AC 2012-4626: AT A CROSSROADS: EMERGING HISPANIC-SERVINGINSTITUTIONS AND ABET ACCREDITATION - AN EXPLORATORY STUDYDr. Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM Page 25.236.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 At a Crossroads - Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions and ABET Accreditation: An Exploratory Study Affiliation: Great Minds in STEMTMAbstractThe intent of this paper is to introduce an exploratory study of the academic success of Latinostudents in engineering at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Emerging Hispanic-ServingInstitutions that are accredited by the
AC 2012-4770: BREAKING NEW GROUND FROM THE STEM-UPDr. Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEMLupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM Page 25.268.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Breaking New Ground from the STEM-UpTM Affiliation: Great Minds in STEMTMAbstractGreat Minds in STEMTM (GMiS) is a national organization focused on accelerating theawareness of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among the nation’s mostunderserved and underrepresented communities. As GMiS maintains a hand on the pulse of thenational STEM crisis, it has created a STEM Movement within the Boyle
AC 2012-4505: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ HABITS OF MIND AND AC-TION IN ENGINEERING DESIGNDr. Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University Matthew D. Lammi is Assistant Professor of STEM Education.Dr. Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University Theodore Branoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. A member of ASEE since 1987, he has served as Chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE and as Associate Editor in charge of paper reviews for the Engineering Design Graphics Journal. He is currently President of the International Society for Ge- ometry and Graphics. Branoff’s research interests include
Create and Deliver Superior Products Through Innovative Minds SolutionsMissions Technology Skunk Works – Solution Provider Approved for Public Release © 2009 Lockheed Martin CorporationTrends & Challenges – Declining Support for Defense Spending – Defense Budgets - Product Implications – Globalization of the Supplier Base – Aversion to Risk – Future Shortage of Skilled Workers? Dynamic industry requires dynamic response 2A&D Economic Contributions Providing Quality Employment
AC 2012-3600: MIND LINKS 2012: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MI-NORITIES TO STUDY AND STAY IN ENGINEERINGDr. Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic UniversityDr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of engineering at Penn State, Brandywine. His interests are in engineering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International
AC 2012-4036: EXPANDING THE ENGINEERING PATHWAY FOR UN-DERREPRESENTED MINORITIESMs. Aileen M. Walter, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, NACME, Inc. Aileen Walter began her second stint at NACME as Vice President, Scholarships and University Relations. In this capacity, she is responsible for the management and direction of all NACME scholarship programs and scholarship management services. In 2003, she implemented the NACME Scholars’ Program, an initiative that includes a partnership with more than 40 colleges and universities. She also administers the Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. and Indigenous Graduate Partnerships. Both programs are focused on increasing the number of underrepresented
curriculum beyond classroominstruction and laboratory activities. However, relevant and effective teaching is still critical forthose who aspire to be engineers. Research and teaching functions are often balanced to providea right recipe for optimum benefit to the clientele who target this population. It is believed thatuniversities need to recognize that they are in a competition with the rest of the world and Page 25.1212.2preparation and exposure of adequate innovation to young students are done accordingly [3].Keeping these ideas in mind, activities for this program were designed and implemented.Program SynopsisThis paper outlines a program
interpreter from the Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori in Milan, Italy.Dr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University Since 2007, Shashi Nambisan has been the Director, Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and a professor of civil engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. He previously served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for more than 17 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Nevada. One of Nambisan’s passions is the development of the future transportation work- force. He enjoys working with students. His advisees have developed successful professional careers at universities or in the private and public sectors. Many of them serve in
AC 2012-4155: SOLVING THE ENGINEERING PIPELINE CHALLENGE:REVISED, VALIDATED, AND COST-OPTIMIZEDDr. Robert W. Whalin P.E., Jackson State University Robert Whalin is Associate Dean, Professor of civil engineering, and Director, Coastal Hazards Center, Jackson State University. He is Director Emeritus of the Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss. He received his Ph.D. in Oceanography from Texas A&M University in 1971 and is a registered Professional Engineer. Whalin was Director of Army Research Laboratory (1998-2003, Adel- phi, Md.), and Technical Director/Director of Waterways Experiment Station (1985-1998; Vicksburg, Miss.). He has authored/co-authored more than a hundred technical papers and
Engineering Education, 2012 Mapping the Behaviors, Motives and Professional Competencies of Entrepreneurially Minded Engineers in Theory and Practice: An Empirical Investigation American Society for Engineering Education 2012 Annual Conference June 10 - 13, 2012 San Antonio, Texas By David Pistrui, Ph.D. Managing Director Acumen Dynamics, LLC Assessment Fellow Kern Family Foundation dpistrui
AC 2012-2937: ENGAGING UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY COL-LEGE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING: A MODEL OF COLLABORATIONBETWEEN TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONSDr. Amelito G. Enriquez, Caada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of engineering and mathematics at Caada College. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority, and other under- represented groups in mathematics, science, and engineering.Prof. Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University Wenshen Pong received his Ph.D. degree in civil/structural engineering from SUNY, Buffalo, in 1994. He is currently a
AC 2012-3066: INVESTIGATING UNIQUE ASPECTS OF THE MESA PRO-GRAM FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTSDr. Cameron Denson, Utah State UniversityChandra Y. Austin, Auburn UniversityDr. Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University Christine E. Hailey is Senior Associate Dean and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Utah State University. She is the Principal Investigator and Director of the National Center for Engi- neering and Technology Education, an NSF-Funded Center for Learning and Teaching. The NCETE is a collaborative network of scholars from nine institutions with backgrounds in technology education, engi- neering, and related fields. Its mission is to improve the understanding of the learning and teaching of
felt so reassured with how I planned out my first quarter classes and am confident that I will excel very well.”5.2.4 Goal: Inspire students by exposing them to opportunities in engineering. “The explanation of how different fields of engineering overlap helped to ease my mind in that I now know that even though I have interests in other fields other than my major, there are opportunities to extend and learn within those different depths of study.” “This workshop was informative. I learned about new things that I did not think about before as an engineering major and about the research that we would work on in our departments. The
AC 2012-5525: THE CONTINUATION OF THE MINORITY OUTREACHEFFORTS OF THE CULTIVATING ADOLESCENTS IN SYSTEMS ENGI-NEERING HABITS (CASH) PROGRAMDr. Carl White, Morgan State University In 1987, Carl White joined Morgan State University’s School of Engineering in Baltimore, Md., as an Assistant Professor. He is currently the Associate Dean for Research and Development and Gradu- ate/Professional programs, as well as a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. White has more than 10 years of experience in the management of funded research, both technical and educa- tional. White’s most recent award was from NASA’s University Research Center program to establish the Center of Excellence in Systems
AC 2012-3041: SUMMER PROGRAM FOR TRANSITIONING STEM MI-NORITY STUDENTS FROM TWO-YEAR TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGEDEGREESDr. Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University Aurenice Oliveira is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Michigan Technological University. She received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, in 2005. Her current research interests include communication sys- tems, digital signal processing, optical fiber systems, and engineering education. Oliveira is the Michigan Tech Project Director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium funded by FIPSE - U.S. De- partment of Education
University of Technology and large scale educational research at Twente University. Before coming to City College, she was a Research Associate in IBM research, performing organizational and usability studies.Dr. Joseph Barba, City College of the City University of New YorkDr. Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New YorkProf. Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York Ardie D. Walser is a professor of electrical engineering and the Associate Dean of the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York of the City University of New York. Walser is a former Divi- sion Chair of the Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) of the American Association of Engineering Education
AC 2012-3490: MULTICULTURAL ENGINEERING RECRUITMENT ANDRETENTION AT A LARGE URBAN UNIVERSITYDr. Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston Kathy Zerda is the Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES), the multicul- tural learning community for undergraduates at the Cullen College of Engineering. She also directs the UH Women in Engineering program. Zerda is an Instructional and Research Assistant Professor for the college and serves as the faculty adviser for the student chapters of the Society of Women Engineers and the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists. Before joining the University of Houston, Zerda worked as an Engineering Manager for Hewlett-Packard Company. She
a bittersweet feeling leaving here after next week. The most important thing I have learned is that everything done at NASA cannot be Page 25.1127.3 learned by reading a textbook. To open up your mind and explore new possibilities, you have to think outside the box. The things I learned at NASA, everyday people don't even2 talk about them because they can’t even imagine them. I was interested in the things that NASA does. I wanted to gain experience in my field and this was a perfect opportunity to work with some of the best engineers around. I learned how certain things are proposed and done. I
AC 2012-5369: IDENTIFYING SIGNIFICANT FEATURES THAT IMPACTURM STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND RETENTION UPMOST US-ING QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES: FOCUS GROUPSMs. Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University Ruba Alkhasawneh earned her Ph.D. in engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011. She received her B.S. and M.S. in computer engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technol- ogy and Yarmouk University, respectively. Her research interests in the engineering education field focus on modeling first-year student academic success and retention in STEM disciplines. Also, she has inter- ests in problem-based learning, increasing diversity in STEM fields, and evaluating engineering programs and
AC 2012-4969: IMPROVING CONFIDENCE LEVEL AND PERFORMANCEOF FIRST GENERATION AND FEMALE STUDENTS USING METACOG-NITION STRATEGIESDr. Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint Quamrul Mazumder is a professor of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan, Flint. His re- search interests includes computational fluid dynamics, metacognition approaches of learning, active and experiential learning, renewable energy, and global engineering education. His teaching areas are fluid mechanics, renewable energy, introduction to engineering, and senior design. Page 25.743.1 c American
AC 2012-3778: IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FORENGINEERING DEGREE STUDENTS IN A RURAL HIGHLY UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITYDr. Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College Ivan Lopez Hurtado received his B.S. degree in industrial physics engineering from Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1995, M.S. degree in automation from Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1998, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., USA in 2008. He is currently the Department of Engineering, Chair at Northern New Mexico College.Dr. Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College Jorge Crichigno received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Catholic University of Asun- cion
AC 2012-4806: LSAMP INDIANA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DIVER-SITY PROGRAM SERVING UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STU-DENTSDr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West LafayetteMrs. Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursuing a M.S. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education.Mr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests relate to higher education reform, graduate teaching assistants’ roles in engineering classes, undergraduate engineering syllabus and curriculum development, and professional engineering
AC 2012-3861: UMES STEM FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF COL-LABORATE TO ADDRESS CONTEMPORARY ISSUES RELATED TO EN-ERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUREDr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of robotics and control, remote sensing and precision agriculture, and biofuels and renewable energy. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.Dr. Madhumi Mitra Ph.D
studycalculus, chemistry and physics. They were encouraged to interact with other CE students anduse the tutor. Camaraderie within the program increased. Seniors preparing for theFundamentals of Engineering exam were provided opportunities to explain math and scienceconcepts to freshman and reinforce those concepts in their own mind. There was no change inthe utilization of instructor office hours. And groups of students began teaching each other. Theacademic performance of students using the facility noticeably improved almost immediately;homework assignments were on time, homework was done in a neater manner and solutionswere better thought out.The initial study hall success resulted in some formality and the coining of an identity. Theprogram
the heart of the reason for listening toothers: “I think a part of innovation is life’s experiences, what someone has really done in their lifetime, what kinds of experiences they’ve had. (Innovation happens) if in fact their mind or their thinking is open to the point where they are inquisitive. They want to know. They want to know more. Or they’ve had a personal experience in their life that has been puzzling and they just don’t have a solution for it and they want to be able to find it.”- GeorgeRisk taking or the willingness to risk failure is an attribute of an innovative engineer but not anattribute that is found in abundance among practicing engineers. Frank makes the point thatorganizations tend to
AC 2012-3702: GRANTSMANSHIP AND THE PROPOSAL DEVELOP-MENT PROCESS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEVERAL YEARS OFPROGRAMS FOR JUNIOR FACULTYDr. Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Laurie Garton is a Senior Research Development Associate with the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta- tion Office of Strategic Research Development. She has B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineer- ing (environmental) from Texas A&M University and was an engineering faculty member before joining TEES in 1999 where she started working on technical research project grants related to interdisciplinary environmental themes. Currently, she leads the TEES New Faculty Initiative targeting grants such as the NSF CAREER awards
AC 2012-4686: INTEGRATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONINTO AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGH SERVICE LEARN-ING AND THE LIBERAL ARTSDr. Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering Katherine Hennessey Wikoff is an Associate Professor in the General Studies Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she teaches courses in communication, literature, film studies, and political science.Dr. Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering Michael Carriere is an Assistant Professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he teaches courses on American history, public policy, political science, environmental studies, and urban design. He has written for such publications as the
AC 2012-3347: TEACHING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: AN ACTIVELEARNING APPROACHDr. Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering Walter Schilling is an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wis. He received his B.S.E.E. from Ohio Northern University and M.S.E.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. He worked for Ford Motor Company and Visteon as an embed- ded software engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and consulted for multiple embedded systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. Patent, Schilling has numerous publications in
AC 2012-3433: STRENGTHSQUEST FOR ENGINEERSDr. Shelley Lorimer P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University Shelley Lorimer, P.Eng., is the Chairperson of the Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering Transfer pro- gram (BSEN) at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. She teaches undergraduate courses in statics and dynamics, as well as courses in engineering professionalism. She is currently participating in a research project with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures in the oil sands and hydrocarbon recov- ery group doing reservoir simulation of enhanced oil recovery processes. She has a Ph.D. in numerical modeling from the University of Alberta, also in Edmonton.Elsie Elford, Grant MacEwan University Elsie Elford
childrenmake up their minds early about their abilities and feelings about math and science; elementaryteachers have more time with the same group of students during the day and elementary teachersare typically responsible for teaching all core subjects. In our project, we are well on the way toestablishing an effective, affordable and sustainable model for integrated STEM throughengineering.Carson, R., & Campbell, P. (2007). Museum of Science: Engineering is Elementary; Impact on teachers with andwithout training. Groton, MA: Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.Cunningham, C. M. (2008). Elementary teacher professional development in engineering: Lessons learned fromEngineering is Elementary. Presented at the National Academy of Engineering