Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint; Olanrewaju Aluko, University of Michigan-Flint

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

innovation increases at a phenomenal pace,more so than it was in the past few decades.Innovation and creativity in development of future technological breakthrough requires themotivation of current high school students to focus more towards science and technology. Anumber of pre-engineering programs have been developed across the nation during the past fewdecades to encourage students to consider engineering and science as career choices. Althoughthe programs showed an increased level of interest towards STEM disciplines, those initiativesare less than adequate as we are still seeing declines in enrollment in STEM disciplines. Toaddress the projected critical shortage of future scientists and engineers in the USA, a pre-engineering program was

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Cordes, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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Women in Engineering

. In this capacity, he is responsible for all activities related to student services (academic administration, advising, career planning, women and diversity programs, etc.) and curricular issues. He is principal investigator on several NSF grants related to retention of engineering students. As a faculty member in civil engineering, he co-teaches a large introductory course in civil engineering. His research and consulting activities have focused on the safety and reliability of hydraulic structures, and he has participated as an expert in three different capacities regarding reviews of levee performance in Hurricane Katrina. He is a three-time recipient of his college’s Withrow Award for Teaching

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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International

young students are choosingengineering as a career to pursue despite work market demand for engineers.1. IntroductionExamining more carefully the training of engineers, it is assumed that technical skill isassociated with understanding and proficiency in a particular type of activity, especially thosethat are involved in methods, processes and procedures. As an example, one can take the trainingof the engineer, who - mostly - is focused on calculations, simulations and projects,characterizing it as an individual, above all, objective. Since the human ability can be understoodas the ability of individuals to interact with others and respect fellows and nature, theseindividuals are aware of their own attitudes, opinions and beliefs on

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Mater; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 1692Both MCCD and ASU have decades of experience in serving underrepresented students and arecurrently engaged in leveraging those experiences through joint projects such as this one, theCIRC METS (funded by NSF), and projects funded by other agencies.8 Within the last decade, the Maricopa Community Colleges have received funding from a numberof agencies to promote awareness in STEM education and careers. Selected awards have beenmade to: • 2002, Estrella Mountain received a one-year and a three-year grant to establish the NASA Center for Success in Math and Science to expand outreach services to the middle school level. The purpose of both grants is to recruit and to retain underrepresented minorities in

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stevens; Sharon Schlossberg; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

and 49% for fifth year students. Others havenoted attitude as a factor in the careers of women; see, e.g., NSF8 and Seat17.Similar results were cited by Hermond12 in his study of retention of minority engineeringstudents and by Adelman18 in his investigation of the engineering career paths of men andwomen. Mary Besterfield-Sacre, et.al19 write in their paper on characteristics of freshmenengineering students: “There is strong evidence that among all factors studied, attitudes are themost correlated with retention”.Scholarships: Financial aid is an important component of project strategies to retain studentsand to accelerate their progress toward graduation. The idea is that such aid would enableparticipants to reduce, or even eliminate, their

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

product.Teacher TrainingThe faculty team will present a four-day workshop to introduce the field of engineering tomiddle/high school mathematics teachers in order to help them encourage and prepare studentsfor a career in the engineering profession. In this workshop, teachers will explore the spectrumand reach of engineering in society. Participants will also learn what a college engineeringcurriculum entails, including the mathematics requirements, and what makes students successfulin engineering. Finally, teachers will be educated about those elements that would increase theinterest of underrepresented groups in engineering as a career. Teachers will participate in the“hands on” engineering projects described in the CD kits. They will also be paired

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

10% better than that of the students who do not. These courses often provide the basis for cohesive learning communities, which spark intellectual confidence among their participants13. Underrepresented Groups As women constitute 50% of the population, an increase in women choosing careers in these fields could help curb the predicted shortfall in the professional workplace. In the United States the job growth rate for the scientists and engineers should be twice the rate of rest of the economy around 2000s. Women and minorities must be the other sources in the engineering workforce rather than the traditional white male. However, young women are not choosing technical careers at the same

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Zern; Richard Grabiec

first-year seminar in order to give the AMP a point of reference anda vehicle for implementation. The principal focus of the AMP is to assist first-yearengineering students in assembling a practical look at their area of career interest,establishing a point of relevancy for the engineering curriculum and building personaland professional contacts.During the 2000-2001 academic year, a voluntary pilot AMP utilized standard e-mailcommunications between students and alumni as the principal source of communication.Forty first-year engineering students and thirty engineering alumni participated. Bothprotégés and mentors appreciated the opportunity to share perspectives, protégés

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England College; Michael J. Rust, Western New England College; Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Richard D. Beach, Western New England College; Jason A Criscuolo, Western New England College

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Biomedical

biomedical engineering, career opportunities for biomedical engineering graduates, andthe educational opportunities available in biomedical engineering at the host institution.IntroductionSummer engineering outreach programs are used as a recruitment tool for potential students aswell as to introduce students to the various engineering fields. Many engineering schools acrossthe country offer either residential or day programs that provide junior high or high schoolstudents the opportunity to investigate engineering as a college major and career choice. Theseprograms generally expose students to multiple engineering fields during the program.Although engineering summer programs are ubiquitous, those concentrating entirely onbioengineering or

Conference Session

What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

no internship experience. “Once, having an internship or two on your resumemade you a real standout in the marketplace. Today, internships are really the only wayto make sure you get on the career track of your choosing.” 2Engineering programs and the hosting industries also benefit in many ways. “Theprograms possess several advantages and provide benefits to all stakeholders.” 3 TheInternship program is a perfect vehicle to network into many different types of businessesand industries. This working relationship often results in program benefits such as state-of-the-art equipment donations, sources of student scholarships, recruiting tool for currentindustrial employees wishing to upgrade their skill set, a job placement highway forgraduates

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

engineering that has todo with cleaning up the effects built systems have had on the environment. Sustainable design“focuses on design that requires fewer natural resources, produces less (or no) waste, andreduces, reuses, or recycles waste produces (p. F1c-2).” One university defines sustainabledesign as having four components, technical, financial, environmental, and societal and these arereinforced throughout the students’ career in a series of courses spanning freshman to sophomoreyear7. James Madison University defines environmental sustainability as an approach to the engineering of processes, products, and structures which has, indefinitely, a less negative, neutral, or benign effect on all environmental systems. Sustainable

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

Innovation Center at the Ohio State University and Professor Emerita of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics at Michigan Techno- logical University. She recently served as Program Director within the Division of Undergraduate Educa- tion at the National Science Foundation. She began her academic career on the faculty at Michigan Tech in 1986, starting first as an instructor while completing her Ph.D. degree and later joining the tenure-track ranks in 1991. Sorby is the former Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering and the former Department Chair of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech. Her research interests include graphics and visualization. She has been the Principal

Conference Session

STEM and the Two-Year College

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

implementing a comprehensive support system toenhance the academic success and career pathways of Hispanic and Low-income college students,specifically those who commence their education at a state college and then transfer to FAU topursue bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CE), andComputer Science (CS), aligning with their career aspirations. The emphasis on Computer Scienceis particularly significant due to its profound impact across various sectors of society, industries,the economy, national security, and the educational landscape.The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered substantial shifts in higher education, altering instructionaldelivery methods for thousands of college students and necessitating the widespread

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Scholars Program: Students’ Perceptions Across Three YearsAbstractThis work seeks to understand students’ perceived value of their participation in a multi-year co-curricular program, the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP), at Arizona State University(ASU) and explore how these perceptions vary between students at different class levels.Students in the GCSP engage in multidisciplinary, entrepreneurial, multicultural, research, andservice learning activities throughout their undergraduate collegiate career, in order to gaindiverse perspectives about global challenges related to a Grand Challenges theme (Health, Joy ofLiving, Security or Sustainability). At ASU, GCSP students are also encouraged to connect withtheir peers

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel L Galos, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Aaron Zachary Chandler Friedman, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ethan Jamosmos, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah Isabel Allec, Citrine Informatics; Brina Blinzler, The University of Kansas; Lessa Grunenfelder, University of Southern California; Adam R Carberry, The Ohio State University

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Materials Division (MATS)

). He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. He recently joined OSU after having served as an Associate Professor in The Polytechnic School within Arizona State University’s Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE) where he was the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems & Design (EESD) Ph.D. Program. He is currently a Deputy Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education and co-maintains the Engineering Education Community Resource wiki. Additional career highlights include serving as Chair of the Research in

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Rivale, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jayne Aiken, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sweta Adhikary, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Changing theConversation (CTC) findings, while the other cohort actually received the messagingintervention. Engineering attitudes were measured on two dimensions (―knowledge ofengineering as a career‖ and ―interest in engineering‖) at the beginning and end of the academicyear. These results were compared with a qualitative analysis of the Draw-an-Engineer Test. Theresults showed that all students significantly improved on the ―knowledge of engineering‖dimension over time, with the engineering messaging intervention significantly impacting thegirls in the study. The results from the ―interest in engineering‖ construct were more complex.The DAET study revealed that gender of the Graduate Teaching Fellow had

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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International

roach was used toexplore what topics were discuss ssed in each article and how these related back to the purpose ofthe study. From here each articlecle was examined again to determine the key argu gument, findingsand purpose of the research. Arti rticles with similar purpose statements or findingsgs were groupedtogether, and this iterative proces ess continued until all articles had a place in onee of o fourcategories: identity, socialization on, culture and career intentions. These are shown wn graphically inFigure 1

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

. Page 22.117.2 1Research on the value of mentoring reports those who have mentors often have more jobsatisfaction, career satisfaction, promotion, better compensation, and are awarded more grantsthan those who are not mentored. 3,4 Mentoring can particularly buffer women from the setbacks to them personally and to their career from the negative effects of gender bias.5,6 Peoplewho have been protégés find it easier to find mentoring relationships than those people who havenever been a protégé.1 These mentored individuals recognize the value of mentoring and havethe skills to initiate and maintain mentoring relationships. They proactively look for

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University

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International Forum

strategies that provideglobal perspectives and international experiences to help their graduates excel in their futurework environment” [1]. Despite this need, only few students are able to or willing to have a studyabroad experience. The 2013 Open Doors report from the Institute for International Educationshows that nationally only 3.9% of engineering students studied abroad during theirundergraduate career [2]. In addition, despite the growing awareness of the benefits of studyabroad by students, the challenges preventing students from studying abroad are numerous andcomplex [2]. According to the IIE Generation Study Abroad White Paper Series, the primarychallenges for many U.S. students can be grouped into to three overarching categories: cost

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Raper

States. The Department’s founder, Bernie Sarchet, knew that many engineerseventually progressed to management positions during their career. This is still true today.However, most engineers did not have the benefit of studying management or business in themidst of a rigorous engineering curriculum. Graduate school, or trial by fire seemed to be theonly options for those engineers. However, Professor Sarchet came to UMR, a campus thatat the time did not have a school of business, and proceeded to develop a curriculum thatblended the rigors of a traditional engineering and science degree with courses that provideda strong foundation in business and management. Many who have knowledge ofEngineering Management at UMR believe that if a business

Conference Session

Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne L. Berliner -Heyman, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rosa M. Cano, NJIT; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

public schools. Page 24.1209.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 The Effects of Single vs. Mixed Gender Engineering Enrichment Programs on Elementary Students’ Perceptions of EngineersAbstractAlthough there is much debate about the relative effectiveness of single-gender education,previous research comparing aspects of our female-only summer enrichment programs toequivalent mixed-gender programs has shown our female-only programs to be particularlyeffective in reaching young girls, influencing their perceptions of engineers and attitudes towardengineering as a career. The addition

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine; Muhieddin Amer, RIT-Dubai

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International

Paper ID #5835Observations on startup and operational challenges for US engineering pro-grams in the Middle EastDr. Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine Dr. Friess holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1997), and currently is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with the University of Maine and Director of the Brunswick Engineering Program. Previously he has spent 5 years in Dubai as faculty of RIT Dubai and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University. Dr. Friess’ industrial and academic career spans a variety of consulting and entrepreneurial

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Dolenc, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Robotics Competition (FRC), a high school robotics contest focused on inspiringstudents to enter STEM careers. Mentor involvement within these robotics teams are comparedto establish end points, and characterized to find where the remainder mentor visions fall withinthis spectrum. Our research questions are: How do mentors define their roles? How do theamount of mentoring levels differ when comparing with the other robotics teams? What are thevarious student behaviors under these mentoring roles?Mentorship Literature Review The difficulty of research obtaining an overall clear definition of mentoring is due todefinitions changing based on the context mentoring exists in. An effort to define mentoring hascaused an overlap of definitions that

Conference Session

Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

Preparation for three years; Manufacturing Technology Advisory Group Board of Directors for seven years; and three National Science Foundation Review Committees for manufacturing and engineering-related NSF grants. Brown also served as a conference committee member of the National Career Pathways Network and serving on a number of state and local boards and skills standards committees. She has taught at the secondary, community college and university levels as well as been a research associate at IC2 Institute in Austin, Texas. Brown attended the University of Texas at Austin for her Ph.D. work in Higher Educational Administration; Northern Arizona University for her M.A. in Curriculum and Assessment and Arizona State

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Angela Berenstein

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Tour - cleanroom 4.4 Lecture – careers in nanotechnology 4.3 Table 1. 2005 camp survey results of topics Likert scale 1-5 with 1= least favorite and 5= most favoriteIn 2006 and 2007, we used the 2005 and 2006 survey results to restructure the summer programsto include more hands-on activities and less lectures by Georgia Tech faculty. The averageevaluations for these two summers remained very similar to those of 2005 with the averageranging between 3.0 - 4.5. The written comments included similar responses: Page 23.1340.4  “Make the camp harder and

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

research is meaningful and impactful for individualsboth within and outside academic circles. The authors stress “becoming engaged in communitiesis ensuring that institutions, their faculty, and their students are prepared with the skills necessaryfor their work with the public.” This value of community engagement has even been highlightedin many funding agencies. More notably, NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program(CAREER) [6], states three important criteria to include: 1) performance of innovative research at the frontiers of science, engineering, and technology that is relevant to the mission of the sponsoring organization or agency, 2) community service demonstrated through scientific leadership, education or

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Onboarding and Community Building in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Samhita Rhodes, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

a chemical engineer, it is$106,260 [1]. This 30% difference in yearly income holds more significant implications overone's lifetime. This marked difference in earning potential serves as a key factor influencing ashift in career trajectory, occurring either before or after undergraduate studies. Unfortunately,many students overlook crucial aspects such as job salary and availability when selecting theirundergraduate major. While personal interest often guides this choice, studies reveal that familialand peer pressure also plays a substantial role [2,3], leading students to pursue majors that maynot align with their passion or offer favorable job prospects and income. While more than 30%of undergraduate students regret their initial major

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dave Sly; Daniel Bumblauskas; Frank Peters

Development of an Engineering Sales Program with Industry Dr. Dave Sly, Dan Bumblauskas, Dr. Frank Peters Iowa State UniversityAbstractIowa State University recently established a program in technical sales for engineers. Todevelop the program, faculty and administrators reached out to an industrial advisory committeecomprised of organizations with a vested interest in the program; the organizations that hirestudents from the College of Engineering for career tracks in technical sales and marketing.The instructor used a combination of various sales techniques and strategies, from establishedtechnical sales programs to frame the syllabus for the course. A detailed course

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Chan, University of California, Davis; Tate L Chatfield, University of California, Davis; Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis

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Student Division (STDT)

researching small animal PET/MR scanning in collaboration with labs affiliated with the UC Davis Medical Center Department of Radiology. She is keen on advancing the field of multimodal medical imaging in the pursuit of exploring MR based therapeutic biomarkers in neuro-oncologic disease.Dr. Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis Dr. Xianglong Wang is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He is the principal investigator of the cube3 lab. The cube3 lab actively performs research in community building and gender equity in engineering, as well as problem-based learning in core biomedical engineering courses. Before joining UC Davis, he was a career-track

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

”3rd year, “Working in an industrial “I plan to pursue a career in “…my supervisor was able to “The entire process Stand-alone internshipfemale setting helped me to see the the biomedical engineering provide me with constructive required eportfolio, includes direct applications of field in the future. My criticism that helped improve my collaborations resume, Prezi scientific information professional aim is to further knowledge … This internship between different presentation on compared to my previous advance my studies in allowed my intellectual ability