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Developing a sustainable collaboration between a four-year and a two-year college to enhance student access into mechanical engineering.

Reagle CJ, Barton O, Ball KS, Caraballo SA, Eftekhari A, Napisa R.
UIID-AD: 4276
2016;

This work in progress describes efforts by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University (GMU) to establish a framework of engagement with the Division of Mathematics, Science and Engineering at Northern Virginia Community College...

Engaging pre-college minority students at a technical engineering research conference.

Cruz-Gonzalez T, Sobek SR, Abel JM.
UIID-AD: 4148
2016;

Increasing diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce and attracting diverse students into STEM disciplines have become issues of national importance. One method to aid in achieving this goal is through offering pre-college interventions to underserved...

ERSP: A structured CS research program for early-college students.

Barrow M, Thomas S, Alvarado C.
UIID-AD: 4112
2016;148-153. doi: 10.1145/2899415.2899436.

Research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) have many positive outcomes on students' perception of and retention in Computer Science (CS). Yet nearly all REUs are aimed at late-college students, well into a CS program. We present the Early Research Scholars...

Evidence-based planning to broaden the participation of women in electrical and computer engineering.

Rover D, Zambreno J, Mina M, Jones P, Chrystal LL.
UIID-AD: 4284
2016; doi: 10.1109/FIE.2016.7757643.

The percentages of women in undergraduate electrical and computer engineering programs at Iowa State University averages below the national average. An external assessment of diversity and inclusion provided an impetus for faculty, staff and administrators to discuss issues, focus...

Examining student outcomes from a research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program: Year two results.

Follmer DJ, Zappe SE, Gomez E, Kumar M.
UIID-AD: 4178
2016;

The importance of undergraduate research experiences in facilitating students' research-based skills and development has been supported in numerous studies1-4. The current study presents a follow-up, second-year evaluation of an in-progress research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the...

Gender equity in computing: International faculty perceptions & current practices.

Hu HH, Hamilton M, Luxton-Reilly A, Augar N, Chiprianov V, Gutierrez EC, Duarte EV, Ittyipe S, Pearce JL, Oudshoorn M, Wong E.
UIID-AD: 4201
2016;81-102. doi: 10.1145/3024906.3024911.

In many countries serious effort has been put into developing and running programs that encourage girls to enjoy learning programming. At school level, many girls have done very well in these experiences, but despite their confidence and enthusiasm for...

Importance of undergraduate research: Efficacy and student perceptions.

Yan Y, Kaul S, Ferguson CW, Yanik PM.
UIID-AD: 4830
2016;

Undergraduate research has emerged as a high-impact approach that can be used to enhance student engagement and to enrich student learning experiences.1 It is observed in the literature that undergraduate research can have an impact on student retention, and...

Increasing multi-cultural awareness in engineering students.

Groh JL, Yip NX, Ullmer ML, Render D.
UIID-AD: 4334
2016;

With a growing number of international students entering a large Midwestern engineering program, the Women in Engineering department recognized the need to provide ways to foster cross-cultural understanding, to further integrate international students, and to be cognizant of international...

Increasing STEM engagement in minority middle school boys through making.

Ladeji-Osias J, Gloster C, Ziker CS, Gilmore DC, Ali KS, Puthumana P.
UIID-AD: 4224
2016;

African-American and Hispanic males are significantly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. While youth start narrowing their career choices in middle school, integrated STEM programs rarely specifically target minority males. Roadblocks that continue to challenge minority...

Motivating students through providing a middle school STEM rotation class.

Simister M.
UIID-AD: 4299
2016;278-281. doi: 10.1109/ISECon.2016.7457547.

Today, STEM is taught, perceived, and practiced in many different ways. There is a need to design an embedded curriculum that represents all of the disciplines of STEM. The reason behind all of this is simple: if we do...

Promoting research and entrepreneurship skills in freshman engineering students: A strategy to enhance participation in graduate and enrichment programs.

Saylor GL, Kukreti AR.
UIID-AD: 4288
2016;

This paper describes the structure, implementation strategy, and early results of an undergraduate NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program aimed at: (a) increasing the number of graduating engineers with research and entrepreneurship experience, (b) preparing...

Research conversations for promoting interdisciplinary education, research, and faculty collaboration.

Manohar P.
UIID-AD: 4237
2016;

It has been long recognized that one of the most important aspect of delivering high quality STEM education is to provide the students with an educational experience that includes a wide range of knowledge including not only engineering, science,...

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