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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

for a Flat World”Co-Moderators: Stephen Williams and Owe Petersen Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WisconsinAbstractCompetency in your technical field of knowledge is not sufficient for success in professional lifein engineering. Graduates need more than what the normal degree/curriculum provides. ThomasL. Friedman – “The World is Flat - A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century” – providessignificant documentation of the forces driving the rebalancing of relationships between nationsand industries. Professionals, including, engineers will have their careers shaped by those sameforces.From an engineering standpoint technology has provided the mobility that flattens

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Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University; Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

on a nuclear engineering career. Strategies for implementation will be the focus ofthis paper.KeywordsNuclear engineering; K12 outreach; diversity programs; women in engineering; minorities inengineering; undergraduate programIntroduction Past issues of American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism and the AmericanNuclear Society’s Nuclear News highlight a concern about diversity within engineering andnuclear engineering.1 Referring to the Report of the Congressional Commission on theAdvancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development,there is supporting evidence of a troubling trend: low diversity numbers in engineering andnuclear engineering.2 The number of Hispanic, Black, and Asian nuclear

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Holden, San Francisco State University; Juan Carlos Miranda, San Francisco State University; Jose Coto, San Francisco State University

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Computers in Education

loop performance Page 12.1064.7 Figure 8: Closed-loop performance over a wide range of inputAssessmentThe value of the project to the students was assessed using a survey upon completion of theclass. The results are shown in the following figures. Generally the students felt the project wasvery appropriate for the class (question 1), and most felt that both implementation of control lawsand the ability to design controllers were valuable for their future careers (questions 4 and 5).The majority of the students felt that the time spent in class on design as compared to the timespent on implementation was about right (question 2), although most felt that more time couldhave been spent

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International Engineering Education Ii / International Engineering Education I - Poster Session / International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Webert Lovencin, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

strategies employed by higher educationinstitutions in recruiting and retaining minorities in engineering education. Some of thestrategies reviewed include early exposure of students to engineering topics, advising, studentparticipation in student competitions, teaching tools, recruiting packages, and scholarships.IntroductionA college education is an important career move for any young individual whose desires to livethe American dream. Such a move, while academic, on the whole has helped provide afoundation for establishing a successful life. While the importance of a college education ispreached to young adults, colleges and universities must be one step ahead of their recruitmentplan to acquire young minds by increasing and retaining student

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

successof women faculty in science and engineering. Institutions funded by the National ScienceFoundation ADVANCE Program, have been in the vanguard of the movement to transforminstitutional and departmental culture in order to recruit and retain more women and minoritiesas faculty in science and engineering. Among a broad portfolio of initiatives aimed atrecognizing that faculty life extends beyond work performance, the 19 round one and twoADVANCE institutions have promoted such work-family policies as dual-career hiring, stoppingor delaying the tenure clock for childbirth or adoption, on-campus childcare and lactation rooms,and the opportunity for temporary periods of part-time employment to deal with family crises,such as the terminal illness of

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Michael Robinson; Eric Wang

of confidence in their preparationto teach science.” 1 In order to increase test scores, American schools need to ensure thateducators are prepared to teach math and science classes. Government acts like “No child leftbehind” (NCLB) help ensure that US teachers are adequately trained. NCLB mandates that allpracticing teachers become highly qualified. In order to do this, they must pursue a master’sdegree in the subject they teach or pass an equivalency test.The overall goal of this research was to improve science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education at the middle school level in order to inspire more young peopleto pursue careers in the engineering and science fields. Robots were used in this effort becausethey are a

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kamesh Namuduri

students.(g) Provide professional development opportunities to the faculty of community colleges throughadvanced training programs, collaborative research activities, and workshops. The proposed activities lead to increased awareness of information security related issues in thecommunity. The partnerships and knowledge sharing are expected to result in enhanced learningexperiences for students and increased student retention rates in the area of Cybersecurity and Forensicsfor WSU and community colleges in the state of Kansas. We expect that students who graduate through 2the proposed career paths will pursue careers in Cybersecurity and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin O'Connor, University of Rochester; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Derek Seward, University of Rochester; Lisa Perhamus, University of Rochester; Reed Stevens, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

separated consequences,” 11 and those that areextrinsically motivated. Researchers have claimed that intrinsic interest is associated withretention, while extrinsic interest is associated with decisions to change majors. For example,Seymour & Hewitt, in one of the most important and comprehensive works on retention inSMET disciplines, take intrinsic interest to be among the most important factors in understandingstudents’ decision to persist in or to change their major. They claim that “the best foundation forsurvival and success is to have chosen one’s major because of an intrinsic interest in thediscipline and/or the career fields to which it is leading.” 13 It is important to note for ourpurposes that intrinsic interest or motivation is

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Jacob Tsao, San Jose State University

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International

-level skill sets needed for them to be competitive • help students identify new career opportunitiesThe 2004 inaugural study program focused on the global operations of information technology(IT) companies in electronics, semiconductors, computers, and software. It placed specialemphasis on the critical role that innovation and entrepreneurship played in these globallycompetitive companies. This focus guided the selection of sites to visit. During the studyprogram tour students asked questions such as why do engineers and workers in China andTaiwan work so hard; why do these governments invest heavily in expanding the engineeringeducation and promoting technology businesses, and why do technology companies flourish inChina and Taiwan. Some

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Lemons, NC A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

assistance. Currently, most faculty developmentopportunities place emphasis on the individual having a terminal degree. Only applicants whoalready has a PhD are accepted, which discourages the faculty who have a Master’s degree thatare trying to obtain their Doctoral degree. It seems that someone would be trying to help facultyso they can start of their career. There should be outside organizations that will assist facultythat want to become Professors.Students that come to “_______________University, have opportunities to apply for variousprograms to pay for their tuition for college. They can get assistantships, fellowships,scholarships, and loans. The university has a program called tuition remission. This money willpay the tuition for an out of

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; John F. Flannigan, III, III, Sloan Construction Company; Renee M. Wooten, SAS Institute, Inc.; Eric P. Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

12.1410.1Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University Angelitha L. Daniel graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Materials Science and Engineering. After graduation, she was hired as the Coordinator of Minority Recruitment for PECAP, Pitt’s Engineering Career Access Program (formerly known as the IMPACT Program) from July 1998 until June 2003. Ms. Daniel currently works as the© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assistant Director of Minority Engineering Programs at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. She is responsible for the planning and implementation of programs that assist the college in recruiting, retaining, and

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

in the coursewas affected by several factors such as student ability, motivation, the quality of secondaryeducation obtained. The female students had a slightly higher overall course grade average thanmen and outperformed the male students on all class assignments except the final design project.The attitude survey showed that men reported higher gains than women on the technical skills,including confidence on engineering knowledge as a career and problem-solving skills whilewomen indicated higher gains in teamwork and design skills. Female students were able to learnthe material as effectively as the male students.IntroductionGender differences may exist in many different areas of education; from performance toattitudes, from classroom

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

PIC IV and a frequent speaker on career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students.Dana Newell, Arizona State University DANA C. NEWELL is the Director of the Center for Engineering Diversity and Retention at Arizona State University. She also serves as the Associate Director for Student Outreach and Retention Programs for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU. Ms. Newell received her Bachelors degree in 1993 from the University of Arizona in Applied Mathematics. She received her Masters degree in 1996 in Higher Education Administration, Student Services. In her five-year tenure at ASU, she has won many awards including Outstanding Supervisor of the Year

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yamilka Baez-Rivera, Mississippi State University; Lennon Brown, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Graduate Studies

, shipboard power systems, neural networks, power system reconfiguration and stability among others.Lennon Brown, Mississippi State University Lennon Brown, III, was born in Jackson, MS, on January 22, 1981. He graduated from Mississippi State University in May 2004 and also received his Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University in May 2007. He has worked with many different aspects of Electrical Engineering. During his graduate career, he emphasized in the power engineering field of Electrical Engineering. He also worked in the power industry in regards to increasing his knowledge of power theories being conducted in realistic environments. He

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Promiti Dutta, Columbia University; Alexander Haubold, Columbia University

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Design in Engineering Education

design course.Section 1: About You • Your Preferred Name • Section • Gender • How do you describe your ethnicity/cultural background? • Is English your native language? o If not, what is/are? • Are you an international student or an immigrant to the US? o If so, in what country/countries have you spent most your life, and when did you come to the US?Section 2: Academic Interests and Career Goals • What's your current first choice of a major? • How confident are you in your first choice? (percentage) • What’s your second choice of a major? • What's your first choice for a minor, if any, at this time? • How clear are you on your plans for what you want to do as a career? • How comfortable or

Conference Session

Collaboration Provides the Best Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Koehler, North Carolina State University; Susan Matney, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Mary Clare Robbins, North Carolina State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

mentors enhance their professional development as role models,share undergraduate experiences, and participate in a career-building experience. This paperdescribes the design and second year implementation of the MENTOR program includinglessons-learned and future plans for the retention of engineering students at a large, diverse,research extensive university.Background 1MENTOR (Motivating ENgineers Through Organized Relationships) is a ground breakingprogram in terms of its size and scope, whose aim is to increase student success in engineeringthrough early connections to a positive peer network.1 In order to understand the strengths,weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of a program of this magnitude, we benchmarked ourplans with peer

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin; Tayo Oladunni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid

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Educational Research and Methods

., academic self-efficacy,academic motivation, leadership, metacognition, career, type of learner (e.g., deep vs. surface),teamwork, and expectancy-value) serve as independent parameters to an artificial neuralnetwork (NN) that is used to predict student persistence within engineering school at the endof first year. A feed-forward neural network model with back-propagation training was developed topredict third semester retention of a cohort of first-year engineering students (N=1,523) at alarge Midwestern university. The model constituted of 159 primary nodes corresponding to 8noncognitive factors described by a 159 item instrument. The resulting model was shown tohave a predicative accuracy of 82% for retained students after their first year and

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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First-Year Programs

place, this is an assumption worth examining. Ourstudy aims to address this need by investigating pre-major undergraduates’ perceptions ofmajoring in CSE and of the career paths they associate with it.This paper presents a selection of findings from an interview-based, qualitative study ofprospective CSE majors at a large research university. This research primarily aims to detail therange of student perceptions about CSE, rather than to make broadly generalizable claims.However, the responses exhibit some patterns in beliefs about and interest in majoring in CSE.We focus here on findings most likely to inform efforts to recruit, support, and retain CSEmajors into and through their first year of undergraduate study. Many of the

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; bruce jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Biomedical

student learning, interest and attitude data.BackgroundThe need to recruit more students into engineering fields in the U.S. is urgent. Althoughincreased employment opportunities for engineering careers are forecast for the future, nationalenrollment in engineering disciplines has been declining1,2. These diverging trends are likely tocreate a shortfall of trained engineers in the U.S. in the near future1,2,3. While women andminorities comprise an increasingly large percentage of the total workforce, representation inengineering careers remains low at nine and four percent respectively1,2. In order to alter theenrollment trends, more students must be attracted to engineering careers and be prepared topursue engineering study at the college level

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Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

disciplines ofengineering, but furthermore, to have a balanced education in both technical and non-technicalskills and attributes. “These days, engineering is typically practiced in teams with severalengineers from different disciplines who work with contractors, business people, and sales andmarketing personnel” (Hsu, 2004, p.54). Therefore, in order to get hired, and later on be able tohave a successful long term career engineers need to be trained on human behavior skills so thatthey are able to talk, interact, and work with people from different backgrounds; be worldly; beleaders if the situation calls for it; be ethical; and know how to effectively conduct themselves atprofessional environments. This need for a more broad-based engineering

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Carol Richardson

, and mathematics. The RIT CSEMS MEET program usesthe pipeline of transfer students that graduate from community colleges with associatedegrees in engineering technology and engineering science. Nine academic programsthat attract the largest amount of transfer students in engineering and engineeringtechnology to RIT were selected to participate in this grant. Transfer students to thesenine programs had declined for several years prior to 2004.RIT is a private career-oriented university with a modern 1,300 acre campus located inRochester, New York, the third largest city in New York. RIT prepares students forsuccessful careers in a global, technology-based society in more than 200 differentacademic programs and delivers courses on-campus, online

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University; Andy Swapp, Milford High School; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Thomas Erekson, Western Illinois University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of Science degree with a dual major in Psychology and Technology from Brigham Young University, Jared decided to pursue a career in understanding teaching, learning, and technology. He began teaching for three different public high schools in Utah while he finished a Masters degree in Technology Teacher Education. He worked for two major IT corporations and also spent a year as a project management consultant in the IT field before he chose to pursue a PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At Illinois, he coordinated an online masters degree program, was an NSF sponsored technology trainee, and consulted with faculty from the College of Engineering and College of

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

support; the STEP UP camp was a success. The majority of youngwomen in attendance were Native American, which presented an opportunity to positivelyinfluence their pre-college decisions and provide an access point to considering career pathstoward science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. Assessment, evaluation andtracking are a part of this initiative.This paper will discuss the successful dynamics used and pedagogical approach toward nurturingthe female participants’ interests in engineering and science through hands-on activities, personaland team dynamics, faculty and current engineering/science student instruction and industryparticipation; the creation of personal connection to the Multicultural Engineering Program andthe

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Kirk Schulz, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

NSF CAREER award recipient. She has been active in ASEE and is currently the Women in Engineering Division Chair. She is also active in the IEEE Power Engineering Society and is serving as Secretary for 2004-2007. Dr. Schulz is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.Kirk Schulz, Mississippi State University Kirk H. Schulz is currently the Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1986 and 1991, respectively. Dr. Schulz has been on the faculty at the University of North

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

faculty and post-secondary professors in their communications about the opportunities inherent in applied engineering fields offered at Philadelphia University • Design, development, and delivery of Student Career and Educational Awareness Conferences established to support increasing the participation of Philadelphia high school students in STEM education in general and Applied Engineering in particular Page 12.80.4 • The Establishment of two successful Engineering Summer Camp at Philadelphia University, which has provided a college-level, scientific educational experience for Greater Philadelphia

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Stroot, University of South Florida; Bernard Batson, University of South Florida; BK Robertson, Alabama State University

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Minorities in Engineering

education and future demandsfor engineers and scientists in the United States, the NSF has established two goals: (1) improvethe education and research abilities of engineers and scientists; and (2) increase the number ofengineers and scientists by expanding outreach activities that target students from historically,underrepresented groups5.Most compelling, Environmental Engineering is one of the fastest growing careers with anexpected increase of 54% by 20126. Environmental engineering relies heavily on properlytrained students in biotechnology, which includes an understanding of basic microbiology,biological modeling, and molecular biology. The development of molecular biology tools overthe past twenty years has improved our understanding

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

LafayetteCollege. The only form of entrepreneurship education is the CircleEntrepreneurship Society, which offers economics and business students theopportunity to gather and speak about entrepreneurial topics. In addition, thesociety occasionally invites speakers to their meetings. For students outside of theeconomics and business field, little opportunity for entrepreneurship educationexists. Already with a solid technological background, Lafayette’s engineeringstudents can have very successful careers in fields involving technical innovation.Lafayette engineering students are not fully aware of the possibilities that lie withinthe field of entrepreneurship because there are currently such few opportunities oncampus. Entrepreneurship education is

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; John R. Duncan, Clemson University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2377: WOMEN: SUPPORT FACTORS AND PERSISTENCE INENGINEERINGYong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Yong Zeng is currently a Ph.D. Student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Human Resource Education department and has completed as Masters in Education (2005) and Bachelor in Engineering (1995). Yong is a doctoral fellow with the National Centre for Engineering Technology Education (NCETE). He has worked as engineer in the field of mechanical engineering and computing engineering since graduation in 1995. Served as co-PI, his proposal of ‘Women, Career Choice, and Persistence in Engineering’ was funded in June 2005 through NCETE. Yong is an active member of

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Susan Donohue, University of Virginia

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Minorities in Engineering

academic advising I needed to succeed.I received the career advising I needed to succeed.I received the tutoring I needed to succeed.I believe the faculty is dedicated to my success.I believe the administration is dedicated to my success.I believe my major department is dedicated to my success.I am happy with the opportunities provided by the Career Office.I’m personally happy to be in SEAS.I’m personally happy to be at U.Va.I’m happy with the quality of academics in SEAS.I’m happy with the quality of academics at U.Va.I’m happy with my extracurricular activities.I have the flexibility in my schedule to take the electives I want to take.My instructors support my need to be creative.My curriculum supports my need to be creative.I have a strong peer

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim Zeid, Northeastern University; Randal August, Northeastern University; Ronald Perry, Northeastern University; Emanuel Mason, Northeastern University; Jannon Farkis, Northeastern University; Marta Hersek, Northeastern University; Morgan Hynes, TechBoston; Haruna Tada, TechBoston; Felicia Vargas, TechBoston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

workingcollaboratively to integrate an innovative robotics curriculum into science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses in the Boston Public Schools and other raciallydiverse and economically disadvantaged Massachusetts school districts. The project issponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) program, Information TechnologyExperiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST). The project targets 7th and 8th grade STEMteachers, with students participating during summer and after school. The project addresses theurgent need to enhance student interest and performance in STEM courses, while fosteringskills that are important prerequisites for IT careers. In the near term, the project is helpingMassachusetts schools and students meet statewide