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic groups.A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State UniversityHao Jiang, San Francisco State University Ph.D 2000 from UC San Diego Assistant Prof. in San Francisco State Univ from 2007Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University Hamid Mahmoodi received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1998 and the M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, in 2000. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer

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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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pedagogy, technological literacy and human-artifact inter- actions. She is a member of Sigma Xi Science Honor Society and in 2009 he was awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER Award.Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cyndi Lynch is the Director of Fellowships and Graduate Student Professional Development for the Pur- due Graduate School. Cyndi administers the Univeristy fellowship program and directs the professional development program for graduate students.Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Audeen Fentiman is Associate Dean of Engineering for Graduate Education and a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University.Phillip S Dunston, Purdue University Phillip S. Dunston, Ph.D., is

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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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Minorities in Engineering

. Combined with Oregon and Idaho, the Northwest is home to approximately 170,000(6.8%) of the nation‟s federally-enrolled tribal members3.African Americans, Hispanics and Alaska Indians/American Natives (AI/AN) together onlyaccount for 11.3% of the science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) workforce4 outsideof universities, but make up 29% of the population5. From 2000-2020, the non-Hispanic laborforce will grow by 9%, while the Hispanic labor force will grow by 77%6. Tremendous disparitystill exists in the educational achievements of adults from different ethnic groups (Table 1),suggesting that the changing demographics will create a significant workforce problem in STEMfields in the future. For example, over 41% of Hispanic students never

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Amithraj Amavasai; Jyothsna Kavuturu

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

, C.S., and Prevedouros, P.D. 2001. Transportation Engineering and Planning, Printice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.3. Haldar, A. and Mahadevan, S. 2000. “Probability, Reliability and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design”, John Wiley and Sons, New York.4. Kuebler R. and Smith, 1976. “Statistics”, John Wiley and Sons, New York.5. Lipsey, M.W. 1990. “Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Experimental Research”. Newbury park, CA, Sage. Page 22.1258.6 Fig. 1 No. of hints vs. Cost of the grade for Problem 1 120Cost of

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Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah M. Brown, National Society of Black Engineers; Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

impact of the program. In short term for the students benefitting andlonger term of the mentors and volunteers involved. A research plan and toolkit thataccommodates for this and allows for sample size increases toward significance are derived fromthe pilot results.Program History and Previous WorkAddressing the digital divide that negatively affects minority, inner-city, rural, and otherdisadvantaged communities was the primary motivation for establishing the Technical OutreachCommunity Help program in 2002. As the program grew, considerable effort was made tomobilize NSBE‟s membership to use their technical know-how to assist youth and adults toincrease their technical literacy as well as providing academic support. In the early stages of

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephanie Lynn Daza, University of Texas at Arlington; Vu V. Pham, University of Texas, Arlington

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direction imaginable, including universities, industry, andall levels of government29, more research about perceptions is needed and research about theperceptions of underrepresented population groups is especially limited.Background to the Study: Methods, Participants, and Theoretical PerspectivesMost of the data for this study were collected during the assessment and evaluation of projectssponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF): Research Experience for Teachers inHazard Mitigation (RET) and Focus On Retention in Cohorts of Engineering Students (FORCES-S-STEM). Broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields is one ofNSF‘s objectives addressed by both of these projects.Research on the effectiveness of these

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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. How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice. New York: National Academies P, 1999.6 Cen, G., Xu, B., Luo, J. Y. 2010. Implementing open-ended project-based instruction in experiment of university physics. 2nd International Workshop on Education Technology and Computer Science, (1) 830-832, 2010.7 Fontenot, D., Chandler, J.R., Talkmitt, S., and Sullivan, K. 2007. The Texas High School Initiative aims at STEM education reform: Texas Tech University T-STEM Center - Putting the "E" in K-12 STEM education. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE, F2B1-F2B5,8 Fuentes, A., Crown, S., Freeman, R. 2006. Selective Integration for Student Motivation in the

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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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] Hudson, C. M., Burk, K., Zhai, M., Gagne, P. “Time-to-Degree for FY2008 Bachelor’s Degree GraduatesExecutive Summary” March 26, 2009, http://www.usg.edu/research/pubs/rnotes/rn-mar09.pdf, accessed 12/14/2010.[5] Dockterman, D. “Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2007”, March 5, 2009.http://pewhispanic.org/factsheets/factsheet.php?FactsheetID=46, accessed 12/16/2010.[6] Kochhar, R., Suro, R., Tafoya, S. “The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid PopulationGrowth”, July 26, 2005. http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/50.pdf accessed 12/18/2010.[7] Passel, J. S., Cohn, D. “U.S. Population Projections:2005 – 2050”, Feb. 11, 2008, Pew Research Center.http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/85.pdf accessed 1/10/2011

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

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

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning

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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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Caridad Cruz, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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

drawingsStudy school Unknown- depicting Male Female grade(s) gender personas engineers engineers engineersKnight &Cunningham9 3 – 12 189 21% 13% b 66%(2004) aFralick et al.7 3–8 526 69% 19% 12%(2009) aKaratas et al.8 6 20

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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

process, and supporting transfer students at theuniversity.Transfer students at the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State Universityare supported by a Motivated Engineering Transfer Student (METS) Center wherestudents can network, study, socialize, and receive informal mentoring. In addition,transfer students can enroll in an Academic Success Class for one credit and attendadditional workshops which are held in the Center. Scholarship for over 30 qualifiedtransfer students are provided each year through an NSF S-STEM Scholarship Program.An experimental scholarship program, for transfer students who do not qualify for NSFS-STEM scholarships, was also evaluated. An emphasis in this project was placed oninvolving women and

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar

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Minorities in Engineering

. Page 22.889.13References(Bugbee, 1999) Bugbee, B., ―Engineering plants for spaceflight environments‖, Gravitationaland Space Biology Bulletin, 12:67-74.(Corey and Wheeler, 1992) Corey, K.A. and R.M. Wheeler., ―Gas exchange in NASA's BiomassProduction Chamber - A pre-prototype closed human life support system‖, BioScience 42: 503–509, 1992.(Creswell and Clark, 2006) Creswell, J. and Clark, V., ―Designing and conducting mixedmethods research‖, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc. 2006.(Galston, 1992) Galston, A.W., ―Photosynthesis as a Basis for Life Support on Earth and inSpace‖, BioScience. 42:490-493.(Hilger et al., 2007) Hilger, H., Luster-Teasley, S., Dibiase, W., De Los Reyes III, F., Holmes,L., Mandjiny, Wang, C., Steck, T., Schimmel

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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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oftesting if biases are present in a FRS has been incorporated successfully in our graduate courses.This methodology gives our graduates the opportunity to move from a pure theoretical statisticsconcept to an applied statistics project Page 22.697.11References[1] Bolle, R. M., Connell, J. H., Pankanti, S., Ratha, N. K., & Senior, A. W. (2004). Guide to Biometrics.Hawthorne, NY: Springer-Verlag.[2] Furl, N., Phillips, P. J., & O'Toole, A. J. (2002). Face recognition algorithms and the other-race effect: Computational mechanisms for a developmental contact hypopaper. Cognitive Science, 26, 797-815.[3] Phillips, P. J., Jiang, F., Narvekar, A

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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

AC 2011-185: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH-MENTORING FOR TRIBALCOLLEGE STUDENTSG. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University G. Padmanabhan, Ph. D., P.E., M. ASEE, F. ASCE is a professor of civil engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. He is a long standing member of ASEE and ASCE. Currently, he is also the Director of North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute. He has been active in STEM education outreach activities to minorities at the college and high and middle school levels for the last ten years.Carol Davis, North Dakota EPSCoR Dr. Carol Davis is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She helped establish Turtle Mountain Community College in the early 1970’s and served

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University

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college: Nine elements of effective outreach. Albany: State University of New York Press.6. Bandura, A. (1988). Organizational application of social cognitive theory. Australian Journal of Management, 13(2), 275-302.7. Lent, R.W., Brown, S.D. & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and career and academic interest, choice, and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 45(1), 79-122.8. Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Bulletin, 84(2), 191-215.9. Bandura, A.(1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.10. Zeldin, A. L., Britner, S. L., Pajares

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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

teams varies asthe CDE is dependent on faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and their labspace. Over the past two years, research teams have worked in the engineering disciplines ofbiomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering,mechanical engineering, and electrical and computer engineering. Research teams are assignedafter participants have been provided with an overview of each field of engineering either byfaculty members or graduate and undergraduate students. Based on their desired interests,SEI participants select and rank the top two/three areas of engineering where they would liketo conduct research. Using these selections, the executive program director and leadcounselor(s) assign

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed A. Seif, Alabama A&M University

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the launcher will be used. A blast deflector to prevent the motor's exhaust from hitting the ground will be used and ensure that dry grass is cleared around each launch pad in accordance with the Minimum Distance table, and increase the distance by a factor of 1.5 if the rocket motor being launched uses titanium sponge in the propellant. • Size: The rocket will not contain any combination of motors that total more than 40,960 N-sec (9208 lb-sec) of total impulse. The rocket will not weigh more at liftoff than one-third of the certified average thrust of the high power rocket motor(s) intended to be ignited at launch. • Flight Safety: The rocket will not be launched at targets, into clouds

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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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belonging in engineering?To analyze the data scores were computed and the appropriate statistical analysistechniques were applied.Question 1Are there differences in students’ engineering self-efficacy across academic levels?This question asks if there is a difference in the engineering self-efficacy of a sophomoreengineering student as compared to a freshman engineering student, and so forth. Thisquestion seeks to find the result for all students, regardless of ethnicity. Table 3 shows theANOVA table for the subscales contributing to engineering self-efficacy. The resultsshow that there is/are marginally significant difference(s) between means of the fourclasses (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) for math outcome expectations (F =14.356, p = 0.0

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Alternative high school weatherization of homes, and environmental and economic analysis of project(s). Mohawk, MI 49950 Grades: 10-128 Melvindale High School Randy Thomas: Number of Students: 37 Cyber Cards: Design and build a hybrid or Michigan Tech large urban city Physics, Chemistry Minority: 13 fuel cell vehicle & Public high school (Gr.9-12) Women: 10 NSF - ITEST

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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

Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.3. Bandura, A. "Social Cognitive Theory in cultural context." Applied Psychology: An International Review. 51,2002, pp. 269-290.4. Concannon, James P. and Lloyd H. Barrow. "A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Students' Self-Efficacy byGender, Ethnicity, Year and Transfer Status." Journal of Science, Education and Technology 18 (2), 2009, pp. 163-172.5. Ponton, Michael K., Julie Horine Edmister, Lawrence S. Ukeiley, and John M. Seiner."Understanding the role ofself-efficacy in engineering education." Journal of Engineering Education 90 (2), 2001, pp. 247-251.6. Pajares, Frank. "Current directions in self-efficacy research." In M. Maehr and P.R. Pintrich, eds., Advances inmotivation and achievement 10, 2007

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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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Creativity, Self-regulated Learning, and Motiva- tion through Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Problem/Project-based Learning”, American Education Science Review, vol. 1, no. 1, February, 2010 Wei Zheng, Jianjun Ying, Gordon Skelton, Huiru Shih, Tzusheng Pei and Evelyn Leggette, ”Strategies in Science and Engineering Studies”, Journal of Information Systems Technology and Planning, vol. 2, issue 3, winter 2009. N. Meghanathan, S. Sharma and G. W. Skelton, ”Use of Mobile Sinks to Disseminate Data in Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Information Processing, vol. 2, no. 2, April/ May 2008. Marc Bitner, Gordon Skelton, ”Low Cost, Highly Effective Parallel Computing Achieved Through a Beowulf Cluster

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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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dearth of students with strong skills in STEMfields. FEF hires and pays certified teachers and an administrator for each camp, as well as acollege or graduate student(s) to assist camp teachers. Staff also administers at least foursimulated SAT math assessments. It is believe that this repeated exposure to the test and testingenvironment help students alleviate anxiety and common test-taking missteps, such as theimproper use of time and guessing. Daily hands-on activities which are structured to apply mathin projects from exciting fields like aerospace technology, robotics, engineering, computing arepresented. To date, a total of 1,815 students have graduated from FEF summer collegepreparatory programs. In 2010, 392 students participated in

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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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. The thrustpower is adequate to maintain adequate velocity of the boat to cover 10 to 20 ft/s. The ruddersystem allows quick turning action and a bumper in front of the boat protects it against collisionwith underwater rocks and debris. The NXT based system has also allowed students to use theplatform to learn and implement software tools such as ROBOTC and LABVIEW, over andabove the NXT code that came with the LEGO-NXT system. Current and future efforts with theboat project involve replacing the NXT system with LABQUEST which will be easier interfacewith GPS and Vernier sensors. Students are also developing a low cost fully autonomous Page

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

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, Proposal funded by theOffice of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia under Grant No: N00014-99-1-0969.[3] Padmanabhan, G., Davis, C. A., Lin, W., Pieri, R. V., Patterson, F., and Cobb. S., 2002. Strengthening NativeAmerican Pathways to Science and Engineering Education. Proc. of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Montreal, Canada.[4] Padmanabhan, G., Lin, W., Pieri, R. V., Patterson, F., and Khan, E., 2006. A Weekend Enrichment Program forTribal High School Teachers and Students. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June18-21, Chicago, Illinois, USA.[5] Lin, W., Padmanabhan, G., Pieri, R. V., and Patterson, F., 2007. Experience with and Lessons Learned in aSTEM Summer Camp for Tribal College Students, 2007 ASEE

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wes Stone, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

, Page 22.1652.2piezoelectric materials were not commercialized until the 1940’s, when they found application insensors. Most piezoelectric accelerometers are made of quartz crystal. When the crystal issubjected to a force, it generates a small electrical charge. That charge is directly proportional tothe applied force. Using Newton’s Second Law (F=ma), it is very useful to use piezoelectricsensors to measure force and acceleration, opening a wide array of applications.2,3 Farlow, et alwere able to micromachine piezocomposite transducers with kerfs as small as 13 m, using acopper vapor laser.4Independent Study Research OpportunitiesMinerick, et al show that research can be used as a recruiting tool to draw talented high schoolstudents to the