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Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; James DeLaura, Central Connecticut State University; Patrick Foster, Central Connecticut State University; David Sianez, CCSU

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. American Youth Policy Forum, Helping youth succeed through out-of-school time programs. 2006, American Youth Policy Forum: Washington, DC.20. Z. Redd, et al., Academic achievement programs and youth development: A synthesis. 2002, Child Trends: Washington, DC.21. R. Chaskin and S. Baker, Negotiating among opportunity and constraint: The participation of young people in out-of-school-time activities. 2006, Chapin Hall Center for Children: Chicago.22. K. Moore and J. Zaff, Building a better teenager. 2002, Child Trends: Washington, DC.23. S. Lauver, P. Little, and H. Weiss, Moving beyond the barriers: Attracting and sustaining youth participation in out-of-school time programs (Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School

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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1448: ASSESSMENT OF ABET 3 A-K IN AN OPEN-ENDED CAPSTONE?Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler Ronald W. Welch is Professor and Chair for the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Texas. Until Jan 2007, Dr. Welch was at the United States Military Academy (USMA) where he held numerous leadership positions within the Civil Engineering Program and the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Ron Welch received a B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from USMA in 1982 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana IL in 1990 and 1999

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Wraegen Williams PhD, University of Virginia; Ping Guan, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2303: ADVENTURES FOR FUTURE ENGINEERS: K-12 OUTREACHSTRATEGIESCarolyn Vallas, University of Virginia Carolyn Vallas is General Faculty, the Director of the Center for Diversity in Engineering (CDE), and PI and CoPI on several National Science Foundation (NSF) grants at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). Her responsibility over the past twenty five years has focused on diversity initiatives with emphasis on outreach, recruitment, admission, and retention programs for women and minorities in engineering. This involves a strong collaborative working relationship with engineering faculty and other departments on campus as well as funding

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Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rene Reitsma, Oregon State University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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been the Co-Director of Engineering K-PhD, the Pratt School of Engineering's K-12 Outreach Center. In this position, he is an editor for the TeachEngineering digital library, develops afterschool engineering curricula through the TechXcite program, and manages Duke’s engineering GK-12 program.Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder MALINDA SCHAEFER ZARSKE is an engineering education doctoral student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is on the development team for the TeachEngineering digital library and serves as a content editor. She has co-created and co-taught engineering elective courses for both high school and undergraduate students through CU-Boulder’s ITL K-12

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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programs also use hands-on activities to support their efforts, such asWomen in Engineering, Physics Day and Chemistry Day.While these formal programs provide the backbone for the K-12 outreach activities at PSB,many of the faculty members in the School of Engineering and the School of Science areinvolved in smaller, less formal activities throughout the year. For example, one faculty memberhas a “bridge in a bag” activity which is taken into elementary through high school classrooms.All of the pieces needed to build an entire eight foot long bridge, which can easily support 1000pounds, are brought into the classroom in an average sized duffle bag. The students get to buildthe bridge and learn a lot about bridge design and blueprint reading in the

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University; Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES; Peter Turner, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

skill and experience for strengthening NSF proposals. 5. A well-run and intensive K-12 outreach program will reward the University in terms of regional public relations and increased interest in the region’s children in applying for enrollment.AcknowledgementsThe STEM Partnership is funded primarily through a Math Science Partnership grantadministered through the New York State Education Department. Additional financial supportfor the Energy Institute that is highlighted here was received from the National ScienceFoundation DTS (DUE-0428127) and GK-12 (DGE-0338216) programs.References1 National Science Board, Preparing Our Children: Math and Science Education in the National Interest, Report NSB 99-31, Washington DC

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

, orExemplary. The rubrics are carefully worded to clearly describe the competencies expected foreach of these ratings. These descriptions make the expectations of our program very clear andhelp ensure consistency among the faculty when rating students. The rubrics are not tied to thespecific content in a course and can therefore be used in multiple courses throughout thecurriculum. Using the same rubric from freshmen to senior year allows us to measure studentdevelopment as they progress through the curriculum. Each rubric is also designed to measureseveral of the ABET “a-k” educational outcomes with each performance criterion in a rubricclearly tied to one or more of these outcomes.In addition to course assessment by faculty, the department uses two

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 15.461.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Encouraging Conceptual Change in P-12 Mexican Teachers Through the Use of Engineering DesignAbstractMexico is suffering from a national crisis in science and math education. At the elementary,middle, and high school level, Mexican students perform poorly on standardized tests incomparison to other developing countries. Additionally, most P-12 Mexican teachers never getthe chance to learn about engineering.In this study, 65 teachers participated in a workshop based on the engineering teaching kit (ETK)called Save the Penguins1, 2 in order to learn about how to enhance science and math learningthrough the use of engineering design teaching. The Save

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Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

Libraries are no exception. For example, the very well-run UM Libraries UserEducation Department keeps a detailed log of every instruction class that has been taught from2001-present, by mostly librarians, but also some other library staff (Table 1). It was surprisingto go through the entire nine years of statistics to see the various classes, schools and groupslisted. Granted, the University of Maryland is located in a large metropolitan area, WashingtonDC. More than thirty-five K-12 schools (high school, middle school and elementary) werelisted, and 147 sessions were given to these students alone. UMD UMD Libraries Libraies K-12 EPSL EPSL K-12

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Ellen Worsdall, Northwestern University; Jessica Swenson, Northwestern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineers hostsCareer Day for Girls, a one-day event for girls in grades 7-12 to get girls excited about science,engineering, and technology. Through laboratory demonstrations, interactive multimedialectures, and hands-on activities, girls meet positive role models (both female and male) and getto think about the possibilities they have for careers in the technical fields.Many Career Day participants and their parents expressed a need for a multiple-day programheld over the summer--a kind of engineering day camp for girls to get more information andexperience with engineering, and to form relationships with female engineer role models.Undergraduate members of the Society of Women Engineers at Northwestern Universitytherefore went about designing

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Special Session: Innovation through Improv

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Ludovice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lew Lefton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

managers are frustrated at the lack of progress on a problem despitetheir best efforts to install the Six Sigma process because Six Sigma in no way addresses thecritically important creativity step.True creativity requires that innovators increase their creative energy and allow this energy tohelp sufficiently sample idea space. We propose a mechanism to increase and focus creativeenergy specifically for scientists and engineers. Despite their aversion to creative energy,scientists and engineers do understand the sampling of other variable spaces with variousalgorithms. For centuries, scientists and engineers have understood how to manipulate thermalenergy to efficiently move through the state space of both ancient and modern materials

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elsa Head, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theprocedural stage. Teachers who achieve independence in teaching engineering and technologycontent have the continued use and support of STOMP resources, such as an activity database, toallow for continual improvement after STOMP fellows have been removed from the classroom.Why Use a Three-Phase Model?The STOMP three-phase model recognizes that learning a cognitive skill is a gradual processthat requires a learner to go through a dynamic process of learning. It is assumed that most K-12teachers have little knowledge of engineering and technology when embarking in STOMP. Self-efficacy literature shows that a classroom teacher has a better chance of succeeding at teaching atopic if they believe they are capable of teaching this topic.14 Self-efficacy

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Jim Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Missy Wooley, Ruston High School; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developed with high school teachers.TechSTEP Our TechSTEP program follows a professional development model that engages high schoolteachers with the aim of giving them an opportunity to lead students through hands-onengineering projects. We refer to this professional development model as u-Discovery(Understanding through Discovery)5, and we propose that this model can be readily adapted byother universities interested in developing meaningful K12 relationships. Currently, TechSTEPhas three different projects which are rotated on a three-year cycle. Each project shares thecommon u-Discovery approach.The u-Discovery model consists of three phases, although there is considerable overlap amongthese phases:1. Initiate Understanding by leading the

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Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabriel Harley, IUPUI; Daniel Baldwin, IUPUI; Wanda Worley, IUPUI; Tresler Thurston, IUPUI; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

Page 15.513.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancing Student Classroom Engagement Through Social Networking TechnologyAbstractThe terms Web 2.0 technologies and social networking technology (SNT) are an obvious part ofour personal lives and are increasingly becoming a part of the higher education experience.However, can they be used in the higher education classroom to enhance student engagement?This paper reports on preliminary data from surveys of current engineering and technologystudents and faculty in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. In addition,it reviews current literature on social networking technology and educational best practices.Results

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

: Aerospace Education for 2000 and Beyond. International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 13, No. 2, pg 138-142.12. Napolitano, M.R., Development of Formation Flight Control Algorithms Using 3 YF-22 Flying Models. AFOSR Grant F49620-01-1-0373. April 2005.13. Oklahoma State University, “Aerospace Design”, Accessed March 3, 2010. http://aerodesign.okstate.edu/.14. Panel on Undergraduate Engineering Education, Engineering Undergraduate Education. National Academy Press. Washington, DC. 1986.15. Phillips, K., Campa, G., Gururajan, S., Seanor, B., Napolitano, M.R., Gu, Y., and Fravolini, M.L., Parameter Identification for Application within a Fault-Tolerant Flight Control System. AIAA Flight Mechanics Conference

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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

AC 2010-2280: LEARNING THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDPRACTICE: IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLENGINEERING-EDUCATION PROGRAMTirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Arizona State University. He has degrees and experience in engineering, computer science, and education. He has brought this experience to bear in previous research that examined the use of technologies in K-12 settings with diverse students. He has worked with the Children’s Museum of Houston on the development and implementation of Robotics-based STEM programming for urban youth. He is the Principal Investigator of the National

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Diane Sieber, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ann Scarritt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Minorities in Engineering

Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. She is Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities in Engineering, and a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Page 15.627.1 Scholar.Ann Scarritt, University of Colorado, Boulder© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 GoldShirt Transitional Program: Creating Engineering Capacity and Expanding Diversity through a Performance-Enhancing YearAbstractAt our nation’s universities, too few rural, low-income, underrepresented minority and first-generation students pursue

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-328: SHOWCASING AND SUPPORTING ENGINEERING FACULTYENGAGED IN TEACHING INNOVATION THROUGH A NEW SYMPOSIUMElizabeth Cady, National Academy of EngineeringNorman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Page 15.1064.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Showcasing and Supporting Engineering Faculty Engaged in Teaching Innovation through a New SymposiumIn spring 2009, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) received funding from theO’Donnell Foundation in order to strengthen the engineering and innovation capacity of thenation by catalyzing a vibrant community of emerging engineering education leaders. The NAEchose to

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Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-628: EXPLORING A VALID AND RELIABLE ASSESSMENT OFENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION LEARNING IN THECLASSROOMMarcelo Caplan, Columbia College Associate professor at the Science and Mathematics Department, Columbia College Chicago. In addition to teaching responsibilities, Mr. Caplan participates in the outreach programs and activities of the department through its Science Institute and coordinated several of those programs. Actually the main focus is his work to develop programs to bring science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) to the community through their after school activities, to promote urban youth to be scientific literate and to motivate them to pursue future

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Epstein, MIT; Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs; Trent Ramsey, Cambridge Youth Programs; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group; Emily Davidson, MIT; Elizabeth Jones, MIT; Michelle Slosberg, MIT; Rafael Bras, MIT

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Birmingham-Southern College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology.Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group KAREN C. GAREIS, Ph.D., is a Research Associate at Goodman Research Group, Inc., a research firm specializing in educational program evaluation. She is currently managing evaluations of several NSF-funded programs in the area of STEM education, including Terrascope Youth Radio; It’s About Discovery, an ITEST science curriculum for grades 8-10; and the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, in which outstanding K–12 STEM teachers are placed in appropriate federal agencies such as NSF for a year. Dr. Gareis received her doctorate and M.A. in Social Psychology from

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High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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learn what they are taught and what they spend time doing rather than what isintended2. For example, content of the enacted curriculum is a reliable predictor ofstudent achievement gains3,4. Measures of the enacted curriculum can also be used toinvestigate the quality of instruction and curriculum implementation5. In this case westudy the enacted curriculum to try to understand where explicit integration occurs, whichin turn addresses some of the necessary pre-conditions that allow students to transferknowledge to new tasks and to situations beyond the classroom. The enacted curriculumis interesting to study using video analysis because we can review what was actuallytaught to the students and compare it to the intended curriculum. (Teacher

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University; Ruth Friedman, The Ohio State University; Glenda LaRue, The Ohio State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

related career fields.Role of pre-college engineering outreach interventionsPre-college engineering outreach interventions are vital to the maintenance of the engineeringpipeline and to the continued success of the engineering profession as a whole. In addition tocombating the decline in the number of U.S. engineers, these programs seek not only to increaseengineering enrollment but also to diversify the field of engineering6. To meet these objectives,outreach programs introduce K-12 students to engineering through fun and engaging, hands-onactivities and interactions with engineers, scientists, and students in engineering.At The Ohio State University (OSU), pre-college engineering outreach interventions play animportant role in attracting women

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Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers to theproject. Next, the Dean of Undergraduate Academics provided an introduction to NYU-Poly.Moreover, the director of an outreach center discussed NYU-Poly’s diverse array of educationaland outreach activities geared towards the K-12 educators. Finally, an Associate Dean ofUndergraduate Admissions discussed various opportunities for teachers to enhance theirstudents’ educational experiences through lab tours, college credits, etc. Following the Welcome Breakfast, the teachers were introduced to the participatingengineering research labs and lab safety. In addition, experimental demonstrations of a variety ofeducational and research projects were given to stimulate teachers’ interest in the RET summerworkshop. Finally, teachers

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IE and the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Laura Ruff, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2010-535: IMPROVING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CAREER EFFICACYTHROUGH INTRODUCTORY COURSE DESIGNLesley Strawderman, Mississippi State UniversityLaura Ruff, Mississippi State University Page 15.697.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Industrial Engineering Career Efficacy through Introductory Course DesignAbstractThis study seeks to further examine self-efficacy beliefs of engineering students beyond theirfirst-year experience. Specifically, this study focuses on career efficacy, or student perceptionsof their ability to succeed in a particular career field. A 41-question survey was distributed toundergraduate

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Tech University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School

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teacher at Cookeville High School, TN. She was an RET participant in Summer 2009. Page 15.840.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Legacy Cycle as a Vehicle for Transference of Research to the ClassroomAbstractAs engineers and educators, we seek the most viable methods through which we can translateresearch into practice. This paper describes how we have used Legacy Cycle modules6 within thescope of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded outreach program, Research Experiencefor Teachers in Manufacturing for Competitiveness in the US (RETainUS). The six-week RETsummer experience

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

physics from The Evergreen State University, a Secondary Teaching Certificate from University of Puget Sound, an M. Ed. in Instructional Technology Leadership from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. (research-based, not theoretical) in Educational Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Anne Hay, Boise State University Anne Hay is the Coordinator of the Idaho SySTEMic Solution, a K-12 research project at Boise State University funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Ms. Hay has more than 25 years of teaching experience in K-12 through college programs, teaching German, English as a foreign language, biology, general science, life science, ecology and music. She

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History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Darryl G. Thelen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Klingenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

landscape that our graduates face strongly suggests a need to change the preparationour students receive.The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been facilitating change in the undergraduate programto promote a different kind of engineering education. To provide leadership and strategy forchange, the College of Engineering (CoE) formed the Engineering Beyond Boundaries EB2 TaskForce (TF) consisting of a core group of faculty.. Through a series of focus groups, facultymeetings and the formation of a larger working group, faculty and staff articulated and pursuedthe following goal:The College of Engineering will provide a contemporary engineering education that is strong inthe fundamentals of the discipline and also fosters an understanding of the

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History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diana Stoppiello, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering from Marquette University, the MS in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University, the MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and the Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Health Systems Management from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is the lead instructor for the Engineering Service Learning, Engineering Entrepreneurship and Health Care Engineering courses at FGCU, coordinates the Introduction to the Engineering Profession course, and is involved in many outreach programs in the local K-12 schools.Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University Simeon J. Komisar joined Florida Gulf Coast University as Program

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Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuejin Xu, Murray State University; Lili Dong, Cleveland State University; Theresa Nawalaniec, Cleveland State University

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Electrical and Computer

able to find existing solutions or tocreate new solutions to specific problems from published literature, databases, and library. Third,developing information literacy skills will empower students to control their own learning withinand beyond the classroom so that they will become lifelong learners1. Information literacy and ethics is one of the important outcomes to achieve inengineering education. The expected student outcomes of Program of Bachelor of ElectricalEngineering (PBEE) at Cleveland State University include (f) Understanding of professional andethical responsibility; (g) Communicate effectively; (j) Knowledge of contemporary issues; (k)Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools2. The Master of Science in

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cox, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Sara Branch, Purdue University; Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; James Cawthorne, Purdue University; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

thinking about recruitment and retention now, future generations ofengineering might obtain Ph.D.s in an effort to improve the global economy and the lives ofothers in the U.S. and internationally.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported primarily by the National Science Foundation under grant #0747803.References: 1. Black, K. M. (1994). An industry view of engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 83(1), 26-28. 2. Vest, C.M. (2006.) Educating engineers for 2020 and beyond. The Bridge, 36(2), 38-44. 3. National Research Council (NRC) (2006). Rising above the gathering storm: Energizing and employing America for a brighter economic future. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Available online at