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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, Clemson University; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

partners such as NASA, Michelin, and BMW. His past work experience include working at the BMW Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) as a research associate, and for Robert Bosch Corporation as a manufacturing engineer. Dr. Morkos’ research thrust in- clude: design representations, computational reasoning, systems modeling and engineering, engineering education, collaborative design, and data/knowledge management. Page 23.273.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 CAREER: Student Motivation and Learning in EngineeringAbstractThis project seeks to help

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #6832Implementing a Student-Suggested Course in Engineering Career Develop-mentDr. Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University Dr. Julie E. Sharp, M.A.T., M.A., Ph.D., is Professor of the Practice of Technical Communications in the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, where she teaches written and oral communication courses in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the General Engineering Division. Her teaching and research interests include job search communication, learning styles, and integrating com- munication in engineering courses. In 2012, she won an Apex Award for Excellence in

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Juan E Gilbert, Clemson University; Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Christina Gardner-McCune, Clemson University; Kyla Alanna McMullen, Clemson University; Phillip Wendell Hall Jr, Clemson University ; Sekou L Remy, Division of Human Centered Computing - School of Computing, Clemson University; Damon Lamar Woodard, Clemson University; Tania Roy, Clemson University

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #5769Alternate Pathways to Careers in Computing: Recruiting and Retaining WomenStudentsDr. Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University Shaundra Daily is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at Clemson University. She received her doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where her doctoral work involved designing and implementing technology-infused collaborative learning environments. Prior to her doctoral studies, she received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - Florida State University College of Engineering as well as a

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The Civil Engineering Technologist and the Civil Engineer – What’s the Difference?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry G Cooke P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Scott B. Wolcott P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

engineering design careers and professionalengineering licensure. The debate has been accentuated by a comparison of these graduates tothose from baccalaureate civil engineering programs accredited by ABET’s EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC). This comparison has become more intense with theestablishment of the “Body of Knowledge” for civil engineering and the “Raise the Bar”initiative for professional licensure, with the associated BS + 30 requirement for licensureeligibility. ABET itself distinguishes between “technologists” who graduate from ABET/ETACaccredited baccalaureate programs and “engineers” who graduate from ABET/EAC programs.The objective of this study is to look at the preparedness and ability of graduates from one largecivil

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jani M Pallis, University of Bridgeport

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Engineering Management

impact an academic’s career including thepromotion and tenure process. These points are supported with anecdotal evidence gathered byprofessors with a range of clicker experience from first usage in a course to 25 years of use in avariety of classes.Much of our past work has been in the context of quantitative courses. Clicker use was recentlyexpanded to qualitative courses with very similar results. While some of the details aresomewhat different between the two types of courses, student support remained very strong.Finally, we suggest that one of the best reasons to use clickers is that they can make teaching alot more fun. Instead of focusing on covering a chapter’s worth of material, it is possible to focuson maximizing what students learn

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John C. Anderson, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Barbara Shwom, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design Institute; John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Golder, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Deanna Gail Levis, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Darlene B Webb, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the main focus of this polytechnic institute?The institute that is home to Idol focuses primarily on preparing students for successful careers,and most often hires instructors who bring prior industry experience to their teaching positionsalong with their academic credentials. Industry involvement with instructors, course materials,and collaboration with student projects is common and encouraged, so students get firsthandexperience with workplace standards and practices.For students, assignments and extracurricular activities that have clear links to their futureworking life make their courses more meaningful to them and more practical for the workplace.For instructors, this system demands time in keeping up to date on current industry

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Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

. Page 23.544.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Equipping an Army of Ambassadors: A Workshop Model for a STEM Career Speaker's BureauImmersed in a society that is dominated and driven by work, and vulnerable to social influencesof prestige and gender bias, children as young as five years of age begin to postulate what careerthey will one day have[1]. Young people tend to choose professions that are familiar[2], whethertraditions in their family, or professions that have been exposed to them through education andexperience.Most careers in STEM aren't quite as tangible and recognizable as say a teacher, fireman, orprofessional sports player[3, 4], and young women

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University

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experience designing water and wastewater treatment facilities in central California. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2011. Dr. Brown’s research focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding why some engineering concepts are harder to learn than others, and how the concepts are embedded in contexts. Page 23.272.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 CAREER: Cognitive Models of Conceptual Understanding in Practicing Civil Engineers and Development of Situated Curricular MaterialsIntroduction Developing conceptual

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Carrico PE, Virginia Tech; Matthew Arnold Boynton PE, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6810Development of an Interview Protocol to Understand Engineering as a Ca-reer Choice for Appalachian YouthMrs. Cheryl Carrico PE, Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, an M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.BA, and is a licensed professional engineer. Ms. Carrico has over 20 years of experience in engineering practice and has work as an engineering manager for General Dynamics. In addition to research concerning career choices for Appalachian students, Cheryl supports several K-12 STEM outreach

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K-12 Robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Fatih Ugurdag, Ozyegin University; Alpaslan Sahin, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6048A Robotics Summer Camp for High School Students: Pipelines ActivitiesPromoting Careers in Engineering FieldsDr. Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK Dr. Mehmet C. Ayar is a scientific programs expert in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). He received his PhD. in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in STEM education at Texas A&M University in 2012. His research is in ethnographic studies of science and engineering practice, curriculum development, design of learning environments and robotics activities. He offers a graduate course in METU on communities of practice. Dr. Ayar

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Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Faculty Development

Paper ID #8314Participation in Faculty-Led Off-Campus Programs as a Professional Devel-opment Opportunity for Early-Career FacultyProf. Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Richard F. Vaz received the PhD in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), specializing in signal analysis and machine vision. He held systems and design engineering positions with the Raytheon Company, GenRad Inc., and the MITRE Corporation before joining the WPI Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty in 1987. Rick is currently Dean of Interdisciplinary and Global Studies at WPI, with oversight of an

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CIP Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #6119Not All the Same: A Look at Early Career Engineers Employed in DifferentSub-OccupationsMs. Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a fifth year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in engineering education. Samantha completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2008 and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Design for Manufacturing from Stanford in 2010.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford UniversityMichelle Marie Grau, Stanford University Michelle Grau is a senior

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Engineering Identity 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #6290The Development of Critical Engineering Agency, Identity, and the Impacton Engineering Career ChoicesMs. Allison Godwin, Clemson UniversityDr. Geoff Potvin, Clemson UniversityProf. Zahra Hazari Page 23.1184.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Development of Critical Engineering Agency, Identity, and the Impact on Engineering Career ChoicesAbstractThe choice of an engineering discipline upon entrance to college is often a partly informeddecision. This paper explores the agency

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Outreach to K-12 Females

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Ryan Davidson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6549Using Social Networking to Mentor 9th-grade Girls for Academic Successand Engineering Career AwarenessDr. Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Patricia ”Pat” A. Carlson is a transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Va. She came to Rose-Hulman early in her teaching career and has taught a variety of courses over the past three decades. Dr. Carlson has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education sum- mer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s Classroom of

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Binod Tiwari

Engaging Engineering Students in Research from Early Stage of Their Student Career Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor and Acting Chair Civil and Environmental Engineering Department California State University, FullertonAbstractEngineering education in the USA has significantly been controlled by the accreditation agency.As a result, classroom education is paid much more attention compared to the hands-on orresearch activities. In this study, a select group of engineering students were involved in faculty-student collaborative research activities in different stages of their

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Andrew Almodovar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kyle Mattson, Timken; Evan Karl Day, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sean McKibben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Yoo; Johnson Samuel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David E Silverman

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6216A Lego-based Outreach Module Aimed at Promoting Advanced Manufactur-ing Careers to K-12 Students in the United StatesMr. Christopher Andrew Almodovar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Christopher Almodovar is a mechanical engineering student of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s class of 2013.Mr. Kyle Mattson, Timken Kyle Mattson graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2011 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and again in 2012 with a Master’s of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. Both degrees were focused in manufacturing. He started with Timken, a bearing and power

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cindy Jong, University of Kentucky; Donna Joy Dockery; Mary Hermann, Virginia Commonwealth University; Teresa Jones Carter, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Women in Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pilot Study: An Exploration of the Experiences that Influence Women’s Interest, Pursuit, and Continued Involvement in STEM CareersAbstractWhile longitudinal studies that examine the effects of personal and environmental factors onwomen’s career motivation have been reported in the literature [1] [2], none have provideddepth or breadth of biographical interviewing over the time span of the last two decades. Manyintersecting variables have been identified by empirical research to account for women’scontinued underrepresentation in STEM careers, yet persistence, especially in computer scienceand engineering, remains an issue. Recent studies [3] [4

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Amaka Waturuocha; Laura Ford; Christi Patton Luks

Pursuing a Personalized Program to Prepare for an Academic Career at an Engineering Department without a Formal Teaching Curriculum Amaka Waturuocha1, Laura Ford1, Christi Patton Luks1 1 University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USAAbstractTypically, when applying to graduate school for doctoral programs, students are not 100%certain of the route their careers will take: industry, academia or both. Most times though, theylean more towards one of these options. In such a case the potential graduate student tailors theirapplications /interests to schools with the kind of curriculum that fits their particular needs. Oncein graduate school

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Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Potvin, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Robynne M. Lock, Department of Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University; Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Western Kentucky University; Nicole Barclay, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

survey, conducted in 2011, of 6772 studentsenrolled at 50 colleges and universities in the U.S. By identifying students intending to major ineight different disciplines (bio-, chemical, civil, electrical/computer, environmental,industrial/systems, materials, and mechanical engineering), we show how student goals, valuesand self-perceptions differ. Regression analysis is used to study how the likelihood of enteringone of these eight disciplines is associated to career outcome expectations, students' self-beliefsaround their science, physics, and math identities, and constructs measuring their personal andglobal science agency.Results indicate that students intending to major in engineering show substantial inter-disciplinary distinctions in the

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"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

chemistry majors. We comparedresponses of the chemical engineering students with these two disparate groups respectively toidentify differences in high school experiences, attitudes, and backgrounds using t-tests for linearvariables, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for Likert-type questions, and chi-square tests fordichotomous variables.Chemical engineering students show uniqueness in their career goals when compared to bothengineers as well as chemistry majors. For example, they differ significantly from otherengineers in their prior chemistry experiences, problem solving strategies, and their scienceidentity. Chemical engineers are almost indistinguishable from chemistry students in their highschool science experiences and academic preparedness except

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2013 ERC

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Theresa Maldonado

/smartphone-shipments-top-pcs-for-the-first-time-ever/So we talk about developing our 21st CenturySkills. On the whole, Engineering is a mindset.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Skills How do we get the “T-shape?” And how do we ensure relevant careers over time? Challenges facing ENG Education…• How to fit it all in? • “Then” ENG students: 144-152 credits for BS • “Today” ENG students: 120-136 credits for BS• “Hard core tech” vs. “Soft skills”– curricula alignment and planning to achieve T-shaped engineer• Retention and degree completion time• Pathways and “quality” perspectives• Opportunities for enhanced “learning experiences” and informal education? Project based learning models. The rapid growth rate of underrepresented group

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Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabriella J Ducamp, University of Virginia; Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Teaching About Electricity Gabriella J. Ducamp and Crystal J. DeJaegher University of Virginia Page 23.731.2INCORPORATING ENGINEERING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE 2 AbstractThe overarching goals of this study are to introduce engineering concepts to middle schoolstudents through digital fabrication, and increase science competency while stimulating interestin STEM careers. This pilot study incorporates digital fabrication, engineering design, andvisualizations into a comprehensive unit that integrates hardware

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kristina M Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

cancalculate their speed. They compare this value to what they estimated earlier.Evaluation of the ProgramLiz – here we should add a short discussion of what we did forassessment (and is in appendix)-assessment plan-assessment questions for curriculum leaders – I did take out the results of this, but did leave inthe questions-assessment questions for participants-final assessment reportIn post-weekend surveys given to the attendees, most indicate that the program has given them adeeper understanding of STEM fields. 100% of them agree that people in engineering or physicswork with others to solve problems, and that someone who studies engineering would have manypossible careers. In the physics analysis of the ropes course, students’ work showed that

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2013 EDI

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Josh Thomases, NYC Department of Education

. 4RACE IS A PREDICTOR OF COLLEGE AND CAREERREADINESSA college and career ready racial gap for males exists at all 8th grade ELA proficiency levels Percent of Males achieving College Readiness in 2010 after 4 Years of High School* Grade 8 ELA Proficiency Level (2006) *College Readiness as defined by APM “English/Math APM” (Aspirational Performance Measures) which includes students who scored 80 or higher on a Regents examination in mathematics and 75 or higher on the English Regents examination. Totals reflect data available at the time of reporting provided by NYSED; August graduate data available

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Silverstein, University of California, Los Angeles

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #6061Getting Engineering Students to Stay the CourseMr. Robert Silverstein, University of California, Los Angeles Robert Silverstein is president of management consulting firm The Brentwood Kensington Group, Inc. Mr. Silverstein founded BKG after a long and successful career as an executive leader in defense, aerospace, technology and the U.S. Government. Mr. Silverstein served as the vice president of Ad- vanced Design and Business Development for the highly classified Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Pro- gram and later as the vice president and general manager of the corporation’s electronics divisions in

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K-12 Professional Development I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, andsupported a total of 96 GK-12 Fellows. A study was conducted to investigate the long-termimpact of participating in the program on the GK-12 Fellows. In 2011, former Fellows werecontacted and asked to take an online survey about their program experience, and how it affectedtheir career path after graduation. The majority of survey respondents indicated that they felt theGK-12 experience had a large or very large impact on their career path. The time spent activelyteaching in classrooms led to large impacts on teaching, communication, and presentation skills.In addition, other skills such as leadership, teamwork, and time management were also reportedto have been improved. Participants ranked teaching K-12 students – the primary activity in theGK-12

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Starting Them Early

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, read books, take children to museums, and interact with their child on adaily basis. Background knowledge of a particular subject, such as science orengineering, has the ability to affect how they interact with their children potentiallyimpacting what main concepts the children will learn1. However, many adults andchildren alike have a minimal understanding of engineering5.Several empirical studies have shown that parents play a significant role in theoccupational aspiration and career goal development of their children6-8 and that a child’sinterest is significantly impacted by the parent’s viewpoint9,10. Magnuson and Starr(2000) asserted that preschoolers’ knowledge about occupations and perceptions aboutthe world of work are shaped by the

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #5798Impact of Student Tours of Manufacturing FacilitiesDr. Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers Dr. Marilyn Barger is the principal investigator and executive director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education. FLATE is funded by the National Sci- ence Foundation and has been housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into techni- cal career pathway; has produced award-winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post