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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos

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Two Year College Division

design report, and present the design.”4 Page 25.687.3Two class days were provided for the studentsto work in class on the projects. The intent ofproviding class time was threefold: so thatsubstantial completion of the project couldoccur in class; for the students to have accessto the professor for questions while theyworked; and to assure that these students(many of whom worked in addition toattending community college) were able tomeet with their assigned groups. As can beenseen in Figure 1, the working space for thegroups was a standard classroom with tablesand chairs. No machine room or laboratoryequipment was made available to the

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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opportunities1.In order to train qualified technicians in the South Texas area (Figure 1) who are able to performwell in high-tech manufacturing, advanced manufacturing concepts should be implemented inthe South Texas technical colleges. There are six technical colleges in South Texas offering anAssociate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in machining technology and/or computer draftingand design technology. All six technical colleges share the same student demographics; SouthTexas is a region where more than 65% of the population is Hispanic. It is transitioning from ahistorically under-served region to one where major efforts are underway to build an educational

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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future plans.Reason for the ProjectOverall engineering employment is expected to grow by 11 percent over the 2008–18 decade andtraditionally engineers have been concentrated in slower growing or declining manufacturingindustries. It is projected that they will continue to be needed to design, build, test, and improvemanufactured products but, at the same time, increasing employment of engineers in serviceindustries such as engineering, research and development, and consulting should generate mostof the employment growth [1]. The 2007 United States Census forecast a need for 1.75 millionengineers by 2010, a 20 percent increase from the (then) current number of practicing engineers.However, in 2005 the National Science Board reported that less

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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Two Year College Division

, “Engaging the Community to Achieve Success in Engineering”(ECASE), is to encourage and enable academically talented, but financially needy students fromlocal community colleges to enter the workforce or continue in graduate studies followingcompletion of a baccalaureate degree in electrical engineering at Seattle Pacific University. Ourspecific objectives are to 1) provide community college transfer students (our ECASE Scholars)with full ($10,000/year) or partial ($5,000/year) scholarships for up to three years to completetheir electrical engineering degrees in our program, 2) increase significantly the diversity of ourincoming engineering students, 3) maintain retention rates significantly above national averages,4) increase the number of well

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen

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University before starting his po- sition as faculty at CSU, Fresno. His research and teaching interests include advanced materials, alternate energy, systems analysis, and project management.Dr. Thomas Nguyen Page 25.983.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Now More Than Ever: The Need for a Common Engineering Core Curriculum Michael G. Jenkins1, PhD, PE; Walter V. Loscutoff1, PhD; Thomas L. Nguyen2, PhD 1 California State University, Fresno, CA; 2Levitas Consultants, Merced, CAAbstractFor decades, the hallmark of

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

is known that most CC students donot get an Associate Degree or go on to a four-year school.1,2,3,4,5 Only 15% of students whostart Texas Community Colleges “full-time go on to earn four-year degrees within six years”.1 InIllinois, “fewer than 1 in 5 first-time students who take full loads of classes graduate withassociate degrees within three years”.2 A study of California Community Colleges found that“70 percent of students did not complete a degree, certificate, or transfer to a university”.3National studies have also been conducted recently on this issue and try to answer the question:‘What helps students graduate?”4 “A Matter of Degrees: Promising Practices for CommunityCollege Student Success” describes 13 promising practices in

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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steps based on the traditional problem-basedlearning format: 1. The Challenge – The legacy cycle is a challenge based approach such that an appropriate challenge question is presented to motivate and engage students to explore. 2. Generate Ideas – Students explore their initial thoughts as well as ideas about the challenge, their current knowledge, and perceptions. 3. Multiple Perspectives – Experts from the fields provide their insights and potential perspectives related to the topic of the challenge without providing a direct solution. 4. Research and Revise – Educational activities such as lectures, homework, labs, and readings are designed to assist students conducting research on the challenge, with

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur F. Garcia Jr. P.E., Palm Beach State College

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Two Year College Division

as maturebut can be inspired to become more serious. With an encouraging preparation in theFundamentals course, more of the maturing students can be motivated to excel in their junior andsenior level courses. With some nurturing, it is possible to engage that deeper latent talent of allambitious engineering students. The objectives of the course are: 1. to prepare students for their future engineering courses, 2. to introduce students to the various engineering disciplines, 3. to use the electronic spreadsheet as a tool for solving engineering problems, and 4. to prepare students for the business world of engineering. Most engineering curricula do not include courses on how to use the spreadsheet. Thegeneral

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Shermane Austin, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Leon P. Johnson, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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discussed.IntroductionArduino microcontroller has been incorporated in our community college student projectsincluding interface with GPS receiver for the application of measuring ionosphericdisturbance. The CUNYSAT Microsatellite Project follows the CubeSat protocol 1, andstarted about two years ago in collaboration with Cornell University. Electromagneticwave such as radio-wave that transmits through the ionosphere would have resulted inscattering due to interaction in the ionsphere. The ionospheric influence includes signalspeed decrease (ionspheric delays); signal intensity attenuation (fading) and signal phasechanges. The degree of influence depends on the density of the electrons that are in thepath of the signal, i.e. the total electron content (TEC). Rapid

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Martha M. Ellis

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Two Year College Division

applied science (AAS) degree or a pre-engineering associate of science (AS) degree.Many students choose the AAS degree program because it is a clear pathway to a marketabledegree, and the pathway to a baccalaureate engineering degree is too confusing, uncertain, andlong. Those community college students who do want a 4-year engineering degree generallyfollow one of two pathways. These pathways are: 1. Through an approved articulation agreement between the 2-year and 4-year institutions; or 2. By taking courses, which may or may not be the best selection of courses for the student’s proposed major, that are later transferred to the 4-year institution.This method of “course” migration has several disadvantages for the

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

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Two Year College Division

.      CA ResearchCommunity Colleges across the country, including those in California, are devoted to increasingstudent retention, success, persistence, and completion of a certificate, degree or transfer to asenior university. This can be accomplished, according to recent research, by having students tochoose their major(s) early, rather than accumulating credits that do not apply directly to theirmajor. The results of a research by Moore and Shulock6 point to three recommendations: 1. Entering a program of study is a critical milestone on the path to completing a college certificate or degree; 2. Choosing a major early, the more likely they are to complete a certificate, degree or transfer; and 3

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chosang Tendhar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Two Year College Division

Virginia were identified as locations for the PRODUCED programresulting in the current program having cohorts at five community colleges3.The purposes of this study are threefold: (1) to determine the predictive relationship among fourselect variables of the SCCT model, specifically, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interests,and goals as the theory postulates, (2) to measure participants’ motivation to pursue degrees andcareers in engineering fields by administering an instrument to assess their level of the fourcomponents of the SCCT model, and (3) measure gender differences in terms of their possessionof the characteristics of the four components of the SCCT model. Our resulting researchquestions are: 1) Does the SCCT model represent

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Robert Elliot Steffen, Western Carolina University; Robert Wayne Ford, Western Carolina University

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Two Year College Division

retention rates at University of North Carolina campuses and combined SATscores. Pearson’s Correlation Coefficients (r) and coefficients of determination (R2) were alsodetermined for the data sets. A best fit model was found which considered only combined SATscores above 1000 points to predict retention rates.ResultsA coefficient of determination describing the relationship between all retention rate data pointsand all combined SAT scores was found to be 0.5733. The graph is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Page 25.1400.4The data set was adjusted to only include average combined SAT scores above 1000 points

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Catherine Baker Lipe, Cañada College

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Two Year College Division

, and strong academic supportservices. This paper describes how faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, student organizations,and partners in industry, four-year institutions, and professional organizations can be involved increating an academic infrastructure that promotes academic excellence, leadership skills, andpersonal and professional growth among the diversity of financially needy STEM students in acommunity college.1. IntroductionCommunity colleges serve as the gateway to higher education for large numbers of students inthe U.S., especially minority and low-income students. Yet for many students, the communitycollege gateway does not lead to success. Only one in four students wanting to transfer or earn adegree/certificate did so

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Joseph Amuso Sr., Rochester Institute of Technology

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. Vincent Joseph Amuso Sr., Rochester Institute of Technology Vincent Joseph Amuso, Sr., has been with the Rochester Institute of Technology since June 1, 1999. He is a faculty member in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. He came to RIT with nearly 10 years of de- fense industry-related engineering design and development experience. He has worked as a government contractor with Lockheed Martin and the Sensis Corporation. He has also worked with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and the U.S. Army Missile Defense Agency as a consultant and researcher. He continues to be involved with the AFRL in the areas of radar systems analysis, deep ground penetrating Synthetic Aperture Radar used for three dimensional

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York

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engineering workforce due to inadequate secondary schoolpreparation, the absence of academic support at many institutions, lack of academically intensivesummer programs, and financial constraints, among others [1]. Numerous programs exist torecruit minority students into higher education [2]. Among these are early intervention programs,such as summer bridge programs; education and mentorship programs initiated by professionalassociations and private or government organization, dual or concurrent enrollment programsbetween high schools and community colleges; pre-college programs to attract students tospecific careers such as Precollege Initiative for Minorities in Engineering; school-collegecollaborative partnerships between community- or four-year

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Two Year College Division

University inpartnership with NECC. The SBP was meant to encourage new STEM students to embraceSTEM careers as well as to improve retention at NECC. The hands- on activities allowedparticipants to apply mathematics to technical problems and to experience how engineering andmathematical skills are used within STEM majors. "Hands-on and learning by experience arepowerful ideas, and we know that engaging students actively and thoughtfully in their studiespays off in better learning.”1 Participants explored alternative energy systems with hands-on Page 25.1210.2activities that concentrated on wind and solar power design projects.Instructional TeamThe Program

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

CoursesStudents in the ESET, Computer Systems Engineering Technology (CSET), Laser Electro-OpticsTechnology (LEOT), and Automotive Technology programs at STCC are all required to take an Page 25.1254.4introductory course, ESET-112, Electronics for Technicians 1. This course covers basic electricalcircuit theory and introduces both analog and digital electronics devices and their applications tothe students of these four programs. In the second semester, the ESET, LEOT, and AutomotiveTechnology students are required to take, ESET-212, Electronics for Technicians 2. This course,as described by the college catalog, “Introduces the principles of embedded