2024 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Engineering Outreach

Learn about activities and programs aimed at broadening the participation in and increasing the overall number of students entering STEM degree programs. Topics range from development of STEM teachers to engaging K through 12th grade students.

Chair

Sandy Pettit, University of South Florida

Co-Chair

Kristine Horvat, University of New Haven

Presentations

03:30 PM

(198a) Broadening Participation in Engineering: Professional Development for STEM Teachers in Pennsylvania Rural Counties
Taryn Bayles, Claudia Morrell, Sandra Staklis, Kevin Jordan

03:48 PM

(198b) Virtual Reality Movies and Marshmallows: A Crystal Structure Workshop for Middle School Students
Sarah Stratton, Matthew Montemore

04:06 PM

(198c) Outreach at the Shepherd Chemical Company: Activities, Successes, and Motivations
John Stueve

04:24 PM

(198d) Cultivating Engineering Identity in K-12 Students through Engaging Activities: A Three-Week Summer Program
Betul Bilgin

04:42 PM

(198e) Using Educational Comics in Outreach Efforts to Promote Interest in Chemical Engineering
Nethra Iyer, Ira Hysi, Luke Landherr

05:00 PM

(198f) Art Meets Science: Introducing K-12 Students to Chemical Engineering Concepts through Art
Betul Bilgin

05:18 PM

(198g) Flowing Futures: Empowering High-Schoolers in Chemical Engineering
Neha Raikar, Fernando Mérida Figueróa

05:36 PM

(198h) Integrating Service Learning at the University Level with a Summer Outreach Program to Increase High School Girls’ Self-Efficacy in STEM
Geeta Verma, Sogol Asaei, Rebecca Ahn, Jacob Hostert, Julie N. Renner