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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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, Columbia. She has taught courses in infrastructure management, planning, transportation and construction management. Dr. Orndoff has more than ten years of engineering field experience. Her application-based engineering research incorporates sustainability, policy, legal issues, economics, decision-making, planning as well as public administration, policy, finance, and their stakeholders. She is active in engineering leadership and management practice issues. She has also served on several professional committees, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the NSF Transportation Research Board, American Society of En- gineering Educators and economic development initiatives. c

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

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necessary and are all planned as part of the current project.Additionally, RCBC’s Workforce Development Institute and the Burlington County WorkforceDevelopment Board allow for the streamlined interaction between the college and industrypartners. This collaboration allows for the aligning of local, state, and federal resources underone umbrella. The WDI provides a unified, integrated workforce development system forBurlington County to identify and provide skills, training, and the education needed for theworkforce of today and tomorrow. The WDI diligently works to help prepare individuals foracademic success, for employment, and to gain critical new career skills meeting the needs ofindustry. The WDI accomplishes its mission through a mix of

Conference Session

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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include the following parameters: • Self-Perceptions: students provide opinions of how they expect to perform in science and math courses, plans for future course taking, and expectations for future career plans. • Envisioning Future: Students provide their interest level in various career fields using a Likert scale. • Attitudes about STEM: Student self-perceptions and attitudes about STEM. • Personal Characteristics and Engineering: Student self-perceptions and attitudes about engineering & technology. • Awareness of Sustainability & Green Energy: Student self-perceptions and attitudes about sustainability and green energy.Survey ProceduresAll students and their professors were provided an

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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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Undergraduates (REU) programs shows that 91% of these research experiences are provided tojunior and senior students21. Developing successful research programs is particularly challengingin community colleges, most of which do not have on-going research programs. Establishingcollaborations between research universities and community colleges is key to engaging studentsin research early in college.This paper is a description of how a small engineering program in a Hispanic-Serving communitycollege has developed a research internship program that is specifically designed for communitycollege students. The paper will also highlight the results of the first year of implementation of theprogram and future plans for improvement.2. Overview of ASPIRES Program

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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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; Atwater, 2005). Also found to be important in previous research arefamily support, especially for Latino students (Amaya & Cole, 2001; Cole & Espinosa, 2008;Russel & Atwater, 2005), undergraduate research opportunities (Kinkead, 2003; Chang,Sharkness, Hurtado & Newman, 2014), and advising to clarify school or career plans (Hurtado,Cabrera, Lin, Arellano & Espinosa, 2009). Students also appear to persist and transfer when theythink of themselves and others (e.g. faculty) recognize them as “science people” (Carlone &Johnson, 2007), and when they consider science as an important part of their self-identity(Chang, et al. 2011; Espinosa, 2011). A welcoming campus racial climate is also important(Hurtado et al. 2007) as is

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Charlotte B. Forrest

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designed to 1) fill the void created by NSF’s elimination of the preliminaryproposal review process for the ATE program in 2012; 2) address the challenge thatapproximately two-thirds of the nation’s 1,123 community colleges have never received NSFfunding; 3) better manage the rapidly growing number of requests received by ATE centerprincipal investigators and NSF program officers related to grant proposal development andproject management ; and 4) most importantly, develop grant writing and leadership skillsamong STEM faculty members at two-year colleges.The Mentor-Connect project resulted from a comprehensive planning process that involved NSF-ATE principal investigators, NSF-ATE program officers, potential NSF-ATE grantees, theNational Academy

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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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to align its engineering program with the engineering programsoffered by the surrounding area four-year institutions [3], [4]. At the same time, this college’sengineering faculty made every effort to provide the highest quality education for our students (5).A previous ASEE paper [6] described a new partnership, called “Re-Energize,” that is expected tohelp several two-year colleges develop their own research capabilities in renewable energy incollaboration with Texas State University.The Re-Energize program plans to establish a creative research and development (R&D) andprofessional development (PD) ecosystem. This ecosystem will empower institutions of highereducation who prepare students in engineering and engineering technology in

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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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-year institution? I understand the admissions process (e.g., how to apply, when to apply) for the four-year institution(s) 4.02 .831 4.33 .606 I plan to apply to. I understand the requirements (e.g., general eligibility based on prior course enrollment) related 4.14 .608 4.38 .623 to admissions for the four-year institution(s) I plan to apply to.*p=.05;**p=.01; ***p=.000Students’ career interests changed with participants reporting that they were significantly lesslikely pursue a degree specifically in energy efficient electronic science; however participantsmaintained their interest in pursuing an engineering degree. Participants also reported a

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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GroupResearch Internship Program for sophomore students who have no previous research experienceand have at least one more year of courses to complete at the community college before transfer.The Summer Individual Research Internship Program is a ten-week program for rising juniorstudents who have completed all the required lower-division courses for transfer to a four-yearuniversity and are transferring in the fall semester following their participation in the program.The paper will highlight the development of partnerships with neighboring universities andresearch institutions, the results and lessons learned from the pilot implementation of the twosummer internship programs, and future plans to improve the programs and maximize theirimpact in

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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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states have experienced amore than 50% change in Hispanic population between 2000 and 2011 U.S. Census,31 and thetop 10 fastest growing Hispanic states experienced a more than 100% change in Hispanicpopulation during the same period, ranging from a 103% change in Georgia to a 158% change inAlabama Pew.32 Findings from our study may be most relevant and applicable to institutionslocated in fast growing Hispanic states that are strategically planning for the future of highereducation and a shift in student demographics. In addition, as shown in Table 1, 59% of thestudents in this sample would be classified as “vertical” transfer students having spent all or mostof their time at a community college or two-year institution prior to making the

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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. Scholarships were awarded to four cohorts with five students selected in 2011-2012 (Cohort1), seven students selected in 2012-2013 (Cohort 2), twelve students selected in 2013-2014 (Cohort3), and twelve students selected in 2014-2015 (Cohort 4). The scholarship was limited to foursemesters of financial support at an average $3,750 per semester with the exception of Cohort 1.Initially, the plan was have all scholars in each cohort begin the program in the fall semester. Asthe associates degree program was implemented at BRCC, approximately the same number ofBRCC students were on track to transfer to LSU fall and spring semester. Thus, the scholarshipswere awarded each semester.Cohort 1 (2011-2012)The first cohort of five students received the Pathway

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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controls to implement these technologies effectively. Let’s briefly survey these broadapplication areas. Automotive Infotainment systems are evolving to encompass the concept ofthe “connected vehicle”. Besides the classic in-car radio entertainment system with CD playersand MP3 compatibility, today’s vehicles are able to receive satellite entertainment and globalpositioning system (GPS) signals, as well as, the traditional terrestrial AM and FM stations.Vehicles equipped with “OnStar” or similar type plans utilize the cellular telephone system tocommunicate and now provide emergency, security, navigation, and Internet connectivity4. Incar Wi-Fi hot spots are now available and most cars come with an information cluster display(LCD screen) that

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William B. Corley, University of Louisville; J C McNeil, University of Louisville

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. Universities have offered discipline-specific residentialprograms for some time now, with science and engineering programs being included in thisservice 30. These programs house engineering students, with a particular emphasis on women andunderrepresented minorities, in common residence halls with planned academic events and enrollstudents in the same courses together 30. These programs appear to be conducive to academicsuccess for students by providing an environment that is more immersive in their discipline.Additionally, living in a community like this would also appear to create an easier environmentto seek help from peers and/or facilitate more opportunities for group study.The transition into college can be a challenging experience for any

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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workshopparticipants. Given the limited number of locations available that offer this certification, ourhope is that this training will pay off in the form of increased participation at workshop events inthe future.Another important lesson learned by the two partnering institutions this year was that all dutiesbetween the parties need to be clearly delineated and understood. While all grant deliverableswere completed as planned, there was some confusion as to which specific pieces of curriculumwere to be developed by Bay College and which pieces were to be developed by Michigan TechUniversity. This led to a certain amount of frustration and duplication of effort, so a meetingwas scheduled at the beginning of year two to very clearly outline the expected