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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guerriero; Elizabeth Chain; Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Matar; Mary Anderson-Rowland

been developed and are being pilottested in these classrooms as another tool to encourage students to learn about engineering andincrease interest in engineering as a career. Lessons have been learned in how to contactstudents for events, how to get information from the students who attend, and how to be flexiblewith student schedules.The paper will also discuss the joint administration of the program with different managementsystems and styles in each of the six institutions in the program. Lessons have been learned inconstructing a functional management structure, in scheduling faculty and staff from theinstitutions to participate in the activities, and in scheduling professional engineers for panels

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

Session 2004-1266 GETTING AN EDGE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Jerry O’Connor, Dan G. Dimitriu Physics, Engineering, and Architecture Department San Antonio CollegeThis paper is based on a work in progress, sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation,that was initiated to address the need for more college graduates who are prepared for careers inengineering, science, and technology related fields. The work involves a new program that wasdesigned to increase high school students’ awareness of and sustain their interest in the study ofengineering and to provide them with the knowledge, skills

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

. Several different approaches to K-12 engineeringoutreach have been employed to get students interested in the field of engineering, anticipatingthat this interest may impact later career choices. Some such outreach programs focus oneducating K-12 teachers about engineering so they may pass the knowledge on to their students,while others focus on university engineering faculty directly interacting with the students whomthey hope to affect. When institutions of higher education devise K-12 outreach programs, theinstitution itself must consider many factors; time commitment required of developers, fundsavailable, effectiveness of the program, and program sustainability are those that receive the mostattention. The outreach model we have developed

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

common device, the switch, to introduce students to variousengineering fields. In a hands-on approach, students test, design, disassemble, analyze, andreassemble switches while learning about programs of study, the interaction between disciplines,and possible career paths. Using this device, student teams are introduced to electronics bydiscovering how various switches operate, and by designing a process to test the electricalconnections. To introduce mechanical design, teams are given a problem that requires the use ofa switch. They spend some time brainstorming ideas for their design, and produce a conceptdrawing, including the mechanical details for their team’s device. The manufacturing process isintroduced by giving each team an identical

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

disciplines with knowledge ofnuclear science and technology that will prepare them for careers in the nuclear industry. Thoseprograms are: 1) Undergraduate minor in nuclear engineering 2) Graduate minor in radiation safety 3) BS/MS program 4) Dual masters degree program.The undergraduate and graduate minor were developed by the Nuclear Engineering Program andguided through a long review process culminating with approval by a university-wide academic Page 8.939.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

that they had expressed an interest in attending. The first workshop thatthe students were invited to was one on self-esteem, gender differences, and time management. Atraining company was hired to present and facilitate the first workshop. With the success of thatfirst workshop, we have continued to offer similar ones with themes such as stress management,time management, resume writing, and financial planning. The WiSE program is now 59 womenstrong with nine graduates, with five of those graduates currently enrolled in graduate programs.Through meeting with the students, we inquire what they believe would most help them whilethey are pursuing their careers. Through these workshops, female students have a venue todiscuss their challenges

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Mayo; Eric Hansberry

directcorrelation between marine graphics and other types of graphics, and therefore students notplanning on a marine career will also benefit from this knowledge.Of the many attributes that make up a successful engineer, perhaps three should be highlighted asmost critical. Basic engineering skills are clearly essential, and can be acquired and enhanced inthe process of studying marine design. Good interdepartmental communication and knowledgeis paramount, and marine design projects exemplify the many specialties of engineering workingtogether. Finally, creativity is the skill that most often sets one professional apart from others.Given a greater number of situations and problems to solve, students will further develop theirability to think creatively. A

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

for biomedical engineeringstudents.Biomedical Engineering Curriculum at Rice UniversityThe Bioengineering undergraduate program at Rice University is designed to prepare studentsfor careers in the rapidly developing areas of biomedical engineering and bioprocessing. Theundergraduate educational program in Bioengineering has the goal of producing a new type ofbiomedical engineer, fully conversant with modern biochemistry and cell and molecular biology.This type of biomedical engineer translates bench-scale scientific advances in biological sciencesinto cost-effective new products and processes. New and innovative curricula are beingdeveloped to educate biomedical engineers who not only create new tissues and cell-basedtherapies but also

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S. Pritchard; Edmund Tsang

teams, and on deciding what to do when theysee something of which they disapprove or when they have made a mistake that hasn’tbeen noticed by others. Furthermore, because the service-learning experiences areclosely related to student’s preparation for their careers, the reflection component canfocus on the directions they want their career to take and on the values and ethical idealsthey hope to sustain in whatever pursuits they do eventually undertake[5].III. Identify ways in which your service-learning/community-based design projectwould help in your own developmentThree types of service-learning/community-based design projects are found commonlyin engineering. They are partnered with K-12 schools, Habitat for Humanity, andgrassroots

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

suggestions and requirements would need to be incorporated intothe curriculum so that the course achieves desired objectives. Finding an answer to the questionof contractor expectations is a fundamental step in determining the baseline for course content.The topics that most closely match the needs of industry will be a likely choice for inclusion inthe course. Discussion time for each topic will also be dependent on the industry’s priorities. Methodology A survey technique was chosen to solicit information on construction safety knowledgeand/or responsibilities, which a construction student should have during the different stages ofhis career. The industry safety management was asked to identify the career development stageat which

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

an outreach program is to define what is meant by outreach. Forthe purposes of this paper, we contrast outreach with recruitment by distinguishing between thegoals and expected outcomes of a particular program. Some programs have elements thatcontain both outreach and recruitment goals. These definitions will naturally vary amonginstitutions somewhat. Outreach programs might have goals that include encouragingunderrepresented groups to consider science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers,informing students and teachers about the fields of engineering, helping enhance K-12 scienceeducation, etc. Recruitment programs typically have very focused goals of encouraging studentsto apply to a particular university and/or a particular

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Grimes; Huiming Wang; Virendra Varma

Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education” categories. ’Intended Major’ is a category on Missouri Western’s admission application that students check off if they are interested in, or leaning towards an engineering or engineering technology career. These are also the students who most likely add to attrition rates.The quality of ET students, judging from above, can entail highly varying abilities of students,and poses several challenges for faculty and administration. It can be argued that majority offaculty in an institution with an open-door admission policy, may agree on the merits of openenrollment as a way of giving everybody a chance at

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Theimportance of catching the attention of students at an early age along with the support of theirparents and grandparents is something that all engineering schools must take into considerationwhen planning their outreach activities for K-12. The earlier the students are connected toengineering with positive approaches, the earlier they will start the road to seriously looking atengineering as a career. Surveys presenting the attitudes of participants will be provided, alongwith the details of other departments in the college participating in Grandparent’s University.IntroductionUniversities around the United States are beginning to see the importance of starting to influencechildren at an earlier and earlier age into becoming aware of the

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

AC 2011-355: IMPLEMENTING THE MASTERS FOR ENGINEERINGPROFESSIONALS DEGREE AT NJITStephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology Page 22.825.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing the Master’s for Engineering Professionals Degree at NJITAbstract This paper reports on a plan for implementing a Master’s for Engineering Professionals atNew Jersey Institute of Technology. The Master’s for Engineering Professionals is intended forthe early career development of engineers in industry. It teaches the skill sets and abilitiesrequired of these

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

ISA, and a member of ASEE. During the 2009-2010 academic year, he was a Fulbright Scholar at Notre Dame University, Lebanon.Dr. Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University Rohitha Goonatilake received a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in 1997 and is currently working as an Associate Professor of mathematics in the Department of Engineer- ing, Mathematics, and Physics at Texas A&M International University. He was a Co-PI for a grant funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the 2010 Engineering Summer Program to provide enrichment for area middle and high school students to enter into careers in engineering. He is a mem- ber of American

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

student outcomes assessment and employer feedback. Typical evidence may consist of student portfolios including project work and activity based learning; results of integrated curricula experiences; nationally-normed subject content examinations; recent graduate surveys that demonstrate graduate satisfaction with employment including career development activities, mobility operations, and appropriate job titles; and employer surveys that demonstrate satisfaction with recent graduates. Programs also must demonstrate that their graduates are readily accepted into the workforce and are prepared for continuing education. This paper discusses a collaborative model for a senior seminar course which is

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Salem

priorities of youracademic setting. Furthermore, you need to be able to structure and shape your personalpriorities within the tenure-decision framework to demonstrate your accomplishments.Therefore, in addition to simply doing all of the rudimentary tasks associated with the facultyload, we are also individually tasked with managing and developing our career path.Know yourselfThe first step in managing and developing your career path is to know yourself, starting withyour personal goals and objectives as well as the requirements to reach them. There are manydifferent reasons to choose the academic profession as a career. Some are drawn to thespecialized research opportunities that exist while some are attracted to the opportunity todevelop and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wood; Elaine L. Craft

connections between subjects traditionallytaught in isolation and between their study and engineering technology careers.The SC ATE curriculum is being taught in seven South Carolina technical colleges and one highschool career center. Engineering technology retention rates have increased 50-100 percent. Inaddition, industry has responded to the implementation of the SC ATE curriculum by providingmore and better scholarships and meaningful work experiences for engineering technologystudents through the SC ATE Scholars initiative. Through the ATE Scholars partnerships,industries and colleges work together to recruit and select students as ATE Scholars. Thefinancial support of local industries (tuition, books and paid work experience) and relevant real

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryne A. Newton; Duane D. Dunlap; Dennis R. Depew

successfully completed without interruptingtheir career path with their employer or lowering their standard of living by exiting the work force tocomplete a degree.Advances in electronic communications have improved the opportunity and quality of televisedcourses; the ability to conduct teleconferences with two-way audio and video; the use of thecomputer to conduct library research. The immense power of Internet browsers coupled to theworld-wide-web allows one to find information in minutes that once would take days. Technologyand engineering faculty now have the ability to deliver high quality and very flexible graduateeducation opportunities for our discipline.The future number of technology and engineering technology graduates continuing to enter

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Stratton; Ranaye Marsh; Jonathan Lawson; Jay Kunze

simulators could be used effectively if available for educational programs.C That a 4-year program for engineering education may be unrealistically short to accomplish the necessary goals. He discussed serious engineering failures of the last few decades, suggesting that education and training of both engineers and technicians needs to be re- examined in an attempt to determine how to avoid such catastrophic occurrences.In some situations students are led to make career decisions in the freshman year, after which timeswitching between engineering and applied technology paths requires virtually a complete restart.Some academic institutions have made attempts to provide similarities in the two programs, atleast in the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca L. Dodge; Andres F. Rodriguez

similar program at the University of the Pacific in Stockton,California. The goals of the program were to introduce young women to Science andEngineering concepts; to emphasize the importance of Science and Engineering to their everydaylife; to present the career options available to them in these fields; to reveal the opportunitiescareers in these fields offer for contributions to their families and to society; and to make themaware of the academic requirements for such careers. This successful summer program led to anexpanded cooperation with the Girl Scout Council. In the 1996 - 97 academic year, PACESparticipated in the pioneering “In-School Scouting” program in El Paso public schools,presenting science demonstrations and workshops for Scout

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Youra

Session 3461 Integrating Communications into Engineering Courses: Dimensions of a New Paradigm Steven Youra Cornell UniversityEngineering students must develop the ability to communicate effectively. To address this need,a growing number of engineering programs are integrating communications into technicalcoursework. Writing and other forms of presentation can be central to engineering education forboth pragmatic and conceptual reasons: (1) The ability to communicate effectively is crucial tothe success of engineering projects and careers

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rosati; Judit E. Puskas

and objective T types and to well–organized anddecisive J types. It has been said5 that “TJ types tend to choose careers of power and authorityand FP types tend to avoid them” and professional type distributions from the MBTI Atlas 6confirm that engineers are 43 % TJ and 19 % FP and that professional managers are 49 % TJ and17 % FP. However the needs and demands of the engineering profession are changing. The Ftypes are naturally attuned to “people skills”, are good in teamwork and in the skills ofunderstanding and motivating colleagues. Additionally, the P types are open-minded, curious andflexible and alert to unusual approaches. Also P types, especially in combination with N, tend tobe more creative. Perhaps the engineering profession

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle; Robert Martinazzi

Economics” the instructor may add a contextperspective by discussing the “engineering” term and how it relates to the course and career. Afterthis, the word “economics” is discussed again in terms of career, life and course. At this point theinstructor leads the discussion on the first part of the course towards the personal implications of“economics” relating it completely to the students themselves and the numerous economic decisionsthey will be faced with in the near and far future in their lives. This begins the process of “context”or “relevance” which strikes the student’s “deep personal interest” chord. This is where the “horsesbegin to get thirsty.”The primary purpose of the first two or three weeks of class can center on students developing

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano-Nieto

other technical subject with minor modifications.INTRODUCTIONEducation in Engineering Technology is aimed at training future professionals in the arts ofmaintenance, repair, acquisition and management of technical equipment. However, it is widelyrecognized that Technology is today undergoing major changes. The training of these futureprofessionals needs to be reviewed and updated. The traditional educational approach consistedof theoretical lectures complemented by hands-on experiences in the laboratory. However, at thepresent time, students will have to compete in a career that demands not only that they be well-trained professionals, but also that they possess a broad vision of the profession (Buchal, 1997).To provide the breadth of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Ma, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ece Erdogmus, Georgia Institute of Technology; Erica Ryherd, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kyungki Kim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Catherine Armwood-Gordon, Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

the project, VADER-1 and VADER-2were developed to enhance first- and second-year students’ self-efficacy and retention in AE/Cprograms. VADER-R, aimed at recruiting high school and community college students into AE/Cprograms, is under development. VADER-1 and VADER-2 were implemented in 10 courses (405students) across three institutions in Fall 2023. The impact of VADERs was assessed throughreflection surveys guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory, pre- and post-domain knowledgequizzes, and time-stamped click-stream data reflecting student interactions within the virtualenvironment.1. IntroductionArchitectural Engineering and Construction (AE/C) education faces persistent challenges inenhancing students’ proficiency while fostering and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

diversity ofperspective and experience. To help all students develop the skills necessary to attract, retain,and consider the needs of diverse populations, engineering students need to consider socialresponsibility in the context of their engineering careers and scope of practice [6].To help promote engineering students’ ability to develop their social responsibility capacity, theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell S-STEM program began with an initial plan to recruit threecohorts of 8 low-income, high-achieving students (24 students total) who wish to pursue a careerin higher education (e.g., faculty at community colleges or universities) and engage them inongoing social responsibility and identity formation curriculum. Supporting scholars from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University; Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University; Margaret A Hunter, Hofstra University; John Carmine Vaccaro, Hofstra University; Scott T Lefurgy, Hofstra University; Jacqueline Lee, Nassau Community College; Rakhi Agarwal, Nassau Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

responsiveprogram structure (Figure 1).Both NCC and HU are located in a communityin which more than 93% of high schoolstudents are minoritized in the sciences andmore than 65% are low income. Ourobjectives are to: (1) shorten the length of timeto earn STEM AS and BA/BS degrees, (2)increase feelings of belonging and identitywith NCC and HU, (3) increase identity andconfidence as STEM students andprofessionals, (4) ensure consistentengagement with student support services(e.g., academic success, career counseling andplacement), (5) catalyze interdisciplinary andinter-institutional pedagogical collaborations,(6) identify curricular and co-curricular factorscontributing to student success and careerentry, (7) institutionalize

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Ivy Chin, University of Nevada, Reno; Joseph Bozsik, University of Nevada, Reno; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

scholars in the program. Current scholars identify as 21male, 10 female, 18 white, 7 Hispanic, 1 Black, and 5 Asian. Program numbers mirror similarenrollment trends to the College with the following exceptions: higher female and students of colorenrolled. The scholars in both cohorts participated in curricular and co-curricular activities thatincluded enrollment in a summer bridge program, proactive advising, tutoring in engineeringcourses, peer and faculty mentoring, career and graduate school guidance, cohort buildingactivities, theme seminars, funded undergraduate research experiences, and goals workshops. Theprogram did not have a comparison/control group. Cohort 1 started during the fall 2019 semester and cohort 2 started a year later

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in engineering, beyond what isexpected [2]. Typically, support for these students is not designed to dynamically interact withstudents’ needs. Rather, it is more common that programs take the approach that students willfind support if it exists. We aim to illuminate the experiences of students who navigate additionalobstacles in engineering, who we refer to as marginalized students. We are also interested indeveloping ways to more responsively support their navigation of engineering. We conductedthis work through an NSF CAREER project titled Responsive Support Structures forMarginalized Students: A Critical Interrogation of Navigational Strategies.The purpose of this NSF CAREER project is to foster understanding of the relationship