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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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Siobhan Gibbons; Ronald Rockland; Joel Bloom; Howard Kimmel

qualified high-tech workers in New Jersey, including those whohave been historically underrepresented (such as minorities and women). Thiscomprehensive program has two major components. The Instructional component includesthe adaptation of pre-engineering curricula for use in middle and high school science andmath classrooms and the provision of summer institutes for teacher professionaldevelopment. The Outreach component involves the implementation of an “Engineering theFuture” outreach program and the formation of alliances with three groups of stakeholders:educators, counselors and parents. It will include assessments of attitudes towardsengineering and technology, a career alternative assessment, and a comprehensiveinformation campaign about

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

manufacturers while simultaneously providing newand rewarding career paths for the region’s youth.The challenge of transforming academic institutions into educators of highly qualifiedmanufacturing employees that are skilled in mathematics, science and technological innovationis a critical one that has drawn national attention. In southwestern Pennsylvania, the response tothis challenge has taken the form of an innovative partnership called PRIME. The Partnershipfor Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) is an industry-driven, five-collegesystem delivering innovative manufacturing education and career development in southwestPennsylvania. Established in 1999, PRIME brings together Robert Morris University (RMU),Pennsylvania State New

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Paul Ross; Gisela Kutzbach

In the “Online Classroom”:Teaching Communication for Technical LeadershipPaul Ross (pross @engr.wisc.edu) and Gisela KutzbachTechnical Communication Program, Engineering Professional DevelopmentCollege of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstract: The authors developed “Communicating Technical Information,” a 3-creditcourse delivered as part of the on-line Master of Engineering in Professional Practice(UW-Madison). The course is based on “engagement theory”; the methods of the coursedraw both on the capabilities of current technologies (WebCT, Placeware, PowerPoint)and the virtues of the traditional classroom. An emerging theme is that of “TechnicalLeadership” and its relationship to the success of engineers in their careers and

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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Elaine Borrelli

, values, and beliefs that are transmitted from onegeneration to the next" Kerr and Bowen 3 (p 224). Larson and Wilson 4 investigated theusefulness of Bowenian family systems theory on career decision making by college students.They offered findings that suggest that ‘fused families’ may sharply limit the career decision-making of children and the child may either revolt against or meekly accept these attitudes andpreferences. They also discovered that when anxiety is evident in individual family members orin the family processes, the offspring are unsure about making career decision. Thisenvironment “negatively influences the young adult developmental tasks of career decisionmaking, a process requiring more of a balance of intellectual and

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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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G. Padmanabhan

. Page 7.1023.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationI. IntroductionNative American (NA) population is highly underrepresented in mat hematics, science, andengineering (MSE) professions. North Dakota has a sizeable NA population in its fiveReservations. Though there are five Tribally Controlled Community Colleges in the Statestriving hard to create higher education opportunities for N A students, there is concern with thelow numbers of students who attempt MSE careers. There is a significant need to address theacademic preparation of Native American high school students in mathematics and science

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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Cliff Mirman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

Session #2559 Promoting Manufacturing Engineering Technology Programs at the High School and Middle School Levels Using CAD Radha Balamuralikrishna & Clifford R. Mirman Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115, USA Email: bala@ceet.niu.edu, mirman@ceet.niu.eduOverviewIn an earlier publication, the authors presented a set of ideas advocating the use of computer-aided design (CAD) to inspire middle and high school students consider a career in engineeringtechnology through study at a higher educational

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Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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Penny Knoll; Lisa Bullard; Ann Saterbak

. The objective of the paper is to help bothprospective and current faculty become aware of the non-tenure track role as a valid andrewarding career path.IntroductionA recent study done for the 16-campus University of North Carolina system indicated that NorthCarolina’s public universities are hiring an increasing number of part-time and non-tenuredinstructors to teach undergraduates. “The portion of teaching positions filled by part-time,retired, and other non-tenure instructors grew from 25% in 1996-97 to 33% in 1999-2000, andtheir share of the teaching load grew from 36% to 43%.” 1 In Australia, surveys suggest thatone in six university teachers is now a part-time instructor, referred to as a “casual.” 2 At RiceUniversity, while 92% of the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin L. Sill; Elizabeth R. Crockett; Matthew Ohland

first-year students a chance to get advice andreassurance from juniors and seniors.The Cognitive Profile Inventory (CPI) determines a subset of the Myers-Briggs indices (N/S andT/F) and focuses on the most appropriate strategies for learning and studying for people of eachof the four resulting types. 4 The Self-Directed Search (SDS) uses a student’s preferences andtalents to find the three-letter Holland summary code associated with the careers where thestudent will most likely have success and interest.5 In Fall 2000, the CPI and SDS wereadministered in evening sessions.Classes do not formally meet for the rest of the week of Clemson’s Fall break and the beginningof Thanksgiving week. In addition to accommodating project work, these “days off

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brian Dickson

Session 2342 The Role of Masters degrees in Technology & Business to promote CPD for Engineering Professionals B R Dickson Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.AbstractThere is an increasing realisation that the MBA approach to career development is not the mostrelevant form of education & training for engineers. During the mid 1990’s, the UK’sEngineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) funded over 20

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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Terri Nordin; Dana DeGeeter; Jenny Golder

Session #2002-1749 Creating Engineers For the Future Dana De Geeter, Jenny E. Golder, Terri A. Nordin Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyAbstractAs the demand for engineers continues to grow it is necessary to educate young students intechnology and science related careers. This challenges educators to make engineering excitingand interesting. The following briefly details the implementation of a youth-developmentprogram that is committed to preparing the engineers of tomorrow. The non-profit organizationFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST TM

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gretchen Hein; Sheryl Sorby

What’s an Engineer? Teaching Teachers about Engineering Gretchen L. Hein and Sheryl A. Sorby Department of Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295 USA PH: 906-487-1968 FAX: 906-487-1620 e-mail: glhein@mtu.edu, sheryl@mtu.eduAbstractMany K-12 teachers do not know what an engineer does or what the different engineeringdisciplines are. Consequently, they are unsure of how to encourage their students to exploreengineering as a career. To address this issue, a three day workshop was held during the Summerof 2001 at

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Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Osama Abudayyeh

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education1.0 IntroductionThe construction industry plays a significant role in the nation’s economy. Its annual contributionto the national gross domestic product exceeds $470 billion1. The industry faces numerouschallenges and barriers that require better training of construction professionals. Consequently,providing formal education and training of construction professionals is necessary to meet futureindustry challenges2,3,4. Therefore, an essential and integral component of the required formaleducation must be the research training of undergraduate civil and construction students,encouraging them to pursue advanced education and research careers in this area. With this inmind, the author

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International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kevin Taylor; Emília Mironovová

constrained bycurricular discipline, making it easily adaptable by other disciplines. Although we did hold aone-week student exchange, a secondary advantage of the project is that the students gaininternational experience while avoiding the travel expense.KEVIN TAYLORKevin Taylor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue - Kokomo. He received hisBSEE from Iowa State University and his MSEE from Southern Methodist University. Prior to his academic career,he was an integrated circuit designer at Texas Instruments, Inc. Kevin is currently the SAE representative on theTechnology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET).EMÍLIA MIRONOVOVÁEmília Mironovová graduated from the

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Douglas Gorham

these areas of study at the pre-college level. Engineers andengineering educators are encouraged to share these resources with their local pre-collegeschools and school districts to enhance the level of science and technological literacy andto promote engineering as a future area of study and as a career option.IntroductionThe engineering profession is concerned with the Engineering Workforce Commission ofthe American Association of Engineering Societies report indicating an overall USdecline in B.S. degrees in engineering awarded between 1996-2000.1 Federal ReserveChairman Alan Greenspan, testifying before the Committee on Education and theWorkforce regarding the economic importance of improving math-science education,reinforced the need for a

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Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

are acutely aware of the need to heavily recruit, especially inunderrepresented groups. Most universities have outreach activities, largely focused on highschool, and in recent years, middle school students. But outreach often involves a short visit,with a high level overview of the potential careers in engineering and science. There is anenormous opportunity for engineering schools to help fill the void in science instruction byserving as science, math and technology resources, and demonstrating through example thenatural integration of core curriculum subjects. 2 These objectives can be achieved throughextended outreach commitments and community service programs.The role of the university:The university’s role in matching the skills of the

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Liv Ramstad; Ferd Schneider; Audeen Fentiman; Artemus Herzog; John Merrill

Session 3453 Introduction to Engineering at Walnut Hills High School Audeen Fentiman, Artemus Herzog, John Merrill / Liv Ramstad, Ferd Schneider The Ohio State University / Walnut Hills High SchoolAbstractMany high school students, particularly women and minorities, are not familiar with theengineering profession and do not recognize it as a viable career option. To familiarizestudents with engineering, help them to develop skills necessary for success in engineeringcourses, and build their confidence in those skills, a new course, Introduction to Engineering,is being offered at Walnut Hills High School. Walnut Hills is a

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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Thomas Miller; Stephen J. Walsh; James J. Brickley

. Page 7.1148.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationPerhaps the most powerful component of the program is a weekly seminar series that featuresmembers of the Research Triangle high-tech entrepreneurial community. These include venturecapitalists, service providers, and most importantly, engineers and computer scientists (many ofwhom are NC State alumni) who have pursued entrepreneurial careers. Engineers who havebecome entrepreneurs always have fascinating stories to tell, and by virtue of their trade aretypically excellent and enthusiastic presenters. As such, they are highly motivating role

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard M. Single; William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

corporations, professional societies, governmental agenciesand laboratories. The collective program evaluations support the need for and efficacy of theprogram. For all three-time periods, at least 80% of the students reported they would recommendMentorNet to other students. Both students and mentors emphasized the importance of makingthe college-to-work connection and identified this as the primary reason for participating inMentorNet. The college-to-work connection provided students with invaluable knowledge abouttheir career opportunities, the benefits of networking, and the development of networking skills.The students reported increased self-confidence, enhanced knowledge of the workplace andworkplace skills, and valuing the support they received

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo

not looked to universities to fulfill its appliedresearch needs. This paper examines some of the reasons behind this condition, including thecontinued emphasis some universities place on traditional Ph.D. programs that are geared to thepreparation of students for faculty positions rather than entry into industrial careers. Theeconomic downturn has forced industry to cut back on internal R&D expenditures, making iteven more important to find ways of encouraging industry to partner with academe to help meetthe continuing need for technological innovation. This paper focuses on some new developmentsin engineering doctoral education that meet this need while continuing to satisfy academicprogram requirements. The new approach calls for a

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Graduate Student Experiences

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Kristine Csavina

Session 2455 The Preparing Future Faculty Program at Arizona State University and Its Role in Preparing Graduate Engineering Students for the Professoriate Kristine R. Csavina Bioengineering Department, Arizona State University“Doctoral students preparing for faculty careers should begin to learn about the entire range offaculty roles – teaching, research, and service – while in graduate school. Further, they ought tohave direct personal experience with faculty life in various kinds of colleges and universities todetermine a good fit between

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Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alice Scales; Aaron Clark

jobsatisfaction.Review of LiteratureFor years, professionals in fields of educational research have studied why people chooseeducation as a career. In 1981, the National Education Association conducted a study looking atthis issue. This study found that people choose educational fields because they have a desire towork with other people, a direct interest in a given subject matter, and want to continue toresearch and increase their knowledge base in a given discipline. It also found that educationrelated fields attract people that want to influence society by offering a better education tostudents and the people they come in contact with. Vacation, job security, and a flexible schedulewere also factors that attracted people to education. 5 Given these and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Migri Prucz

accreditationrequirements reflect the dynamics of the job market, with the purpose of satisfyingemerging personnel needs of the industry, as well as the career goals and interests ofengineering students. Although the ABET evaluation process is centered on the educationof students who are enrolled already in an undergraduate program, many of its elementscan benefit also the process of recruiting new engineering freshmen. The College ofEngineering and Mineral Resources (CEMR) at West Virginia University (WVU) hasinitiated a formal, sustained and comprehensive effort to integrate within its recruitmentefforts selected ABET principles, guidelines, and practices. A framework of "TotalQuality Management" (TQM) is thus established for engineering recruitment

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Eric Soulsby

start higher education in pursuit of the engineering degree followthrough to completion. Also, roughly one-third wind up pursuing another career path within theuniversity, and roughly one-third depart from the institution for academic and non-academicreasons. These are sobering results to say the least. What they indicate is that today’s college studentis different! As a consequence, we need to rethink how we orient these students to highereducation; i.e., we need to provide ways to introduce these students to the university in a waythat can lead to success. We need to impart upon them the skills necessary to be successful.Retention factors and learning/success strategies In a look at the factors impacting a student’s decision to leave

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

graduate students have had little instruction orpractice in writing and communicating as professionals. In addition, those whose firstlanguage is not English often need specialized instruction in writing and presenting inEnglish.This paper describes a series of four collaborative professional communicationsworkshops for engineering graduate students at the University of South Carolina Collegeof Engineering and Information Technology. Each of the workshops focused on a majorcommunications responsibility in engineering at the advanced degree level: teaching,dissertation writing, scholarly publication, and career-related communications. Eachsession included brief, informal presentations by engineering and communications facultyon communications

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Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brenda Henry Groff; Carlos Pomalaza-Raez

Computer Science (ETCS). The mainobjective of this course is to help students find a successful career path early in their studies, i.e.increase retention. The course aims to provide students with sufficient computer and personaldevelopment skills and to help them develop the right mental attitude conducive for academicsuccess. Features of the course include projects of software and hardware nature, extensive use ofthe Internet and Web software tools, and a team-teaching format. As the main project of this course,small teams of students design, build, program, and test an autonomous mobile robot using LEGO®parts, sensors, and the Robotic Command eXplorer (RCX) controller. This is a multidisciplinary,project-driven learning process that encourages

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ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Niaz Latif; Michael Dyrenfurth

participation.Instrumentation & Data CollectionWithin these three foci, the evaluation design, shown in Figure 2, calls for assessment of: · Satisfaction (overall) with the program · The program’s instructional methodology · Effectiveness of the program’s mechanics (registration, fees) · Perceptions of value received · Appropriateness of content mix (technology, management, soft skills, communication, and research) · Technological literacy · Written communication · Post-participation career advancement · Employer perceptions of performance change Post-Assessment Cohort 1 Post

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nebojsa Jaksic

sense of personal worth). Self-efficacy is further related toone’s confidence in the functioning of one’s mind and in one’s ability to think, understand, learn,and make decisions3.This work will concentrate on satisfying self-efficacy needs of engineering students. In relationto career, self-efficacy refers to one’s beliefs regarding “career-related behaviors, educationaland occupational choice, and performance and persistence in the implementation of thosechoices4.” According to Bandura 5, self-efficacy is learned and self-efficacy expectations areacquired through performance accomplishments, vicarious learning, verbal persuasion andphysiological/emotive states. Through successful accomplishments of course tasks students

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

Session 2455 Survival of an ASEE Student Chapter Cynthia A. Finley, Haitham Logman, Peggy Rijken, Pablo Bueno, Jagannathan Mahadevan, Michael Hagenberger, Asad Hassan, Ronald Barr The University of Texas at AustinAbstract Insight into how a student chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) can survive through many years may be provided by the experiences of the ASEEstudent chapter at The University of Texas at Austin. ASEE student chapters offer manyprofessional development opportunities for engineering students considering possible careers inacademia. However

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Pierson; Michael Robinson; Betsy Dulin

University in cooperation with theHuntington Post of the Society of American Military Engineers and Learning for Life. Theacademy was fully funded by contributions from local engineering firms and industries and agrant from the Nick J. Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute.The objective of the Academy was to promote interest in an engineering career by allowingparticipants to explore opportunities in engineering. Under the supervision of professionalengineers and engineering faculty, the participants explored engineering as a career by engagingin hands-on engineering activities, touring engineering facilities, and interacting with engineersand students from all major engineering disciplines, including civil, chemical, electrical,mechanical

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ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rafiqul Islam

10% better than that of the students who do not. These courses often provide the basis for cohesive learning communities, which spark intellectual confidence among their participants13. Underrepresented Groups As women constitute 50% of the population, an increase in women choosing careers in these fields could help curb the predicted shortfall in the professional workplace. In the United States the job growth rate for the scientists and engineers should be twice the rate of rest of the economy around 2000s. Women and minorities must be the other sources in the engineering workforce rather than the traditional white male. However, young women are not choosing technical careers at the same