Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith, George Mason University; James Yang

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

span K-20, researched improvements to STEM classroom education, and is working to develop a career-ready quantum workforce.Dr. Daigo Shishika, George Mason University Daigo Shishika is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and his master’s and PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park, all in Aerospace Engineering. Before joining George Mason University, Shishika was a postdoctoral researcher in the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interest is in the general area of autonomy, dynamics and controls, and robotics. More specifically, his past work has focused on multi-agent

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York, Maritime College; Martin S. Lawless, State University of New York, Maritime College; Kathryn R. Gosselin, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

traditional college experience with 6credits of internships over the summer. The students seeking a license must complete anadditional 42 credits during their academic career, including 18 credits of summer practical workon a ship. This means the license students must take 17 to 19 credits every semester to graduateon-time. Therefore, students who transfer into the school tend not to select the license programand there is strong overlap between transfer students and non-license students.This paper aims to assess whether transfer (XFER) students at SUNY Maritime College performpoorly in senior-level courses, long after the post-transfer semesters, compared to first-timefreshmen (FTF). Performance scores were evaluated for three discipline-specific

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brahan, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas W. Denucci, United States Coast Guard Academy; Jaye Falls, United States Naval Academy; Paul H. Miller, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Peter A. Sousa, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

Architectureand Marine Engineering (NAME). Many first-year students express an interest in the NAMEmajor yet do not have a good understanding of the major or the larger discipline. This manifestsitself in disappointing retention numbers, with roughly half of the students leaving the majorafter the first year. This project aimed to not only provide an opportunity for experientiallearning on an actual boat, but also provided faculty mentoring on the profession, career paths,etc., with the goal of increasing retention within the major.Another project goal is to encourage community building within the NAME major. Engaging ina major-specific project such as this naturally encourages individual interactions. Additionally,lab instructors encourage teamwork

Conference Session

Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

-playingactivity was therefore experiential in nature, unlike other activities that may come across asabstractions from reality. I think if we were able to redo the meeting I would like to be able to better control one of my group members. Some comments were made that may have rubbed some of the other groups the wrong way. Probably try not to get mad quickly when another stakeholder group is judging our statement. Because the madder I got, more I couldn’t kept my thoughts together to present a better counterexample.The skills and knowledge that students cited in their reflections will serve them well as theyapproach the start of their professional careers in engineering. These reflections are alsocompelling because many contained comments