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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Russell Barrett Thomas Sr, United States Army; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy

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learners is an often-stated goal of higher education institutions andprofessional organizations. The ability to develop and master a specific body of knowledge is acommon attribute of both academia (peer-review discipline activities) and professions. Thecontribution of lifelong learners is paramount to the success of these institutions. The UnitedStates Military Academy at West Point presents a unique opportunity to blend the developmentof lifelong learning in our graduates in both their identity as an undergraduate engineeringstudent and a member of the profession of arms. The West Point Strategic Plan (2015-2021)explicitly identifies that the development of professional engineers and Army Officers is notmutually exclusive. The two goals are

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University; Carol L Considine, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College; Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University

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) enablingof transfer credits and experiential credits; b) taking a community-based approach withcomprehensive programs and services for student veterans and their families which includehousing, health care, employment during the college; c) enabling veterans’ voice to be heardthrough roundtables, veteran associations, etc; d) have strong web presence easily accessible to theveterans; e) establish a specific point of contact; e) expand housing options; and f) implementtuition deferment plan to accommodate the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944)payment schedules; g) provide veteran focused orientations; h) provide faculty training related toveterans (ACE, 2008; Heineman, 2016; Olin Earl & Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1949).Veterans

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jakob C Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Paul M Moody P.E., U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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its citizens, advise them about necessaryprecautions, and make evacuation plans in the event of a dam failure. The Trevi Group, an Italiancompany, has negotiated with the Iraqi government to make $380 million worth of repairs andthe Italian Prime Minister has agreed to deploy their own military forces to provide security ifthe Trevi Group is awarded the contract. The Iraqi government is divided in their response to thisoffer of the Italian government: Iraq’s ambassador to the US, Lukman Faily, has no objection toadditional security forces from Italy but the head of Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources, Mohsinal-Shammari, does not want “foreign support” for security of the dam.30In short, the political situation surrounding the dam remains

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Timothy Hyer, US Air Force

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Immersion TripsOur International Programs Office offers various study abroad opportunities, including a 10-daycultural immersion trip offered during the summer between the junior and senior year. Eventhough these trips are short in duration, they offer a high-impact, motivational event in thestudent’s educational experience. We identified students that would be on the same seniorcapstone project teams and planned a cultural immersion trip that would be technically related totheir UAS capstone project. This had three benefits: (1) developing cultural awareness; (2)learning technical information which would aid in their UAS capstone project; and (3) a team-building experience for the capstone team. We tried two different formats for the trips. The

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith A. Landry PE, Georgia Southern University; Mike Jackson, Georgia Southern University

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military and veteran students believe their military experiences providedthem with the knowledge (skills and/or abilities) and discipline (will and/or motivation) toovercome obstacles, execute plans and achieve personal and group goals. Unfortunately largenumbers of veterans describe encountering significant obstacles while using their earned VAbenefits to pursue higher education opportunities. The key issue to mitigating those barriersappears to be how best to improve veteran student efficacy as it relates to their capability andmotivation in pursuit of higher education goals the students themselves deem valuable. The authorshave adapted a STEM mentorship program structure to focus on veteran students pursuing STEMdegrees in the College of

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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university.” [19] Additionally, WCU isassembling its own Military Advisory Committee to facilitate the integration of military studentsinto institutional planning, which will no doubt include, among other things, a more consistentprocess for evaluating military training for academic credit. Until statewide and institutionalcommittees develop and state institutions implement a coordinated process, however, the JSTevaluation process will continue to be challenging.The following paragraphs illustrate how the JST evaluation process has been applied at WCU.JST ReviewsSixty JSTs, stripped of identity information, were randomly chosen from the files of the DMP todetermine patterns in the types and quantities of credit recommendations and awards. The

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blake Stringer, Kent State University, Kent; Maureen McFarland, Kent State University, Kent

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deadlines in a design course allows veterans to quickly develop a schedule and supporting documentation to best facilitate team efforts. 2. Lack of comfort with the open-endedness of a design project. Military leadership provides missions and objectives to subordinates. Subordinates develop their own mission plans and objectives and push to the next subordinate level. The process continues downward until it reaches the lowest level. With the exception of coordinating certain elements, the method of mission accomplishment is open-ended. This provides lower military units with the flexibility to adapt and accomplish the objectives in whatever manner they see fit. 3. Inherent reluctance of students to begin

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Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #15882Using Focus Groups to Understand Military Veteran Students’ Pathways inEngineering EducationDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho is Chair and Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She formerly held two postdoctoral