Hawai‘i PEEC Project
‘IKE
Indigenous Knowledge in Engineering
‘ike is the Hawaiian word for ‘knowledge’
Joshua Kaakua
Louise Pagotto, Peter Crouch, and Hervé Collin
Hawai‘i PEEC Project
Outline of the Presentation
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Summary of Project Goals
Activities
Successes
Challenges
Geographical Location
Campus Profiles
Manoa
Maui
KCC
WCC
HCC
LCC
293
49
47
6
49
26
20,429
4,527
9,023
2,705
4,600
7,895
16:1
17:1
16:1
22:1
16:1
21:1
Men
45.4%
38.5%
48.8%
40.3%
63.9%
43.9%
Women
54.6%
61.5%
51.2%
59.7%
36.1%
56.1%
Native Hawaiian
14.4%
34.4%
18.9%
41.9%
26.9%
26.9%
Programs Offered
enrollment (Undergraduate)
Student:Faculty Ratio
Overview
• Strengthen the Pre-Engineering Core Curriculum among PEEC
campuses (including an online components)
• Prepare and support Native Hawaiian students to Engineering
through Mentoring and Undergraduate Research Experiences.
• Engage Native Hawaiian students in Sustainable Energy
Engineering issues, to industries and community partners.
Activities: Pre-Engineering Core
Identified and Articulated a Common Pre-Engineering Curriculum
Pre-Engineering Core
Chemistry
Mathematics
11 courses & 1 laboratory
Online Development: 75%
Remainings: Chemistry Lab, Calculus III,
and Applied Statics
Physics
Applied
Mechanics
Community
Programming
Basic Circuit
Analysis
Colleges
ASNS
College of
Engineering
Activities: Recruitment
‘IKE
recruitment
High school Connections
(Counselors, teachers, partner
campuses)
High School Interactions
(Class presentation &
Brochure)
Community Connections
(family members, friends, etc..)
Activities: Recruitment Capacity-Building
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Foster
relationships with
campus Native
Hawaiian student
services, Upward
Bound, METS, Na
Pua Noeau
Promote `IKE and
partner CCs at
community
meetings and
through local
Native Hawaiian
organizations.
LeeCC
UH
Mānoa
KCC generates
Brochures and web
recruitment
materials for all
SEEs
UH
Maui
College
WinCC
HonCC
Activities: Retention
Peer Mentoring
# Students
NH
Other Underrepresented
Other
# Cohort Students
AY 2010-2011
12
5
6
1
AY 2011-2012
15
3
7
7
Peer Mentoring
Efforts
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Undergraduate
Research
Activities: Retention
Peer Mentoring through PLUS
(Peer Led Unit Session)
Number of Courses
Number of students impacted
AY 2010-2011
7
41
AY 2011-2012 (only Fall 2011)
5
47
Total
12
88
PLUS Efforts
Physics
Chemistry
(Mathematics)
Activities: Retention
Undergraduate Research Experience
Aerospace (USLI, Cansat)
Robotics
Asymmetric Capacitors
Pupillometry
Utility Terrain Vehicle
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Wind and solar Power Tower
Activities: SEEs
Summer Engineering Experience
SEE1
SEE2
SEE3
• KCC / Guitar
Building
• MAUI /
robotics
• MANOA / REIS
Activities: Cultural Experiences
Cultural
Experiences
And
Engineering
Successes: PLUS
Grade Distribution of students Attending PLUS
vs student not attending PLUS sessions
30
PLUS
25
Percentages
NO PLUS
20
15
10
5
0
W
F
D
C
Grades
B
A
Successes: HMEM
Summer 2011
Overall Success Rate
(SEE1 + SEE2 +
SEE3)
Emporium Success Rate
(SEE1 + SEE2)
Traditional Math Course
Success Rate (SEE3)
85%
89%
80%
Successes: URE
SA
A
DA
SDA
Enhanced learning experience as a STEM major
65%
35%
0%
0%
Positively affected decision to continue to 4-year institution
71%
23%
6%
0%
Increase involved in engineering programs/activities
71%
29%
0%
0%
Travel to conference enhanced research experience
56%
44%
0%
0%
Recommend to other students
82%
18%
0%
0%
VS
S
D
VD
76%
24%
0%
0%
Overall satisfaction
SA=Strongly Agree,
VS=Very Satisfied
A=Agree,
S=Satisfied
DA=Disagree,
D=Dissatisfied
USLI
SDA=Strongly Disagree
VD=Very Dissatisfied
Cansat
Undergraduate
Research
Dissemination
AISES
ERN
NCUR
Successes: ASNS
College of
Engineering
ASNS
Pre-Engineering
KCC
LCC
MAUI
WCC
LCC
ASNS Expansion to most PEEC Institutions
Articulation with: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Engineering
Successes: APTs
APT at each Campus:
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Assessment specialist
Recruitment Specialist
Retention Specialist
Curriculum specialist
Summer Bridge coordinators
Challenges: Cohort / Math Retention
Cohort
Math
Retention
• Mentors
• Social Networking
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Mentors
PLUS
Social Networking
“Scaling up” Emporium Model
Hawai‘i PEEC Project
Questions and Comments?