Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Urban, Arizona State University; Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Faye Navabi, Arizona State University; Debra Banks, Consultant

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Women in Engineering

2006-2423: EVALUATING SELF-ASSESSMENT AND A PLACEMENTEXAMINATION FOR A FIRST COURSE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: HOW DOWOMEN AND MINORITY STUDENTS FARE?Joseph Urban, Arizona State University DR. JOSEPH E. URBAN Joseph E. Urban is a professor of computer science and serves the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering as Inclusive Learning Communities Program Director at ASU. His research areas include software engineering, computer languages, data engineering, and distributed computing.Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND is an Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering. She was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; GWEN EBERT, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for the coming years.The program typically costs $ 82,000 of which around 50% is dedicated towards studentexpenses, around 40% towards instructional expenses and the remaining towards operational andmiscellaneous expenses. The budget per student is around $4000. Refer to Appendix B for adetailed description of a sample budget.Metrics/ Measurement of SuccessIn 2002 the Diversity Affairs Office set out to track the results of four minority outreachprograms for graduate and undergraduate students. Of the four programs run by the College, theESP program is our most successful recruitment program. From 1996 through 2000, over 31%(30 out of 95) of all ESP participants enrolled in the University (UW). From 2001-2003 we havebeen able to recruit 50

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

diversity statement exercise is only one ofthe topics explored by program participants in the eight-week program. Two research questionsabout the diversity statement exercise guided the analyses and results reported here: 1) does thediversity statement exercise show promise as a means of enabling participants to engage withdiversity issues in engineering education?, and 2) how prepared are engineering graduatestudents to grapple with issues of diversity and teaching? The remainder of this paper is organized into background, methods, results, discussion andconclusion sections. We provide background information about diversity in engineeringeducation. Next, we provide a brief overview of our work including descriptions of the portfolioprogram and the

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; William Semke, University of North Dakota; Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota; Arnold Johnson, University of North Dakota; Ofer Beeri, University of North Dakota; George Seielstad, University of North Dakota

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Design in Engineering Education

University, an American Indian tribal college, and the U.S. GeologicalSurvey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, which operates theNational Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive. All five states affiliated with UMAC alsoparticipate in the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Theintent was to provide students in the Upper Midwest EPSCoR states with research opportunitiesthat they could not experience at their home institutions. Figure 1. Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium (UMAC) partner institutions.The original recruiting requirements are listed as follows, although they were modified each yeardue to program constraints and lessons learned: 1. Eight (8) undergraduate research

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meetu Walia, Polytechnic University; EDWIN YU, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 11.1403.4of the program. This GK—12 Fellows project aspires to stimulate interest in high school students towardSTEM related fields by incorporating sensing, instrumentation, and modern computingtechnologies into Active Physics, Marine Biology, Regents Physics, and Living Environmentcurricula. The project also aims to enhance student achievement on standardized exams. Thegoal is to have the students form a deep appreciation of STEM disciplines so that they canconsider career options in STEM-related disciplines. To achieve the goals of the program, 13 RAISE Fellows are deployed in four inner-cityhigh schools to serve as teaching assistants in the classrooms and labs and as science resources tothe teachers. Each RAISE Fellow

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

faculty, and its objectives. After overcoming traditionalbarriers, a conceptual framework for “retooling” and/or “revitalizing” the academic programsshould be outlined. What lies at the crux of the matter is: what engineering students need to learnand how can they best learn it, as well as what engineering institutions should teach and how canthey best teach it? The paper argues that various “stakeholders” in the future of engineering education(administrators, faculty, students, industry, and government leaders) as well as others - wouldeventually come to grip with the dilemma in which they are immersed, be stimulated to debate,and motivated to act along workable paths to implement widespread reform to insure theviability and currency of

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

the top floor, descending onefloor in each operation of formulation, blending, packaging, and shipping. An MS degreewas followed by an industry year operating small scale refinery processes, and learningcomputer programming. Page 11.1227.5 Along the undergraduate way I certainly took and survived many classes, thoughin retrospect I probably regarded most more as obstacles rather than enlightenments onmy path to engineering. My deepest learning and sense of confidence for “how stuffworks” arose largely from the easily remembered summer activities vs. the now veryhazy course topics of academia. “Hands-on” was clearly the best path for

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eddy Rojas, University of Washington; Carrie Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

, the challenge of a longitudinal study isto quantify how good a decision-maker a subject actually is. The recommended approach is toassemble a panel of experts from the local construction industry to serve as judges. The panelinterviews each one of the participating subjects before and after the exercise is executed todetermine if their decision-making skills have changed. Members of the panel do not know thegroup to which each subject belongs (experimental or control). Panel members should receiveproper training in order to make sure that they respond in a consistent and reliable manner. Thedecision-making skills of each subject can be evaluated through the introduction of ahypothetical situation in the same topical area as the exercise. They

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

path, thus resulting in more graduate students who may also be more open to workingwith undergraduates because of the benefits they earned. A second broader impact is that theproof-of-concept course will have underrepresented groups in engineering make up at least fortypercent of the participants. Yet a third broader impact is that the experience should serve toinform and promote other undergraduates about the value and opportunity of undergraduateresearch experiences. Finally, a fourth broader impact is that should this course prove successfulat enriching and promoting undergraduate research, the structure of this course should readilytransfer to other schools. In other words, the technical communication courses at many schoolswould have a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

STEM topics and how they are actually applied in real-world situations • Integrate technical, engineering, and managerial issues • Improve written and oral communications skills • Foster a change in learning environment that encourages female and minority students to persevere and succeed in engineering programs • Offer a method that has a lasting impact on student learning, as measured by improved grades in subsequent semesters In addition to the benefits to students, LITEE multimedia case studies offer significantinstitutional benefits in that they satisfy the majority of the 11 outcomes specified in the ABETaccreditation criteria exceptionally well, improving ties to industry, breaking downdepartmental

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Dennis Coon, University of Wyoming; Paul Crips, Laramie Middle School; John Pierre, University of Wyoming

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

possibilities for themselves, Wyoming society; and to stimulate and reward excellence in Wyoming schools [Adapted from 1].‚ Engineering Summer Program (ESP): The College of Engineering and the Wyoming Engineering Society, in conjunction with the J. Kenneth & Pat Kennedy Endowment Endowment and the University of Wyoming College of Engineering Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the West Initiative offer high school juniors an opportunity to participate in a summer program of hands-on experiences in various engineering fields. For example, students may design and build a digital circuit, study solutions to an environmental issue, test the aerodynamics of a tennis racket or model rocket, fabricate advanced composite

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Shepard, Engenius Solutions

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the curriculum for theprograms to be truly successful.Over the past tens years, Rose-Hulman has made great strides in introducing entrepreneurship tothe student body. In addition to Engenius Solutions, Rose-Hulman has developed a Masters inEngineering Management, which offers classes to both graduate and undergraduate students inentrepreneurship and management, established Rose-Hulman Ventures, another LillyEndowment funded program, many departments have encouraged and supported student teams indeveloping entrepreneurial based proposals for external funding from organizations such asNCIIA. All of these programs provide entrepreneurship development opportunities for the Rose-Hulman student body.While the current programs and opportunities are

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

programs, nor are there studies showing any effect onincreased retention in engineering undergraduate programs for students who have participated inthese K-12 programs.Boettcher and colleagues [17] also reported increased comfort level and knowledge by teachersas a result of summer training programs. Hirsch and colleagues [19] developed and implementeda “Preparedness to Teach” survey for teachers, which was administered prior to the workshop, atthe end of the workshop, and one-year later. Results showed that teachers felt better prepared toteach specific concepts after the summer program, and teachers reported a greater comfort levelone year later after having integrated engineering concepts into their instruction

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

University. She is also been serving as department chair and associate director of Cal Poly's Center for Sustainability in Engineering. Her degrees are from Michigan Technological University (B.S. metallurgical engineeering, 1985) and Stanford University (Ph.D. materials science and engineering, 1991).Blair London, California Polytechnic State University BLAIR LONDON is a Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. He earned a BS in Materials Engineering from Drexel University and MS & PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He currently teaches a variety of undergraduate engineering courses at Cal Poly