Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christan Whysong, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

2006-914: IMPROVING ETHICS STUDIES THROUGH A SPIRAL THEMEDCURRICULUM IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGChristan Whysong, Virginia Tech Christan Whysong is an undergraduate student in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She has been involved with multiple undergraduate research projects including one to enhance engineering ethics education at the undergraduate level.Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is an assistant professor with the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech Kumar Mallikarjunan is an associate professor with the Deparmtent of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salim Haidar, Grand Valley State University; Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

powerful tool in analysis and design of dynamical systems.The authors used SIMULINK in analysis and design of an automobile suspension system6 as an Page 11.1141.2exemplary model in vibrations’ class.This model example, which provided for follow-up homework assignments and a project, helpedstudents learn about efficient numerical methods, and how to employ technology tools,MATLAB and SIMULINK, in solving engineering problems, early in the dynamics class. Whatstudents learned here helps them a great deal in the subsequent courses in the curriculum. Thestate form of the governing differential equations of motion, introduced to students in the follow

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Hailey, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

women’s roles are alsoaddressed in the course through selection of speakers with a variety of personal/professional lifesolutions as well as supporting materials from the USU ADVANCE Institutional TransformationAward. To overcome the small number of freshmen women interested in engineering, data fromthe Women’s Experiences in College Engineering project is shared to help the studentsunderstand their feelings are typically aligned with a larger body of female students across thecountry. Student reflections acquired through required essay questions and examinations arepresented to help understand whether their career choices are influenced by conservativeattitudes toward family and women’s roles. Preliminary retention data is

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Week Statistical Topic 2 Bias, precision, accuracy 3 Plotting data, correlation coefficients, least squares 4 Smoothing data 5 Distributions and normality 6 Confidence intervals and percentiles 7 Limit of detection 8 Assessing conformance with a standard 9 Assessing differences 10 Analysis of variance 11 Error propagation 12 Assessment of outliers 13-14 Group research project Final EMMA FestAfter the one-day Learning Spiral for the statistical technique is concluded, the one-weeklong module (statistics, analytical methods, environmental issue

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Boser, Illinois State University; Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Construction Management program at Illinois State University. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1991. He has been responsible for managing the department assessment plan for over 10 years and serves in various capacities with accreditation agencies. Regular teaching responsibilities include courses in project management, construction management, and construction materials and methods. Page 11.977.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Outcome Assessment and AccreditationAbstract The ideas presented in this paper are designed to assist faculty in

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

there.The course instructor felt that the project, supported by lectures in two-dimensional heat transfer,enabled the students to better visualize the two-dimensional temperature distribution. Thisopinion was supported by classroom discussions and project grades. The students had clearlydeveloped a deeper understanding of temperature gradients and the resulting conductive heattransfer in a two-dimensional solid. In order to determine how the students viewed the value ofthis project they were surveyed. Thirty one of the 32 students taking the class completed thesurvey. The survey, with the tabulated results, is as follows:Question 1.The problem enhanced my understanding of steady conduction heat transfer (heat flux) in a two-dimensional

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Miles, Brigham Young University; Val Hawks, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

as a manufacturing strategy, and who prefer graduates with some levelof practical lean knowledge. Our approach to teaching lean has used experiential learning as amethod of improving student understanding, as many others have done in various disciplines1-4.To this end we have augmented university classroom lectures with industry-based projects,recognizing that lab exercises are useful, but can have limited utility in demonstrating leanprinciples5. We have used this approach for a number of years in two graduate courses. Andmore recently we used this method in the context of an international internship in Cambodia,during the summer of 2004. The experience gained in that internship is the focus of this paper.Five junior and senior level

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Natalie Segal, University of Hartford; Dr. Sallie 'Lee' Townsend

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Though the students in thesemajors were in the same section of the same course, they were typically scattered among othermajors in various sections, so they never identified one another as being in the same major. Inaddition, they did not share homework assignments and projects that would allow them to worktogether. Recognizing the situation, we made an effort to provide first-year students with atleast one common technical course in each major, but the problem persisted.6-7And the situation for to-be-determined majors (TBDs) is more difficult. They have no majorwith which to identify, no technical courses in common, no faculty member with whom to bond,at the same time that they need more guidance in order to determine which major they

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Parden, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

coalition isanother attitude choice.COACTION CoalitionsNo one person has the time or ability to solve complex problems in isolation. So they joincoalitions that can help leverage their own capabilities. COACTION, or facilitated, collaborativeaction, problem solving, and learning, is a process for conducting the affairs of a coalition orteam. It is also a fine way to hold meetings. This is an extension of Action Learning developedby Reg Revans.TEAM LEADERSHIPCOACTIONBecoming a Project Manager, is a career goal for many technical professionals. We believe thatprojects are best managed with a sustained, problem-solving dialog. We call this COACTION:Collaborative Action Learning. We have modified Reginald Revan’s Action Learning to add afacilitator

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, Texas A&M University; James H. Gill, Jr., Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

were able to be carried onto a more qualitative, complex andfuzzy platform16.The idea behind the systems thinking concept is to study things in a holistic way while aimingto gain insights into the whole through the interactions and processes between the elementsthat comprise the whole "system". In light of this definition, the first step to establish thesystems approach framework is to describe the structure for the built environment. Figure 1illustrates the major building blocks of the system that starts with public defining the need andends with the delivery of the full project for use. Page 11.598.4Figure 1. Built Environment System Flow and

Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

2006-695: WHAT IS TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND WHY DOES ITMATTER?David Ollis, North Carolina State UniversityGreg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Greg Pearson is a Program Officer with the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C. In that role, he develops and manages new areas of activity within the NAE Program Office related to technological literacy, public understanding of engineering, and engineering ethics. He currently serves as the responsible staff officer for the NSF-funded study, Assessing Technological Literacy in the United States, and the State Educators’ Symposium on Technological Literacy project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He previously

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Design and Fabrication of Spline(DFS module) using the rotary axis of a CNC machining center, and a laboratory experiment inrobotics along with results obtained from student team projects are presented, analyzed, anddiscussed.IntroductionThe advancement in technology, computers, and automation demands continuous improvementin the quality of education, both in theory in the classroom, as well as hands-on practice indesign, computer simulation, and manufacturing laboratories. There is a growing need forpreparing the students both in theory and practice so that they are well prepared to meet thechallenges in the job market, especially in the manufacturing industries of the 21st century. Astrong multi-disciplinary background is required from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Karen Powell, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University

students, butfrom the beginning, the vision for the program was that it be university-wide. TheCommunication across the Curriculum (CxC) Program was established in 2004, and itsDirector and Assistant Director have successfully built faculty consensus around threeprojects: Communication-Intensive Courses, with criteria for them approved in 2005; High-Level Communicator Certification for Students, beginning in 2006, including digitalportfolios of communications projects for all students; and Communication Studios tosupport faculty members and students as they emphasize communication in four modes:written, spoken, visual, and technological. The CxC Program enjoys the direct support ofstudent government leaders, faculty members, deans, and provosts

Conference Session

Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University; Michael Lineberry, Idaho State University; Karen Leibert, Idaho State University; Anne Mollberg, Idaho National Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

industry, including government, industry and academia. They stayed in IdahoFalls with the Fellows, and also took part in the SI planning and follow-up efforts. It wasin the Mentors’ small group environment that the Fellows had further opportunities tolearn more of each other, discuss lecture topics, and worked collaboratively on theassigned case studies addressing legal issues, safety culture and public communications.Approximately one third of the way through the 6 weeks, each Fellow also became partof another small group to work on a final project chosen from several options. Eachgroup prepared a formal written report and gave a presentation to the entire body ofFellows in the final week of the Institute. These projects were not a run-of-the

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

involvesinterdisciplinary cooperation around a series of projects often with real-world outcomes.Teambuilding skills are taught and evaluated as part of the curriculum. The research reported inthis paper studied the students’ affective responses to the teamwork, their preference for groupover individual learning, the effect of gender composition of their clinic teams on women’sattitudes to group work, and the relationship between their attitudes toward group work and theirevaluation of other aspects of the engineering program and their intentions to persist inengineering in the future. Data were collected as part of an ongoing survey initiated as a NationalScience Foundation funded project and continued under the sponsorship of the College ofEngineering and the

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

principles of engineering management to an undergraduate research program—student performance in the research project saw gains, and students also developed importantskills in project management and scheduling.14Although the benefits of engineering management education are significant, there are alsoseveral hurdles that minimize or prevent its inclusion in typical undergraduate engineeringprograms. The primary hurdle is the large amount of technical and non-technical material that Page 11.520.2already must be fit into a four-year engineering degree.15 As the non-technical expectations onengineering graduates continue to increase, the faculty and

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raluca Rosca, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

homework assignments in those for-credit courses. As a result, the numberof students present for tutorials varied less during the semester, with a peak of 35. Elevenstudents asked MATLAB questions outside office hours via email. Because MATLABhomework was regularly assigned in EGM 4313 and EGM 4344, the office hours attendanceand the email volume was relatively constant during the semester, without the pre-project surgeobserved in the Fall offering.For the fourth and last offering, EML 4920- Spring 2005, an average of 55 studentsparticipated in the MATLAB classes, with a peak participation of 60. We have more data aboutthe students in this last offering, because they answered two surveys administered during thesemester. The following section

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

: prejudice and the perceivedtechnocratic image are so deeply rooted that modifications and modernizations are often barelynoticed. Modernization of these studies should therefore be accompanied by the development ofcompletely new models for technology-oriented studies explicitly addressing the interests ofwomen, in particular concerning inter- and multidisciplinary aspects.The project GENESIS, located at Technische Universität Berlin, funded by the European SocialFund, is developing several models of co-educative, gender-sensitive model-courses within thethree major areas of natural sciences, computer sciences and engineering. These courses andtheir underlying concepts will be presented in this talk.1. Introduction: The Image of Technological

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pape, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

knowledge and skills obtainedearlier in the course to answering slightly more difficult experimental questions, withslightly increased reporting requirements. These labs are much more open-ended thanthe one-week labs and are designed to provide an experience similar to that of anengineer working on a project in industry. For the “two-week labs”, students areprovided with a general statement of the objective and the test equipment and areexpected to develop a procedure and complete the lab on their own. The results of the labare written up in a formal lab report.The intermediate design labs fall into one of two general project areas:1. Improve any existing EGR 360 experiment.2. Research and design a new experiment.Improvements to existing

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Joshua Ruder, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Validation of an Improved Design MethodAbstractPrior investigation found a statistical association between engineering effort aimed at system-level design issues and the quality of design outcomes in senior design projects, but that simply“telling” students to consider system architecture and interface issues in their designs was noteffective. We developed a method to help design engineers with this important phase of design,then conducted an experiment involving mechanical engineering students to test its effectiveness.This paper describes the experimental method, presents results, and discusses the implicationsfor engineering education research.IntroductionIn prior research on student design projects, we observed that system-level design

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

projects were used to evaluate teaching and learning. Eachproject team was formed by three students. The project topic was a component or subsystem ofsenior design project, Mini-Baja project, or a real dynamic system that all team members wereinterested in modeling, designing, analyzing and simulating. Then they would further apply whatthey had learned from this case study to select a proper analysis method for their applications,derive kinematical and force equations, set up equations of motion, and eventually producesimulation results. Figure 5 shows the selected examples of team projects. Figure 5: Selected Team Project Titles in AMDEvaluation of teaching and learning was conducted anonymously. Twelve graduate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail H Keraga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

instructors during the session on public presentations to assist in providingfeedback to students when presenting on their project design, and/or final project outcome(s).Another example is when representatives from Knoll Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) assistwith the interpretation of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment that is done withthe students.Examples of support from corporate partners for PD-3 include representatives from GeneralElectric (GE) working in concert with the PD-3 instructors to provide the students feedbackregarding their initial impression when speaking extemporaneously on a topic that they will Page 11.358.7likely

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

his interest in international affairs and engagement throughout his career. He was keen to explore the additional opportunities, perspectives and experiences which Purdue University could offer him and DIT students.• Explore opportunity for joint research or other scholarly collaboration Our first exchange was an asynchronous in nature. One of the benefits of this model was that we got a joint opportunity to fully explore the research interests and background of our exchange partner. For instance, at Purdue University, Mr. McHale was given the opportunity to engage with current members of the faculty engaged in post-graduate research. He also had an opportunity to review some important undergraduate project work which is undertaken in

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

required matching corporate sponsorship. Duringtheir coursework the students created a new application for the technology. They then competedin the Idea to Product® competition. During the competition, an angel investor and Entrepreneurin Residence expressed interest in the opportunity identified by the students. That summer thestudents and a team of angel investors further examined the opportunity, created a new companyand began license negotiations with the University of Texas. The new company providedmatching funds and Mr. Evans became the lead researcher on the project. From their commoninterest in entrepreneurship these students were able to leverage many university assets to createa company and become entrepreneurs. Their experiences during

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stanley Rolfe, University of Kansas; Francis M. Thomas, University of Kansas

of monies intended for the projects on which they work. 2. Engineers shall adopt a zero-tolerance approach to bribery, fraud, deception, and corruption in any design or construction work in which they are engaged. 3. Engineers should be especially vigilant in countries in which the payment of gratuities and/or bribery are institutionalized practices. 4. Engineers must include certifications in all contract documents specifying zero“Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 5 tolerance of bribery, extortion, or other fraud during the

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

” 2Intel’s Community PC Venture:Intel Corporation, based in Santa Clara, California, is the world’s largest chip maker. IntelCorporation has recently initiated two innovative projects. The first is a collaboration withMicrosoft Corporation to deliver flexible pay-as-you-go PC purchasing for consumers inemerging markets such as India. The pay-as-you-go model, enabled by FlexGo, would makePC’s more accessible by reducing the cost of computers and enabling customers to pay forcomputers through subscriptions or as they use them through prepaid activation cards or tokens9.Intel’s second project is a one billion dollar, five-year World Ahead Program (WAP) with India.Intel’s WAP aims to bridge the digital divide in the following ways

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ahmed M El-Sherbeeny, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Andrea E. Ware, West Virginia University; James E. Smith, West Virginia University

processthroughout both semesters. MATLAB® is taught by presenting students with problems thatwould require the use of a mathematical programming tool to reach a solution. In this scenario,students, working in teams, are motivated to learn the syntax and structure of the language by theneed to solve problems, and therefore, view the software as a problem-solving tool. Evidence ofcontent mastery is assessed, primarily, through evaluation of the quality of student projects. This paper describes the role of study labs in the teaching of ENGR 102 and the effect ofstudy lab participation on student achievement and instructor performance in this programming-intensive, project-focused freshman engineering course. Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

What do Engineering Students Gain from Robot Competitions? Robert Avanzato Division of Science and Engineering Penn State Abington Abington, PA 19001AbstractPenn State Abington campus hosts several mobile robot design competitions eachacademic year to support project-based design activities in freshman and sophomore levelengineering courses, and also to provide outreach to K-12 institutions in the Philadelphia,PA area. A student survey for the Abington undergraduate engineering majors wasdeveloped and implemented to investigate the outcomes of two robot

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

project management 4.07 6. Understand how technical decisions affect business decisions 4.04 7. Work in cross-functional teams with other engineering majors 3.85 8. Work in cross-functional teams with business majors 3.73 9. Understand the engineer’s role in corporate competitiveness 3.72 10. Internship with a company 3.64 11. Read and understand financial statements 3.46 12. Working knowledge of costing methods and cost accounting 3.41 13. Participate in preparing a

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

are underrepresented, inthe exploding new nanotechnology field under the direction of faculty at UVa who bringexpertise from a wide variety of scientific and technological disciplines. This paper reviews themotivations behind the program’s development, discusses the objectives and structure of theprogram, and finally analyzes the program’s impact on the participants’ future aspirations.Background on Engineering Study in the U.S.:According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the top four projected fastest growingprofessional occupations in the U.S. through 2008 require training in engineering and science. Ofthe remaining top ten, only two do not require technological training.1 However, the overallpercentage of science and engineering