Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Hamilton Jr., Mississippi State University; DeMarcus Montrez Thomas, Distributed Analytics and Security Institute; Patrick Pape, Distributed Analytics and Security Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

-edcertificationanddegreeoptions.CurrentlywearegettingapplicationsfromreservistsandguardsmenfromKabul,KosovoaswellasclosertohomelikeKosciusko,Mississippi.ConclusionsThe MSU effort is an outstanding example of a public private partnership. Through this effort,MSU has been able to assist reservists/guardsmen achieve mandated commercially recognizedcyber certifications. Cyber certifications can provide an important incentive/reward for reservepersonnel and improve retention.MSU has successfully offered 45 hour Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Certified InformationSystem Security Professional (CISSP) review courses to National Guard members. Inpartnership with the NSA CAE Program, the MSU Center for Cyber Innovation and the MSUCollege of Business, MSU is offering Reserve Component Personnel the opportunity to completefor NSA-sponsored cyber

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2: Veteran Identity & Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

impressed by engineering veteran students, and invitedthem for interviews, internships, and employment.The technical writing and communication course at The Citadel is designed to producefamiliarity and the ability to execute a series of professional documents, using exemplars, peerreview, and successive revisions as strategies for production. Students produce professionaldocuments, demonstrating familiarity with the rhetorical objectives, ethics, and documentconventions. Students are exposed to a variety of technical document types and conventions, e.g.,email; memoranda; RFPs; proposals; progress reports; and procedural writing.Students also gain familiarity with brief reports like white papers, producing their own state-of-the-art technical brief

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy ; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Army; Patrick Baker, United States Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

’ attitudes are changing [11]:  “focus on their own agenda” Agree 75% (2015) to 59% (2017) [11].  “behave in ethical manner” Agree 52% (2015) to 65% (2017) [11].  “leaders are committed to helping society” Agree 53% (2015) to 62% (2017) [11]. These trends indicate a decrease in self-centric attitudes and emerging “social optimism[11].” “The latest survey indicate that millennials feel accountable, to at least a fair degree, formany issues in both the workplace and the wider world [8].” This is supported by responses thatindicate that millennials feel more accountable than influential to protect the environment (59%feeling accountable to 38% influence) and social equity (53% feeling accountable to 33%influence) [11]. Like

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2: Veteran Identity & Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas L. Davis, Kent State University; D. Blake Stringer, Kent State University; Maureen Regan McFarland, Kent State University

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

) and project manager/lead author (right) during rocket familiarization phase (with permission of the student-veterans)According to Henderson, et. al., there are three practices that help administrations connect tostudent diversity. They are trust and relationship-building, respect and cultural sensitivity, andpartnership [11]. Student-veterans can assist with this goal as the military instills a set of valuesinto service-members, which is based around a code of ethics. For example, the Army values areleadership, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. These valuesbuild trust and partnerships. Student-veterans show somewhat greater cultural sensitivity,” [1].These values can also help to draw young