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Research, Innovation and Careers

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Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Alireza Dayerizadeh, North Carolina State University; Kristen Booth, North Carolina State University

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increasing the probability of pursuing graduate education[1]. Also, research experiences can provide increased self-efficacy. Due to the lack ofopportunities at a two-year institution, a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)Program purposefully recruited from a local community college. By recruiting from communitycollege students, we provide opportunities to underrepresented populations, women, and otherswhich can meet the demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)graduates for the United States to remain globally competitive [2].As global competitiveness increases, community colleges can also help to increase interest inSTEM careers, especially engineering. Through research experiences, community collegestudents are

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Research, Innovation and Careers

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Dee Dixon

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lists 190 known impact sites worldwide. [37]Solar Electric CartFrom Summer 2013 to Spring 2016, 16 students completed four research projects involving thedesign, construction, and testing of a solar electric cart [38] – [41]. These students successfullyconverted an old, worn-out gas utility cart into a fully-functioning solar-electric vehicle. SAC’sMESA Center has used the vehicle at various school events to increase students’ interest in STEMeducation and careers as well as promote sustainability and renewable energy technology.Later Years (2016 – 2018)Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle (HFCV)From Fall 2015 to Spring 2018, 30 SAC Motorsport (SMS) team students completed four projectsinvolving research, design, construction, and testing of prototype

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Research, Innovation and Careers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Whitesel, South Mountain Community College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Marco Wehrfritz, Skyline Community College

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Paper ID #26745Community College Innovation Centers – Lessons Learned from Works inProgressDr. Carl Whitesel, South Mountain Community College Carl Whitesel has spent his career teaching Engineering Technology, and has taught in the community college setting since 2007. He is the Engineering Program Coordinator for South Mountain Community College. His teaching focus is primarily on circuit analysis, electronics, and introductory engineering courses. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education Curriculum and Instruction, from Arizona State University in 2014. His primary research interests are Maker spaces, conceptual

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Research, Innovation and Careers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Annie Laurie Myers, Broward College; Dana Hamadeh, Palm Beach State College; Michael Vitale, East Carolina University

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Paper ID #25940A University-State College Collaborative Project to Advance Students’ De-gree Completion and Career Attainment in Engineering and Computer Sci-enceDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Ali Zilouchian is currently a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida At- lantic University. He is also currently the Director of ”CAPTURE” program which is related to increasing pipeline, graduation rate as well as future jobs in the State of Florida related to STEM graduates espe- cially Computer Science and Engineering fields. His recent projects have been funded by DOE, Florida

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Research, Innovation and Careers

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge E Loyo Rosales, Rice University; Armineh Noravian, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University; Carrie A. Obenland, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

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(URM) choosing to pursue careers orgraduate studies in NEWT-related STEM fields, and to improve the mentorship skills of NEWTgraduate students and postdocs participating as mentors.From the inception of the program, NEWT’s education team has collaborated with the UniversityOffice of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness UOEEE at ASU to formulate a logic modeland UOEEE also provides external evaluation of the program.This report presents the results of the evaluation of the 2018 NEWT REU cohort, focusing on theprogram participants’ perception of the program, and other findings that will serve as the basisfor planning the 2019 cohort.3. BackgroundOne of the strategic goals of the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program sponsored by

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curtis S. Tenney, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Discerning Advanced Manufacturing Education Pathways: Insights from Rural Northwest Florida’s Program Origin StoriesAbstractSchool-to-career pathways not only represent a student’s journey, but they also represent theeducational program context; to understand the pathway, one must understand the geographic,political, and social conditions that led to the program’s creation. To determine the kinds ofpathways advanced manufacturing (AM) programs in rural Northwest Florida community andstate colleges enabled for their students, we interviewed faculty and administrators about theirAM programs’ historical emergence. In this paper, we present five detailed AM program “originstories,” using a multiple case study methodology. These origin stories

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Transfer and Transitions

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland, College Park; Danielle Melvin Koonce, University of Maryland; Christin Jacquelyne Salley, University of Maryland, College Park; Sharon Fries-Britt, University of Maryland, College Park; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland, College Park

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. A replica of the spacecraft now sits in the National Air and Space Museum. Pines’s current research focuses on structural dynamics, including structural health monitoring and prognosis, smart sensors, and adaptive, morphing and biologically-inspired structures, as well as the guidance, navigation, and control of aerospace vehi- cles. He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and has received an NSF CAREER Award. Pines received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Transfer and Transitions

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Said Fariabi, San Antonio College; Simona Dana Dimitriu, Northside ISD; Lisa Marie Baker, Northside ISD

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them to continue their studies toward a bachelor degree[14] – [16].Our college decided to explore all the options available to address these needs by generatingmultiple initiatives. The results confirmed that the recruitment, retention, and graduation ratesfrom STEM programs can be improved with initiatives that can be replicated everywhere. Sincethere is no magic bullet solution, every generation of students presenting different kind ofchallenges, we have to adapt our methods to every situation with slightly different approaches sowe consider our work a continuous “work in progress”.The first initiative, in 2002, was to start a massive recruitment campaign in local high schools.The engineering faculty and students participated in every career

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Edem G. Tetteh, Rowan College at Burlington County; Ratneshwar Jha, Rowan University

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-funded project addressing the needs of theregional advanced manufacturing industries and began with an inventory of both non-technicaland technical skills required by graduates (NSF Award 1601487). The focus on AdvancedManufacturing led to the development of a Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) pathwayfrom Associate degree to Baccalaureate degree, along with the creation and strengthening of ananalogous Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) pathway. These academic disciplines andeducational pathways are expected to provide meaningful career opportunities for graduates asthe US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates a positive job outlookfor MET careers that is expected to grow approximately 5% for the ten-year

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Transfer and Transitions

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Franz Allen Foltz, Rochester Institute of Technology; James E Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Roy W Melton, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Michael Kuhl, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Rob Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

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programs at our university. The objectives of the program are to: (i)expand and diversify the engineering/technology workforce of the future, (ii) develop linkagesand articulations with 2-year schools and their S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) programs, (iii) provide increased career opportunities and jobplacement rates through mandatory paid co-op experiences, and (iv) serve as a model for otheruniversities to provide vertical transfer students access to the baccalaureate degree.The program is in its third year. It recruited its first group of 25 students in Fall 2017, andanother group of 27 students in Fall 2018. We hope to recruit 26 more students in Fall 2019 for atotal of 78 vertical transfers. The goal

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University/ Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University

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initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain more girls in STEM to make it the new norm. She has also architected SFAz’s enhanced Community College STEM Pathways Guide that has received the national STEMx seal of approval for STEM tools. She integrated the STEM Pathways Guide with the KickStarter processes for improving competitive proposal writing of Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and is currently a co-PI on the HSI ATE Resource Hub. Throughout her career, Ms. Pickering has written robotics software, diagnostic expert systems for space station, manufacturing equipment models, and architected complex IT systems for global collaboration

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Technology and Manufacturing

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Tech University; Eric Newland Wooldridge, Somerset Community College; Thomas Singer, Sinclair Community College

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well as helping to improve thestudent’s design competencies that are necessary for AM. This current paper will report thenature of the current AM coalition and share a sample student project designed and producedduring the Fall 2018 semester. The feedback received from the students will also be shared.BackgroundAM, also known as 3D Printing, is one of the most commonly used fabrication technologies usedin design, STEM, art, and healthcare lately to solidify students’ learning and success [1]. It hasbeen proven that students who gain the skill sets of today’s industry have a better chance ingetting a competitive job in their future careers [2]. So, it is clear that the impact of AM onseveral fields is growing widely [3], [4]. However, several

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Transfer and Transitions

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Schott, Florida SouthWestern State College; Cynthia Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

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“integral part inengineering baccalaureate degree production in higher education [4].” According to the NationalScience Foundation's report, 42% of recipients of an undergraduate degree in engineeringattended a community college [5].Thus, research is needed on this viable and significant university transfer student population. TheNational Science Foundation commissioned a study that was overseen by the National Academyof Engineering’s Committee on Engineering Education and the Committee on Diversity in theEngineering Workforce as well as the National Research Council's Board on Higher Educationand Workforce the National Academies. This study was, in part, to investigate how "educationalinstitutions could improve pathways to careers in engineering