Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ethan Patrick Adams, Penn State University: Berks Campus; Patrick Joseph Scanlon; Joseph Torres, Penn State Berks GenCyber; Tricia Clark, Penn State Berks; Terence Laughlin, Blue Mountain High School; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

in the following.Day 1: In the morning session, the participants were introduced to the field of cyber security usingseveral short videos and discussions. Afterwards, the Collaborative Virtual Computer Laboratorywas introduced, and the students were shown how to log onto their individual accounts and accessto their Windows 7 and Backtrack virtual machines. In addition, the participants were introducedto the command prompt and basic networking commands. Netcat was used in order tocommunicate over the network and allowed students to create files and share them with each otherthrough the network.Day 2: The morning of day 2 was focused on informing the students on not only what the differentprotocols are, but also what their importance is and

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Laura Bayerle; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Society for Engineering Education, 2017 FiERCE: Empowering Girls in Engineering Through Role-Models and Mentoring Laura A. Bayerle1, Dr. Marietta R. Scanlon2 1 St. Ignatius Loyola Regional School, West Lawn, PA 2 Division of Engineering, Penn State BerksAbstractLeveraging current research indicating that the presence of mentors and role-models areinstrumental to the recruitment and retention of females in engineering, the primary purpose ofthis study was to examine the effect of role-models and mentors on the attitudes and self-confidence of middle school girls towards engineering. Participants were cohorts of middleschool aged females, paired with Penn State University (PSU) female undergraduate