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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith L. Hohn

several things. First, students greatly enjoyed theopportunity to do something different in an engineering class. Many students had creativeinterests and abilities that they had not gotten much of a chance to use in their engineeringcurriculum, and they enjoyed the chance to use those abilities. For example, one student (whohad been a music teacher in a prior career) composed a piece of music for the piano thatrepresented his progression through the chemical engineering coursework. Other studentsreported that they had little artistic talent, yet even these indicated that they had enjoyed theassignment.The text describing the process for making the artwork was more important than the artworkitself. The questions the students were asked to answer

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. Asmatulu; E. Asmatulu; B. Zhang

accomplishedthrough new class developments, seminars, conferences, invited talks, and other individuals whoare experts in nanotechnology and nanoethics. For the undergraduate and graduate students whoare preparing themselves for careers in nanoscale science and technology, whether as biologists,chemists, physicists, or engineers, new courses should be introduced to provide a needed focuson nanoethics. These courses should be taught by different professors from various departments,and should be mandatory for students working in the field of nanotechnology.Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education,Lawrence, KS, September 22-24, 2010

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. Asmatulu; W.S. Khan; E. Asmatulu; M. Ceylan

. For undergraduate and graduate students who are preparingthemselves for careers in bioscience and biotechnology, whether as MDs, nurses, biologists,chemists, physicists, or engineers, new courses providing a needed focus on bioethics should beProceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education,Lawrence, KS, September 22-24, 2010 8introduced. These courses should be taught by different professors from various departments andshould be mandatory for students working in the field of biotechnology.In addition to these measures, other educational actions may include television, media, andonline news

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson; Peter W. Tenpas; Ronald L. Dougherty; Christopher D. Depcik; Kenneth Fischer

,variations of the rubric have been created to use in other senior capstone design presentationsincluding interim oral reports and final oral design reports.In conclusion, the senior capstone design projects offer a snapshot of the skills students havelearned during their educational careers. Using the design poster presentations and a carefullydesigned rubric, a department can assess a number of educational objectives in one sitting. Byincluding outside reviewers from industry, a department can obtain external validation of thequality of the education program and identify areas of improvement needed to prepare studentsfor the workplace. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Greg Murray; Tim Thomas

program at PSU contains majors in Electronics, Manufacturing,Mechanical and Plastics Engineering Technology. Each major represents an industry that usesdifferent software. To ensure that students learn to use the software that is prevalent in theirindustry, we provide four different software packages (Pro/E, Solid Works, Inventor and Catia).Job placement data is another point of interest to be considered while making decisions.Working closely with your institution‟s Career Services department can help you determinewhich industries are hiring your graduates. Other sources to consider are job search websitessuch as Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com. Type in each of the software packages we havebeen discussing and tally the job search results. This

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Timothy B. Whitmoyer; David T. Vader; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

outcomes that we have defined for graduates of the Engineering Program. Theoutcome to “work toward integration of Christian faith, learning, professional life” is difficult tosatisfy through classroom instruction. The Modified Rower Pump project places its teammembers at the intersection of extreme human need, academic performance, and engineeringpractice. Our students have responded in the short term with quality designs and some havecommitted their professional careers to address similar human needs. Three of the project’salumni have chosen to work in Burkina Faso to promote the economic development of theMahadaga community. Such responses represent the highest level of learning in Bloom’staxonomy15: evaluation and commitment.Based on these

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Peggy Leonowich-Graham; Katie Blue; Steven Condly

Encouragement May Be the Missing Link in the Pursuit of CS / IT Majors Dr. Peggy Leonowich-Graham and MAJ Katie Blue Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996 Dr. Steven Condly Institutional Research and Analysis Branch United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996AbstractFew students in general, and fewer female students in particular, choose anundergraduate major in IT/CS. Efforts at ameliorating the situation must be rootedin an understanding of those factors which have a demonstrated influence onmajor/career choice and decision making. In an

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gary P. Halada

-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityFall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityIntroduction:The inclusion of ethical, legal societal and other ‘broader’ issues in undergraduate engineeringdegree programs has been noted to be critical in preparing students for successful careers, notjust as engineers but also as productive and valuable members of society.1 In recent years, theemphasis for the need for engineers to develop more than just “hard engineering” skills hasgrown, especially in response to reports and studies showing the need for engineering educationto respond to trends in globalization of the engineering enterprise, professional mobility,increasing importance of

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jaime D. Alava; Keith M. Gardiner

their professional career. The fundamentals and theory of project Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova Universitymanagement is discussed in class, which can be applied in the lab sessions and in future projectwork. Some lecture sessions are reserved to explain the limitless opportunities available forengineers at Lehigh University. Programs such as Integrated Product Development (IPD),supporting entrepreneurship, and working with Fortune 500 companies in the Co-Op program,are only some things that make a Lehigh engineering education unique. Many lectures focus onthe programs of the engineering departments. Representatives from the seven departmentsprovide information on topics such as curriculum, salary

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Frank T. Fisher; Hong Man

engineering practice will providestudents: • a window into the practice of engineering; • an understanding of the complexity of engineering problems encountered in practice; • the framework to envision how their education will relate to their future engineering careers; and • an opportunity to realize earlier in their the studies the benefits associated with students participating in activities such as internships and co-ops.17A program to develop multimedia-based learning environments to expose undergraduate studentsto “real engineering” could take a number of forms as shown in!Table 1. In the current work wewill focus on our efforts to develop such multimedia learning modules based on nanotechnologyresearch being

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

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Timothy B. Whitmoyer; David T. Vader

outcomes that we have defined for graduates of the Engineering Program. Theoutcome to “work toward integration of Christian faith, learning, professional life” is difficult tosatisfy through classroom instruction. The Modified Rower Pump project places its teammembers at the intersection of extreme human need, academic performance, and engineeringpractice. Our students have responded in the short term with quality designs and some havecommitted their professional careers to address similar human needs. Three of the project’salumni have chosen to work in Burkina Faso to promote the economic development of theMahadaga community. Such responses represent the highest level of learning in Bloom’staxonomy15: evaluation and commitment.Based on these

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

engineeringstudents better understand concepts, identify patterns, and discover problems not addressed in thetextbooks. Engineering students are likely to be more engaged in the learning process bystudying the latest natural phenomenon such as flooding in Atlanta and drought in Texas.1. IntroductionSensors play a critical role in engineering and science applications such as monitoringenvironmental metrics, controlling industrial processes, and coordinating traffic flow. Inclusionof sensing science (also known as sensor science) and sensor data within engineering classroomsis becoming increasingly beneficial for engineering education. It motivates students to pursuescience and engineering disciplines and associated career paths1. Further, it makes the

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sumit Dutta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shreya Prakash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Estrada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eric Pop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

methods.9 Finally, we note that the flexi-bility of this interface allows for continued growth of the Remote Lab in available instrumentbackends as well as with the user interface frontends.AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank Mark Bohr and Intel Corporation for providing the Keithley 2612 andother Intel test devices for use in the remote laboratory. We also appreciate undergraduate feed-back by Mr. Jen-Chieh Liu and Mr. Shengzhao Wu. Additional funding was made possible bythe National Science Foundation grants CCF-0829907 and CAREER ECCS-0954423, the Page 15.113.8nanoHUB.org, the Micron Technology Foundation (D.E), the NSF and

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Na Lu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert Swan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

-direction and motivation, improved research and problem-solvingskills, and understanding how classroom learning connects to jobs and careers.5 Page 15.741.5 Table 3: Universities and Their Partnership with Habitat for Humanity Habitat University Department & Course Partnership Basics LocationLouisiana Construction Management, Habitat for LSU’s Center for CommunityState CM1010 Humanity of Engagement Learning andUniversity

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Althea Smith, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classroomsin order to have enough space for the activities. In the spring of 2008, it was suggestedthat each math teacher (9 math teachers total in this school) only recommend 2 studentseach week and the students had to provide a signed permission slip each week. Onaverage 15 students participated each week in the spring of 2008. The program continuedat this school in this fashion each semester and on average 10 and 7 students participatedin this program in the fall 2008 and spring 2009 semesters respectively. From 2007onward at the beginning of each semester the Fellows took 5 minutes to talk aboutthemselves and their future career plans. In addition, throughout the program we heldopen forums where students asked questions to the Fellows on any topic

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Lowery, West Virginia University; Steve Kane, West Virginia University; Vicki Kane, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Gary Ganser, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

often perform poorly in their first calculus course. Working from the perceptionthat first year engineering students do not make the connection between what they learn incalculus and the problems they solve in freshman engineering, the faculty who teach theengineering sections of first semester calculus and the faculty who teach freshman engineeringworked together to define projects that span both classes.The primary goal of these projects was to show students how the concepts and techniques theywere learning in math class were relevant to their future career in engineering. It was proposedand believed that if the students understood the connection between the two subjects, they wouldunderstand both subjects better and be motivated to work

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, UTEP; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Carolyn Awalt, The University of Texas at El Paso

successful engineering career development, the extent ofimplementation is limited to the team projects in the classroom. Manyengineering/business courses are pure lecture-based, and do not usually containcomponents that help student to boost their communication skills within the frameworkof engineering problems. The limited exposure to this critical success skill has resulted inisolated learning experience. Students lack the broad understanding in other areas ofstudy and oftentimes speaking different languages between the disciplines. Manyindustries (i.e., automotive, aerospace, electronics, etc.) are complaining about the lack ofpreparation future engineers are receiving in colleges and universities. The industriespointed out that there exists a

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Teaching Introductory Materials

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

Mechanical Engineers, and the US National Science Foundation-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. He is also active in the POGIL project; he has been invited to attend the last three POGIL National Meetings and serves on the Education Research Committee for the project. He has received several awards for his work, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Ralph Teetor Education Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, being named a University of Florida Distinguished Teaching Scholar, and being named the University of Florida Teacher of the Year for 2003-04. He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Educational

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida; Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

injury or handicap. The increasing life expectancyand the search for better health care and preventive therapies have influenced the demand growthfor medical devices. To remain competitive in the global market, medical device manufacturersneed highly qualified engineers to develop innovative and functional products.Undergraduate engineering students are often taught theoretical concepts without having theopportunity to actually apply these concepts in a real-world context. The National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) made the following two recommendations that are relevant to academicinstitutions: (1) academic institutions should take the steps to cultivate U.S. student interest, andaptitude for careers in engineering, and (2) academic institutions

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Peter Rich, Brigham Young University; Keith Leatham, Brigham Young University

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Mathematics

computer programming. Coincidently the 2008 – 2009 employment and labor report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the need for engineers with programming experience will be one of the careers with the largest numerical increase and demand. This research outlines: 1) the need for engineering in k-12 environments, 2) analyzes the reasons for which schools have had a difficult time fully integrating engineering into school curriculum, 3) proposes a mixed content and pedagogical approach to teaching engineering and programming based on a hands-on inquiry approach, and 4) outlines additional benefits of using a blended content approach such as this (e.g., improved student

Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie-Pierre Huguet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tom Haley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yaron Danon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

multidisciplinary: able to communicate with, work with, and manage other typesof engineers and scientists and to learn aspects of these other engineering and science disciplines,as needed, throughout their careers.This multidisciplinary systems approach is reflected in nuclear engineering education.Undergraduate nuclear engineering curricula typically include a much broader basic science,mathematics, and general engineering background than most other engineering majors.14 This iseven more relevant now as the nuclear industry continues to both mature and broaden, andnuclear engineering majors are in ever higher demand for more and more diverse and cross-disciplinary careers. It is important for this broad background and practical systems view to bereflected

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

technology use in the workplace. His career focus has been on managing and leading technological innovation in the workplace. He has over (15) years of experience in networking, systems integration and the project management fields. His prior experience base also includes (6) years as a full-time faculty instructor and (12) year’s service as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Address: College of Technology & Computer Science, 212 Science and Technology Bldg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; email: leskoc@ecu.edu; phone: 252-737-1907.John Pickard, East Carolina University John Pickard is an Instructor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University; William Jordan, Baylor University; Brian Garner, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

are graduating, and are already thinking of their future careers. One objective inintegrating the entrepreneurial mindset into this course is the broadening of students’perspectives on how their creative ideas can be developed into a marketable product, with theintent that students see beyond just solving an engineering problem to get a grade or please asupervisor, but to think about the potential for commercialization of their products.The structure of the Senior Design course is well‐suited for integrating entrepreneurial concepts.To begin, the students are already working on a project in a simulated professional environment,and student questions and class and team discussion can be guided to include the entrepreneurialconsiderations. For

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS); Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

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Women in Engineering

(with one being an adjunct instructor when possible) and the director ofcounseling. Other possible members include the learning center director, tutoring center director,curriculum developer, articulation officer, recruitment director, outreach coordinator, publicinformation officer, an equity/women's center coordinator, a school-to-career director, a researchand planning officer, and other key stakeholders.The leadership team model ensures that the entire college will work together to make surewomen are recruited and retained in STEM programs, and that the STEM program will not beexpected to take on functions outside of its normal duties. For example, in many of the collegesthe public information officer has assisted with distributing a press

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Yueh-Ting Yang, Drexel University; Brittany Killen, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Ajou University

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Manufacturing

pursuing degrees in theengineering field. Students in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial fields along withmany others can learn many new skills from multi-disciplinary projects such as the rapidprototype design of a walking robot. Such projects show students how to use differenttypes of technology, and demonstrate how advanced technology can be used in an actualapplication. This project teaches future engineers and technologists various advancedskills that can be used in their careers. Overall, many different fields of engineering canbenefit from this application, enabling the development of skill and knowledge in manydifferent engineering aspects and processes. Students in the Applied Engineering Technology programs are required

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randal Abler, Georgia Tech; James Krogmeier, Purdue University; Aaron Ault, Purdue University; Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tamara Clegg, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

science, outcomes of science, and issues around career development and mentoring in STEM fields. Dr. Melkers has conducted performance-related work for the governments of Mexico and Latvia, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Research Council, HUD, the States of Alaska, Georgia, Rhode Island and Maine, the City of Atlanta, and the Atlanta Urban League. Dr. Melkers joined the Public Policy faculty in 2007. She previously was on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Georgia State University, and the University of Alaska. She earned her PhD in Public Administration at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in 1993. She is co-editor of

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University; Anita Persaud, Pennsylvania State University; Drey Kharem, Pennsylvania State University; William Rothwell, Pennsylvania State University; Edgar Yoder, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-2401: MONEY, MATH AND ENGINEERING GRADUATION: MOREHIGH SCHOOL FUNDING COULD MEAN MORE UNDERREPRESENTEDENGINEERSAmy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Amy L. Freeman, is the Assistant Dean of Engineering Diversity at The Pennsylvania State University where she received her PhD in Workforce Education and her MS in Architectural Engineering. She has over twenty years of experience in diversity advocacy, and currently manages several retention programs targeting women and underrepresented technical students at all levels of the academic and career development pipeline. She is the current president of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA).Anita

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tuskegee University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Ryan Campbell, University of Washington; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Diane Jones, University of Washington; Donald Peter, Seattle Pacific University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Elaine Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette Veilleux, Simmons College

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Educational Research and Methods

. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.10. DeNeui, Daniel L.C. (June 2003). An Investigation of First-Year College Students’ Psychological Sense of Community on Campus. College Student Journal, 37, 224-234.11. Liebler, Joan & McConnell, Charles (2004). Management Principles for Health Care Professionals, 5th ed., Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc.12. Lee, Linda & Wilson, Denise (2005). Empowering the Engineering Undergraduate in an Era of Economic Globalization, Frontiers in Education Conference: Indianapolis, IN.13. Lee, Linda & Wilson, Denise (2006). The Impact of Affective and Relational Factors on Classroom Experience and Career Outlook Among First-year Engineering Undergraduates, Frontiers in Education Conference

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Fashaad Crawford, University of Louisville; Katheryn McAnulty, University of Louisville

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Minorities in Engineering

enrollmentfor fall 2007 was 1,293 students and only 218 were female (16.86%). Overall enrollmentof female students at the Speed School has averaged 18 percent since 2006 and finallyrose to 20 percent for fall 2009. National statistics reflect the same patterns.For more than 20 years the Speed School has had an active chapter of the Society ofWomen Engineers (SWE) with the Director of Student Affairs serving as its long termfaculty advisor. Various programs have been conducted to introduce young women andother under-represented minorities (URMs) to careers in engineering with varied amountsof success. In 2005, the president of the SWE chapter approached the faculty advisorwith a new idea – the notion of inviting incoming female students to an

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

existent uncertainties. For the most part,student’s work and graduate careers have been framed in closed-end problem solving. So there isa balancing16 between preserving ambiguity and eliminating uncertainty, as shown in Figure 11,that is difficult for students to manage. The Design Thinking activities value ambiguity whereasthe Engineering Thinking activities don’t worry so much about the existence of ambiguity butrather the elimination of uncertainties. Figure 11. Visualization of balancing ambiguity and uncertainty.Catalysts for Design LearningWith observations of student teams several emergent themes have arisen as supports and barriersto the students successfully adapting a design thinking and prototyping culture. As