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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda R. Musser

Retaining Women Engineering Faculty – What Do We Know? Linda R. Musser, Pennsylvania State UniversityA recent ASEE Profiles survey reporting on percentages of engineering faculty by rank andgender found that women engineering faculty numbered less than a quarter of all engineeringfaculty in every rank. It went on to speculate that the overall number of women engineers inacademe were unlikely to change in the near future. Why is this the case? Are women engineersnot choosing to pursue academic posts? Are those that do not being retained? If so, why? A2011 study by Mason found that women who planned to have children opted out of the tenuretrack pipeline at research universities in favor of careers that they

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda S. Hirsch

engineering skills and informing them about careers in engineering so they realizethe value of pursuing a career in engineering and the importance of obtaining the properacademic background to study engineering in college. The Center for Pre-College Programs atNew Jersey Institute of Technology provides a variety of such summer programs. One of theprograms, sponsored by ExxonMobil and the Harris Foundation, the ExxonMobil Bernard HarrisSummer Science Camp (EMBHSSC), recruits 5th, 6th and 7th grade students from traditionallyunderserved and typically underrepresented populations who in addition to not being introducedto engineering in school are less likely to be exposed to engineering outside the classroom.The academic curriculum for EMBHSSC, aligned

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abdullah Konak

Teamwork Peer Assessment Based on the Model of Domain Learning Abdullah Konak Penn State BerksIn engineering education, team projects and collaborative learning strategies are increasinglyused to prepare students for today’s engineering careers which require functioning inmultidisciplinary teams for success. Assessing students’ teamwork skills is difficult, but it is anecessary task to give them guidance for personal development and to design effectiveinterventions to address weaknesses. Self- and peer evaluations are frequently used to evaluateindividual student performance in teamwork and assess students’ teamwork knowledge, skills,and attitudes. Assessing teamwork and conducting

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tyler Moser; Rungun Nathan; Barbara Mizdail

Undergraduate Research Experience in First Year Seminar courses – A student’s perspective Tyler Moser1, Rungun Nathan1,2, Barbara Mizdail1 1 Penn State Berks, Division of Engineering, Reading, PA 2 Corresponding Author: rungun.nathan@psu.edu Engineering careers have changed significantly in the new millennium. While engineerstraditionally work in teams to address pressing issues, new fields and the rapid development ofthe internet have required engineers to apply never before seen magnitudes of information to newproblems. This requires the ability to rapidly grasp

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James A. Van Fleet; T. Michael Toole P.E.

boundary betweenengineering and non-engineering disciplines.” Bucknell GCSP students have taken afoundation seminar (normally required for students in the College of Arts & Sciences)within the Society and Technology Residential College, and a three-week study abroadsummer course called Entrepreneurship and Renewable Energy in Iceland.To develop and oversee our GCSP an internal steering committee was formed, consistingof deans, faculty, and staff from across the university. Participants include the Library &Information Technology Department, Career Development Center, and Office of CivicEngagement. Although Bucknell has many current service learning opportunities in thelocal area as well as in developing nations, the Office of Civic

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Julie Wang

companies’ guidance and assistance, the “real-world” projects have providedstudents with many useful tools for future careers in the Engineering profession. These includethe following: • Development of a high quality product definition • The ability to create a highly effective business case • Delivering effective stage-gate presentations • Creating designs for verification and validation • Go through design reviews with customers and other Engineers • Creating effective instruction manuals • Understanding risk management • Effective project management with planning creating solid action plansThe two projects successfully completed in one semester with the preparation during the fall.The projects have enhanced student team

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; LaDawn Partlow; Monique Head; Roshan Paudel; Jonathan Farley; Omar Muhammed

Minority Male Maker Program: Encouraging STEM Interest and Creativity in Middle School Boys Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias1* , LaDawn Partlow1, Monique Head2, Roshan Paudel3, Jonathan Farley4 and Omar Muhammed5Departments of 1Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2Civil Engineering, 3Computer Science & 4 Mathematics; 5Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center Morgan State University, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251 * Corresponding Author: Jumoke.Ladeji-Osias@Morgan.EduAfrican-American and Hispanic males are significantly underrepresented in STEM. While youthstart narrowing their career choices in middle school