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Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #20075A Follow Up Study on the Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Com-munity College Students Career PathsMs. Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Eusebio Mata, LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University

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the number of science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career seeking individuals and increasing theretention of students preparing for this fields, is the lack of information and therefore low studentmotivation toward these careers. Students may also hold misconceptions regarding the nature oftechnological careers and this may also dissuade them from participating. Exposing students togreen energy and sustainability topics as a STEM context may be a motivating approach andwhen coupled with clarifying career information, it may sharpen much of the generallyambiguous knowledge on these topics. The understanding students gain might then change theirattitudes regarding STEM careers and lead to pursuit of academic studies leading to

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Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Edem G Tetteh, Rowan College at Burlington County

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, and career pathways resulting in meaningful employment in the AdvancedManufacturing sector. Among the Advanced Manufacturing disciplines to be considered aremachining, rapid prototyping, specialty welding, and lean manufacturing. Facilities focused ontraining students, incumbent workers, and unemployed persons in transition for these specificdisciplines will also be considered. The desired competencies will be identified through closecollaboration with industry partners as well as the College Workforce Development Institute andwill be integrated in a comprehensive manner throughout the entire curriculum. Real-lifeexamples of the underlying principles will include an applications library. The goals of thisproject include identifying technical

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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BRCC students. The Pathwayscholars also were incorporated into the formalized LSU peer mentor training program andparticipated in Transfer Career Day for new transfer students. Advising for BRCC students wasenhanced with the addition of a counselor who spent time at both campuses. Survey tools werecreated to gain a better understanding of the transfer students at key points of their academiccareer and to assess the program. The questionnaire was administered to students consideringtransferring to LSU and Pathway scholars.Scholarships were awarded to four cohorts; Cohort 1- five students, Cohort 2 – seven students,Cohort 3 - twelve students, and Cohort 4 – twelve students. The eligibility and selection criteriaincluded earning pre-engineering

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Burton Dorsey, Washington MESA; Elizabeth Apple Meza, University of Washington; Phyllis G. Harvey-Buschel, Washington MESA

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Paper ID #19518Meeting the Need for Diversity in STEM FieldsMr. James Burton Dorsey, Washington MESA James Dorsey is the executive director of Washington State MESA, a program that prepares and encour- ages underrepresented groups (K16) to pursue science, engineering and technology careers. Dorsey’s professional background includes 25 years with both Washington and California MESA, advancing K-20 STEM education equity on statewide and national levels. Before his tenure with Washington MESA, Dorsey was national director of program development for Cal- ifornia MESA, where he fostered new and enhanced partnerships with

Conference Session

Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University

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Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs shows that thevast majority of these research experiences are provided to junior and senior students.Developing successful research programs is particularly challenging in community colleges,most of which do not have on-going research programs.This paper is a description of how a small engineering transfer program at a Hispanic-Servingcommunity college in California developed a three-tier research internship program suitable forcommunity college students at different stages of their academic careers. The first part of theprogram is a two-week Winter Research Scholars Program held during the winter break forstudents in the beginning stages of their studies. The second part is a ten-week Summer

Conference Session

Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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further internships, transfer preparedness, teamwork ability, and senseof self-efficacy.1. IntroductionDespite years of investments and resources devoted by the federal government and institutions ofhigher education towards broadening participation of underrepresented minorities (URMs) inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers, significant progress has not beenachieved. For instance, since 2000, underrepresented minorities’ shares in engineering andphysical science degrees have been flat despite a rapid increase in their representation of theoverall US population. In fact, even though URMs currently constitute 30 percent of the USpopulation, they account for only about 12.5 percent of baccalaureate degrees awarded inengineering1

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Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth W. Schott, Florida SouthWestern State College; Cynthia Jane Wilson Orndoff Esq., Florida SouthWestern State College

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FCS and the programs available thathave any relationship to engineering. The research bore out that the terminology varies greatlyfrom institution to institution, and focused exclusively on the AA degree. Thus, a studentdesiring to attend a FCS institution for the first two years and then transfer into an engineeringprogram does not necessarily have a clear pathway to success. What follows is a listing of allprograms related to engineering at each of the 28 FCS institutions.Table 3: Table of Colleges and the AA Degree Terminology and Program of Study Florida College System AA Degree Program of Study/Topics Institutions Alphabetically Terminology Broward College [15] AA by Career Separated into 8

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Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Steven F Lewis, San Antonio College/Alamo Colleges

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facility into this program. 3) promote additional related outreach and educational Re-Energize efforts to support our students and encourage them to seek successful careers in STEM and green energy-related fields and to 4) participate in on-going evaluation and research efforts related to this program.Numerous reports demonstrate that undergraduate research programs at four-year institutionshave been responsible for increasing retention and graduation of their students. Our previousresults indicate that two-year institutions can also initiate successful programs with similarresults. This paper presents in detail the results of the second-year partnership between theparticipating institutions to continue developing new directions for

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Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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institution], my entire week was spent either in class or studying/doing homework. I had no idea how unprepared I was for the workload of engineering at [receiving institution].Other students suggested that faculty at their sending institution could provide more support,while others felt that career advising would have helped them prepare to transfer. A smallnumber of students also suggested creating a community of likely transfer students so that theycould walk through the process together.Differences Between Vertical and Lateral Transfer Students. The biggest difference betweenvertical and lateral transfer students’ responses to this question is that lateral transfers were morelikely to leave the question blank – about one third of them

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Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul B Golter, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jeffrey Laube, Kenai Peninsula College

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instrumentation. Engineers are more concernedwith design equations. In both types of programs laboratory equipment provides a necessarylinkage to physical reality.PTEC programs provide training for individuals seeking careers as operators in the chemicalprocess industries. As such PTEC programs include training in chemical separation, such asdistillation or absorption; heat transfer; reactions; and how such processes are connected, i.e.piping and pumps. For further information on PTEC, please see the web pages of the NorthAmerican Process Technology Alliance [6]. Chemical Engineering (ChE) is the correspondingbranch of engineering which deals with the same set of topics. Training for both fields usessimilar equipment and similar exercises with, as

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College; Mark Highum, Bay de Noc Community College; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University

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in the Computer Network Systems and Security degree. Mark holds a Master’s in Career and Technical Education (Highest Distinction) from Ferris State University, and a Bachelor’s in Workforce Education and Development (Summa Cum Laude) from Southern Illinois University. Mark is a retired Chief Electronics Technician (Submarines) and served and taught as part of the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. Mark is active with SkillsUSA and has been on the National Education Team for Mechatronics since 2004.Prof. Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological