Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

wholesystem. This requires the students to become literate in other areas of engineering so they caneffectively interact with their colleagues in the team, thus preparing them for real-world careerswhere team efforts are the norm. The ROV competition plays yet another important role inexposing students to ocean and marine engineering careers. In order to best realize these andother benefits it is important that the students be given the proper advice and oversight by theROV team’s faculty advisor. College students live in a different world than high school ormiddle school students and their advising needs are substantially different. Time management inparticular is an important issue with undergraduate engineers (who constitute the bulk of college

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

) was an outcome of a December 2004 report generated byMichigan Lieutenant Governor John Cherry’s roundtable commission that addressed the issue ofhow to create a 21st century Michigan workforce2. In response to this report, representatives fromMichigan Tech began investigating ways to increase linkages with K-12 education. They soughtto motivate and prepare more students for higher education and STEM careers. Among themultiple initiatives undertaken was High School Enterprise. The university agreed to fund asmall, one-year test program in three Michigan high schools for the 2007-2008 school year.Based on positive preliminary outcomes, a pilot HSE program was subsequently supported byNSF through a one-year IEECI (EEC 0835670) award and then a