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Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas P Langhoff, Skyline College; Eva Schiorring; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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,microcontroller programming and data acquisition, and select topics in robotics with adesign competition.Over the semester there are only two on-campus lab activities, one for each of the twodesign competitions. The development team agreed that two face-to-face visits over thesemester seemed like a reasonable traveling commitment for an online student takingsuch a course. It was also recognized that students in circumstances with severely limitedtravel ability could potentially complete the robotics competition at home, synchronouslyparticipating in the final design competition via live web-enabled video conferencing.Design ProjectsTwo design project competitions are integrated into the curriculum, with experimentsbuilt into the schedule for students to

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Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Chitra N. Javdekar, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd

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need of essential skills, recruit and train a labor pool in need of these skills and competencies,and break down the traditional mindset of only one pathway from education to the technicalworkforce.Cost effective program modelThrough TRANSFORM, we have partnered with industry to develop an AdvancedManufacturing curriculum specifically addressing the technical skills gap liberal arts majorsmight have, being mindful of the skills they already hold. Building on current workforce trainingguidelines and through review of existing associate level course content we have developed ayearlong intensive program of study and workplace skill development offered at a price pointpalatable to those struggling with current student loan debt. The program

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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College; Denise Hum, Cañada College

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/index.html5. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. (2013). Women, Minorities,and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2013.http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/pdf/nsf13304_digest.pdf6. Schoenbach, R., Greenleaf, C., & Murphy, L. (2012). Reading for Understanding. How Reading ApprenticeshipImproves Disciplinary Learning in Secondary and College Classrooms. (Jossey-Bass) 22 – 29.7. Chen, X., Solder N. (2013). STEM Attrition: College Students’ Paths Into and Out of STEM Fields StatisticalAnalysis Report. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014001rev.pdf8. Karp, M., Hughes, K., & O’Gara, L. (2008). An Exploration of Tinto’s Integration Framework for CommunityCollege Students. Community

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Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Paper ID #18987Development and Implementation of an Introduction to Research Winter In-ternship Program for Underrepresented Community College StudentsProf. Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College Nicholas Langhoff is an associate professor of engineering and computer science at Skyline College in San Bruno, California. He is also a co-investigator for multiple grant projects at Ca˜nada College in Redwood City, California. He received his M.S. degree from San Francisco State University in embedded electri- cal engineering and computer systems. His educational research interests include technology-enhanced instruction

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen M. Groppi P.E., Cabrillo College; Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College

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developing an energy efficient system for remote lighting control which continuesto save the college energy and money.Another group of Energy Interns designed and built a bicycle powered generator fordemonstration purposes. Realizing that the kinesthetic experience of pedaling to light LEDbulbs and tungsten bulbs is a memorable exercise in energy efficiency, the students builtthe Energy Bike and donated it with documentation and curriculum to a local high schoolto inspire future college students to study physics and engineering and to be more energyefficient.Solar InternsThe Solar Interns learned through hands-on projects how to site and install solarphotovoltaic panels. After their month-long program they formed study groups to preparefor the North

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Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College

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Technical College (National Science Foundation DUE #0422405,#0806514, and #1259402) closes the digital divide and provides an incentive for choosing atargeted STEM major. Each scholarship includes an individually-assigned laptop computerequipped with program-specific software and (more recently) a mobile wireless Internet service.Engineering technology students who are awarded Tech Stars (S-STEM) scholarships receive apowerful laptop computer equipped with CAD and other software used in these programs ofstudy, whereas computer science students receive laptops equipped with different program-specific software, and automotive technology students receive a curriculum-specificcomputerized diagnostic tool. These academic tools eliminate the need for

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Hadsell, Cañada College; Tracy Huang, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Cañada College

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Paper ID #11493Preparation and In-Class Intervention Programs for Barrier Courses for Two-year College Engineering Students ˜Dr. Courtney Hadsell, Canada College I graduated with my PhD in Physics from The University of North Carolina in 2013. I am currently a physics Instructor and physics program services coordinator at Ca˜nada College. I have a deep passion in promoting understanding and success for physics students thought pre-semester and continuing academic support. ˜Dr. Tracy Huang, Canada College Tracy Huang is an educational researcher in STEM at Ca˜nada College. Her research

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Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicolas N Brown, University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering; Joy Velarde, University of Utah; Debra J Mascaro, University of Utah

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Paper ID #16848Using Peer Mentoring to Enhance Transfer Student Experience and IncreaseStudent Success in Mechanical EngineeringMr. Nicolas N Brown, University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering Nicolas is a senior in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Utah. He is the peer mentoring coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as an Undergraduate Re- search Assistant for the Ergonomics and Safety Lab. His current area of research involves designing and integrating control systems on recreational equipment for high-level spinal cord injury patients. Nicolas’ senior

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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sophomores. Collaborative relationships among faculty and students at the twoinstitutions ensure the transition to be as seamless as possible. This paper provides an overviewof the governing articulation agreements under which the program operates before sharing detailsregarding how the two programs align and integrate specific course curriculum, manage logisticssuch as course scheduling and equipment sharing, and provide overall continuity in the studentexperience. We also share some initial enrollment demographics data that indicates the programis helping the WSU BSME program extend its reach to serve historically underrepresentedstudent populations.IntroductionIncreasing numbers of engineering students are starting their higher education at a

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Reporting Out: Dissemination of Several NSF Projects of Interest to Two-Year Colleges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Wadach, Monroe Community College

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. This course has been developed and is taught by faculty from bothdepartments. The course includes the use of discrete components and FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays (FPGA). A set of custom hardware components have beendeveloped that can be interfaced to an FPGA and a microcontroller. Instructional videoshelp students prepare for laboratory exercises and the course concludes with a finaldesign-build project.The overall goal of this project is to teach students how to work in multi-disciplinaryteams and to make it easier for students to switch between AS and AAS programs. ACapstone Design course is being developed where small teams comprised of PrecisionMachining, Engineering Science, and Computer Technology students will solve asemester long

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Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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al.3 provide an in-depth summary and critique of prior research that focuses on post-transfer transition processesfor community college students who transfer to four-year institutions.3 In their review, theauthors identify, define, operationalize, and synthesize findings for five concepts that mostfrequently emerge in the existing body of literature; among them include: integration,involvement, environmental pull, capital, and transfer receptivity. In the following paragraphs,we briefly introduce each concept, explain its relevance to transfer student persistence, and pointto a small number of relevant studies for readers who seek a more in depth review. In this context, the concept integration is inspired by Tinto’s theory of

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Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Kathryn E. Strang, Rowan College at Burlington County

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are often more difficult.Furthermore, continuous improvement efforts as a result of assessment, whether or not thedefined criteria for success have been met, often involve very detailed and specific adjustmentsto the curriculum and instructional delivery. However, several elements of an assessmentmethodology can be employed that are helpful in measuring student learning according to presetbenchmarks, when student learning is demonstrated in such environments. Important assessmentelements include a sound understanding of the relevant competencies to be gained, theformulation of descriptive outcome statements, the setting of realistic benchmarks, and theimplementation of repeatable measurement techniques. A feedback mechanism, for the purposeof

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica M. Cortez, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Sylvia E. McMullen, Blinn College; Jackie Perez, Texas A&M University

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statistically overwhelming and this partnershiphas provided a collaborative opportunity to identify and remove academic, administrative, andtransfer barriers in-situ. As the engineering academy model is being created and refined throughthe research literature, the three main goals of the academies remain: 1) increase theparticipation and graduation of underrepresented groups interested in pursuing an engineeringdegree, 2) provide an immediate impact on the STEM workforce by minimizing the time tograduation through curriculum alignment between the two- and four- year institution, and 3)increase the number of awarded Associate degrees.The authors plan to expand the engineering academy model across Texas, while continuing tocontribute to the literature on

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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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period. As the field of electronics technology entered themicroelectronics era, courses about integrated circuits, microprocessors, and digital logic wereadded to the biomedical curriculum to keep up with the rapidly changing technology. As wastypical of that stage in the evolution of electronics, the curriculum was extremely “parts centric”since biomedical (and electronics) technicians were expected to repair electronics based medicalequipment by troubleshooting faults/problems to the part/device level. This popular program ransuccessfully for approximately three decades during which time most of the medical facilities inwestern Massachusetts and regions in surrounding states (i.e. middle to north-central Connecticutand southern Vermont

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Two Year College Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mariano Olmos, El Paso Community College; Tonie Badillo, El Paso Community College

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Tierra Madre, an environmentally soundlow-income housing community in the region, and was president of the Association of Women in theCommunity College. She is a member of the Early College High School Leadership Council and theadministrative liaison for the Integrated Technologies Committee at EPCC. Page 26.1369.3 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Sharing Best Practices Toward Seamless Transfer of Engineering StudentsIf the United States is to maintain its economic leadership and be able to sustain its share of high-technology jobs, it must prepare the next

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Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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with the STEP 1B Engineering Grant hadspecific objectives supporting these goals. They were: (1) develop and maintain an effectiveliaison between BRCC and LSU; (2) utilize scholars in a peer ambassador program facilitatingtransfer success; (3) establish a pre-transfer academic counseling program; (4) expand existingseminars to orient and integrate BRCC and other transfer students into LSU and (5) invite BRCCmath, science and engineering faculty to participate in ongoing Faculty Development.Activities of the program included outreach, professional development, advising, and developingan overall assessment tool. All scholars participated in outreach activities that consisted of Peer-to-Peer talks at BRCC each semester and Shadow Days at LSU for

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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hasspecific objectives that will support these goals. They are: (1) develop and maintain an effectiveliaison between BRCC and LSU; (2) utilize scholars to develop a peer ambassador/mentorprogram facilitating transfer success; (3) establish and conduct a pre-transfer academiccounseling program; (4) expand existing seminars to orient and integrate BRCC and othertransfer students into LSU and (5) invite BRCC math, science and engineering faculty toparticipate in ongoing Faculty Development.Activities of the program to date have included outreach, professional development, advising,and developing an overall assessment tool. All scholars participated in outreach activities thatconsisted of Peer-to-Peer talks at BRCC each semester and Shadow Days at LSU