Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

the model to several independent study projectscompleted or on-going currently. Specifically, the model was used to evaluate 11 independentstudy projects that were authorized and completed during the 2008-2009 academic year, as wellas 8 independent study projects authorized and on-going during the 2009-2010 academic year.All independent study projects within the D-C&ME are executed under the requirements of acontract prepared collectively at the start of the academic year by the Cadets, faculty member(s)acting as the project advisor(s), and the course director responsible for oversight of allindependent study projects. The authors utilized only those contracts to evaluate the projectsusing the model. None of the authors were involved with

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Said Shakerin, University of the Pacific

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Mechanical Engineering

. and Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc, NY, 1993.19. ExCEEd Teaching Workshop Seminars, 2008. http://www.asce.org/exceed20. Lowman, J., Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, 2nd ed., Jossey Bass, NY, 2005.21. Aref, H., Hutzler, S., and Weaire, D., “Toying with Physics,” Euro Physics News, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 23-26,200722. Guemez, J., Fiolhais, C. and Fiolhais, M., “Toys in Physics Lectures and Demonstrations – A Brief Review,”Physics Education, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 53-64, 200923. Turner, R. C., “Toys in Physics Teaching: Cartesian Diver,” American Journal of Physics, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp.475-476, 198324. Connolly, W., “An Automated Cartesian Diver Apparatus,” The Physics Teacher, p. 51, January 198925. Graham, R. M., “An Extremely

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.2. Gal, I. and J.B. Garfield (Eds.). 1997. The Assessment Challenge in Statistics Education. IOS Press.3. Posner, G. J., K.A. Strike, P.W. Hewson, and W.A. Gertzog. 1982. Accommodation of a scientific conception: toward a theory of conceptual change. Science Education. 66 (2):211–227.4. Vygotsky, Lev S. 1978. Mind in society: Development of higher psychological processes. Edited by Cole, M., John-Steiner, V., Scribner, S., Souberman, E. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.5. Bransford, J., A. Brown, and R. Cocking (Eds.). 1999. How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school (Report of the National Research Council

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Frehill, Self employed consultant; Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Graduate Studies

Postdocs in S&E”. These data are collected from institutions(not individuals as the dataset name might imply), and often provided by the institutionalresearch office, the same entity that completes many institutional data reports, including the(IPEDS) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System reports for the National Center forEducation Statistics (NCES). For the sake of simplicity, we present data separately by genderwithin three race-ethnicity and citizenship groups. The URM group consists of U.S. citizens andpermanent residents who were members of three underrepresented minority groups: AfricanAmericans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Hispanics. At NMSU, the vast majorityof URMs are of Hispanic descent with small numbers of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

-Off Gross Weight (TOW).• Use a Wing Loading (W/S) from benchmarking, and find planform area S. Use airport gate or other commonsense constraints, or again benchmarking, to fix span, hence find aspect ratio.• For a selected cruise altitude and speed, find the lift and induced drag coefficients.• Guess a value for low speed zero-lift drag coefficient. Hence find total cruise drag, and speed for minimum drag. Find cruise L/D.• Starting with a thumb-rule (typically, that installed sea level static thrust is 30% of TOW, and that the plane must take off with 1 engine out), select a suitable engine and number of engines.• For the selected engine, find thrust-specific fuel consumption from published data, and estimate thrust at

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Woods, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

variety. That variety is based on the fundamental difference in philosophy as to whetheryear 1 has common content for all branches of engineering or discipline specific programs begin inyear 1. For the former, many imaginative ways have been introduced to allow students to gain an Page 15.658.2understanding of the uniqueness of the disciplines.This summary considers eight options (with the school code in brackets for the school using thisoption): 1. Common year 1 with no engineering exposure through courses; basic math and sciences, 0% of responders 2. Common year 1 with required common engineering course(s) with no explicit

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-1351: STUDENTS AS THE KEY TO UNLEASHING STUDENTENGAGEMENT: THE THEORY, DESIGN, & LAUNCH OF A SCALABLE,STUDENT-RUN LEARNING COMMUNITY AT XXRussell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Russell Korte is an assistant professor in Human Resource Education and a Fellow with the iFoundry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.David Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana David E. Goldberg is Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurial Engineering and Co-Director of the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education. He is author of Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning (Addision-Wesley, 1989) and The

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

this type of analysisduring their future careers. The QFD matrix is set up with critical customer requirements listed in acolumn with their associated priority ranking (1-5 with 1’s being low; 5’s high). Potential designsolutions or aspects that could assist with meeting the requirements are listed in a row that isperpendicular to the requirements. Relationship matrix points are assigned to each of the cells that linka requirement to a solution (0,1,3,9 with 0’s being low; 9’s high), in order to determine if a potentialdesign solution can address multiple requirements. A technical difficulty rating is assigned based onthe ease of implementation (1-5 with 1 being easy), and objective targets are established as benchmarkgoals. In keeping with

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

application domain. When presented with a problem, they are able to select the appropriate tools(s), seek the necessary information, and present a solution. The regularly used technical skills are committed to memory, and external information resources are not needed in these cases. More complex problems and problems with multiple possible solution paths for which they have to evaluate the quality of the different solution paths will create difficulties for the individual. Overall intellectual capability may be a limiting factor. Fluency The individual has extensive knowledge

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Aerospace

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

How to Get Published: Tips from Journal Editors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

of quality, not falling within the scopeof the journal, lack of assessment data, etc.) it will be rejected. Those manuscripts not rejectedenter the review process, and are distributed to an associate editor (AE) on the basis of thetechnical area of the manuscript. Each manuscript is assigned at least three (3) reviewers. Aminimum of two (2) reviews must be performed before a decision can be taken. Once thesereviews are in hand, the AE prepares a preliminary decision, if necessary giving requirementsand recommendations to be met by the author(s). The EIC reviews the preliminary decision, editsit as necessary, and communicates the decision to the author(s). This process continues withrevisions that are submitted until a satisfactory manuscript

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

associations and professional societies,government agencies, national standards bodies, and international standards agencies.” Hardingand McPherson (2009) 7 describe the present sphere of standards organizations in his ASEEpaper.Two surveys describe the libraries’ best practices for standards. The original plan to do a surveydid not appear necessary after finding these two surveys. Both surveys cover large academiclibraries. Brian S. Mathews (2006)8 wrote about “top engineering schools” while Lorraine F.Pellack (2004)9did a survey of 34 libraries that are members of the prestigious Association forResearch Libraries (ARL). In 2003, Pellack’s survey indicated that there are many librariesdoing special ordering with format half of the libraries buying

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Arthur D. Kney P.E.; Nancy Ball; Traci Shoemaker; Danuta Bukatko; Angela Moran; Joe Colosi

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; Danny Teachman, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

departments, organizations,and stakeholders was challenge at times. After merging all of the accumulated informationgathered from multiple sources into a design specification, the construction and testing phasesproceeded as scheduled. During this project many other products were identified that requiredesign modifications to make them more usable by people with the widest possible range ofabilities. Redesigning these products using the concepts of universal design will become the nextstep for this project.Bibliography1. Burgstahler, S. (2008). Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, and Examples. Retrieved from http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/instruction.html2. Burgstahler, S. E., & Cory, R. C

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hubbard, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

for the content analysis was subjective, but did point to the emphasison information literacy, information/reference services, collections and novel databases. Whiletextual analysis was limited in terms of results, it did provide further support for theclassification analysis based on word and phrase frequencies of the paper titles. A future studymight apply a more rigorous textual analysis methodology (and software) to obtain topichierarchies and to perform more sophisticated analyses.Further work could compare these results to other LIS publications in the field of science and Page 15.177.13engineering librarianship.References1. Tiew, S

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Clayton, Villanova University; James O'Brien, Villanova University; Kenneth Kroos, Villanova University; Amy Fleischer, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

College in Memphis, TN, where he served as Student Section Advisor and Chair of the Memphis – Midsouth Section of ASME. In 1982, Ken joined Villanova University where he teaches thermodynamics and a wide variety of other courses. He currently serves as Assistant Department Chair for the Mechanical Engineering Department. Ken is the author of over fifteen publications in the fields of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, engineering education and computer graphics for flow visualization. Ken has performed research in computer graphics for the U. S. Army Ballistics Research Lab in Aberdeen, MD. He has also done consulting work for a number of companies in the Memphis and Philadelphia areas. Ken is a

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

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International

number of 3rd gradestudents it does not assure the increase of students in engineering and technology areas. Howeverit is an issue for further discussions.7. Distance Learning Experience – A History of more than 50 years.Brazilian Distance Learning Experience dates back form the 40’s when two initiatives have to bementioned as pioneer projects on distance education in the world: Brazilian government startedthe “Universidade do Ar” (The University of Air), which was the transmission by radio of firstgrade program. The target was to provide basic education for workers and people of remoteplaces of the country. The other initiative is the one of "Instituto Universal Brasileiro" anotherinstitute that has done a very good work teaching by distance

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad Habib, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Carloina Cruz-Neira, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Yuxin Ma, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Douglas Williams, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

. Theobservatory and its learning modules can be introduced in engineering and earth scienceshydrology courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels Acknowledgement Support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. DUE-0737073. 7. Bibliography 1. NRC (1991): Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 348 p. 2. Wagener, T., Weiler, M., McGlynn, B., Gooseff, M., Meixner, T., Marshall, L., McGuire, K. and McHale, M. (2007): Taking the pulse of hydrology education. Hydrological Processes, 21, 1789-1792. 3. Nash, J. E., Eagleson, P. S., Phillip, J. R., and van der Molen, W. H. (1990

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Pierce, Cumberland University; Amanda Lowery, Vanderbilt University; Charleson Bell, Vanderbilt University; Todd Giorgio, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

approximately 2.5 mL. To synthesize gold NPs, 1.0 mMhydrogen tetrachloroaurate (III) trihydrate was added dropwise into 30 ml of sodiumborohydride, swirling the tube occasionally, until a pink or purple color appeared. The finalvolume of silver nitrite used was approximately 2.5 mL. Both NP suspensions were Page 15.900.5characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy (Nanodrop ND3300) and DLS. DLS was conducted on aMalvern Nano Series Zetasizer with a 633 nm laser. The duration of each scan was 60 s and 3scans were acquired.NP Application to CellsOn day 1, cells were rinsed once with 700 l of phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and 700 l offresh cell culture media was

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

willtake the first four zeros. We also need to find the values for λ n and J 0 λ n r. The first fourzeros of the Bessel function of order zero are given by: By Hand (Tables) Using Maple a 1 = 2. 404825558 >BZ:=[evalf(BesselJZeros(0, 1 .. 4))]; a 2 = 5. 520078110 a 3 = 8. 653727913 a 4 = 11. 79153444 α We now calculate the λ ′n s = an : By Hand (Tables) Using Maple λ 1 = 2. 404825558 π = 1. 530959499 >L1:=evalf(BZ[1]/(Pi/2)); 2 λ 2 = 5. 520078110

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

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Industrial Engineering

near future. Page 15.777.10 45 40 M 35 a 30 j 25 Freshman o 20 Sophomore r 15 s 10 Junior 5 Senior 0 Fall 08 Spring Fall 09 Spring 09 10 Figure 3. Enrollment

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R.F. William Hollender, Montana State University; James Becker, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

microstrip circuitsMatrix representation of multi-port networks (S-,Z-,Y- and ABCD parameters)Calibration of coaxial and in-fixture VNA measurementsThe diode at radio and microwave frequenciesMicrostrip filter designPower dividers, combiners and couplersEven and odd mode analysisScattering parameter design of transistor amplifiersLinear dynamic range, noise figure and noise calculations for microwave systemsLAB / DESIGN EXERCISESIntroduction to the vector network analyzer (VNA) and basic transmission line theory –Students measure the reflections from a series of open circuit transmission lines of differentlengths and at different frequencies and compare measurement to theory.Passive component characterization using the VNA – Students measure the

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

the student model the system provides intelligent,personalized tutoring and support to the student. In particular, based on information concerningthe knowledge level of the student in each concept of the domain knowledge, the system providesindividualized support when s/he navigates through the course material.The system uses the direct guidance technique to inform the learner whether s/he is ready to visitthe corresponding topic or if the studying of a page is unnecessary due to the fact that the studenthas already mastered the concept that is associated with this test frame. With the direct guidancetechnique, the system suggests and leads the student to the particular learning level the systemconsiders as the most appropriate for the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Braden Boss, Springville High School; Daniel Bates, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Curriculum Framework Site, 12 November 2008, available from http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html25. NAE, Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2009.26. National Alliance for Pre-Engineering Programs, Project Lead the Way, Available online at www.pltw.org.27. Yasar, S., Baker, D., Robinson-Kurpius, S., Krause, S., and Roberts, C., “Development of a Survey to Assess Page 15.206.10 K-12 Teachers' Perceptions of Engineers and Familiarity with Teaching Design, Engineering

Conference Session

Conceptual Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morris Girgis, Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Developing an Engineering TaxonomyIn 1956, Benjamin Bloom first published his widely known taxonomy5. He identified six levelswithin the cognitive domain: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, andevaluation. The taxonomy advanced teaching and learning by motivating educators to create amore integrated method of educating students. During the 1990’s, a new group of cognitivepsychologists, led by Lorin Anderson, a former student of Bloom, updated the taxonomy toreflect relevance to 21st century work. Table 1 summarizes both old and new taxonomy levels6. Old Bloom’s Taxonomy Version ew Bloom’s Taxonomy Version Knowledge Define, duplicate, list, memorize, Remembering Can the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Jeffrey Butler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

:  Final ‘testing’ of bottle openers was  conducted on bottles of sodaBibliography1. Lamancusa, John S., Jorgensen, Jens E, and Zayas-Castro, Jose L.: "The Learning Factory - A New Approachto Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum." Journal of Engineering Education,Vol. 86, No. 2, pg. 103, April 1997.2. Malicky, D., Kohl, J., Huang, M., “Integrating a Machine Shop Class Into the Mechanical EngineeringCurriculum: Experiential and Inductive Learning,” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI, Jun 24-27.3. National Association of Manufacturers: 2005 Skills Gap Report- A Survey of the American ManufacturingWorkforce: http://www.nam.org/~/media/Files

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Mora, New Mexico Tech; Ricardo Negron, WPAFB; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

history of computers, binary math, flowcharts, BASIC programming,microcontrollers, and robotics. By the third day, students will build a Parallax, Inc. Boe-Bot® tomaneuver three obstacle courses as part of a robotics competition event.Fig. 6. Students Programming Their Robots For the Final Obstacle Course at the 2009 ISERobotics CompetitionThe SPACE Flight (high-school students) – SPACE Flight is designed to give students theexperience of real-world R&D. Students work in teams to develop their topic, plan the approach,conduct research and compile their results under the guidance of teacher sponsor and volunteerscientists and engineers (S&Es) from AFRL and other technology based organizations such asSandia National Laboratory, and defense

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

road by 2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America.4) Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025.5) Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.President Obama wants to make the U. S. a leader on climate change and energy. Thedisconnect comes when one looks at what it will take to achieve these goals outlined above.Today’s economic direction points to these goals as being overly optimistic. To achieve thesegoals will take massive amounts of capital and national resolve at a time when the economicstimulus seems to be focused on Wall Street and the banking industry, health care reform, andthe military

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

goes beyond that by saying that“… libraries should think creatively when drafting new positions. An innovative position thatdirectly relates to recruitment …..[will] impress university administrator[s]”.7 Also, librariesneed to be monitoring initiatives such as the legislators’ consideration of how public universities Page 15.116.4should be giving back to the community in a tangible way.8Much of this paper will give attention to diverse groups such as women and minorities inrecruitment. Women are still a pronounced minority in engineering classes, even with recentyears’ increases in their enrollment. See for example, Franzway et al. (2009).9