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Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Il (Johnny) Yoon, Northern Essex Community College

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grading. This first-year course for engineering and technology students at acommunity college emphasizes working in teams to complete hands-on activities using EXCELand structured programming with MATLAB.Initial assignments involve using EXCEL to display and analyze data from Ohm’s Law and thespeed of sound in air. The next assignment requires distance measuring with ultrasound anddesigning an ultrasonic range-finder. In the remainder of the assignments over the final three-quarters of the semester, MATLAB is used as a structured programming language to first controlthe movement of a stepper-motor rotor and then to identify different translucent materials fromtheir visible light spectra as measured by a spectrometer. A final project combines the

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College

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served as Director of the South Carolina Advanced Technological (SC ATE) Center of Excellence since 1994, leading initiatives and grant-funded projects to develop educational leadership and increase the quantity, quality and diversity of highly skilled technicians to support the American economy. Currently serving as Principal Investigator, Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE; Co-Principal Investigator, SC ATE National Resource Center for Expanding Excellence in Technician Education; and Co-Principal Investigator, ATE Regional Center for Aviation and Automotive Technology Education Us- ing Virtual E-Schools (CA2VES). The SC ATE Center is widely known for developing and broadly shar- ing

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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the $10,000 level, resulting in an award of $8,333 for theacademic year. Three of these students graduated in spring 2011, and the remaining two areexpected to graduate by the end of the 2011-12 academic year. One of the students whograduated is now working full-time at the company that he interned with in the previous summer.His internship project was developed into his senior design team project as well. One of the othergraduates completed a post-graduate internship and now has a full-time job as a firmwareengineer at another company. The third graduate is completing a post-graduate internship that isexpected to turn into a full-time position in three to six months.Awards and progress review for the 2009-10 Scholars: Nine new ECASE

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Hull P.E., OP-TEC; Greg Kepner M. Ed., Indian Hills Community College

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Two Year College Division

there is an adequatesupply of these workers for our nation’s industries. We support community and technicalcolleges by developing skill standards, designing curricula, developing teaching materials, andtraining faculty to teach new photonics courses. OP-TEC recently commissioned a survey ofover four thousand U.S. photonics employers to determine their current and projected needs fortechnicians.8 We also polled the thirty-two existing two-year photonics colleges to estimate thefuture supply of new technicians.9 These surveys unearthed a huge disparity between supply anddemand. There is a current and projected need of over 800 new photonics technicians per year,while the colleges are producing less than 300 graduates to fill these jobs.These are

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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supports the engineering degreeprogression program with students earning a BRCC associate of science in engineering andcompleting a bachelor’s of science engineering degree at LSU. Over three years, the program hasprovided scholarships and academic/ professional support to 24 students who demonstrateacademic talent and financial need. Another 11 students will be added during year four. Theprimary goals of the program are: to utilize scholarships to create and sustain a pathway forBRCC transfer students and to develop a successful model for transfer students from othercommunity colleges and 4-year institutions based on the experiences and outcomes of theproject.The Pathway Scholarship project in collaboration with the STEP 1B Engineering Grant

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; Sharon Marie Rouse, Mitchell Community College

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Two Year College Division

study and program completions activity by the National Center forEducation Statistics, which is located within the Department of Education and Institute ofEducation Sciences. The codes are used to characterize data on student majors, degrees granted,courses taught, and can be used to crosswalk academic preparation with related occupations.Every CIP Code is comprised of a 6-digit number—ie 15.0612—where: Digits 1-2 indicate a broad area—ie 15 refers to all engineering technologies and engineering related fields of study. That is, all instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineering and related projects or engineering-related fields

Conference Session

Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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) offerscutting edge research projects to community college students, hosted by the University ofCalifornia. The overall goal of the TTE REU program is to increase the number of communitycollege students transferring to a 4 year school to earn a bachelors in science and engineering.TTE REU has been operating since 2011 and has hosted 66 community college students. EachTTE participant is placed in a faculty member’s lab and mentored closely by a graduate studentfor their nine-week internship. This paper will focus on the impact this program has had on theparticipants through a follow up study with the students hosted in 2012, 2013, and 2014. All TTEREU participants were surveyed and asked to evaluate how the program has impacted them inthe short term. TTE

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Tim MeGhee, Chattanooga State Community College

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Two Year College Division

needs.Tim MeGhee, Chattanooga State Community College ”Tim McGhee received his M.S. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and currently serves as the Dean of the Engineering Technology Division at Chattanooga State Community College. He has over 21 years of project engineering/management and construction experience with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with responsibilities in site drainage design, excavation, and erosion control. His primary areas of expertise now include capacity building in relation to aligning engineering technology curricula with industrial workforce development needs. Dean McGhee is deeply involved with redesigning engineering technology education with an appropriate body of knowledge

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dowling, University of Southern Queensland

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lead author of the recently published first year text: Engineering Your Future: An Australasian Guide. Professor Dowling is currently leading two major research projects: A study of engineering technician education in Australia, which was funded by a USQ Senior Fellowship; and The Define Your Discipline Project, an ALTC funded project that aims to develop a process that can be used by a discipline to de- velop detailed graduate outcomes for that discipline. During 2010 the project team has been working with industry and university stakeholders across Australia to develop a national set of graduate outcomes for environmental engineering programs

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

AC 2009-651: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCORING RUBRICS FORTECHNICAL COURSES IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGESFarzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Page 14.412.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Design and Implementation of Scoring Rubrics for Technical Courses in Two-Year CollegesAbstract:The process of assessment is to measure student performance. Instructors need to make sure thatthe assignments are scored as objectively as possible when evaluating a project. A rubric helpsto set clear expectations and defines the quality of work for a given project. Descriptive scoringschemes have become a common method for evaluating

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abraham Michelen, Hudson Valley Community College; Gary Kardys, Hudson Valley Community College

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Two Year College Division

program over the next five years, New York State will contribute $160 million while International SEMATECH and its member companies, including IBM will add $193 million. The initial project will be aimed at R&D in the area of advanced lithography infrastructure for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. EUV will be crucial for computer chip manufacturing technology in the future because technical advances are expected to cause present day manufacturing methods to become obsolete for the most advanced chips.”Assessment of Local Needs and HVCC RequirementsWhile many manufacturing segments have been declining in the U.S., the semiconductormanufacturing industry has continued to grow. In addition, developments in Nanotechnologyare poised to

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology

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experience to enter the high technology workforce upon completion of BS degree; and5. Perform a regular and thorough assessment of the ET2 program that will be used for the contract reporting purposes and also will be an integral part of our standard program review process.In August 2008, NSF awarded us a four-year grant from its S-STEM program to support the ET2Transfer Scholars1. In support of this project, the university will contribute $50,000 to ensurethat continuing ET2 scholars have financial support after the grant expires and help themgraduate on time. This support indicates the university’s enthusiasm, a firm commitment ofservice to our EET students, and an endorsement of the goals and objectives of the ET2 program.For AY 2008-9, the

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Martha M. Ellis

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Two Year College Division

Board Mary 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, Austin,, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of communication at St. Edward’s University in Austin. Smith serves as the Project Coordinator for the $1.8 million productivity grant awarded to Texas from Lumina Foundation for Education

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

presents a very brief description and history of the EDGE (Early Development ofGeneral Engineering) Summer Bridge Program that was initiated in 2003 and focuses on thelatest iteration of the program. This project was initially supported by a grant from the NationalScience Foundation and more recently by grants from Department of Education.At first the program was intended for well-prepared high school students in the 10th and 11thgrades who would have participated in the San Antonio Pre-freshman Engineering Program(PREP) while in middle school. EDGE was designed to pick up where PREP left off byintroducing them to college level course work as a learning community and providing activitiesto help them develop independent learning and teamwork skills

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

improve the self-efficacy of community college students as it relates to research andwhether this has an impact on their long-term career plans to pursue a STEM career.Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates ProgramIn 2011, the University of California, Berkeley developed the Transfer-to-Excellence ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates program (TTE REU), a summer research program forcommunity college students that is catalyzed by early hands-on involvement in research projectsthat apply nanotechnology and biotechnology to address energy problems in a high caliberresearch environment. The program objectives are to: 1) provide challenging science andengineering research projects in leading edge research laboratories; 2

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year Articulation and Cooperation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Karla Andrew, Western Kentucky University

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Two Year College Division

Texas, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer through the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, with specialty certification in Water and Wastewater.Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies and Operations Director of the WATERS Laboratory at Western Kentucky University. Ms. Fattic’s role as Associate Director of the Center includes budget development and project coordination of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. Ms. Fattic’s responsibilities include day-to day administration, budget and personnel management, quality assurance and quality control, and

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #12569Fostering Technology Student Success throughMs. Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County Upon graduation from the University of Maryland at College Park with her masters in geotechnical engi- neering, Laura went to work for Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) where during her career there she was responsible for substation and transmission line construction projects, relocation and installation of BGE facilities for Oriole Park at Camden Yards and for the Light Rail, and for improving service reliability. After obtaining her MBA, Laura became the Director of Corporate Purchasing and was a

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Paper ID #13992Successful Models in Community College STEM EducationAnna Marbella Camacho, Canada College As Project Director for a $5.9 million Hispanic-Serving Institution-STEM Grant (CalSTEP), Anna col- laboratively spearheaded the creation of The STEM Center, which promotes STEM education through programs, activities, academic/support services, and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the greater community. Anna Camacho joined Ca˜nada College in 2012 in the capacity of Assistant Project Director of Hispanic-Serving Institution-STEM Grant (CalSTEP). In this position, Anna manages all fi- nancial aspects

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Evans, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan, University of Washington

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Two Year College Division

, University of Washington Priti N. Mody-Pan is the Director of Evaluation at the Center for Workforce Development. Her responsibilities include overseeing funded projects related to the Global Alliance, writing and editing proposals, fundraising, conducting research projects on institutional best practices in diversity, writing reports, managing an international exchange program, conducting program evaluations, marketing, and working with international and national organizations. Ms. Mody-Pan received her Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS) degrees from the University of Washington and her BA in Political Science and East Asian Studies

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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: thehistory of engineering , engineering specialties, problem solving, computer tools, teamwork,communication, design and ethics. Material from the text is augmented with group discussionsled by the team of instructors (all of whom are engineers), invited speakers (practicing engineersfrom the regional communities), speakers from university groups that can help regional studentsprepare for academics on main campus (academic advisors, librarian, student representatives ofengineering related clubs), hands-on exercises (laboratory exercises and homework related to thetext), an oral presentation project (the five-minute engineer), and a culminating end of course

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year Articulation and Cooperation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

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client teams in projects to find and capture value-creating profit and growthopportunities. Bert received a PhD, MS from Columbia University and a BS from MIT in ElectricalEngineering. bert.pariser@tcicollege.edu Page 14.260.6

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Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine

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Two Year College Division

College where he taught electronics for 5 years. He still teaches at ACC as an Adjunct Professor. Lou has 25+ years experience in the electronics industry. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston and a master’s degree from the University of Maryland. He is author of 19 books on computer and electronic subjects. He has worked with MATEC as a contractor for 5 years on several NSF grants and is the principal author of the Work-Ready Electronics series and participates in the Esyst project. Page 14.674.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 HOW SHOULD

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher John Akelian, Cuesta College

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Two Year College Division

proposal in the grant was to develop curriculum that tied alternative energymonitoring concepts to our Programmable Logic Controller course using SCADA systems.Starting the project my only knowledge of SCADA systems was understanding their importancein monitoring and controlling industrial processes - and that they were intimately tied intoProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to make the systems function. Students that worked atutility plants in particular would take our PLC course and would frequently ask questionsregarding the role of PLCs in SCADA systems. Unable to adequately answer those questionswas convincing evidence of the need to incorporate SCADA concepts into our course. Ourcommunity college being in a rural area with a limited number

Conference Session

Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

, Berkeley in 2013. She has a B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Director of Graduate Programs and Assessment in the College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educa- tional Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Students Self EfficacyThe Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experience for Undergraduates program (TTE REU) offersmulti-disciplinary research projects to community college

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen

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of mechanical engineering as well as Former As- sociate Dean of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. Loscutoff received his B.S.M.E., M.S.A.E., and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkley. He worked at Flow Industries, Inc., as Executive Vice President & COO of Flow Research, Inc.; Vice President and General Manager of FlowDril Corporation; Manager of Research and Technology Division, at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory through Battelle Memorial Institute; Associate; Project Manager; Program Manager, and Sec- tion Manager and Rocketdyne: and Research Engineer. He was also Assistant Professor at University of California, Davis, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Washington State

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

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Two Year College Division

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

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Fraser, Long Beach City College

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Two Year College Division

differs here is the application. Ocean ScienceApplications in the form of underwater robotics is one that seems to capture theimagination of students of all ages and gender. Students love to build things thatexplore underwater. Much of underwater exploration is shrouded in mystery and areasthat they know they will never go themselves. Simple student projects such as“Finding Nemo” with a ROV must not be dismissed. Whatever the reason, it is thisauthor’s experience that the area of underwater robotics appeals to a wide studentbase regardless of their exposure or familiarity with the ocean.In response to the interest in the underwater robotics applications, changes were madeto the course outlines and course delivery. Previously, the three-robotics

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

train graduates that perform better in high-tech manufacturing positions: Advancedmanufacturing technologies are the key to competitive production in manufacturing. Theyprovide efficiency, productivity, and better product quality to the production process. Thecurriculum to be developed by technical college instructors will be in the form of lesson plans,student projects, online resources, or instructional materials.Strategy 1.2 Train skilled technicians to increase the productivity, efficiency, and quality ofmanufacturing: Advanced manufacturing incorporates many high-tech computer controlledproduction tools that are developed for and used in the manufacturing field, including high techproducts and processes to produce parts, and flexible

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Catherine Baker Lipe; Brandon Price

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Two Year College Division

resources.20 The NASA CiPair Internship Program is a 10-week summer researchinternship program for community college engineering students wherein groups of three to fourstudents work on a research project under the supervision of a university faculty and a graduatestudent mentor. The program has been shown to increase student self-efficacy for success in afour-year institution and interest in pursuing advanced degrees.21 Supplemental instruction (SI) isan academic assistance program that creates a safe environment for students to get theirquestions answered and receive feedback from peers who have been successful in their course.Another academic support program developed to help students develop the study skills necessaryfor college success is the

Conference Session

Two-Year to Four-Year Transfer Programs: Best Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric James Davishahl, Everett Community College; Xiaopeng Bi, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

statewide articula- tion initiatives in Washington and was the recipient of the ASEE Pacific Northwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award in 2008. Eric has taught nearly every freshman and sophomore level engineering course multiple times.Dr. Xiaopeng Bi, Washington State University Xiaopeng Bi, Program Coordinator for the WSU Everett Mechanical Engineering program, was one of the two founding faculty members for the program in 2012. He has taught twenty-five engineering courses over the past eight years. He has been actively coaching various student design and competition projects such as Electrathon America, University Rover Challenge, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Dr. Bi re- ceived his Ph.D. in Aerospace