PreUniversity Education and Women In Engineering Learning Station

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Pre-University Education and Women In Engineering
Learning Station

• Karen Panetta
• Kapil Dandekar
• Douglas Gorham

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Outline

• WIE Women In Engineering (Karen)
• EPICS Engineering Projects In Community Service
  (Kapil)
• TISP Teacher In-Service Program (Doug)

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IEEE Women In Engineering www.ieee.org/women
10-Dec-09
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Who is WIE on the Outside?

• Outreach Empowering young and professional women
  to pursue STEM fields.
• Community resource for utilizing technology for
  healthy living.
• Career Development.
• Public Visibility for IEEE
• Authority on Best Practices.
• Diversity Arm of IEEE.
• Liaison and collaborator with other professional
  womens organizations around the world.

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Who is WIE inside IEEE?

• IEEE Core Values

• Educating the IEEE community on the best
  practices to support and retain women.
• Career development strategies throughout all
  phases of life.
• Promoting Awards and Recognition for Women
  Members.
• Inspiring new members to realize their potential
  to help change lives.

• Growth and Nurturing of the profession

• Professionalism

• Service to humanity
• Peer-reviewed
• Collaboration and community building
• Trust and respect

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WIE Highlights

• Communication
• IEEE WIE Newsletter.
• IEEE WIE Magazine.
• IEEE WIE Website.
• Conferences, Forums and Events.
• Affinity group support.
• Encouraging girls to pursue STEM as a career
  choice
• STAR Program.
• Scholarships.
• E-Week/Global Marathon/Introduce a Girl to
  Engineering.
• IEEE TV.
• IEEE WIE/EAB Real World Engineering Projects.

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WIE Magazine Winner of the 2008 APEX Award
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IEEE WIE Initiatives

• 88 WIE worldwide events
• Including pre-university
• Over 13,000 participants
• Collaborations with over 34 corporations and
  organizations.

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WIE Student Events
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IEEE WIE Initiatives

• STAR Program.
• IEEE WIE India Humanitarian Program for Disabled
  Children.

Dr. Ramalatha Marimuthu (WIE R10 India)
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IEEE WIE Initiatives

• IEEE EAB TryEngineering Projects.
• New Orleans

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Members as of December 2008
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Thank you!

• Email KarenPanetta_at_ieee.org

WIE Committee Meeting April 29, 2008
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Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
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Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)

• Performed by EAB and the Philadelphia and South
  Africa Sections
• EPICS-High (http//epics-high.ecn.purdue.edu/)
• Organizes University and high-school students to
  work on engineering-related projects for local
  area non-profit organizations
• Purpose of the New Initiative is to bring
  EPICS-High to IEEE
• Uses IEEE student branches in the Philadelphia
  and South Africa Sections to mentor EPICS-high
  teams
• Focused on recruitment and retention of students,
  particularly women and under-represented minority
  students, to engineering programs
• Provides context to students who do not know what
  engineering is
• Earlier access to real engineering problems
• Mentoring by undergraduates or local area
  professionals

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Relationship with IEEE Strategic Goals

• IEEE will improve the professional competencies
  of students and professionals through education.
• IEEE will increasingly be valued by the global
  community as a catalyst for a balanced dialogue
  on technology-related issues.
• The public will increasingly value the role of
  IEEE and technical professionals in enhancing the
  quality of life and the environment.
• IEEE members will increasingly find value and
  enjoyment through their involvement in the
  organization.

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What Really Happened Philadelphia Section

• Philadelphia Section EPICS High IEEE Pilot
  Program is underway
• EPICS Projects are conducted with
• Philadelphia Clean Air Council
• Development of an air quality sensor network for
  monitoring residential areas in South
  Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Urban Farms
• Development of a soil quality sensor network for
  monitoring urban farms in Philadelphia
• Participation of Philadelphia-area high schools
• Science Leadership Academy

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What Really Happened Philadelphia Section

• Drexel University is working with the
  Philadelphia Clean Air Council
• Philadelphia Clean Air Council develops and
  disseminated policies for improving air and water
  quality
• Current focus is on port activities on the
  Delaware River
• Uses 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day (not
  including fuel from ships)
• Diesel emissions from port equipment corrupt air
  quality
• Impact on residential areas in south Philadelphia
  is severe
• Residential air quality sensor network
• Determine air quality in various Philadelphia
  neighborhoods to determine a first screening
  for EPA standards

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What Really Happened Philadelphia Section

• Drexel and Philadelphia Clean Air Council
  preliminary results
• Designed/ manufactured wireless interface
• Designed/ manufactured sensor
• Deployed sensor network in the city

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What Really Happened Philadelphia Section
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What Really Happened Philadelphia Section

• Drexel and Philadelphia Clean Air Council
  preliminary results
• Simulation and measurements of urban air quality
• Deployment of an air quality sensor network in
  Philadelphia

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South Africa Section Participation

• Whos involved?
• IEEE Student Branch University of Pretoria
• IEEE Student Branch University of Cape Town
• GOALS
• Community related projects aimed at achieving a
  beneficial impact on a chosen section of society
• by engagement with a section of society which is
  different from the students own social
  background.
• (2) Development of an awareness of personal,
  social and cultural values, an attitude to be of
  service
• and an understanding of social issues, for the
  purpose of being a responsible professional.
• (3) Development of important multidisciplinary
  and life skills
• communication, interpersonal and leadership
  skills.

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What Really Happened South Africa Section
Project Example (1) Grinder
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What Really Happened South Africa Section
Project Example (2) Jungle Gym
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Assessment of projects results(planned)

• Outcomes assessment includes the following
  components
• Quality of the project reports
• in written and oral forms
• Student demographics and diversity
• Peer assessment of project quality
• Satisfaction of the non-profit community partner
• Fraction of projects invited by community
  partners to return for a subsequent project

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EPICS Lessons learned

• Vertical integration of projects in EPICS-high
  will be increased over traditional EPICS
  implementations
• High school students
• Freshman/senior undergraduate students
• IEEE student members
• Graduate students
• Challenges
• Different curricular timetables for high school
  students and undergraduates
• Different Academic Year calendars in Philadelphia
  and South Africa
• Large physical distance between participants in
  Pretoria and Cape Town

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EPICS Summary

• Through development of an EPICS-High model, IEEE
  will strengthen its position as a leader in
  pre-university student education and recruitment,
  while performing a public service to
  community-based non-profit organizations

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Teacher In-Service Program
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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university
engineering education

• Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission
• Because in many IEEE Sections there is marked
  decline in the interest of young people in
  Engineering
• This is bad for the future of these communities
  and would have a negative impact on their
  standard of living
• Because we do not believe the problem is going to
  be tackled effectively without us
• Industry does not appear to be able to address
  the problem directly
• Governments do not appear sufficiently concerned
  (yet)
• Other engineering associations look up to us

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IEEEs Pre-University Initiative

• 2005-2006 New Initiative
• Launching Our Childrens Path to Engineering
• Objectives
• Increase the propensity of young people worldwide
  to select Engineering as a career path
• Build a sustained public awareness program, led
  by IEEE, with broad support of corporations and
  professional associations

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Objective 1 Engineering in the pre-university
classroom

• Institutionalization of the IEEE Teacher In
  Service Program
• IEEE Section engineers develop and present
  technology-oriented projects to local
  pre-university educators
• Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as
  opposed to volunteer-student interaction
• Ideally a sustained program involving several
  thousand schools every year

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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

• A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work
  with pre-university teachers
• Based on approved Lesson Plans
• Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers
• Tested in classrooms
• Aligned with Education Standards
• Designed to highlight engineering design
  principles
• The cost is 50--100 for a class of 30

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Inception

• February 2001
• IEEE Florida West Coast Section
• In conjunction with the University of South
  Florida College of Engineering

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How does it work?

• Volunteers gather for a day and a half of
  training
• With teachers and school administrators
• Volunteers spread the program in their school
  districts
• Volunteers of an IEEE Section organize a TISP
  training event
• EAB provides logistical support and instructors
• And pays for materials and supplies for
• one year

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TISP Training Workshop Components

• At least 2 hands-on activities are included to
  simulate a TISP presentation, taken from
  TryEngineering
• Panel of educators provide advice
• An experienced volunteer shares strategies of
  how to begin
• A why we are doing this presentation
• Small group discussion to identify next steps

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2006-2007

• Boston
• Indianapolis
• Kuala Lumpur
• Cape Town

• Piura, Peru
• Rio de Janeiro
• Baltimore
• Dallas

student branch pilot workshop
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20082009

• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• Cordoba (Argentina)
• Port of Spain

• Atlanta
• Montevideo, Uruguay
• Montreal
• Shenzchen, China
• Guayaquil, Ecuador

student branch members
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Attendance at 2008 TISP Training Workshops
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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations

• To date, over 84 TISP presentations have been
  conducted by IEEE volunteers
• TISP presentations have reached over 1885
  pre-university educators
• This reach represents more than 210,000 students
  each year

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TISP presentations by volunteersSurvey Results
1124 teachers/respondents
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TISP presentations by volunteersSurvey Results
1124 teachers/respondents
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Whats Next for TISP?

• Expand the reach of the program
• Find corporate sponsor(s) to finance the TISP
  training workshops
• Assess the impact of the use of TISP concepts and
  activities in the classroom