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Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University; Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University; Patrick Sean Heaney, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University

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career Dr. Dean was Director of Operations and Business De- velopment for Clark-Smith Associates, P.C., and served as an Electrician in the US Navy aboard the USS South Carolina and the USS Enterprise.Mr. Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University Connor Schwalm earned his B.S. in Physics from Old Dominion University in 2014. Currently, he is an Graduate Student in the Engineering Management and System Engineering Program at Old Dominion University working towards his M.E. in Systems Engineering with an expected graduation of August 2016. Currently, he works as a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Tony Dean on Stern2STEM, a pilot program to increase the student veteran population and retention rates in STEM disciplines

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Janet C. Ford, Western Carolina University

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, most officers will possess abachelor degree. Many in the more senior officer ranks, O-4 or above, will possess a masterdegree. An officer will typically earn the rank of O-5 in twenty years of active service.Occupational specialtiesEach of the primary military organizations offers twenty-two career fields which, in turn, containmany occupational specialties that require specific training. The career fields are: 1. Accounting, Budget & Finance 2. Arts, Communications, Media & Design 3. Aviation 4. Business Administration & Operations 5. Combat Operations 6. Communications Equipment Technologists & Technicians 7. Construction, Building & Extraction 8. Counseling, Social Work & Human

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Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Claudia G Interiano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Caroline Elizabeth Nowell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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million grant from the National Science Foundation. Her research has been published in many scholarly journals including Journal of Educational Psychology, Equity and Excellence in Education, and Race, Ethnicity, and Education. She is a contributing author to several books published by Oxford University Press, University of California Press, and Springer.Dr. Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter Tkacik is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering within the motorsports focus area. His largest area of research is in the engagement of military veteran students and early career engineering col- lege students through hands-on learning activities and exciting visual and experiential research

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University; Carol L Considine, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College; Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University

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Technology (BCET) at ODU. His research has focused mostly on control systems (integration and testing) and the reliability and maintainability of complex systems. He has been selected as both a NASA and an ONR Faculty Fellow. He regularly teaches courses in Ma- rine Engineering and in Maintained Systems. Most recently Dr. Dean was on the Headquarters Staff the American Society of Naval Engineers. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology, from the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. Additionally, Dr. Dean received an MBA from the College of William and Mary. Prior to is academic career Dr

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Timothy Hyer, US Air Force

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JointCooperative Unmanned Systems Initiative (JCUSI), which was a joint project in autonomoussystems between Cadet and Midshipmen from USAFA, USMA (U.S. Military Academy), andUSNA (U.S. Naval Academy). We present assessment results demonstrating the project’ssuccess in helping the students understand the capabilities and limitations of RPAs in theoperational environment. In addition, we also motivate cadets through field trips to operationalsites like Creech AFB and overseas UAV laboratories, and assessment of these activities arepresented.2. Demand for RPA PilotsThe demand for RPA capabilities has steadily grown over the last 15 years, prompting thecreation of the RPA pilot career field in 2009. The Air Force recently increased RPA pilotproduction to

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith A. Landry PE, Georgia Southern University; Mike Jackson, Georgia Southern University

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. His academic career includes several appointments in higher education in- struction, research, and administration. He is currently Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management at Georgia Southern University, where he recently received the 2015 Chancel- lor’s Service Excellence in Leadership Award. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer and actively participates with numerous professional organizations, maintaining an excellent reputation for quality, integrity and ethics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Longitudinal Study of Veteran Student Efficacy in the College of Engineering & IT @ Georgia Southern → Year

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blake Stringer, Kent State University, Kent; Maureen McFarland, Kent State University, Kent

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side of the vehicle (right). Figure 1: Innovative design – Iraq 2010Experiences such as these provide the problem-solving basis for pursuing and excelling at highlytechnical degrees. This innovative problem-solving fits nicely into Mumford’s[9] model ofLeader Characteristics on Leader Performance (Figure 2). Mumford’s model provides the linkbetween one’s environmental influences, career experiences, and personal and socialcharacteristics in determining their problem-solving ability and performance. Figure 2: Mumford, et. al.’s Influence of Characteristics on Performance[9]Applying this model to the veteran, we assert that the complex military environment as well asthe sometimes near-life-and-death

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J Novoselich P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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undergraduate engineers2 that mayset the foundation for increased leadership practice throughout their careers.13 Senior-level,capstone design courses have routinely been a common venue for teaching engineeringprofessional skills,6 to include engineering leadership.14 Little is known, however, regardinghow students enact leadership within these formative experiences; scholars assert adequatemodels of engineering leadership do not exist.15 In the context of design, observing andunderstanding a phenomenon is often a necessary pre-cursor to developing tools to supportstudents and practitioners.16 The leadership differences investigated in this study may helpinform future models of engineering leadership. Engineering students entering military careers

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Russell Barrett Thomas Sr, United States Army; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy

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was for their peers and how the experience of teaching will benefit them in their future career as Army officers.AssessmentAssessment of peer-guided learning was conducted via feedback from each student throughoutthe 4 phases of execution and an overall course assessment. Student feedback includedobservations from the faculty mentor and student self-reflection. Mentors graded the peerinstructors in two phases. The first was the planning and preparation, where the mentor wasavailable for assistance and received a full rehearsal of the lesson that the students would peer-teach. The mentor based this grade on the amount of prior preparation the students completedbefore the initial meeting, and their ability to make effective

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jakob C Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Paul M Moody P.E., U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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, Honor, Country, and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.The Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering is one of 11 departments at the Academy,and both the civil and mechanical engineering programs are ABET accredited. The mission ofthe Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering parallels the Academy’s mission, whilefocusing on educating and inspiring students in the fields of civil and mechanical engineering:2 To educate cadets in civil and mechanical engineering, such that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology; and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a

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Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Grant Crawford, Quinnipiac University; Jason B Burke, Quinnipiac University

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market, and theoutstanding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education and disability benefits, and youhave a robust and rising student veteran population. Even with the low veteran unemploymentrate of 3.9 percent5, veterans are moving from trade-style jobs toward a career they feel matchesthe leadership, business, intellectual and people skills they have acquired and honed in themilitary. In order to accomplish this transition, veterans must return to school and earn a degree.Until recently, most of these veterans aspiring to return to college faced a huge hurdle, the costof tuition. Even with the traditional Montgomery GI Bill, these students would struggle to meetpublic university cost obligations, let alone covering the tuition at any