Conference Session

Foster Excellence

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Qian, Alabama A&M University; Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; George Seweryniak, DoE

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Minorities in Engineering

success of the program is to attract and educatetop minority graduate and undergraduate students in the field related to computationalscience. Each scholarship recipient’s academic performance is evaluated annually by facultymembers. Graduate and undergraduate research assistant’s performance was evaluated basedprimarily on required research tasks. Summer internship performance was assessed by DOEScientist and HBCU faculty mentor.ConclusionThanks to the support of DOE in the past six years, AAMU was able to award over 60 DOEcomputational science scholarships to top minority engineering students. Ten engineeringundergraduate summer research interns were supported to work with scientists at DOE Oak

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manocher Djassemi

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Engineering Technology

-based exams were given to the students for the purpose of verifying theirunderstanding of : • The concept of numerical control (CNC) • The concept of 3D modeling and construction plans (CAD) • Toolpath generation (CAM) • Cutting tool selection (CAM) • Cutting parameters (CAM)Entry/Exit AssessmentIn addition to aforementioned evaluations two survey-based assessments were conducted duringfirst and last weeks of the classes. The survey questionnaire along with the numerical studentresponses for the spring of 2006 class are shown in Figure 5. Page 12.44.6 E N TR Y -E X IT AS S E S S M E N T O F IT__

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henriette Bier, TU Delft; Dave Hoffers, TU Delft; Matthijs Frederiks, TU Delft; Sander Korebritz, TU Delft

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Architectural

AC 2007-934: BR: AN INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE-PROTOTYPE FOR 3DLAYOUTHenriette Bier, TU Delft After graduating in architecture [1998] from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, H. Bier has worked with Morphosis [1999-2001] on internationally relevant projects in the US and Europe. She has taught computer-based architectural design [2002-2003] at Universities in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands and started a doctoral research at TU Delft [2004]. Her research focuses not only on analysis and critical assessment of digital technologies in architecture, but also reflects evaluation and classification of digitally-driven architectures through procedural- and object-oriented studies. It

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Jones, United Arab Emirates University

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International

all countries. . . . Skills, knowledge and technical know-how at the individual and institutional levels are necessary for institution-building, policy analysis and development management, including the assessment of alternative courses of action with a view to enhancing access to and transfer of technology and promoting economic development.”Among the objectives of Agenda 21 are “Shifting time horizons in programme planning andimplementation addressing the developing and strengthening of institutional structures toenhance their ability to respond to new longer-term challenges rather than concentrate only onimmediate problems.”As the phrase became better known, other organizations adopted it and added their ownemphases. The Urban Capacity

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hussein Abaza, Southern Polytechnic State University; Javier Irizarry, SPSU; Zuhair Itr, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

the discussionsof CAD related issues in construction, and to provide continuous education for all ConstructionManagement students. The students were also encouraged to post questions, and providefeedback about their experience in the class.Evaluation Plan; In order to test the effectiveness of these teaching modules, an evaluation plan wasdeveloped. This evaluation plan included: 1-peer reviews by the Construction Managementfaculty, assessment and testing samples of the CAD instructions by former students, monitor thefrequency of accessing the online CAD application tools, as well as monitoring the students’participations in the list-serve discussions. The evaluation plan also included a questionnaire tomeasures the efficiency of the

Conference Session

Shifting Trends of Course and Curricula in IET and IT

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kelley, Central Michigan University; Adam Schmidke, Central Michigan University; Lauren Griffin, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Smarteam in your courses.One-sample t-Tests were used to assess student perceived feelings about the effectiveness of thegroup project. Within the tests, the sample data were compared to a neutral response of 2.5.There was only one response that showed any significance from neutral. Students felt thatSmarteam helped to provide confidence that their data was stored in one place and that all teammembers had access to the data (M = 2.08, p = .000). Some of the remaining responses seemedto indicate that Smarteam could be a valuable tool, but the technological problems encounteredwere detrimental to its proper function. Some students felt that Smarteam was a valuable tool (M= 2.22, p = .035) and was effective in regards to their group project (M = 2.33

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

lead quality engineer or engineering technologist with a possible role inmanagement. Furthermore, it will also help students prepare the professional development examssuch as Certified Quality Engineer and Six-Sigma Green Belt certification examinations.Bibliography 1. Huang, M.Z., “ The Catapult experience- a learning project on Taguchi method for design optimization”, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Exposition. 2. Lahidji, B. and Albayyari, J., “Assessing the competencies in the manufacturing engineering technology programs”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Exposition. 3. Laidhji, B., “ Competencies in

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Benitez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Juan Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Yesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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New Engineering Educators

strategies. Hence, evaluating a professor ismore than providing a personal assessment of his/her teaching skills since each student has adifferent point of view of what is or is not a good teacher. But all these skills and featuresconverge to the same point: a good instructor is one who has the best teaching strategies totransmit knowledge. Page 12.1159.2Porter et al2 stated that assessing the performance of a given faculty member is a complexprocess. Student outcomes were characterized by them as multi-faceted because multiplelearning purposes are intrinsic to engineering and sciences college education. Sadly perhaps,these authors noted that such

Conference Session

Design in BME Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen May-Newman, San Diego State University; Peter Newman, San Diego State University; Urban Miyares, Interwork Institute - Disabled Businessperson's Association

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Biomedical

. Prototype of to tie a bowline knot. knot-tying device.AssessmentTwo assessment tools were developed, one for the users and the other for the SDSU students.The users survey is completed by each individual using the device – this included several peoplefor each device for the Challenged America projects. The survey asks the user to rate on a Likertscale how actively they were involved in the design process, whether their preferences and needswere considered in the design, if they would be comfortable using the device, and theirexperiences working with the student team. A survey for students was completed by each studentparticipating in an AT design project to evaluate their interaction with the users, whether

Conference Session

Engineering Librarians Boot Camp

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

of problems that crop up in looking for thesepapers in a database. Any general conclusions drawn to assess quantitatively the completeness oraccuracy of the database would therefore be specious. Of the ten papers selected, seven returnedbibliographic records corresponding to the paper in Compendex. Those records located werefound under serial titles like “American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Advance paper,”“ASME – Paper,” or “American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Papers.” While these titlesare suggestive, and fairly consistent, they do not lead unambiguously to the determination thatthe record is a miscellaneous technical paper publication. Of the three papers that Compendexfailed to return a correct bibliographic match for, one

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Mathew Mounce, University of Central Oklhoma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

-Bergquist, A., Richards, S., & Wilkinson, K. (2005). The robotic autonomy mobile robots course: Robot design, curriculum design, and educational assessment. Autonomous Robots, 18(1), 103- 127. 7. Robinson, M. (2005). Robotics-driven activities: Can they improve middle school science learning? Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 25(1), 73-84. 8. Beer, R. D., Chiel, H. J., & Drushel, R. F. (1999). Using robotics to teach science and engineering. Communications of the ACM, 42(6), 85-92. 9. Maja J Matari´c. Robotics education for all ages. In AAAI Spring Symposium on Accessible, Hands-on AI and Robotics Education, Palo Alto, CA, March 22-24 2004. 10. Autonomous Robots as a Generic Teaching

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, San Francisco State University; Juan Carlos Miranda, San Francisco State University; Jose Coto, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

loop performance Page 12.1064.7 Figure 8: Closed-loop performance over a wide range of inputAssessmentThe value of the project to the students was assessed using a survey upon completion of theclass. The results are shown in the following figures. Generally the students felt the project wasvery appropriate for the class (question 1), and most felt that both implementation of control lawsand the ability to design controllers were valuable for their future careers (questions 4 and 5).The majority of the students felt that the time spent in class on design as compared to the timespent on implementation was about right (question 2), although most felt that more time couldhave been spent

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

presented in related courses [6]. These “canned” laboratory experiments are a strong complement to the course theoretical content. These types of labs have a very well-defined, deterministic outcome which reinforces basic inherent skills that the students need to master. Many professors are comfortable with this approach since the outcomes of the lab experiment are well defined and can be assessed and evaluated with very clear guidelines. Page 12.222.3However, this does not exploit the laboratory experience to its fullest. Students get the impressionthat the experimental environment is very similar to the classroom environment where

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

competitive bid bridges within aminimum time frame that will require planning and execution of the plan. Additional plans forthis course include a formal survey of students regarding the impact on the course in the majorselection.Bibliography 1. The Official K’NEX Shop, http://www.knex.com/building_toys/building_bridges_set.php, Accessed January 14, 2007. 2. K’NEX Industries, Inc. Introduction to Structures: Bridges. Hatfield, PA, 2003. 3. Old Dominion University Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Program. Department and College Statistics, from http://web.odu.edu/ao/upir/FactBook/FTE_SCH/Rxxsch_2.htm, Accessed January 14, 2007

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques In Mechanics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Angela Shih, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Michael Shelton, California State Polytechnic University

without compromising thedepth of understanding, our team have been developing a universal statics experiment system forunderstanding concepts of 2D and 3D force and moment vectors, equivalent force-couplesystem, 2D and 3D force and moment equilibrium, and truss design and analysis. It should benoted that the discussion in this paper is limited to our experience on development of theuniversal statics experiment system. Since student assessment is underway, the assessmentoutcome will be presented in the future.Schematics of the universal statics experiment system We initiated an effort to construct three sets of hands-on vector statics experiments foronline operations through Internet in mind. The universal statics experiment system (Fig. 1

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Carver, USMA

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Computers in Education

concepts.References1. CERT Statistics. HYPERLINK "http://www.cert.org/stats/". Assessed on 7 January 2007.2. Frand, Jason L., “The InformationAge Mindset, Changes in Students and Implications forHigher Education”, September/October 2000, Educause Review, P.15 – 24.3. Pelgrin, William, “Cyber Security - An Ever Changing Landscape” Federal InformationSystems Security Education and Awareness Conference, 20-21 March 2006. Washington, DC.4. Email traffic dated January 3, 2007 between Curtis A. Carver and Ken MacGarrigle,Department of Veteran Affairs announcing the CARVER Facility Vulnerability AssessmentTraining, 6-8 February, 2007. Page 12.571.7

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kundrat, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

assessment showed that streamlining the airplane construction requires analysis andimprovement of the individual work stations. Most of the stations are somewhat small and havea significant amount of materials associated with them. The analysis starts with the creation ofprocess flow charts [6] for all eighteen stations. Each process is charted based on the primaryactivities performed at that station. The process flow chart for the Tail and Tail/RudderAssembly Station is shown in Figure 1. The preliminary process flow charts did not show manyredundant activities, but by relocating materials to more appropriate areas, many actions andmovements were eliminated, reducing the time required to complete each station. All of the flowcharts have been

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Hudson, University of Texas-San Antonio; Dawnlee Roberson, University of Texas-San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

provided in lab) ‚ Computer systems ‚ Accelerometers. ‚ Acquisition Software ‚ Presentation software Assignments ‚ Learn Basic Computer Input ‚ Study Body movements ‚ Interface Accelerometers (with TA help) ‚ Acquire data from accelerometers attached to arms in movement Methods of Assessment ‚ One hour exam on methods and theory (as lectured) near end of course ‚ Individual evaluation of student participation ‚ Evaluation of group presentations Expectations ‚ Students will learn the thrust of technical research ‚ Students will establish a practical interest in applying math & science to human problems ‚ Students will increase a desire to

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andreas Savakis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Paul Tymann, Rochester Institute of Technology; Darren Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

information from eachscholar that is required by NSF to update their CSEMS database. This Fall, scholars were askedto provide feedback and concrete suggestions to enhance their experience at RIT. Anoverwhelming majority of issues were non-academic. Many of the suggestions and concernshave been echoed in other student surveys at RIT, and are being addressed by the RITadministration. EMC2 faculty assessed the dinners to be a highly successful event promotingcamaraderie and pride.Each quarter, the Program Administrator reviews the academic performance of each scholar. If ascholar’s quarterly GPA falls below 2.50, he/she is asked to meet with the departmental EMC2faculty advisor to identify and enroll in an appropriate academic support program7. RIT has

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, activities and an academic minor in engineeringentrepreneurship. The 18 credit Engineering Entrepreneurship (E-SHIP) minor (http://e-ship.psu.edu) is based in the College of Engineering, designed to serve students fromengineering, business, information science and technology (IST), but is open to students fromany major. The goal of the minor is to aid students in developing the skills and knowledge toeither be an entrepreneur, or an entrepreneurial employee in an existing company. Courses andextra-curricular activities help develop skills, aptitudes and knowledge to enable them to beinnovative leaders in existing companies, new start-up companies or to lead new strategicalliance between companies. The goals/objectives to be assessed for the E-SHIP

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

).Students will study TCP’s use of sequence and acknowledgement numbers and they’ll look atTCP’s receiver-advertised flow control mechanism. They will investigate the performance(throughput and round-trip time) of the TCP connection between the client and the server.Benefits of Lab Exercise and Students’ FeedbackAfter one trial run of the networking course during the Fall 2005, we have assessed theeducational value of the lab exercises through feedback from students. Our results show thatmost of students did not have the prior knowledge concerning computer networking concepts.They found that these labs are very interesting and easy to follow. In the course evaluation,students responded the question “What were the most effective aspects in the

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunter Heitmann, Technical University-Berlin

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International

aninternational practice in its various facets. Following these definition of necessary or intendedlearning outcomes appropriate teaching/learning arrangements have to be provided includingrespective assessment procedures.Traditional offers embrace subject related courses in a foreign language, modules to developintercultural competence, hiring staff from foreign countries either on tenure or as guestlecturers, exploring the advantages of an international student body in tutorials, languagelearning and extra-curricular activities. More demanding approaches comprise cooperationwith companies and research institutes abroad on research or thesis work and, increasingly,international student project work using web based and other modern

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Wisconsin, Madison, WI. His research interests include real-time digital systems, embedded system design, software engineering, curriculum design, and educational assessment techniques. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE. E-mail: morrow@ieee.orgThad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy Thad B. Welch, Ph.D, P.E., is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Wyoming in Fall 2004. His research interests include the implementation of communication systems using DSP techniques, DSP education, multicarrier communication systems analysis, and RF signal propagation. Commander Welch is a member of ASEE, IEEE

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Baldwin, Roger Williams University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

treatment and water resources which would benefit greatly from thisfirst-hand experience. In addition, a design project for the senior capstone design course couldbe modeled on this project.Specifically, this project can be a learning tool to illustrate the determination of sustainability. InCriterion 3 Program Outcomes and Assessment, the ABET Engineering AccreditationCommission identifies skills that engineering graduates should possess. These include the abilityto design a system with realistic constraints including sustainability, economic, social, political,and manufacturability [3]. These constraints tend to be hard to incorporate into a design projectwhen the student is primarily focused on the technical aspects. My plan is to use this

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech; G. Loganathan, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

probably a major difference as it wasn’t implemented in spring2005. As can be seen in Table 2, student perception of their skills increased markedly betweenthe two semesters, an indication of the effectiveness of this multiple models experiment. It canbe seen that about 71% students reported improvement in their problem solving and logicalthinking skills in fall 2005 while in spring 2005 it was only about 58%.While these data do support an increase in problem solving and logical thinking skills after theintroduction of the project, the evidence is indirect and a measure of student perception. Thedata will be more rigorously analyzed and focus group assessment will be performed in comingsemesters.Table 2Exit survey question: Have your problem

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Butler, Mercer University; Priscilla Hicks, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

quarter-century, minorities and women have madesignificant strides in the numbers earning undergraduate degrees in engineering, althoughthe proportions have changed very little5. At MUSE, 15% of BSE degrees are awarded toAfrican-Americans and 32% to women, on average. These percentages exceed thenational averages, which are 5% and 20%, respectively14. Transfer students, whocomprise 18% of the new students at MUSE on average, graduate in three years atroughly the same rates that new freshmen students graduate in five years.Graduation may also be investigated by assessing the groups’ graduation rates during aspecified time window. Figure 6 shows five-year graduation rates for students at MUSE

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Lynch, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

definition should be holistic and includesustainability10 as well as societal, legal, natural, and financial aspects22 because environmentalengineering practice requires competence in all these areas.Academia should take this definition and along with the Accreditation Board of Engineering andTechnology and the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying reassess whatshould be component criteria in accrediting environmental programs and granting of professionallicensure. Simultaneously these organizations should take steps in removing these criteria that Page 11.1068.5uniquely define environmental engineering from assessment of

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abraham Michelen, Hudson Valley Community College; Gary Kardys, Hudson Valley Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

program over the next five years, New York State will contribute $160 million while International SEMATECH and its member companies, including IBM will add $193 million. The initial project will be aimed at R&D in the area of advanced lithography infrastructure for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. EUV will be crucial for computer chip manufacturing technology in the future because technical advances are expected to cause present day manufacturing methods to become obsolete for the most advanced chips.”Assessment of Local Needs and HVCC RequirementsWhile many manufacturing segments have been declining in the U.S., the semiconductormanufacturing industry has continued to grow. In addition, developments in Nanotechnologyare poised to

Conference Session

Effective Teaching with Online Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Continuing Professional Development

. ‘Engineering Education: Renewing America’s Technology,’ Proceedings. 6–9 Nov. 1993. Page(s):22–23. 3. New Questions about Learning Styles. Malave, C.; Belhot, R. V.; Figueiredo, R. S.; Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003. 33rd Annual. Volume 3, 5–8 Nov. 2003. Page(s):S1D–S18. 4. http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html. 5. A Longitudinal Study of Alternative Approaches to Engineering Education: Survey of Assessment Results. Felder, R. M.; Felder, G. N.; Dietz, E. J.; Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Page 11.377.5 Conference. ‘Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Gonzalez-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. He is interested in strategic and physical planning, institutional research and assessment. Page 11.218.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Applicant’s Profile Study for Improving Undergraduate Enrollment in the Engineering School of the University of Puerto Rico at MayagüezAbstractIn recent years, the undergraduate enrollment population of the Engineering School at theUniversity of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez exhibits a regional bias. In general, at our campusof the university enrollment has decreased slightly. This work establishes a