-recorded for verbatim transcriptionlater.Data Analysis Data analysis was initially carried out by the project assessment team to generate a yearlyevaluation report. After reviewing the yearly data set (i.e., survey results, journal entries,observations, and interview transcripts), the assessment team developed a set of open codes toidentify key aspects of meaningful learning experiences as elaborated by all students each year.This paper is based on the complied collection of the five years’ evaluation reports and a furtherretrospective analysis of some thematic findings noted in those reports. The research teamnoticed some converging and diverging points between male and female students throughout theyears and decided to interrogate the
industry out of New Orleans for two Fortune 500 com- panies, where his responsibilities included IT disaster recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Previously, he served as an unrestricted line officer in the U.S. Navy onboard a guided missile destroyer and the second Aegis cruiser.Dr. Dante Dionne, Korean Air Dante Dionne is a Senior Innovation Technology Manager at Korean Air. The past 25+ years of his career has centered on management and professional services consulting. Where, he has specialized in lead- ing multi-national project teams in digital business transformation, mobility and innovative technology solutions. Dante received his Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus on Organizational Leadership and an MA in In
Paper ID #25342Institutional Agents’ Roles in Serving Student Veterans and Implications forStudent Veterans in EngineeringDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD
Paper ID #33858Non-Tactical Infrastructure Education to Support Special Operations(In-Progress)Mr. Rahul Verma P.E., United States Military Academy Rahul Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; and the Principal of Verma Engineering & Consulting- a civil engineering firm in Hopewell Junction, NY. Mr. Verma has been teaching at USMA since 2015, and teaches courses in infrastructure, mechanics and materials, and energy efficient buildings along with advising senior cap- stone projects focusing on infrastructure modernization. Mr. Verma is a
homework problems and answering questions about projects. In addition to helping them with work, the Veterans bring a professionalism to the classroom that the cadets observe and in some cases mimic. There are more than educational benefits to having the Veterans in the classroom. Additionally, the Veterans are not only helping cadets in which they have class in, they are also helping cadets in other class sections. “Veteran Student “For some of the non-veteran students I do feel as if we make an impact on them. We have different backgrounds that we can pull from when doing schoolwork. Those experiences allow us to tell and show how different aspects of our schooling are important and are used in the
Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is
data thinkingthat the students would want to seek out and establish their own personal relationships withmentors based on points of commonality. Our initial assumption was that the students haddeveloped and internalized a sense of self-sufficiency during their military service that theiracademic peers did not possess.Recruitment of mentors and students was relatively effortless. As mentioned earlier, every veteranwho was contacted volunteered after hearing of the project and its goal of improving the graduationrate for veterans in CEIT. Similarly every student who asked for more information about theproject volunteered to participate. The authors are not able though to accurately assess yet whatpercentage of the veteran student population in
relocate. The institution is near twomilitary installations and the VA Hospital is less than a mile away. However, the region isgrowing and the demand for engineers is healthy. Many employers look to the veterans for theirmilitary work experience and perhaps a current security clearance. Additionally, the veteran hasmaturity and other experiences unlike the traditional student. Advisors and program directorswho know the veteran student population can easily match them to companies who want a newteammate who is technically proficient and willing to work.Graduate School. Some student veterans do not stop at the undergraduate level. Several havecontinued or returned for a graduate degree in engineering or project management. Advisingveteran students
large, end-of-semester project, online courses should offer many opportunities for quickfeedback. Having many small stakes assignments that continually build upon each other puts theonus on students to stay engaged and current with all course material. Researchers recommendbreaking large assignments into smaller segments; this allows for faster grading and morefeedback to students. Additionally, rubrics and grading schemes should be transparent to studentsso they fully understand expectations [5, pp. 179-182]. Another way to incorporate feedback isthrough gamification. Incorporating game-like qualities into online courses provides timelyfeedback and keeps student engagement high. The best way to gamify a course is to build arunning narrative