Conference Session

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

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Catherine Baker Lipe, Cañada College

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Two Year College Division

Bay Area, received a National Science Foundation Scholarshipsin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant to develop a scholarshipprogram for financially needy community college students intending to transfer to a four-yearinstitution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. In collaboration with the College’sMathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program – an academic, personal,and professional support structure has been designed and implemented to maximize thelikelihood of success of these students. This support structure aims to create a learningcommunity among the scholars through a combination of academic counseling and mentoring,personal enrichment and professional development opportunities

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Shermane Austin, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Leon P. Johnson, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Two Year College Division

advancedstudents with better working memory capacity 4. An illustrative example is discussed asthe following. A normalized standard deviation is used customarily to represent the GPSsignal S4 index. 2 ∑ (x − x ) x S4 = N ⋅ x2where x denotes the mean, x is the current CNR (Carrier/Noise) value, and N is the totalnumber of samples or the sample window. To simplify the implementation, it would be Page 25.197.5 s-diff[] + = avg*avg - 2*CNRtemp*avg + CNRtemp*CNRtemp; cumsum[] += CNRtemp;where ‘x += y’ means ‘x = x+y’. The cumsum[] is a cumulative sum of the CNR values,divide it

Conference Session

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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Two Year College Division

AC 2012-4939: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PROGRAM TO ENCOUR-AGE AND ENABLE TRANSFER STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR EN-GINEERING DEGREESDr. Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific UniversityHannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University Page 25.889.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Lessons Learned from a Program to Encourage and Enable Transfer Students to Complete their Engineering DegreesIntroductionOur Engineering Department is working to increase the number of community college transferstudents in our engineering program through a National Science Foundation funded S-STEMgrant. The goal of the grant

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Joseph Amuso Sr., Rochester Institute of Technology

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supported in part by the National Science Foundation under awardnumber #DUE-0806757. Help from Ms. Deann Pettinelli in administering the financialaid is gratefully acknowledged.References1. National Science Foundation (2006), NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM), Program Solicitation NSF 07-524, Last Updated 11/07/2006.2. Gupta, S. K., Aghayere, A., Amuso, V., Eastman, M., & Johnson, D. (2009), ET2 Program for Transfer Students from Two-Year Colleges, Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Austin, TX. AC 2009-1309.3. Gupta, S. K., Johnson, D., Morelli, J., Eastman, M., Amuso, V., & Moon, J. (2010), Academic Performance and

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

, 1999.3. Klein, S.S. and Harris, A. H., “A User’s Guide to the Legacy Cycle.” Journal of Education and Human Development (2007): vol. 1, Issue 1, p ISSN 1934-7200.4. ABET (IV.C.3.d(3)(c)), Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States, Effective for Evaluations During the 1995-1996 Cycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.5. Dym, C.L., "Teaching Design to Freshman: Style and Content," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, October, 1994, pp. 303-310.6. Mosborg, S., Adams, R., Kim, R., Atman, C.J., Turns, J. and Cardella, M., “Conceptions of the engineering design process: an expert study of advanced practicing professionals

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York

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Two Year College Division

could use to transfer into the engineering (and computer science)program/s at the 4-year institution. These core courses are selected so as to reflect the first twoyears of a four- year engineering program. While this model is certainly reasonable, it does havesome major weaknesses. Many engineering schools have engineering programs in classic areassuch as civil, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering with a number of courses, inmathematics and science, in common. However, the first two years of an engineering programcan have subtle but significant differences in course requirements that are specific to that major.If the new transfer student stays on track with their initial choice for a major, there is no problem.But, should the

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

. References 1. ETA/ Business Relations Group Report. (2005). Addressing the Workforce Challenges of America’s Advanced Manufacturing Workforce. Retrieved September, 5, 2011. 2. Labor Market Information Division, Industry Employment and Labor Force, November 18, 2005. 3. Center for Workforce Success, “The Skill Gap 2001,” P.5. 4. Rosenfeld, S. (1998). Technical Colleges, Technology Deployment, and Regional Development (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. 5. National Center for manufacturing Education. (2002). Enhancing the Resource Center Role of the National Center for manufacturing Education. Retrieved April 5, 2010. 6. Barger

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos

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Two Year College Division

new than putting theory into practice. The textbook/lectures already covered Gathering Information, "First Cut"s, and Revision, which are simple to grasp, but the Projects give a sense of what can get done in a given amount of time, how easy/difficult it is to actually apply those steps to a real problem, and (especially) what setbacks can occur in the process and what the end result (not just the prototype but the written work too) will look like.”Two of the short answer questions asked what elements of the design process were most or leasthelpful to the students during the project. It was interesting to the author that both questionsyielded very similar responses. Two methods for organizing brainstorming, mind mapping and3-6-5, as

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

.      CA ResearchCommunity Colleges across the country, including those in California, are devoted to increasingstudent retention, success, persistence, and completion of a certificate, degree or transfer to asenior university. This can be accomplished, according to recent research, by having students tochoose their major(s) early, rather than accumulating credits that do not apply directly to theirmajor. The results of a research by Moore and Shulock6 point to three recommendations: 1. Entering a program of study is a critical milestone on the path to completing a college certificate or degree; 2. Choosing a major early, the more likely they are to complete a certificate, degree or transfer; and 3

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

, Proceedings of the 2007 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI 6. The Disappearing Associates Degree Program in Electronics Technology, by Louis E. Frenzal Jr. , Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, TN 7. http://www.cesweb.org/ 8. Department of Transportation website: www.its.dot.gov/resources.htm 9. Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems, by Radha Poovendran, Krishna Sampigethaya, Sandeep Kumar S. Gupta, Insup Lee, K.Venkatesh Prasad, David Corman, and Jamers L. Paunicka, Proceedings of the IEEE, January 2012, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp 7-14 10. http://www.gartner.com