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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Fatih Oncul; Marty Drobny; Melvin Lewis; Faruk Apaydin

An Innovative Outreach Program on Mechanical Contracting for College-Bound High School StudentsFatih Oncul, Ph.D.1, Marty Drobny2, Melvin Lewis, M.S.3, Faruk Apaydin, M.S.,P.E4,Fairleigh Dickinson University offers innovative weekend outreach program onMechanical Contracting to college-bound high school students. The program isgenerously sponsored by Mechanical Contracting Association of New Jersey (MCA-NJ).Lectures are half-day long and expanded to ten Saturdays. High school students areintroduced to Mechanical Contracting related careers and subjects such as; HeatingVentilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), product piping, steam piping and energyconservation. Students are also involved in hands-on

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kauser Jahan; Kathleen Sernak

world problem solving via innovative creativemeasures. The overall objectives of the program are to:• Provide exposure to engineering careers and make engineering more relevant to middle school educators,• Ensure that teachers are academically prepared to successfully integrate engineering content into their existing curriculum,• Support teachers and students in exploring and understanding engineering content in K-12 education through professional development activities, and• Serve as a national model for other undergraduate institutions in integrating engineering content in K-12 education.This is the first Rowan initiative to integrate engineering content in the middle schoolcurriculum and train teachers regarding

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Carl A. Lundgren

developed and used in MechanicalEngineering Technology courses at RIT. These cases are a portion of a larger effort to create areadily accessible digital media library of these cases. The results of the impact of case studies onundergraduate student interest and awareness of IP and entrepreneurship are encouraging. IntroductionCareer paths for college graduates are different than for their parents, long stable careers with asingle employer are increasingly unlikely. Many recent graduates in fact plan to advance theircareers with strategic changes in their employment. A second element of the change in careerexpectations is a growing acknowledgement that in a global economy, innovation and invention isthe key

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Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-233: CAN A MEDIA STRATEGY BE AN EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENTAND RETENTION TOOL FOR WOMEN IN ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY? A PILOT STUDYMara Wasburn, Purdue University Page 12.338.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Can a Media Strategy be an Effective Recruitment and Retention Tool for Women in Engineering and Technology? A Pilot StudyAbstractDespite the fact that many Western nations face a critical shortage of skilled professionals inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and despite abundant jobopportunities in STEM disciplines, few women still prepare themselves for careers in thesefields. Recently, there have been suggestions that

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Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Women in Engineering

imminentshortage of scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians; further, female high-schoolstudents show little interest in pursuing careers related to engineering.1 This lack of interest maybe a significant factor in understanding the “Extraordinary Woman Engineers Project” whichreported that currently fewer than 10% of the nation's engineers are women in spite of the factthat girls do not lag behind boys in grades or test scores in either math or science.2 The program presented by this paper represents perhaps part of the solution to thisparadox by investing in the female youth of today through proven hands-on learning techniques.3This paper reports on a local initiative by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to investin

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akash Choudhary, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Mihir Gokhale, University of Missouri

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial decisions and interest in entrepreneurship of the engineeringstudents who took it. This compares with earlier studies that have focused on the impact ofentrepreneurship courses on career decisions of students with management or other non-engineering backgrounds. This research is based on a survey of 122 engineering students whotook an entrepreneurship class offered by the University during the last 25 years.Students were asked to provide their perspective on the impact this course had on their career.They were asked how the course impacted their understanding and interest in entrepreneurship, ifit raised their awareness of this career choice, if it impacted the career path they considered, if itaffected the career they chose, if they

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Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amy Monte, Michigan Technological University; Kerri Sleeman, Michigan Technological University

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Women in Engineering

. Page 12.762.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Four Years of Helping Underrepresented Students Succeed in EngineeringabstractThe Michigan Tech GUIDE (Graduate and Undergraduate Initiative for Development andEnhancement) began in the Fall of 2002. This NSF funded program helps engineering studentsfrom underrepresented groups succeed academically through mentoring, engineering seminars,and career development initiatives. During the grant period, over 70 undergraduate and graduatestudents have participated in the program. From the beginning of the program, the GUIDEundergraduates have out performed the average College of Engineering (COE) student in severalways (See Table below

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K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University

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Women in Engineering

workforce. She is currently working on research on girls' career and course taking decisions. In addition, she is the evaluator and a collaborator (co-PI) on an NSF Scientific Leadership Scholars grant funding American Indian and first generation college students who study Computer Science, Environmnetal Resource Engineering or Math at HSU.Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Beth Eschenbach is a professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. Beth left civil engineering as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and graduated with honors in mathematics and in psychology. She obtained her MS and PhD at Cornell in Environmental and Water Resources Systems

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FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Bonita Anthony, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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First-Year Programs

career in Engineering and Engineering Technology. Theshort time available to each program presents unique challenges in giving the students ameaningful experience in each discipline represented in the program. This paper presents thesechallenges and how the program has addressed them, as well as the continual processimprovement being undertaken by the faculty to keep the program engaging for the students.Additionally this paper highlights the retention rate changes in the college as a result of thisprogram.IntroductionRetention of engineering students has become a major undertaking for most institutions withengineering programs. Much of this retention effort is taking place at the freshmen level, wheredropout rates have been the highest

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Foster Excellence

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Neville Parker, The City College of The City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

sponsored by the FDOT and the Federal Highway Administration. Dr. Villiers has been involved in a variety of programs related to career development of minority students from both high schools and universities level.Neville Parker, The City College of The City University of New York Neville A. Parker, Ph.D., P.E., is a Herbert G. Kayser Professor of Civil Engineering at The City College of The City University of New York. He received the B.E. (Civil) degree from The City College in 1965, and the M.E. (Civil) and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University in 1966 and 1971, respectively. He has been on the faculty since 1988. He is also the director of the Institute for Transportation Systems of

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Advice from the Experts for NEEs at Small Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering, and Environmental Engineering. Given the unusualcharacteristics of FGCU (new public university, new engineering program, and non-tenuresystem), a young faculty member starting his or her career is indeed in an unorthodox situation.That is exactly the case for the authors of this paper, who represent all three fields. One of theauthors held a non tenure-track assistant professor position at a different university for the lasttwo years, while the other two held post doc positions in their respective fields. Managing theresponsibilities and challenges of our new positions has afforded us lessons that indeed amountto our own innovations in career planning. Cognizant and respectful of the forward-thinkingmission and vision of FGCU and the

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The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie Medoff, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Educational Research and Methods

Universities and their localschools is looked at as a possible positive contributor to enhance STEM education withinthe classroom. Several outreach programs have been established including a well knownNational Science Foundation (NSF) funded program that involves students in collegeestablishing a relationship with a teacher through a school year by helping them in theclassroom encourage students to excel in STEM education.The NSF Graduate Teaching fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) “provides funding tograduate students in NSF- supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) disciplines to acquire additional skills that will broadly prepare them forprofessional and scientific careers in the 21st century.”3In 2002-2006, The National

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

toward engineering by combating stereotypes and demonstrating its expansiverelevance. Demographic data on the program participants, their current academic pursuits, andprogram assessment results are presented.IntroductionThe primary objective of the Engineering Summer Program (ESP) is to apprise rising (to be)high school seniors of the importance of being innovative in a global economy through animmersive, one-week, residential program incorporating engineering and entrepreneurshipcurricula. Secondary objectives of the program include: educating students about engineering asan academic major, informing students of the numerous career and professional opportunitiesafforded to engineering graduates, acquainting students with the process of

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

. Engineeringstudents are left to learn about ethics on their own especially after graduation throughtheir professional careers. This has changed recently as more and more engineeringprograms are starting to address engineering ethics in more concrete ways.The importance of ethics extends beyond our engineering profession. The new UScongress made ethics reforms a top priority following several notorious cases of ethicsviolation by its members. It was one of the bills passed in its famous first 100 hours. Inour profession nowadays, ABET, a leading authority, puts a lot of emphasize on ethics inthe education process.An initial investigation conducted by the author shows a wide variance in whichengineering programs at various institutes of higher education in the

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Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John McLaughlin, MacLaughlin Associates; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Kirk Jenne, Office of Naval Research; Robert Stiegler, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and aircraft propulsion.Kirk Jenne, Office of Naval Research Kirk Jenne is the director of the N-STAR (Naval Research--Science and Technology for America's Readiness) program at the Office of Naval Research. His on a rotational assignment from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island. His research interests are in ocean engineering, materials, and underwater acoustics and sensors.Robert Stiegler, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division Robert Stiegler is currently supporting the USMC Targeting and Engagement Systems and the Office of Naval Research, N-STAR initiative. His recent career experience has included

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Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University; Judy Sutor, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

female participation in scienceand engineering education and careers. The research literature shows that some of the mostimportant STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) participation barriers along theeducational pathway from K-12 to undergraduate engineering include: "chilly climate" in scienceclassrooms; lack of tinkering self efficacy; lack of technical self efficacy; lack of societalrelevance of STEM careers; and lack of female and minority STEM role models. This workpresents the results of a research-based workshop on issues that inhibit females from enrolling incollege curricula that lead to STEM degrees and careers. The workshop was presented to 48 highschool math and science teachers (80% female and 20% male) from four school

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randel Dymond, Virginia Tech; Howell Simmons, Paciulli, Simmons & Associates; Derrick Cave, Kimley-Horn Assoc.; Robert Jansen, KB Home

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Civil Engineering

learned and recommendations for other universities that may wish to initiate asimilar program.Historically, the CEE department has had one course in Land Development Design available formore than 10 years, taught by various adjunct instructors, who were always fulltime practicingprofessional engineers. Constant turnover in the position was difficult to handle and an adjunctcould not expand the course into a program. Recently, a tenured faculty member began to teach theclass and initiated a major collaborative effort with practitioners in the state in order to 1) develop aprogram in land development within the department, and 2) increase student interest in landdevelopment as a possible career. The Land Development Design Initiative (LDDI

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Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Brown

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Minorities in Engineering

stands for Stay Tech @ RIT) is an initiativesponsored by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) seeking to study new andinnovative methods to increase the recruitment and retention rates of these underrepresentedpopulations. The ST@R Project achieves these goals by focusing its efforts on three majorareas: (1) Student Support Services and Outreach Efforts, (2) Mentoring and Coaching, and (3)Career Exploration and Professional Development. To improve the pipeline of electricalengineers as well as increase the number of underrepresented individuals, the ST@R project alsofocuses on researching and developing a pedagogical system that addresses diverse teaching andlearning styles within the engineering classroom. The main objective is to

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Faculty Reward System Reform

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

of a national science policy forscientific research. 5The United States has not had a coherent policy during the last several decades for the graduatedevelopment of its domestic engineering graduates in the U.S. engineering workforce. These areengineers whose professional careers are not centered on academic scientific research, but ratherare centered on creating, developing, and innovating new, improved, and breakthroughtechnology in industry for competitiveness and the nation’s defense. (See Appendix G)Whereas the nation invested heavily during the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s in the graduateeducation of the U.S. scientific workforce for basic academic research, we have not as a nationplaced a balanced emphasis in the further professional

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Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helene Finger, California Polytechnic State University; Tracy Van Houten, University of Southern California; Barbara Curry, California Polytechnic State University; Jennifer Harris, United Parcel Service; Malia Francisco, United Parcel Service; Betsy Sale, United Parcel Service

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Women in Engineering

Ph.D. in Economics and Operations Research from the Colorado School of Mines. Her research has primarily focused on retention of female engineering students, including her dissertation entitled, “Female Retention In Undergraduate Engineering Majors: The Effects Of Individual Characteristics, Career Characteristics, And Demand Discrimination”.Jennifer Harris, United Parcel Service Jennifer Harris graduated from Cal Poly in 2003, receiving a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering with a Specialization in Integrated Technology Management. She served for five years on the SWE Executive Council at Cal Poly including serving as President in 2001-2002. Ms. Harris is currently

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University

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Liberal Education

InstitutionAbstractThe BA in Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies provides an educational vehicle for the personwho seeks a career within which a knowledge of engineering and an ability to interact withengineers is critical, but who does not want a traditional engineering career. This degree willproduce more technologically literate students who understand the principles of engineering andwho will apply them to the profession they choose to pursue as citizens of a deeply technologicalsociety, but will not produce more practicing engineers immediately or directly. Thesignificance of engineering lies mainly in its relation to other societal sectors. Clearly engineersmust be more aware of this interrelationship, and the leaders of other sectors must become

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

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Educational Research and Methods

will be sending my application to Tech within the next couple of days. I am very interested in becoming a Civil Engineer. -Seth Bond, Airline High School Senior (TechSTEP pilot participant 2005-06)LaTechSTEP targets students who have shown an aptitude for math and science but needadditional encouragement to consider a STEM discipline as a career choice. Participatingteachers select these students based on their personal experiences with them. “Allowing the high school teachers to select a few students from their classes gives us the ability to identify the students best suited for this program, the ones

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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Christa Lynch, Arizona State University; Jonathan Hilpert, Arizona State University; mary ann Duggan, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

sciencesreport doing so due to poor instruction [4]. Accordingly, this line of research has sparked aninterest in improving the quality of education engineering students receive by improvinginstruction through increased understanding of student learning and motivation [3]. From a motivation perspective, some of the most important steps students taketoward a career in science and engineering (S & E) are in choosing the right coursework,experiences, and mentors to get them there. Over the past few years, researchers haveamassed a substantial body of knowledge regarding how students think about their personalfutures. They argue if we want to understand why students choose one career path overanother, and why they choose to persevere or abandon

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Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jo-Ann Cohen, North Carolina State University; Kala Bullett, North Carolina State University; Susan Grant, North Carolina State University; Fay Cobb Payton, North Carolina State University; Adrianna Kirkman, North Carolina State University; Barbara Kirby, North Carolina State University; Wendy Krause, North Carolina State University; Carrie Thomas, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

) and weaknesses Administer Felder’s Learning Style Tool Explore career and personal goals Ongoing through workshops, journaling, concept Page 12.221.3 mapping Develop leadership skills Administer Skills Leadership Inventory (pre- and post-) Maintain balance between academic Utilize calendar tools to plan time; compare and personal life actual schedule with plan to adjust as necessary Increase the percentage of freshman

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Josephine Lamela; James Finne; Karen Ford; Deborah Iacontino

composedof a four week summer academy, two full day follow up activities, and an ongoing mentoringprogram designed to empower the young women with knowledge, skills, confidence andacademic preparation and to support them to aspire to engineering or technology careers. Theacademy was limited to rising high school sophomores who had completed Algebra 1.U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that of the 450,000 engineering technicians in the U.S.labor force, only 83,000, or 18% are female. The Center for Work and Women at RutgersUniversity reports that although women are approximately 46% of the American workforce,women fill only 29% of SET (science, engineering and technology) jobs. Statistics show thatuntil middle school, girls and boys show equal

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Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cech, University of California-San Diego; Kara Boettcher, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University

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Liberal Education

percentage of engineering graduates employed in non-technical jobs decreasedby 8.7% between 1993 and 2003. This means fewer engineering graduates in 2003 used theirexpert problem-solving skills to solve problems in non-technical fields than ten years prior. Thepotential consequences of this finding are discussed in the next section.This trend is exasperated for women engineering graduates whose presence in non-technical jobsdecreased by 13.5%. Like all quantitative data, this information could be read in a number ofways. One interpretation is that the retention of women engineers in technical careers increasedover the last decade—a success for diversity in those fields. However, changes across fields saynothing about where women and men are located

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Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the strategies available to incorporateservice-learning and experiential learning into their curriculum. The goal of the project isto identify, evaluate, classify and distribute resources (via a web site) for STEMeducators (grades K-12) wishing to incorporate community service or hands-on learninginto their curriculum in order to encourage students to pursue careers in these fields. Byhelping students to “make the connections” between STEM subjects and real-worldissues, these strategies are expected to increase student interest in STEM disciplines,enrich learning experiences for students, and enhance the skills of STEM educators onthe content and application of STEM subjects. In addition the experiential learning thathas taken place during

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Creating 'Materials' Awareness

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Bridge, Maine Maritime Academy; Barbara Fleck, Maine Maritime Academy

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Materials

paper clips as examples,students discuss the general classes of materials and their properties. A new cable-stayed bridgeunder construction nearby is used as a prompt for students to generate a list of desirableproperties for structural materials. Demonstrations including tensile tests, compression tests, andthe effects of heat-treating steel are included in the program.Although the main objective of the Discovery Voyage program is to increase applications andenrollment at (our institution), we also want to positively influence the career aspirations ofstudents in the state. Students who participate in the engineering materials discussion anddemonstration learn about classes of materials, mechanical properties of materials and theirmeasurement

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Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mariga, Purdue University; Alka Harriger, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

, the critical shortage of IT workers would be non-existent.2 However, despiteabundant career opportunities in IT, women are not preparing themselves for IT careers.3,4“Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?” asks a July 2001report released by The National Council for Research on Women.5 The proportion of womenwho earn bachelor's degrees from American colleges and universities has been increasing. Thepast two decades saw the implementation of a variety of programs that succeeded in attractingmore women into the fields of science, engineering, and technology. However, the study alsoreported that much of the progress that women made in these areas had subsequently stalled oreroded. Of further concern is the National

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IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Morales, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Industrial Engineering

are likely to be stronger in verbal abilitiesthan their staying counterparts. But their lack of ability to concentrate for long hours withoutmulti-sensory stimuli is perhaps the most challenging characteristic of this generation.We discuss the results of a comprehensive focus group study being undertaken at the Universityof Puerto Rico at Mayagüez among Industrial Engineering students from the freshmen to thefifth plus year. We concluded that a lot of attrition in Industrial Engineering education comesfrom a misconception of the IE field in general and of the effort required in engineering inparticular and therefore, we also explored the misconceptions or mistakes in their understandingof the career choice they made and suggest additional