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Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rachelle Heller; Nathan Campeau

, so thatstudents can interact with them on an informal basis. Student leaders of the variousengineering organizations and student projects attend, as well, and are integral toproviding a fun and exciting atmosphere.The typical schedule consists of an introductory meeting and ice-breaking session, astudent-groups fair, an informational session with faculty from each department, a ropescourse, team building sessions, a campfire, and free time to use the camp’s recreationalfacilities. The main activities of the weekend are team-building exercises that allowstudents to get to know one another and build bonds of trust that will be essential duringtheir undergraduate studies.The first retreat in 1999 was very successful. Ninety-three percent of the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Craver; Darrell Schoder; Charles Turner; Anthony Tarquin

project in Ciudad Juarez and a water resources book on the Rio Grande.DARRELL SCHRODER is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Students.His field of interest is student development and assessment. He is an adamant tinker and is constantly workingwith students on projects involving microprocessor applications.ANTHONY TARQUIN is a Professor of Civil Engineering. He has been at UTEP for 30 years. His primary filedof research is water treatment and he is currently working with the El Paso Water Utility on disinfection anddesalination projects.WILLIAM L. CRAVER is a professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. He has been atUTEP for 30 years. His research interests include engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anne Beddingfield; A. Wayne Bennett

engineering students. Toastmaster members often introduce guestspeakers to large audiences and serve on the platform at public ceremonies and gatherings. Each semester the Bagley College sponsors speakers and activities to enhance students’communication skills. Past topics have included such areas as effective communication skills forengineers, personality type preference inventories and effective writing techniques through theengineering curriculum. The College has also dedicated facilities and equipment to assist students in becomingbetter communicators. The Communication Suite is a dedicated room with the technicalresources for students to videotape speeches and presentations, practice PowerPoint presentationsand other group projects

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alan Zehnder

between experimental variables and data, and to validate theory. We are strong proponents on hands-on laboratories; they must never be eliminated fromengineering education, however, hands-on laboratories are not always an option due to space,cost and time constraints. Thus other means of providing laboratory like experience are oftendesirable. There are currently a number of projects to develop virtual laboratories. These can beclassified broadly into three categories. (1) Simulation based virtual labs that provide a softwaremockup of an experiment, sometimes including controls, meters and such to emulate the physicallab [1]. By changing parameters of the simulation, students can observe changes to the system.(2) Remote but physical labs in

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

pedagogical view and recent tragedies such as the Columbine, Heritage, and Santeeschool shootings have impelled school boards and administrators to view Ethics andCharacter Education as a way to counteract and prevent violence. The result has been thedevelopment and implementation of Character Education programs in public schoolsacross the nation. Federal monies from the U.S. Department of Education have beenavailable to school districts since 1995 to support the development of pilot characterprograms. As of May 1999, nine states have initiated such projects. In Virginia, Georgia,Florida, and Mississippi legislation has been passed mandating that Character Educationprograms be implemented statewide. As a result, teacher education programs are

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

estimated that 90 percent were from ASHRAE. It was not possible todetermine exactly how many returns came from each society since not all respondents providedcontact information.Of the 42 survey returns, 50 percent indicated that they “almost always” encounter projects inthermal systems, while 93 percent indicated they encounter projects in thermal systems at least“occasionally”. This alone confirms that the response to the survey was limited to participantswith the appropriate background in thermal systems as was desired. For thermodynamics as anoverall discipline, 17 percent “almost always” and 76 percent at least “occasionally” encounterthermodynamics. For heat transfer as an overall discipline, 45 percent said they encounter heattransfer

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Gardner; Freddie Frazier; Kelvin Kirby

performance in mathematics? Since the teacher is the primary facilitator ofthe student learning process, the teacher must utilize the optimal techniques identified tocovey various concepts and subject matter. In addition, the order of presentation mustbe logical and well designed to offer the greatest opportunity for the student to learn.The student must be subject to a well-designed performance evaluation process, whichpositions the student to master the course content. This project established a team withthe focus of enhancing teacher and student performance in mathematics. Dr. FreddieFrazier, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, leads the team. The team focused onteaching techniques and methodologies, order of instruction and course content for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Li; Jiang Li

materials. The online materials include online courses (more than thirty online graduate courses and three undergraduate courses), online seminars, online galleries, online presentations and online publications. Students can also conduct the online project using provided online software via this wireless network, such as online modeling, numerical simulation, analysis, etc.2. Data transferring within the Lab for shear testing. The Geotechnical Laboratory is equipped with three multiple axes shear devices such as static triaxial shear device, dynamic triaxial device and soil resonant column. These not wired testing machine are used frequently for research projects and teaching in Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Using such

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steve E. Watkins; Richard Hall; Vicki Eller

electrical engineering and is programmer analyst in the InstructionalSoftware Development Center at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Her interdisciplinary research projects involveweb-based learning resources for engineering courses. She has been appointed the Student Representative to theUniversity of Missouri Board of Curators for 2002-2003. She received a B.S. in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla in 2000.STEVE E. WATKINSDr. Steve E. Watkins is Director of the Applied Optics Laboratory and Associate Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is a member of several interdisciplinary researchteams with projects addressing educational improvements in technical communication an d

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Koffman; Bryan Waltrip; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

believe that the digital result is absolutely accurate. But the skill to evaluate theresult comparatively to the other components of the project has to be developed further among manyof the students.Bridge MeasurementsLet us now consider bridge measurements. The bridge must be constructed using a voltage source, adetector and a set of resistors. Practically, we can set the experiment in such a way that tworesistors, R2 and R 4, are used to set the range. So their ratio is relevant to the measurement process.One resistor, R3, has to have very good resolution in order to fine tune the result.In the case when complex impedance must be measured, bridge components should be variableimpedances. The bridge should have isolation transformers in order to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Tony Louca; Edward Gehringer

, “handcrafting”each lecture, lab exercise, and exam. It is time we engineering instructors adopted a moreengineering-like approach, developing software and databases that can allow courses to beassembled from interchangeable parts. We hope our project has made an important contributionto this process.Bibliography[1] Edward F. Gehringer, Ana E. Goulart, Xiaokang Sang, and Chenhao Geng, “Computer Architecture Course Database: Implementation and Status Report,” Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, held in conjunction with the 25th International Symposium on Computer Architecture in Barcelona, Spain, June 1998 (http://www4.ncsu.edu/~efg/isca-caew98.ps).[2] Aaron P. Titus, Larry W. Martin, and Robert J. Beichner, “Web-based testing in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

. 3.10 MOSFET DevicesStudents will be introduced to the essentials of MOSFET devices. We will cover the structure ofMOS devices and integrate knowledge from physics, circuits, and electromagnetics to understandtheir static and dynamic characteristics. Finally, they will perform experiences using SUPREM IV.4. An ExampleCMOS Circuit with ion-implantation well.Students study the effect of ion implantation in reducing the latch-up trigger problem of CMOSCircuitries. This utilizes knowledge from BJT devices “parasitic devices”, NMOS, PMOS, ionimplantation versus diffusion characteristics in forming P or N regions. Ideas of reducing parasiticdevice effect by lowering BJT current gain are used. The project requires the use of both diffusedWell CMOS

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2001 Annual Conference

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Natalie Smith; Julie Greenberg

to identify any weaknesses in their current understanding.6. Go Public is the final, summative assessment of students’ understanding of the material at the Page 6.336.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education end of the module.The STAR Legacy model is quite versatile and can be applied to the design of instructionalmodules used in contexts ranging from elementary to post-graduate education, spanning timeframes ranging from a few hours of class time to semester-long projects. The

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2001 Annual Conference

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Nolan Hertel; Heather Gepford

homeworkassignments distributed to campus students during the lecture. The due date for homeworkassignments and projects is two weeks after the due date for campus students, unless otherwiseindicated by the professor. Assignments are returned to the CDL by fax; the CDL forwards thework to the professor for grading.Tests and exams must be taken exactly two weeks after administration to campus students. Ateach off-campus location, a proctor must be identified and approved by CDL to administerexaminations. If a suitable proctor is not available at the student’s place of employment,arrangements can be made to have exams administered by a local college or library.Examinations will be mailed to the proctor, who must sign a cover page indicating the exam

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2001 Annual Conference

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Joanne Lax

© 2001, American Society for Engineering Eductaionthree years students spend in ECE, a representative writing assignment will be collected, so theportfolios can document any changes in writing over time. In the sophomore year, the writingsample comes from EE 208, Electronic Devices and Design Laboratory; in the senior year thepaper comes from EE 402, Design Projects, or EPICS (“Engineering Projects in CommunityService”). Also in the senior year, a post-test writing sample will be collected in order todocument the students’ anticipated improvement in written communication.By means of the writing samples, the portfolios, and the on-site availability of a communicationsspecialist, who also gives guest lectures on communications topics in various

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2000 Annual Conference

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Jagannathan Sankar; Devdas M. Pai

Implantation in Semiconductors2. MAT-760, Materials Science and 4. MAT-792, Advanced Materials and Processing of Semiconductors Smart StructuresResearch Experience for Undergraduate Students (REUs)One of the strongest educational experiences an undergraduate can be offered isinvolvement in front-line research and this is most fruitful method in directingthem into successful graduate study. In our summer undergraduate researchprogram, qualified undergraduate students are being paired with graduate studentsto receive training in one of the thrust areas. This REU program is creating anatmosphere that can lead them to graduate studies in advanced materials andsmart structures. The research projects are selected to provide a larger

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2000 Annual Conference

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Colter S. Reed; Donald A. Smith

specified, thissituation is appropriate for a Case 4 design with a minimum rate requirement to minimize thealternating component of stress. The input parameters yield several designs and the students canthen opt for either maximum factor of safety or a minimum cost designs. Thus, the students haveto make decisions appropriate to a realistic design situation, but they are not unduly tasked withcalculations. A requirement of the assignment was to verify the computer-generated design byan analysis of the final spring.IV. FAQ Page 5.447.5With the background and details of the ESDC above, it is appropriate to address the rationale forthis project. Several

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2000 Annual Conference

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Douglas M. Mattox; David D. Mattox

scheme incentivizes the learning of engineering economics foruse as an embedded tool in the preparation of financial statements. Projects are usuallyworked in teams of four and become differentiated as the teams compete for the best marketideas, volume targets, marketing strategies and manpower decisions. After their plans areintegrated into multi-layer financial spreadsheets, the teams perform IRR-sensitivity analysesof the underlying assumptions to determine the best ways of operating the business or to alterunsound assumptions. For the most IRR-sensitive parameters, students must define theengineering implications of the dependency . The aim is to create a mindset that seesengineering practice in the context of its economic justification

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2000 Annual Conference

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Richard Barke

from an ‘answer-giver’ alone to a problem-architect” (Kulackiand Vlachos, 1995), and “the laws of politics are replacing the laws of nature as the principalfactor establishing the feasibility of many engineering projects” (Augustine, 1996). “In the average engineering project, the first 10 percent of the decisions made effectively commit between 80 and 90 percent of all the resources that subsequently flow into that project. Unfortunately, most engineers are ill- equipped to participate in these important initial decisions because they are not purely technical decisions. Although they have important technical dimensions, they also involve economics, ethics, politics, appreciation of international

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2000 Annual Conference

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Brandon Ian Reed

necessary) using an internal56kbps modem. This computer should run the same operating software as the host controllerto ensure complete compatibility. Microsoft’s Netmeeting completes the suite. In order toensure maximum visualisation of the processes being presented, a data projector in adesirable extra to project the image displayed on the computer monitor onto a screenviewable by an extended group of students. c. Opening the Communication ChannelsThe Interfacing computer is used to make a telephone call to the Host computer. As the Hostcomputer has been configured as a dial-up server, it can answer this incoming call andauthenticate the link between the two machines. The only protocol that is implemented isTCP/IP, the standard Internet

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

response to a national concern in the early 1990s about poor retention of students inengineering combined with a real, or some would say critical, need for more engineers, The OhioState University (OSU) worked with nine other schools to form the Gateway EngineeringEducation Coalition. This need for engineers was and currently is driven by society's ever-increasing consumption of technology. The Coalition, led by Drexel University, was establishedas a result of the creation of an Engineering Education Coalitions program by the NationalScience Foundation. These schools agreed to adopt or adapt Drexel's E4 program1-2 forfreshmen and sophomores which put engineering "up-front" and specifically included hands-onlabs and incorporated design projects

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ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

members in all disciplines with the ideas and tools necessary to develop clear writing assignments, to assess student papers effectively, and to help students improve their writing skills. A workshop which helps faculty members understand and utilize the power of critical thinking in any educational process. A workshop that introduces the faculty to the basics of student performance evaluation, grading and feedback. A workshop which highlights the philosophy and purpose of team projects through discussion of the nature of group interaction processes. Other faculty training courses might address topics such as copyright infringement, strategies for dealing with difficult students, web

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Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

considertechnologies of particular interest to the students. Each of the student teams pursuedtechnologies from laboratories or researchers at UT-Austin. (The graduate students fromengineering and science provided suggestions for topics based on their experiences andknowledge from working in research projects as graduate research assistants. Thispromoted the emphasis on commercialization of technology from universities.) Thestudent technology commercialization teams studied potential markets for their selectedtechnologies, identified market barriers and competitors, and examined price sensitivityfor identified markets. The teams then re-examined the technologies to understand theresearch and development necessary to reach the market of interest and proposed

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2001 Annual Conference

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Tina Varma; Virendra Varma

support from both junior and senior faculty including department chairs.Facilitating Transition of New FacultySoon after the new faculty arrive on campus, they find themselves immersed in teaching.Constructing course syllabi, writing quizzes, tests, etc., takes a great deal of time. Activitiessuch as, designing project assignments, advising students, and serving on departmental and Page 6.563.2institutional committees run on a parallel course and can be a major cause of tension for the new "Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeremiah Neubert; Cynthia Widstrand; C. Swanson; Arthur Ellis; Ann Pumper

Session1519@ INTEGRATING MATERIALS SCIENCE INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM Jeremiah J. Neubert Ψ †, Cynthia G. WidstrandΨ ‡, Ann M. Pumper*, C. Bruce Swanson*, and Arthur B. Ellis‡ † Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin/ ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin/ *James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, WisconsinAbstractThe focus of this project was to provide secondary chemistry teachers with creative, inexpensive,hands-on, minds-on

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2001 Annual Conference

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Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

engineeringexams, and physics lab data was used in both math and engineering. One example of integration/collaboration came with the assigning of a design project. The assignment was to analyze traffic Page 6.631.2flow in a small urban environment. The mathematics portion focused on data collection, and inte- Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationgration and differentiation of the data. The engineering focused on decision making, how to makemeasurements, where to make them, for how long, the decision

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2001 Annual Conference

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Stephen Horan

in the vertical direction based upon numerically integrating the velocity.These derived parameters are developed to expand the instruction into mathematics andatmospheric measurements. Throughout the program, there is a constant dialog between theprogram staff and the teachers on how the measurements, computers, and analysis techniques canbe used in their curriculum and how other subject areas can be brought in.III. ResultsThere are two types of results found in a project like this: the technical success of themeasurement system and the experience of the students and teachers. The technical success iseasier to quantify. The experiential success is more anecdotal but valuable nonetheless.The technical success is measure by having each group

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Svetz, Syracuse University

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Architectural

assignments that could likewise students themselves to “own” their discovery of thetechnical material as much as they were used to owning their studio and graphics projects. In the first of my two tech courses, which focuses on building envelope performance,every student is assigned a recent and rather “formally persuasive” house for the semester. Page 22.742.6Originally, my selections were of classic/late/post-modern vintage - i.e., houses which offeredgood documentation for redrawing or critical essays for expanding the scope of the study - butin short time I realized that not only did a “lure of the new” hold greater attraction to thestudents’ and my

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Engaging Students in Engineering (ENGAGE)

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Ana Maria Dison, University of Texas, Austin; Yosef S. Allam, The Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University; Wally Peters, University of South Carolina, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina; Sarah C. Baxter, University of South Carolina; Guangming Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Mechanical Engineering; James A. Leach, University of Louisville

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-438: IMPLEMENTING ENGAGE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVERETENTION: FOCUS ON SPATIAL SKILLS - ENGINEERING SCHOOLSDISCUSS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGESSusan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Staffin Metz is Director of Special Projects in Engineering Education at Stevens Institute of Tech- nology. As a founder and president (1997 2002) of WEPAN, Women in Engineering Proactive Network, Susan has worked with over 200 colleges and universities to increase access and engagement of women in engineering and science through research, policy and program development. She is currently the prin- cipal investigator for ENGAGE, Engaging Students in Engineering, (www.engageengineering.org) a five year project funded by

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Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Education & Educational Technology at Purdue University. After study- ing philosophy, religious studies and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. (2004) in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. NSF, SSHRC, FQRSC, and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on the intersection between learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning environments, social computing/gaming applications for education, and problem solving in ill-structured/complex domains