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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Arna Erega, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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disciplines, including engineering, reflects a procedural,individualistic, and separated way of knowing, which poses a significant challenge to youngwomen’s intellectual pursuit in these disciplines [18].Research Design Our study is an ethnographic study, a qualitative research approach that explores thesubtle yet important cultural aspects and processes in society. In an ethnographic study, theresearcher typically investigates a culture-sharing group in a natural setting over a prolongedperiod of time by collecting primarily observational and interview data” [19]. Ethnography is anaturalistic and holistic inquiry based on multiple data collection methods, using inductiveanalysis, and drawing cultural interpretations as final outcomes

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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learner actively engages in the process of sense-making and knowledgeconstruction [4]. Carefully selected content knowledge [5] and reciprocal interactions with others(i.e., instructor, peers)[6, 7] will mediate and facilitate learning. This perspective challenges thetraditional view of teaching and learning that portrays a learner as a passive individual simplyreceiving the knowledge provided by an authority figure. Experiential learning, a concept andpedagogical practice inspired by Constructivist learning theory also upholds the learner’s activerole and focuses on “learning through reflection on doing” [8]. Experiential learning isrepresented as a cycle of four stages, a) Concrete experience, b) Reflective observation of the newexperience, c

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas E. Mertz, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; William E. Genereux, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Troy Harding, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Tim Bower, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Katrina M Lewis; Michael Lee Oetken, Kansas State University

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capstone courses. • To provide a mechanism that requires students to work on keeping their portfolios up-to- date.The second innovation of the new curriculum is the portfolio requirement, in which the studentdemonstrates that he or she has attained the student learning outcomes (SLOs) of the program.For their portfolios, students are required to: ● Showcase their strongest work from a variety of classes, both in and outside of their major. ● Discuss the thought and effort that went into creating the work shown. ● Include written reflections that discuss the challenges faced, strengths and weaknesses, and what was learned from creating the work.Pedagogical advantages of portfolios have been discussed in the literature. The

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Marty Martinez

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sketch- Introduce team member to the rest of the class 15- Review basics of grammar – grammar quiz [3]- Seminar on communication basics [4]- Seminar on basic paper outlining skills- Complete a reflective paper on proactively solving a past challenge- Seminar on oral presentation basics – difference between military briefing style and civilian oral presentations- Seminar on the basics of communicating with MS PowerPoint- Peer review of draft written assignments- Paper and oral presentation on Career Plan providing a path to the dream job- Student papers on “Speak with Confidence”- Seminar on web design basics- Construct resume and cover letterClosing ceremony and presentation of course coins

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1: Academic Transition

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet C. Ford, Western Carolina University; George D. Ford, Western Carolina University

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population trends, economic shifts, and increasedaccessibility [3][4][5]. Military students and veterans currently comprise 4% of Americancollege students [6]. ACE credit recommendations have changed to reflect these shifts inmilitary training and academic content. This paper discusses the extent to which changes inmilitary training, specifically that provided by the United States Army, have affected ACE’scredit recommendations at the undergraduate level.IntroductionThe American Council on Education (ACE) is based in Washington, DC. A contractor for theDepartment of Defense, ACE oversees academic evaluation of military courses. According totheir website: “ACE has provided a critical link between the U. S. Department of Defense and higher

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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alumnus who was a veteran also shared his story during an interview. These veteranssaw military service as a strong reflection of social responsibility and a sacrifice to the greatergood. Some veterans pushed back on the notion of social responsibility as an obligation ingeneral. One student veteran shared a story of being disparaged for his military association. Theresults help engineering faculty understand the perspectives of students with militarybackgrounds and/or aspirations. Faculty should consider these perspectives in their teaching,particularly when facilitating discussions and debates around ethics and societal impacts in theircourses.IntroductionA key attribute of professionalism is a “normative orientation toward the service of

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1: Academic Transition

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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published start and end dates and “hard”deadlines. Since 2014, the MOOC format has changed to “on-demand.” Students are allowed toenroll and start at any time. New class “cohorts” start about every month for every class. Thesecourses are self-paced with “soft” deadlines. The deadlines are suggested, but if the student fallsbehind they may join up with the next month’s “cohort” and continue to proceed in the classuntil completion.In-video knowledge checks are included in the module videos to stimulate learner interaction.The video pauses at various locations to allow students to reflect and answer questions on theirown about the material. An example of this type of interaction is included in Figure 1. Figure 1. Typical In

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet C. Ford, Western Carolina University; George D. Ford, Western Carolina University

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approach may be to articulate credit based uponrank for enlisted military personnel and veterans. ACE performs occupational reviews, similarto program accreditation reviews, which recommends credit based upon rank. Ford, et al (Ford &Ford, 2015) described the disparity in the number of credit recommendations for the enlistedranks. “The amount of credit recommended by ACE increased with rank. Many of the JSTs for senior NCOs reflected work in multiple occupational fields during their military enlistment. JSTs of senior NCOs in the sample contained substantial hours of credit recommendations: averaging over 150 semester hours. Much of this credit was recommended in military specific areas such as Military Science

Conference Session

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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the schedule.Student-Veterans’ Contributions to SuccessVeterans have unique qualities when compared to their non-veteran peers. These assets,according to Lord et al, are reflected by their “experience in planning, implementing, and leadingteams” [4]. Additionally, these traits are bolstered by other attributes typically held by veteranssuch as problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills [2], [5]. This indicates alikelihood that student-veterans are better equipped to navigate difficult projects pressured bytime and resource constraints. Student-veterans’ experience and problem-solving abilities makethem well-suited to technological projects and, more specifically, leadership roles within theseprogram types [5], [6]. For this

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Raymond Vetter, United States Military Academy

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, p. 14]. Face to facediscussions can carry over to the virtual setting through online discussion boards. Blog entries aswell as and question/answer forums can clarify points of confusion from in-class conversations.Students have more time to reflect and answer questions posed online than in the classroom.Perhaps most importantly, blended learning requires students to work more on their own for theonline portion of the class. This active learning has been shown to yield greater test performanceand subject mastery [4, pp. 22-23]. Flipped classrooms are a subset of blended learning, but the rapid increase in theirpopularity make them worthy of examination. The underlying idea for a flipped classroom is thatteachers assign students to

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Chase Hood MA, Kansas State University; Stacey E. Kulesza P.E., Kansas State University; Jia G. Liang, Kansas State University; Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University; Jeff Zacharakis, Kansas State University

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engineering were recruitedto participate in this study, however, the unforeseeable decrease of the newly admitted Veteranengineering students reduced the size of the population from which the sample could be drawn.The second limitation related to the unequal representation of majors and genders, particularlyfor Veteran students as shown in Table 2. As such, the degree to which the data might beexamined is limited. For example, it was believed that, relative to other majors, civil engineeringstudents tend to demonstrate higher social responsibility; the current data did not allow suchacross-major examination as no Civil Engineering Veteran students participated. Nevertheless,the gender and major representation in the sample was a close reflection of

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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rather thatmany are still serving. Cooper’s part time service in the Air Forces Reserves provided him acontinuing source of support— social, emotional, and financial— upon being discharged fromactive duty and entering college. The fact that he turned to re-activation and deployment whenthings got too stressful at home and school suggests that the transition from active duty (i.e., full-time military) to full-time student may be emotionally stressful and disorienting. Cooper’smilitary experience did not reflect the stereotypical veteran experience of combat and trauma.Rather his service, focused in a technical specialty related to aviation and space, reinforced hislong-term interests in pursuing an aerospace engineering career. It also provided

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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students. Responding to the statement “My military experience has positioned meto move into a leadership role as I transition to my next career,” only 50% of those surveyedstrongly agree with this statement, while 33.33% somewhat agree, and 16.67% remain neutral. Itis not well understood if this result reflects veterans’ modesty and humility, or points to feelingsof ambivalence toward civilian organizations as they contemplate a transition to a corporateenvironment.VAD students also slightly preferred a military style organization (58%) over a civilianorganization (42%). This result was a little closer than anticipated, as informal discussionsamong student veterans and with faculty tend to emphasize a stronger preference for military-style

Conference Session

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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writing instructors, technical writing courses were often taught by adjuncts andinstructors in English and Engineering departments. Growing enrollments in technical writingcourses were directly related with engineering enrollments—resulting in two important eventsfor TWC: a more clearly defined discipline and disciplinary in-fighting with regard toprogrammatic goals [3]. As new technical writing-related organizations, journals, and academicprograms appeared in the seventies, so too did disagreements about goals and trajectory of thefield, with the older, retiring cohort championing praxis, e.g., [5], and the new cohort valuingwriting as a process for critical reflection, social responsibility, and audience-awareness.Because of the historical

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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) determine whether and how the militaryinfluences student veterans’ decisions to major in engineering. Our work provides insightsinto the timing of the decision as well as the extent to which military training and experiencesprovide a direct, or indirect, pathway into engineering.We highlight student experiences to advance knowledge about SVEs’ educational pathways onseveral fronts. Methodologically, our in-depth analysis allows us to capture the nuanced natureof SVE narratives that often remains hidden when using other approaches to studyingengineering education. Theoretically, we draw from Cognitive Information Processing theory tomore accurately reflect SVE decision making about majoring in engineering. Practically, theresults can inform military

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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that was the first thing that tipped me off because I love to fix things [andthought] You know what? We can do something better.LimitationsAll five researchers in this study are women and none of us served in the military. Qualitativeresearch, by its nature, is designed to explore in depth the experiences of a relatively few people.Therefore, the opinions and experiences of these students may not reflect those of all Marinesand sailors. In addition, we were limited to studying only publicly available recruiting documentsand more current or non-public ones may reflect different priorities.Discussion and ConclusionThe reasons that people join the military and choose to major in engineering are multi-facetedand interwoven into their life

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joseph Peter Kosteczko, Old Dominion University; Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Jessica Johnson; Rafael Diaz

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Engineering Education, 2020Virginia Digital Shipbuilding Program (VDSP) – Building an agile modern workforce to improveperformance in the shipbuilding and ship repair industryAuthors: Joseph Kosteczko; Katherine Smith; Jessica Johnson; Rafael Diaz, Ph. DSubmitted to: MILITARY AND VETERANS DIVISION (MVD)AbstractIndustry 4.0 is the latest stage in the Industrial Revolution and is reflected in the digitaltransformation and use of emergent technologies including the Internet of Things, Big Data,Robotic automation of processes, 3D printing and additive manufacturing, drones and ArtificialIntelligence (AI) in the manufacturing industry [15]. The implementation of these technologiesin the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry is currently in a nascent stage

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J Novoselich P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Janice Leshay Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Keith A. Landry, Georgia Southern University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University

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? The audio recordings and subsequent transcript of the panel session were analyzed toidentify themes based on the duration and depth of conversation that occurred around a particularpoint. Detailed qualitative coding was not used in this work given the nature of the paneldiscussion and role of the panel moderator in shaping the conversation and moving the sessionforward. This work did not conform to a systematic process of qualitative inquiry and the resultsreported here may be considered anecdotal accounts provided by panel participants. This paneldiscussion focused largely on supporting SVSMs through their undergraduate education and intoETETE careers. Because some of the panel members also had graduate educational experiencesto reflect upon

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca C. Atkinson, Clemson University; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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salient for ourparticipants. Participants completed an Identity Circle and reflected upon the interaction betweentheir identities and their engineering education pursuits. They selected from a list of roles andidentities that we provided, and were encouraged to add additional ones, if desired (see Figure 1).They then placed the identities on the three rings of the Identity Circle diagram (Levels 1 through3) to illustrate the centrality of a particular identity to their current experiences; respondentscould also place a particular label just outside the diagram (Level 4). For example, if the mostimportant part of her identity was being a woman, the participant would place the “gender” labelin the inner concentric circle. Participants limited their

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Christina Nicole Willis, University of Utah; Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University

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(SVE)experiences. The attendees self-organized into two tables. They were asked to “identify anddiscuss common challenges veteran and military students face” to address the followingquestions: • How can ASEE build early awareness of engineering technology, engineering technologist, and engineering pathways? • How can ASEE ensure academic recognition for prior military work experience? • How can ASEE provide seamless support from government agencies, academic institutions, and industry?Each participant silently reflected and wrote their ideas as they related to the prompts on stickynotes. At the end of the session, the session leaders reorganized the notes into initiativecategories, as applicable. As

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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, this individual goes on to say that they could not be as lenient for programs that “havethose absolute course requirements,” such as engineering.As a result, much effort is directed toward ensuring student veterans are aware of transferpolicies and receive course credit, if possible, for work completed elsewhere. Some universitystaff spend a great deal of time negotiating and advocating for student veterans to receivetransfer credit. However, several interviewees indicated that the transfer evaluation process hasmany shortcomings. The IAs expressed that the process is “tricky” “frustrating” and “somethingthat could be improved across the board.” This was particularly the case for engineering.In reflecting on challenges that student veterans