Conference Session

Outcomes of Cooperative Education Assignments

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Dansberry, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2009-491: DEFINING THE IMMEDIATE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF ANUNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMBryan Dansberry, University of Cincinnati Page 14.403.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Capturing immediate learning outcomes of undergraduate internships:NASA’s Undergraduate Student Research ProjectAbstractGovernment internship and co-op programs fluctuate greatly in size and scope from year-to-year.A major source of this instability comes from volatility in the administrative priorities set at thehighest levels of these agencies. In the face of rapidly shifting administrative priorities, it isessential that experiential program managers capture data defining the full

Conference Session

What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2012-3532: A PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP: DON’T GRADUATEWITHOUT ONEDr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include power and energy processing, applied process control engineering, automation, fluid power, and facility planning. Page 25.93.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Professional Internship: Don’t Graduate Without

Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Jann Joseph, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

financial need during the finaltwo years of their studies in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math. The program involvesfrequent mentoring by faculty, engaging students in faculty scholarly activities, and scholarshipsupport. These elements combine to reduce the likelihood that students will decrease theircourse loads, work too many jobs, or even “step out” to earn sufficient funds to finish theireducation. The results of this program have been remarkable, with nearly 100% of these “atrisk” students finishing their degrees in a timely manner. Page 22.618.2Institutional ProfileGrand Valley State University (GVSU) was founded in 1960. The

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

. Areas of study include business and entrepreneurship, healthprofessions, communications, computers/digital technology, engineering/biotechnology, arts andhumanities, natural sciences, pre-law, pre-medicine, and urban policy. Students typically startprogram enrollment in the sophomore year and generally have a total of three cooperativeeducation experiences in a five-year degree program. Also, most majors have a four-year optionwith fewer cooperative education internships. Support from a cooperative education coordinatorhelps students identify appropriate jobs, prepare for program participation, and reflect on what Page 15.83.5was learned in the

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 1: Using Co-Op and Internships to Improve Diversity, Retention, Learning, and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University; Jack Fitzmaurice, Northeastern University; Paul John Wolff III, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #15077Building Future Careers: A Co-op Course ReimaginedDr. Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University Scott Hamilton is the Director of Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has both a MS and PhD in civil engineering and a MS in engineering management from Stanford University and a BS from the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is a retired US Army Corps of Engineers officer who has had assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan. During his military career he spent over 10 years on the faculty

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Lee Gutenson, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

with funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that will assist drinking water utilities in decontaminating there system after a natural or intentional contamination event. He graduated in December of 2010, magna cum laude, from Western Kentucky University with a degree in Geography, with an emphasis in Sustainable Development and a minor in Economics. Joseph is currently taking graduate coursework at Western Kentucky University.Ms. Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky UniversityDr. Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University Page 25.354.1 c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College; Anthony Zippay, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

reliable data setthat answers important timely questions, which in turn, is essential to determining theeffectiveness of the communications plan at any given time. It also provides the priceless abilityto gauge the effectiveness of a campaign and to determine the exact media source that is workingsuccessfully. For example, the USRP Connect database and application tool was released inJanuary of 2008 and provides up-to-the-minute and reliable information on the USRP studentcore audience, which consists of undergraduate sophomores, juniors and seniors with Science,Technology, Engineering, or Math-based degrees. Figure 1 indicates the primary way in whichstudents first learned about the USRP program. USRP