2006 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education
Saturday, June 17, 2006, Chicago, IL

Thank you for joining us in Chicago for the 2006 Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education. The event was a great success! Twenty-four different workshop presentations were offered to the 146 guests in attendance that day. Below, you will find a sampling of the workshop proceedings.

PROCEEDINGS

1. Bringing Engineering into Middle Schools: Learning Science and Math through Guided Inquiry and Engineering Design Larry G. Richards, Christine Guy Schnittka--University of Virginia

2. Energy in Our Lives: Preparing Middle School Students for Our Energy Future Susan E. Powers, Sarah Scafidi McGuire--Clarkson University

3. Get a Grip! A Middle School Engineering Challenge

4. How Does Ultrasound Imaging Work? Stacy S. Klein--Vanderbilt University

5. Infinity Project: Engineering Education for Today’s Classroom Rosemary G. Aguilar--Infinity Project, School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University

6. Informed Design Peggie Weeks, Dave Burghardt--Hofstra University

7. INSPIRES (INcreasing Student Participation, Interest and Recruitment in Engineering and Science) Julia Ross, Taryn Bayles, Sara Titus--University of Maryland, Baltimore County

8. Introduction to Engineering through Mathematics Anne Spence, Taryn Bayles, Melissa Corkum--University of Maryland, Baltimore County

9. Invention, Innovation, & Inquiry (I3) Matthew Anna, Katherine Weber--California University of Pennsylvania

10. Marconi Challenge: Infrared Light Data Transmission - the 21st Century “Crystal Radio”

11. Mission Define Your Future: Exploring Math and Science

12. Standards-based Learning: An Introduction to the Engineering Design Process Using a Paper Drop Competition

13. Teaching Mathematics with Real World Correlation

For more details, contact Libby Martin, Manager of K-12 Activities, at k12workshop@asee.org