An Initial Perspective on the Implementation of an Engineering Ambassador Program
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Marietta, Georgia
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March 10, 2024
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March 10, 2024
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March 12, 2024
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Diversity
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10
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--45504
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https://strategy.asee.org/45504
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16
Paper Authors
Priya T Goeser Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus
Priya T. Goeser is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Southern University's Armstrong Campus, Savannah GA. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and her B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. Her current research interests are in innovative teaching methods in engineering education. She is the program director for the Eagle Engineering Ambassador Program.
Thomas Murphy Georgia Southern University
Dr. Thomas Murphy is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus. He received his PhD and M.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida and his B.S. in Electric
Abstract
The Eagle Engineering Ambassadors (EEA) Program was first developed in Fall 2022 and launched in Spring 2023. The EEA Program is a mentorship based program involving Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong campus and local high schools. The program exposes a diverse group of high school students and teachers to engineering concepts and careers through engineering projects within a mentoring framework. Seven high schools participated in the first year of the EEA program. The participating high schools included one private, one charter, and five public with two of the public schools having a high percentage of students in underrepresented groups.
The high school teams completed one or more engineering projects in Spring depending on the project length. Projects included: design prototyping using CAD and 3D printing, automatic watering system, autonomous robots, digital music keyboard, and DC motor/fan control. The high school teams were mentored by Georgia Southern engineering students (Ambassadors). The Ambassadors supervised and coordinated the high school teams and visited the teams weekly while projects were being performed. The Ambassadors were predominantly mechanical engineering students with one computer engineering student. Seven high school STEM teachers, 62 high school students, and 10 Georgia Southern engineering students participated in the EEA program in Spring 2023.
This paper will discuss the development, implementation, and evaluation of the EEA Program.
Goeser, P. T., & Murphy, T. (2024, March), An Initial Perspective on the Implementation of an Engineering Ambassador Program Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--45504
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