Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Zimmerman, Portland State University; Timothy D. Gulzow, Portland State University; Robert B Bass, Portland State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

link them together. Dr. Bass specializes in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on electric power, electromechanical energy conversion, distributed energy resources, control theory and power systems analysis. Page 26.1515.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Development of Engineering Project Curricula that Emphasize Design Cycles1 AbstractAs engineering educators, our role is to prepare students for careers in engineering. As such, weaim to develop our students’ engineering capabilities in accord with the expectations of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego; Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

.)On the other hand, there was an increase on the post-assessment in several responses, mostnotably for the following coding categories: needed for future career (to obtain, do well in) (pre- Page 26.1542.10assessment: 13%, n = 7; post-assessment: 29%, n = 16) and needed for safety, legitimacy, beingqualified in engineering (pre-assessment: 7%, n = 4; post-assessment: 18%, n = 10). To a lesserextent, coding categories accurately reflect what you know, academic record (pre-assessment:13%, n = 7; post-assessment: 20%, n = 11) and to recognize those who deserve credit (pre-assessment: 7%, n = 4; post-assessment: 13%, n = 7) were also more often

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Acree Guggemos, Colorado State University; Mostafa Khattab, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Beyond the Industry Advisory Board: Increasing the Role of Industry Engagement to Support Program QualityAbstractDuring the last number of years, States’ support for higher education has declined significantly.Over the next decade, higher education will continue to face the challenges of state revenuefunding constraints, changes in the public perception of higher education, and the effectivenessof higher education in preparing young men and women for a career after graduation.With their natural connection to industry, engineering and construction education programs arepoised to lead the way in a new model for the future of higher education. Constructionmanagement

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawna Fletcher, Texas A&M University; Susan Haag

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

utilize standard assessment and evaluation practices that align with college andcareer readiness outcomes. Since 2007, researchers in Arizona have been evaluating andassessing FIRST® robotics programs across the state. The purpose of evaluation was to indicatethe 1) overall success and program impact on students, teachers and mentors; 2) the impact ofhands-on learning to interest students in STEM subjects; 3) the impact of developing workplaceskills that can be transferred to the classroom; and 4) impact on career choice. In addition tocompiling data to understand increasing students' technical skills, research methods embeddedABET student outcomes in the assessment of AZ FIRST® programs. This paper will present anoverview of FIRST programs and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Clara Novoa, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

increasingstudent retention as a part of an NSF IUSE grant, Texas State STEM Rising Stars. One of thesestrategies is to introduce a new first-year course, “Introduction to Engineering & EngineeringTechnology,” that was designed to support student retention through exploration of relevantacademic and career issues, early contact with faculty as mentors, and development of a learningcommunity with peers in the major. A special challenge for developing this new Introduction toEngineering course is that the state legislature implemented a law2 that limits the number ofhours that can be required for a college degree. As a result, a new course cannot simply beadded to the existing curriculum of the university’s engineering and engineering technologydegrees

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova; Artem Bezrukov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Petr Osipov

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Diversity, International Forum

(1999) in Kazan State Technological University. Julia joined the team of Kazan State Technological University as an instructor at the Department of For- eign Languages and the School of Foreign Languages ”Lingua” in 1999 and was rapidly promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages in 2003. Her teaching career was perfectly balanced by the experience of a translator and an interpreter. She is a well-known person at Kazan international conferences and other events for her high quality consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, such as interpreting for the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The new milestone in Julia’s career was the position of the Chair of

Conference Session

Automation in Manufacturing

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #22011New Mechatronics Education InitiativesDr. Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Founda- tion and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways; has produced award winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post-secondary

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelli Paul, Indiana University; Euisuk Sung, Indiana University; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

and STEM careers as well as the development of instruments and evaluation tools to assess these constructs.Dr. Euisuk Sung, Indiana University Euisuk Sung is a postdoctoral researcher at Indiana University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Engineering and Technology Teacher Education at Purdue University. He has computer science degree and worked as a computer software developer for three years. then he served as an engineering and technology educator in high school for 9 years in South Korea. Currently he is working in NSF Funded project, titled TRAILS. His research interests are design cognition, maker education, computer science education, and all about STEM education.Dr. Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University

Conference Session

Track: Pre-College - Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Christine Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Margaret Hart, Johns Hopkins University; Andrea M. Perry, Garrison Forest School; Anitra Michelle Washington, Western High School; Laura Garcia

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Diversity, Pre-College

Paper ID #24976unique environment of working in an urban, all-boys school further ignited Anitra’s interest in increasingstudent achievement in STEM and the number of her students pursuing college degrees in science in en-gineering. Her experience at St. Benedict’s Prep led Anitra to pursue a master’s degree in education witha concentration in science teaching, learning, and curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania. Whileattending the University of Pennsylvania, she completed her thesis on the impact of teacher expectationsand norms on student interest in science as a career. In addition, she served as a science education con-sultant for the Drexel University School of Education/Philadelphia Public School System Partnership andhelped create

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Amy Huynh, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

experiences, career pathway, and advice.Meanwhile, back in the classroom, engineering students typically focus on learning theoreticalconcepts and working on problem sets and receiving guidance from the professor and/or teachingassistants. Both academic and industry experiences help to shape students as they becomeengineers.There has been some research on how male and female engineers and engineering students differin their experiences. Since women remain a largely untapped resource in meeting the demand fora skilled scientific workforce, it is important to understand why they remain underrepresented inboth engineering programs and industry. While considerable attention has been paid in theliterature to the issue of attracting and retaining more

Collection

2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Samantha Schauer, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Kim MB Tucker

easier to form.Theoretical Frameworks used to examine impacts LLCs have on FYECSTinto’s Interactionalist Theory of Student Departure is a common theoretical framework used toanalyze why students leave college [2], [3], [9], [11], [13]. Tinto believes students’ success incollege is based upon their preparation for higher education, and their environment in college[14]. Tinto’s research found that LLCs tend to create their own support groups, and spend moretime outside of class together than non-participants. This type of supportive relationship provesthat LLC participants gain more than just a deeper understanding of their course material [9].Similarly, Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) from Lent, Brown, and Hackett is used toexamine how

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah J Mobley P.E., The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Kristen N. Wyckoff, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Women in Engineering

teaching responsibilities,thereby not effectively influencing the undergraduate population as a junior female faculty with amore recurring undergraduate teaching assignment. The opportunity for a university to report atruer representation of the engagement with female faculty is valuable to recruitment of femalestudents and may possibly be attractive to other minority factions. A series of 10 undergraduateengineering programs were reviewed at a single institute to compare the percentage of femalefaculty to an “engagement” percentage.Literature ReviewSTEM Diversity initiatives and recruitment plans all over the world have increased the numberof women choosing to pursue a career, and therefore education, in STEM topics. Universities arereporting

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 20

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sandra B. Nite, Texas A&M University; Devyn Chae Rice; Rayan Tejani, Allen Academy

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. Socialcognitive career theory developed by Xeuli Wang (2013) is the basis of the study. According tothis model, an individual’s decision to choose a STEM major is affected by a variety of highschool experiences, determined largely by prior mathematics success. Those experiences areimportant in determining the individual’s goals and interests. In other words, an individual’sbackground and participation in certain activities affect their learning experiences, andsubsequently their self-efficacy, and eventually their career choices. A survey about influenceson their decisions to major in engineering was completed by 251 students at a major researchuniversity. Possible influences were categorized by type (e.g., informal activities/camps, formalschooling

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Shani O'Brien, University of Colorado Denver; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; William Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

University Indianapolis (IUPUI). However, awardingtalented students is only one element that this collaboration is using to promote the growth of aSTEM identity in their students. The Collaboratory is expected to generate new knowledge inSTEM education by investigating a variety of mechanisms for supporting a diverse set ofstudents in an urban context in their development of a STEM identity--the lack of which is afundamental reason students often select out of STEM majors and careers [1].The funding for this project was awarded on October 1, 2018. Because this was after theacademic year had already begun, the team decided to delay funding of the first cohort ofscholars until 2019-20 so that the program could be implemented with fidelity to the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ronald B. Bucinell, Union College; Rebecca Cortez, Union College; Holli M. Frey, Union College; Joanne D. Kehlbeck, Union College; Michael E. Hagerman; David A. Cotter, Union College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

studying the intersections between gender, race, class, and place in STEM access and success using both national panel data and data on cohorts of Union College students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Leading Educational and Academic Directions to Enhance Retention in STEM R.B. Bucinell, H.M. Frey, R. Cortez, S. Amanuel, J.D. Kehlbeck, D.A. Cotter, M.E. Hagerman Union College, Schenectady, NY This project aims to develop, refine and implement practices that will advanceunderstanding of the factors affecting retention and career pathways of low-income, at-riskpopulations. The production of academically

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christine Michelle Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Susan Herring, Bucks County Community College; Tracy A. Timby, Bucks County Community College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

skills occupational training, adult basic literacy, and other pre-collegiate pro- gramming including college and career readiness programs for high school and out-of-school students. Susan has been instrumental in managing workforce development programs in collaboration with indus- try and government agencies, including the employer-driven Metalwork Training Program. This highly successful and replicable model provides entry-level, well-trained workers for local manufacturers. In addition to her experience in higher education, Ms. Herring’s experience includes over thirteen years in corporate human resources management working for Fortune 500 companies, and 10 years working with school-based workforce development

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Amy F. Golightly, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

” and reflective of what students expect to see intheir career or find personally meaningful. This study focuses on the students’ perceptions ofcourse elements and the extent to which students’ perception of the presence or absence of theseelements impacts their motivational state in their coursework.IntroductionIntrinsic motivation, defined as the “inclination toward assimilation, mastery, spontaneousinterest, and exploration”(2), is positively correlated with task-persistence and overallsatisfaction with a given task (3). Because intrinsic motivation is a self-generated state, onemight think that if faculty desire this as an outcome, they might have little impact on its presenceor absence in a given student - that’s what intrinsic means

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Tammy Lutz-Rechtin

, safetyeducation is still mostly reliant on individual faculty members to initiate rather than a formalprogram for graduate students. In an effort to address continuing issues in safety and enhanceprofessional attributes needed for these graduate student’s future careers, a course was createdentitled “Research Safety and Compliance for STEM Professionals.” The target audience for thesafety course was graduate students with at least one year of research experience.This new course was designed to provide an overview of governmental safety regulationcombined with direct application of safety requirements through real-life examples. Due to thesmaller class size of five graduate students, a uniquely tailored and interactive approach wastaken. The fundamentals

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

relationships that are built between the high school and university faculty will have along-term impact on all students influenced by these high school teachers.TechSTEP consists of three distinct projects which are delivered on a three-year cycle. Theseprojects are each centered on a common theme which connects high school level math andscience to engineering. Each year’s theme showcases a topic that encompasses engineeringconcepts, as well as team skills, creative problem solving, and career exploration. These themesserve as good applications of algebra and trigonometry, are very hands-on and intuitive, give anexcellent introduction to engineering design, and easily lead to a design competition. Theprojects pique student interest and show the

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World / International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Dennis Jet, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

retention. There should be BHIOM student supportservices including tutoring, counseling, career advising, and employer encouragement. Atthe graduate level, there are many BHIOM students of superior ability who demonstratefinancial need and plan to pursue a PhD degree in a designated area of national need.The IHE Diversity Model should offer fellowships to such students and increase theirnumbers by aggressively promoting recruitment, retention and orientation of thosetalented students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. Page 13.44.4 Institute of Higher Education (IHE) Mission Resources targeted for maximum quality

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin; Tayo Oladunni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid

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Educational Research and Methods

., academic self-efficacy,academic motivation, leadership, metacognition, career, type of learner (e.g., deep vs. surface),teamwork, and expectancy-value) serve as independent parameters to an artificial neuralnetwork (NN) that is used to predict student persistence within engineering school at the endof first year. A feed-forward neural network model with back-propagation training was developed topredict third semester retention of a cohort of first-year engineering students (N=1,523) at alarge Midwestern university. The model constituted of 159 primary nodes corresponding to 8noncognitive factors described by a 159 item instrument. The resulting model was shown tohave a predicative accuracy of 82% for retained students after their first year and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

department uses this exam in the senior capstonecourse in order to get an overall picture of the depth of professional ethics understanding amongour senior class of students. The capstone course combines students from multiple disciplines,including: Mechanical Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology,Technology-Design, Technology-Manufacturing, and Technology-Construction Management.The use of the exam accomplishes a few objectives. First, it provides an assessment on studentunderstanding of professional ethics for students that are nearing graduation. As such, itprovides feedback as to the efficacy and depth of coverage of ethics principles that students havebeen taught throughout their four year academic career. Second, it creates a

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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First-Year Programs

place, this is an assumption worth examining. Ourstudy aims to address this need by investigating pre-major undergraduates’ perceptions ofmajoring in CSE and of the career paths they associate with it.This paper presents a selection of findings from an interview-based, qualitative study ofprospective CSE majors at a large research university. This research primarily aims to detail therange of student perceptions about CSE, rather than to make broadly generalizable claims.However, the responses exhibit some patterns in beliefs about and interest in majoring in CSE.We focus here on findings most likely to inform efforts to recruit, support, and retain CSEmajors into and through their first year of undergraduate study. Many of the

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; bruce jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Biomedical

student learning, interest and attitude data.BackgroundThe need to recruit more students into engineering fields in the U.S. is urgent. Althoughincreased employment opportunities for engineering careers are forecast for the future, nationalenrollment in engineering disciplines has been declining1,2. These diverging trends are likely tocreate a shortfall of trained engineers in the U.S. in the near future1,2,3. While women andminorities comprise an increasingly large percentage of the total workforce, representation inengineering careers remains low at nine and four percent respectively1,2. In order to alter theenrollment trends, more students must be attracted to engineering careers and be prepared topursue engineering study at the college level

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

of resources. The curriculum components areimportant in supporting student retention. There should be student support servicesincluding tutoring, counseling, career advising, and employer encouragement. At thegraduate level, there are many minority students of superior ability who demonstratefinancial need and plan to pursue a PhD degree in a designated area of national need.The IHE Diversity Model should offer fellowships to such students and increase theirnumbers by aggressively promoting recruitment, retention and orientation of thosetalented students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. Page 11.47.3 Institute of

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Aultman-Hall, University of Connecticut; Britt Holmen, University of Connecticut

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Women in Engineering

Associations can contribute to increasing the number of women in engineering leadership roles.Advice to Individual Women EngineersThese accomplished women panelists from all types of organizations providedpersonal advice to individual women engineers that was valued by all. Thisguidance is also helpful for those who want to encourage or mentor individualwomen engineers. Women were encouraged to take risks and accept challenges.These challenges were identified as taking the form of technical challenges in newprojects as well as learning about other disciplines such as public policy orfinance. Knowledge of these other disciplines is needed for successfulengineering leadership. Young women were encouraged to develop a career planas soon as possible

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

years and it has the potential to be moreFrada (1996) concluded that the growth of industrial distribution in the last few years has createdmore jobs and the need for more highly educated employees. Industry experts contend that manycollege graduates could have successful careers in industrial distribution if they were only morefamiliar with it.Industrial distribution has changed from time to time. Anonymous (1998) suggested thatdistribution is in the process of redefining itself. The Internet may be the largest singlecontributor to change in the industry and may manage to eliminate costs from the supply chain.Distribution today and in the future was also stated.What is industrial distribution?According to the industrial distribution program

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Coppinger, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

provide additional comments. Students werealso asked questions pertaining to future career plans, and whether or not the genetics courseinfluenced these plans.Survey resultsAn ANOVA was run to test for differences between the three majors; biology, biomedicalengineering, and other. The other category was made of students majoring in engineering orscience fields other than biology or biomedical engineering. There were no statisticallysignificant differences at the p < .05 value between biology, biomedical engineering, or otherstudents on survey results or grades. Therefore, the data reported here will be central tendenciesand frequencies only and will focus only on applied biology and biomedical engineering studentsas this is the sample of

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Debra Banks, Consultant

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Two Year College Division

the career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students.Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Arizona State University CAROLINE VANINGEN-DUNN is a consultant with CVID Consultants for the past 11 years.. She earned a Bioengineering Degree from the University of Iowa and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Standford. She worked as an engineer for 14 years in industry specializing in the design of seats for comfort and support during crashes. She is currently the half-time director of the METS (Maricopa Engineering Transition Scholars) program, overseeing activities both in the Fulton School of Engineering and the Maricopa County Community College

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

disciplines ofengineering, but furthermore, to have a balanced education in both technical and non-technicalskills and attributes. “These days, engineering is typically practiced in teams with severalengineers from different disciplines who work with contractors, business people, and sales andmarketing personnel” (Hsu, 2004, p.54). Therefore, in order to get hired, and later on be able tohave a successful long term career engineers need to be trained on human behavior skills so thatthey are able to talk, interact, and work with people from different backgrounds; be worldly; beleaders if the situation calls for it; be ethical; and know how to effectively conduct themselves atprofessional environments. This need for a more broad-based engineering