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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

professionals, and students can apply musical and other interests to engagea wider range of students in the study of engineering.BackgroundResearchers have identified several factors that influence student major choice; for example,career prospects, personal interests, parental influence, effects of climate and culture, prioracademic achievement, levels of self-efficacy, motivation, and demographic factors. Wade et al.determined that the choice of science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) wasdirectly influenced by high school math achievement, the intent to major in STEM, and a strongsense of self-efficacy related to mathematical achievement.3 Race and gender have also beenextensively examined as factors correlated with students’ choice of

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Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benedikt von Unold, Stanford University; Annette Isabel Böhmer, Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Nicolas Ledl, Stanford University; Udo Lindemann, Laboratory for Product Development and Lightweight Design; George Toye, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

executive. Having worked on a diverse range of projects ranging from nuclear power plant control systems to digital libraries, he is a self-professed technology junkie — a perpetual misfit who enjoys mixing it up. In mechanical engineering circles, he is often labeled the ”information technology” guy; amongst computer science folks, he is the ”computer hardware” person; or to electrical engineers, he is the ”mechanical” person. More often than not, he is simply one with a holistic systems perspective. At Stanford, George has been senior research associate, associate director at Stanford Center for Design Research, and associate director of technology at Stanford Learning Lab.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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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

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First-Year Programs

its differing models gave the students preliminary insight into many of themethods, concepts, and tools that they will be more formally exposed to in upper level courses.The authors are continuing efforts to refine the project and plan to use it in future semesters. Page 11.943.7AcknowledgementThe support provided by the NSF through its Department-level Reform (DLR) program (grant #0431779) is sincerely acknowledged.Bibliography1. Engineering Workforce Commission Report. 2002. "Engineering & Technology Degrees." Report from theAmerican Association of Engineering Societies Inc.2. Connor, J. and J. C. M. Kampe (2002). “First Year Engineering

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

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Women in Engineering

.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Page 11.143.3© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Warmer Climate for Women in EngineeringABSTRACT: In 2000, University of Rhode Island (URI) President Carothers acknowledged,following an extended and sometimes acrimonious AAUP faculty union grievance process, thatthere had been a climate hostile to women faculty in the College of Engineering. The purpose ofthis paper is to describe the positive steps that were taken at URI subsequent to that grievance toimprove the climate for women faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)fields, and to place these steps within a framework for climate change

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus F Freyne P.E., Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #7248A Documentary Project in a Civil Engineering CourseDr. Seamus F Freyne P.E., Mississippi State University On the civil engineering faculty at Mississippi State University, Dr. Seamus Freyne teaches structures courses and his research interests include engineering education. Page 23.40.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A DOCUMENTARY PROJECT IN A CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSEOverviewAn innovative documentary project in an

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What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Chimka; Alisha Youngblood; Heather Nachtmann

to facilitate decision analysis. Formal estimation instruction, ifany, that engineering students receive prior to entering the workforce takes place within theengineering economy classroom. The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology(ABET) for undergraduate engineering programs has defined a set of outcomes that theseprograms must demonstrate that their graduates have achieved. One of these outcomes (b)requires the ability to analyze and interpret data within the design and conduct of experiments,which frequently requires an awareness of and capability in estimation. This coupled with theimportance of preparing students for the challenges of real world analysis (Bordogna, et al., 1993;ASEE, 1994; National Science Foundation, 1995

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Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D., University of Saint Thomas

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Mechanics

AC 2012-5309: EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING THROUGH A JEOP-ARDY GAMEDr. Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D., University of Saint Thomas Genevieve Gagnon, Ph.D., originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, teaches Mechanics of Materials at the University of St.Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. She is also an instructor for Energy and the Environment. Gagnon obtained her B.Sc. and her M.Sc. from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and her PhD. in material science from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Siwtzerland. The main subject of her thesis was thermal fatigue of aluminum composites inside a transmission electron microscope

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-5006: INTEGRATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MOD-ULES IN THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific UniversityDr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., in 1988 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 1989 and 1995, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, and she was previously with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, in a similar position from 1996 to 1999. Her research interests are split between technical

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K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang; Linda Head

Attracting Women into Electrical and Computer Engineering Ying Tang, Head M. Linda, Shreekanth Mandayam, and Kauser Jahan Rowan University College of Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701 ABSTRACTEngineering is currently absent in most K-12 schools, which poses a large obstacle to therecruitment of students, particularly underrepresented groups, such as women, intoengineering programs. Reaching back into middle schools and/or high school has beenidentified as one of the effective ways to recruit undergraduates. This paper describessuch efforts

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Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora B. Honken, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Kate E. Snyder, University of Louisville

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #8649Exploring Engineering Students’ Beliefs on Effort and IntelligenceNora B. Honken, University of Louisville Nora Honken holds degrees in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech and Arizona State University. She will receive a PHD in Education Leadership, Foundations and Human Development from the Uni- versity of Louisville in May 2014. She has held positions in engineering and management for Axxess Technologies, Varian, Amoco and Corning, and has taught in industry, at community college and at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her research interests include engineering student performance and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

own learning are better able to adapt to our increasinglyknowledge-driven economy and stay abreast of change in science and technology and thusremain relevant to the modern workforce.PurposeIn order to address these gaps, we need robust curricula that target information literacy skills andattributes necessary to enable life-long learning. Even more importantly, however, we needuseful assessment tools that will provide a better understanding of engineering students’ self-directed learning skills and a valid measure of how these skills improve. While there areassessment instruments that address these skills, most of them focus on information search skillsand a non-engineering application.In this project, we aim to develop two valid and reliable

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Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Ibrahim

conducted by aconsortium of universities known as Foundation Coalition has extensively supported the conceptof courses’ integration. The Coalition included Arizona State University, Maricopa Community Page 9.184.4* Equations are not numbered sequentially but have same numbers as in the reference textbook. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationCollege, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas A&M Kingsville, Texas A&M University,Texas Woman’s University and the University of Alabama. One

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pat Leelani; Hector Estrada

Technology at TAMUK is acknowledged. Also, cooperationfrom the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the US Army Corps of Engineers, and theKingsville wastewater treatment plant is greatly acknowledged.Bibliography1. Estrada, H. (2004) CEEN 5316 – FUTURE ENGINEERS SUMMER INSTITUTE, web site, URL: http://users.tamuk.edu/kfhe000/FCESI_site/home1.html2. Kiritsis, N., (1996). “Summer Science Camp at the University of Texas-Pan American.” Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Gulf Southwest Section of ASEE, San Antonio, Texas, p. 29-34, held at UTSA,3. Verner, J. M., and D. J. Ahlgren, (2002). “Fire-Fighting Robot Contest: Interdisciplinary Design Curricula in College and High School.” Journal of Engineering Education, July 2002, p

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

Laboratory Possible with Undergraduates Alone?,” 2004 ASEE Conference Proceedings.2. Gonzalez, R., “BME Undergraduate Design Projects Using Various Undergraduate Majors,” 2001 ASEE Conference Proceedings.3. Leiffer, P.and Gonzalez,R., “Development of Modules and Labs for ‘Biomedical Engineering Across the Curriculum’,” 2002 ASEE Conference Proceedings.PAUL R. LEIFFER, PhD,PEDr. Leiffer is a professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University,where he has taught since 1979. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from DrexelUniversity. Prior to joining the faculty at LeTourneau, he was involved in cardiac cell research at the University ofKansas Medical Center. Email

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Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

paperconcludes with comments from the student’s faculty advisor.IntroductionIt is not uncommon for graduate students in engineering to be assigned to teach a courseat the undergraduate level during their student years. For many this is their first teachingassignment. I was one of these graduate students. I was assigned to teach an engineeringeconomics course at the undergraduate level in the Fall 2003 semester at Old DominionUniversity (ODU). There were 36 students in my class. All of them had either junior orsenior standing in their departments. They were from various departments, i.e., CivilEngineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Engineering Technology, MechanicalEngineering, and Computer Science.New educators, especially graduate students, in

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

section ofEngineering Economics at the undergraduate level in the Fall 2003 semester at OldDominion University (ODU). There were 36 students in my class. All of them had eitherjunior or senior standing in their departments. They were from various departments -Civil Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Engineering Technology,Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science.Typically, the departments will select the textbook for the assigned graduate assistants.This helps as there are many texts (all with strengths and weaknesses) and this would be adaunting task for a graduate student to do well. The Department of EngineeringManagement and Systems Engineering at ODU selected Newnan, Donald G., Jerome P.Lavelle, and Ted G. Eschenbach

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Clare Robins; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

, in teams of four, to propose and design aproject that they could take to a K-8 classroom that would teach about engineering, math orscience. The projects were required to align with the NC Standard Course of Study and nationalscience and technology standards. Projects could be interactive or passive (e.g. a hallway display)and were required to meet strict acceptability guidelines before the teams were matched with aparticular K-12 classroom. This paper describes the lessons learned as fifteen teams participatedin this pilot project.IntroductionIn the fall of 2002, the College of Engineering at NC State introduced a new semester designproject into the Introduction to Engineering class required of all freshmen. The Introduction toEngineering

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Best Teaching Practices for ABET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

Session 1675 Integrating Ethics Education into the Engineering Curriculum Dr. June Marshall, Dr. John Marshall St. Joseph’s College/ University of Southern MaineAbstractEngineering programs across the nation are investigating techniques to implement thenew ABET accreditation requirements (Engineering Criteria 2000) regarding ethicsinstruction for engineers. According to Criterion 3 of ABET’s Engineering Criteria2000, “engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have . . . anunderstanding of professional and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

. Schmalzel, A. Marchese, and R. Hesketh, What's Brewing in the Engineering Clinic?. Hewlett PackardEngineering Educator. 2(1), 6 (1998).9 K. D. Dahm, R. P. Hesketh and M. J. Savelski, “Micromixing Experiments in the Undergraduate Curriculum,”ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2002, Montreal.Biographical InformationKevin Dahm in an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Hisprimary technical area is in chemical kinetics and mechanisms. His current primary teaching interest is integratingprocess simulation throughout the chemical engineering curriculum, and he is receiving the 2003 Joseph

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Steve Stafford; Elsa Villa

Discover Science and Engineering Day with an increase of Page 6.386.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationover 100% high school participation and an expected impact on roughly 2000 pre-collegestudents.VIII AcknowledgementsFunding for Discover Engineering Day has been provided by grants from the General MotorsFoundation, Raytheon, The Boeing Company and the Agilent Technologies Foundation throughits Diversity in Education Initiative. This work is also partially funded by the National

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TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Grace; Scott Klingenstein; Ron Ulseth; Nick Nicholson; Don Moen; Amy Hendrickson; Aaron Wenger; Kenneth Gentili; Paul Gordy; Jim Richardson

that TYCs hold as connectors of high school teachers in SMET and universities offering engineering degrees. The TYCs are the logical connector between high school math, science, and technology teachers and engineering degree granting universities. TYCs often have deep roots within the local community, local businesses, and within the local school districts that can be used to recruit and retain students successfully to the educational pathway leading to an engineering degree. Page 7.70.1B. Through a national collaboration increase TYC participation in engineering science programming and increase University to TYC

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Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Christianson; Paul King

Session XXXX Teaching Safety Through Design In Biomedical Engineering Design Paul H. King, PhD, PE, Wayne C. Christensen, CSP, PE Vanderbilt University / Institute for Safety Through DesignAbstract: The importance of safety in design of biomedical engineering devices and processes inhealth and the environment can be covered in a variety of ways in a senior design course.Students can be initially sensitized to the necessity via a discussion of current literature (recentnewsprint of accidents), via a discussion of the National Academy of Science publication “To ErrIs Human: Building a Safer Health System”, through

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

, Laramie WY 82072.3. Strauss, W. and Howe, N., The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny, Broadway Books, NY, 1997, ISBN 0-553-06682-X.4. Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years, statistics include not only engineering graduates but also engineering technology graduates.5. Strauss, W. and Howe, N., Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation, Vintage Books, NY, 2000, ISBN 0- 375-70719-0.6. Raines, Clair., Generations: A Newsletter for Managers, Issue Six, 222 Milwaukee, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80206.TOM C. ROBERTS, P.E., CMCAssistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityTom has more than 25 years experience in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Nachtmann

Page 6.617.5course. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIncorporating research into lower level undergraduate engineering courses can facilitate a life-long learning process, which is emphasized in today’s engineering programs. In the 2000-2001criteria for accrediting engineering programs as defined by the Accreditation Board ofEngineering and Technology (ABET), one of the program outcomes is that engineeringgraduates must have a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.The integrative research/teaching techniques discussed in this paper are not limited to

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Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tina alaei; Andrew Lillesve, IRE

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Continuing Professional Development

in the context of engineering projects, professionalism and reflection (metacognition). His research in the area of engineering education is focused on project-based learning, design and innovation, professionalism and self-directed learning.Ms. motahareh alaeiMr. Andrew Lillesve, IRE Page 23.3.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Integrating Professionalism in a Project-Based Engineering CurriculumAbstractProfessionalism has been an important component of engineering education not only in the eyesof industry but also the Accreditation Board for Engineers and Technology

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Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Martinez, University of Costa Rica; Marcelo Jenkins, University of Costa Rica

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-3237: AN EXPERIENCE USING REFLECTION IN SOFTWAREENGINEERINGDr. Alexandra Martinez, University of Costa Rica Alexandra Martinez has been working since 2009 as an Invited Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). She has taught courses in databases, soft- ware testing, and bioinformatics, and done applied research in software testing at UCR’s Research Center on Information and Communication Technologies. Previously, she worked as a Software Design Engi- neer in Test at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Wash., and as a Software Engineer at ArtinSoft in San Jose, Costa Rica. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Florida

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Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

experiences; 2) experience the engineeringdesign process using a software program and applying mathematics and science principles; 3)engage in teamwork activities that integrate software and hardware knowledge to build andprogram Lego robots; 4) Participate in a field trip and talk to engineers on the job; and 5) Engagein a question and answer panel session where professional engineers describe their experiencesand expectations of new hires. The papers will present statistics and evaluation results of the twoworkshops.Keywords: Engineering, Enrichment, Higher Education, MinoritiesIntroductionThe summer enrichment program offers high school and middle school students the opportunityto participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering, and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael A. Paolino; Leonard A. Van Gulick

was the high point of theirundergraduate years. Now that the program at Vesalius is firmly established and featured inadmissions materials, students frequently indicate that its availability played a major role in theirdecision to attend Lafayette.INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEGREE PROGRAMContinuing globalization of industry and technology is leading to increasingly attractive careeropportunities for engineers with the strong foreign language proficiency and understanding offoreign culture needed to support an internationally oriented career. The Lafayette InternationalStudies degree program enables highly capable and highly motivated B.S. engineering students toprepare for these opportunities. It recognizes their accomplishment in doing so by

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted G. Eschenbach; Robert Madigan; Patricia Linton; Catherine Frank

, and hisresearch focuses on managing technology and engineering economy. The second edition, of his Engineering Economy:Applying Theory to Practice, Irwin/McGraw Hill should be available in late ‘97.Contact information: School of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK99508, 907-786-1021, fax -1079, aftge@uaa.alaska.eduCATHERINE M. FRANKShe is the managing editor of EMJ, where she has controlled the journal’s language since its inception. She has workedfor General Physics Corporation and Battelle Project Management Division and is currently self-employed as a technicaleditor.PATRICIA W. LINTONShe is an associate professor of English at UAA. Her research interests include studies of contemporary

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk E. Hiles

throughout the semester. The problems involve various engineeringdisciplines such as naval architecture, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, engineeringeconomics, etc., as well as several 'liberal arts' topics including creativity, ethics, and TQM 2. Ina radical departure from this traditional IED course, one of the six sections competed in a roboticcompetition involving industry and high schools called FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognitionof Science and Technology). The FIRST Competition began in 1992 in Manchester, NH. The USCGA has beeninvolved since 1994 as part of the mechanical engineering senior design projects. As stated inthe FIRST literature3, "The Competition is a national engineering contest which immerses highschool