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Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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the Department Chairperson for Physics, Engineering, & Architecture and a member of the AAPT Committee on Physics in Two Year Colleges. His primary professional interest is in the integration of the findings of physics and engineering education research with education practice. Page 12.1426.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 THE EVOLUTION OF THE EDGE PROGRAM IN ITS FOURTH YEARThis paper presents the results of the fourth iteration of the EDGE (Early Development ofGeneral Engineering) Summer Bridge Program that was initiated in 20031. This year the projectwas completely supported by a grant

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Liao, Wayne State University; James Sawyer, Macomb Community College

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“in-house,” whichlimits the number of automotive service technicians available for the growing hybrid market.There is a clear need for a systematic training program on HEV. The goal of the project is to fillthis need by developing an integrated learning environment for HEV technology.In order to develop this program, a partnership was formed between faculty of MCC automotivetechnology program and the engineering technology program at WSU. The partnership alsoincludes industrial partners from major automobile manufacturers and suppliers. The activitiesfor the project include (1) Developing an HEV curriculum and integrating it with the existingAssociate of Applied Science program in Automotive Technology; (2) Revising existing coursesand

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University

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AC 2007-481: COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEACHER PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTTheodore Branoff, North Carolina State University Ted Branoff is an associate professor of Graphic Communications in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. A member of ASEE since 1987, Ted is currently the chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE. His research interests include spatial visualization in undergraduate students and the effects of online instruction for preparing community college educators.Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University Duane Akroyd is a professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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since 1987. He was the Campus Coordinator for the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation program from 1993 to 2002, and is currently the Department Chairperson for Physics, Engineering, & Architecture. He has been involved in numerous initiatives to integrate the findings of physics and engineering education research with education practice. Page 12.1449.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Need for a Quality Control System for Community College Engineering EducationAbstractThis paper is based on a collaborative effort between the National Academy of

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Richardson, College of the Canyons; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons; Joseph Gerda, College of the Canyons; Floyd Moos, College of the Canyons

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, The Associate Program of Adjunct Instructors, since its inception in 1989. His current interests includes staff development for adjunct instructors, improving online mathematics education and writing a statistics text integrating relevant problems, computer applications, and critical thinking. He holds B.S. and M.A. from University of Texas, Arlington, and an M.S. from U.C.L.A School of Medicine.Floyd Moos, College of the Canyons Floyd Moos has been an educator for 36 years. Currently serving as College of the Canyons’ Dean of Fine and Performing Arts, Floyd began his teaching career in 1973. He has worked at College of the Canyons since 1989 as an English instructor, department chair

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons; Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Robert Alldredge, Allan Hancock College

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enrollment in their creditelectronics programs and a high demand from employers for highly skilled engineeringtechnicians. At that time, an analysis using a modified DACUM procedure was used toassess the gap between industry skills needed and existing curricula in engineeringtechnology. Each college then developed new or adapted courses and programs to reflectthe emerging industry needs. This careful integration of industry skills into new andadapted community college curricula resulted in an increase in students for those collegesand their engineering technology departments of over 350%. Since then, yearly regionaland college-specific industry advisory committee meetings have been held to continuethe close working relationship with industry and