Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-564: PLANNING FOR DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELSDonna Reese, Mississippi State University Donna S. Reese. Professor Reese is currently the Associate Dean for Academics and Administration for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University and a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. She has been on the faculty at MSU for 17 years. She may be reached via email at dreese@engr.msstate.edu.Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University Tommy Stevenson is currently the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Student Development for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Missisisippi State University. He may be contacted via email at tommy@engr.msstate.edu

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

on a detailed timemanagement schedule and the activities that go with it using Donna Johnson’s 4.0 Plan. Thepresentation of the process, the student assignments, the students’ reactions, and the results of ayear of this program will be discussed. The success of the program is very dependent on thecommitment of the student to the 4.0 Plan. Dramatic results have occurred with students whowere resolved to raise their GPA. Lessons learned and an evaluation of the program will also bediscussed in this paper.I. IntroductionIn fall 2003, the first class of National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)academic scholars was held in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. These 21 minorityentering freshmen students had this

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

engineering applications. Many students have difficulty connecting math and sciencecourses to common phenomena seen all around and to future careers. This problem is furtheraggravated on Indian reservations in North Dakota because of their isolated locations anddistance from industries. The authors developed a weekend academic program, “SundayAcademy”, carried out on four North Dakota Indian reservations, to stimulate Native Americanstudents’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), to attract toengineering programs, and to engage high school teachers and tribal college instructors in theprocess of developing engineering and applied science lesson plans. The academy consisted of aseries of one-day academic sessions

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

designated faculty should closely monitors thestudents’ performance. In a typical outreach program, students are quickly introduced toan interesting research project and asked to perform a variety of tasks and activitiessimilar to the ones assigned to any regular graduate students. They include literaturesearch and review, organization and selection of research ideas and results, anddevelopment and implementation of a research plan. Students are highly encouraged tobe self-reliant, innovative, highly motivated, organized and methodical which arenecessary characteristics of any successful graduate student in graduate school. In thepaper, a specific case study is presented, which discusses the importance of assessing thestudents abilities and skills

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Minorities in Engineering

% 2.3% 4.5% 91.4% 8.6%In a recent survey we asked a representative sample of the high school students the followingquestions, and obtained the following responses.Are You Planning to go to College?When asked, “Are you planning to go to college?” 98.1% of the students responded: “Yes”, and1.9% responded that they were not sure (0% said “No”).Will These Students Enroll in an Engineering Program?We then asked the students, “In what program are you planning to enroll?” Thirty-seven percent(37%) responded that they were going to enroll in an engineering program, 11% indicated theywould enroll in a non-engineering, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)program, 44.4% had not made a decision, and 7.6% were planning to enroll in a

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-1949: APPLICANT’S PROFILE STUDY FOR IMPROVINGUNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT IN THE ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF THEUNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT MAYAGÜEZDavid Gonzalez-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez GONZÁLEZ-BARRETO, DAVID R., Ph.D. He is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Coordinator of Institutional Research and Planning at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. He is interested in institutional research, specifically in the areas of admissions and student success.Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez GONZÁLEZ-QUEVEDO, ANTONIO A., Ph.D. He is Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning of the

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

-up of the collegefaculty such that it is more representative of society. More importantly, minorities serve as rolemodels for minority students who are considering advanced careers in academia”.8Strategic Plans of Colleges of EngineeringAcademia is becoming increasingly involved in the strategic planning of their colleges anddepartments. However a greater proportion of these strategic plans do not explicitly includediversity and/or methods aimed at attracting diverse faculty and students into engineeringeducation. The mission/vision statements of a few higher educational institutions are depictedbelow.“We prepare students for professional practice through quality undergraduate and graduateprograms that encourage lifelong learning, foster

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Minorities in Engineering

engineering, (2) Help shape the engineering, engineering technology,and computer science workforce by increasing the number of American Indian studentsgraduating from the College of Engineering, and (3) Improve access to qualityengineering and technology to rural and underserved populations by returning highlyeducated professionals to these communities.In two previous papers,1,2 we talked about the need for the DOC program and ourprogram activities. This paper builds on previous papers by discussing programevaluation. In summer of 2004, we developed a comprehensive plan for assessing allaspects of the program. We have used this assessment plan and the data collected toevaluate our progress and to guide changes in the program. In this paper, we

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Vernal Alford, North Carolina A&T State University; Elaine Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University; Venetia Fisher, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

, in particular.Funding for this program is varied according to the research center involved andcomes from varied sources.STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND PLAN This nation has long recognized the absence of diversity within scienceand math based professions. North Carolina A & T State University (NCAT) haspioneered the effort to encourage women and minorities to consider careers in thevaried fields of engineering. NCAT is one of the very few Historically BlackColleges or Universities (HBCUs) that maintains a College of Engineering. ThusNCAT has consistently been near the top, if not at the top, of the annual lists of Page 11.545.2universities producing

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

levels • To increase the number of competently prepared students from the El Paso area who will ultimately pursue engineering studies in college; • To increase the retention rate of these students as they progress through college. • To recruit participants from the school districts in and around El Paso with special efforts made to attract female students and students from minority groups who have been traditionally underrepresented in the professional engineering and high technology areas.Additional information about this program is found in Appendix A.Elements of Discover EngineeringThrough the collaborative efforts of SEI and EAPO personnel, it was possible to execute theproject plan in an efficient and timely manner

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tricia Berry, University of Texas-Austin; Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin; Randy Emelo, Triple Creek Associates, Inc.

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Minorities in Engineering

, easy-to-use mentoring tool called Open Mentoring®,licensed from Triple Creek Associates, Inc. By marketing engineering options and showcasingthe career paths of College of Engineering alumni through Open Mentoring®, WEP and EOEstrive to increase student knowledge about career planning, as well as increase the retention andgraduation rates of participating female and minority engineering students.The College of Engineering at UT Austin prepares students to enter the workplace withcompetence and confidence by providing them with opportunities such as Open Mentoring® todevelop into independent, creative professional engineers. The Web-based Open Mentoring®process guides a student through: • assessing her/his development needs, • finding a

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Hudson, University of Texas-San Antonio; Dawnlee Roberson, University of Texas-San Antonio

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Minorities in Engineering

. Page 11.276.6For the academic portion, the lesson plan is generic enough to be applied anywhere, and can beexpanded or contracted to adapt to the needs and experience of the students. Anyone who cancomfortably teach an introduction to the electrical engineering lab should be able to teach theLabVIEW portion, and a bioengineer or a physical therapist with research interests can teach thebiology and biomechanics. The accelerometers would not have to be used, but any data-gathering device that has electronic output could be utilized, and the data gathered can becorrelated to a type of physiological data.SummaryThis course was given during the second year of this federally funded four year program, and thefaculty plan to give this course during

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phyllis Tedford, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong

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Minorities in Engineering

reach out to hidden underrepresented Student candidates in EngineeringAbstractThis article discusses the steps planned and implemented to reach out and increase participationand retention of minority students in our engineering programs at San Francisco State University(SFSU). These efforts began with SFSU's Partnership for Engineering Education (PFEE) program. The goal of this program is to bring together alumni, faculty and student participants from variousorganizations such as high schools, community colleges, universities and industry. Theseparticipants are brought to the PFEE through SFSU chapters of the MESA Engineering Program(MEP), Women Engineering Program (WEP) and other similar programs or professional

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allene Manning, Purdue University; Virginia Booth-Gleghorn, Purdue University-MEP; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

Purdue. Results from current assessments will be used to improve aspects of the program. Page 11.463.4Future Directions In an effort to enhance the Academic Boot Camp in the future, program developers areinterested in increasing the number of academic topics covered within the Camp. The hope is toexpand the Boot Camp to include separate tracks for science, technology and mathematicsstudents. The plan also includes the involvement of high school instructors working withcollege-level instructors in aspects of the Camp and giving Camp participants academic creditfor content that is covered during the program. Additional information about

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

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Minorities in Engineering

freshmen [10]. Many of them Page 11.949.7will continue their education at four-year universities and become future engineers and scientists.NASA has recognized the importance of community college students and included them inNASA’s education pipeline [11]. NASA’s mission is “to understand and protect our planet, toexplore the universe and search for life, to inspire the next generation of explorers …as onlyNASA can.” We should inspire students at all levels of education to be interested in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), so that they will carry on NASA’s missionin the future.The research project was well planned and

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

semester and cumulative GPA fortransfers.Another topic of discussion is the question with respect to what group of students to defineretention and graduation rates. The group that can start in calculus I, or both prospective andcalculus-ready engineering students? We are inclined to think that retention and graduation ratesshould be calculated with respect to calculus-ready students.In further research on predictors of retention and academic achievement we plan to include notonly the previous GPA of transfers, but also the grades they obtained in the math and sciencecourses they transferred. We also plan to analyze retention and academic achievement after onesemester, one year, two years, etc. This would help us to identify 'at risk' students in

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

, developing and revising a teachingstatement, identifying and annotating teaching artifacts, developing a diversity statement,compiling a complete draft portfolio, and outlining a professional development plan. The ETPPis peer-led and peer-focused. Participants rotate the leadership role for each session andfacilitate the sessions without supervision by faculty or professional staff.Key features of this program include: a) a focus on graduate students, b) a series of activitiesthat collectively help students develop a teaching portfolio, and c) a peer-led structure with astrong peer evaluation component. The program has these elements for three primary reasons.First, we have an interest in helping improve the flow in the engineering educator pipeline

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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Minorities in Engineering