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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

resources available to inform, motivate, fund, mentor, promote, and support minorities andwomen to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but finding theseresources is not easy. MIND Links gathers and updates each year links to resources in anorganized manner that is useful for parents, students, professionals, academics andadministrators. Special attention is paid to provide useful resources to every stage of forming theengineer, including • Exploratory and motivational stage: K-12, enrichment activities, competitions • Preparatory: scholarships, fellowships, rankings of undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, internships • Professional careers: publications, salary surveys, organizations

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Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

career if the application of engineering to humanitarianproblems is emphasized.CSM and a History of Women on CampusColorado School of Mines, founded in 1874, is a public research university devoted toengineering and applied science with a student body of 3500. It has the highest admissionsstandards of any university in Colorado and among the highest of any public university in theU.S. CSM has distinguished itself by developing a curriculum and research program that isgeared towards responsible stewardship of the earth and its resources. In addition to strongeducation and research programs in traditional fields of science and engineering, CSM is one of avery few institutions in the world having broad expertise in resource exploration, extraction

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Mauricio Castillo, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan, California State University, Los Angeles; Keith Moo-Young, California State University, LA

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Minorities in Engineering

successfully recruited women and minorities graduate fellows forits second year. Of the nine fellows 44% are women and 56% are Hispanic.The two primary goals of the IMPACT LA Program are to 1) change teachers, students, andparents’ perceptions of engineers and encourage K-12 students to explore engineering andresearch careers, and 2) to enhance the communication and research skills of graduate fellows.To achieve these goals, during the summer workshop teachers participate in a wide range ofexploratory research experiences designed by fellows to introduce teachers to their researchareas. During the school year fellows expose students to their research in different waysincluding informal research discussions, videos showing fellows conducting their

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Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Chowdhury

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Construction

Universityis considered as a Historically Black College & University (HBCU), where over90% students are underrepresented minority African-Americans. The mission ofthe program is to produce quality construction management graduates withtechnical and management skills that meet or exceed the expectations of industry,government, and graduate programs, and introduce diversity in the nationalworkforce. The goals of the program are to prepare graduates for a lifelongprofessional career in the construction industry, meet the educationalrequirements for professional certification, and to provide graduates with solidacademic preparation for graduate study. The construction industry needsqualified people who possess skills and knowledge in the management

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Wangrow; Doug Tougaw

expertise is diverse enough to cover every area of emerging technology. Due to the geographic location of the university, it can also be difficult to hire adjunct and visiting faculty to teach part-time while continuing to pursue their engineering careers full-time. Thus, we have occasionally found ourselves in the position of knowing what needs to be taught but not having anyone who can teach it with the level of authority necessary to prepare students for a professional career in that field. 2. The Genesis of a New Course In Spring 2003, as part of the preparation of a departmental strategic plan, the department faculty and its Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) identified “wireless communications” as a key field in which our graduates are likely

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WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Volcy, Spelman College

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Women in Engineering

  literature  suggesting   that   incoming   college   students2,3,   as   with   the   broader   population1,   are  generally  ill-­‐informed  about  what  engineering  is  and  what  engineers  do  beyond  a  very  cursory  understanding.    Up  to  the  point  when  they  arrive  on  the  college  campus,  many  of  the  students  have  had  limited   opportunities   to   engage   in   engineering   activity.     Such   engagements,   when   they  are   available,   are   typically   offered   extra-­‐curricular   or   through   outreach   programs   that  aim  to  increase  awareness  and  entice  students  into  considering  engineering  as  a  future  career  option.    To  fulfill  this  objective,  these  programs  tend  to  highlight  the

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Joshua M. Coriell, Cyber Innovation Center; Sara Hahler, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interactivepedagogies such as inquiry based learning will provide students with meaningful experiencesthat showcase the importance and satisfaction of pursuing careers in STEM1.Research has shown that students as early as middle school develop an affinity or aversion toSTEM2,3. In one study, it was found that “life experiences before 8th grade may have impact onfuture career plans.” The researchers further conclude that in order “to attract students into thesciences and engineering, we should pay close attention to children’s early exposure to science atthe middle and even younger grades4.” Through this research, as well as the initiative set forthby the National Academies, one can conclude that a focus on the middle school years is crucialto help excite and

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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota; Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota

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Materials

, more than five years had passed since their last collegecourses prior to enrolling at UND. Approximately half of the students (46.7%) had takendistance courses prior to enrolling at UND.Over half of the respondents indicated that increasing their earning potential was a primarymotivator for enrolling in an undergraduate engineering program. Over a third of therespondents indicated they felt an engineering degree would help them change careers or obtain apromotion in their current career. Table 11 shows the reported reasons for choosing a distance Page 24.298.7degree program for their engineering education. The flexibility of a distance

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University, Band and Orchestra Department; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation Page 24.302.1 of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER

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CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

non-credit program offerings spanning theeducational continuum of engineering and technology.Both organizations, ProEd and ProSTAR, recognize the similarities of their mission and sharedpurpose to provide learning opportunities to those in technical professions with careers inprogress. To this end, and aside from common policies, procedures and practices, bothorganizations recognize the significant commonality premised on space (facilities, equipment),distance infrastructure (distance classrooms, capture and delivery mediums), and the engineering– technology educational continuum (professional short courses, business/industry educationalcontinuum needs). This richness in overlap creates an unquestionable synergistic opportunity forefficiency

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient.Mr. Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amadin Osagiede is an MBA candidate in the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. He obtained a

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheila Edwards Lange; Joyce Yen

universities and Supporting Career Development of Pre-Tenure brochures on UW programs Faculty Encouraging Mid-Career Professional Development Faculty Development Programs, Benefits and Resources Flexible and Accommodating Policies and PracticesThe recruitment toolkit was designed to be a flexible document which could be customized byacademic departments and their search committees. It provides general guidelines on how toconduct a proactive search for diverse candidates rather the usual strategy of placing anadvertisement and sorting applications

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacklyn Wheeler; Carolyn Parker; Julia Ross; Taryn Bayles

maximize student interest and understanding. Data will becollected to evaluate how interactive, authentic, problem-solving simulations impact andfacilitate student learning. In-service training with the curriculum for Technology Educationteachers will be provided prior to classroom use. In addition, a specific objective of the projectis to increase the involvement of women and other underrepresented groups in engineering andtechnology by providing female and minority role models in the classroom and developing casestudies that encourage interest and participation by all groups. Therefore, interest in andawareness of engineering and technology-based careers will also be assessed prior to and afterexposure to the new curricula.The first module

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Liou

in the hope ofimpacting the career choices of their students. Some high school students alsoparticipated in the workshop. The material presented in the workshop included CADmodeling, rapid prototyping, and lean manufacturing. Some industrial representativescame to the workshop to interact with the teachers and students on the prospectives ofadvanced manufacturing technologies. The participants also toured manufacturingresearch laboratories on campus and two local manufacturing facilities. This paperdetails the experiences of both the participants and facilitators of the workshop.I. IntroductionIt is a common misconception that jobs in the manufacturing industry consist of onlymachine operators. However, industry’s needs are much broader

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven York; Lynn Nystrom; Elizabeth Joyce; Michael Gregg; Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor

Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Virginia Tech SEC hosts one of the largest student-run career fairs in the nation. With morethan 200 companies regularly attending the event it is an invaluable resource to engineeringstudents seeking employment, both for permanent placement and undergraduate internship andco-op programs. The SEC job fairs have provided companies the opportunity to meet the studentbody as a whole before the individual interviewing process starts. In turn, it also gives thestudents an opportunity to research which companies are looking for new graduates orundergraduates and what these companies have to offer for their future.Last year, the SEC created a fully searchable HR-XML résumé database which is

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

) and a matched sample (n = 40) of male faculty from the Colleges of Agriculture,Engineering, Natural Resources and Science.1 We asked each faculty member: 1) What factors at USU contributed to your career success and job satisfaction? Page 10.1062.1 2) What factors at USU were obstacles to success or sources of job dissatisfaction? “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” 3) What changes would you like to see at USU to improve the recruitment and retention of

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Rossler; Martin High

, therefore, allows engineersto explore the legal concerns, associated liabilities, and causes of action that face a practicingtechnical professional.Another objective of the program is to expose interested students to the legal profession. Manystudents who are interested in law as a profession do not enter engineering or scientific curriculabecause they do not view engineering as relevant to a legal career. This could not be furtherfrom the truth. Areas such as intellectual property law (practically) require a technicalbackground. Other areas, such as environmental law, involve highly technical issues that can beaided by a technical background. And the experiences of the authors show that a rigoroustechnical curriculum more than adequately prepares

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Piacentine; Tonya Emerson

-offlocations to meet the busses and direct participants to the designated check-in booth whereparticipants received a student bookstore bag with a CSU, Chico pencil and a checklist and mapof all the 27 booths they could visit. After participating in a booth's activities, participantsreceived an initial on their booth checklist. Kids who visited 15 or more booths were instructedto stop by the Careers Path table to receive their choice of an ASCE activity book or book coverdeveloped by the ASCE Committee on Career Guidance. High school students also received theCareer Paths in Civil Engineer brochure created by the ASCE Committee on CareerDevelopment and interactive CD-ROM developed by College of Engineering, ComputerScience, and Construction Management

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy; Jamie Phillips

Mentoring Graduate Students In Engineering Education Through Team Teaching Jamie Phillips and Timothy Murphy The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109AbstractThe preparation of science and engineering graduate students for careers in academia is ofconcern due to the lack of formal professional training in teaching required for new science andengineering faculty members. In this paper, a team teaching project resembling a teachinginternship is described. An undergraduate electrical engineering course was team taught by afaculty member and graduate student in the goal of preparing the graduate student for a futurecareer in academia. The

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Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori M. Bruce; J.W. Bruce

effective time and task management, coupled with professionalnetworking, to help a new engineering faculty member navigate their careers along a path tosuccess.1 IntroductionOne of the greatest challenges associated with transitioning into a position, as a new engineeringprofessor is the challenge of time and task management. Rather than having two to three tasks atany given time, the new professor is likely to have eight to ten tasks that need addressing withina given workday. In Reis’s interviews with over 70 faculty members, he found that all werechallenged to find creative ways to manage the large number of tasks on their “plates”, that iscomplete them, do them well, and still find time to sit, think, and plan [1]. A second, and oftenequally

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Minorities in Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michel Reece; Carl White

Development of a New Integrated Student Agency toIncrease the Number of Minorities with Advanced Degrees in Engineering: ATMO Michel A. Reece, Carl White, Member, ASEE Center of Advanced Microwave Research and Applications (CAMRA), Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, 21239, US ABSTRACTATMO which stands for Academic, Training and Career Management Office within theCenter of Advanced Microwave Research and Applications (CAMRA) is a new studentagency developed at Morgan State University (MSU) whose goal is to integrate researchand training into an academic curriculum to help increase the number of minorities toobtain advanced degrees

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Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Beth Lakin; Gary Crossman

portfolios todocument their experiences and to assist them in career development and promotion. In theuniversity setting, portfolios are used to assess learning during a student’s academic career andare often used as tools for gaining entry-level positions. Trends point to the integrated use ofportfolios in both university and workplace settings as tools for lifelong education. Not only isthe portfolio an instrument for assessing what one has learned and applied, but also a means forsetting future learning goals. Building a portfolio requires the student/employee to increase hisor her awareness of strengths and gaps and promotes taking responsibility for continuedprofessional development in the workplace (Stewart, 2000). A typical

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

their own motor drives.Some designs have more current drive than others affecting speed. Thus, each team musttune their system to find a reasonable compromise between straight-line speed andintersection turning.Results and Assessments Two assessment surveys were administered to 23 students during the semester to gaugestudent performance and attitudes under the new course structure. The first survey targetedthe student’s perception of the their preparedness for an embedded systems laboratory andtheir careers. The data for seven very revealing questions are listed in Table 5. We found Page 9.1071.5students to be much more confident about

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Holling

common today compared tothe 1970-1980s, when few candidates with Masters and PhD degrees were sought by industry. Enrollments inadvanced degrees in Engineering have increased from the mid 1980s with some temporary variations.23,24 Apossible explanation for this trend is the combination of reduced, degree specific education at the undergraduatelevel while the complexity in the technical fields is increasing, although most of the literature just focuses onstating the differences in compensation without giving specific reasons. Other authors note that advanceddegrees are required for a career in teaching at the University/College level. Thus, more time and study isrequired to adequately become knowledgeable. 25The second trend in engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

even the required power class(es) until their senior year, inconsequence of which a decision to specialize in the field becomes difficult. Similar problemsplague other engineering career tracks as well. The program of Directed Mentoring at New Mexico State University (NMSU) wasinitiated in 2001 with a goal of increasing the visibility of electric power engineering andattracting students to the power area. Students work with faculty and receive financial aid duringregular semesters, with the opportunity of employment with sponsoring companies duringsummer or co-op phases. They work closely with engineer-mentors from both faculty andindustry to develop a broad understanding of real–world power engineering, in a carefully-coordinated

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Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

noconnection to those upper level courses is provided. Within an educational mode that may seemto be the correct way to prepare students; but when carefully analyzed, that singular focus of thecurriculum may be incomplete. Most will agree that it is necessary to pique the interest ofstudents in their future careers with material that is significantly important within that career. It isnot enough to simply require courses that do not present specific connections to the future majorsand hope that these same students will continue in the engineering programs. It is with thatthought in mind that a new component of the Residential Option for Science and EngineeringStudents (ROSES) course was initiated in Michigan State University’s College of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thomas; Carolyn Skurla; Walter Bradley

Teaching Freshman Engineering Using Design Projects and Laboratory Exercises to Increase Retention Carolyn Skurla, Brian Thomas, Walter L. Bradley, Baylor UniversityIntroductionThe primary goal of the freshman engineering course at Baylor University is to help students toappreciate the exciting career possibilities that a degree in engineering will provide them.Obviously this can be accomplished with descriptions of what engineers do, including interestingvideos and speakers from industry; however, we believe that the best way for students tounderstand what engineers actually do is to give them the opportunity to practice engineering.The analogy to

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

Session 2209 CREATION OF A BIOETHICS COURSE FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM E. Mowry, J. Collins, S. Brophy Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235Abstract “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have…an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility….1” To address this need, we are creating anundergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) ethics course, which serves to raise awareness instudents and better prepare them for careers in medicine, research, and engineering. Theprinciples and methodologies of

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

, colloquially entitled The Galileo Project, is an outgrowth and extension of a programestablished by the School of Engineering in 1999 and now entering its fourth year of operation.That program, called the da Vinci Project was designed to introduce math and science teachers tocore engineering concepts. By allowing these teachers to work side-by-side with engineers inacademia and industry, they would become empowered to bring engineering into the classroom,to discuss engineering as a career option, and act as a guide for those students interested in Page 8.491.1engineering. It was hoped that the term, 'engineering' would enter the lexicon of

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Ciocci

phase is designed to assist program facultyin the preparation of institutional documents needed for approval of any DACUM-relatedchanges.Since 1998, Harrisburg Area Community College has used the DACUM analysis for more than 30programs, both career and transfer, in a variety of disciplines. The process lends itself to thedevelopment of new programs with input from local experts as well as from national societies andagencies. The DACUM phases have also been used effectively for existing programs, whereperiodic assessments are required by state, association, and college mandates. The collegecompleted DACUM analyses of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and ElectricalEngineering Technology two-year programs. There were similarities