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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

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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

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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

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2004 Annual Conference

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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

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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

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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

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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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

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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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

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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

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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

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K. Arthur Overholser

freshmanseminars in conjunction with the colleges of arts and science, education, music, and business.I. Introduction: Challenges of the Freshman YearThe self-examination urged on us by the expectations of Engineering Criteria 2000 made it clearthat the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, like many of our counterparts elsewhere,faces challenges in the engineering freshman year. Our objectives for the freshman year -- (1) toillustrate the practice of engineering as an iterative process of synthesis and analysis, (2) to helpthe student make career choices, (3) to provide tools prerequisite to further study, (4) to developlearning skills, (5) to illustrate the role of ethics in the professional practice of engineering, (6) todevelop teamwork skills

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2000 Annual Conference

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Rosalyn S. Hobson

. Page 5.542.2Typically a service learning course requires a minimum of fifteen hours of service with selectedcommunity-based organizations or schools. Faculty who teach service-learning courses havefound that extending the boundaries of the classroom into the community benefits theirstudents’ learning in many ways. Students understand and synthesize the subject matterthrough a broader range of experiences and associations; gain an understanding andappreciation of the community and its people with diverse background and life situations;explore an area of study or a career option; critically reflect on their values and responsibilitiesas citizen; and gain a belief that through their actions they can make a difference 1,4,5.In service-learning

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Silvana Tarazaga; Dalmaris Gonzalez

component of EXITE! was a creativity and design competition. All theseactivities made EXITE! a way to make engineering come a reality as a career option for the girls.Assessment of the camp indicates that it was highly successful and had a great impact on theparticipants and their parents.Index Terms – K - 12 programs, summer camps, team activitiesIntroductionEXITE! (Exploring Interest in Technology and Engineering) was a summer camp designed tointroduce girls from middle schools to the engineering and technological fields. The mainobjective of the camp was to motivate girls early in their life to select and pursue careers inengineering or computer sciences. This was accomplished by exposing them to the engineeringand computer sciences through a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

a desirable one. Butseen from the inside, U.S. engineering education appears to have significant problems –such as declining enrollments, and the utilization of its graduates as a ‘commodity’ byemployers. It also appears that new quasi-engineering academic programs have opened orare being developed to allow students to take more palatable paths to entry to lucrativetechnology careers. What are foreign countries getting when they adapt our engineeringcurricula, and is that approach appropriate to their needs?IntroductionThere was nothing unusual about the circumstances: two American university professorseach received an invitation to share their knowledge of U.S. higher education with fellowacademics and some government and industry types in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Marion Hagler; John Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

lifelong learning, the vital importance of interpersonal skills, the intrigues of corporate politics, the centrality of teamwork in engineering, the existential pleasures of completed projects, the varieties of motivation for engineering practitioners, the frequent career path transition of engineers from focusing primarily on technical work to focusing on management, the unrelenting pressures on personal life. • The Civilized Engineer by Samuel Florman 2. This book is a collection of essays in which Florman, a practicing engineer, explores the origins of engineering, engineering ethics, conflicting loyalties, women in engineering, engineering curricula, the existential pleasures of engineering

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emiko Hirose Horton, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Kumiko Miki, Nihon University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Page 22.860.5  Career designing project for female students Facility improvement  Renovation of cafeteria / dormitory / toilet  Building girls’ dormitory  Girls’ parlor/lounge Others  Hiring of female faculty ( e.g. “At-least-one-female-faculty per department”) Most institutions in our survey have started to implement some strategies to increasefemale students in the last few years, but there were no answers indicating how much of aincrease. One of the universities has been implementing multiple strategies since 5 years ago:leaflets with female engineer role models, delivery of lectures at high schools, explanatorymeetings about the university, and so on, and the increase of females is said to be up 0.6% in3 years

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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NSF Grantees

Page 22.978.2 Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall: 1. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public. Professional obligations 2. Engineers shall at all times strive to serve the public interest. a. Engineers are encouraged to participate in civic affairs; career guidance for youths; and work for the advancement of the safety, health, and well-being of their community.(NSPE, 2011) .IEEE (International Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the largest engineering professionalsociety) code of ethics: We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world and in accepting a

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BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Biomedical

, project-based design courses. She has also studied and published on other aspects of the student experience, including studies of persistence and migration (why students stay in engineering or choose to leave), as well as differences in the engineering experience between male and female students. In 2010, she received an NSF CAREER Award in support of her research on engineering education. Page 25.417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Developing a Small-Footprint Bioengineering ProgramAbstractThe field of bioengineering is rapidly changing and expanding to

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Innovations in the IE Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

at national and regional conferences, and • Increase student interest to work for USDA(d) Student Recruitment and Retention BGREEN will recruit and retain students interested in being part of the next generation ofSustainable Energy leaders. Each of the institutions in the consortium will participate inestablished K-12 outreach activities at various outreach programs (i.e., ExciTES summerprogram, pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP)). Additionally, in each semester, eventsand extracurricular activities will be carried out at each of the partner institutions to ensure aproper cohesion of the participating students funded through this program (i.e., speaker seminarseries, scientific method workshop, career activities, field trips

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Innovations in the IE Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

important for the profession and the academic programs, they are alsocritical to student success. The design experience they complete in the course has the potentialto influence their career trajectory, satisfaction with the academic program, and self-efficacy.The challenge then becomes determining the best capstone model to maximize this potential. Acomprehensive understanding of various capstone course models will help determine if there isone best model or if it may depend on characteristics of the program such as geographic location,student body size, and faculty size.Literature ReviewPast research on capstone design courses in engineering has focused on how to best structure thecourse to serve the educational needs of the students, as well as

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roobik Gharabagi, Saint Louis University; Huliyar S. Mallikarjuna, Saint Louis University; David E. Webb, Saint Louis University

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Graduate Studies

University David Webb joined Saint Louis University in 2010 as a Graduate Assistant and student in the inaugural class of the master’s of sustainability degree program. Almost one year later, he accepted a full-time position with the Center for Sustainability as Program Manager, where he directs academic program de- velopment and oversees student relations and marketing and communication efforts. Prior to joining the Center for Sustainability, Webb spent nearly 14 years working in the field of information technology. He started his career as a Management Consultant with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in their Business Intelli- gence division and later worked as independent Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consultant

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Engineering Technology Futuristic Planning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

areas, skills and abilities needed for mechanical engineering (ME) and mechanical Page 25.210.2engineering technology (MET) graduates to be successful in a global economy, including smalland large companies. Focusing on these key skills, extensive follow-on surveys were developedand conducted in 2009 and 2010 of three key stakeholder groups in ME and MET (departmentheads, industry supervisors, and early career engineers ) to assess the strengths and weaknessesof mechanical engineering education graduates. Responses were received from academic leadersat more than 80 institutions, from more than 1,400 engineering managers, and more than 600early

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2001 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Massa; Gordon Snyder; Fenna Hanes; James Masi; Gary Mullett

in the global marketplace and to train capable workforce for the years to come.The effort to train the trainers and offer technology career awareness to students is key to makingthis happen. The cooperation of industry, government, and education facilitates this workforcesynergy.I. IntroductionThe Northeast Center for Telecommunications Technologies is located on the campus ofSpringfield Technical Community College in their Technology Park. Other educational partnersare located at exceptional institutions throughout the Northeast and the Center’s Business andIndustry partners number in excess of 36 companies. The educational and industrial collaboratorstogether are addressing the need of business/industry for educated technologies by

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2001 Annual Conference

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Joan A. Burtner

people first. Civil Engineering, 69(7), 124.10. Allen, T. D. & Poteet, M. (1999). Developing effective mentoring relationships: Strategies from the mentor's viewpoint. Career Development Quarterly, 48(1), 59-73.11. Muller, C. B., & Single, P. B. (1999, Nov.). Encouraging women students to persist in engineering and science through industrial mentoring using electronic communications. Page 6.1046.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Proceedings of the

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2001 Annual Conference

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William Edward Howard; Joseph Musto

Session 1566 The Use of Solid Modeling in Mechanical Engineering Outreach Programs for High School Students Joseph C. Musto, William Edward Howard Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractIn an effort to attract talented high school student to careers in engineering, the MechanicalEngineering Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) participates in a numberof engineering outreach programs. Great successes in these programs have resulted from the useof solid modeling techniques and software to motivate engineering concepts and allow thestudents to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Donald Goddard

Session 1566 Linking College Engineering Courses With High School Preparation Donald L. Goddard PhD PE The University of Texas at TylerAbstractA Report titled “Expanding the Technology Workforce”1 prepared by the Texas HigherEducation Coordinating Board found that : “…Texas Students are not being sufficiently informed nor prepared for some of the most interesting, challenging, and lucrative careers in the new economy”1 “The recruitment of top quality high school students to the engineering profession is an area

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2001 Annual Conference

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Chris Lorenz; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec; Kurt DeGoede

perspective of current studentmembers and recent graduates, who are now college faculty. The chapter events andopportunities are provided as suggestions that other ASEE Student Chapters or similar studentorganizations may benefit from as well.IntroductionThe ASEE Student Chapter at the University of Michigan began in 1994 as a student-basedorganization committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. Thiswas to be accomplished by providing services to prepare members for a career in academia,educating undergraduate students about graduate education and encouraging involvement ofunderrepresented minority groups in academia and graduate school.In 1994, a core group of students and faculty advisor, Dr. Susan Montgomery