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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs & Professional Development for K-12 Teachers
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University; David Luke Loomis, West Virginia University; Kelly Leigh Watts, RESA 3; Sera Mathew, West Virginia University; Michael Theodore Carte, George Washington High School
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
coach. Mr. Carte moved to Riverside High School (Belle, WV) in August 2005 and undertook the challenge of starting an Advanced Placement chemistry program. Following the implementation of an AP program and a seven-year stint at Riverside, Mr. Carte took a chemistry position in August 2012 at George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #16151Mr. Carte has received several professional honors and service opportunities during his career. He wasnamed to Who’s Who Among American Teachers in 2001 and 2005. Moreover, during the 2003-2004school
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Out-of-school-time Engineering: Implications for Underrepresented Students
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aaron Kyle, Columbia University; Rachel Lauré Sattler, Columbia University, Biomedical Engineering Department; Hanzhi T. Zhao, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Christine Kovich, HYPOTHEkids
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
Nevada, Rachel graduated salutatorian of her high school class and then pursued a decade long career as a professional dancer. Post performing career, she returned to higher education, graduating summa cum laude from Fordham University in 2014, with a B.S. in Engineering Physics. She has since completed her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where she is currently a PhD candidate under the guidance of Professor X. Edward Guo in the Bone Bioengineering Laboratory. She is passionate about both her research and teaching, pursing opportunites to mentor and guide the next generation of engineers with gusto.Hanzhi T. Zhao, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical EngineeringMs. Christine Kovich
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 1)
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
encouraging them to follow theirlove of science and math later in life while choosing a career. Students also participated in a weeklong project where they were asked to give a PowerPointpresentation on what they learned during the camp. The competition served to boost teamworkskills and bring the concepts and lessons students learned together in a cohesive way. Moreover, parents were invited to attend a picnic and the girls’ presentations on the last dayof the camp. A range of information related to STEM majors (such as job opportunities andavailability of scholarships) was provided to the parents and the parents are expected to play amore constructive role when their daughters choose college majors. Agenda of the Summer STEM Camp is shown in
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International Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Pablo Moreno Romani, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología UTEC; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Diversity
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International
real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed this area at Purdue and at Western Carolina University. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Sanger had a successful 30 year career working in and with industry managing and participating in broad range technology development and commercialization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Benchmarking and Analyzing Learning Motivations for Engineering Students from Peru, United States and RussiaBackgroundGlobalization and knowledge based economy of this contemporary world fosters interest in themobility component of professional education. Labor and
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 1)
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael T. Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Angela Meyer, Rawlinson MS
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
opportunities to the students from underservedcommunities in San Antonio. Finally we selected a total of 27 students from NorthsideIndependent School District (NISD), San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD), andNortheast Independent School District (NEISD).We named the camp ‘miniGEMS 2015: Roaches and Robots!’. Each day of the camp wasdesigned to emphasize a particular theme in robotics: ground, air, and underwater robots. Ourintention was to help the students to be accustomed to robots, computer programming, and mostimportantly, to introduce the field of engineering to the miniGEMS students. One of the mainlearning objectives was that the students would understand the field and career of Engineering bylearning the importance of studying STEM
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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Jerry Dwyer, George Washington University; Sonya E. Sherrod, Texas Tech University
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Diversity
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Mathematics
engineering design challenge and pattern-based mathematicsgames. The value of exploratory game playing in the development of mathematicalreasoning was clearly observed as well as its role in engaging students fromunderrepresented groups. It is recommended that future programs of this nature alsoinclude a measurement of gains in student critical thinking that result from such gameplaying.IntroductionThe need to recruit more students to pursue degrees and careers in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is well established. Within the next decade,STEM-based jobs are expected to grow at a rate of 17%, and it is expected that about onemillion additional STEM graduates will be needed to fill these jobs. Furthermore, abouttwelve million
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Out-of-school-time Engineering: Implications for Underrepresented Students
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Kerrie Pieloch, Suffolk University; Emily Shamieh, Latino-STEM Alliance
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
for an NSF grant which provides schol- arships and career counseling to engineering students at Suffolk University. Her role in the project is to assess career development trajectories for the scholarship students, create program evaluations, collect assessment data and disseminate information to the STEM community.Emily Shamieh, Latino-STEM Alliance Emily Shamieh, Latino-STEM Alliance Emily Shamieh is a leader of the Latino-STEM Alliance. She has spent over 30 years as a bilingual educator, including 19 years as an Elementary School principal, plus another 7 years as a Budget Director & Assistant Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. During her career, Ms. Shamieh has been active
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NSF Grantees Poster Session II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James Huff, Harding University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kavitha Durga Ramane; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Paper ID #16160Social and Technical Dimensions of Engineering IdentityDr. James Huff, Harding University James Huff is an assistant professor of engineering at Harding University, where he primarily teaches multidisciplinary engineering design and electrical engineering. His research interests are aligned with how engineering students develop in their career identity while also developing as whole persons. James received his Ph.D. in engineering education and his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, both from Purdue University. He received his bachelor’s in computer engineering at Harding University.Prof. Brent K
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Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brian J Wisner, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
. A final survey and individualizedassessments were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and progress of theindividual students, respectively. Students demonstrated familiarity with basic research methodsand universally reported increased interest in STEM education and careers, with several continuingto work in their labs beyond the program’s formal duration.Keywords — Research-based Learning, Community Colleges, Minority ParticipationIntroductionDespite efforts, underrepresented minority (URM) and female students are disproportionatelyrepresented in STEM disciplines based on their fraction in United States demographics. Femalesand URMs face unique challenges in STEM compared with their white male peers, which need tobe
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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Keenya G. Mosley, Savannah State University; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University
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Diversity
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Instrumentation
education through: awareness among students of the importance of STEM careers withspecial emphasis on teaching careers, improving curriculum which will include STEMpedagogies and learning materials, and establishing more rigorous STEM standards viaexpanding requirements for STEM courses, more testing and assessment.5, 6 The backbone toincrease the STEM graduates is to increase the high quality STEM teachers.In 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded XXX University the Robert NoyceScholarship program grant to foster teaching career paths for middle and high school teachers tomeet the demand of STEM teachers in the Savannah Chatham County Public School System(SCCPSS). The grant offers various initiatives to attract mathematics and
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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Strategies Beyond the Classroom to Tackle Gender Issues
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eddie L Jacobs, University of Memphis; Amy L de Jongh Curry, University of Memphis; Russell J. Deaton, University of Memphis; Carmen Astorne-Figari, University of Memphis; Douglas Clark Strohmer, University of Memphis
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Diversity
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Women in Engineering
Paper ID #15386Empathy and Gender Inequity in Engineering DisciplinesDr. Eddie L Jacobs, University of Memphis Eddie L. Jacobs holds a B.S.E.E. (1986) and M.S.E.E. (1988) degree from the University of Arkansas, and a D.Sc. degree in Electro-physics from the George Washington University (2001). Dr. Jacobs is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Tennessee. Dr. Jacobs began teaching in 2006 after a 17 year career as a US Department of Defense researcher. He currently serves as the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Memphis. He is actively
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Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University
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Educational Research and Methods
American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 IMPORTANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: EFFICACY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONSAbstractUndergraduate research has emerged as a high-impact approach that can be used to enhancestudent engagement and to enrich student learning experiences.1 It is observed in the literaturethat undergraduate research can have an impact on student retention, and possibly attract womenand ethnic minorities to science-related disciplines while playing an important role in thedetermination of career paths for participating students.2, 3, 4 While there are multiple studies onthe impact of undergraduate research in social sciences and sciences, there is limited literature inthe engineering
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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4B: Assessing Student Motivation and Student Success
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Jessica Ha, Florida Institute of Technology
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First-Year Programs
semester, four topics/assignments were interwoven into both courses in avariety of ways: time management, career planning, personal ethics, and a design project thatincorporated teamwork and communication skills. First, time management was introduced in thesecond week of EGN 1000. Students sat through lectures and completed a homeworkassignment wherein they were to schedule what they expected to be a typical week. The studentswere given general guidelines focusing on how to succeed in an engineering program (how manyhours to budget for studying, relaxing, etc.), and the students had to comment on how sustainabletheir proposed schedule would be. The homework assignment was graded but never returned.Four weeks later, the EGN 1000 homework assignment
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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edward W. Davis, Auburn University; Joni M. Lakin, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University
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First-Year Programs
Institute of Chemical Engineers Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum’s Young Investigator Award (2012), the Presidential Early Career Award for Sci- entists and Engineers (2010), and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2009). Her Auburn University awards include the Excellence in Faculty Outreach (2015), an Auburn University Alumni Pro- fessorship (2014), the Auburn Engineering Alumni Council Awards for Senior (2013) and Junior (2009) Faculty Research, the Faculty Women of Distinction Award (2012), and the Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship Award (2011). Dr. Davis is the past chair of Auburn’s Women in Science and Engineering Steering Committee (WISE) and the faculty liaison to the College of Engineering’s
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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation
Collection
2016 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Uriel Ruben Cukierman, IFEES; Lueny Morell, InnovaHiEd; Rene Alejandro Noel, Universidad de Valparaíso; Roberto Munoz, Universidad de Valparaíso; Eduardo Vendrell Vidal, Polytechnic University of Valencia; Carlos Becerra, Escuela de Ingeniería Civil Informática, Universidad de Valparaíso; Carmen Gloria Prado Mg, Universidad de Valparaiso
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International Forum
de Valpara´ıso Carlos Becerra Castro is full professor of informatics engineering at University of Valparaiso and Director of Civil Engineering Computer Career. His background is Engineer, Master and PhD in informatics where his main research interests are software architecture, experimental software engineering and automatic categorization of digital artifacts based on stochastic models.Prof. Carmen Gloria Prado Mg, Universidad de Valparaiso Magister en gesti´on de pol´ıticas de educaci´on y cultura Psicopedagoga Licenciada en educaci´on Coordi- nadora de Docencia facultad de Ingenier´ıa Universidad de Valpara´ıso c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jamie J Newman, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University
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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council
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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering
across campus where stem cells are being used for research into areas of tissue engineering. Dr. Newman is the founder of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series and continues to lead the organization of the series each year.Dr. Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and Nanosystems En- gineering, director of Women Influencing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) out- reach organization, and the co-organizer of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series at Louisiana Tech University. She was also selected to be a 2014 NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Early-Career Engineering
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Subjects in Renewable Energy and Sustainability in ET
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ahmed H. Elsawy, Tennessee Technological University; Fred Vondra, Tennessee Technological University; Ahmed K Kamal, Tennessee Technological University
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Diversity
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Engineering Technology
science lab as in theboard room, court room, and other professional settings1. All have been developed in concertwith local manufacturing employers and members of PSM-MS advisory board and aredesigned to dovetail into present and future professional career development.Manufacturing Sustainability OverviewThere is a strong consensus among national and global leaders that manufacturingsustainability will be an “increasingly important topic” in global competitiveness. There aremany commonly shared definitions of sustainable manufacturing. The United Nationsdefinition is: “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs2”. The Department of Commerce (DOC) definedmanufacturing
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INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rachel LeBlanc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Corporate Member Council, Diversity
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College Industry Partnerships
including business development, marketing, product development, and operations. Throughout her career, Rachel and her team have provided education solutions for several industries including defense, life science, high-tech, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Rachel currently serves on the Board of Directors of INCOSE as the Director of Marketing and Commu- nications. In addition, she is on the Board of Directors for AUVSI New England. Rachel has a B.S. and M.S. in the life sciences, as well as an M.B.A. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Rethinking the Corporate Partnership – A focus on corporate needs vs. traditional institutional
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 1)
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cariana Cornel, Brigham Young University; Caralea M. Cornel, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
for years 9 through 12 that was primarilyplanned and hosted by female undergraduate students. With 38 attendees, student mentors andfaculty prepared a series of workshops, seminars and activities designed to educate and inspiregirls to consider potential career paths in cybersecurity. Due to the success of this project, weare planning a bigger and more significant event for the summer of 2016 along with asupplemental series of workshops for STEM teachers at middle and high-schools.In this paper we discuss the methods and implementation of our 2015 summer camp. We look atthe perceived strengths and weaknesses of our approach to identify successful aspects andrecommend improvements for the coming year. By including data from entry and exit
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Two-Year to Four-Year Transfer Programs: Best Practices
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); James E Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Daniel P Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)
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Two Year College Division
experience in the latest tools and technologies, and (v) to provideincreased career opportunities and job placement rates through mandatory co-op experiences.The TiPi program awarded 25 scholarships in each of the last three academic years for a total of75 new transfer students in our engineering and engineering technology programs.At the beginning of the Fall semester of 2015, the status of these 75 scholars was as follows: 19had graduated, 33 were carrying full-time academic load, 19 were in paid co-op positions, and 4had left the program. So, our retention rate has been approximately 95%.This paper describes the characteristics of the 75 scholars, compares their academic performancerelative to their peers, and their placement in paid cooperative
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NSF Grantees Poster Session I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lynn Olson P.E., Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Paper ID #16411Support Model for Transfer Students Utilizing the STEM Scholarship Pro-gramMs. Lynn Olson P.E., Boise State University Lynn Olson, P.E, is the Recruitment Coordinator in the College of Engineering at Boise State. She re- ceived a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Gonzaga University in 1995. She began her engineering consulting career with T-O Engineers (formerly Toothman-Orton Engineering) in Boise in 1997. In fall of 2011 she joined the staff of the College of Engineering at Boise State as an Advisor and Recruitment Coordinator. Since that time she has worked as an adjunct faculty teaching
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shawna Fletcher, Texas A&M University; Susan Haag
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
utilize standard assessment and evaluation practices that align with college andcareer readiness outcomes. Since 2007, researchers in Arizona have been evaluating andassessing FIRST® robotics programs across the state. The purpose of evaluation was to indicatethe 1) overall success and program impact on students, teachers and mentors; 2) the impact ofhands-on learning to interest students in STEM subjects; 3) the impact of developing workplaceskills that can be transferred to the classroom; and 4) impact on career choice. In addition tocompiling data to understand increasing students' technical skills, research methods embeddedABET student outcomes in the assessment of AZ FIRST® programs. This paper will present anoverview of FIRST programs and
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NSF Grantees Poster Session I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Clara Novoa, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
increasingstudent retention as a part of an NSF IUSE grant, Texas State STEM Rising Stars. One of thesestrategies is to introduce a new first-year course, “Introduction to Engineering & EngineeringTechnology,” that was designed to support student retention through exploration of relevantacademic and career issues, early contact with faculty as mentors, and development of a learningcommunity with peers in the major. A special challenge for developing this new Introduction toEngineering course is that the state legislature implemented a law2 that limits the number ofhours that can be required for a college degree. As a result, a new course cannot simply beadded to the existing curriculum of the university’s engineering and engineering technologydegrees
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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach
Collection
2016 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov
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Diversity, International Forum
(1999) in Kazan State Technological University. Julia joined the team of Kazan State Technological University as an instructor at the Department of For- eign Languages and the School of Foreign Languages ”Lingua” in 1999 and was rapidly promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages in 2003. Her teaching career was perfectly balanced by the experience of a translator and an interpreter. She is a well-known person at Kazan international conferences and other events for her high quality consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, such as interpreting for the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The new milestone in Julia’s career was the position of the Chair of
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Engineering Physics Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello ; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello
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Diversity
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Engineering Physics & Physics
’ perception of the relevance of physics and math,and found that students in general do not appreciate the importance of mathematics and physicsin engineering, neither as a professional career nor as a basis for other courses in their degree.We also found that first-semester students have a better perception of physics and mathematicsthan third-semester students and that the perception of the importance of mathematics is higherthan that of physics. These and other findings have helped us to recommend some actions to theDepartment of Mathematics and Physics of that university. After this experience, we conducted asimilar study with engineering students in a Mexican university. This study’s populationconsisted of 1073 students taking first and third
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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center; David W. Pittman PE, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
(1985-1998; Vicks- burg, MS). He has authored/co-authored over a hundred technical papers and reports during his career in private industry, government and academia. His current research interests are nearshore wave trans- formations, coastal structures, tsunami inundation, hurricane surges, high performance computing, and engineering education.Prof. Ismael Pag´an-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Ismael Pag´an-Trinidad, Professor (1982-date) and Chair (1994-date), Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez (UPRM); Principal Investigator/Program Man- ager of the Educational and Research Internship Program (ERIP) under the UPRM-ERDC (US Army Corp of
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Electromagnetics & Power Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donald M. Peter P.E., Seattle Pacific University
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Electrical and Computer
level of expertise not perceived asbeing as strong.In a 2007 PES experts panel discussion, it was noted that • in the sequent 10 years power engineer needs would increase • the number of power students was on the rise • there was an aging workforce in industry and academia, and industry research funding for university power programs had fallen significantly over the previous decade and increased government funding was matching this decrease • focus on the capacity of power engineering programs to educate students for future needs was needed • there was a need to attract students to the power career option and the vital role played by faculty5Out of this same concern, the power industry itself has
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Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Danielle L. Watt, Center for Chemistry at the Space Time Limit (CaSTL Center); Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeremy Alexis Magruder, University of Florida; Chanel Renee Easley, Techbridge; Yael-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, University of Tampa; Makita R. Phillips; Arielle M. Benjamin
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
provides insight to the up and coming technology. Ms. Monereau, presently is an active member of the Associated General Contractors (AGC), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Through her tenure within these organizations she has served on the Board of Directors for NSBE, and multiple leadership roles throughout her undergraduate career with AGC and ASME. For more insight into her research, review her paper: Reality in the Nuclear Industry: Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual (https://peer.asee.org/?q=monereau).Dr. Makita R. PhillipsMs. Arielle M. Benjamin
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STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University
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Diversity
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Aerospace
Clearly, the education that young people receivedand their perception of said education are important in a young person’s readiness and choice ofa career.5, 6 When comparing U.S. STEM education to one country—Finland—one thing becameclear from an American Society for Engineering Report (ASEE), “it's all about teachers (Wu2011).25 In this country that is outpacing much of the world in STEM education, teachers use alearn by doing approach to education, with learning from mistakes and trying again being animportant part of the curriculum (according to Wu).11, 25 In one critique of American education,schools focus too much on memorizing and not enough on problem solving (Svitak, 2014).12 Theeffect is destroying interest in STEM early. The
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Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donna M Mohr, Lehigh University; Jennifer H. Gross P.E., Lehigh University; Raymond A Pearson, Lehigh University; John B Ochs, Lehigh University; Ana-Iulia Alexandrescu, Lehigh University
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Graduate Studies
National Academy of Engineering recognized Lehigh’s IPD program as one of the top programs for infusing real-world experiences in engineering education. Prof. Ochs is a member of ASEE and past chairman of its Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division.Ms. Ana-Iulia Alexandrescu, Lehigh University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Graduate Recruiting for Emerging One-Year Professional Master’s ProgramsAbstract:Students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in engineering are typically presented with a number oflucrative career options upon graduation. Traditionally, they are in high demand for industrialjobs with attractive starting salaries and are