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Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Women in Engineering

to increased self-efficacy in STEM fields and increased interest in pursuing a career in science or technology.Additionally, girls participating nationally in Tech Trek camps report large increases in comfort,enjoyment and interest in pursuing a career in programming as a result of taking core classes inmobile app development using App Inventor from MIT.1.0 Introduction The American Association of University Women (AAUW) research report ”Why SoFew? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)”[1] found thatwomen are vastly underrepresented in STEM majors and fields compared with their male peers.But “Why So Few?” also showed that those numbers can change when girls realize theirpotential in STEM at an early

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Shultz, Drexel University; Daniel Edward Ueda, GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-based careers seems inevitable. At the same time, as personal and sensitive data isincreasingly stored online, the task of protecting this information represents another already-flourishing career field certain to grow in the coming years. While many students can efficientlyoperate computers and mobile devices, most of these same students view computers as a sort of“black box” system, with little understanding of the inner workings of a computer. Consequently,students frequently take for granted the security of the information they store or post online. Toencourage students to pursue STEM career paths well represented in the job market, this paperwill discuss a set of lessons developed for high school students to introduce basic computerscience

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Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

Technology had on theparticipants’ career paths. Over the nine years, there have been 131 undergraduate students whoparticipated. Ninety nine (76%) of these students were supported via funding from the NationalScience Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. The other 32 (24%)were supported through institutional funds. More than half of the students (56.5%) were female,26.7% of the students were from underrepresented groups, and 52.7% students without previousresearch experience. The undergraduate research program understudy is a 10-week engineeringresearch project working in research laboratories at the University or a collaborating MedicalSchool. A tiered mentoring structure was developed within the participating laboratories

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda Laird; Ye Yang

Building The Two-Way Bridge:A Software Engineering Master’s Program for Liberal Arts Graduates Abstract Recent reports have highlighted an urgency of developing and retaining a homegrownworkforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), especially historicallyunderrepresented groups, such as women, due to global competition for science and engineeringtalent. While scientists and engineers typically start their careers with enrolling in a bachelor’sprogram in a STEM field in a four-year college, some go into STEM in other ways, especiallywith the intervention of higher education institutions and federal agencies. In another word, someindividuals employed

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Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

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2015 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 and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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R. Joe Stanley; Stuart W. Baur

student careerchoices. Survey results from 120 current and graduated Missouri S&T (S&T) students arepresented. Survey results indicated that: 1) students taking PLTW courses felt better preparedfor their S&T experience in terms of hands-on experience, creative problem solving, teamworkand software experience and 2) 72.5% of the student respondents recognized engineering as theiroriginal career path and that PLTW promoted their career choices.IntroductionIn recent years, there have been numerous K-12 programs to promote science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs that have promoted the growth andinterest of science and math related fields. These STEM programs branch across a variety ofareas and grade

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda R. Musser

Retaining Women Engineering Faculty – What Do We Know? Linda R. Musser, Pennsylvania State UniversityA recent ASEE Profiles survey reporting on percentages of engineering faculty by rank andgender found that women engineering faculty numbered less than a quarter of all engineeringfaculty in every rank. It went on to speculate that the overall number of women engineers inacademe were unlikely to change in the near future. Why is this the case? Are women engineersnot choosing to pursue academic posts? Are those that do not being retained? If so, why? A2011 study by Mason found that women who planned to have children opted out of the tenuretrack pipeline at research universities in favor of careers that they

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #13732Vulnerable heroes: Problematizing metaphors of male socialization in engi-neeringDr. Prashant Rajan, Iowa State UniversityCharles T Armstrong, Purdue UniversityElizabeth J. O’Connor , Ketchum ChangeProf. Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette Patrice M. Buzzanell is a Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication and the School of Engineering Education (courtesy) at Purdue University. Editor of three books and author of over 150 articles and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, gender communication, lead- ership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quincy Brown, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Michelle Beadle Holder, University of Maryland, College Park; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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PROMISE community to enhance the preparation of graduate and postdoctoral fellows in STEM. Her research interests focus on bridging the disparity of availability of information that improves programs that enforce participation in STEM careers. Page 26.756.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Factoring Family Considerations into Female Faculty Choices for International Engagement in Engineering, IT, and Computer ScienceIntroductionAdvances in cyberinfrastructure and telecommunication have enhanced the ability of faculty andstudents to engage in transnational

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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Corporate Member Council

and importance of the program’s learningoutcomes and relevant accreditation board for engineering and technology criteria. The primaryobjective of this paper’s research was to gather information from sponsors of the MDC to assess Page 26.958.2the educational effectiveness to prepare its students for their professional careers. To do this, theauthors distributed a survey to 20 of its current and past industry sponsors. The survey focusedon the ABET Criteria 3 (a-k) program objectives.11 This paper addresses the quantitative resultsof the survey and compares industry identified needs to the MDC contribution to meet ABET.The research results

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Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12803Comparing Disparate Outcome Measures for Better Understanding of Engi-neering GraduatesMs. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. She completed her graduate work in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Her research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering students, alumni, and prac- ticing engineers. She also conducts studies of new engineering

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech

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having a very homogenized group of engineeringpractitioners. In order to address these issues, there have been a number studies in engineeringeducation exploring the area of academic persistence or the intention of a student to complete adegree in engineering as a way to increase the number of engineers and their diversity. Studiesby Seymour and Hewitt (1997), Huang, Taddese and Walter (2000), and Adelman (1998) haveexplored various areas of academic persistence in science and engineering including the impactsof gender and ethnicity on persistence3,4,5. At the core of these academic persistence studies isthe assumption that those who pursue and successfully complete a degree in science andengineering will in turn pursue a professional career in

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #11157WHY DO UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN PERSIST AS STEM MAJORS?A STUDY AT TWO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITIESDr. Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University Ronald Brandt teaches physical science at the high school level, emphasizing Project Based Learning and inquiry based lab activities. Brandt seeks to inspire his students, especially young women, to develop a passion for STEM studies and consider a career in science and technology. Prior to entering the education profession, Ronald Brandt was an executive in the chemical industry serving as senior vice president at two multinational firms as well as President & CEO of an

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Rodriguez, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Qu Jin, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

explored why some engineering alumni who co-founded or started a company in the pastmay no longer have an entrepreneurial interest. A logistic regression was conducted to explorewhat variables were the most important in predicting a student’s intention and interest inpursuing entrepreneurial activities.Three research questions guided this study: 1. How do engineering alumni with high intentions and high interest in pursuing entrepreneurial activities compare with peers with low entrepreneurial intention and interest in terms of demographics, career-related characteristics, self-confidence and interest in technical concepts and problems? 2. What factors influence alumni’s interest in and intention to pursue

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda S. Hirsch

engineering skills and informing them about careers in engineering so they realizethe value of pursuing a career in engineering and the importance of obtaining the properacademic background to study engineering in college. The Center for Pre-College Programs atNew Jersey Institute of Technology provides a variety of such summer programs. One of theprograms, sponsored by ExxonMobil and the Harris Foundation, the ExxonMobil Bernard HarrisSummer Science Camp (EMBHSSC), recruits 5th, 6th and 7th grade students from traditionallyunderserved and typically underrepresented populations who in addition to not being introducedto engineering in school are less likely to be exposed to engineering outside the classroom.The academic curriculum for EMBHSSC, aligned

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Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Burwell-Woo, Cañada College; Ray Lapuz, Canada College; Tracy Huang, Cañada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Canada College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

academic success in science and engineering. Page 26.660.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Enhancing Knowledge, Interest and Self-Efficacy in STEM through a Summer STEM Exploration Program (Research to Practice) Strand: OtherAbstract:Many researchers believe that career interests and career plans start developing as early asmiddle school. However, high school students often passively eliminate technical career optionswith course choices that do not meet the needs of a STEM academic path. Consequently,providing career exploration

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Zakzewski, The University of Scranton; Mark Robert Murphy Sr., University of Scranton, Director of Sustainability; Michael Mahon Ph.D., Abington Heights School District

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the Abington Heights School District in Northeast Pennsylvania. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of Scranton and his doctorate from Marywood University. He began his career as a science teacher later accepting positions as assistant principal and high school principal. He has been a superintendent for the past 15 years and is currently working on an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Page 26.1077.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Learning through a Community-based Energy Conservation

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Michelle Cook

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

characterize teaching and what attributes do they possess thatalign with attributes of teachers? Information from program applications and electronicquestionnaires were our data sources. The questionnaire asked about background, demographics,reasons for pursuing a teaching internship, attributes of professionals in teaching and in STEM,previous internship experiences, whether they felt a sense of belonging in their currentdepartment, and future goals. Results showed that most interns have various reasons for pursingthe internship opportunity, have considerable experiences working with youth, want to teach atsome point in their careers, and feel a sense of belonging in their STEM departments. Mostinterns also highlighted different attributes needed to

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

students; twentypercent of this population is female. The majority of the students graduating from thisprogram choose Technical Sales as their career. The diverse curriculum of thisengineering major causes students to be well sought out by the industry. However, acareer in Technical Sales is not a traditional choice for women, thus leaving the femaleundergraduates apprehensive about their career goals. So, a group of students and the IDfaculty decided to found an organization that catered to the needs of the female IndustrialDistribution Engineer and resolve this concern. This new organization was namedSociety of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID).SWID was established with the intention of stimulating and catapulting female

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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, innovative and novel graduate education experiences, global learning, and preparation of engineering graduate students for future careers. Her dissertation research focuses on studying the writing and argumentation patterns of engineering graduate students.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and is the Inaugural Director of the Engineering Leadership Minor. She obtained a B.S. in mathemat- ics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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Industrial Engineering

their careers. We recently havelaunched a graduate program in Logistics, Trade and Transportation at our university. We foundsome practices that are really effective in building curriculum, program delivery, and programimprovement. This paper shares those best practices in logistics and transportation education inthe US. Page 26.872.2Defining best practicesA best practice is a strategy or method that has reliably demonstrated results better than thoseattained with different means, and that is utilized as a benchmark. Likewise, a "best" practice candevelop to wind up better as upgrades are found. It is also considered as a business

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Newberry, DCTC/Nano-Link

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of Educators Deb Newberry, Dakota County Technical College/Nano-LinkThe focus of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Educational (ATE) Divisionis to create technician level employees to meet the needs of today’s workforce.Acknowledging that students often make career decisions before entering college, ATE programs includean aspect of career path development and outreach to students in grades 7 through 12. Nano-Link: Centerfor Nanotechnology Education has chosen to focus on educators in these grade levels as the conduit to thestudent population. For use by educators, since 2008, Nano-Link has created modularized content for theinfusion of nanoscale science, applications, technology and career options into

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abdullah Konak

Teamwork Peer Assessment Based on the Model of Domain Learning Abdullah Konak Penn State BerksIn engineering education, team projects and collaborative learning strategies are increasinglyused to prepare students for today’s engineering careers which require functioning inmultidisciplinary teams for success. Assessing students’ teamwork skills is difficult, but it is anecessary task to give them guidance for personal development and to design effectiveinterventions to address weaknesses. Self- and peer evaluations are frequently used to evaluateindividual student performance in teamwork and assess students’ teamwork knowledge, skills,and attitudes. Assessing teamwork and conducting

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

in science and engineering. Since 2006,the program has recruited 50 doctoral students to perform a combination of experiential two ormore mentors. Interdisciplinary scholarly outputs were tracked through progress reports, surveys,and online databases. Both Nanomedicine trainees and mentors reported a significant increase ininterdisciplinary activities, including publications, presentations, and funded research proposals,as a direct result of the program. To determine whether trainees were sufficiently prepared for acareer in Nanomedicine, graduates of the program were tracked through social media. Nearly90% of graduates were found to have pursued careers in health care. Currently, 43% of graduatescontinue to perform research or develop

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Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; William H. Robinson, Vanderbilt University; Lydia C. Bentley, Vanderbilt University; Stacey Houston II, Vanderbilt University

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #11934Diversity Stalled: Explorations into the Stagnant Numbers of African Amer-ican Engineering FacultyDr. Ebony Omotola McGee, Assistant Professor of Diversity and Urban Schooling Ebony O. McGee is an Assistant Professor of Diversity and Urban Schooling at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and a member of Scientific Careers Research and Development Group at Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and she was a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral

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Reporting Out: Dissemination of Several NSF Projects of Interest to Two-Year Colleges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lea K. Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #13934The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Stu-dents’ Pursuit of a Graduate Degree in Science and EngineeringMs. Lea K. Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Andrea Gebhart Rommel, Independent Scientific Consultant; Laurie A. Clayton, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

STEM FacultyABSTRACTWomen faculty are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.The ADVANCE Institutional Transformation project at a large private technical university (supported byNSF Award No. 1209115), referred to as AdvanceRIT, aims to increase the representation andadvancement of women STEM faculty (which includes social and behavioral sciences, SBS, faculty) byremoving barriers to resources that support career success and by creating new interventions andresources.This paper reports on the development of efforts to activate change for STEM faculty in the form of aninternal grant program, Connect Grants, as part of the AdvanceRIT project. The grants supportleadership and career development for all

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Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa K. Thevenin, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Construction

significant and positive for female(r = 0.31, p < 0.05) and male students (rs = 0.25, p < 0.001). However, while having a person ofinfluence was significantly and positively correlated with construction education self-efficacy formales (rs = 0.20, p < 0.001), the correlation was positive but not significant at the 0.05 level forfemales (r = 0.18, p = 0.175). Perceived self-efficacy, motivation, and the presence of mentorsand role models have value as predictors of career choice and student success. This papercontributes to the body of knowledge by increasing the understanding of the influence of otherson students’ academic performance within the construction education domain. Conclusions andopportunities for continued research are

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Fundamental: Home, Parents, and Other Out-of-School Issues Related to K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

workers, is one of the central concerns of engineering education research. While manycurrent K-12 programs focus on engineering thinking and design (e.g. Project Lead theWay, Engineering is Elementary, Design Squad), there is still a need to promoteaspiration and understanding of engineering as an occupation, especially in out-of-schoolenvironments where children spend a majority of their time.1Career aspirations and expectations of children have already started to develop prior toentering formal schooling.2,3 During this critical development period, parents serve as themajor source of career information coupled with media (television, print, etc.) and othersocial experiences. While the significance of parents’ role in the development of

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Leo H McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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engineering education community has further extended this concept toengineering-specific retention3-5 with similar findings. These studies and others indicate thathelping students to develop an engineering identity and community can be a strongencouragement to persist in engineering to graduation. In many ways, engineering colleges arewell situated to encourage academic involvement and faculty-student interactions for theirstudents, but they are less likely to address peer interactions and student involvement in social oracademic extracurricular activities.It stands to reason that finding effective methods to increase student involvement may benefitoverall retention. While students leave engineering throughout their academic careers, attrition