Paper ID #7198A Descriptive Study of Engineering Transfer Students at Four Institutions:Comparing Lateral and Vertical Transfer PathwaysMs. Erin Shealy, Clemson University Erin Shealy is a master’s student studying Applied Sociology at Clemson University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Psychology, also from Clemson University. For the past two years, she has been serving as a graduate research assistant for an NSF-funded research project on engineering transfer students, part of the larger Multi Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) study.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research
Page 24.724.4to a larger four-year institution, they are often “lost in the forest”. Many of USA’s transferstudents do not live on campus, and frequently commute more than an hour each way. Thusthere is little opportunity for these students to develop a sense of community.The student success seminar has been extremely effective in getting the students to worktogether. The small, intimate class (17 - 22) and the numerous group projects and activitieslead to collaborative student interactions that last after the end of the semester.Another mechanism that promotes community building is the formation of Mentor Triads.Each USA-LINK student is paired with a previous USA-LINK scholar and a faculty mentor.These triads meet to assist in the student’s
) Advanced Manufacturing ProgramGeneral Education Requirements 22 credit hrsSupporting Fields for Machining Technology Print Reading Sketching 3 hours Basic Metallurgy 3 hours Math for Manufacturing 3 hours Advanced Manufacturing Project 3 hours 12 credit hrsManual Machining requirements Machining I 3 hours Machining II 3 hours 6 credit hrs2D and
800,000 new engineers will be needed by 2018; however, the U.S.currently graduates only one-fourth of that number. Women and minorities are potentialprospects for meeting this need because they are projected to fill approximately 70 percent of thejob market at that time. However, they currently compose only 20 percent of the existing STEMrelated job market. Consequently, it is critical for the American higher education system to Page 23.1206.3provide sufficient training to fill technical skills gaps in all students, particularly those within thegrowing populations of minority and older workers.6Nontraditional students often lack the most
engineering education research as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and institutional data analyst. As a psychometrician, she revised the PSVT:R for secondary and undergraduate students, developed the TESS (Teaching Engineering Self-efficacy Scale) for K-12 teachers, and rescaled the SASI (Student Attitudinal Success Inventory) for engineering students. As a program evaluator, she evaluated the effects of teacher professional development (TPD) programs on elementary teachers’ attitudes toward engineering and students’ STEM knowledge through a NSF DRK-12 project. As an institutional data analyst, she is investigating engineering students’ diverse pathways to their success.Dr. Teri Reed, Texas A&M University Teri
Community Colleges, Cañada is an open-enrollment institution, designed to welcome students of all backgrounds. In 2008, Cañada was awarded a Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant by the U.S. Department of Education. The project, entitled Student On-ramp Leading to Engineering and Sciences (SOLES), aimed to increase the participation, retention, and success of underrepresented and educationally disadvantaged students interested in pursuing careers in STEM fields. Among the strategies developed for this project is the Summer Math Jam – a one-week intensive mathematics program designed to improve students’ preparation for college-level math courses. When the SOLES grant ended in 2011, the college received
years of educational leadership, business development, project management and educational research to her role as President for the Brazos County campuses of Blinn College. She has worked specifically in data management and education reform with more than 500 schools districts in Texas, Nevada, Arkansas and New Mexico. She was project director for the Nevada Race to the Top application and served as a senior consultant to Dell Services on education data manage- ment in the development of integrated data warehouses in the Pk-20 environment. McMullen has a Master of Educational Administration from Texas A&M University and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston. She has served on numerous state
Paper ID #16318Measuring the Effectiveness of an Intensive Math Preparation Program toEnhance the Success of Underrepresented Students in Engineering ˜Anna 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
program coordinator for an NSF funded project focused on the pathway from community colleges to engineering and a doctoral students in higher education at Iowa State University. Page 15.553.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experiences of Engineering Transfer Students: From Community College to University AbstractResearch on students who transfer from community colleges into engineering majors is limited.The National Science Foundation funds millions of dollars to community colleges to build inter-institutional linkages to create
the third track involveda relatively new pre-existing AS degree program6 that would be updated.Furthermore, one of the faculty members on the SET curriculum feasibility committee alreadyhad a $.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE)grant titled, “Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Education Project”, with its foremost projectgoals being curriculum development (including course material and labs) and two-year collegefaculty development activities. Today, this technology is better known as the Internet of Things(IoT) or cyber-physical systems (CPSs) technology. Cyber-physical systems technology refers toembedded control systems that are “tightly coupled” to the real world and require timing toperform
originally proposed in the project. This is due to the fact that funds originallybudgeted for a Math Instructional Aide have been freed as a result of Cañada College’s newgrant initiative funded by the US Department of Education through the Hispanic-ServingInstitution Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HSI STEM) grant program. Weanticipate to be able to fund two additional scholars next year. Grant Period Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Number of Applicants 35 31 62 Number of New Awards 21 20 21 % Successful
student success. Our expectations of the CC transfer students arehigh. We encourage them from day one to consider going full-time to graduate school right afterthey earn their Bachelor’s degree. We tell the students that a Master’s degree is very valuable inindustry. With a Master’s degree a student is more likely to start at a project manager positionequivalent to two years of experience, as well as beginning with a higher salary. Manyengineering students report that they needed a Master’s degree to give them a much firmer holdon their engineering field to feel comfortable going out as an engineer and to enable them toparticipate in exciting industrial projects. Through our National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM and STEP programs (#0728695
director for K-12 program. Her work includes the development and design of STEM project- based learning experiences for students and teachers with emphasis on developing modules for engineer- ing design and computer science; She is focused on teacher professional development through technology enhanced and blended learning for teachers and students across urban and rural environments. Her work also involves the execution of MESA statewide signature event that showcase students work at the annual Washington MESA K-12 Engineering Design and Computer Science Challenges. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 MESA Community College Program: Meeting the Need for
). Developmental Mathematics: Challenges, Promising Practices, and Recent Initiatives. Journal of Developmental Education, 34(3), 2-10.9 Concannon, J. P., & Barrow, L. H. (2009). A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Students' Self-Efficacy by Gender, Ethnicity, Year, and Transfer Status. Journal of Science Education Technology, 18, 163-172.10 Marra, R. M., Rodgers, K. A., Shen, D., & Bogue, B. (2009). Women Engineering Students and Self-Efficacy: A Multi-Year, Multi-Institution Study of Women Engineering Student Self-Efficacy. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 27-38.11 DiLisi, G., McMillin, K., & Virstek, M. (2011). Project WISE: Building STEM-Focused Youth-Programs that Serve the Community. Journal of
participate in the program.This paper will discuss the successes, obstacles, and best practices in developing andimplementing academic support programs for two-year college engineering students. Page 26.1244.21. IntroductionThere is a large push from multiple directions to increase the number of students in the UnitedStates graduating with STEM degrees. Recent projections show that there must be a 34%increase of students graduating in STEM fields within the next decade to allow the US to remaincompetitive on the world stage. (1) There are numerous academic routes for students to enter aSTEM field and due to the rising cost of traditional 4-year
thirtystudents that shared the same two classes. This cohort was split into ten teams for bothclassroom and afternoon activities. Study groups of two teams each were formed, each with adesignated Study Leader trained in group learning methods (similar to Supplemental Instruction).The training emphasized the value of collaborative learning and peer support, and explained thepurpose and function of Learning Communities. The SS1 sessions provided a supportiveenvironment for students to work together on homework and group projects while building asense of community and shared success. The SS2 sessions were one hour long and included theentire class, along with the SS1 Leaders. These sessions included workshops on studytechniques, test taking, physics lab
. Furthermore, our (part-time) Project Coordinator also works part-time as a Transfer Admissions Counselor in the Officeof Undergraduate Admissions. This arrangement provides excellent interaction and collaborationbetween engineering and the Admissions Office and has brought a heightened awareness of theprogram in Admissions. As a Transfer Admissions Counselor, our Program Coordinator is ableto meet with prospective engineering students throughout the recruitment process, and she has Page 15.460.4access to more efficient ways to track and organize communication with ECASE applicants. Thishas been an excellent model that maximizes our Coordinators
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
Scale (Narayanan, 2007). Four “Primary Traits” or “Characteristics” were identified and assessed. Assessmenttools that were utilized included, but not limited to quizzes, home works, research documents, Page 23.226.4laboratory reports, examinations, project binders, etc. Appendix D documents this assessment data collected, using a bar chart that utilizesLikert Scale. Appendix E indicates how to use the pause procedure to enhance lecture recall.Researchers Ruhl, Hughes & Schloss are of the opinion that If Instructors Talk Six MinutesLess, Students Learn More. Appendix F lists the ten principles of learning
AC 2012-2968: UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN RETENTION IN NORTH CAR-OLINADr. George D. Ford, Western Carolina University George Ford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at Western Car- olina University. Ford worked for more than 15 years in the corporate world in plant engineering and environmental engineering positions and managed numerous construction projects as a Plant Engineer in the paper, plastics and rubber industries including warehouses, manufacturing buildings, and utilities infrastructures.Dr. Robert Elliot Steffen, Western Carolina University Robert Steffen, Ph.D., P.E., joined the Construction Management Department at Western Carolina Uni- versity in 2011 after working 10
. University of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey. Associate in Applied Science Degree (A.A.S.) Advanced Manufacturing ProgramGeneral Education Requirements 22 credit hrsSupporting Fields for Machining Technology Print Reading Sketching 3 hours Basic Metallurgy 3 hours Math for Manufacturing 3 hours Advanced Manufacturing Project 3 hours 12 credit hrsManual Machining requirements Machining I 3 hours Machining II
has the potential to be a more effective teaching pedagogy compared to traditionalinstructor-centered teaching environments, and should be applied to math, science and otherengineering courses with traditionally high attrition rates.6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis project was supported by Hewlett Packard through the Technology for Teaching grant, andthe @ONE Scholar Program. The author would also like to thank Darla Cooper and Michelle Page 12.487.12Barton of the @ONE Scholar Program, and Charles Iverson of Cañada College for invaluableinput, discussions, comments and suggestions.7. REFERENCES1 Birk, J., and J. Foster. “The importance of Lecture in
design project is the Rodent Tracker; a mechatronics solution for managing wiring harnesses of laboratory rodents in large-scale obstacle courses. Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1495 East 100 South, 1550 MEK, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Phone: 801-808-3571 Email: nicolas.n.brown@gmail.comMs. Joy Velarde, University of Utah Joy Velarde is an Academic Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Administration from Boston College.Dr. Debra J Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies
were allowed to choosetheir own topic, such as Green Building or Bottled Water versus Tap Water, so that they couldtake ownership of their work and peak their interest in STEM topics, courses, and majors. Theeffectiveness of this course is based on both its ability to meet its learning objectives and itsability to engage students in sustainability topics, projects, and career choices. Both classroomdiscussions and major assignments served as the basis for course assessment and revision of thiscourse.1.0 IntroductionThe focus of this paper is to assess the use of Sustainability Engineering within a Composition II Page 24.778.2course to increase
, TN20. The New Electronics Technology – Circa 2015, by Gary J. Mullett, Proceedings of the 2009 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX21. Its 2010 and the new Electronics Technology Paradigm is Emerging, by Gary J. Mullett, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY22. http://www.laney.edu/wp/environmental_control_tech/ect-nsf-initiative/23. Teaching Networked Embedded Control at the Two-Year College Level, by Gary J. Mullett, Proceedings of the 2012 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX24. eSyst ATE Project home page: http://www.esyst.org25. Electronics Explained
projects, putting fun in programming fundamentals, largeclasses, engineering math, and research.2 As a result of these programs, retention to thesophomore year is increasing.Some engineering programs have a common curriculum for all freshmen and sophomore students Page 26.1384.2and then have students choose their major beginning their junior year. Since engineering studentsmay not have identified with a particular engineering major or engineering field of interestduring the first two years, they may become interested in other fields and leave engineering bytheir junior year. In this paper, the term “engineering” shall include both engineering
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fully incorporate the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills comprised in RPTwork. This belief is supported by Dauer and StGermain’s (2006) assertion that traditionalapproaches to radiological training may not be enough to facilitate deep learning. Theywarn that adherence to traditional educational approaches may result in workers withknowledge and skills deficits. They encourage the exploration and evaluation ofalternative learning philosophies that use such learning strategies as: inductivediscussion, self assessments, case studies, demonstrations, projects, prompting andcoaching, interactive lectures, and guided reflection. We have attempted to incorporatemany of these strategies into our theoretical and instructional design framework