AC 2010-1725: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN SUSTAINABLETECHNOLOGIES: INCREASING THE STEM PIPELINENicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College Nicholas Massa is a professor in the Laser Electro-Optics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut.Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University Michele Dischino is an assistant professor in the Technology & Engineering Education Department at Central Connecticut State University. She holds a BS degree in Mechanical
AC 2012-3558: SUCCESS OF JOINT PROGRAMS BETWEEN JUNIORAND SENIOR COLLEGESDr. Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New YorkProf. Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York Ardie D. Walser is a professor of electrical engineering and the Associate Dean of the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York of the City University of New York. Walser is a former Divi- sion Chair of the Minorities in Engineering Division (MIND) of the American Association of Engineering Education (ASEE). He has collaborated in the creation and implementation of numerous faculty devel- opment workshops that have been held throughout the country. Walser has given many workshops and
AC 2011-2551: IMPROVING MATH SKILLS THROUGH INTENSIVE MEN-TORING AND TUTORINGJianping Yue, Essex County College Jianping Yue is a Professor in the Division of Engineering Technologies and Computer Sciences at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Yue is the Principle Investigator (PI) of the DUE 0622440 grant of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Yue received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering from Wuhan Institute of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering in Wuhan, China in 1977 and 1982, and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee in 1990
AC 2012-3001: BACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMPLETION: STUDENTRECRUITMENT, OUTREACH, AND RETENTIONDr. Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College Hamid Y. Eydgahi is the Dean of Instruction (CTE) at Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, Calif. He has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering technology, n M.B.A., and a Ph.D. in operations and technology management. He held a number of engineering and project management positions in private industry for more than 10 years, before joining higher education.Dr. Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield Julio R. Blanco is the Dean of the School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering and As- sociate Provost for Grants, Resource Management, and
AC 2011-936: STATUS STUDY OF SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEX-ICO TECHNICAL COLLEGES OFFERING CAD/CAM/CNC PROGRAMSCOMPARED TO AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM IN CAD/CAM/CNCFarzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Farzin Heidari currently serves as an Associate Professor of Industrial Technology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Dr.Heidari has twenty years of teaching experience in CAD/CAM courses. He is currently serving as the Graduate Coordinator for the Industrial Management program. Page 22.10.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Status Study of South
AC 2011-794: AN ANALYSIS OF FEMALE STEM FACULTY AT PUBLICTWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONSDavid A. Koonce, Ohio UniversityValerie Martin Conley, Ohio University Valerie Martin Conley is director of the Center for Higher Education, associate professor, and coordinator of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Ohio University. She is the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions.Dyah A. Hening, Ohio UniversityCynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University Cynthia Anderson is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio Uni- versity. In addition to research on community college
% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Page 26.949.2 Figure 1 Increase in Latino STEM Majors at Cabrillo College23Those seeking to increase the number of STEM and engineering majors, including URMstudents, and help ensure their graduations will find replicable activities and pedagogiesdiscussed that may also hold promise at their institutions.STEEP Outcomes OverviewData collected over the six year period of the STEEP project reveals several large-scalechanges at the college: Although the overall college population was in decline during period from 2008-2014, there was almost a doubling in the number of students
AC 2012-4070: TEACHING NETWORKED EMBEDDED CONTROL ATTHE TWO-YEAR COLLEGE LEVELProf. Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College Gary J. Mullett, a professor of electronics technology and Co-department Chair, presently teaches in the Electronics Group at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) located in Springfield, Mass. A long time faculty member and consultant to local business and industry, Mullett has provided leadership and initiated numerous curriculum reforms as either the Chair or Co-department Chair of the four tech- nology degree programs that constitute the Electronics Group. Since the mid-1990s, he has been active in the NSF’s ATE and CCLI programs as a knowledge leader in the
AC 2012-3977: APPLICATIONS OF ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLERIN STUDENT PROJECTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEGeorge Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNYRaul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University.Prof. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Prof. Shermane Austin, Medgar
AC 2009-664: HOW SHOULD ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY BE TAUGHTTODAY? A FRESH LOOK AT THE TOP DOWN APPROACH FOR ASSOCIATEDEGREE PROGRAMSLouis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine Louis E. Frenzel Jr. Lou Frenzel is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design Magazine where he writes articles, columns, technology reports, and online material on the wireless, networking, and test/measurement sectors. He interviews executives and engineers, attends conferences, and researches those areas of electronics to determine the current state of the technology and reviews new products. Lou has been with the magazine for 7 years. Formerly he was professor and department head at Austin Community
AC 2011-2251: ”TUNING” ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE CON-TEXT OF ABET ACCREDITATIONMary Eileen Smith, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mary E. Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s
AC 2010-1128: A SYSTEMS VIEW OF TECHNOLOGY CURRICULAJohn Robertson, Arizona State University John Robertson is a Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Arizona State University Polytechnic. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium. He is also a consultant to MATEC for the ESYST program to introduce a system-focused curriculum for Community Colleges.Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine Lou Frenzel has been a Technology Editor for Electronic Design Magazine for seven years. Formerly, he was professor and department head at Austin Community College and he still teaches at
AC 2010-1481: ENABLING SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS FROM 2-YEARCOLLEGES TO A 4-YEAR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMElaine Scott, Seattle Pacific UniversityHannah Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University Page 15.460.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enabling Successful Transitions from 2-Year Colleges to a 4-Year Electrical Engineering ProgramAbstractThe goal of our scholarship program, Engaging the Community to Achieve Success inEngineering (ECASE), is to encourage and enable academically talented, but financially needystudents from local community colleges to enter the workforce or continue in graduate studiesfollowing completion of a baccalaureate
AC 2010-1791: WATER TRAINING INSTITUTE: INDUSTRY LINKAGES ANDINSTITUTIONALIZATIONJana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies at Western Kentucky University. Her role includes project coordination and budget management of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky University, and is currently conducting research for her Master's thesis on ways to connect hands-on experiential components with distance learning opportunities for students in STEM disciplines. Ms. Fattic worked in both the public sector as a regulator and private
AC 2011-2869: PROVIDING AND ENSURING AN EFFECTIVE COMMU-NITY COLLEGE TRANSFER PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAMCecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Cecelia M. Wigal received her Ph.D. in 1998 from Northwestern University and is presently a professor of engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Her primary areas of interest and expertise include complex process and system analysis, quality process analysis with respect to nontra- ditional applications such as patient safety, and information system analysis with respect to usability and effectiveness. Dr. Wigal is also interested in engineering education reform to address present and future student and national and international
, ACS-24, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC., 2013.6. American Association of State Colleges and Universities State Relations and Policy Analysis Team, “Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2014,” American Association of State Colleges and Universities State Relations Policy Matters: A Higher Education Policy Brief, January 2014.7. Lockard, C. Brett and Michael Wolf, “Occupational employment projections to 2020,” Monthly Labor Review Employment outlook: 2010–2020, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2013, www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2012/01/art5full.pdf. Accessed January 2015.8. National Science Foundation, National Science Board. 2003. “The Science and Engineering Workforce. Realizing American’s Potential
AC 2012-5344: DETERMINING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AUDI-ENCEDr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University Mary Anderson-Rowland is the PI of an NSF STEP grant to work with five non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs two academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Profes- sor in computing, informatics, and systems design engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. Anderson-Rowland was named a top 5% teacher in the Fulton Schools of Engineering for 2009-2010. She received the WEPAN Engineering
shown in Figure 3 below. Week Topic 1 Resistors, power supplies, and DVM voltage measurements 2 Electronic units of measure (V, I, R, P) for DC and AC electronics. Using a breadboard to prototype basic circuits. Integrated circuit pin-outs and connector pin-outs 2 Series and parallel concepts. Build a simple timer to learn package pin outs and schematics. 3 Soldering and de-soldering 4 Building an operating system for the Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi boot up, testing, and network configuration
, Center for Electromagnetics Research (CER), Northeastern University. Pub- lications/Papers: Reenergizing and Reengaging Students Interest through CAPSULE; A Novel and Evolu- tionary Method on Educating Teachers to Promote STEM Careers Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (IEEE ISEC 2011); and ”Implementing the Capstone Experience Concept for Teacher Professional Development” Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (ASEE 2011). Rel- evant Presentations: ”K-12 Partnerships” (Department of Homeland Security/Centers of Excellence An- nual Meeting 2009); ”Building and Sustaining K-12 Educational Partnerships” (NSF ERC 2007 - 2010 National Meetings); ”Research Experience for Teachers
AC 2012-4348: A LEARNING MODULE USING ENGINEERING DESIGNPROCESS AND LEGACY CYCLE FOR A FRESHMEN-LEVEL ROBOTICCLASSMr. Yan Xu, Del Mar CollegeDr. Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, KingsvilleAllen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Allen Babb is currently an undergraduate senior working towards an B.S. in electrical eEngineering. His work on his senior design topic, the unmanned aerial surveillance device, eventually evolved into the study of the construction and autonomous control of a Quadrotor UAV. Since then, Babb has gained a keen interest in control theory application in embedded systems, as well as a good understanding of fuzzy logic control algorithms and conventional PID controlers.Prof. Mohamed
AC 2010-2102: MEASUREMENT OF SUCCESS: AN OVERVIEW OF THEIMPACT OF SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITYCOLLEGE STUDENTSSheryl Custer, Texas A&M University, KingsvilleHarriet Lamm, Texas A&M University-KingsvilleDavid Ramirez, Texas A&M UniversityKuruvilla John, University of North Texas Page 15.861.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Measurement of Success: An Overview of the Impact of Summer Research Opportunities for Community College Students Sheryl Custer, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Harriet Lamm, Texas Engineering Experiment Station David
AC 2011-1769: CREATING REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-BASED LEARN-ING CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASETHE STEM PIPELINENicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College Nicholas Massa is a full professor in the Laser Electro-Optics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Massa is currently Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF-ATE STEM PBL Project of the New England Board of Higher Education.Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University Michele Dischino is an assistant
awareness of resources and skills needed for college success,and increase student knowledge of specific engineering topics. These two programs havecontributed to a significant increase in enrollment and success of underrepresented minoritystudents in transfer-level math, science and engineering courses.16,17 Page 24.716.4With the resulting increase in the enrollment of underrepresented students intending to transfer to afour-year engineering program, additional programs need to be developed in order to ensure thesuccess of these students and facilitate their successful transfer and completion of their academicgoals. In 2010, in response to this
AC 2011-1062: THE DISMANTLING OF THE ENGINEERING EDUCA-TION PIPELINEErik N Dunmire, College of Marin Erik Dunmire is a professor of engineering and chemistry at College of Marin. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Davis.Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of engineering and mathematics at Canada College. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other under- represented groups in mathematics, science and engineering.Kate A Disney, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA Engineering
and MATLAB 100% 12. Phasor Nodal, Mesh and MATLAB 100% 13. Measuring AC Circuits 20% 80% 14. Intro to Microcontrollers 30% 50% 20% 15. Frequency Selective Circuits 45% 45% 10% Final Project 100%3. Results of the ImplementationTo assess the effectiveness of these online circuits laboratories, in Spring ’15, we piloted thecurriculum to students enrolled in dual sections of circuit theory (3 units) and circuit lab (1 unit)classes offered in both online (n=9
AC 2010-1034: EXPERIENCES OF ENGINEERING TRANSFER STUDENTS:FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITYFrankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University Frankie Santos Laanan is associate professor and director of the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. His research focuses on the role of community colleges in educating and training scientists and technicians.Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University Dimitra Jackson is a doctoral student and research associate in the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. Her research interests focus on underrepresented students in STEM fields.Mary Darrow, Iowa State University Mary Darrow is
Carolina: Regional Technology Strategies, Inc.5. Barger, M. Roe, E. Jenkins, B. (June, 2005). AC-2005-1526 The Florida Advanced Technology Education Regional Center for Manufacturing Education. Proceeding of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Portland, Oregon.6. Sifferlen, N. (2003, March). How Community Colleges Are Teaching Technology to Faculty Members. The Chronicle Review, Volume 49, Issue 27, Page B12.7. Heidari, F. (June, 2010). AC2010-412 Study of CAD/CAM/CNC integration in South Texas Technical Colleges. Proceeding of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Louisville, Kentucky
Investigator and Director for the TIME Center (Technology & Innovation in Manufacturing & Engineering), an Advanced Technological Education Regional Center of Excellence funded by the National Science. Mr. Faber has extensive curriculum design experience in developing customized education, training and occupational certification programs. His leadership helped build the DACUM Resource Center into a respected state, regional and national curriculum and instructional design resource over its sixteen-year history, serving business, industry, labor, government and educational customers and training over 350 DACUM facilitators nationally. He continues to be ac- tively involved in a variety of educational and
Stephen McKnight of Northeastern University offered a two-weekprofessional development workshop for community college instructors in June, 2010. Attendingthat workshop were faculty members from three Massachusetts community colleges: NorthernEssex Community College (NECC), Middlesex Community College, and Massachusetts BayCommunity College. Over a span of two weeks, the community college faculty worked in teamsto complete the same hands-on projects that first-year engineering students at NortheasternUniversity completed in a semester. The workshop featured programming in MATLAB andC++. At the end of the workshop the community college faculty selected certain projects asmost appropriate for their institutions. Subsequently, Whittier Regional
AC 2010-39: IMPROVING THE PARTICIPATION AND RETENTION OFMINORITY STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH SUMMERENRICHMENT PROGRAMSAmelito Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at Canada College in Redwood City, CA. He received a BS in Geodetic Engineering from the University of the Philippines, an MS in Geodetic Science from the Ohio State University, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other underrepresented groups in mathematics, science and engineering