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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Neville Jacobs

THE MAKING OF ENGINEERS: THE ROBOT CHALLENGEBy Neville JacobsINTRODUCTION The purpose of this presentation is to describe two IEEE initiatives that we believe can raise theinterest of students in technology and engineering, counter the influence that television has exerted inglamorizing careers in other fields, such as medicine, law and high finance; and introduce students to thefun of getting involved with engineering challenges . We all know that engineering can be very excitingand rewarding, but we need to bring this to the attention of our pre-college students, so as to obtain alarger proportion of them going on to Engineering schools.TWO SYMBIOTIC PROJECTS:TISP - TEACHER IN-SERVICE PROGRAM This is an enrichment program

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nichole Au, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1722: ENGINEERING ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE INSPIRESCURRICULUMNichole Au, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Nichole Au graduated Cum Laude in 2008 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She plans to finish her MS degree in Chemical Engineering also from UMBC in May 2009, after which she will pursue a career in industry.Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Julia Ross is Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her technical research interests are in the area of cellular engineering. In particular, her work focuses on bacterial

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Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

not be repetitive. In addition to exposing students to thinking like an engineer, another goal of the programis to inform students about the numerous fields of engineering, its importance, and the manyopportunities and career paths available. These goals are accomplished through presentationsdelivered by the weekly guest speakers. Every year a new group of speakers is invited to sharetheir experiences of why they chose a career in engineering, the challenges they may have beenfaced with, the career choices they’ve made, and their advice to prospective engineeringstudents. Speakers have been both male and female ranging from undergraduate engineeringstudents to doctorial students and medical students to professors and industry

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OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

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Ocean and Marine

students, (vi) career placement upon graduation. These activities areconducted in collaboration with CISD personnel. The 10-week summer internships at CISDreally motivate students in the program. The impact of these activities on ocean engineeringeducation is assessed. At FAU, 23% of graduates participating ocean engineering graduates overthree years took up careers in Navy laboratories and ship related marine industry. Overall, 17% Page 14.686.2of all students interning at CISD over five years took up jobs at Navy laboratories.1. IntroductionNational Naval Responsibility for Naval Engineers (NNRNE) program was established by theOffice of Naval

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ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

. Review the final report of the ASCE Experience Committee (July 2007). Recast the ASCE BOK experiential guidelines into a form applicable and acceptable to engineers of all disciplines, while ensuring full compliance with the intent of the BOK outcomes for civil engineers. If necessary, propose additional outcomes/guidelines that are essential for other disciplines that naturally accommodate/align with the career paths of civil engineers 2. Develop a matrix for attaining the elements of the generic experiential outcomes in an engineer intern’s pre-licensure career. If necessary and appropriate, identify those elements that may be unrealistic or unreasonable to attain in pre-licensure career

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Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Civil Engineering

work in an engineering firm during the summer, having faculty members spend theirsabbatical leaves in an engineering firm, and having full time engineers spend a year of paidleave in a university. There also exist situations where companies send engineers to theclassroom at the expense of the companies and situations where engineers with many years ofpracticing experience decide to have a second career in academia. Students in primarilyengineering technology programs indicated that as a result of including real world engineeringexperiences in the curriculum they became more job ready and were actually receiving job offersas a result.13,14 More recently and partly in response to ASCE’s Body of Knowledge15 report andPolicy 46316, many schools

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Benjamin Choo, University of Virginia; Heather Rowan-Kenyon, University of Virginia; Amy Swan, University of Virginia; Marie Shoffner, University of Virginia

and the increased rate oftechnological change, globalization is playing an important role. As globalization continues, therole of engineers in the United States is shifting further up these hierarchies towards moreintegration and coordination. In a more global economy, engineers employed in organizations will necessarily be required to coordinate projects having global workforces …A typical U.S. engineer will have to become a project manager early in his or her career and will be coordinating the work of people stationed around the world, either within the parent organization or in con- tractor organizations. 2To be effective at integration, however, an engineer must have deep knowledge in thecomponents that s/he is

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Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Anita Grierson, Arizona State University ANITA E. GRIERSON is the Director of the METS Center in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU. Ms. Grierson has over 10 years corporate experience in Program Management, Business Development, and Biomechanical

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Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

12 12 10 9 8 6 4 2 2 1 0 0 Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree Figure 9: Assessment 3The fourth statement, “I hope to use the microcontroller skills from this class in my career”,received all positive or neutral responses. This shows that the students do see how themicrocontroller skills could help their careers, and that they would be agreeable to working

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Jackson Sherion, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

-based program to match each student’s ambitions and abilities. All of itsprograms prepare their graduates for twenty-first century technology-based careers. Thecollege’s graduates are equipped to make an immediate positive impact in modern industry.Within its state-of-the-art facilities, students work toward degrees in Computer Science,Construction Management, Design, Engineering, Industrial Distributions and Logistics,Industrial Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology, and Information and ComputerTechnology. Figure 1 depicts a high level view of various STEM educational offerings of theCollege.Department of Technology SystemsThe Department of Technology Systems3 undergraduate programs span the technologyworkplace and give a career option

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New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

minorities andwomen to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but finding theseresources is not easy. MIND Links gathers and updates each year links to resources in anorganized manner that is useful for parents, students, professionals, academics andadministrators. Special attention is paid to provide useful resources to every stage of forming theengineer, including • Exploratory and motivational stage: K-12, enrichment activities, competitions • Preparatory: scholarships, fellowships, rankings of undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, internships • Professional careers: publications, salary surveys, organizations • Academic careers: career development, evaluating institutions and offers

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Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, New York City Government

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

, this advantage may be influenced by several factors includingthe quality and quantity of non cooperative education work experiences.The purpose of this research is to investigate the relative impact of cooperative educationinternships on students' full-time employment salary upon graduation under myriadcircumstances of student employment arrangements. While this work is inclusive of all thecomputing (computer science, information systems, technology systems, etc.) students who usedthe Cooperative Education and Career Services office of the university between 1998 and 2006,it will highlight undergraduate students with particular emphasis on computer science majors.During the eight year period of the study data, a total of 285 computing students

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Technology Integration in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida; Maria Herrera, University of South Florida

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Manufacturing

skills in design and manufacturing, problemsolving, teamwork, and communication for successful careers in industry. This will benefit thegrowing medical device industry by bringing qualified engineers with the technical knowledgeand experience in working with medical doctors in the development of innovative medicaldevice products.1. IntroductionResults from several industry surveys and academic studies show that graduating engineers areinadequately prepared for careers in industry 1-3. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers(SME) conducted a survey in the advanced manufacturing sector that identified the competencygaps as project management, specific manufacturing processes, product/process design, problemsolving, communication, and teamwork

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

the world in technological innovation because of itspoor performance in teaching math and science. This eliminates many of the best and brightestschoolchildren from the ranks of future scientists and engineers. Many students who doundertake science and engineering studies in college are unprepared and drop out in frustration,while other potentially capable students never consider these subjects in the first place. In bothcases, precious human and institutional resources are squandered. Enhanced engineeringeducation in our K-12 classrooms can provide students at an earlier age with a more specificunderstanding of what a technical career entails.The College of Engineering at Rowan University is always seeking innovative teaching methodsto

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

the world in technological innovation because of itspoor performance in teaching math and science. This eliminates many of the best and brightestschoolchildren from the ranks of future scientists and engineers. Many students who doundertake science and engineering studies in college are unprepared and drop out in frustration,while other potentially capable students never consider these subjects in the first place. In bothcases, precious human and institutional resources are squandered. Enhanced engineeringeducation in our K-12 classrooms can provide students at an earlier age with a more specificunderstanding of what a technical career entails.The College of Engineering at Rowan University is always seeking innovative teaching methodsto

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WEPAN and WIED Joint Panel: Life after Tenure--Leadership Roles in Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Patricia Davies, Purdue University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; W. M. Kim Roddis, George Washington University

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Women in Engineering

successful once they have.Panelist IntroductionsDr. Priscilla Nelson is currently serving as director of international programs, having steppeddown from her position as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the NewJersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at the end of 2008. Priscilla has degrees in geology andstructural engineering and a PhD in geotechnical engineering. She began her faculty career at theUniversity of Texas at Austin where she advanced through the ranks from assistant to fullprofessor. Priscilla spent 11 years at NSF serving in many roles before assuming her currenttenured faculty position at NJIT.Dr. Cheryl Schrader is currently dean of engineering at Boise State University where she hasbeen since 2003. Cheryl’s

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Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet; Gregory Neff, Purdue University, Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University, Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

modify and operate the equipment. In the pastautomotive industry employed a large number of engineers and technicians. The collapse of theautomotive industry in 2008 had many ramifications worldwide. From an EngineeringTechnology perspective, it limits job opportunities for interns, co-ops, and graduates, but it alsocreates a perception issue. For years, the automotive industry was held in high esteem by manycollege students, and many graduating seniors sent resumes off in hopes of an interview and asteady career. The automotive industry’s use of technology created and reinforced the perceptionof desirable, highly respected careers. The recent economic downturn has changed thatperception, and most technology students are now looking elsewhere

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

and prevention.Simultaneously, business and industry are increasingly seeking graduates withappropriate background and training in this emerging and lucrative field of biomedicalengineering and technology. The United States Labor Department supports this area ofconcentration by forecasting a job growth of 31.4 percent through 2010, double the ratefor all other jobs combined. The aging U. S. population as well as the increase demandfor improved medical devices and systems, are contributing to this increase in demand.Women will be motivated so that the stagnant or even decreasing 20 percent level ofenrollment in engineering and technology fields nationwide may be lifted byunderstanding that the careers in this area are exciting, rewarding

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Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

for a NSF grant awarded in the ATE program area from 2002-2006. He is experienced in industry as well as the teaching profession with a career spanning five years in engineering design, several years part time consulting in industry and 21 total years of teaching first high school, then community college and presently university level courses in the engineering technology subject area. Dr. Irwin has a research focus on evaluation of teaching and learning in the area of computer aided design, analysis, & manufacturing subjects introduced in the STEM related courses in K-16 educational levels.Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Jones, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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First-Year Programs

industries, since those are the predominant employers for graduates in thisgeographic region. The speed information session provided access to professionals who discussalternative engineering career and/or additional professional development skills needed that arenot covered in another topic. Guests included the LSU International Programs/Study Abroadgroup, engineers in medical and law professions, representatives of the Graduate School, MBAprograms and current graduate students, and representatives from the Louisiana ProfessionalEngineering and Land Surveyors (LAPELS) Licensing Board.Introduction to Engineering, ENGR 1050 Introduction to Engineering (ENGR 1050) is an interdisciplinary course gearedspecifically to assist students academically

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Kobus, Hillsborough Community College; Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

, research presentations, and social activities. All of this informationis available on the program’s website at http://www.csee.usf.edu/BPC/. In summary, CSTEPpursues the following objectives:≠ Increase the enrollment of minority students in Computer Science programs. CSTEP generates interest in Computer Science through the use of informational materials, personalized identification, advising, and tracking activities. Marketing for CSTEP includes information on why Computer Science is an attractive and viable career. CSTEP especially targets Hispanic students as they constitute a high percentage of the student population at HCC.≠ Retain students in Computer Science programs. CSTEP offers summer program scholarships

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston; Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Consuelo Waight, University of Houston

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Instrumentation

form.12) I can create a research poster.13) I can articulate research findings through oral presentations.14) I can demonstrate the role that research plays in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics careers.15) I can demonstrate awareness of career options within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields.16) I know all the preparatory steps necessary for applying a graduate school.17) I plan to attend graduate school: yes or no question Figure 3 Pre- and Post- program survey questionsFigure 4 shows the distribution of participants’ response to the first sixteen questions in thesurvey (denoted as Qx in the figure). For each question, the first bar shows the number ofstudents choosing answer

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Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

get students involved with engineering as early as possible intheir college careers. This involvement will make them a part of not only the institution butthe profession of engineering. Hopefully faculty and staff will provide them with adequateinformation to understand the reasons for taking the calculus and physics and the chemistryand deformable solids. With that there begins the need to provide these same students withan element of their learning that may not seem to exist but is simply atrophied, the vital Page 14.1372.2realization that in order to pursue the profession of engineering they must communicate.This reality definitely does come as

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Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Cynthia Helman, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

related to the failure of New Orleans levees in hurricane Katrina. As Associate Dean, he oversees curriculum, advising, career planning, study abroad, early engineering and other related initiatives.Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University NEERAJ BUCH is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University. He is also the Director of Cornerstone Engineering and Residential Experience program at Michigan State University. He earned his M.S. degree in pavement engineering in 1988 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his Ph.D. in pavement and materials engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1995. Dr. Buch began his

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Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Environmental Engineering

14.873.11engineering that otherwise would have gone into other majors and/or career fields.Professional PerformanceThere is virtually no quantitative assessment of the benefits of PBSL experiences to professionaltrajectory. The results of the SLICE program indicated in paired t-tests of pre- and post-surveysof 114 students in 2005-2006 that there was a significant increase in students reporting theimportance of a career that involves helping people (personal communication). Unsolicited,informal student feedback from participants in EWB at the University of Colorado at Boulderalso indicate that some students have changed their planned career path, finding themselvesdissatisfied with traditional engineering consulting jobs.There are some indications that

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Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College, Columbia University; Peiyi Lin, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jason Sayres, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

were exposed to engineering research, role models, and careers throughsummer institutes, engineering career awareness days, and presentations by faculty andpracticing engineers featuring women and minorities.Previous papers have reported on the professional development model for teachers; the model’sefficacy19; and on classroom implementation models and effects.20 Overall, 90 percent of theteachers gave the project a grade of A or B in terms of student learning and 87 percent gave it anA or B in terms of student engagement. Both middle and high school teachers reported that theywere able to use the curriculum to teach concepts covered in the standard curriculum and on thestate tests, and both middle and high schools teachers listed such other

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Scott VanderStoep, Hope College

advocating that all Americans need to betterunderstand all types of technology not just computers and information technology [1]. While notyet common, some engineering departments offer service courses for non-engineers [2]. Manyof these technological literacy courses have become successful when measured by sustainedstudent interest and long-term sustainability [2,3]. In attempting to enliven introduction toengineering courses, these successful technological literacy courses represent a potential sourcefor themes or topics.In addition to capturing the interest of first year students, efforts to attract students to anengineering career must acknowledge that two-year institutions or community colleges representthe fastest growing segment of higher

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University; Forrest Stamper, Hoopa Valley High School; Laura Atkins, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Raymond, Humboldt State University; Katie Mills, Humboldt State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1116: IMPROVING EARLY INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE INENGINEERING: CREATING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES, K-12TEACHERS, THEIR STUDENTS, AND ENGINEERSElizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Beth Eschenbach is a Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. Beth left civil engineering as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and graduated with honors in mathematics and in psychology. She obtained her MS and PhD at Cornell in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the

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Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Women in Engineering

, buta discouraging academic climate and women not feeling part of a larger engineering community.Researchers have concluded that women need to be provided supports such as mentors, rolemodels, networks, career counseling, and social opportunities in order to attract and retain themto technical fields (Amenkhienan & Kogan, 2004; Cohoon, 2006; National Academy of Science,2007; National Research Council, 2006; Seymour & Hewitt, 1997; Wentling & Thomas, 2007)Many studies that have concentrated on the recruitment and retention of women in engineeringhave studied the factors that affect the educational journey of students at the pre-college

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

this nationalresource. As the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) has pointedout: graduate education in engineering has evolved primarily in the United States as a byproductof a national science policy for research.2 The United States does not have a definite coherentpolicy for the graduate development of the vast majority of its domestic graduate engineeringand technologist workforce whose professional careers are centered on the creation, developmentand leadership of new and improved technology for business and industry.3A Call-for-Action to Secure U.S. Innovative Capacity and CapabilityBy the year 2010, estimates indicate that 37% of America’s domestic engineering leadershipbase will have retired, causing a “brain