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1996 Annual Conference

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Mariesa L. Crow; Kirk H. Schulz; James L. Drewniak; Noel Schulz

Session 3675 Dual Career Academic Searches for Engineering Faculty Positions * * # # Noel N. Schulz , Kirk H. Schulz , Mariesa L. Crow , James L. Drewniak Michigan Technological University*, University of Missouri-Rolla#IntroductionThe hiring and transferring of dual career couples is an increasing problem in industry [1-4] and academia.Many dual Ph.D. husband and wife teams seek faculty positions in engineering, and are often hampered byuncertainty in how to go about searching for two tenure track positions

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Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Jason Wynne, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Gary Winn, West Virginia University

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Minorities in Engineering

Virginia University Gary L. Winn, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department at West Virginia University. Page 14.1014.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Recruiting Diverse Students to Engineering Career Paths1.0 IntroductionThe need to increase recruitment of minorities into engineering is well documented. Thequestion becomes how best to attract and recruit these students to and retain them in engineeringprograms. Who or what can best influence the decision-making process of a young minoritystudent?2.0 BackgroundIn

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-901: MADE IN FLORIDA: A STEM CAREER OUTREACH CAMPAIGNMarilyn Barger, University of South Florida MARILYN BARGER is the Executive Director of FL-ATE, the Florida Regional Center for Manufacturing Education housed at Hillsborough Community College. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida. She has over 15 years of experience in developing curriculum in engineering and engineering technology and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida.Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College ERIC A. ROE is the Director of FL-ATE, an NSF Regional Center of

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Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

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New Engineering Educators

2006-710: A MODEL FOR PREPARING THE NSF CAREER PROPOSALGarrick Louis, University of Virginia Garrick E. Louis is an Associate Professor of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. He also holds a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests include engineering for developing communities and sustainable infrastructure, particularly the development of policies and programs to assure sustained access to infrastructure-related services in the face of routine, and low-probability high-consequence interruptions from natural and deliberate man-made sources. Garrick’s projects include community-based water, sanitation and

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First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma K. Frow, Arizona State University; Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University

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Biomedical

Paper ID #19621Promoting Career Reflection among Freshman BME StudentsDr. Emma K. Frow, Arizona State University Emma Frow is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, with a joint appointment in the School of Biological & Health Systems Engineering and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. She has graduate training in both the natural and social sciences, with a PhD in biochemistry and an MSc in science & technology studies. Emma is interested in the engineering imagination, particularly in the emerging field of synthetic biology. Over the past 7 years, her curricular and extracurricular

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Walling Doty, University of Delaware; Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware; Dandan Chen, University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #18971Gender Differences in Pathways to Faculty Career SatisfactionDr. Heather Walling Doty, University of Delaware Heather Doty is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware (UD). Dr. Doty teaches undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, statics, and dynamics, and conducts research on gender in the academic STEM workforce. She is co-PI on UD’s NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transfor- mation grant, which aims to recruit, retain, and advance women STEM faculty at UD. Dr. Doty is faculty advisor to UD’s Women in Engineering Graduate Student steering committee and a past co-chair of

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ERM Technical Session 15: Perspectives on Engineering Careers and Workplaces

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Denton, University of Texas, Austin; Nathan Hyungsok Choe, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin A. Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Whitney Wall Bortz, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26505Predictors of Engineering Doctoral Students’ Future Career SectorMs. Maya Denton, University of Texas, Austin Maya Denton is a STEM Education doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Engineering Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineer- ing from Purdue University. Prior to attending UT, she worked as a chemical engineer for an industrial gas company.Mr. Nathan Hyungsok Choe, University of Texas, Austin Nathan (Hyungsok) Choe is a doctoral student in STEM education at UT Austin. His research focuses on the development of

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NSF Grantees: Identity

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Aaron Robert Hamilton Thielmeyer, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Zhihui (Sherry) Chen

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #29338CAREER: Actualizing Latent Diversity in Undergraduate EngineeringEducationDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Luiz Fernando Capretz P.E., Western University; Sachin Narendra Pardeshi, R.C.Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #21627Analyzing Popularity of Software Testing Careers in CanadaDr. Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University Dr Pradeep Waychal is a visiting professor at the CRICPE of Western Michigan University, a founder trustee of Guruji Education Foundation that provides holistic support to the higher education of under- privileged students, and an academic adviser to many Indian educational institutes. Earlier, Dr Waychal has worked at Patni Computer Systems for 20 years in various positions including the head of innovations, NMIMS as the director Shirpur campus, and at College of Engineering Pune (COEP) as the

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Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Emmanuel Early, The University of Houston-Clear Lake; Jose Daniel Velazco, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Miguel Rosales, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Edgar Cantu, AutoSol Inc.

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Diversity

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Student

Paper ID #17106Bridges to STEM Careers: A Student Mentor PersectiveMr. Christopher Emmanuel Early, The University of Houston-Clear Lake Christopher Early is a student at The University of Houston-Clear Lake. He is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Christopher works as a Research Assistant and Student Mentor in the School of Science and Computer Engineering. He has also engaged in research at the University of Houston-Downtown.Jose Daniel Velazco, University of Houston-Clear Lake Jose Daniel was born in Jalisco, Mexico. Since his childhood, he has had an interest in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sadegh Davari, University of Houston, Clear Lake; Nathanial David Wiggins, San Jacinto College; Krishani Abeysekera, University of Houston, Clear Lake; Sharon P Hall, University of Houston, Clear Lake

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #16134Bridges to STEM Careers: Hands-on Student ActivitiesDr. Sadegh Davari, University of Houston, Clear Lake Dr. Sadegh Davari, Professor of Computer Science and the Chair of Division of Computing and Mathe- matics in the School of Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, Texas 77058; (281) 283-3865; Davari@uhcl.edu.Prof. Nathanial David Wiggins, San Jacinto CollegeMs. Krishani Abeysekera, University of Houston, Clear Lake Krishani Abeysekera received her Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Houston Clear Lake, in May 1995

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CEED Paper Session 1: Using Co-Op and Internships to Improve Diversity, Retention, Learning, and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University; Jack Fitzmaurice, Northeastern University; Paul John Wolff III, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #15077Building Future Careers: A Co-op Course ReimaginedDr. Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University Scott Hamilton is the Director of Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has both a MS and PhD in civil engineering and a MS in engineering management from Stanford University and a BS from the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is a retired US Army Corps of Engineers officer who has had assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan. During his military career he spent over 10 years on the faculty

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, manufacturing, health care, and aerospace and defense sectors will face veryhigh rates of retirement.A 2005 survey of 400 U.S. tool-and-die and machining companies, conducted by the NationalTooling and Machining Association, found that skilled job openings equaled 4.7% of totalskilled shop employment6. The shortage of entry-level technicians may be due to high schoolstudents’ not being aware of potential benefits of careers in industrial automation. Harry Moser,president of AgieCharmile, a leader in the machine tool industry notes, "It’s a question ofperception. A technical A.S. and apprenticeship may not give you the prestige of a four-yeardegree, but will probably give you a better outcome." Frauenheim notes that young people needto understand that

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Curricula Innovations in Engineering Economics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Alberto Marquez P.E., Lamar University; Julia Yoo

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #11134Development of ”Engineering Economics Career” Mobile AppProf. Weihang Zhu, Lamar University Weihang Zhu is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, USA since 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University (2003), USA and his M.S. (2000) and B.S. (1997) in Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. His research interests include Engineering Education, Computer haptics, CAD/CAM, high performance computing, meta-heuristics, multi-axis NC surface machining.Dr. Alberto Marquez, Lamar UniversityProf. Julia Yoo

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Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Todd Schweisinger, Clemson University; Barbara Jean Speziale, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #12188Strengthening Undergraduate Career Preparedness through MultidisciplinaryResearch ProjectsMrs. Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University Rachel Anderson is a doctoral student in Engineering and Science Education and the research assistant for Clemson University’s Creative Inquiry program. Her research interests include multidisciplinary teams and career preparation. Rachel received a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a B.S. in Physics from Baldwin-Wallace University.Dr. Todd Schweisinger, Clemson UniversityDr. Barbara Jean Speziale, Clemson University

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Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Landis, The Technology Collaborative; Stan Komacek, California University of Pennsylvania; Carol Adukaitis, PA State System of Higher Education; Robin Shoop, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-454: STEPS ALONG A ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY CAREER PATHWAYDavid Landis, The Technology Collaborative Dave Landis received the BS EE degree from Carnegie Mellon, MS from the University of Pennsylvania, and PhD from the Pennsylvania State University. His industry experience includes work in reliable and fault tolerant computer / chip design for RCA and Honeywell. He has been an Electrical Engineering Professor at the University of South Florida and at Penn State, doing research and teaching on the subjects of embedded systems, chip design and test. He is currently Vice President, Education and Training at The Technology Collaborative where he is responsible for career pipeline, professional

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, Clemson University; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

partners such as NASA, Michelin, and BMW. His past work experience include working at the BMW Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) as a research associate, and for Robert Bosch Corporation as a manufacturing engineer. Dr. Morkos’ research thrust in- clude: design representations, computational reasoning, systems modeling and engineering, engineering education, collaborative design, and data/knowledge management. Page 23.273.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 CAREER: Student Motivation and Learning in EngineeringAbstractThis project seeks to help

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Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

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Biomedical

AC 2010-1038: EARLY CAREER BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCEFOR UNDERGRADUATESRebecca Willits, Saint Louis University Rebecca Kuntz Willits is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University and has developed courses in Transport Phenomena, Biotransport, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, and Design of Laboratory Experiments. She was the 2009 Director of BE@SLU, an NSF-sponsored REU in Bioengineering.David Barnett, Saint Louis University David Barnett is the Chairperson of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University, as well as the Director of the 2010 BE@SLU program

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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Barth, Univerity of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Dee Goldston, University of Alabama; R.E. Guadagno, University of Alabama

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Courtney June Faber, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

undergraduate engineering, biomechanics, and graduate engineering education courses. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bio- engineering from Clemson University.Adam Kirn, Clemson UniversityCourtney June Faber, Clemson University Page 24.261.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 CAREER: Student Motivation and Learning in EngineeringAbstractThis study seeks to identify factors that contribute to students’ motivation to pursue engineering,and to correlate these motivational attributes to problem-solving

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Advice for Dual-Career Couples

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Noel Schulz

Session 2275 Work/Life Balance for Dual Career Faculty Couples Kirk H. Schulz and Noel N. Schulz James Worth Bagley College of Engineering Mississippi State UniversityAbstractDual career faculty couples face a unique set of challenges within the academic world. Whilethese couples face the same challenges as all dual career couples, faculty couples have to alsocombine these normal stresses with special challenges of working as a faculty member. The firstchallenge is the original job search and finding two positions. The next challenge is to

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Advice for Dual-Career Couples

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Hyer; Catherine Eckel; Margaret Layne; Elizabeth Creamer

Developing and Implementing Guidelines for Dual Career Hires Peggy Layne, Elizabeth Creamer, Patricia Hyer, Catherine Eckel Virginia TechAbstractLike many land grant institutions, Virginia Tech is located in a part of the state with limitedemployment options. In order to attract and retain an outstanding faculty, Virginia Tech mustincreasingly address issues related to the employment of faculty spouses and partners. Theseissues are particularly important for women faculty, since women are more likely to be marriedto other professionals, especially academics, than their male colleagues. As part of VirginiaTech’s NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant focused on

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TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ray Walter

Session 2148 – Building Bridges with Community Colleges Building Bridges to Engineering Careers for Underserved Students Ray J. Walter Waukesha County Technical Collegeabstract A project with Waukesha County Technical College, Marquette University, and other partners,funded by a Congressional Award, increases the number of underserved individuals completing adegree to enter rewarding engineering careers. This model program removes barriers throughcollaborative linkages with secondary and post-secondary institutions, businesses, andcommunity, minority, and professional organizations to recruit

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Fergus

Session 2464 Preparing Materials Engineers for Cross-Disciplinary Careers Jeffrey W. Fergus Auburn UniversityAbstractMaterials engineers must design materials and processes for a wide variety of applications (e.g.from aerospace to biomedical to microelectronics to automotive) and thus must be prepared towork on cross-disciplinary problems. In response to this need, the materials engineeringcurriculum at Auburn University has recently been redesigned to better prepare students for thesecross-disciplinary challenges. The modified

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Furth

Session 2793 Career Development Activities in a Required Engineering Course Paul M. Furth New Mexico State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes several career development activities that are part of a required sophomorecourse in electrical engineering. These career development activities take place over severalweeks prior to engineering career fairs held every fall and spring on the New Mexico StateUniversity (NMSU) campus. The activities include a 1-hour workshop on resume writing and adocumented visit to the engineering career fair. The goals of the career

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Humphrey

Session 3675 Excelling in Two Careers: A New Team Approach Ben Humphrey Parks College of Engineering and Aviation Saint Louis University INTRODUCTION Dual career family situations have traditionally been approached with the assumption thatboth spouses have individual careers and must integrate them into their family situations. Thispaper presents the viewpoint that one spouse can successfully administer two different careerssimultaneously, if the other spouse acts as organizer/augmenter to both careers (and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Khader

Session 2647 TS/4 FOLLOWING THE CAREER PATH OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES Michael Khader New Jersey Institute of TechnologyABSTRACT Technical innovations, coupled with the divestiture of AT&T and deregulation of thetelecommunication industry, as a whole, has significantly altered the exciting field oftelecommunication. With these changes, a multitude of career opportunities has becomeavailable to aspiring telecommunication professionals. Trained telecommunication professionalsare currently in short supply and the-long term career opportunities are very

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes; William LeBold; William Oakes

Session 3453 Helping First Year Students Make Critical Career Decisions William K. LeBold, Heidi Diefes, William C. Oakes Purdue UniversityAbstractBeginning engineering students often need various degrees of help in making academic, career,and personal decisions that are likely to have a profound affect on their lives. Faculty,counselors, and staff responsible for first year engineering programs can play a critical role inhelping students make these decisions. In this paper, we describe some of the programsdeveloped at a large university (Purdue) to help beginning engineering students

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Refining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina; Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Paper ID #44497Developing Elementary Students’ Career Awareness of Advanced ManufacturingHengtao Tang, University of South Carolina Hengtao Tang is an associate professor in Learning, Design and Technologies at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on self-regulated learning in engineering education, especially using learning analytics and machine learning algorithms to understand the self-regulated learning process, profile self-regulated learners, and create AI-scaffolded interventions to support self-regulated learning.Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina Dr. Ramy Harik, a Fulbright Scholar, is

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Brian Hyslop; Susan L. Burkett; Susan Vrbsky; Laura Ruhala; Richard Ruhala; John Lusth

Session 3675 Solving the Dual-Career Dilemma: Three Case Studies Susan L. Burkett, John C. Lusth, Laura A. Ruhala, Richard J. Ruhala, Susan Vrbsky, Brian Hyslop Boise State University/The Pennsylvania State University/The University of AlabamaAbstractThe objective of this paper is to share personal observations from science and engineeringcouples seeking suitable employment in academia. Dual-career couples have a number ofobstacles to overcome in satisfying their career goals. It is difficult enough to find one tenure-track position and suitable