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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy S. Wilson

Technology at WesternKentucky University (WKU) has begun to focus on the need for recruiting and retaining morewomen and minorities into its programs. Traditionally, the percentage of women and minoritiesin the Department of Engineering Technology at WKU has been extremely low. The WomenEmbracing Engineering (WEE) and Minorities in Engineering (MIE) programs are currentlybeing organized to address the issues of low enrollment and retention. The initiation of theseprograms is being planned for August 2000.The WEE and MIE programs are expected to have a wide range of impact on the young womenand minority students of south central Kentucky. Often capable young women and minoritystudents do not pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Hutzel

% of this staggering total. In terms of the football field example, the annual energyused for heating, cooling, lighting, and appliances is equivalent to a coal pile over 100 mileshigh. Although the availability of coal and other fossil fuels is gradually decreasing, U.S. energyconsumption is steadily increasing.2 It is not surprising that new technologies for efficientlymanaging energy use, particularly energy used for indoor climate control, are becomingextremely important.The growing importance of energy conservation is reflected by several new career opportunitiesfor Technologists and Engineers. Maintenance engineering, which involves operating andmaintaining mechanical equipment for climate control of modern commercial buildings

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Witt; Gilbert A. Emmert

enable students to pursue post-graduate education in nuclear engineering and relatedfields, and to adapt to emerging technologies throughout their career; and a broad perspective ofthe ethical responsibilities and societal impact of their profession. Page 2.236.1Knowledge GoalTo provide a fundamental education in all of the areas of: mathematics, physics,computer science, basic engineering science, nuclear engineering design, and humanitiesincluding ethical, societal and diversity issues. This will include in-depth exposure to most of theareas of: radiation shielding, reactor physics and design of core loading patterns to achieve safeand efficient

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Mihir K. Das

the Southern Region of Los Angeles County. The primary objective of the programwas to strengthen the students’ commitment and confidence in pursuing higher levels ofmathematics and science and to enter a career in engineering. The newly developed curriculumfocused on the use of mathematics and sciences in higher education, and demonstrated howsciences and mathematics are used to solve real-life engineering problems. It also had an criticalcomponent relating to the computer and its uses in engineering and communications, includingsome skills training in wordprocessing, spreadsheets, computer graphics, and networking usingInternet. Further, there was an important parent component empowering the parents to becomeactively involved in the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Taylor Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yeny Jimenez, Miami Dade Community College; antonio delgado

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

several large-scale interdisciplinary research projects focused on institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects, visit http://sarahlrodriguez.com/Taylor Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Clement, Oregon State University; James L. Huff, University of Georgia; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education and Honors College Faculty Fellow at Harding University. He conducts transdisciplinary research on identity that lies at the nexus of applied psychology and engineering education. A recipient of the NSF CAREER grant (No. 2045392) and the director of the Beyond Professional Identity (BPI) lab, Dr. Huff has mentored numerous undergraduate students, doctoral students, and academic professionals from more than 10 academic disciplines in using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) as a qualitative research method to examine identity and shame in a variety of contexts. Dr. Huff serves as Associate Editor for Studies in Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, and is on the Editorial Board of

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Voices of Diversity: Perspectives and Experiences in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire MacDonald, The University of Texas at El Paso; Palvi Aggarwal, The University of Texas at El Paso; Xiwei Wang, Northeastern Illinois University; Yun Wan; Shebuti Rayana, The State University of New York at Old Westbury; Rudy Caraballo; Sherrene Bogle, Cal Poly Humboldt

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

includingunsupervised (i.e., Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)), semi-supervised (i.e., Correlation Expla-nation (CorEx)), and pre-trained (i.e., Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers(BERTopic)) models are used to identify critical issues regarding students’ transfer decision. Re-sponses are first cleaned, aggregated, and visualized into word clouds; separate word clouds aregenerated for each question to reveal critical factors. With the aggregated analysis of word cloudsand topic-modeling results, it becomes evident that cost, career opportunities, financial aid, dis-tance from home, and guidance from family are the key factors influencing the decision between2-year and 4-year institutions. The biggest challenges in the participants

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Motivation and Self-Efficacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #6950Unlocking Student Motivation: Development of an Engineering MotivationSurveyMr. Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech Philip Brown is a Ph.D. candidate in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. He has a B.S. from Union College and a M.S. from Duke University, both in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include informed career decisions, mixed methods research, motivation and learning theories and intervention development.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Page 23.1284.1

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Mirit Shamir; Jonathan Aguilar; Rebecca Cors; Ryan Hansen; Nathan Hendricks; Gaea Hock; Stacy Hutchinson; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Melanie M. Derby

-basedcourse where students worked in interdisciplinary teams on FEW related research projects. TheNRT Seminar consisted of training sessions related to team collaboration, career pathways, cam-pus resources, professional development, science communication, and exposure to FEW researchinitiatives.This paper details the graduate-level NRT activities with focus on educational activities includ-ing activities description, summative evaluation, and insights gained from four NRT student co-horts. Evaluation findings show the NRT is an inclusive, supportive, applied curriculum that ena-bled 40 graduate students to train as interdisciplinary researchers. This paper provides insights tocurrent and future NRT programs, as well as other new interdisciplinary

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Track 2: Technical Session 3: Piloting A Personalized Learning Model for Chemical Engineering Graduate Education: Lessons Learned from Creating a Chemical Engineering Body of Knowledge

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Susan K Fullerton Shirey, University of Pittsburgh

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2020. Fullerton’s work has been recognized by an NSF CAREER award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a Marion Milligan Mason award for women in the chemical sciences from AAAS, and a Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Award from ORAU. For her teaching, Fullerton was awarded the 2018 James Pommersheim Award for Excellence in Teaching in Chemical Engineering at Pitt. For more information: http://fullertonlab.pitt.edu/ ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Piloting A Personalized Learning Model for Chemical Engineering Graduate Education – Lessons Learned from Creating a Chemical Engineering Body of KnowledgeApril Dukes | Mary Besterfield-Sacre

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Richard Eugene Vallejo Jr, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Owen Terry Crocker, University of California, San Diego

implementation of innovative pedagogical techniques. In addition, Richard is an instructional assistant for MAE 3 Introduction to Mechanical Design at UCSD, leading a lab section in learning CAD and manufacturing methods, technical report and presentation techniques, as well as team and project management in a group robotics project. Richard will be completing an internship with the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program in the Summer 2025 before beginning his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with UCSD’s BS/MS program in the Fall. Afterwards, he wishes to pursue a career in robotics and engineering education.Dr. Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego Dr.Huihui Qi is an Associate Teaching Professor in

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Improving Retention & Self-Efficacy through Experiential Learning and Research Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel A. Tillman, University of Texas at El Paso; Thomas Joseph Soto, University of Texas at El Paso; Song An, University of Texas at El Paso; Carlos Paez, Navajo Technical University; Alice Carron, Blue Marble Institute of Space Science

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

Hispanic STEM-field enrollment andretention. Science and mathematics in middle school has emerged as a barrier that prevents manyminority students from pursuing advanced STEM courses in high school and, therefore, limitstheir preparation for college and selection of careers in STEM-oriented career paths. Evidenceindicates that traditional STEM curricula and instructional methods are not serving all studentswell [2]; specifically, too few underserved and unrepresented students such as Hispanics aregraduating from high school prepared to begin a STEM degree program or career [3]. A majorobstacle to engagement and motivation in middle-grade STEM education is math anxiety, whichcan be a key barrier to STEM achievement and career choices [4][5

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Sex, Gender, and Engineering: Responding to Harassment at Work and in School

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Floyd Smith, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Jennifer J VanAntwerp, Calvin University; Shruti Misra, University of Washington; Alicia Mullen; Eve A. Riskin P.E., University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

activity in exchange for favorable job conditions” [2, p. 379]. Examples ofsuch demands include, but are not limited to, promising positive benefits like a pay raise orpromotion, or threatening negative consequences like being fired or left out of an importantactivity. Sexual coercion is rooted in a power imbalance, such that the perpetrator has theauthority or ability to impose significant consequences on the victim's career or education if she(or he) does not cooperate with the demand for sex or sexual activity. Unwanted sexual attention,however, is not limited to those who have power over others. Instead, it can come not only froma supervisor but also from a colleague or client, and even from subordinates or students.Unwanted attention does not

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ETD - A Technology Potpourri I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Anderson, Austin Peay State University

technical content theory wasaccompanied by a related lab that allowed for the application of the learned theory. Additionally,soft-skills training was provided via online vendors. Assessment of student progress wasaccomplished through a university-held dual-enrollment course in the form of exams andparticipation grades. The students enrolled in the course received both secondary and universitylevel academic credit that could be transferred into the university’s engineering technologyassociate’s or bachelor’s degree programs. While fulfilling the need of regional industrialemployers, the summer camp and dual enrollment course provided a university-based learningexperience that would better inform the student of future career path opportunities. Due

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Saylor Priske, Wartburg College; Britta Solheim, Wartburg College; Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Cristian Gerardo Allen, Wartburg College; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Jonathan D. Phillips, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

]. Studies show thatwhile parents have significant influence on students’ interest in STEM, both parents and friendshave significant influence on students’ career choice intention [6]. Role models can be apowerful influence on the way students view themselves and how they conduct their lives [5].In this study, male and female students’ interest in STEM was examined and its connection tothe presence of role models. Data was collected from summer outreach camps from 2017 to2022, although, because of COVID-19, years 2020 and 2021 are not included. These camps weredesigned to increase interest in STEM. Data was analyzed to evaluate the influence role modelscan have on students’ interest in STEM.Program DescriptionDuring the summers of 2017 to 2022

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 5: Motivation and Support for Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philippa Eshun; Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

that differentiate[d] successful from unsuccessful companies” [8]. This work-in-progressexpands on Schönborn’s findings in hypothesizing that there are specific cultural norms and valuesadopted by students in engineering colleges that differ from those of engineering industries, andthose differences may affect if and how early career engineers successfully transition toengineering careers.Literature ReviewDimensions of successThe organizational behavior model developed by Robbins & Judge lies on the premise that inputsat the individual, group, and organizational levels influence processes which therein influenceoutcomes. However, this model proposes a linear path within the levels: individual inputs influenceindividual processes which then

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marina Dias; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Amazon ; Amulya Mysore; Wanqun Zhao; Amelia Rivera-Burnett; Shahriar Sadighi; Robert Pulvermacher

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

KPMG. He has a Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from Northern Illinois University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Using Science to support and develop employees in the tech workforce - an opportunity formulti-disciplinary pursuits in engineering educationSreyoshi Bhaduri, Marina Dias, Amulya Mysore, Robert Pulvermacher, Amelia Rivera-Burnett,Shahriar Sadighi, Wanqun Zhao12IntroductionThe majority of students who choose to major in engineering do so to become a part of thecommunity of practice of professional engineers (Johri & Olds, 2011), meaning that they want tohave adequate exposure to what a career as a professional engineer could potentially be as part oftheir college experience. However

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., E4S, LLC; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Gary R. Kirk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malle R. Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #34181Partnering Middle School Teachers, Industry, and Academia to BringEngineering to the Science ClassroomDr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., E4S, LLC Cheryl Carrico is owner of E4S, LLC. Her current research focus relates to STEM career pathways (K- 12 through early career) and conceptual understanding of core engineering principles. She is currently a Member-at-Large for the Pre-college Division of ASEE. Dr. Carrico’s consulting company specializes in research, research evaluations, and industry consulting. Dr. Carrico received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech, Masters of Engineering from North

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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shahab Boumi, University of Central Florida; Adan Ernesto Vela, University of Central Florida

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Computing and Information Technology

Engineering Education, 2021 Quantifying the impact of students’ semester course load on their academic performanceAbstractStudents’ academic success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)careers is one of the most popular subjects that has gained attention among educationalresearchers for decades. Many studies have shown students’ educational outcomes can be affectedby academic factors including high school GPA, SAT score test, student admission type (transferor first-time-in-college), as well as demographic features such as gender, ethnicity, and familyincome. Additional studies have investigated the relationship between students’ course load andtheir academic outcomes. In this paper, we define

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University; Marie Cassar, Saginaw Valley State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

since 2014. She is the member of Institutional Review Board Committee, reviewer of Consumers Energy Engineering Talent Scholarship, and member of C of IDEAS at SVSU.Dr. Marie Cassar, Saginaw Valley State University Associate Professor of Psychology American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-in-Progress: Understanding Self-Efficacy and Persistence in STEM education for Underrepresented Middle School StudentsAbstractGrowth in tech industries such as, communications, robotics and transportation, have highlightedthe need for drawing an increasingly diverse population of students into STEM education early intheir academic careers. While many

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity

for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years of experience teaching mathematics, statistics, computer science, and freshman engineering courses in higher education institutions. Currently, she leads a team of faculty who are dedicated to providing first year engineering students with a high- quality, challenging, and engaging educational experience with the necessary advising, mentoring, and academic support to facilitate their transition to university life and to prepare them for success in their engineering discipline majors and future careers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Exploring the

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Laurin Moseley, CUNY New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

providea summary of the STEM Outreach activities and provide conference participants with a tool kitthat can be applied at their home institutions and local communities.KeywordsSTEM, Online Learning, K-12 OutreachBackgroundAccording to the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2018, while basicSTEM skills have improved over the past two decades, America still lags behind many othercountries. Women and underrepresented minorities comprise less than 30% and 11% ,respectively of the STEM workforce [1]. In order to keep up with the predicted STEM job needsfor the nation, we need to increase interest and diversity in STEM. Students in K-12 need to beexposed, encouraged, and motivated to pursue careers in STEM. Exposing all

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Danielle Newley, Sonoran Schools; Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

view, the NGSS appreciates the contributions of other cultures in engineering.Pedagogically, NGSS shows engineering has a potential to be applied to everyday life. Globalperspectives are shown through the NGSS with relevant engineering instruction that maymotivate students to pursue engineering careers 5. Minority students who experience engineeringchallenges at the pre-collegiate level, may see the relevance of science and engineering to theirlives.To improve engineering education in elementary, it is important to examine students’ but alsoteachers’ perceptions of engineering. The Draw An Engineer Test (DAET) is a reliable, widely-used assessment of students’ and teachers’ views of engineering 9, 13, 14, 15. Results of the DAETshow students

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Mark R. Peters, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Diego Mark Peters received a Bachelors degree in Economics from Georgetown University and then pursued a business career in New York City, working in many of the major business disciplines. Over the past twenty years, Mark has worked and consulted for large corporations, professional organizations, hospitals, churches, and universities. Dr. Peters earned a Masters Degree from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego. He has taught in a variety of disciplines including: Business Management, Organizational Leadership, Economics, Ethics, and Leadership Stud- ies, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Peters has twice served on the

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randel Dymond, Virginia Tech; Howell Simmons, Paciulli, Simmons & Associates; Derrick Cave, Kimley-Horn Assoc.; Robert Jansen, KB Home

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Civil Engineering

learned and recommendations for other universities that may wish to initiate asimilar program.Historically, the CEE department has had one course in Land Development Design available formore than 10 years, taught by various adjunct instructors, who were always fulltime practicingprofessional engineers. Constant turnover in the position was difficult to handle and an adjunctcould not expand the course into a program. Recently, a tenured faculty member began to teach theclass and initiated a major collaborative effort with practitioners in the state in order to 1) develop aprogram in land development within the department, and 2) increase student interest in landdevelopment as a possible career. The Land Development Design Initiative (LDDI

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Krogh, Carnegie Mellon University; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University

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Electrical and Computer

thanthe binary classification of EE vs. CE. We present a new ECE core curriculum that eliminatesthe outdated EE/CE distinction and describe how this core better prepares ECE students topursue advanced courses and careers in all sub disciplines of ECE.IntroductionDespite the large number of “electrical and computer engineering” and similarly nameddepartments at US universities, there are currently only 14 universities offering accredited BSdegrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering.1 Most universities continue to have separateBS degree programs in Electrical Engineering (268) and Computer Engineering or ComputerSystems Engineering (165).1 Our university introduced the BS in ECE as a single degree over15 years ago.2 This curriculum, which we

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Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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Minorities in Engineering

for two weeks. SECOP focuses on introducing students to science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) careers and improving students’ content knowledge in these topicareas. The goal of SECOP is to address the shortage of African American, Latino andNative American and female students studying science, mathematics, engineering, andtechnology at college level by introducing students to pre-engineering and advancedmathematics classes early in their academic careers. The objectives of SECOP coincidewith the objectives of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE):• increasing awareness of opportunities available in science, engineering and technical fields;• increasing students’ confidence to grasp mathematics

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Focus on Under-Represented Women

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cleopatria Martinez, Phoenix College

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Women in Engineering

. Our most important goal, however, is to urge the engineering and scientificcommunity to engage in an honest and substantive discussion of what is truly necessary if we areto level the playing field in higher education and harness all the potential in our young students.IntroductionThe Adelante! Project originated as a focused effort in 2003 from a group of dedicated veteranChicana Scientists and within the context of the annual meeting of Mujeres Activas en Letras yCambio Social (Women Active in Literature and Social Change -MALCS). This initial effortresulted in a book describing the career paths of nine Chicanas in STEM fields; the book wastitled Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. The 2006 publicationof this

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Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ane Johnson, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

academic careers.4 Yet women faculty have indicated high levels of interest inleadership positions.5 With NSF ADVANCE support, Virginia Tech, a STEM-dominantuniversity, has sought to empower women faculty to overcome the barriers to leadership.This paper reports on how leadership programs focusing on women faculty can increase therepresentation of women in leadership roles across campus at a STEM-dominant institution. Byproviding multiple strategies to empower women faculty at varying stages of their careers,ADVANCE leadership programs sought to enhance their capabilities and productivity astechnical and administrative leaders and as scholars. This was done, in part, by bringing womenfaculty together at many points during the project to reflect on

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Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University; Chao Liu, Southeast University; Xiaodong Zhang, Southeast University

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International

their time and energy on solving technical problems.3. 54 percent of projects were closely related to other course works. Students simply utilized what they had learned in their course work, and rarely had any chance to develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills from the project development.4. 56 percent of students did not feel that they had gained any experience beneficial to their professional career, because the invented technology had already become outdated by the time of their graduation, or because their current work is not directly related to their undergraduate projects.5. 88 percent of responses expressed a desire to gain practical knowledge and individual development skills, such as critical thinking