Paper ID #20251The Impact of Veterans and Curriculum Heterogeneity on Online GraduateEngineering Program Performance: An Empirical StudyDr. Douglas Moore Schutz, Tokyo University of Science Douglas M. Schutz is an Associate Professor of Information Systems, International Business, and Man- agement at the Tokyo University of Science in Japan. He received a Ph.D. in Business Administration focusing on Management Information Systems (MIS) from the Fox School of Business of Temple Uni- versity at Philadelphia, an MBA in Information Management from the McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S
Paper ID #17817Developing a Curriculum for Marine Mechatronics TechniciansDr. Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Vukica Jovanovic is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. She holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technol- ogy, focus on Digital Manufacturing. Her research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Co-Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specializa- tion
Paper ID #25627Developing a Studio Model Computer Curriculum for First-Year Undergrad-uate StudentsProf. Thomas E. Mertz, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus Thomas Mertz is an associate professor at Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus, in the School of Integrated Studies. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Kansas in 1981 and subsequently attended the Ph.D. program at Temple University. He has taught computer science since 1977 as well as working as an independent software developer for a variety of companies. He is currently the program option coordinator for the computer
Environmental Engineering Technologies. As such, the capstonecourse, is designed to be robust and challenges students to link concepts from the first twocourses focusing on environmental science and environmental engineering technologies, to solveproblems that are open-ended and contextually-based in the developing world. Students areexpected to integrate concepts from core curriculum courses, their life experiences, and theexperiences and training from the military program. A large portion of the course is dedicated tothe students developing concrete answers to problems by applying science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. However, the semester long design project is arealistic, open-ended problem representative of a humanitarian
mechanicalengineering curriculum.The civil engineering curriculum may also see an increase in communications-related coursetopics. According to ASCE [4], with the introduction of powerful computer technology and thetrend toward increasing specialization, civil engineers’ roles often limit their leadershipopportunities. Civil engineers will have to command the multidisciplinary, multi-cultural, team-building, and leadership aspects of their work in order to lead and execute complex projects thatinvolve many and varied stakeholders and meaningful collaboration.Even with evidence cited in the vision papers from the NAE and specific disciplines, there stillexists a paucity of opportunities for teaching and developing professional skills, includingleadership, to
, content is available to help remediate skills when the player is struggling. The playcomponent involves the player engaging in game play to practice their mathematics and scienceskills. Finally, players are assessed to monitor their progress. While this was done separately inMAVEN, CAPTIVATE ties each question to an in-game action so that the player can beassessed as they play.Reemploying Modular FrameworkOne of the key challenges addressed during the development of MAVEN was the lack ofavailable research on integrating serious game design and instructional design to create a gamethat was not only fun, but also effective in helping students learn content. As MAVEN wasdeveloped, a modular framework was designed that includes a model and a process
career fields for technical warrant officers in the United States Army. Warrantofficers enjoy the privileges of an officer, and according to the Army’s website, “technical warrantofficers are the Army’s mechanical experts”. Qualification training for warrant officers is generallyseveral months to a year in duration of fulltime study, but many warrant officers do not have four-yearcollege degrees.The American Council on Education (ACE), based out of Washington, D.C., reviews military trainingcourses, including Army warrant officer courses, and makes credit recommendations of equivalentcollege credits based upon training durations, content and scope. Technical warrant officer trainingincludes the types of curriculum often found in four-year
relevant mentoring, and positive interactions withadvisors, instructors, and other non-veteran peers [3, 4].It is important to note that student veterans’ civilian transition through higher education requiresnot only some behavioral adaptations but also a deeper level of social integration and identityreconfiguration [6, 7]. While adapting to the social norms and cultural expectations of highereducation student veterans inevitably go through an exploratory, often trying period to enact anddevelop a new cultural identity in civilian society [8]. It is commonly believed that studentveterans successfully complete this identity transition over the first few years in higher educationand their military identity have little impact on their academic
working with the US Navy and industry partnerson a common comprehensive diesel maintenance, education, and training tool. Otherinitiatives involve integrating various digital shipbuilding curriculum within various service ratesand military operational specialty training pipelines. Most recently, VDSP has been teamingwith a local contractor on developing a platform to launch an integrated ship maintenanceuniversity where common and stackable qualifications for in-service and civilian shipbuildingand maintainers can be achieved. The intention of this program is to standardize some of thecommon core skill sets building synergy and aiding in transitioning veterans. With thedevelopment of the certificate program as noted above, we are hoping to
to handle these situations more calmly than traditional student. Teamwork / Project Management – While goal setting, task planning, and deadline development are taught in the curriculum, the nuances of executing them to form a collaborative and inclusive environment are often modeled more effectively by veteran and active duty students. This addition to an outcome that is tied to a department’s ABET accreditation adds to the program and can be used to illustrate other ways a department is working to aid in student development and obtainment of student outcomes. Life Skills Mentoring – The Veteran and active military student will often have a family to support. The nature of the concrete
of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include inclusive pedagogies, electronics, optoelectronics, materials sci- ence, first year engineering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, engineering student persistence, and student autonomy. Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is a fellow of the ASEE and IEEE and is active in the engineering education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, on the FIE Steering Committee, and as President of the IEEE Education Society for 2009-2010. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education. She
Paper ID #25618Social Responsibility and Veteran Student Retention in EngineeringMr. Jeffrey Chase Hood MA, Kansas State University J. Chase Hood is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State Uni- versity. He studies cognitive psychology, experimental design, statistical analyses, and seeks to apply his research to improving education.Dr. Stacey Elizabeth Kulesza P.E., Kansas State University Dr. Stacey Tucker-Kulesza is an assistant professor in the civil engineering department at Kansas State University. Dr. Tucker-Kulesza teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical
challenges international students experience in the U.S., counseling of student-athlete populations, and experiences of student vet- erans in higher education. She serves as a Research Assistant at UNC Charlotte as part of an Office of Naval Research grant supporting student veterans and engineering curriculum innovation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Gendered Experience of Engineering Knowledge in Military Technology ClassAbstractInformed by social-constructivist and standpoint feminist theories, this ethnographic case studyexplored how male and female students evaluated the value, relevance, and
President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology education. Dr. Brawner is a founding member and former treasurer of Research Triangle Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant
Maker - Workshop Structure and SpecificsThe curriculum covering the topics of computer aided design, reverse engineering, 3D printing,and layering effects on 3D printed parts, as well as the hands-on activities that take place duringa two-day workshop are described in detail elsewhere [7], [8]. Briefly, the workshop is dividedinto six modules, each with an associated hands-on activity. Table 1 shows the schedule for thetwo-day workshop with the topics covered and the hands-on activity for each module. The mainequipment used during the workshop includes: i) a fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printer(InventorCloud, Youngstown, OH), which was developed for the MENTOR2 program,sponsored by DARPA [9], and ii) a 3D scanner sensor for mobile
way to facilitate student veterans’ socialintegration and academic success is offering them a chance to link their prior military experienceand experiential knowledge to what they learn in academic courses. However, despite thesignificant number of student veterans on college campuses, very little effort has been made todevelop a specific curriculum or academic course that integrates military veterans’ priorexperiences and knowledge in higher education.The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) is a large urban public research institutionwith over 29,500 students [1], 7,400 of which are considered non-traditional or adult students.The university has shown a 21.5% growth in military (veteran, active, reserve and familymember
, maturity, and for settingthe example both inside the classroom and out. They bring a wealth of experience and act as rolemodels to non-veteran students. [1] Anecdotally, it is easy to see that veteran presence in theclassroom positively effects the performance of the other students in the course, given theirinherent team-oriented mentality. This work-in-progress study focuses on an attempting toquantify this positive effect of veteran students on the academic performance of their non-veterancounterparts. Initial results revealed that veteran students do have a positive, quantitative impacton the grades of the non-veteran students.The integration of veteran students into the day-program of mechanical engineering at The Citadeloffered an interesting
anaccidental explosion were to occur, the goal is to be able to correctly predict the effects of theblast on the RC structural members used in construction. Though many of the concepts in thisarea lay in the realm of graduate level knowledge and applications, undergraduate CivilEngineering students at the end of their curriculum are poised to enter and make contributions tothe field. This paper will demonstrate the synergistic undergraduate learning outcomes and DODpartner agency benefits resulting from an undergrad Civil Engineering (CE) research team atUSMA, mentored by faculty and practicing DOD engineers from NAVFAC EXWC, pursuing aculminating research project that offered practical performance-based alternatives to prescribedcode limitations for
CP4SMPVC+ grant – in which Georgia Tech is developing curriculum and project kits that will be used during the summer camps to be run at partnering Informal Education Institutes.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, CT. She obtained her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2008. She received her Bachelors of Engineering from MIT in 2000. Her research focuses on the nontraditional engineering student – understanding their motivations, identity development, and impact of prior engineering-related experiences. Her work dwells into learning in informal
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depth of conversation regardingmentoring within the panel session. Within the specific areas of math and science skills andcollege credit, continued emphasis within the military service and higher education may helpalleviate these challenges through advising SVSMs early and often in the transition towardhigher education. The unique firehose approach to engineering education for SVSMs is an area worthy offurther inquiry. The SVSM attributes of self-confidence, discipline, and strong work ethic maybe under-appreciated or misaligned with current (traditional) higher education curriculum andpractices. Faculty and administrator may consider intensive summer ‘boot camp’ programs.These programs could provide SVSMs with the additional educational
relationships andprogrammatic efforts; c) to integrate theory and research in a way that could provide tentativehypotheses regarding the relationship between the various characteristics and outcomes ofmentoring; and d) to offer evidence-based practices for the administration of formal mentoringprograms.There is an important distinction between academic advisor and mentor. An advisor isresponsible for providing information on degree requirements and guidance for students tocomplete a degree plan. A mentor, on the other hand is a positive role model who can guide andmotivate student professionally. A mentor can provide resources and tools that will stimulateengagement in discussions about intellectual issues that will increase student’s aspiration
inacademia was a concern that was brought up by multiple participants. More specifically, theparticipants noted that there are inconsistencies in what credits transfer from military experienceinto an engineering curriculum. A couple of the assets that were brought up during the sessionincluded, “vet populations are diverse and understand diversity,” and that student veterans are“very task-oriented compared to peers.”Funding. Another concern for SVEs surrounds funding. Some of the participants brought up the“lack of transparent alternate funding,” and “only 36 months of funding (initially)”. Oneparticipant brought up “GI Bill Logistics” as a barrier to academic success for SVEs. Thiscomment sits in juxtaposition with the comments noting VA