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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Monica Elser, Arizona State University; Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Jay Golden, Ph.D., is a faculty member in ASU’s School of Sustainability and codirector of the; James Middleton, Arizona State University; Sharon Robinson Kurpius

codirector of the National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy. He works with the Global Institute of Sustainability education team to bring current engineering research on sustainability in the urban environment to this effort.James Middleton, Arizona State University James Middleton, Ph.D., is Professor of Mathematics Education and Director, Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. He is an expert in middle school mathematics curriculum development and research in student cognition.Sharon Robinson Kurpius, Sharon Kurpius Robinson, Ph.D., is an expert in counseling youth and adults in educational and career

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Anne E. Mohan; Enrique Sola; James Patrick Abulencia

project is the most comparative experienceto that of the industrial workplace. During this project, students are given the opportunity,usually as a team, to utilize all of their previous coursework to accomplish a common technicalgoal. However, this project only covers one year. Industrial partnering can be used to prepareengineering students throughout their scholastic career for an ever-growing industrial setting. Apartnership between a college or university and a company can give students exposure to avariety of industries, allowing them to make well-informed decisions when actively seekingemployment. Such a relationship also has the potential to blossom into a recruiting process forthe college involved. There are an infinite number of ways to

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Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Soko Starobin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

for practice and policy to facilitate femaleparticipation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Page 15.436.2Introduction and BackgroundThe nation’s public two-year colleges play a critical role in providing access to education beyondhigh school. Referred to as community colleges, these institutions are comprehensive in natureand offer diverse curriculum including developmental education, liberal arts, career and technicaleducation, and lifelong learning (Cohen & Brawer, 2008)5. The transfer function, in particular,provides students with the opportunity to pursue the first two-year of their general

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IE and Manufacturing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rashpal Ahluwalia, West Virginia University; Atul Phadke, West Virginia University; Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University

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Industrial Engineering

National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0525484. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.learning and designs with more than one possible correct outcome depending on designconstraints; and because students could compete against their peers using the same designconsiderations.In 2009, the West Virginia University Engineers of Tomorrow research team reviewed regionalliterature on STEM career opportunities for Appalachian students, and noted, "It has long beensaid that high tech industries with higher paying jobs would improve the lives of residents of theAppalachian region. Careers in the sciences

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Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach; William Sullivan, DeVry University

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Mathematics

to the academic and career goals of thestudent. This began the active learning process. An example of “The Frame” is illustrated in Figure 1. The student has an interest in howdiseases spread. The student’s career goal was to go into a biomedical field. The studentresearched the process and found a set of differential equations that model the spread of diseasefor a particular and general case.5,6Figure 1. “The Frame” utilized in the context of the spreading of disease. Susceptible βI Infected g Recoveredβ = transmission rate, B = birth rate, d = death rate, R0 = reproductive rate (rate that infectedpersons cause new infected persons), g = recovery rate, S, I and R are the populations of thethree

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Retention Strategies in Action Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

policies for the acceptance of transfer students and forthe validation of courses taken for credit elsewhere.”5This situation invites two-year colleges (TYC’s) to take proactive actions to support their four-year partners in their quest to meet ABET accreditation criteria. A listing of these criteria alongwith some possible ways TYC’s can adjust their programs to meet the criteria may be helpful inhelping four-year institutions obtain accreditation while also strengthening their partnershipswith local community college programs.ABET Accreditation CriteriaCriterion 1. StudentsCommunity college program are also obligated to evaluate student performance, provideadvising for students regarding curricular and career matters, and monitor student’s

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Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih Hsien Huang, MingChi University of Technology

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Mathematics

about mathematical work than other students.12The lowest mean of 2.88 shows that engineering students felt that calculus was not a usefultool they would use regularly during their engineering courses and careers. Attitudes towardmathematics indicated students’ perceptions of the usefulness of mathematics.13 Theimportance or relevance a student attaches to his/her study of mathematics is related to his/her perception of its usefulness. The usefulness of calculus for educational and career goals isone factor affecting participation in mathematics. A better understanding of the importance ofcalculus in a wide range of careers and in engineering education is important for students asthey make decisions about how much mathematics to take in

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Ricco, Purdue University; Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Russell Long, Purdue University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 15.346.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Describing the Migration of Students within EngineeringAbstractThe number of students leaving their initial engineering discipline for other engineeringdisciplines and other fields of study is significant. This paper displays and describes thedevelopment of a model of the pathways taken by these students through their undergraduateacademic careers. Specifically this paper looks at the migration of engineering students withinvarious disciplines of engineering. This study uses the records of over 135,000 engineeringstudent records from the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating EngineeringLongitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). This research shows that

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Electrical and Computer

ofbeing directly applicable to potential career choices they would be making after graduating in thenear future, whether that decision regarded graduate school or full-time employment. Many ofthe students reported that they were pleased that the course involved Linux since theirknowledge/experience of Linux was questioned on some of their recent job interviews.Since the class was composed of 15 students, it was easy to create 5 teams of 3 students each.Each team was assigned a common set of tasks required to create a wireless Linux cluster. Thecluster was to be composed of 4 nodes and a server.Initially, the students were given an overview of the concepts of software and systemsengineering, problem solving, and how project management related to

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

during high school and outreach activities about career opportunitiesthat occur as early as elementary school. While research outcomes are not entirelyconsistent on this point, evidence is that the gender and racial gap in persistence onceenrolled in an engineering major has narrowed to near parity. In a recent analysis, forexample, Lord et al.1 determined that contrary to prevailing perceptions, women and menpersist in engineering majors at approximately the same rate across all ethnic groups.Less encouraging is evidence that a gender gap persists after completion of anundergraduate major in engineering, when women were significantly less likely than mento express interest in pursuing jobs in engineering2,3,4.Conceptual FrameworkThe literature

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New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

of these individuals stillconsidered themselves engineers, even with a different career focus; it was part of their identity.Most of the respondents who did not consider themselves engineers still greatly valued theirengineering training. These individuals described how the systematic and analytical thinking ofengineering applied to solving problems in their current work contexts. They also foundpractical value in their technical competence.Introduction Research indicates a continuing need to better align engineering education withengineering practice1,2. However, many engineering program graduates do not end up in“traditional” engineering positions, or if they do initially, they often move into engineeringmanagement or other careers3

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Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Baumgartner, LeTourneau University; Timothy Hewitt, LeTourneau University; Edgar Licea, LeTourneau University; Nolan Willis, LeTourneau University; Matthew Green, LeTourneau University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-828: SYSTEMS DESIGN OF A HYDRO-KINETIC TECHNOLOGY FORRURAL AREAS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIESJoshua Baumgartner, LeTourneau University Joshua Baumgartner is a senior mechanical engineering student at LeTourneau University. A National Merit Finalist and member of LeTourneau’s Honors Program, he advanced to the 2008 ASME Student Design Contest International Finals with his sophomore design team. Joshua plans to return to his hometown of San Antonio to work in building design and become a professional engineer. His other career interests include teaching engineering and designing for people with disabilities.Timothy Hewitt, LeTourneau University Tim Hewitt is currently studying for his

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-561: HIGH SCHOOL ENTERPRISE: INTRODUCING ENGINEERINGDESIGN IN A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM ENVIRONMENTDouglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University Douglas Oppliger is a professional engineer and a lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Michigan Technological University. He is the director of the High School Enterprise program which has a mission to increase the numbers of students pursuing post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM fields. This work is the latest in Mr. Oppliger’s long history of working in K-12 math and science. For the past 10 years he has developed and taught first-year engineering courses at the University and actively worked with high school students

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Computer Education Innovations II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

CenturyFor the U.S., broad-based discussions in the 1990s about engineering graduates’ capabilities andchanging realities in the workplace lead to major restructurings of accreditation criteria.5-7.Recently published engineering career profiles call for enhancements in technical proficiencies,contextual awareness (teamwork and globalism), and personal attributes. For example, theprofile for quality performance from a practicing engineer developed by Davis, Beyerlein, andDavis illustrates the broadening of engineering education to include a range of interpersonal andprofessional skills or behaviors.8We frame our discussion of PRISM by focusing on a less well-publicized change in demands forpractitioners – the impact of advanced, computer-based

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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LeRoy Alaways

Factors that Inhibit or Enable Success of Capstone Design Teams LeRoy Alaways Department of Mechanical Engineering Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19087Engineering capstone is considered the final and crowning design course in the engineeringcurriculum. A typical design team is made up with three to five students and is multidisciplinaryin nature. These teams are assembled either by project choice where a member is assigned to aproject, or by group choice where a project is chosen by an existing self-forming group. A self-forming group is characteristically a group of friends that clumped together during theireducational career. No

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Aerospace

) inengineering,6 and exposure in the junior and senior years influences the career choices ofstudents away from non-engineering paths, back to careers in engineering.7 In the present effort, we’re building upon the CDIO approach to engineering education, anddeveloping educational approaches ane tools to the education of the aerospace engineers.Specifically, we’re developing modularized curricular materials around aeronautics PjBL. Ourultimate target audience is the students in undergraduate aerospace and related programsthroughout the country. The more immediate audience is the instructors and planner inaeronautics programs in and closely related fields.Pedagogic Foundation

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Arthur D. Kney P.E.; Nancy Ball; Traci Shoemaker; Danuta Bukatko; Angela Moran; Joe Colosi

teachers, K-7students and environmental professionals via 21st century technology. Our principal objective isto demonstrate that this technology-driven collaboration will enhance science learning as well asinterest in STEM careers among K-7 students.Keyword: STEM, K-12, inquiry-based, learning communities, student travel Partnerships across Academic and Geographic Boundaries: A Technology-Driven Transformation of 3rd – 7th Grade STEM Learning CommunitiesIntroduction“Partnerships” is a developing model that takes advantage of an innovative, technology-drivenenvironmental science and engineering shared program between K-7, specifically 3rd - 7th gradestudents, and college students from across disciplines and class standing. [Note

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2010 ERC

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Steven McKnight

 on the decision Research on the decision ‐‐ making aspects of  engineering, including design, control, and  optimization •  Supporting programs  –  Control Systems  –  Dynamical Systems  –  Engineering Design and  Innovation  –  Operations Research  –  Sensors and Sensing Systems  –  Service Enterprise Systems  Discovery, learning, research infrastructure, and stewardship 7 The CMMI Research Community : The CMMI Research Community Awards Made Awards Made  CMMI Broadening Participation Activities •  CAREER Proposal Writing Workshops  –  Sponsored & participated in by CMMI PDs •  BRIGE program  –  Increased BRIGE awards from 8 in 2008 to 14 awards in 2009 •  Graduate Research

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2010 ERC

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Robert J Trew

  5 Funding Rates – CAREER Awards  ECCS, ENG, NSF  200  30%  ECCS  180  Proposals  160  25%  ECCS  Awards  140  20%  ECCS

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2010 Public Policy Colloquium

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Thomas W Peterson

 Grow the existing portfolio and strengthen the translational phase Extend the reach of industry-driven research initiatives Educate to innovate Better understand the social dimensions of innovation (SciSIP)Directorate for Engineering 14 ENG ARRA AWARDS Directorate for Engineering 15 ENG Use of ARRA Funding  Young Investigators › 80 additional CAREER awards › 15 additional BRIGE awards › 16 additional GRF in addition to the 80 Women in Engineering (WENG) GRF Fellows funded annually by ENG › 1 additional IGERT in the area of energy  Education and Workforce

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2010 ERC

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Steven McKnight

 on the decision Research on the decision ‐‐ making aspects of  engineering, including design, control, and  optimization •  Supporting programs  –  Control Systems  –  Dynamical Systems  –  Engineering Design and  Innovation  –  Operations Research  –  Sensors and Sensing Systems  –  Service Enterprise Systems  Discovery, learning, research infrastructure, and stewardship 7 The CMMI Research Community : The CMMI Research Community Awards Made Awards Made  CMMI Broadening Participation Activities •  CAREER Proposal Writing Workshops  –  Sponsored & participated in by CMMI PDs •  BRIGE program  –  Increased BRIGE awards from 8 in 2008 to 14 awards in 2009 •  Graduate Research

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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International

Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career

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Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Okhtay Azarmanesh, Pennsylvania State University

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Electrical and Computer

. Indeed, the defining aspect of SDR is its extremely multidisciplinary nature,requiring a tremendous breadth of knowledge and background in a wide variety of subjects.Successful SDR development is contingent on the successful integration and synthesis ofmaterial taught across the entire electrical engineering (EE) and computer science andengineering (CSE) undergraduate curricula. The Challenge allows the students to develop theskills and mindsets they will require in their careers, regardless of whether or not they work inthe SDR domain.Smart Radio Challenge Affecting the Learning of SDR DesignAs stated above, the SDR design domain employs many different aspects of telecommunicationsand design tools, covering antennas and EM environment

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

arrive at them. The views of fourprofessors will be compared, two of which are new faculty. The other two have decades ofexperience, one being the Chief Academic Officer, the other a senior faculty member who wasalso a multi-year chair of the review committee.A process that appears straightforward to one group can seem daunting to another. For a newfaculty member to navigate the process requires that all involved understand their viewpoint.Similarly, they need to understand the needs of the university and of their own peers. This paperexamines these traits and discusses ways to make the process a better one for the new facultymember.The TaskNew faculty members are faced with many early-career challenges including how to effectivelyteach

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Multidisciplinary Capstone

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, U of Texas at Brownsville; Katherine De La Vega, University of Texas at Brownsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

achievement by a female student in a male-dominated field gives agreat boost of confidence to upcoming female students in the CS field. Figure 2. Picture from the 11th Annual UTB/TSC Research SymposiumIndustry-based Mentoring ProgramMany studies show that mentoring can have a great impact on the career of students [9-12].Defined as a process whereby a more experienced person (mentor) provides guidance, support,knowledge, and opportunities to a less experienced person for the purpose of careeradvancement, mentoring is a great way to provide support and encouragement for students earlyin their academic career. The literature is full of studies about the benefits of mentoring whichinclude:• Mentors can fulfill both career and psychosocial

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brittany Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stacey Mumbower, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Education, 2010 Engaging Transportation Engineering Activities for Middle School and High School StudentsAbstractIn summer 2009, the Georgia Institute of Technology hosted the Technology, Engineering andComputing (TEC) Camp for rising seventh and eighth grade girls. The purpose of the camp is toexpose middle school students to a wide range of engineering disciplines early in theireducations in order to inspire campers to consider college majors and careers in these importantfields. Three distinct activities were created to introduce the young women to the field ofTransportation Engineering.The purpose of the first activity was to help students recognize tradeoffs that individuals makewhen determining

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Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1755: TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MINORITYSTUDENTS IN STEMEhsan Sheybani, Virginia State UniversityGiti Javidi, VSU Page 15.1275.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Training and Performance Assessment of Minority Students in STEMAbstractThe proposed study is designed to implement and test the efficacy of an intervention developed as part of an NSF-funded project by the team of investigators at Longwood University and Virginia State University. This interventiondevelops the underlying thinking skills in students necessary for success in STEM courses and careers. Rather thanrelying only on classroom content and high-level thinking

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-817: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE CAPSTONEPROJECT TEAMS AND THE SELECTION PROCESSStephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette received his BS, MS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Technology Management Program in the College of Engineering. His career has included executive R&D management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical devices with over fifteen US patents issued in a variety of surgical fields including General Surgery, Plastic Surgery

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Rodhouse, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Benjamin Cooper, Savant LLC; Steve Watkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

educating a modern workforce and hasparticular relevance for those pursuing STEM careers. Programming promotes the developmentof logical thinking and problem solving, both of which are skills necessary for success is manytechnical fields. The National Science Foundation projected that there would be a shortfall ofnatural science and engineering bachelor degrees in the year 2006.1 The United States needs toremain technologically advanced in order to compete in world markets.2 In April of 2004, theU.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics reported that fewer thanhalf of seniors in high school were taking a science course, which emphasizes the fact that thereis a decline of interests in scientific fields within the United

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Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the relationship between the arts and engineering," said Sue Kemnitzer, the deputydivision director for education in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of EngineeringEducation and Centers. "We also expect that more students with these broader interests will beattracted to engineering careers." 4 This new approach to engineering appears to be viable becausethe student of the 21st century is much closer to the earlier Renaissance men who would never haveseparated engineering and the arts. It was important for these men to be rounded in their educations.As Snider puts it, “"At first, many of the students' attitudes are coarse and unsophisticated: 'All