Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Brian Randolph, University of Toledo

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Colorado School of Mines; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

major in Chemical Engineering. Many of the seventeen students weinterviewed expressed a definite disinterest in pursuing Chemical Engineering, based on theirexperiences in college chemistry. Interestingly, this choice is not reflective of the quality ofteaching; a number of students who made this assertion praised their chemistry professor andclaimed that it was their own inability to visualize the material that made it an unattractive coursefor them.MT has recently introduced a biological engineering minor and a humanitarian engineeringminor. A third, long-standing minor option is in public policy, although students must apply tothe program in the fall semester of their first year to be accepted; many students who mightgravitate toward the

Conference Session

MentorNet

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susannah Sandrin, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Karen Showers, Wisconsin Technical College System; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Jennifer Chou-Green, MentorNet; Carol Muller, MentorNet; Laurie Mayberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Isla Yap, Maui Economic Development Board

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

over the next three years growing to the point where today it servesthe nine public institutions in the state, seven community colleges and two universities,ixproviding their students with access to MentorNet programs. Between the start of thepartnership in 2000 and January 2007, 236 students across these nine institutions have beenmatched in mentoring relationships through MentorNet’s One-on-One program. Recruitmentefforts are spearheaded by a program manager from the sponsoring Women in Technologyproject who cultivates a local campus representative to provide ongoing recruitment. Eachcampus reflects its unique community, so it has been important that recruitment strategies arecustomized to meet differing campus needs. Faculty, staff and

Conference Session

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

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Stephen Roberts, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

areneeded which can only be accomplished by programming. Observation 7: Modeling and programming must be integrated into an introductory computing course.Any introductory computing course in systems engineering needs to have both a modeling and aprogramming component. The modeling needs to reflect the way the discipline approachesproblem-solving while the programming needs to support problem-solving. Therefore, we donot want to simply substitute a more appropriate language for Java and then teach it in the samemanner. Therefore, we are arguing that we need develop a problem based approach that requirescomputing to solve these problem (i.e., teaching modeling and programming within the contextof discipline specific

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching BasicCore STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation The authors are gratefulfor the support obtained from NSF to further engineering education.13 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – DYNSYS Project - Mechanical Engineering StudentsMuch of the work associated with this effort to develop materials which better integrate STEMmaterial in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum is a direct result of many students in theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell program. A special thanks to those students who havereally

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

increase students’ self-confidence and interest in science and mathematics, whichwould be reflected in increased enrollment in higher-level science courses at the secondary level,such as Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. These coursesprovide a stronger intellectual background for students choosing undergraduate science,mathematics or computer science majors at the college level.84In this program the School Board of Broward County has partnered with Broward CommunityCollege to provide underrepresented students with targeted educational opportunities tosupplement the traditional secondary experience by offering ‘Saturday Science’. Two Saturdays

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; John R. Duncan, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Developments in the Energy Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

alearning tool, according to the students. They reported that their knowledge of the Rankine cycle(and its associated thermodynamic concepts) increased. They indicated that discussing andoperating the RC are more valuable than performing calculations with the data. The level of thematerial was appropriately challenging for upper-level engineering students. A few keys to Page 12.1002.5successful use of the RC were also given in the paper.Second, a parametric study of the effects of component losses on RC thermal efficiency wasperformed. The results showed that the range of component losses used in the parametric studyaccurately reflects experimental

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

International

was always marked for grammatical errors, though grammar factored intogrades differently for each assignment. Students were graded for content and mechanics in paper1, whereas paper 2 was graded for content, persuasiveness, and a group’s ability to express itsideas clearly. In this way, Practical English departed from GE 3513, in which students’ gradesalways reflect their documents’ content, grammar, mechanics, and style.Minimizing grammar instruction was always my intent for Practical English. Students takingPractical English (similarly to those taking GE 3513) were expected to enter the class with basicgrammar and mechanics mastered; the purpose of this class was to teach students to applypreviously learned writing and grammar skills to

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

is surprisingly great – boys expressed a much higherexpectation of success, and girls continued to express uncertainty in their abilities, even afterscoring high on a test. Karp and Shakeshaft32 (1997) found that males dominate classroomconversation and are generally more confident in the classroom setting. This issue ofconfidence is a serious one, as confidence is often found to be precursor to achievement.The second theme that emerged from the interview results reflects issues of confidence andprogram choice. The interview subjects made interesting comments about why females arechoosing not to pursue engineering:“I was really worried about it in high school. I was good in english…I had good marks in