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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Benjamin Mertz, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

perceptions of the factors impacting a student’s selection of a profession including (indecreasing order): career advancement opportunities, compensation, image, informal advising,knowledge of the profession, academic advising, social relevance, and finally work conditions7.The top 3 factors mentioned by Dean’s related to the compensatory factors necessary for certainlifestyle which has been noted as a gender difference. Other studies have indicated thatmonetary incentives are more important for male students than female students while genuineinterest in the field is critical, especially for women4,12.The Center for Advancement in Engineering Education (CAEE) found that students who do notpersist in engineering were more likely motivated by family to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville; Sandra Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; David McNeel, Education Consultant

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1734: ART2STEM: BUILDING A STEM WORKFORCE AT THEMIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELSydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville Sydney Rogers is the Executive Director of Alignment Nashville, a non-profit dedicated to strategic align- ment of community organizations with public education. She was formerly Vice President and Dean for Technologies at Nashville State Community College where she led several STEM workforce initiatives funded by NSF.Sandra Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation Sandra Harris is the Program Manager for Art2STEM, a three-year grant funded by the National Science Foundation and seeking to impact the number of middle shool girls enrolling in STEM career paths once in high school. She was

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A Global Engineer: International and Domestic Engineer

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G. Brown, The Boeing Company; Alan Jacobs, Quanser; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hans J. Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

contributor to ASEE’s ”Advancing the Scholarship of Engineering Education: A Year of Dialogue.” Alan was previously a member of the ASEE International Strategic Planning Task Force, the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) Executive Committee and General Motors’ Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education Core Team. Alan has spent his professional career committed to helping colleges and universities gain enhanced access to teaching tools and to advancing the learning opportunities available to their students. By managing and growing innovative education initiatives for technology companies, Alan has provided programs and resources to assist institutions of higher

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Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-459: PREPARING ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR WORK INTHE 21ST CENTURYDean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dean C. Millar is an Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. In 1994, he began the Engineering Career Institute, a program that complements engineer- ing coursework and gives engineering students key career-professional skills, including pre-employment classes and credit-worthy industrial employment experience. Page 22.1173.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Engineering Students for Work in

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Kathleen Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie A. Tran, California State University, Fullerton

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering education, along with Professors Sandra Shaw Courter and L. Allen Phelps.Amy Kathleen Atwood, University of Wisconsin - MadisonAmy C. Prevost, UW-Madison Ms. Prevost is a doctoral student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research is focused on the STEM career pipeline, especially related to engi- neering, engineering education and the molecular biosciences. In addition to her work in education re- search, she is also the Director of scientific courses at the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Madison, WI, where she coordinates curricula in the area of molecular biology.Natalie A. Tran, California State University - Fullerton

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FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie J. Parish, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

career, notably with the Foundation Coalition, where he focused on restructuring the sophomore year engineering curriculum.Julie J. Parish, Texas A&M University Julie J. Parish is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Her current research investigates strategies for exploiting the structure of the governing differential equa- tions of constrained and hybrid dynamical systems for state estimation. She is the recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, NDSEG Graduate Research Fellowship, and AIAA Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Student Award. Page

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; David L. Whitman, University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

: Strategies for Developing Leadership in Everyone.Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman civil- ian faculty member in her department. Margaret maintains a research program in the area of advanced thermodynamic

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Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; David W. Gatchell, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

-funded summer Biomedical Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates(REU) at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Over the ten week program, students wereexpected to complete a challenging research project focused on engineering approaches to thestudy and treatment of diabetes and its complications while working with the faculty mentor. Inthis paper, we describe our five-year experience with the research program, preliminaryassessment of project goals, and observations on what constitutes a positive research experience.1.0 Introduction Undergraduate research experiences have the potential to influence the career plans andmotivation of young engineers and scientists.1 The National Science Foundation (NSF) andmany other institutions

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Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Candiya Mann, Washington State University, Social and Economic Sciences Research Center

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Ocean and Marine

, thousands of studentsand educators have taken part in the independent evaluation of the program, reported annually tothe National Science Foundation.1The evaluation sheds light on the impacts of involvement in this hands-on engineering designcompetition. Evaluation topics include changes in student awareness of and interest in pursuing amarine science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) career, interest in studying STEMtopics, STEM knowledge and skills, and SCANS skills.This paper provides an overview of the evaluation results for the past three competition seasons,2008 to 2010. It begins with background on the MATE Center and the competition, whichprovides context for following two sections: evaluation methodology and findings. Finally

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Women in Engineering

Improvement and Mentoring ProgramsAbstractIn Greek Mythology, Mentor was Odysseus’s trusted counselor and served as a guardian andteacher to Telemachos. It is from this story that the term Mentoring originated. Mentoring isoften defined as a way to coach and guide individuals to a successful career path and is used as apositive organizational tool. The organizations usually implement mentoring programs topromote a healthy work life and create a better outcome for organizational goals. But whathappens when the traditional and stereotypical methods of mentoring are haphazardly applied toorganizations and academic institutions? How do these group constructs deal with regressive,rather than progressive, mentors? How does

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Professional Development and Scholarship

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandy W. Feola, Sinclair Community College; Steven Wendel, Sinclair Community College

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Engineering Technology

after the final report is complete. This paperdiscusses the benefits using social media and networking tools to enhance the student’s jobshadow experience.IntroductionIn 2009, The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF)[2] , with theNational Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) released a unique career exploration webportal focused on advanced manufacturing career exploration called CareerME.org.[3] Thewebsite was designed for high school and college students to search and learn about careers,technologies, companies, industry professionals, and education opportunities. The goal was notto replace use of other career websites, or to be a primary author of the content about careers, butto identify and link to good

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Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1478: EXPLORING THE MOTIVATIONS FOR MIGRATION AMONGENGINEERING STUDENTSIda B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ida Ngambeki is pursuing a doctorate in Engineering Education with a concentration in Ecological Sci- ences and Engineering at Purdue University. She has a B.S. in Engineering from Smith College. Her research interests include motivation, interest, career choice, engineering thinking, engineering and pub- lic policy and sustainability.Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Demetra Evangelou is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She has a PhD in Early Childhood Education from the University of

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathy Garza Sears, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

become Future FacultyAbstractAn alliance was developed among three Midwestern universities to increase the number ofunderrepresented minority (URM) students receiving doctoral degrees in the science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. To achieve this goal activities encompass thethree areas that include recruitment, retention, and enrichment. Recruitment initiatives focus onstrategic partnerships, discipline-based events, student collaborations, summer research programsand visitation programs. Retention objectives are directed at scholars, tutoring, summer transitionprograms, and a faculty mentoring network. A primary goal of the Scholars enrichment programis to encourage Scholars to pursue careers as faculty members

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Women in Engineering

Grand Challenge Scholars Program and is also active in development of integrated and innovative STEM curricula, issues related to the success of women in STEM and innovative use of technology in STEM education.Dr. D. Patrick O’Neal, Louisiana Tech UniversityLori L Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Bakken is an associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Human Ecology and an affiliate faculty member in the School of Education. She has developed, implemented and evaluated research education programs in the medical field for the past 15 years. Her research focuses on the role of learning experiences in career development. Dr. Bakken most notable for her work in clinical

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University

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Minorities in Engineering

co-curricular academic enrichment model that includes “academic planning, community service,family involvement, academic enrichment, hands-on engineering activities, career advising, fieldtrips, competitions and workshops.”3 MESA programs represent an innovative way of linking aco-curricular learning environment to mathematics, engineering and science programs within theformal public school setting to enhance STEM education of students.The first MESA program was founded in 1970 at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland,CA with a membership of 25 students. MESA's aim was to develop academic and leadershipskills, raise educational expectations, and instill confidence in California students from groupsthat were historically underrepresented

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

teacher for 2009-2010. She received the WEPAN Engineering Educator Award 2009, ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and the National En- gineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of re- cruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Ms. Anita Grierson, Arizona State University Anita Grierson, AZ State University ANITA E. GRIERSON is the Director of the METS Center in

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Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

College, aHispanic-Serving community college in Redwood City, collaborated with San Francisco StateUniversity, a comprehensive urban university, to design and implement the summer engineeringinstitute which is funded by the US Department of Education’s Minority Science andEngineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant to increase the likelihood of success amongunderrepresented and educationally disadvantaged students interested in pursuing careers inSTEM fields. Prior to its partnership with Cañada College, SFSU has many years of experiencein offering an engineering residential program funded by the California Department ofTransportation (Caltrans). With the newly funded grant from the DOE, the Summer EngineeringInstitute has been designed and

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Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

on Long Islandby establishing a Green Building Institute (GBI). The primary function of the GBI at FSCis to assist educators to create and implement new curricula and learning experiencesdesigned to educate and produce a workforce that will be available for employment ingreen industries, construction trades, and related enterprises1. The educators who willcollaborate in this project are university faculty from FSC, Educational OpportunityCenter instructors, adult and secondary technical instructors from ESB, and High Schoolinstructors through LI Works Green Career Academies. As a public college of appliedscience and technology founded in 1912, FSC enrolls 6,800 undergraduate students inSchools of Engineering Technology, Health Sciences, Arts

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Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and science teachers.The program has expanded tremendously, with the 2010 program structured in a series of oneweek, 20-hour intensive sessions, accommodating 143 middle and high school studentparticipants, 20 peer mentors, and 21 middle and high school math and science teachers. Overthe course of the past 7 years, GEE has involved 641 middle school and high school participants,along with 100 teachers and 128 high school and college mentors. Importantly, 85% of thesegirls represent minority groups traditionally underrepresented in math, science, technology, andengineering fields.The primary goal of the GEE Program is to increase the number of girls pursuing careers inSTEM fields by offering female middle school and high school students an

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State of Manufacturing Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Wesley Francillon; Robert W. Simoneau, Keene State College

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Manufacturing

manufacturing that will improve their ability to make informed decisionsabout manufacturing careers. For innovative learning environments that market STEM, inparticular manufacturing technicians and engineers, the Connecticut’s College of Technology’sCenter, has designed and piloted local expos entitled “Immerse Yourself in 21st Century Page 22.1040.2Technology”. The idea of developing the local expositions evolved from two highly successfulstatewide expositions held in 2006 and 2008. The techniques and lessons learned from thestatewide expos have guided the development of the more focused, local expositions thatconcentrate on an individual Connecticut

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Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

on student ability development and career paths. An undergraduatesurvey was distributed to freshmen and again to seniors. Students were also asked to report theirlevel of confidence in their engineering, science, professional and integrative disciplinaryabilities used in complex problem solving as well as career plans at each point in time. Inaddition, seniors were asked about their participation in global initiative activities includinginitiative choice, type of activities, length of participation, and motivations for choice. Thosewho engaged in exploration of a global initiative area reported higher self-efficacy forintegrative disciplinary and professional ability factors than non-explorers. Significantdifferences were also noted for

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High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Krishna Prasad Kisi, University of Nevada Las Vegas

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum. Depending upon the school district, as students matriculate tohigh school, they may be afforded more choices from which they can begin to tailor theireducation towards the future career they envision for themselves. Students in school districtsoffering numerous curricula to select from face further complications in the selection of acurriculum of academic study. There are many influencing factors that affect the choice of theacademic curriculum that they select to pursue. At this point in their education, few students willhave full understanding of the numerous curricula and the different disciplines. Therefore, it isvery difficult for a student to make a highly-informed decision regarding the selection of thediscipline that he/she is

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FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frederick L. Smyth, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

implicit stereotype of science as male (weak stereotyping among the women but strong among the men), even though they are both equally aware of the cultural stereotype. A key ongoing focus of his research is on the causal role that such varying implicit associations may play in shap- ing identities and contributing to perseverance in scientific studies and careers. Fred’s publication topics have included comparisons of web- and laboratory-based implicit cognition experiments, the relationship between implicit and explicit attitude measures, ethnic and gender differences in science graduation at selective colleges, and standardized testing in college admission.William H Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is

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Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

explore how students’ gender, race/ethnicity, mathproficiency prior to college, and confidence in fundamental skills and professional skills(leadership, communication, and teamwork skills) influences graduate school plans. Results fromthis study indicate that engineering students’ fundamental skills are positively related toengineering graduate school plans, whereas leadership skills are negatively associated with them.Communication and teamwork skills positively influence graduate school plans inside or outsideengineering. Women are more likely than men to plan to pursue engineering graduate school toprepare for an academic career as well as graduate school for other fields. This paper contributesto engineering educators’ understanding of the

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Persistence and Retention I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William G. Graziano, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sara E. Branch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anna Woodcock, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1469: PERSON-THING ORIENTATION AS A PREDICTOR OFENGINEERING PERSISTENCE AND SUCCESSIda B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ida Ngambeki is pursuing a doctorate at Purdue University in Engineering Education with a concentration in Ecological Sciences and Engineering. She received her B.S. in Engineering from Smith College. Her research interests include motivation, interest, career choice, engineering and public policy, and sustain- ability.Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Demetra Evangelou is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She has a PhD in Early Childhood Education from the University of Illinois

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Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sunni H. Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna C. Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 22.32.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Demographic Analysis of Engineering Majors with an Interest in TeachingAbstractThis work describes a demographic analysis of student participation in teaching relatedprofessional development programming at a research extensive university. This programming isoffered through Tech to Teaching, an initiative at Georgia Tech designed to illuminate pathwaystowards K-12 and higher education teaching careers for students seeking out such careers.Nationally sponsored efforts to increase the STEM workforce in the United States have gainedrecent prominence through such programs as the Race to the Top. Therefore, it is vital that weunderstand the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees

upper-level course, andhence students enrolled have typically committed to an engineering major. However, studentsmay envision careers outside engineering even though they are pursuing an engineering degree.Students’ interest in engineering is impacted by a variety of factors. Seymour and Hewitt, andothers, point to the connection between interest and content delivery. 4,5,6 Seymour and Hewittalso indicate that the culture of engineering education is critical in students’ decision-makingabout remaining in an engineering program. More recent studies have examined the value thatstudents place on engineering as a program of study generally or the role of faculty.6,7 Studentsin Case’s study indicated that in-class problem solving was motivational

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Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill M. Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center

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Ocean and Marine

technical reports,poster displays, and engineering presentations that are evaluated by working professionals fromSTEM fields. Through the process of preparing for the events, the students gain technical aswell as troubleshooting, teamwork, project management, and communication skills. Theprogram is a comprehensive “package” of learning that has the added benefit of exposingstudents to ocean-related career opportunities and showing them the pathways to those careers –a critical step to meeting ocean STEM workforce needs.BackgroundA number of prior reports have identified significant problems in educating, recruiting, andretaining U.S. workers for scientific, technological, and operational careers.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Thelack of appropriately

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Wendy Otoupal-Hylton; Pete Hylton

Session: USING INNOVATIVE THEMES TO INCREASE INTEREST IN K-12 STEM STUDIES Wendy Otoupal-Hylton and Pete Hylton Department of Engineering Technology Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis wotoupal@iupui.edu AbstractAcademic institutions are finding that creating and maintaining a student’s interest in Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) during the secondary school years is criticallyimportant. Combined experience from an engineering career and a teaching career has led to the

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

included graduate and undergraduatestudents and a small number of faculty from the across the College of Engineering. It could beexpected that students experiencing a structured course on teaching in a discipline will be morelikely to pursue a teaching career, approach teaching in a scholarly way, and be a successfulteacher. However, there is little data available to support this hypothesis. This paper contributesto such data based on an analysis of a combination of course evaluations at the time of offeringand a survey of former students (course alumni). A qualitative analysis of written responses to a question regarding course impact on theirteaching was done for both responses received through end of course evaluations and alumnisurveys