Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Joseph Arumala, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

and test PWM board with circuit and supplied servos.At the end of the project, the students made a presentation to a team of five NASAEngineers and Scientists and UMES Faculty. The oral presentation was judged based on aform titled Communication Skills Competencies Evaluation which covered Content(team), Organization (member), Delivery and Effectiveness (member) and Discussion(member). The students performances were judged as a team and as individual membersas indicated. Each segment carried 25 points to give a total of 100 points. The averagescore for this project was 90 which showed the high quality of work done by the students.In addition, a Capstone Design Project Evaluation was done based on the followingcriteria: Open-Ended Problem

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morrison Obeng, Bethune-Cookman College; Xiaohe Wu, Bethune-Cookman College

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

resources requested by the students. Theseresources must not be readily available in the laboratory. This type of project may also beassigned in the “Senior Thesis Projects” capstone course. A project such as the one described,may involve a multi-disciplinary team of engineering, computer science and physics majors.Knowing that the completion of a project will help them with their performance in industry andin graduate schools, the students are motivated to do what it takes to complete the projectsuccessfully3. The functional, finished products are put on display in the engineering laboratoriesto be used as demonstration tools for other students to encourage and motivate their interest inScience, Engineering and Mathematics. Middle School and High

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

initiative, 25 engineering faculty members actually implemented S-Linto at least one of their courses during the 04-05 academic year and 34 faculty in 05-06. In2005-06 over the two semesters an average of 700 undergraduate students participated in S-Lprojects in 52 courses, some with required S-L projects and others elective. This wide variety ofcourses included, for example, a first year introduction to engineering with 300 students,kinematics, soil mechanics, heat transfer, engineering ethics, electronics, plastics design, strengthof materials, and a senior EE capstone course on assistive technology with 70 students.Community partners included the Lowell National Historical Park, many local rehabilitationclinics, a local food bank, the City

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abulkhair Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Fahmida Masoom, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

obtained her M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin. She taught at Savannah State University for two years before coming to UW-Platteville. Her research interests are in the areas of Engineering Design Graphics and Digital Design. Page 12.774.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 GE Design Competition - Opportunities and Challenges for Minority Engineering StudentsAbstractIndustries around the country routinely collaborate with engineering and engineering technologyprograms in providing opportunities and challenges for senior design projects. Capstone

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Resources for Engineers). In 2004, the CEED office received a $2million dollar STEP (STEM Talent Expansion Program) grant from the National ScienceFoundation. The goal of the project is to increase the number of students earning degrees inengineering and computer science. One component of the grant activities was the expansion ofASPIRE, marketing it to a larger number of first-year students admitted to the College ofEngineering (COE). The expanded bridge program still operates under the auspices of theCEED and has been named STEP Bridge – Student Transition to Engineering Program.Here, we provide a brief overview/history of ASPIRE and then discuss the transition to, andimplementation of the STEP Bridge program. We will compare the logistics of