Conference Session

Innovative Lower Division Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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Two Year College Division

College of Technology (COT) is a seamless pathway program in technologyand engineering between all 12 Community Colleges and six four-year institutions.Students can complete either an A.S. degree in Technological Studies or an A.S. inengineering science. The infrastructure of the program allows flexibility of thecurriculum such that the programs can respond to industry needs with specific optionsand implement the new curriculum within 3 months. In addition, there is a statewideCOT site coordinators council that includes faculty and administrative representativefrom all of the institutions of higher education, secondary partners and business andindustry liaisons. This COT Council has been instrumental for the systemic integrationof the COT at the

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

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Two Year College Division

consider pursuing technical studies at college.The PowerUP! project also works directly with high school curriculum andinstructional practices to promote student preparation for the community collegeengineering and technology options. Through the summer seminar series, wehave provided hands on lab materials to over sixty high school educators. In ourkey partner schools programs are being established that will be able to articulateto the college degree programs by the end of this project. To date the followinghigh school programs are established:Tantasqua High School: Strong machine tech, engineering design andengineering technology program offered at both the individual course level for allstudents and as an intensive vocational training program

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Pooneh Lari, North Carolina State University; Michelle Hsiang, Research Triangle Institute

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Two Year College Division

2006-319: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGETEACHERSTheodore Branoff, North Carolina State University Ted is an associate professor of Graphic Communications at North Carolina State University and has been an ASEE member since 1987. He has taught courses in introductory engineering graphics, computer-aided design, descriptive geometry, instructional design and course design. Ted has a bachelor of science in Technical Education, a master of science in Occupational Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. His current academic interests include spatial visualization ability, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, constraint-based modeling, graphics education, and