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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

and study. In commuterinstitutions they have little connection with campus life whereas CS and CE demands studentsspend most of their time on campus namely in labs. Such factors are beyond the realm ofinfluence of institutions of higher education. However, colleges and universities can initiateseveral policies that will improve retention of minority students in core IT fields.This paper reports the findings from a case study conducted at the University of New Mexico(UNM), a Doctoral Extensive and a Minority/Hispanic-Serving Institution. UNM grantsundergraduate degrees in both core IT fields—CS and CE. Due to its proximity to nationallaboratories (e.g. Sandia & Los Alamos laboratories), private industry (e.g. Intel), and stategovernment

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Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

circuits, single phase and three phase circuits. Computer aided analysis of circuits is used. 257 Power and RF Electronics Class 3, lab. 3, cr. 4. Prerequisite: EET 207 and MA 221 (calculus I) This course is a study of the application of circuit analysis techniques to amplifiers used in power and RF electronics, including bipolar junction transistors, power MOSFETs, thyristors, RF amplifiers, phase lock loops, switching power supplies, and appropriate applications. Computer aided analysis of circuits is used.Circuits and Electronics IntegrationOver time the Purdue faculty developed textbooks and laboratory procedures to match this newcurricular approach

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Curricular Issues in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hart; Mike Williams; George Grandle; Alvin Womac

, laboratory-type exercises, and possibly with videos or technical process Page 8.427.6animations. It is believed that hands-on videos may be used to record and display relevantdemonstrations and eventually simulated animations may be used to create laboratory-typeactivities for the student on the course website. Length is to be twelve modules for afifteen-week course.Web-Course Platform Selection and Implementation As a result of the myriad of complex and competing concerns addressed underMethods, the selection and development of an independent web-site skeleton at URLhttp://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/spraydrift has begun using Macromedia Dreamweaver

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Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Russ Poldrack; Richard Hoge; Randy Gollub; Mark Vangel; Ian Lai; Douglas Greve; Julie Greenberg

Department of Psychology, UCLA 6 Research Laboratory of Electronics, MITAbstractFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) represents a new and important topic inbiomedical engineering. Statistical analysis of fMRI data is typically performed using free orcommercial software packages that do not facilitate learning about the underlying assumptionsand analysis methods; these shortcomings can lead to misinterpretation of the fMRI data andspurious results. We are developing an instructional module for learning the fundamentals ofstatistical analysis of fMRI data. The goal is to provide a tool for learning about the steps andassumptions underlying standard fMRI data analysis so that students and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

secondary science from Johns Hopkins University and her MS in civilengineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.JACQUELYN F. SULLIVAN is founding Co-Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory andProgram. She received her PhD in environmental h ealth physics and toxicology from Purdue University. She spent13 years of her career in leadership positions in the energy and software industries and served nine years as thedirector of a CU water resources engineering simulation and optimization research center.Janet L. Yowell is the Outreach Coordinator for the Integrated Teaching and Learnin g Program at the Universityof Colorado at Boulder. She holds a BA in communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Hvid Nielsen

in terms of both product and production improvement. Furthermore, the product was afterwards commercialised based on suggestions from some of the projects.• A group of 4 – 7 students engages in issues of an industrial enterprise, typical 6,7 and 8 semester projects. Cases from Industrial Technology. • Larger enterprise. 6.sem. The starting point is a manufacturing and quality point of view in connection with two automated TIG welding processes within an inspired co- operation with a larger industrial enterprise. There were carried out a comprehensive scientific experimental research in the laboratory with the 14 critical parameters accounting for receiving a profound theoretical examination

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

systems, to our social structure and even our basic belief systems, what choicedo we have?“Hold on there!” you say? “What is all this stuff about fundamental and social radicalchange?” “What has all that got to do with the work of my group and my laboratory?”The answer is ‘nothing, and everything.’ Alone, individual researchers can make a hugedifference in the broader knowledge base, or only a minor contribution. But collectively,individual knowledge and technologies will eventually find their way into broadapplications. This is inevitable, in part, because of the magnetism of economics. Thedrive to cure cancer is stimulated not only by the drive to lessen human suffering, butalso by ego, money, and political pressure. It is precisely because

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

, homework, laboratory reports, term projects, oral reports, term papers or design projects. 4. Determine the evaluation method to be employed with the artifact or evidence. 5. Establish the expected level of performance.Appendix I illustrates the evolving student learning outcomes assessment plan developed for theMET degree program at IUPUI.The Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology determined that a senior level“graduation exam” similar to the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination would be theoptimal student outcomes assessment tool for several learning objectives in the MET and CIMTdegree programs. The major impetus for the development of the exam was that, unlikeengineering students in ABET accredited programs, engineering

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ferat Sahin; Wayne Walter

detection.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Page 8.867.3  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAt the undergraduate level, multidisciplinary Senior Design projects have been recentlyundertaken on various aspects of microrobotics. The Laboratory for Autonomous, CooperativeMicrosystems (LACOMS) at RIT is developing a prototype concept called MEMScouts in orderto demonstrate an effective system for deploying swarms of micro-agents to remote locationsunder real world conditions and to cover several areas of microrobotics teaching and

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

institutions is encouraged. Evidence of extensive and thorough laboratory performance is required. Phase I includes, but is not limited to: (1) faculty acceptance of project proposal, (2) defining and limiting project objectives, (3) initial research and source contacts, (4) procurement of materials, and (5) periodic progress reports. EET 491 – Senior Design Project, Phase II Credit 2, hours arranged Prerequisite: 490. Phase II includes, but is not limited to: (1) continued research and Page 8.971.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

and extracurricular activities.4 The overall competence and effectiveness of faculty members may be judged by such factors as the level of academic achievement; the diversity of their backgrounds; the extent to which they further their own education in relevant areas; industrial experience; teaching experience; being technically current; interest in and enthusiasm for improving instruction; involvement in laboratory development; publication and other scholarly activities; active participation in professional and scientific societies; favorable evaluations from students, graduates, and peers; the ability to

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Gannod

the students to apply their knowledge in a “real-world” setting. The second semestercurriculum of the pilot offering covered the design and implementation of digital circuits. At theend of the semester, students were broken into small groups, and each group was given a designproblem. The students designed the circuits, tested them via simulation, and finally implementedtheir solutions in an electronics laboratory during a field trip to Arizona State University’s EastCampus.The second semester curriculum prepared the students to design and implement digital circuits.Students reviewed the binary number system and basic logic design. Basic Boolean algebra andcircuit minimization techniques (K-maps) were covered. The students practiced the

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

constituents provided the impetus tothe faculty for changing the required laboratory courses. Previously, the required HydraulicsLaboratory and Engineering Materials Lab were comprised of simply observing laboratoryphenomena. After reviewing the alumni data and student evaluation results, the courses werechanged to contain more hands-on experiments for the students. In addition, instructors nowprovide written feedback on student lab reports. Students really appreciated these changes andgave extremely positive responses in subsequent course evaluations. However, these specificchanges would not have been made if the alumni data and student evaluation had not establishedan irrefutable trend.In other situations, course modifications are primarily faculty

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Erdogan Sener

. < http://www.greenroofs.com/north_america.htm>5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (1998). Reducing Urban Heat Islands to Save Electricity and Reduce Smog. < http://www.hr.doe.gov/energy100/communit/71.html>6. Liu, Karen (2002, September). Going Green: A National Research Council Canada study evaluates green roof systems’ thermal performances. Professional Roofing, 32 (9), 24-30.7. Ostrowski, Christopher (2002, March). Green Not Just Environmental Anymore: It’s a Money Saver. Midwest Construction, 5 (3), 42-43.8. Pollard, Kelvin. AmeriStat. (2002, October). 2001 Census Estimates Confirm 1990s Trends, Bring Surprises.9. Roofscapes, Inc. (2002, July). Role of Green

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Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Balik; Nachiappan Nagappan; Laurie Williams; Julie Petlick; Carol Miller; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe

was conducted at the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationUniversity of Utah in an undergraduate Software Engineering course 2, 4, 5 . In this work, theresearchers observed a number of educational benefits, including increased satisfaction/reducedfrustration from the students, increased confidence from the students on their project results, andreduced workload of the teaching staff. Similarly, educators at the University of California-SantaCruz have reported on the use collaborative laboratory activities in an introductory undergraduateprogramming course, specifically in the form of pair

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

(OSU). His current responsibilities primarily include teaching courses andcurriculum development for the FE program. Mr. Masud received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from OSU in2002, and received in B.S from Florida Institute o f Technology in 1999.STUART H. BRAND is an Instructional Lab Supervisor for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio StateUniversity (OSU) College of Engineering. His current responsibilities include lab support, curriculum development,and educational multimedia development. He received his B.S. in Physics from OSU 1997, after serving as asubmarine nuclear propulsion plant operator for the United States Navy.MICHAEL J. HOFFMANN is an Instructional Laboratory Supervisor at The Ohio State University (OSU

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

, American Society for Engineering EducationWILLIAM G. AGNEW received a Ph.D degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue. From 1944 to 1946 heworked at the Los Alamos Laboratory. He retired in 1989 from the General Motors Research Laboratories. He is amember of the National Academy of Engineers, ASEE, and SAE.Gerald R. Lane, is the Associate Director for Advanced Vehicle Technology in the Research Business Group at theU.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Warren, MI. He is a Director of theAssociation for Unmanned Systems International and a Director of the Michigan Chapter of the National DefenseIndustrial Association. Jerry is a co-founder and co-chair of the IGVC

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

course.20. I was able to understand the syllabus and grading procedures.21. The instructor followed the syllabus.22. Given the ease or difficulty of the material presented in this course, the exams represented the topics covered fairly.23. The course assignments were related to the material being covered.24. The laboratory assignments in this course help reinforce the topics being covered and make them easier to Page 8.329.9 learn. (Only for classes with labs.)25. My instructor returned graded material such as homework and tests in a timely manner. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

department at Oregon State University (OSU) isaddressed at two levels. (1) a required introductory statistics course, Chemical ProcessStatistics, is offered in the sophomore/junior year, and (2) these concepts are reinforced in thesenior unit operations laboratory. To facilitate this connection, it has been found effective tohave the statistics instructor give two “refresher” lectures to the lab class.In this paper, some educational opportunities for a statistics course to address are firstanecdotally illustrated with a couple of examples pulled from student work. An overview of thechemical process statistics class at OSU is then presented. This overview includes the coursegoals, the course learning objectives, the industrial case studies which form

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

are identifiedby the team and community partner allowing the team to continue to work with the samecommunity partner for many years. Each undergraduate student may earn academic credit forseveral semesters, registering for the course for 1 or 2 credits each semester. The creditstructure is designed to encourage long-term participation, and allows multi-year projects ofsignificant scope and impact to be undertaken by the teams.Each student in the EPICS Program attends a weekly two-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

first summarizes the design and behavior of the TCS/computer that makesstraightforward and inexpensive exploration of a desktop computer’s thermal behavior possible.It then proposes a pedagogical approach to the exploration of thermal systems such as this thatwould be appropriate in a 2-year engineering technology program.TCS/Computer DesignTo present a viable computer project to a class for laboratory-based analysis, the computer shouldbe both generic and inexpensive. An older system of modest speed and capability was selected.This system began its life as a basic circa mid-1990s desktop IBM clone containing a 166megahertz Pentium 1 processor, 2.8 GB hard drive, Verge video card, 12X CD drive, and a250W power supply. Software consisted of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tammy Gammon

Page 8.787.5programming techniques without requiring any new hardware. The light-sensing servomotorProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationadjustment program of Assignment 3 will also be replaced. When the course is offered again,the Manual and Automatic Processes assignment will be the last assignment; a pump will becontrolled by a keypad (manual process) and by light level (automatic process). The newassignment will give students exposure to using keypads and to pump operation. One of theexperiments assigned in one of the original one-credit-hour laboratories was based on anexperiment in the Earth Measurements manual and

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Leonard

of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Advanced TechnologySystems Laboratory in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. His research is focused inhuman performance modeling, and issues related to the use of advanced technology in solving interesting human-machine systems design problems.DELBERT L. KIMBLER is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. Hereceived the B.S.E(IE) at the University of South Florida and M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering at VirginiaTech. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a registered professional engineer in SouthCarolina.MARY E. KURZ is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen; Ismail Fidan

and manufacturing,electronics manufacturing, and manufacturing processes.Ahmet Bugra KokuAhmet Bugra Koku (B.Sc. in ME and M.Sc. in systems and control engineering, BogaziciUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey) received his a Ph.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. He is asenior member in the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Vanderbilt. He is a student member ofIEEE (since 1997). His current research interests are memory organization of robots,qualitative/topological navigation, low cost Mechatronics equipment design for robotic Page 8.1009.7applications and robotics education.

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lauren Neal; Jr., Robert J. Clougherty; Ismail Fidan

Session 3550 Design, Implementation, and Assessment of WebCT-based CNC Ismail Fidan§, Lauren L. Neal¶, Robert J. Clougherty, Jr.¶ § College of Engineering/¶The Institute for Technological Scholarship Tennessee Tech University Cookeville, TN 38505Abstract In the 21st century, the Internet has become the dominant distribution system for distanceeducation and training. Many faculty members are expanding their traditional delivery methods(lecture, laboratory, face-to-face discussion) to include educational options ranging from web

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

-27.5. Hackett, R. K., Martin, G. R., and Rosselli, D. P. Factors Related to PerformanceRatings of Engineering Students in Cooperative Education Placements, Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 4 (October, 1998), pp. 455-458.M. SATHYAMOORTHYM. Sathyamoorthy is Professor and Dean of Engineering at West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology in Montgomery, West Virginia. He has published over 120 research papers in internationaljournals and conference proceedings and is the author of a recently (1998) published book on NonlinearAnalysis of Structures. He has lectured internationally, and has been a consultant to industries andgovernment laboratories. He plays a leading role in ASME at the local, regional and national levels andis an

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

engineering managers andengineers for BS entry- level engineers2.During the eighties and nineties accreditation visits, ABET program evaluators focused onresources heavily3. These resources included faculty member’s qualifications, curriculum details,and the adequacy of laboratory facilities. However, EC2000 takes a broader approach byfocusing on both resources and processes. The goal is to provide engineering programs withflexibility and to encourage innovation in designing the curriculum. ABET used to require Page 8.532.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

. Spreadsheets, per se, are inadequate for tutoring purposes,so Excel's capabilities are extended by using its internal programming language, Visual Basic forApplications.IntroductionEngineering economics is a unique course that requires students to develop mathematical skillsin equivalence modeling, to apply concepts and solve problems using economic criteria, and tomaster rule and memory oriented topics such as taxes. Students must rely on different learningskills, and this makes teaching the course a fascinating challenge. One common thread to the dif-ferent components of the course is that it does not require a physical laboratory, and this makes ita candidate for web based teaching. Computer applications in engineering economics have a long

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

., John, S., Stefanko, W., Guitar Tuner, Design Proposal for the Senior DesingCourse in Computer Engineering, Spring 2002.HENRY CHAYABrother Henry Chaya is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His professional interestsinclude robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, embedded control and digital systems design. He hascontributed extensively to the development of laboratory courses including design of hardware and software. Dr.Chaya has taught an introductory programming course for several years and was recently Chair of the department.He earned a BS degree at Manhattan College (1973) and a Ph.D. at Princeton University (1981). Dr. Chaya is amember of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.GORDON SILVERMANProfessor

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

, V.E., Smerdon, B.A., “Gender and science learning early in high school: Subject matter and Laboratory experiences.” American Educational Research Journal. Vol. 35. No. 2. 1997. pp. 297-331.13 Chesler, N.C., Chesler, M.A. “Mentory women students in engineering.” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Session #2592.14 Klenk, P.A., K. Barcus, and G.A. Ybarra. “Techtronics: Hands-on exploration of technology in everyday life.” Proceedings. Frontiers in Education Conference. 2001.15 North Carolina Standard Course of Study. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction publication #IS108. 1999.16 Geeter, D.D., J.E. Golder, and T.A. Nordin