AC 2010-123: IMPACTING STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN STEM FIELDS: AN
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION COURSE FOR K-12 UNDERREPRESENTED
STUDENTS
Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University
Dr. Aurenice Oliveira is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program
at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, since 2007. She received the B.Sc. degree
in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil, in
1995, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, in 2005. Dr. Oliveira has taught several classes
in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State
University, and at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Dr. Oliveira current research interests
include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing,
wireless communications, and engineering education. She has authored or co-authored 13
archival journal publications and 32 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is
serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education
Consortium on Renewable Energy that is funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of
Education. Dr. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator, and serve as panelist for NSF projects. Dr.
Oliveira has also been contributing to several STEM K-12 outreach initiatives, and to the
NSF-ADVANCE initiative at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Oliveira is a member of
the IEEE Photonics Society, the IEEE Women in Engineering Society, and the American Society
of Engineering Education (ASEE).
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