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2008 GSW

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Debra Pearson

assignments be evaluated?) • Internships (Issues to consider: Will an internship be required for completion of curriculum? Will the university provide the infrastructure needed to develop and inform students of opportunities? Will the internship be individual or will an entire multi-disciplinary team be hired to solve a problem in industry? What accountability measures are in place to insure a high qualify assignment?) • Work abroad programs (Issues to consider: Will the university provide direct assistance in terms of developing opportunities, obtaining work visas, and preparing students to work in another culture? Or will an external organization be used to provide such services? Will the work abroad program be

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2008 GSW

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Debra S. Johns

Session 14-1 Pre-College Preparation in Math, Science, and Engineering for K-12 Children Debra S. Johns Pre-College Math & Science Academy Engineering Student Services University of New Mexico AbstractThe Pre-College Math and Science Academy at the University of New Mexico providesencouragement to underrepresented students in grades K-12, teaching them to be proficient inmathematics and science, preparing these students to enroll in and complete college with a science

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2008 GSW

Authors

Maurice Thompson

tuition assistance, this program had various components that assured every scholar hadthe adequate academic support and professional development opportunities to succeed in their fieldof study. Data that reflects the impact of this program on student success in STEM fields at UNMwill be revisited through this presentation. Although the program ended nationwide in September2007, NTP at UNM left a great legacy among students, faculty and staff at UNM. Many studentshave gone on to professions with private industry, state and federal agencies. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society

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2008 GSW

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Craig Kief; Professor Steve Suddarth; Christos Christodoulou; Marios S. Pattichis; Howard E. Pollard

Marios S. Pattichis Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Howard E. Pollard Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico AbstractField Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) provide an excellent mechanism for schools from thehigh school level through graduate level to teach concepts of digital logic in a hands-onenvironment. FPGAs are “chameleon chips” that are also critical components in state-of-the-artsystems from spacecraft to handheld devices to network routers. To master them, students

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2008 GSW

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Martha O. Muñiz

Session 13-4 Retention and Recruitment in Engineering at UTPA Martha O. Muñiz School of Engineering and Computer Science The University of Texas Pan American AbstractThe University of Texas Pan American (UTPA) is located in a unique point where thecultural merge of two nations, United States and México, occurred. The main campus ofthe University is in Edinburg, Texas, 15 miles from the U.S./Mexico border and 75 milesfrom the Gulf of Mexico. The total service population is two million approximately.The Hispanic Outlook in Higher