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August 2007
Piura, Peru
Moshe Kam
Educational Activities

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IEEE is the largest professional engineering association in the world
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367,000 members in 150 countries
A 501(c)3 organization in incorporated in New York
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Originally concentrating on power engineering and communications IEEE at present spans technical interests across the spectrum of technology
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From nanotechnology to oceanic engineering
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In many respects IEEE has become “the steward of Engineering”

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In 1884 the Franklin Institute organized the
International Electrical Exhibition in
Philadelphia
The Operator, 15 April 1884
“The…exhibition would be attended by foreign electrical savants, engineers, and manufacturers...it would be a lasting disgrace to American electricians if no
American electrical national society was in existence to receive them with the honors due them from their co-laborers in the
United States."
Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin
Houston, and Edward Weston
AIEE’s First Technical Meeting 7-8 October
1884, the Franklin Institute

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Alexander G. Bell Elihu Thomson Charles Steinmetz Frank Sprague

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Leah Jamieson Joseph Bordogna Michael Lightner Wallace Read

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Established 1884
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Established 1908
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An American Organization
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An international Organization
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Representing the establishment
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Open to students, young professionals
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Rooted in Power Engineering
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Quick to adopt advances in radar, radio, TV, electronics, computers
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First computers working group
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Now the Computer Society
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Proceedings of the Institute of
Radio Engineers (January 1913)
1963: Merger of AIEE and IRE to create IEEE
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400000
350000
300000
250000
200000
150000
Total IEEE Membership - 1963 to 2005

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A membership organization
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A major creator and guardian of technical IP
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A mechanism to bring people of common technical interests together
 both geographically and disciplinarily
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A guardian of the future of Engineering
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An implementer of technology-related public
Imperatives

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A membership organization
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A major creator and guardian of technical IP
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A mechanism to bring people of common technical interests together
 both geographically and disciplinarily
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A guardian of the future of Engineering
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An implementer of technology-related public
Imperatives

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Publishes literature in engineering, technology and computing
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Organizes conferences
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Develops standards
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Gets engineers and technologists from different locales together
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Organizes professional activities among engineering students
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Educates the public about Engineering

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Publishes literature in engineering, technology and computing
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Organizes conferences
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Develops standards
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Gets engineers and technologists from different locales together
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Organizes professional activities among engineering students
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Educates the public about Engineering

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Why is IEEE interested in preuniversity engineering education?
Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission
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Because in many IEEE Sections there is marked decline in the interest of young people in Engineering
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This is bad for the future of these communities and would have a negative impact on their standard of living
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Because we do not believe the problem is going to be tackled effectively without us
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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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Some of the problems are related to national policy
Country Public expenditures on education
Argentina 3.5%
Brazil 5.1%
Ecuador 3.5%
Peru 2.9%
Austria
Spain
5.4%
5.0%
R&D investment per capita
(1M people)
0.013%
0.004% l.t 0.001% l.t 0.001%
0.2%
0.02%
UNESCO World Education Report

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Flat or declining engineering enrollments in most developed nations
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Coupled with disappointing performance of youth in
Mathematics
E.g., “free fall” in Scandinavia
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Insufficient number of engineers and engineering educational programs in most developing countries
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Asia is far behind Europe and the US in number of engineers per capita

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New baccalaureate engineering degrees per year per million citizens (2004)
Country Number of degrees per million citizens
USA 468.3
China 271.1
India 103.7
SA 36.5

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Women & minority students conspicuously under-represented
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Public perception of engineers/ engineering/ technology is largely misinformed
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Resulting in early decisions that block the path of children to Engineering

Engineering degrees
US: 2005-2006
17 http://www.asee.org/publications/profiles/upload/2006ProfileEng.pdf

B.Sc Degrees in Engineering by
Gender, US: 2005-2006
18 http://www.asee.org/publications/profiles/upload/2006ProfileEng.pdf

Engineering Degrees Awarded to women, US: 2005-2006
19 http://www.asee.org/publications/profiles/upload/2006ProfileEng.pdf

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B.Sc Degrees in Engineering by
Ethnicity, US: 2005-2006

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It helps to be… fascinated by the relationship between law and society
Are you ready to… engage in intense discussion of thorny legal problems ?

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From Collegeboard.com:
Broadcast Journalism
It helps to be… sharp of mind and quick of tongue
Are you ready to… learn how to find and interview sources?

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It helps to be… Are you ready to…
A problem-solver who’s creative, curious, logical, and a fan of math .
Spend hours and hours working on problem sets and design projects?

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It helps to be… Are you ready to…
A problem-solver who’s creative, curious, logical, and a fan of math .
Spend hours and hours working on problem sets and design projects?

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It helps to be… Are you ready to…
A problem-solver who’s creative, curious, logical, and a fan of math .
Spend hours and hours working on problem sets and design projects?

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It helps to be… Are you ready to…
A fan of science and math , a creative problem solver, and someone who likes to take things apart to find out how they work.
Rely on your math skills? Master difficult scientific concepts? Take on a heavy course load?
Spend five years as an undergrad …

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It helps to be… Are you ready to…
A fan of science and math who’s curious about the way things work
Spend hours building detailed, complicated systems
Try, try, and try again when at first a project doesn’t succeed

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In many countries in the Western
Hemisphere, student achievements in mathematics are low

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OECD Program for International Student
Assessment
Mathematics, 15 year old students
Finland, Korea, the Netherlands,
Japan
The United
States
Mexico

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Currently almost all students in elementary-school age attend school
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A series of studies and public statements by local specialists have assessed the quality of the preuniversity educational system to be low
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The way to assess: achievement in standardized tests
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Peru has participated in one international achievement evaluation organized by UNESCO
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Cueto et al. 2006

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International achievement evaluation (UNESCO)
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This study included achievement of third and fourth grade students
 in urban and rural areas
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 in mathematics and language in Spanish only
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Among twelve (12) countries in Latin
America, Peru ranked…
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Twelve (12) in fourth grade mathematics
Eleven (11) in third grade mathematics
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Ten (10) and Nine (9) in the same grades in language

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National evaluations in mathematics were performed by the Peruvian Ministry of Education in 1998
 in urban areas only
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Deficiencies mostly in the topic of fractions and in general in problem solving
 even in items that were classified by specialists as easy given the curriculum
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Students seem to have no problem in performing routine arithmetic operations if they involve whole positive numbers only
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Cueto et al. 2006

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The Peruvian Ministry of Education at the end of
2001 performed a new national evaluation
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Most students in sixth grade were below the cut-off scores set by specialists to reflect acceptable learning
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The worse results in this and other evaluations have been in areas where poverty is higher
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Bottom line: problems in the mathematics results of the Peruvian students
 at least as they can be defined through achievement in standardized tests using multiple choice items
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Cueto et al. 2006

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Tryengineering.org
“Strong On-line presence”

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The Web provides us with high potential for reachability
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A successful portal can become a major resource for students, parents, school counselors, and teachers
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But success is difficult in an ever-crowded medium
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Effort needs to be coupled with more modern tools
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Instant messaging, podcasts

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A comprehensive portal on engineering for young people
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Original target audience: young people ages 8-18
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Designed to convey excitement about engineering and design
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Can-do attitude
Hands-on experience
Positive image of the engineering process and engineering
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“Discover the creative engineer in you”

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A portal for students, parents, school counselors and teachers
School search
By location, program, environment
Day in the life of an engineer
Hands-on and virtual projects
Ask an engineer
Brought to you by SAE
Games
Class plans for teaching engineering design
Ask a student
Brought to you by JETS
Summer camps, internship opportunities

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School search
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Ask an Engineer
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Ask a Student
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Coming up: Opportunities
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Pre-university students: summer camps, science fairs
University students: research opportunities, summer and co-op jobs
Graduating students: graduate study opportunities, academic jobs

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TryEngineering.org is becoming an increasingly popular resource for the pre-university and university communities
40,000 visitors per month

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Countries of Users: English Version
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US (70%)
India (5%)
China (3.3%)
Canada
United Kingdom
Austria
Australia
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Malaysia
Germany
Japan
Thailand
South Africa
Korea
Brazil

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Most Requested Files: Lesson Plans
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Build a robot arm
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Close to 17,000 downloads
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Cracking the Code (bar codes)
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Critical Load (Civil Engineering)

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What’s new
New University Searches: 15 Countries
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Australia
Brazil
Canada
Pakistan
France
Germany
India
Japan
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Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Malaysia
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States

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中文
Deutsch
Español
Français
邦人 русский
What’s new
New Languages
Chinese
German
Spanish
French
Japanese
Russian
1 June 2007

A New Original Game:
Questioneering
What’s new
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Question: The following are examples of word processing applications:
(A) LaTex and Microsoft Word
(B) MIDI and RS-232
(C) Pdf and PCM
(D) QWERTY and AZERTY
Questions created by 26 graduate students, engineers, and engineering professors

A New Original Game:
Questioneering
What’s new
Question: Artificial neural networks are...
(A) Brain implants designed by biomedical engineers
(B) Models of interconnected processors used for signal processing and computation
(C) Neuron architectures present in people who were in bad brain accidents
(D) Internet discussion groups devoted to Cognitive
Science
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We are looking for an Intern to provide players with more feedback

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Future services – focus on the
University/College Student
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Effective oral and written presentations
What’s new
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Job search and preparation for interview
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Writing a resume
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Looking for graduate school
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Graduate school homepage already available through University Search

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Future Services – interviews with students and practitioners
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Interviews with students from California
State University, Northridge
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Interviews with ECE and Biomedical
Engineering practitioners engaged in
Biometrics work

Future services: www.Accreditation.org
Coming in
August 2007
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Introduction to Accreditation
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List of recognized accrediting bodies worldwide
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And the programs they accredit
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List of mutual recognition agreements
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Including original texts and commentary
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Policy papers on accreditation
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Links and scholarly papers

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Teacher In Service Program
“Engineering in the Classroom”

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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)
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A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers
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Based on approved Lesson Plans
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Prepared by IEEE volunteered
Tested in classrooms
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Associated with Education Standards
Designed to highlight engineering design principles
The cost is less than $100 for a class of 30

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Section volunteers run a TISP training event
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EAB provides logistical support and instructors
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Volunteers gather for a day and a half of training
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With teachers and school administrators
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Volunteers spread the program in their school districts

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2006-2007
Complete Underway
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Boston (R1)
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Piura, Peru (R9)
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Indianapolis (R4)
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Rio de Janeiro (R9)
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Memphis (R3)
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Kuala Lumpur (R10)
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Cape Town (R8)
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Baltimore (R2)
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Dallas (R5)

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Venue
Piura
Rio de Janeiro
Baltimore
Dallas
Expected Attendance
At least 100
50-70
40-60
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Recent information “From the Field”
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Six new programs in South Africa
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To subject advisors and educators
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Total number of affected teachers will be more than 700
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Four new programs in Malaysia
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160 teachers

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http://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniv ersity/tispt/lessons.html
http://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniv ersity/tispt/slessons.html

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Rotational Equilibrium:
A Question of Balance
Demonstrate the concept of rotational equilibrium, by building and testing a Mobile

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Build working models with household items

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Design and Build a Better Candy Bag
Lesson Focus
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Demonstrate how product design differences can affect the success of a final product
 in this case a bag for holding candy.
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Students work in pairs to evaluate, design, and build a better candy bag

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What’s new
Give Binary A Try Computer arithmetic and
ALU design
Hand Biometrics Technology Biometrics
Sail Away Watercraft design
Simple Kitchen Machines
Dispenser Designs
Simple Machines
Design: user satisfaction, costs, materials
Engineering Ups and Downs Elevators
Build a Big Wheel Ferris Wheels

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What’s new
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Sort it Out
Sticky Engineering
Challenge
Ship the Chip
Move That
Lighthouse!
A Question of Balance
Program Your Own
Game
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Engineering Air Traffic
Pipeline Challenge
Infrared Investigations
Hull Engineering
Engineered Sports
Engineered Memory
Wind Tunnel Testing

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Santiago Cueto, Cecilia Ramirez, Leon Juan: Opportunities to Learn and Achievement in Mathematics in a Sample of
Sixth Grade Students in Lima, Peru
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v62 n1 p25-55 May
2006 http://www.gdnet.org/pdf/2002AwardsMedalsWinners/Educa tionKnowledgeTechnology/santiago_cueto_paper.pdf
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Education and Training in Peru, http://commercecan.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/interface2.nsf/vDo wnload/ISA_2032/$file/X_3134639.DOC