Conference Session

PreK-12 Track -. Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

many areasof expertise, always highlighting the true nature of engineering through the Habits ofMind, improving students’ attitudes towards learning in STEM disciplines, improvingteacher’s attitudes towards teaching in STEM disciplines, and recruit future engineeringstudents to engineering. [11]The overall goal of supporting diversity is accomplished through a variety of research-basedtechniques. The initial, primary goal of appealing to girls remains, but the very sametechniques that appeal to girls promote maximum inclusivity, which is itself appealing to girls.Summer camps are 30-50% female and other programs are either 50/50 male/female ormajority female (for example, girl scouts). The only exception is occasional boy scoutprograms, but

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Chaoyi Wang, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Yvonne Calvo Burns, Camp Program Coordinator

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

Paper ID #215632018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29miniGEMS STEAM and Programming Camp for Middle School GirlsDr. Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word Michael T. Frye, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, TX. He is an Electrical Engineer who specialized in the field of nonlinear control theory with applications to autonomous air vehicles. Dr. Frye’s research interest is in discovering new and efficient techniques that mitigates the

Conference Session

Pre-K12 Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ardice Hartry, University of California, Berkeley; Maia Werner-Avidon, MWA Insights; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium; Ariel J. Ortiz, Lawrence Hall of Science; Kathryn Chong Quigley, Lawrence Hall of Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

learning experiences designed to engage and support youth from populations traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering disciplines. Much of her work focuses on public participation in science and engineering with transparency and for the purpose of solving problems. She holds a master’s degree in anthropology and a doctorate in political science.Ms. Maia Werner-Avidon, MWA Insights Maia Werner-Avidon served as the primary evaluator for the TechHive project during its initial years. Prior to starting her evaluation firm, MWA Insights, Ms. Werner-Avidon served as a Research and Evaluation Specialist at the Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley, CA) for eight years, where she worked on the TechHive project

Conference Session

PreK-12 Track -. Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Bhumi Mevawala, Engineers on Wheels; Angelique Tucker, Engineers on Wheels; Amanda Rose Basantis, Engineers on Wheels; Elizabeth Beatty, Engineers on Wheels; Joseph Egan, Engineers on Wheels; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

Paper ID #241352018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Engineers on Wheels: A Mobile Engineering Outreach ProgramMs. Bhumi Mevawala, Engineers on Wheels I am a senior Civil Engineering major at Rowan University focusing on the studies of young students and engineering in the nearby public schools since the beginning of 2017. As a researcher, I am tasked with surveying the students at the beginning and at the end of the program to calculate how many students interest in engineering has changed over the weeks after multiple activities and simulations