Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

invited presentations - 13 plenary - at international and national forums, conferences and corporations. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research academic success and professional development (ASAP) program that has served over 500 students. These efforts have been supported by NSF STEP, S-STEM, and CSEM grants as well as industry. Dr. Rodriguez’ research inter- ests include: control of nonlinear distributed parameter, and sampled-data systems; modeling, simulation, animation, and real-time control (MoSART) of Flexible Autonomous Machines operating in an uncertain Environment (FAME); design and control of micro-air vehicles (MAVs), control of bio-economic systems, renewable resources, and

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

are also part of the mix within projects, so majors in computer science, mechanicalengineering, communications, and business can collaborate on the same design teams. PDIadopts the inclusive “engineering for all” mentality as with K-12 engineering initiatives, yetinstead of classifying everyone as an engineer, students learn that diverse domains of expertisecan contribute to engineering design problem solving.This type of higher education engineering is a much milder contrast to what students experiencein K-12 engineering initiatives. In fact, many students and families that visit PDI recruitingactivities have remarked: “This is what I thought engineering was like.” Yet, PDI courses are notmeant to displace or supplant the fundamentals-first