Conference Session

Program Evaluation Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Boukdad, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem; Amy Blue Cuevas, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem; Marty Kennedy, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem

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Pre-College Engineering Education

scientific perspective and uninhibited curiosity.BCA also strives to shows students that scientific careers and research are feasible and beneficialto all, shown through activities regarding research projects conducted by their peers. Being a partof BCe2, BCA had the unique opportunity to view different projects conducted by BCe2,allowing the students to be fully immersed in student-led research projects and see theday-to-day lives of STEM professionals. This in itself can be a deciding factor in career directionand higher education choices​ [3]​. When students are surrounded by those who have anappreciation and value for STEM fields, students are more likely to choose a STEM-relatedcareer and feel more connection to how they can contribute. Being

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Riley Sevan Harding, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

. McIntyre has served on the ASEE Board of Directors and is an ASEE Fellow.Ms. Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis Terri Talbert-Hatch, Ed.D. Associate Dean for Recruitment, Retention, and Student Services Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI Dr. Talbert-Hatch oversees the Student Services Office with responsibilities for undergraduate student re- cruitment and engagement, K-12 programming, career services, residential-based learning communities, scholarships, and student government for the School of Engineering and Technology. She works very closely with current students. She is responsible for the Commitment to Engineering Excellence program which is a

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

1991.Ms. Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School Marie is an alternate route teacher with an educational background in math, physics, chemical engineering and computer science. As the first girl in her family to go to college, and maybe to prove the point, she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one from Montclair State University by day, and 8 years later, one from New Jersey Institute of Technology, by night, while working full time by day at Exxon Research and Engineering. While a traditional female career, like teaching, was the last thing on her mind, she was drawn to educational outreach because she herself had received so little career advice. She eventually ran the educational outreach program at Exxon. After 25

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hurst, UMBC; Shawn Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Darius McCoy, Digital Harbor Foundation; Nicholas Carter, UMBC; William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

STEM fields [4, 17]. Since it is often difficult toinfuse Making into students’ schedules, this frequently occurs in after-school programs.Unfortunately, not all youth are able to participate in after-school activities due to financialpressures and may instead take jobs in non-technical fields such as food service or retail [15].These non-technical jobs take time away from making, designing, and tinkering, which can leavethem behind their peers who are honing skills for technical career paths.We are working to create a living laboratory “print shop” at the Digital Harbor Foundation(DHF) Tech Center in downtown Baltimore to study the impact of Maker employment with innercity youth. The print shop opened in late January 2017, and is currently

Conference Session

Program Evaluation Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahraa Nayef Krayem, Stony Brook University; Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; David Westerfeld; Richard Gearns, Stony Brook University; Kathleen Westervelt, Stony Brook University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

expressedincreased interest in attending college, increased interest in majoring in engineering, anappreciation of soldering as a useful skill, and recognition of how specific physics concepts wereapplied to electrical engineering design. Qualitative data allowed the researchers to elicitthematic elements of student impacts, including appreciation of hands-on tasks related topotential engineering careers, novelty of using circuit boards for a practical technological device,and self-efficacy in creating and building designs as part of a team effort to maximize deviceefficiency and performance. Future science and engineering curricular efforts may leverage thesefindings to replicate and design similar curricular activities for secondary

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Lorelle A. Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Guy C. Hembroff, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Kellie H. Raffaelli; John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Logic Array (FPGA) architecture and design methodology, Engineer- ing Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is a 2013-2014 Fulbright scholarship recipient at Qatar University, where he taught courses on Embedded Systems. Ad- ditionally, Dr. Alaraje is a recipient of an NSF award for a digital logic design curriculum revision in collaboration with the College of Lake County in Illinois, and a NSF award in collaboration with the University of New Mexico, Drake State Technical College, and Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The award focused on expanding outreach activities to increase the awareness of potential college stu- dents about career opportunities in electronics

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maeve Drummond Oakes, CISTAR at Purdue University; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University; Kristin M. Everett, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

center, a collaborative network of five universities, is supported by fourpillars: workforce development, diversity, industry, and research. This poster will outlineresearch experiences and career and graduate school preparation and associated evaluationrelated to workforce development and diversity including a Research Experience for Teachers(RET) for middle and high school teachers, a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)and a Young Scholars program for high school students. Our presentation documents anddescribes steps taken to launch the educational programming during the first year of the center.The overarching broader impact goal of CISTAR Workforce Development is to create atechnically excellent and inclusive community of

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mattox Alan Beckman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

Technology for 12 years, and then returned to UIUC in 2015, where he teaches the Programming Languages and Data Structures courses. He has recently adopted Computer Science Education as his research focus.Mr. Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Lucas Anderson is a Specialist in Education at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) at the University of Illinois. He organizes the central campus teacher training program for the more than 800 new Teaching Assistants (TAs) Illinois welcomes each year. He continues to work with TAs throughout their graduate career by observing their classes, helping them collect and interpret feedback from their students, and shepherding them through

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and Sustainability in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed H. Elsawy, Tennessee Technological University; Fred Vondra, Tennessee Technological University; Ahmed K Kamal, Tennessee Technological University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

science lab as in theboard room, court room, and other professional settings1. All have been developed in concertwith local manufacturing employers and members of PSM-MS advisory board and aredesigned to dovetail into present and future professional career development.Manufacturing Sustainability OverviewThere is a strong consensus among national and global leaders that manufacturingsustainability will be an “increasingly important topic” in global competitiveness. There aremany commonly shared definitions of sustainable manufacturing. The United Nationsdefinition is: “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs2”. The Department of Commerce (DOC) definedmanufacturing

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel LeBlanc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

including business development, marketing, product development, and operations. Throughout her career, Rachel and her team have provided education solutions for several industries including defense, life science, high-tech, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Rachel currently serves on the Board of Directors of INCOSE as the Director of Marketing and Commu- nications. In addition, she is on the Board of Directors for AUVSI New England. Rachel has a B.S. and M.S. in the life sciences, as well as an M.B.A. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Rethinking the Corporate Partnership – A focus on corporate needs vs. traditional institutional

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 1)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cariana Cornel, Brigham Young University; Caralea M. Cornel, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

for years 9 through 12 that was primarilyplanned and hosted by female undergraduate students. With 38 attendees, student mentors andfaculty prepared a series of workshops, seminars and activities designed to educate and inspiregirls to consider potential career paths in cybersecurity. Due to the success of this project, weare planning a bigger and more significant event for the summer of 2016 along with asupplemental series of workshops for STEM teachers at middle and high-schools.In this paper we discuss the methods and implementation of our 2015 summer camp. We look atthe perceived strengths and weaknesses of our approach to identify successful aspects andrecommend improvements for the coming year. By including data from entry and exit

Conference Session

Two-Year to Four-Year Transfer Programs: Best Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); James E Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Daniel P Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Two Year College Division

experience in the latest tools and technologies, and (v) to provideincreased career opportunities and job placement rates through mandatory co-op experiences.The TiPi program awarded 25 scholarships in each of the last three academic years for a total of75 new transfer students in our engineering and engineering technology programs.At the beginning of the Fall semester of 2015, the status of these 75 scholars was as follows: 19had graduated, 33 were carrying full-time academic load, 19 were in paid co-op positions, and 4had left the program. So, our retention rate has been approximately 95%.This paper describes the characteristics of the 75 scholars, compares their academic performancerelative to their peers, and their placement in paid cooperative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Olson P.E., Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #16411Support Model for Transfer Students Utilizing the STEM Scholarship Pro-gramMs. Lynn Olson P.E., Boise State University Lynn Olson, P.E, is the Recruitment Coordinator in the College of Engineering at Boise State. She re- ceived a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Gonzaga University in 1995. She began her engineering consulting career with T-O Engineers (formerly Toothman-Orton Engineering) in Boise in 1997. In fall of 2011 she joined the staff of the College of Engineering at Boise State as an Advisor and Recruitment Coordinator. Since that time she has worked as an adjunct faculty teaching

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, Chemical Engineering Department; Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Steven R. Little, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

. Steven R Little, University of Pittsburgh Page 24.1384.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Work in Progress: A Vision for the First “Product Innovation Sequence” for Chemical EngineersChemical engineers who enter the marketplace today are facing a vastly different reality thanthose who started their careers even five years ago. Keith Watson, (Senior Director, StrategicMarketing, Dow Chemical Company) noted in 2011, “The attributes needed to compete foremployment in the modern chemical industry have changed

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Galley, Collin College; Gena S Martin, Collin College; Jeannie Christine Stone, Wylie Independent School District; Becky Hunt, Allen Independent School District; Jean Laswell, Rockwall Independent School District; Lynn Mortensen, Retired Raytheon Company; John W. Sibert, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Council (MTBC). After her time at Baylor University, Martin’s education career began in secondary ed- ucation. Since 2007, she has focused on the critical interface between higher education and secondary education. In 2011, she joined Collin College as the Career and Technical Education Coordinator specif- ically working with technical dual credit students. Recently, after working closely with the department, she joined the Engineering and Technology Department of Collin College assisting students on the high school level, on the college level, and in industry who plan to pursue STEM degrees. Further, through her work with industry on the MTBC STEM Advisory Board, she coordinates key industrial connections for the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hua Li, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

to formulate researchquestions as well as how to develop and modify research plans with the guidance of their researchmentors. Students will learn to work independently and to collaborate with other group membersas they conduct research in specific topics in energy research. This will enable them to understandtheir own levels of aptitude and interest in a career in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) and give them the tools to prepare for the next stage in their education andcareer development. Students will report and present their research results in multiple settings. Inaddition to the hands-on collaborative research experience, technical and social activities will beincorporated into the program to provide students

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 5 Other Topics in K-12 Engineering Education.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of Mines and Technology Assistant Professor at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Dept.Dr. Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Bedillion received the BS degree in 1998, the MS degree in 2001, and the PhD degree in 2005, all from the mechanical engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a seven year career in the hard disk drive industry, Dr. Bedillion joined the faculty of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Spring 2011. Dr. Bedillion’s research interests include distributed manipulation, control applications in data storage, control applications in manufacturing, and STEM education.Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South

Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Zimmerman, Portland State University; Timothy D. Gulzow, Portland State University; Robert B Bass, Portland State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

link them together. Dr. Bass specializes in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on electric power, electromechanical energy conversion, distributed energy resources, control theory and power systems analysis. Page 26.1515.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Development of Engineering Project Curricula that Emphasize Design Cycles1 AbstractAs engineering educators, our role is to prepare students for careers in engineering. As such, weaim to develop our students’ engineering capabilities in accord with the expectations of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego; Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

.)On the other hand, there was an increase on the post-assessment in several responses, mostnotably for the following coding categories: needed for future career (to obtain, do well in) (pre- Page 26.1542.10assessment: 13%, n = 7; post-assessment: 29%, n = 16) and needed for safety, legitimacy, beingqualified in engineering (pre-assessment: 7%, n = 4; post-assessment: 18%, n = 10). To a lesserextent, coding categories accurately reflect what you know, academic record (pre-assessment:13%, n = 7; post-assessment: 20%, n = 11) and to recognize those who deserve credit (pre-assessment: 7%, n = 4; post-assessment: 13%, n = 7) were also more often

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Acree Guggemos, Colorado State University; Mostafa Khattab, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Beyond the Industry Advisory Board: Increasing the Role of Industry Engagement to Support Program QualityAbstractDuring the last number of years, States’ support for higher education has declined significantly.Over the next decade, higher education will continue to face the challenges of state revenuefunding constraints, changes in the public perception of higher education, and the effectivenessof higher education in preparing young men and women for a career after graduation.With their natural connection to industry, engineering and construction education programs arepoised to lead the way in a new model for the future of higher education. Constructionmanagement

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawna Fletcher, Texas A&M University; Susan Haag

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

utilize standard assessment and evaluation practices that align with college andcareer readiness outcomes. Since 2007, researchers in Arizona have been evaluating andassessing FIRST® robotics programs across the state. The purpose of evaluation was to indicatethe 1) overall success and program impact on students, teachers and mentors; 2) the impact ofhands-on learning to interest students in STEM subjects; 3) the impact of developing workplaceskills that can be transferred to the classroom; and 4) impact on career choice. In addition tocompiling data to understand increasing students' technical skills, research methods embeddedABET student outcomes in the assessment of AZ FIRST® programs. This paper will present anoverview of FIRST programs and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Clara Novoa, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

increasingstudent retention as a part of an NSF IUSE grant, Texas State STEM Rising Stars. One of thesestrategies is to introduce a new first-year course, “Introduction to Engineering & EngineeringTechnology,” that was designed to support student retention through exploration of relevantacademic and career issues, early contact with faculty as mentors, and development of a learningcommunity with peers in the major. A special challenge for developing this new Introduction toEngineering course is that the state legislature implemented a law2 that limits the number ofhours that can be required for a college degree. As a result, a new course cannot simply beadded to the existing curriculum of the university’s engineering and engineering technologydegrees

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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Diversity, International Forum

(1999) in Kazan State Technological University. Julia joined the team of Kazan State Technological University as an instructor at the Department of For- eign Languages and the School of Foreign Languages ”Lingua” in 1999 and was rapidly promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages in 2003. Her teaching career was perfectly balanced by the experience of a translator and an interpreter. She is a well-known person at Kazan international conferences and other events for her high quality consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, such as interpreting for the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The new milestone in Julia’s career was the position of the Chair of

Conference Session

Automation in Manufacturing

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #22011New Mechatronics Education InitiativesDr. 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, funded by the National Science Founda- tion and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways; has produced award winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post-secondary

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelli Paul, Indiana University; Euisuk Sung, Indiana University; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

and STEM careers as well as the development of instruments and evaluation tools to assess these constructs.Dr. Euisuk Sung, Indiana University Euisuk Sung is a postdoctoral researcher at Indiana University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Engineering and Technology Teacher Education at Purdue University. He has computer science degree and worked as a computer software developer for three years. then he served as an engineering and technology educator in high school for 9 years in South Korea. Currently he is working in NSF Funded project, titled TRAILS. His research interests are design cognition, maker education, computer science education, and all about STEM education.Dr. Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University

Conference Session

Track: Pre-College - Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Christine Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Margaret Hart, Johns Hopkins University; Andrea M. Perry, Garrison Forest School; Anitra Michelle Washington, Western High School; Laura Garcia

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Diversity, Pre-College

Paper ID #24976unique environment of working in an urban, all-boys school further ignited Anitra’s interest in increasingstudent achievement in STEM and the number of her students pursuing college degrees in science in en-gineering. Her experience at St. Benedict’s Prep led Anitra to pursue a master’s degree in education witha concentration in science teaching, learning, and curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania. Whileattending the University of Pennsylvania, she completed her thesis on the impact of teacher expectationsand norms on student interest in science as a career. In addition, she served as a science education con-sultant for the Drexel University School of Education/Philadelphia Public School System Partnership andhelped create

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

experiences, career pathway, and advice.Meanwhile, back in the classroom, engineering students typically focus on learning theoreticalconcepts and working on problem sets and receiving guidance from the professor and/or teachingassistants. Both academic and industry experiences help to shape students as they becomeengineers.There has been some research on how male and female engineers and engineering students differin their experiences. Since women remain a largely untapped resource in meeting the demand fora skilled scientific workforce, it is important to understand why they remain underrepresented inboth engineering programs and industry. While considerable attention has been paid in theliterature to the issue of attracting and retaining more

Collection

2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Samantha Schauer, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Kim MB Tucker

easier to form.Theoretical Frameworks used to examine impacts LLCs have on FYECSTinto’s Interactionalist Theory of Student Departure is a common theoretical framework used toanalyze why students leave college [2], [3], [9], [11], [13]. Tinto believes students’ success incollege is based upon their preparation for higher education, and their environment in college[14]. Tinto’s research found that LLCs tend to create their own support groups, and spend moretime outside of class together than non-participants. This type of supportive relationship provesthat LLC participants gain more than just a deeper understanding of their course material [9].Similarly, Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) from Lent, Brown, and Hackett is used toexamine how

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah J Mobley P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Kristen N. Wyckoff, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Women in Engineering

teaching responsibilities,thereby not effectively influencing the undergraduate population as a junior female faculty with amore recurring undergraduate teaching assignment. The opportunity for a university to report atruer representation of the engagement with female faculty is valuable to recruitment of femalestudents and may possibly be attractive to other minority factions. A series of 10 undergraduateengineering programs were reviewed at a single institute to compare the percentage of femalefaculty to an “engagement” percentage.Literature ReviewSTEM Diversity initiatives and recruitment plans all over the world have increased the numberof women choosing to pursue a career, and therefore education, in STEM topics. Universities arereporting

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 20

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sandra B. Nite, Texas A&M University; Devyn Chae Rice; Rayan Tejani, Allen Academy

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. Socialcognitive career theory developed by Xeuli Wang (2013) is the basis of the study. According tothis model, an individual’s decision to choose a STEM major is affected by a variety of highschool experiences, determined largely by prior mathematics success. Those experiences areimportant in determining the individual’s goals and interests. In other words, an individual’sbackground and participation in certain activities affect their learning experiences, andsubsequently their self-efficacy, and eventually their career choices. A survey about influenceson their decisions to major in engineering was completed by 251 students at a major researchuniversity. Possible influences were categorized by type (e.g., informal activities/camps, formalschooling