Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service- learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines Greg currently teaches in Humanitarian Engineering at CSM. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley where he acquired a passion for using engineering to facilitate developing communities’ capacity for success. He earned his master’s degree in Structural Engineering and Risk Analysis from Stanford University. His PhD work at CU Boulder focused on how student’s connections of

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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of Science degree, a graduatecertificate and a cybersecurity option as part of the department’s masters’ and doctoral degrees inboth computer science and software engineering. All are designed, initially, to be flexible andwill be refined over time. Each will now be discussed.The department issued recognition requires students to take nine credits of cybersecuritycoursework, in addition to meeting the other requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.The department issued recognition can also be issued to those not pursuing Computer Sciencedegrees, in very special cases. The recommended fulfillment of the recognition includes takingCSCI 403 – Defensive Network Security, CSCI 404 – Ethical Hacking and one additionalcourse. Options for

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Chase Hood MA, Kansas State University; Stacey E. Kulesza P.E., Kansas State University; Jia G. Liang, Kansas State University; Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University; Jeff Zacharakis, Kansas State University

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students to determine if these perceptions could beused to enhance Veteran retention in engineering. Social responsibility is embodied in theEngineer’s Creed and is directly related to engineering ethics [10], so much so that theengineering accrediting agency ABET requires that graduates can approach their work in asocially responsible manner [11]. The principles of social responsibility are what attract manystudents to engineering, specifically those from underrepresented groups [12]. Matusovich et al.[13] and Mehaffy [14] identified the need to incorporate students’ personal values, such as socialresponsibility, into the engineering curriculum to allow them to personally connect with theirengineering identity and thereby increase retention. The

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D Ford, Western Carolina University

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Military and Veterans

trigonometry, appropriate to the student outcomes and the discipline; 2. Design topics such as those related to industry and engineering codes and standards. 3. Topics related to professional responsibilities, ethical responsibilities, respect for diversity, and quality and continuous improvement; 4. Physical or natural science content of the curriculum appropriate to the discipline and must include laboratory experiences. 5. At least one-third of the total credit hours for the curriculum but no more than two-thirds of the total credit hours for the curriculum must be technical in nature. 6. A capstone or integrating experience

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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procedures with pictures. Somestudents gained a greater understanding of how a product works, as well as learned some newskills [14] - [15]. Their submissions were graded by the instructor, who is iFixit certified andtrained, and by a team of outside evaluators at iFixit.Research QuestionsStudent veterans are accustomed to a previous lifestyle of pressure, regimented routine, and goalorientation. Finding ways to unite this group of students with traditional students in theclassroom can be difficult [16]. Veteran and active duty students bring persistence and mentaltoughness for academic work stemming from their goal-oriented work ethic in the military [17],[18]. Some of these veterans and active duty students initially entered college after high

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel

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Pi honor societies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Supporting Regional Engineering Demand by Effective Transition of Veterans on CampusAbstractEmployers have long valued veteran employees for a variety of skills and qualities such as theirability to work on a team, mission oriented work ethic, and their technical expertise. Growingregional industries have looked upon The Citadel to meet some of their engineering needsthrough veteran graduates, but demand for engineers is increasing and outpacing the smallveteran student population. Veteran enrollment in colleges and universities has increased in thepast decades in part to the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. However