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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

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Louis Frenzel

software caused a major shift in hiring emphasis. Instead of looking for employees with specific educational credentials, companies sought workers with knowledge and skills validated by certifications. Individuals seeking a career found that they could skip college and go directly to a certification by way of local continuing education courses, seminars and in some cases by self study. The resulting jobs paid better and could be obtained in a fraction of the time it takes to get an AAS degree in electronics.6. The math/science problem. Each year, the math skills of high school students seem to decline. Students selecting electronics as a field of study quickly discover that algebra

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Durgamadhab Misra; Fadi Deek; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller

Session 1332 Active Research Experience for Undergraduates Increases Students’ Motivation and Academic Performance Fadi Deek, Vladimir Briller, Robert Friedman and Kamal Joshi New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractAn active research experience is one of the most effective ways to attract talented undergraduatesand retain them in careers in science and engineering. At NJIT, the (REU) Research Experiencefor Undergraduates program provides educational experience for undergraduate students throughspecially designed active research projects. This allows students to experience first

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The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mara Wasburn

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationtheir academic career decisions 4. Women faculty are often advised to curtail their teaching andservice activities in order to publish more 6. However, women, as well as minority faculty, aremore likely to accede to institutional demands to devote time to teaching and service activities.They commonly see themselves as having a special responsibility to women and minoritystudents, often ignoring their own need to publish, creating "a possible mismatch betweeninstitutional demands and the perspectives of women and minority faculty members"7. Spendinga disproportionate time being "good

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt

grant from the National Science Foundation, the Clark School of Engineering andthe Office of the Provost at the University of Maryland.Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE): Program DescriptionThere are two key points in the career of undergraduate women where participation in adeliberately designed intervention can significantly impact success. The first is during thetransition from high school to college (which tends to be the initial encounter with thepredominantly male STEM environment). The second is during the latter half of theirundergraduate education, when career options, including whether or not to pursue graduateeducation, are being considered. Taking into account these opportunity points, the RISEprogram consists of

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Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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Brian West

Portfolio is a self-evaluation of one’s goals, objectives, and outcomes in terms ofthe specific T & P requirements that one is responsible for. Writing this document requires one toexamine: • teaching pedagogy • goals and objectives in teaching • personal goals Page 8.1270.2 • career goals “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” o publishing o research o serviceThe Teaching Portfolio also provides an opportunity to document: • accomplishments • teaching

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Hofinger

technical writing, is appropriate for meeting the quantitative requirement. Moreover, the visiting team will be looking for evidence that both oral and written communications have been taken into account in the review and evaluation of student technical work.”By way of this paragraph, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) feelsthat written and oral communication is important and critical to the success ofengineering/engineering technology graduates in their careers and has therefore developed thisupdated set of accreditation criteria for engineering and engineering technology programs in theUnited States. Accreditation seeking programs (institutions) must

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann

study with a specified content boundary that isappropriate for this field. This issue then can relate to identification of why such a field of study isuseful to graduates, how it is differentiated from or similar to related fields, and the potentialimpact on career opportunities. This endeavor requires a research agenda that is discussed indetail in following sections.The ASEE Engineering Management Division (EMD) is the organization that spans educationand educational research and its members are best suited, equipped, and credible to pursue thisagenda. Consequently, proposal of and discussion of the research agenda with the members ofthis group is an essential first step in pursuing the general goal of a research agenda. The result ofthis

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Leonhard Bernold; Joni Spurlin; Cathy Crossland; Chris Anson

performance, negative attitudes towards engineering, and decreased self-confidence ofsome of the students.2 Hermann 3 concluded that , although employers need innovativeengineers with strong communication and open-ended problem-solving skills, the heavilyanalytical and rote problem-solving orientation of current engineering curricula does not fosterthose needed skills. In a positive national context for employment in engineering, there is anurgent need for research to examine the institutional, pedagogical, and personal reasons forstudents to give up their pursuit of a career in engineering. Our study is investigating thisphenomenon in ways that can help to inform and reform undergraduate education in engineering

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lori Cirucci; Joseph Santoro; John Coulter; Herman Nied; David Angstadt; Charles Smith

curriculum at Lehigh University. Annually,approximately eighty mechanical engineering juniors complete a three-credit course entitled ME240-Manufacturing. This course exposes them to a wide array of manufacturing processes from ascientific, business and social standpoint. The course is innovative in that manufacturing scienceknowledge is acquired while students simultaneously develop skills in the areas of teamwork,project management, business analysis, and customer focused product realization. An additionalinnovation is the creative inclusion of approximately 120 local middle school students. Thesestudents benefit by developing an awareness of engineering as a potential future career at acritical age. The cooperative university/middle school

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gene McGinnis; Denise Theobald-Roberts

related to the harmful effects such ascarcinogenicity of cigarette smoke.DiscussionA workshop evaluation form was given to the scouts to rate their interest in each of the abovedisciplines. All evaluations indicated a very high interest in the material presented. The scoutswere asked if they liked math. Only four of the 14 girls indicated they did like math. Interestingly,all forms indicating no interest in math also indicated that the scout would consider engineering asa career. All scouts felt the workshop was very effective in introducing them to engineering.Some general comments from the questionnaire were “hands on is a great way to learn,” “I likeddesigning things and using materials to create things and competing,” and “I think it is a

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REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

particularly benefit from this course because they are frequently asked to work in teams with no training in how teams should work. Graduates of the program will find this training useful in the early stages of their careers as project team members as well as later when they take on more supervisory responsibilities. • Marketing teaches students the social and economic aspects of marketing and distribution. Students gain an appreciation for how products are marketed, and the considerations involved in successful product marketing. In industry, product development engineers frequently interface with marketing personnel early in the design process. These engineers are forced to confront marketing constraints on the

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mohammoad Saifi; Julie Wang

education.IntroductionPotomac State College is a regional campus of West Virginia University. The two-yearengineering program has an articulation agreement with the University. Most freshman Page 8.470.1engineering students are from the tri-state region, and they have various backgrounds. SomeProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents determine to pursue an engineering career by the influences from their parents, teachersand friends. Others do not have many ideas about engineering career and what preparationrequired by engineering

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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

. Several different approaches to K-12 engineeringoutreach have been employed to get students interested in the field of engineering, anticipatingthat this interest may impact later career choices. Some such outreach programs focus oneducating K-12 teachers about engineering so they may pass the knowledge on to their students,while others focus on university engineering faculty directly interacting with the students whomthey hope to affect. When institutions of higher education devise K-12 outreach programs, theinstitution itself must consider many factors; time commitment required of developers, fundsavailable, effectiveness of the program, and program sustainability are those that receive the mostattention. The outreach model we have developed

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

disciplines with knowledge ofnuclear science and technology that will prepare them for careers in the nuclear industry. Thoseprograms are: 1) Undergraduate minor in nuclear engineering 2) Graduate minor in radiation safety 3) BS/MS program 4) Dual masters degree program.The undergraduate and graduate minor were developed by the Nuclear Engineering Program andguided through a long review process culminating with approval by a university-wide academic Page 8.939.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

that they had expressed an interest in attending. The first workshop thatthe students were invited to was one on self-esteem, gender differences, and time management. Atraining company was hired to present and facilitate the first workshop. With the success of thatfirst workshop, we have continued to offer similar ones with themes such as stress management,time management, resume writing, and financial planning. The WiSE program is now 59 womenstrong with nine graduates, with five of those graduates currently enrolled in graduate programs.Through meeting with the students, we inquire what they believe would most help them whilethey are pursuing their careers. Through these workshops, female students have a venue todiscuss their challenges

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wierman; Marybeth Camerer

Session 0897 Lessons from Starting an Entrepreneurship Program John C. Wierman, Marybeth Camerer The Johns Hopkins University1. IntroductionThe W. P. Carey Program in Entrepreneurship & Management is housed in the MathematicalSciences Department of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Itconcentrates on preparing undergraduates to become founders and leaders of major enterpriseslater in their careers. The academic program provides basic business education courses inaccounting, finance, ethics, and marketing, plus advanced courses in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Musiak

succeed in their first yearof college life. The elements that make up our efforts to facilitate learning are: learning communities where like-minded students live and study together, proactive advising/mentoring where we discuss with each student theiracademic progress and career goals on a regular basis rather than waiting for the student to come to us for advice,workshops dealing with campus living issues, real career mentoring, and a technologically enhanced living andlearning environment.The learning community concept was introduced on our campus two years ago. The idea is to have students withsimilar academic interests and classes (including class schedules) to be near each other in the dormitories so that theywould have the opportunity to

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nabil Ibrahim

from highschool to community college to university. Participating companies play an important rolein defining competency gaps, developing case studies, placing students in internships, anddeveloping state of the art laboratories. Competency gaps serve as a driver to curriculumdevelopment. One objective of the program has been to enhance diversity and encourageunderrepresented minorities to pursue careers in engineering by presenting them with aseamless pathway early on in their education process. The paper will also provide answersto such questions as: How to develop a stable pipeline of students? What is the role ofindustry in program development? What are the significant achievements of the 2+2+2program after three years of implementation

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Cynthia Mann

Society for Engineering EducationStudents retained until graduation sometimes also express apathy toward the field of engineering.Upon finally reaching graduation, some are so burned-out that they are not able to look forwardto beginning a new career. At OSU some were specifically asking for more opportunity to havecreative input in their education. It was believed that if they could take more ownership in theirprojects—by expressing their unique ideas, that they would feel more pride in their work2. Thusprojects that had been exhausting because of their abstractness might become less exhaustingbecause of the personal pride and motivation of working toward one’s own creative expression3.Additionally, industrial employers seek innovative solutions

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Long; Kevin Sutterer; Frederick Berry

Session 3580 EXPLORE ENGINEERING: Rose-Hulman’s Outreach to Middle and High School Students Dale Long, Kevin Sutterer, and Fred Berry Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionRose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) places a high priority on reaching out to the localcommunity. This is part of the formula for its success. Such outreach fosters serviceopportunities so students can discover engineering, mathematics, and science careers are aboutmore than calculations, theories and books. Service is a fundamental aspect of being aprofessional and thus

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

student.Each student comes with different strengths, weaknesses, background, and priorities. As amentor, it is important to recognize this so that you can define who they are and how best tointeract with them. Taking time to listen to the student and building this relationship carefully(Tips #1 and #2 above) play an important part of this definition process. When a new studententers my research group, I conduct a “mentoring interview” to learn about their career goals,prior experience, preferred management style, etc. Villarruel provides a helpful list of questionsfor this interview, examples of which are listed below:2 • What are your strengths? Tell me about the things that you believe you do well. • How important is it to you that you

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The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Vivian Lemanowski; Ellen Yezierski; Arlisa Labrie; Bettie Smiley; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland

in the engineering workshops by using related activities intheir mathematics and science curricula. The teachers and counselors practice the presentation ofthese modules on middle school and high school young women during Saturday Academiesduring the academic year 3 . The counselors are encouraged to include applied math and sciencein their career counseling and to implement outreach programs to encourage students to considera major in engineering. To further enable the teachers and counselors, they are offered thehelpful opportunity of a one-week industrial internship in order to have a better idea of whatengineers really do day-to-day 4 .It is well known that very few women choose engineering as a career. Among Fall 2001freshmen women

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Assessment Strategies in BAE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

Session 852 Using Engineering Competency Feedback to Assess Agricultural Engineering Curriculum S.K. Mickelson, T.J. Brumm, L.F. Hanneman, and B. L. Steward Iowa State UniversityAbstractIn order to adequately address ABET Outcomes, Iowa State University’s (ISU) College ofEngineering (COE) is using a competency-based assessment program that provides semester-to-semester feedback from students and employers engaged in cooperative education. The ISUEngineering Career Services (ECS) office collects these data for the fall, spring, and summerschool terms. The average data by

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Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

use of thisdata beyond simple course modifications. One of the guiding principles for this stage is that allresults from the outcomes measurements will be condensed into a simple three-level ratingsystem. The three levels are labeled: P defined as ready for professional practice, S, defined assatisfactory performance for that level, and U, defined as unsatisfactory or poor performance atthat level. Based on the course activities, each instructor defines three levels of performance forthat outcome at that stage in a student's academic career. The unique aspect to our approach ishow we use the measurements from each of the required courses to generate what we call anoutcomes transcript for every student in the program. Analogous to the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kelvin Kirby

Prairie View A&M University to carryout the goals and objectives of the organization. Each cluster corporation paysmembership fees and makes annual contributions to support institutional developmentactivities. Page 8.5.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”In addition, PVAMU has partnership programs with local High Schools andCommunity/Junior Colleges. At the High Schools, PVAMU is working to informstudents of careers in SMET disciplines and to ensure students are aware of scholarshipopportunities and various

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

survey was to estimate the retention rate of recent womengraduates in the SMET workplace. Only 23 of our respondents (19.3%) “were notworking in a job directly related to their major.” We felt that this was an encouragingnumber, although we do not have any numbers for comparison to male graduates fromUWP or for men or women graduates from other institutions.4.1 Impact of reasons for pursuing a SMET degreeWe first investigated whether the respondent’s decision to leave a SMET career may havebeen influenced by choosing a SMET degree for the “wrong” reasons in the first place.Results are shown in Table 1. The values in the 3 middle columns represent thepercentage of respondents who either selected “agree” or “strongly agree” correspondingto each

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Duane Dunlop; Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo; Donald Keating

evolving, a vision based upon career-long needs of professionals as a growth process for leadership of technological innovation. This paperfocuses on the critical skill-sets, knowledge, and experience that engineers need as technology leadersbeyond basic, four-year undergraduate education to stimulate constant technological innovation forenhanced U.S. competitiveness in the new economy. The paper outlines the functional requirements and anew approach to the design of professional graduate education as an integrated system for lifelong learningthat supports innovative practice throughout the working professional’s career.1. IntroductionAs we enter the 21st century, the process of engineering for creating technology has changed substantiallyfrom

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Smith; Wayne Walter

from seeing their prototypes utilized by others less fortunate. We anticipate asimilar level of satisfaction for our Honors students.2. The Honors ProgramThe RIT Honors Program, which extends throughout the entire period of the student’sundergraduate program at RIT, aspires to provide a comprehensive education of the highestquality consisting of three components: professional opportunities within the student’s college,four enhanced general-education courses, and specially designed experiential-education activitiesdesigned to meet the educational, career and personal objectives of RIT’s most talented students[19].In their freshman and sophomore years, Honors students are required to participate in a minimumof two complementary learning

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

on students’ career choice. Nearly 80% ofthe respondents noted that they had been actively encourage by family and friends to pursueengineering. This fraction was nearly identical for men and women (79.2% and 79.4%respectively). In a separate but related question, 15% of all respondents either “strongly agreed”or “agreed” with the statement “I felt pressure to pursue a technical degree.” Page 8.340.5Other results from this portion of the survey indicated that 93% of the respondents excelled inmath and science in high school and that 74% either agreed or strongly agreed with the statement“I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives.”The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

on students’ career choice. Nearly 80% ofthe respondents noted that they had been actively encourage by family and friends to pursueengineering. This fraction was nearly identical for men and women (79.2% and 79.4%respectively). In a separate but related question, 15% of all respondents either “strongly agreed”or “agreed” with the statement “I felt pressure to pursue a technical degree.” Page 8.339.5Other results from this portion of the survey indicated that 93% of the respondents excelled inmath and science in high school and that 74% either agreed or strongly agreed with the statement“I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives.”The