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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Timothy B. Whitmoyer; David T. Vader; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

in Mission (SIM)1 facilities in West Africa. The purpose of this trip was to look forpotential areas for project collaboration between SIM and the Messiah College Department ofEngineering. SIM was a logical partner for our department because of their long-termcommitment to aiding developing countries and experience in supporting overseas projects.The immediate result of this trip identified a need for electrical power at a medical dispensary inthe rural village of Mahadaga, Burkina Faso. In January of 1998, a team of faculty and studentsreturned to Mahadaga to install a photovoltaic solar array. In the course of the visit, the teamdiscovered a second area for project collaboration with SIM: irrigation of the vegetable gardensand mango

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Arthur D. Kney P.E.; Nancy Ball; Traci Shoemaker; Danuta Bukatko; Angela Moran; Joe Colosi

academic subjects, with preparedness to teach science paling in comparison tomathematics, language arts, and social studies.” The literature indicates that the issue ofinadequate teacher knowledge of science content and appropriate teaching methods is anationwide problem3. As summarized by Subotnik et al.4 “Without adequate teacher preparation,it is impossible to improve the number of students who may take an interest in STEM subjects.”The present project intends to facilitate communication between content experts (collegeprofessors and students) and K-7 teachers to improve the teachers’ content knowledge and, inturn, their confidence in STEM subjects.Another critical reason for students’ poor performance in STEM subjects is the manner in

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Electrical and ComputerEngineering EngineeringProf. Bud Martin Prof. John GrecoThis workshop will begin with a description of This module is an introduction to Electrical andthe Chemical Engineering profession: where Computer Engineering (ECE) as it is presentedChemical Engineers work and what they do, at Lafayette. The various areas of our ECEvarious roles of a Chemical Engineer, and a curriculum will be presented, along with theprofile of the profession. We will then turn to relevant math and science topics that studentspolymerization reactions as one