Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

use the toolto program LEGO MINDSTORM® robots. This combination provides immediate, visual,verification of project solutions. The students quickly gain skills and facility with both tools,creatively addressing the various assigned tasks. The program has been highly successful incapturing the interest of the participants and has led to increased retention of these students inengineering.IntroductionRecruiting and retaining students in engineering programs is a national problem that has beenaddressed in many, varied ways.1 Many universities offer bridge programs for incomingfreshmen to increase their success in engineering programs.2,3 These programs are oftendesigned to improve skills in fundamental courses such as mathematics and English as

Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

to discuss questions with their team members. Some of the questionswe prompt them with are: “How did this occur?”, and “Which party is most responsible for thecollapse?” Each individual student is then responsible for writing a one to two page paperexpression their opinion which who was the most responsible and who else shared responsibilityof this failure.Before the mock hearing occurs, each student team was assigned an entity to represent. Theseentities are: Engineer of Record, Project Engineer, Owner, General Contractor, Fabricator,Testing Agencies, and the Sub-Fabricator. The teams must develop a defense for who theyrepresent. The team is expected to develop a defense document that has three main items: 1. Opening Statement: The

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

implementation was a pilot, with minimal formal assessmentconducted but improvements were made based on feedback from students (through courseevaluations) and informal discussions. During the second offering, there was a formalassessment process which was primarily quantitative in nature but also posed several open-endedqualitative questions. The assessment was in the form of surveys that each student completed inclass, on-line using BlackBoard. Surveys were administered at 3 points during the semester: (1)prior to starting the project, (2) after playing the mini-golf course and meeting with the customer,and (3) upon conclusion of the project / semester. Results indicate that student participation inthe project is beneficial to establishing a network of

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Rae Volpatti, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Lauren M. Byland, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

situations that could be construed as SHthrough the provision of a range of “What if…” scenarios. More importantly, it providedstrategies to help female engineering students cope with SH through learning from theexperiences of professional panelists with expertise in this area. On a scale of 1 (poor) to 5(excellent), the overall impression of the workshop according to participants who took theevaluation survey was 4.74. Moreover, 100% of the survey participants felt that the workshopmet their expectations. Furthermore, questions pertaining to perceived informational needsrelative to SH were included in a survey administered to all graduating engineering students of amid-Atlantic university. Almost half of survey respondents indicated that SH was an

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli PE, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Moustafa R. Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a multi-domain 9collaboration , as shown in Figure 1. Page 24.706.4 Figure 1: Mechatronic Design Approach9In 1983, Japan's Toyohashi University offered one of the first courses in MechatronicsEngineering10. By the mid 1980's, many universities in Europe began offering Mechatronicscourses as well11. The United Kingdon first offered a Mechatronic course at postgraduate level,and by 1988 offered a coure at undergraduate level as well12. Over the past 30 years, universitiesacross the globe are incorporating Mechatronics courses into their undergraduate and graduateengineering curriculums2 including Associate

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

activelyinvolved in the learning process” [1]. This new system was PBL. In the wake of this early successin implementing PBL at McMaster, several other newly founded medical schools such as those inMaastricht in the Netherlands and Newcastle in Australia developed curricula based on PBL inthe early 1970s [2].PBL has enormous popularity all over the world today [3]. It has been applied in manydisciplines besides medicine. In particular, in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(STEM), this pedagogical approach has been applied in nearly all disciplines. Bowe [4] andKelly and Finlayson [5] describe the application of PBL in first year Physics and Chemistrycourses respectively. Nuutila et al. [6] describe the application of PBL in computerprogramming

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajnish Sharma, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Aerospace

the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992. Page 24.709.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 IMPLEMENTING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING PROJECTS TO SYNTHESIZE FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS USING MATLAB/SIMULINK AND STUDENTS ASSESMENT AbstractIn the quest for automatic control [1] to the real-world dynamical systems, meeting therequirements with strict design standards including ascertaining optimality throughout the phasesof engineering, modeling

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shen Liu, West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

research and built the leg model using parts of the PASCObridge set, as shown in Figure 1. A load cell was attached to the foot, which allowed themeasurement of the force exerted on a ball when the ball was kicked. Figure 2 shows themeasured impulse using DataStudio. To calculate the change of momentum, students need tofigure out the velocity change of the ball. To my surprise, the students did not use motion sensorsor photogates to find the velocity. What they did was putting a ball on a stool to make the initialvelocity of the ball be zero. After the ball was kicked and hit the ground, the final position of theball was recorded. The horizontal distance traveled by the ball could be measured. Then thestudents measured the height of the stool to

Conference Session

Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Oyindamola O. Idowu, Waukegan Schools District 60; Thomas C. MacMullen, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Design and Components Currently the telecommunication laboratory at Eastern Illinois University is designed asdepicted in Figure 18. On the right side of Figure 1, Six CISCO® Routers are interconnected in aring fashion style. These routers are called the “Internal Network” and are interconnected usingdedicated serial links using the PPP protocol. Each router has its own Local Area Network withat least one computer connected using the Ethernet protocol. This configuration allows thestudents to be familiar with the routers’ IOS, Serial and Ethernet ports, and the basic Static anddynamic routing programming. Neither the IP addresses nor the programming in general of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the expectations clearly. A document was prepared and sentit to our participants in advance by stating the following expectations and deliverables: - Each participant will prepare lesson plans and/or classroom activities and present those to us (some of you will have particular assignments in this expectation). We call this TDL (Teaching a Developed Lesson). Expect to present one or two TDLs. - Last year’s in-service teachers will give a 1-2 hour lesson that they have changed/modified last year according to their experience from last summer. We call this TCL (Teaching a Changed Lesson). - Each participant will write a report of potential applications/ties of the research to their teaching. - Each

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Vanderbilt University; Jing Fan, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia J. Brame, Vanderbilt University; Bennett Allan Landman, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

lab report with students’ answers to the pre-lab and in-lab questions andbrief interpretation of the MATLAB code in terms of the concepts implemented and challengesencountered with its execution while simulating various system behaviors.Laboratory ExercisesAudio signal synthesis and processing is a standard application that has been utilizedsuccessfully in several MATLAB-based signals and systems lab curricula4, 8, 9. The three in-classlabs in EECE 214 are also based on this application with the goal of improving students’conceptual understanding of signals and systems. Table 1 describes the applications and conceptstargeted in the three in-class lab exercises. Week in Applications Tasks

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

design improvements to the apparatus, manufactured a set ofthe devices to outfit a laboratory classroom at the university, and helped define instructionalmethods and learning outcomes for a mechatronics laboratory curriculum. In addition todeveloping research skills among participants, three years of implementation of the program havealso been successful in strengthening students' identity as engineers, in increasing student interestto further engage in research activities, and in enhancing student self-efficacy for successfullytransferring to a four-year university, completing a baccalaureate degree in engineering, andpursuing a graduate degree.1. IntroductionEfforts to remain competitive internationally in engineering and technology require a

Conference Session

FPD 10: Teamwork

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A Adams, Arizona State University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Thomas P Seager, Arizona State University; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Arizona State University that introduced a new module on conation in a mandatoryfreshman engineering education course, FSE 100 Introduction to Engineering. All studentscompleted an on-line assessment of their instinctive behavioral strengths called the Kolbe ATM.During a three-hour lab period, the assessment results were interpreted with the class and teamswere formed to test different combinations of instinctive strengths: 1) students with similarstrengths (inertia), 2) students with different strengths (conflict) and 3) students with acomplementary diversity of strengths (synergy). These teams were assigned an interim projectrequiring them to work together and observed peer behavior. Then, the instructor facilitateddiscussion of why teams with

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carisa H Ramming P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

increasein available tutoring sessions, and the introduction of hands-on experiments for use in furtheringthe understanding of individual topics within the course. It was concluded that the use of thistype of active learning setting within the course might be a method to achieve improved retentionof theory by our students.2 Page 24.718.4 Figure 1 and 2: Students working through the Equilibrium hands-on exercise during discussion lab in StaticsA survey was conducted via www.surveymonkey.com in the Spring of 2013 of the students thatwere currently re-taking the course. When asked what played the biggest factor in the outcomeof their grade, 50

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

paper will discuss thedetail design of experiments and results of the implementations. Page 24.719.2IntroductionOnline learning, one form of alternate learning, has created a paradigm shift in education, and inparticular, the way knowledge is transmitted [1]. The opportunity to access broader andpreviously underserved markets has been spectacular. Moreover, education can be arranged toform learning communities of geographically scattered learners throughout the world. Thephenomenal growth of online education in recent years has made this teaching method a viablealternative for learners who previously may not have had access to traditional

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado, Boulder; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Will Medlin, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katherine Page McDanel, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering; Jeffrey Steven Knutsen, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

explains why the answer iscorrect. Similarly, interactive Mathematica simulations allow users to manually changevariables and almost instantly see the effects on the system behavior. This encourages studentinteraction with part of an assignment, and can also be used in class where students are asked topredict system behavior. More than 400 chemical engineering simulations, prepared by anumber of authors, are available on the Wolfram Demonstrations Project website. We haveprepared about 25 of these simulations and are starting to prepare screencast that explain theiruse.Screencasts A number of studies have shown screencasts to be effective learning materials that are betterthan lectures. A meta-analysis by the Department of Education [1] found

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Phyllis R. Nelson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Shailesh Sujanani, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jolly Kuo, Cal Poly Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

24.721.2Key Motivating FactorsHigh failure rate (about 29%) in our beginning circuit analysis class is strongly correlated witha change to a different major. Approximately 40% of students who fail this first course laterchange their major. This first course thus not only provides concepts that are essential for latersuccess, but also appears to strongly impact a student's perception of their ability to succeed inthe major.Advances in technology make web pages increasingly effective at reaching the currentgeneration of students. A 2012 poll by the Pew Research Center found that 67% of Americansbetween 18 and 24 reported owning a smartphone in February of 2012, and that percentage wasan 18% increase over the previous year [1]. Thus, we have chosen to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roy Brown, Eastern New Mexico University; Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

success or failure for graduates when they enter theworkforce. As an example, project management skills are often neglected in an engineering orscience curriculum, requiring additional training for those engineers who end up in managementpositions. Skills such as the ability to lead and work effectively as a member of a team arefrequently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, but typically are lacking in newengineering graduates. 1 This article presents some information on impact of the NSF S-STEMon development of students’ professional skills.IntroductionSoft skills are important components of both industry and organizations. While soft skills aremajor components of industry core requirements, the students attending higher

Conference Session

Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University; K. Andrew R. Richards, Purdue University; Charles A. Calahan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

persistence of unfilled posts in programming and ITfields originates more from business hiring practices and a perceived “skill deficit”among degree holders and potential applicants (2, 5). Regardless of the veracity of theclaims, researchers have been working during the last 15 years to identify and overcomepotential barriers to careers and study in computer science. Following recommendationsfrom national reports (1, 15), mediation efforts have adroitly focused on K-12 education,measuring potential bottlenecks in the pipeline for programmers (4, 22). These effortshave also spurred novel solutions to increase interest and skill in computer programmingamong students, ranging from content-based solutions to inventive graphical learning

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Laier, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

strategies focus onstudent recruitment, academic achievement, attitudes, and career options. Transfer studentenrollment in engineering has increased 15% since USA-LINK was initiated. Some of theincreased numbers can be attributed to additional outreach efforts at area community colleges.Results from three classes of USA-LINK students indicate that the program has beensuccessful in recruiting and retaining transfer students. USA-LINK has been especiallyhelpful in recruiting female engineering students, who make up 1/3 of the LINK scholars.85% of the initial class is graduating this year; 45% have participated in either internships orundergraduate research, and 40% of these students have been elected to the engineering honorsociety, Tau Beta Pi. These

Conference Session

Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Raymond Jon Raisanen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mohamed Hakeem Mohamed Nizar, SDSM&T Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

animations were used to discuss how assumptionsmade in calculations for instants in time change over the motion of an object. Student projectswere used to engage students with the software so that they could simulate problems indepen-dently.In-Class ExamplesA full list of the in-class examples used can be found at http://webpages.sdsmt.edu/˜mbedilli/Simulations2.html along with animations. This section will describe a subsetof the examples; others are found in a prior paper by the authors.4 The SolidWorks examplesused in class span from Newtonian mechanics of particles to rigid body impulse and momentum,covering chapters 13-19 in the class textbook.2A particle dynamics example is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The ball is dropped from rest and impactsthe

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lyndsey Alyssa Wright, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

independent completion of thebuilding and engineering components. These units provided students with the opportunity to beexposed to scientists and engineers in action and to recognize science and engineering as fun andrewarding. Below is a short description of each of the eight themes explored during the summerof 2013. Complete lesson plans are available upon request from the first author of this paper. Page 24.726.4 1. Water Purification (One Day of Instruction) a. Soil Filter Activity: Students poured water that had been ‘polluted’ with Cool- Aid, glitter and plastic bugs through a soil filter of sand, gravel and top soil. The

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Wang, University of Illinois, Chicago; Lin Li, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

interest in energy security and sustainability amongstudents in the course. The students have been theoretically and practically more prepared withthe DOE tools for the evolving job market of green energy manufacturing.1. IntroductionThis paper presents a recent effort at a research university in the United States to integraterenewable energy topics into the traditional design of experiments (DOE) course. The objectiveof this activity is to help industrial and systems engineering (ISE) students update theirknowledge base and foster environmental responsibility and sustainability awareness in theirfuture careers in various industrial sectors.As a branch of engineering, ISE deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems. Itinvolves the

Conference Session

Innovative Graphics Instruction

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

minutes long and after this time their attention begins to dropdramatically. Breaking up the lecture can refresh their mind and help to keep them engaged3.PollEverywhere.com, an online real time service for classroom response, was adopted due to itssimple web interface and instant feedback analysis. Figure 1 (a) shows a snapshot of the concepttest question on a power point slide and Figure 1 (b) demonstrates the corresponding studentresponses on PollEverywhere.com. Page 24.728.3 20 18 16 14

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jean L. Coco, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mehdi Miri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert W. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of notesand filler words.The levels of achievement of these outcomes by the project students were statistically comparedwith those by the control group, using direct assessment data from the four design courses.Table 1 summarizes the assessment method used. It shows the selected courses for each SLO,the metrics used to determine the levels of achievement of the SLO, and the statistical variable Page 24.729.6names analyzed in the evaluation phase.To score the students, we used the analytic rubric shown in Appendix IV. This rubric wasdeveloped by the Electrical Engineering design faculty in collaboration with the CommunicationAcross Curriculum

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Lucian Ionel Cioca, "Lucian Blaga" University Sibiu, Romania

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Manufacturing

. The paper is also discussing thetechnical skills gained by students using the software HOMER package. Finally by usingHOMER students have exposure to non-technical engineering skills, such as economicfeasibility, logistic and decision on hybrid power systems. We are hoping the materials presentedherein can be used as the starting point for other instructors considering the use of HOMERpackage as teaching help, design and analysis tool in renewable energy courses.1. IntroductionDue to the adverse effects of pollution from fossil fuel-based power plants, alternative electricitygeneration is being today widely and speedily accepted. In the same time, the electricity demandis increasing and the conventional energy resources are fast depleting

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Adaikalaraj Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Posinasetti Nageswara Rao, University of Northern Iowa; Kanchan Das, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

resulting from human activity. Thispaper presents, from the engineering point of view, the required steps by which sustainability canbe built into systems so that it can be practiced by all concerned. In order to do this, it isnecessary to incorporate sustainability concepts into all aspects of studies done by manufacturingengineers. A curriculum approach is developed in this paper based on the results obtained from aquick survey of manufacturing engineering and technologists.1. Introduction Manufacturing systems, though they create material wealth for humans, consume a great amount of resources while generating a lot of waste. The significant portion of the waste generated during the manufacturing processes, at the use phase, and after the end of

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

encyclopedia, available at encyclopedia.che.engin.umich.edu ,which is now easily available to faculty and students alike. In addition, engineering technicians Page 24.732.2have reported to the author using the encyclopedia to determine the best type of equipment to usefor their purposes.Description of encyclopediaThe main page of the encyclopedia, shown in Figure 1, displays the nine categories ofequipment. The table in the Appendix lists the over one hundred types of equipment withinthese categories. Figure 1. Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment home page

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Orval Powell, USAF Academy; Michael Richards, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Nicholas Matthew Brown, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

magnitude of the applied load werechanged, or a combination of the preceding changes were made. The instructors thenimmediately showed and discussed the results.To assess the impact of the use of ForceEffect, students in both the experimental and controlgroups took the standard course exams as well as 5 study-unique, in-class quizzes. Theinstructors wrote these quizzes with the intention of assessing how well the use of ForceEffecthelped the students visualize and solve problems. As an example, a question from Quiz #3 isincluded in Figure 1. In addition to the graded assessments and at two points during the 40-lesson semester (lessons 20 and 37), the instructors sought feedback from the students regarding

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

wholein the U.S.1 In particular, implementing summer camps that attract high school students for allengineering disciplines has been proven to be a very effective approach to partially addressingthe shortage of engineers.25In addition to combating the decline in the number of U.S. engineers, outreach programs seek notonly to increase engineering enrollment but also to diversify the field of engineering.1 Dave et al.confirm by stating that one way of addressing the lack of engineers is to solve the problem ofunderrepresentation of women.10 Outreach programs have been created and developed tospecifically target women to address this issue. 10 According to Cano, Berliner-Heyman, Koppel,Gibbons, & Kimmel, summer programs have been implemented