Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

: Study Individual Our Stolen DW Time Future book Evaluation: Biofuel LCA management review Group Ethics Case Ethics: case studies, moral exemplar, student honor code vs. Ethics Study NSPE Code of Ethics Course plan to GraduationDrinking watertreatment plant Team Project: Solid Waste – LandGEM – Waste-to-Energy tour write-upGuest Speaker Guest

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

in mathematics, firstly, as viewed by the mathematician, secondly, as needed by the engineer and, lastly, as presented to the student. He is a licensed New York State Professional Engineer and is a member of ASEE, MAA and IEEE. His email address is ai207@bfn.org. Page 15.1246.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Natural Structure of Algebra and CalculusPrefaceIn every well-planned course, only one thing is studied.In arithmetic, numbers are studied. After studying arithmetic, a student should know the variouskinds, forms, operations, properties of and relations between numbers. In the end

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

performed, procedures,analysis, report writing requirements and references.II.1 The Virtual InterfacesAs the project outlined in this paper demonstrates, with suitable resources a virtual laboratorycan aid students in their preparation for carrying out the experimental work. The virtualinterface planned to be developed involves creating simulations of the machine experimentson a website. Students log in, configure parameters and then “perform” the experiment.Simulations return results consistent with the machines in the laboratory. It is envisaged thatin this way all students will be able to perform all parts of all experiments in their own time.Students will still attend “hands-on” laboratory sessions to conduct selected parts of theexperiments as

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Taylor, University of Virginia; Katelyn Mason, University of Virginia; A. Leyf Peirce Starling, The Fletcher School; Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

making less effort to achieve their goalsbecause they are working in a group versus individually. However, this is an important issue andwe plan to implement a student preference survey to investigate task-sharing and group sizeissues from the student’s perspective. In addition, although previous work has shown thatadvisors did not have a definite preference for group size4, we plan to investigate advisorpreference for group size in the future.Regarding Capstone advisors, based on the results of this study we would recommend 3 or moreadvisors per team whenever possible, although faculty workload and resources must beconsidered as well. Future work for this study will involve an investigation of advisor workload(i.e. number of hours spent

Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

explore something that they find interesting about this course.” – “The freedom to do the test we wanted to do. It satisfied my curiosity.” – “This lab allows us to learn more about what we find interesting. We learn more from labs that we designed ourselves.” – “I liked that we were able to select our own project based on things that interested us, and also that we had to figure out our own procedures which allowed us to really learn what I was doing.” – “I liked the idea of planning our own lab and figuring out how to properly create samples and perform the experiment.” – “I like how we had to be responsible and complete a lab on our own.” – “Experience in using the equipment

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

level of in-migration occurs. One way of visualizing this is to picture a program ashaving a process window. The pipeline strategy is to focus more students into a narrowwindow whereas our goal is to seek ways to appropriately broaden the window.While our initial student body was too small to allow us to develop statistics, our first 15graduates included individual students described below: • One student started in college as a communications major and dropped out. They then supported themselves by playing in a heavy metal band. This student joined our program after the band broke-up; • About 5 students over the age of 30; • Another student who plans on going to law school (political science was this student’s

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

simplicity as a focus for manufacturing, maintenance and daily use.It uses widely-available alcohol as a refrigerant and has no moving parts.Manufacturing can be completed with common materials and simple assemblytechniques. After the initial vacuum charging, the refrigerator is designed to workwithout maintenance for three to five years.In an effort to make this solar refrigeration technology available around the globe,the team’s final deliverable is a set of manufacturing plans that have beendistributed for free on the Internet through the project’s partner, the AppropriateTechnology Design Collaborative (ATDC. This open-source distribution willallow the refrigerator to be built by governments, local businesses and nonprofitorganizations

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Kirk Love, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

mentoring network, quarterly socials forfaculty and students, tours of local companies and a Girl Scout Badge workshop20.Recruitment and Retention Activities at the University of North TexasThe University of Texas has designed a three-part plan to achieve their recruitment and retentiongoals23: 1. “Sponsorship of portable and mobile summer computer engineering robotics camps for middle and high-school women students, coordinating with regional Girl Scouts councils and other organizations to help with recruitment. 2. Creation of an Ambassador program using young women currently enrolled in the upper division of current computer science and computer engineering programs as a form of outreach to area high schools and junior

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Corner, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amber Shoals, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cindy Cabrales, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

the director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from CU, and a D.Phil. in mechanical engineering from the University of Oxford, England. Dr. Louie’s research interests are in the areas of engineering student retention and performance, teaching effectiveness and collaborative learning.Amber Shoals, University of Colorado, Boulder AMBER SHOALS is a senior in the CU College of Engineering and Applied Science majoring in architectural engineering. She plans to attend graduate school after graduation.Cindy

Conference Session

IE and the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

mathematical statistics. As with the Stochastic Modeling course,approximately ¼ of the semester is spent reviewing how to apply these prerequisites in anindustrial or service application. One of the first reinforcement activities for this course includes an in-class review exercisefor hypothesis testing. This exercise includes a review and reinforcing application practice onhypothesis tests and distribution yield; distribution assumption checks; single sample acceptanceplans; and MIL STD 105E acceptance plan operations. The in-class exercise has the studentsdevelop a decision-table for selecting the most appropriate hypothesis test for a range ofsituations. One of the student sample products from this exercise is shown in Figure 5 below.While it

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters; Lauren Miller, NASA Headquarters

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

isimportant that all NASA employees are not only aware of, but also well informed about theaccomplishments of their Agency, and have an understanding of future plans. This course isbeing designed for NASA engineers and technicians who are anxious to gain an overallunderstanding of NASA’s engineering in the service of exploration through a core knowledge ofhuman spaceflight and robotic missions—past, present, and future.The NASA Missions course will present detailed synopses of key NASA missions, focusing onwhat has been accomplished, current undertakings, and potential future endeavors from anengineering and personal passion stance. Learners will recognize how the driving forces behindAgency-wide successes are more than science and analytics, and how

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Mills, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Anuradha Nagaraj, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Srivenu Seelam, Texas A& M University-kingsville; Ali Pilehvari, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

organization of curriculum development activities around four course strings to improve integration of learning outcomes and activities; ii. Development of interlinked curriculum components (ICC’s) to organize and reinforce core ideas in the chemical engineering curricula; iii. Using service learning in required chemical engineering courses; iv. Integration of assessment plans and processes throughout the chemical engineering Page 15.411.3 curriculum; v. Offering faculty development activities to expand knowledge and to provide development opportunities; and vi. Implementation of dissemination plans to share

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie Watson, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Kyle Prather, Louisiana Tech University; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Stanley Cronk, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Students Constituent Committee

. Seven themes, systems, electromechanical devices,fabrication and acquisition, software, fundamental engineering concepts, communication, andbroadening activities, each interwoven throughout the three quarters of the first year experienceare the course objectives6, 7. The curriculum is aptly entitled “______ ____ ___ ___” because themicrocontroller acts as a mobile lab for the students. The undergraduate students are expected tomaintain the microcontroller bringing it to and from class for projects and homework, essentiallyliving everyday with their “lab.” The fully developed curriculum has been refined over the yearsby experienced faculty members. The instructors can access pre-written lesson plans and masternotes for the course, thus

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Custer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Harriet Lamm, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University; Kuruvilla John, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

after the event and all are continuing theirwork at TAMUK. Seven of the 9 participants are engineering majors, one is a computer sciencemajor, and one participant is majoring in physics. Four of the 2009 participants (three Page 15.861.5engineering and one biology) transferred in fall 2009 with one other having attended prior to theexperience but has not matriculated. Several of the past participants were planning to transfer assoon as they completed the core curriculum at their community college due to the differences inexpenses.Table 2: May-mester Participant Demographics by Year Year 1 Year 2

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

alignment with thosestandards. To further enhance the standards-based emphasis of the project, master teachers inboth mathematics and science conducted sessions throughout the summer institute during whichthe participating teachers developed their own lesson plans utilizing information and tools fromthe project that were more finely aligned with specific curriculum standards. These lesson planswere published on the web in PowerPoint format to be available to all teachers in the project.The approach used in the two MSP programs is supported by the results of a 2009 study by theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE). “Ad hoc infusion, or introduction, of engineering ideas and activities (i.e., design projects) into existing science

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

waterjet cutter in the ME machineshop. (b) The students’ CAD drawing on the waterjet computer. (c) The waterjet nozzle aboveseveral cut fourbars. (d) A set of “volleybots” with fourbars.In addition to implementing new hands-on laboratory exercises related to lecture content and thedesign project, we also made an effort to weave the overarching robotics theme into theSolidWorks® exercises by having the students model robot parts instead of the arbitrary objectsassigned in previous years. For example, on the SolidWorks® proficiency portion of the ME1000 final exam, students were asked to model and assemble three parts making up thesimplified robot “R1D1” shown in Figure 3a. In future offerings of ME 1000, we plan to makeuse of parts from “MECH„E

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert Hess, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

after the design projectwas completed to specify a DAQ system. They designed a DAQ system that monitors load,coordinating storage, generation, and even dummy load to maintain system stability and preservesystem voltage. In response to DAQ information, the fossil fuel generator engages when batterystate-of-charge warrants. Detecting problems early and coordinating maintenance is anothergreat feature of this DAQ system. It also stores and organizes information to help plan for futureneeds of the facility. Monitoring the various loads around the site will allow for usage trends tobe established, which can aid in future development and understanding of where power flowsthroughout the site. A coordinated wireless and Ethernet computer communication

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Maria C Sanchez; Nell Papavasiliou; Hernan Maldonado

, Assessment, and Planning at California State University, http://csufresno.edu/irap/data_research 3. Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning at California State University, report prepared by Hongtao Yue, 12/07/09 4. Burkett, S., Small, C., Rossetti, C., Hill, B., Gattis, C., “A Day Camp for Middle School Girls to Create a STEM Pipeline”, Proceedings of the Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 5. Glover, J. R., Ruchhoeft, J. L., Trenor, J. M., Long, S. A., Claydon, F. J., “Girls Reaching and Demonstrating Excellence (GRADE) Camps: An Innovative Recruiting Strategy at the University of Houston to Increase Female Representation in Engineering

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer; Faith Mimnaugh

than a grade is at stake, and team conflict resolution in real time.As an example, a student team made up of six seniors worked for a local Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) manufacturer to develop a plan for their new campus. Initially, the students visited the currentlocation for a tour. This was followed by the students creating a Statement of Work as learned in theirproject management class. This was discussed with the client and then expanded to include descriptionsof tasks, deliverables, and a work breakdown structure. The students spent the remaining seven weeks ofthe quarter developing a facilities solution that took into account the company’s manufacturingprocesses, economic constraints, management needs, work flow, inventory methodology

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the student number shown when sampleanswers are presented will be the same as reported when all 27 students participated in the study.The first question asked students to name the major steps in the highway design process to test ifhorizontal alignment became part of their professional ontology. We found that a large majorityof students (19 of the 24) explicitly included this concept in their answers in various forms:horizontal alignment, horizontal layout, horizontal curves, horizontal circular curve alignment, orhorizontal design. Of the remaining five students, two used a more generic, global perspectivesuch as “Planning, design, redesign, construction, then maintaining.” (Student 18), and threeindicated a structure more closely related to

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Micah Lande, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

investigate the role of ethnicity infemale engineering students’ educational experiences and vocational plans.13 The authors of thecurrent study propose that the SCCT model might be extended to explain the propensity for newengineers to be satisfied or dissatisfied with their jobs. New engineers’ early work experiencesare critical in that, during this time, they form enduring perceptions about their work, theircompany, and their profession which strongly influence their decisions to stay or quit.14 Theauthors propose then that these experiences moderate new engineers’ job satisfaction, which is aprecursor to many other occupational outcomes including commitment to a career inengineering. Preliminary evidence of this has been provided by the Society

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

beincluded in final implementations.A. Synchronized-Counter SynthesisOne of the synthesized source configurations is based on three synchronized four-bit up/downcounters. The basic plan for this configuration, as shown in the block diagram of Figure 1, wasto: • Create three appropriately phase-separated stepped-triangle waveforms, • Wave shape each triangle waveform into a stepped-sinusoid, and • Power amplify and low-pass filter each stepped sinusoid. Figure 1 Block diagram for synchronized counter low-voltage three-phase sourceFour-bit up/down counting was chosen for two basic reasons: • there are thirty counts (a number divisible by three) in each cycle of a four-bit up/down count cycle (0–15–0): achieving 120º phase

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Maines, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

role of international codes and standards in helping to createwhat the World Health Organization called in 1989 a “national policy and plan of action to createand sustain safe communities.”89,90 Industrial democracies that have already taken this step havedone so with the aid of such codes and standards, and there is every likelihood that such normsas building fire safety codes, uniform traffic laws, aviation safety regulations, and routine Page 15.477.9 9monitoring of indoor and outdoor carbon monoxide will play a role in the reduction of injury andmortality in the developing world as

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University; Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University; Anthony Vizzini, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

review and selection of proposals for thetwo-phase implementation. Through guidance from NCAT, the plans for pilot and fullimplementations were finalized, with each accompanied by rigorous assessment plan todemonstrate the outcomes achieved in the redesign process.After examination of the five redesign models, we concluded that the emporium model is mostsuitable for Statics. The face-to-face communication elements retained in the emporium modelgives it an advantage over the fully online model when it comes to student satisfaction with thelearning environment. As with all the previous redesign efforts, we are pursuing two goals: 1)enhance learning outcomes and 2) reduce instructional costs. In this paper, we describe details of

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, they must become socially and academically integrated into theuniversity44 and the associated communities found within. One area of research stemming fromthis concept has been the study of the relationship between student sense of community andintentionally planned learning communities. There are a number of studies supporting thebenefits of learning communities and the positive associated outcomes45-48. However, very littleresearch on STEM learning communities reported providing a residential component. For thosethat did boast residential learning communities (RLC), assessment on the residence portion wasminimal. Further, residential learning communities identified by Ohland and Collins49 and othersevolving since that time50-54, found

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Ph.D. student in Communication, when she worked as a communication consultant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has been the director of the program since its inception and has developed a four-year curriculum plan in all seven departments in the college. Her responsibilities include faculty development (she has facilitated numerous college-wide workshops), TA training (approximately 15 graduate students from the Humanities work with CLEAR to develop the communication competence of engineering undergraduates), programmatic and basic research, instructional development, and assessment. Dr. Kedrowicz’s work has been presented at international, national, and regional

Conference Session

How to Get Published: Tips from Journal Editors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

assessmentconstructing methodologies learning environments communicationcurriculum/course design problem-based learning facilitationstudent engagement constructive interventions planning designing performance measuresLohmann: The Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) is the world’s oldest journal inengineering education; it will celebrate its centennial year in 2011. JEE is a peer-reviewedinternational journal published quarterly in print and online by the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) in partnership with the Asociación Nacional de Facultades yEscuelas de Ingeniería (ANFEI) in Mexico, Australasian Association for Engineering

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

from Full Professor, attended. The senior women focused on identifying bestpractices in cross-cultural mentoring, leading in the academy, professional developmentactivities (e.g., NSF program director, AAAS Fellows) and developing a collective voice in theacademy for issues that go beyond diversity and mentoring, and laid the groundwork for the finalsummit.The final summit for 60 women of all ranks, was co-sponsored by California Institute ofTechnology (Caltech); the culmination of the summit series included a strategic planningmeeting to plan to move the connecting activities out to the disciplines through professionalsocieties, and more broadly, NSF, NIH and other governmental funding agencies. This paperwill provide insights into the unique

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Robert Jeanne, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael J. Litkow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amber R. Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lillian Tong, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

introductory courses. In planning meetings both withearly faculty users and prospective users, as much emphasis was placed on designing Page 15.1154.4effective questions as on the features of the tool. The tool was piloted by variousinstructors and there was a blossoming of diverse, innovative pedagogical uses aseach instructor used it to meet his/her instructional style, learning objectives, andtime-constraints. This instructor input led in turn to numerous requests for specificcustomization of the FM software. A major part of the current year’s effort is toaccommodate those requests and assess their usefulness.Our approach to development and dissemination of

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Essinger, Drexel University; Ryan Coote, Drexel University; Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School; Jason Silverman, Drexel University; Gail Rosen, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assessed for K-12 or university student attitude changes. We address these issuesin this paper.The Drexel K-12 Program at the Philadelphia Creative and Performing Arts High School The aim of the DK-12 project is to teach K-12 students about the principles of STEMthrough current technology and inspire them to pursue STEM careers. The project plans toimplement this through the use of highly interactive laboratories, designed for students in highschool, whose designated major of study include those in the arts and humanities. Through thecollaboration of Drexel Universities students and faculties, as well as the teaching faculties at theCreative Arts and Performing High School (CAPA), DK-12 implements laboratory exercises thatteach the