Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lokesh Padhye, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gretchen Goldman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Szeinbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology; Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Zohre Kurt, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

improve an engineeringgraduate program as demonstrated by recent, documented survey studies conducted in anenvironmental engineering graduate program. We extended the work done in prior studiesemploying paper surveys by conducting an online student assessment for the first time in theprogram history. With regard to survey design and analysis methods, we mostly adopted themethods established in the prior studies.The online format was adopted primarily to increase the accessibility of the survey to students inour graduate program. Other benefits of the online format include a more efficient distributionprocess and an increased ability to preserve confidentiality in comparison to the paper format.The online format also allowed us to compile and

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Mena, Purdue University; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

betweenstudent learning and identity formation. In this study, the EIDS was piloted with theunderstanding that subsequent administrations of the scale would be warranted. The EIDSconsists of four subscales, each targeting a different dimension of identity: academic identity,school identity, occupational identity, and engineering aspirations. Students used a three-pointLikert scale ( 1= disagree; 2 = not sure; 3 = agree). Examples of these statements include: I domy schoolwork as well as my classmates (academic identity); I like being a student at my school(school identity); Engineers work in teams (occupational identity); and When I grow up I want tobe an engineer (engineering aspirations).AnalysisAs previously explained, three student participants from

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Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Women in Engineering

engineering. However, there aresome young female students who complete their engineering education despite the presence ofobstacles throughout their college years. This study addressed the university and personal factorsthat have hindered, motivated, and assisted women who were graduating with a degree inengineering. By studying and understanding the barriers that hinder women in completing adegree in engineering, as well as the factors that assist and encourage them, we can learn how tobreak down the barriers and how to facilitate the educational journey of female engineeringstudents.IntroductionIn the U.S. Technical occupations increase almost 5 percent per year, whereas the rest of thelabor force is growing at just over 1 percent per year

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Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

increasing demand for engineering talent”2. Not only is enrollment insufficient,retention of engineering students needs to improve as an estimated one third of college studentswho start in engineering drop out 3. Enrollment and retention could be improved by better aligning educational practices withworkplace realities. Current studies indicate that “there is a clear need for more effectiveintegration between education and working life”4. Before that can be done, it is essential to havea firm picture of the work that engineers do today. Unfortunately, that picture is limited. “Thereare few reliable reports of research on engineering practice”5

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Roberts, University of Florida; Karen Bray, University of Florida; Vikram Shishodia, University of Florida; Jeff Citty, University of Florida; Deborah Mayhew, University of Florida; James Ogles, University of Florida; Angela Lindner, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

, including supplemental instruction in chemistry and calculus, personaland professional development instruction, a course in problem-solving and design requiring useof AutoCAD (Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA, USA) and MATLAB (The Math Works, Inc.,Natick, MA, USA), and a course that introduces the students to every major offered in theCollege of Engineering. The non-residential component of the STEPUP program, conductedduring the students' first fall and spring terms, involves a strong peer, faculty, and professionalmentoring component along with extensive tutoring through required study halls. Other supportstructures of the program include corporate presentations and team-building activities.This paper will present qualitative and quantitative

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University; Forrest Stamper, Hoopa Valley High School; Laura Atkins, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Raymond, Humboldt State University; Katie Mills, Humboldt State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

promote distribution of resources to the underprivileged portions of the community as well as increasing awareness of inequality through teaching.Katie Mills, Humboldt State University Katie Mills is currently on the staff at Humboldt State University, working with Academic Programs and Undergraduate Studies. Katie is a graduate of Humboldt State University, having completed a BS in Interdisciplinary Physics and Chemistry and a BA in Sociology. Her academic interests include the retention of underrepresented students in science and engineering. Page 14.705.2© American Society for Engineering

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Bruce Dvorak; Dennis Schulte; Mary Garbacz; Shari Aldrich; David Admiraal; Julia Soulakova

rubric was integrated into the capstone presentations from thetwo departments. The three primary findings from this study were that (1) many engineeringstudents start college with weak writing skills; (2) a significant number of engineering studentsare graduating with writing skills below the desired level; and (3) based on the ACT score, abasic writing skills test and a writing sample, a heuristic can be developed to effectively identifystudents required to take an additional writing course at the start of his/her college career.IntroductionA one-year pilot study was performed to assess the undergraduate written and oralcommunication skills from two departments, Civil Engineering (CIVE) and Biological SystemsEngineering (BSEN), at the

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ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, The University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

BackgroundSince the publication of the Green Report in 19961 there has been a strong push withinengineering education practice and research to better prepare engineering graduates for the socio-technical world in which engineers are embedded. Surprisingly, this drive to better alignengineering education with the socio-technical world began many decades earlier with theCarnegie Foundation's 1918 publication of A Study of Engineering Education2. In spite of theeffort in recent years to operationalize the student learning of the necessary competencies (e. g.through ABET outcomes3) there is a disconnect between what students learn in engineering, Page

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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, J.J. Ebers Electron Devices Society Award and the IEEE FellowAward. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He has published nearly 300 papers withstudents and colleagues, contributed chapters to 5 books and holds 27 U.S. Patents. Prior to joining Lehigh, he worked atthe Westinghouse Electric Corporation on advanced integrated circuits for systems applications. He has takensabbaticals as a Visiting Fulbright Professor at Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, a Visiting Scientist at the U.S. NavalResearch Laboratory and as a Program Director at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has graduated 33 Ph.D.’s,and 61 M.S students. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional