Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

2 Fuel car 1 1 Paper tower 2 Pumpkin Catapult 1 1Some further details about experiences that students mentioned include the following: • One or two students had multiple experiences. Most only had a single experience that might be called engineering-related. • One student mentioned a technology program in middle school, • Two mentioned computer programming in high school • One mentioned a technology program in high school. • One student participated in the national FIRST Robotics program. • One student participated in the national Project Lead The Way program. • About 35% of the

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha L McCarthy, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Reed T. Bjork, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Tasnia Tabassum, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

fewweeks before most freshmen started scheduling. During this event, upperclassmen spoke to thefreshmen in attendance about elective options, course rigor, and scheduling layout. In addition,some mentors and mentees attended a pumpkin carving event open to all students at theuniversity. BMES general meetings were also a twice monthly occurrence, when mentors andmentees were able to connect. Study jams were also held by BMES during final exam week,which provided another meeting space for mentors, mentees and all BME students. Overall,these events were successful for the mentor and mentee groups who attended.Results based on students’ experiencesNear the end of the semester, the mentor group was asked to describe their interaction with eachmentee in