Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L. Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

. Mason Jr., J. P. Tarris, Members, ASCE, and E. Zaki, 1995. Choosing a civil engineering career: Some market research findings. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 121 (3): 170-176.17. Jawitz, J. and J. Case. 1998. Exploring the reasons South African students give for studying engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education 14 (4): 235-240.18. Bloom, Benjamin S. 1976. Human Characteristics and School Learning. New York: McGraw Hill.19. Lam, P., D. Doverspike, J. Zhao, J. Zhe, and C. Menzemer. 2008. An evaluation of a STEM program for middle school students on learning disability related IEPs. Journal of STEM Education 9 (1&2): 21-29.20. Budny, D. D., and C. A. Paul

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

programtargeting the improvement of undergraduate engineering education. Faculty proposed large-scalerenovations of a specific undergraduate course or closely-related group of courses, with the goalof improving student engagement, learning outcomes, and faculty teaching experiences.Alternatively, faculty could propose to develop teaching technologies that would facilitate theimplementation of evidence-based teaching practices. Priority in funding was given to projectsthat would impact large numbers of students or provide critical interventions early in students’learning careers.“Live deep, not fast,” is an admonition coined in the early 1900’s by literature professor, critic,and editor Henry Seidel Canby 1. Faculty participating in SIIP were invited to

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University; Justinus Agus Budi Satrio, Villanova University; Kenneth A. Kroos, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #9271Integrating Freshmen into Exploring the Multi-faceted World of Engineeringand Sustainability through Biofuels Synthesis from Waste Cooking OilMs. Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University A Malaysian native, Laura-Ann Chin attended the University of Arizona where she completed her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. Throughout her undergraduate career, Laura has worked with numerous cut- ting edge projects including studying endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater, researching genetic stability of E.Coli in a novel COSBIOS reactor (RWTH, Aachen Germany) and designing an automated zebrafish tracking

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Targeting women and minority populations to develop an awareness ofengineering is a common practice and has been shown to successfully influence decisions topursue engineering3,4,5. Longer-running camp events and/or those with more involved activitieshas also been shown to positively influence a student’s perception and desire to pursueengineering6 . The College of Engineering at the University runs two summer all-day programs. First, isthe HI-GEAR (Girls Engineering Abilities Realized) program for female high school students3. Itis a 5-day camp subsidized by private donations, camper fees, faculty grants and the College.There is an application process that requires prospective campers to write a personal statement,and provide letters of

Conference Session

Use of Technology for Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Aurel Mathews

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Manufacturing

mining, bio- informatics and advanced manufacturing. Dr. Tseng published in many refereed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, Journal of Manufacturing Systems and others. He has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, and KSEF. He is currently serving as an editor of Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces.Mr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is a full-time Laboratory Manager and part-time adjunct instructor with Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program. Eric assists faculty members with the development and implementa- tion of various Engineering Technology courses. A graduate of Old Dominion University’s Computer

Conference Session

Evaluation of Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University; Alan D. Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

limitations or conditionsof our instrument and propose suggestions for further research with the aim of improving thepractical effectiveness of the EERI in assessing students’ individual ethical decision-making inproject-based design environment.Keywords: Ethical decision-making; Moral development; Ethical assessment; Mixed methods.Individual Ethical Reasoning in Project-based Design ContextEthics and the development of ethical reasoning in engineering students is an important part ofengineering education and the accreditation criteria of ABET. ABET’s engineering accreditationcriteria specify that graduates in accredited engineering programs are expected to acquire “anability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs with

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Anita R. Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

adiscussion of best practices for NTT faculty career development and promotion in Fall2011. Promotional policies that have already been adopted at the University level will bediscussed, including those related to letters of support, expectations for national and internationalvisibility, and department voting. Future work at NCSU will focus on NTT faculty careerenrichment in addition to the development of more standard procedures for recognizing andevaluating the external impact of research, teaching, and outreach efforts of NTT faculty.Experiences of Women Faculty in STEMThere has been a renewed focus on exploring gender differences in academia. While increases infemale graduate students have occurred at the doctorate level, this has not translated

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

research seeks tounderstand the forces that motivate educators to blend engineering learning with liberal studies,the institutional and pedagogical strategies used in different integrative programs, and theimpacts of liberal learning on students’ understandings of engineering and its social context. Inthis paper, I focus on a subset of the research questions posed for the dissertation: ● What motivates students to study engineering in a liberal education environment? ● In what ways does the experience of “a liberal education for engineers” assist students’ personal growth and career development? ● To what extent does students’ understanding of engineering take into account the social dimensions?MethodsMy dissertation

Conference Session

Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

take place prior to a student’sundergraduate career; once they step foot on a college campus it is almost too late for them todevelop the skills they need to be successful in engineering. If a student has made the decision to Page 24.803.4study engineering, however, resources and strategies must be put in place to ensure successfulmatriculate and graduation in an engineering program. Strategies that have proven successfulstem from the theory of self-regulation.Theory of Self-Regulation Outside influences help shape a student’s decision to pursue engineering, but once astudent is capable of being self-directed, self-demands serve as their

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

—amechanical engineering professor, a liberal arts professor, and an art museum director—bringtruly multidisciplinary perspectives to the STEAM challenge of coherently integrating art andengineering education. The paper describes a unique relationship that has developed betweenone university’s engineering curricula and the collection of an art museum on its campus. Thepaper presents a longitudinal study of engineering students at this institution who engaged withart as part of their curriculum at both the freshman and junior levels.Among our findings: • Students liked the flexibility and freedom, the self-guided discovery that using art as a starting point afforded. No students were put off by the art. • The decision to integrate art

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

of the electrical laboratories, they offered aconvenient storage location for these old technologies. Faculty members frequently open thedisplay cases and bring them into the laboratory to demonstrate how they were used perhapsmany decades ago. Then their modern versions are demonstrated and the differences incapabilities discussed. As a result, the students experience a hands-on opportunity to utilizetechnologies from the past. It presents an involvement for students to use old technologies in thelaboratory that they otherwise may never have had expanding their knowledge.Assessment of Student LearningLearning is assessed by performance or how students apply what they have learned. The CourseLearning Outcomes (CLOs) are clearly stated in the

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

sharing results andsupports researchers with a cyber-infrastructure thatprovides access to simulation resources,collaboration tools, and centralized data storage andarchived data sets. While a valid EOT model, thisfocus on research proficiency misses a number ofopportunities as it does not acknowledge thatgraduate students will require mentoring andteaching skills in addition to research proficiency intheir future careers. This model also misses theopportunity to engage undergraduate students, Figure 1: Model of education and outreachwho are eager to explore opportunities to inform focused on training and developing graduatetheir decisions about their future workplace or student and post-doctoral researchers.graduate school.The K

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

an emerging need: “…it will become more and moreessential that schools of engineering pay greater attention to the effect of their work on thepersonal development of the students.” (p. 108). Personal development was not described itoften is today in terms of self-fulfillment, rather it is seen more as a prescriptive process to betterfit people to jobs, thus improving production : “…admission to college is an important divisionof the central problem of education — vocational guidance. If any reasonably trustworthymethod of discovering what work each individual is best fitted for can be found, the otherproblems of education will in large measure solve themselves.” (p. 49). The purpose of the corecurriculum—“all the facts, principles, and

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

ofwomen than their representation as undergrads may be having a positive impact on PhDattainment. This suggests that further study of ECE-specific URE programs might be warranted.Relative to the BS level, PhD programs are strongly impacted by recruiting, candidate screening Page 24.604.9and financial support controlled by departments and individual faculty (Fox, 2000, Bowman,2014). ECE programs and individual faculty have independent control over recruiting andmentoring graduate students in their research groups as they do for URE students. The recentgrowth in female doctoral attainment, particularly for domestic ECE students, is an area ripe

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

Page 24.157.4not learned otherwise14. While there is certainly a place for good lectures in effective teaching,faculty need to involve students in discussions, team-based activities, laboratory experiences,peer-led learning, and hands-on participation to maximize learning outcomes.While the Kolb Experiential learning model is a good standard for experience-based learning, itis difficult for instructors to implement without further explanation. With more research havingbeen done on experiential learning, several elements of implementation stand out: 1. Leadership education should be implemented early on in an academic career – Early implementation gives more time for students to develop the leadership skills desired. Because the

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Emily Olina Wisniewski; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

faculty member. These results suggested that the closer ineducational background a supplemental instructor was to the student, the more comfortable thestudent felt using that person as a resource. Results from last year’s survey also indicated thatstudents felt being able to explain the material well was the most important quality for a tutor to Page 24.323.3have, with the depth of understanding as the second most important quality. The least importantquality reported by both male and female students before and after taking the course wasempathy. Availability and friendliness, both before and after taking the course, had similarlevels of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

then evaluated at the spring Faculty Assessment meetings. At thesemeetings all full-time faculty members and those regular part-time faculty members wishing toparticipate, identify and propose strategies to improve ABET Student Outcomes and, hence, ourprogram educational objectives through course work. The department has determined that theminimum level of quality to produce graduates that will ultimately achieve its ProgramEducational Objectives is an EGMU score of 1.5 for each ABET student outcome.2 Whilemany courses may satisfy a particular ABET outcome, the assessment committee has selected asubset of these courses that it finds most appropriate to determine the minimum metric for eachoutcome.The recommendations of the assessment committee

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

the emergent nature of leadership in an engineering education contextEngineering as a profession is increasingly a team-based and multidisciplinary endeavor,requiring not only technical skills but also the ability to work well with diverse groups of people.In engineering education, students often participate in project teams in which the members mustmake and execute decisions, relying increasingly on their own reasoning and abilities whilelearning to depart from the strictly teacher-led notion of learning.It is important to understand how students perceive leadership, how they understand a leader’srole and importance, and how leadership impacts the work of the team. This study offers a viewinto how leaders

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Carol Schubert Gattis, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

industry. 2 hour Workshop Topic 1 – Writing an effective resume Topic 2 – Internships/co-ops/full-time employment opportunities Topic 3 – Effective utilization of the Career Fair Topic 4 – Job interviews—their purpose and how to prepare Topic 5 – Selecting a job from multiple offersCreate Your Unique Personal Development Plan: Explore Your Options (Sophomore)Students explore their options in building a unique set of educational experiences for themselves that fit with theirindividual goals and objectives. Panel members will address various options available to students and possiblesources of funding to engage in these activities and tips on how to get started. 1.5 hour Panel Discussion Topic 1 – Co-ops and internships Topic 2

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

theirundergraduate research experiences with faculty, students, graduate school recruiters andcommunity members. The co-author also has experience in mentoring students’ research29 andhas co-published several studies related to undergraduate research experiences.30–34With experience, mentors often develop tricks and techniques for streamlining their efforts whenworking with undergraduate research assistants.35 The three-step methodology described herefor working with undergraduates in Engineering research developed over time, and was formallyimplemented in the last two years. During this time, the lead author mentored 20 undergraduatesfrom 8 different institutions, all of whom spent time at MSU working on research related to theanalysis of image data. Many

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann D. Christy, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

rehabilitation of historic agricultural structures. Her research interests include energy, the en- vironment, and engineering education. For one academic year, she served as interim associate dean for undergraduate education and student services in the College of Engineering. She was involved in OSU’s quarter-to-semester conversion effort at multiple levels over 3+ years: as point person and undergraduate studies chair for her department, as a member of the college-level committees in both the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the College of Engineering, and as a Faculty Fellow in the university’s Office of Academic Affairs. She is a second-generation woman engineer; her mother worked as an

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan Ph.D., Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Susan Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University; R. Eric Landrum, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

enrolled their first semester was apredictor of graduation.7 These communications, from engineering to mathematics, were largelyunsuccessful, and instilled an unproductive sense of “we” versus “them” rather than a teamapproach. As efforts were made to bridge this divide, it faded slowly, over time; and facultygradually transcended disciplinary boundaries. An example of the proactive work undertakenwas the invitation of mathematics faculty members to participate in teaching the introduction toengineering course in 2005 (with a small monetary incentive and a math course buyout). Onefaculty member signed up; shortly after this, that faculty member became the mathematicsdepartment chair. Over the next six years, he collaboratively guided his

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Letitia M. Pohl, University of Arkansas; Edward A. Pohl, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

contains 26 graduate courses, with new additions addedwhen appropriate. Of the 26 courses, three are cross-listed with engineering courses, offeringstudents a broad selection from which to choose. In an effort to keep courses current, recordedlectures and course material are updated every three years, at a minimum.The OM program is directed by a senior tenured faculty member and administered by a team offaculty and educational professionals who manage curriculum changes, textbook selection andthe program’s admission process, while hiring faculty and overseeing the educational quality andacademic rigor of the courses.Developing an Online ClassOne of the core courses in the OM program, and the one usually taken first by students enteringthe program

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Acceptance/ Aid in the development of a student’s self-efficacy and identity as a practicing Confirmation engineer.DevelopmentPsychosocial Counseling Guide teams and students through difficult interpersonal and personal problems Rapport Develop interpersonal relationships with students that establish an environment in which students feel comfortable approaching the faculty.Based on a model of mentoring drawn from industry practices11 and adapted to education bymultiple researchers, these practices are divided into career development and psychosocialdevelopment functions. That is, not only do

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Colleen M. Halupa, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

LMS. Students were traditional undergraduate college studentsage 19-22 and were evaluated as an intact class in this pilot study. Approximately 83% weremale and 17% were female. Traditional online course materials, such as a textbook, additionalreadings, homework practice and text-based materials were supplemented with numerous shortvideos created with an iPad and Doceri program. This program allowed the faculty member todiscuss concepts, work example problems, and perform calculations directly in a video format. Page 24.86.4This also enabled the students to visualize each step of the problem and the instructor was able touse various colors and

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Elaine Catherine McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alisha A.W. Waller, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ways of thinking?The purpose of this strand of the course was to challenge the students to answer the question“Are there engineering ways of thinking? If so, what are they?” The concept of what it means tothink like an engineer was explored through readings and open-ended seminars that focused onthe writings of philosophers of engineering. The selections included a wide range of authors,lengths, and contexts that challenged students to be open-minded. Table 1 lists each readingassignment, the instructor’s motivation for including it, and the average rating of the students(where 1 = poor and 5= excellent).Students analyzed and reacted to these readings by pulling from their personal experiences,which in many cases were heavily influenced by

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Christopher Evan Nellis, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Her research interests include engineering faculty development, specifically how faculty members decide to apply the results of educational research, and interdisciplinary graduate education in STEM. She is an Associate Editor for Journal of Engineering Education and serves on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education as chair of Professional Interest Council IV. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engineering education research methods and assessment. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison.Dr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College; Donald George Pratt, Messiah College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

with the necessary skill-set ofnew students, recruited by existing project team leaders to fill positions that becomeavailable as students graduate or as the project progresses. While effectively matching theinterest of upcoming students with project needs, the competitive approach also shiftsresponsibility for selections more fully to both student leaders and recruits, who live andwork with these choices. Beyond its immediate practical value, the competitive processexposes students to some dynamics of a real job search, better preparing them for their post-graduation career job search. It also provides an opportunity for students to practice at leastthree of the ABET Student Outcomes: functioning on interdisciplinary engineering teams(d

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10226An inclusive process for developing a taxonomy of keywords for engineeringeducation researchDr. Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Engineering and research associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty at U-M in their scholarly endeavors. Her current research interests include studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, evalu- ating methods to improve teaching, and exploring ethical decision

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

internship programs, while four research groups wereformed for the 2013 internship program with each group consisting of one full-time intern andthree to four half-time interns. Each group is mentored by a half-time graduate student under thesupervision of a university faculty.3.1 Demographics of Program ParticipantsSelection of interns is done through an online application process that takes into considerationstudent GPA, intended major, STEM courses completed (minimum requirement is completion offirst semester physics class), extracurricular activities, statement of academic and professionalgoals, statement of research interest, and a recommendation letter from a STEM instructor. Table 2summarizes the demographics of the community college students