AC 2009-726: MIND LINKS 2009: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MINORITIES TOSTUDY AND SUCCEED IN ENGINEERINGMaria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Maria M. Larrondo Petrie is Vice President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies, Vice Chair of Engineering for the Americas, Executive Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, and a Board Member of the Women in Engineering Division and the Minorities in Engineering Division of ASEE. She is Professor of Computer Engineering and Associate Dean of Academic and International Affairs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. Her research
technologies. The student also participated in a team presentation of the project at the Mid Atlantic Regional meeting of the NASA Space Grant Consortium (see Figure 8), and a poster presentation for the 2008 HBCU Research Day at the UMES campus. Page 14.1059.8 Figure 8: Student Presenting Project ResultsThe student gained knowledge on the