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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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Paper ID #6838First-year Project-Based Engineering: Secret Weapon for Student SuccessProf. Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College Pelletier is an adjunct instructor and professor emeritus of Computer Technology & Engineering at North- ern Essex Community College. He holds a B.E.E. from Villanova University, a M.S.E.E. from Northeast- ern University and completed additional graduate work in Computer Engineering at Northeastern Univer- sity.Prof. Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community CollegeProf. Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College Chanley is program coordinator of Engineering Science

Conference Session

Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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- Communicate effectively through speaking, listening, and writing.  Critical Thinking - Use critical thinking to analyze and solve problems.  Technical Skills - Demonstrate knowledge and competence in academic and technical fields of study.  Teamwork - Demonstrate positive, effective, and appropriate interpersonal skills.The integration of these Workforce Skills also resulted in a more comprehensive approach toassessment. This program requires multiple individual and team projects in the laboratorysegment, and design projects for the classroom segment of courses within the major. Rubricswere developed for all individual and group projects. As part of the effort to integrateWorkforce Skills, written plans, post-project analysis

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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students’ confidence to continue in science and engineering; and 4) exposure tothe diversity of professional career opportunities that apply science and engineering 
training.Additionally, the program collaborates with UC Berkeley’s Transfer Alliance Project (TAP).TAP provides individualized academic and transfer advising and enrichment programs thatprepare community colleges students to be competitive applicants to four-year colleges.Theoretical FrameworkTo provide a comprehensive experience for community college students, the TTE REU adaptedthe Branford, Brown, and Cocking’s “How People Learn” (HPL) framework to design aninclusive, supportive, and effective environment for community college students. This HPL

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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million additional STEM professionals in thenext decade in order to retain its historical preeminence in science and technology. The reportproposes that addressing the retention problem in the first two years of college is the mostpromising and cost-effective strategy to address this need. Among the Council's recommendationsis to engage students in research early in college by implementing research courses for students inthe first two years, and establishing collaborations between research universities and communitycolleges to provide all students access to research experiences. This paper is a description of acollaborative project between a small Hispanic-serving community college and a large urbanuniversity to address the retention and

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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University in submitting aTitle V proposal which included funding for an expansion of the existing Center, new furnitureand equipment, and a full-time coordinator. In 2008 the proposal was awarded and planning forthe new site commenced at the beginning of 2009. The new site opened in January 2010 andwas re-dedicated in February accompanied by much fanfare, including a note of congratulationfrom our State Senator.Although the expansion and remodeling project met with typical setbacks, these were minorcompared to the challenges encountered in our efforts to hire the now much-needed full-timeCoordinator for the MESA Center. We had to initiate the hiring process more than once due tostrict requirements for the position, a slow moving screening committee

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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presentation covers our ET programs, explains potential careers, andemphasizes the importance of immediate job placement and potential opportunities in coastalMississippi, in the state and in the nation. Students were provided a hands-on activity that givesthem a taste of university’s ongoing research projects and a tour of the research centers.Enrollment specialists advertised this event at local HSs and CCs through flyers and emails. Thisactivity was modeled around the College of William and Mary’s Fall Focus Days. We expectedparticipation of 20 students in the first year and anticipate growth to 50 students by the end of thefifth year.Each summer we offer a week-long Summer ET Academy Program. This program targetsprimarily CC and senior HS students

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; F. Carroll Dougherty, University of South Alabama

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this was a good introduction to the requirements for atechnical report and on the group dynamics of working together.Engineering CareersAs a final project, each student was asked to prepare a 5 minute oral presentation on an aspectof engineering in his or her new field. This can be what attracted them to the field or aparticular project that caught their imagination. Students were expected to describe the careerpath or project, discuss the steps necessary to get there (beyond getting an engineeringdegree), give examples of people on that path or who were once on that path, and explain whythis path is of interest to them. Some of the questions given to them as guidelines include: Isan advanced degree required/desired? Is professional

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Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Elizabeth Paderi Cheung, Los Angeles Pierce College; Tiffany Reardon

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community collegeengineering programs to support all the courses needed by students to transfer. Meanwhile,transfer admissions have become increasingly more competitive because of budget cuts in four-year universities. As a result, prospective engineering students who attend community collegeswith limited or no engineering course offerings are at a disadvantage for both transfer admissionas well as time to completion upon transfer. This paper is a description of a collaborative projectamong community college engineering programs in California to address this problem byaligning engineering curriculum, enhancing teaching effectiveness using Tablet PCs, andincreasing access to engineering courses through online education. The project includes aSummer

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants

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-based), conducting in-depth interviews, and moderating focus groups. In 2004, Dr. Mobley joined the NSF-funded MIDFIELD interdisciplinary research team which is examining the educational pathways of engineering students at eleven universities. She is currently serving as Co-PI and is co-leading the qualitative component of a project on transfer students in engineering.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Shealy, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #7198A Descriptive Study of Engineering Transfer Students at Four Institutions:Comparing Lateral and Vertical Transfer PathwaysMs. Erin Shealy, Clemson University Erin Shealy is a master’s student studying Applied Sociology at Clemson University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Psychology, also from Clemson University. For the past two years, she has been serving as a graduate research assistant for an NSF-funded research project on engineering transfer students, part of the larger Multi Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) study.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research

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Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Renee Henson, Mineral Area College

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800,000 new engineers will be needed by 2018; however, the U.S.currently graduates only one-fourth of that number. Women and minorities are potentialprospects for meeting this need because they are projected to fill approximately 70 percent of thejob market at that time. However, they currently compose only 20 percent of the existing STEMrelated job market. Consequently, it is critical for the American higher education system to Page 23.1206.3provide sufficient training to fill technical skills gaps in all students, particularly those within thegrowing populations of minority and older workers.6Nontraditional students often lack the most

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Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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student success. Our expectations of the CC transfer students arehigh. We encourage them from day one to consider going full-time to graduate school right afterthey earn their Bachelor’s degree. We tell the students that a Master’s degree is very valuable inindustry. With a Master’s degree a student is more likely to start at a project manager positionequivalent to two years of experience, as well as beginning with a higher salary. Manyengineering students report that they needed a Master’s degree to give them a much firmer holdon their engineering field to feel comfortable going out as an engineer and to enable them toparticipate in exciting industrial projects. Through our National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM and STEP programs (#0728695

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Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Scale (Narayanan, 2007). Four “Primary Traits” or “Characteristics” were identified and assessed. Assessmenttools that were utilized included, but not limited to quizzes, home works, research documents, Page 23.226.4laboratory reports, examinations, project binders, etc. Appendix D documents this assessment data collected, using a bar chart that utilizesLikert Scale. Appendix E indicates how to use the pause procedure to enhance lecture recall.Researchers Ruhl, Hughes & Schloss are of the opinion that If Instructors Talk Six MinutesLess, Students Learn More. Appendix F lists the ten principles of learning