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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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, 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
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- Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech
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Paper ID #20075A Follow Up Study on the Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Com-munity College Students Career PathsMs. Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined
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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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- Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University
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women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems
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- Two-year College Potpourri
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Eusebio Mata, LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University
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the number of science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career seeking individuals and increasing theretention of students preparing for this fields, is the lack of information and therefore low studentmotivation toward these careers. Students may also hold misconceptions regarding the nature oftechnological careers and this may also dissuade them from participating. Exposing students togreen energy and sustainability topics as a STEM context may be a motivating approach andwhen coupled with clarifying career information, it may sharpen much of the generallyambiguous knowledge on these topics. The understanding students gain might then change theirattitudes regarding STEM careers and lead to pursuit of academic studies leading to
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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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- Lea K. Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech
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Paper ID #13934The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Stu-dents’ Pursuit of a Graduate Degree in Science and EngineeringMs. Lea K. Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms
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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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- Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County
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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
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- Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tressa Kay Mikel, University of California, Berkeley; Frank Hoang, University of California, Berkeley; Pedro S. H. Kim, UC Berkeley; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley
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personality, experiences, skills and values. This frame can provide insight into the ways that adult engineering students build their sense of professional identity through multiple modes. Successful development of an engineering identity is reflected by professional persistence. Work by Lichtenstein et al found that a minority percentage (42%) of seniors definitively planned on 12pursuing an engineering related career following graduation. Undergraduate engineering programs must try to do better to foster engineering identity development so that professional persistence is improved and the workforce is provided a steady stream of capable degreed engineers from a variety of
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- Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline College; Tessa Alice Olmstead, Highline College; Judy Mannard PE, Highline Community College
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covered in lecture. • Successful engineering students spend as much time on campus as possible to take advantage of available resources. They use on-campus programs and on-campus resources to help them achieve their educational goals.These behaviors align with behaviors discussed in many publications on student success andstudent retention.1234Student PopulationHighline College is an open access two-year college located south of Seattle, WA and within 10minutes of an international airport. During the 2014-2015 school year, 161 students enrolled inour Introduction to Engineering Careers class over fall, winter, and spring quarters. Studentsself-selected enrollment into the course which has no pre-requisites. Of the students who
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- Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I
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- Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University
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for BRCCstudents. The Pathway scholars have been incorporated into the formalized College Peer MentorTraining program and participated in the Transfer Career Day for new transfer students.Advising for BRCC students was enhanced with the addition of a counselor who spends time atboth campuses. Survey tools were created to gain a better understanding of the transfer studentsat key points of their academic career and to assess the program. The questionnaire has beenadministered to students considering transferring to LSU and Pathway scholars.Scholarships have been awarded to three cohorts; Cohort 1- five students, Cohort 2 – sevenstudents and Cohort 3 - twelve students. The eligibility and selection criteria included earningpre-engineering AS
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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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BRCC students. The Pathwayscholars also were incorporated into the formalized LSU peer mentor training program andparticipated in Transfer Career Day for new transfer students. Advising for BRCC students wasenhanced with the addition of a counselor who spent time at both campuses. Survey tools werecreated to gain a better understanding of the transfer students at key points of their academiccareer and to assess the program. The questionnaire was administered to students consideringtransferring to LSU and Pathway scholars.Scholarships were awarded to four cohorts; Cohort 1- five students, Cohort 2 – seven students,Cohort 3 - twelve students, and Cohort 4 – twelve students. The eligibility and selection criteriaincluded earning pre-engineering
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- Two-year College Potpourri
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- James Burton Dorsey, Washington MESA; Elizabeth Apple Meza, University of Washington; Phyllis G. Harvey-Buschel, Washington MESA
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Paper ID #19518Meeting the Need for Diversity in STEM FieldsMr. James Burton Dorsey, Washington MESA James Dorsey is the executive director of Washington State MESA, a program that prepares and encour- ages underrepresented groups (K16) to pursue science, engineering and technology careers. Dorsey’s professional background includes 25 years with both Washington and California MESA, advancing K-20 STEM education equity on statewide and national levels. Before his tenure with Washington MESA, Dorsey was national director of program development for Cal- ifornia MESA, where he fostered new and enhanced partnerships with
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- Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University
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on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE Fellow and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three
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- Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields
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- Dave Galley, Collin College; Gena S Martin, Collin College; Jeannie Christine Stone, Wylie Independent School District; Becky Hunt, Allen Independent School District; Jean Laswell, Rockwall Independent School District; Lynn Mortensen, Retired Raytheon Company; John W. Sibert, The University of Texas at Dallas
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Council (MTBC). After her time at Baylor University, Martin’s education career began in secondary ed- ucation. Since 2007, she has focused on the critical interface between higher education and secondary education. In 2011, she joined Collin College as the Career and Technical Education Coordinator specif- ically working with technical dual credit students. Recently, after working closely with the department, she joined the Engineering and Technology Department of Collin College assisting students on the high school level, on the college level, and in industry who plan to pursue STEM degrees. Further, through her work with industry on the MTBC STEM Advisory Board, she coordinates key industrial connections for the
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- Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University
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Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs shows that thevast majority of these research experiences are provided to junior and senior students.Developing successful research programs is particularly challenging in community colleges,most of which do not have on-going research programs.This paper is a description of how a small engineering transfer program at a Hispanic-Servingcommunity college in California developed a three-tier research internship program suitable forcommunity college students at different stages of their academic careers. The first part of theprogram is a two-week Winter Research Scholars Program held during the winter break forstudents in the beginning stages of their studies. The second part is a ten-week Summer
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- Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges
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- Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College
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further internships, transfer preparedness, teamwork ability, and senseof self-efficacy.1. IntroductionDespite years of investments and resources devoted by the federal government and institutions ofhigher education towards broadening participation of underrepresented minorities (URMs) inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers, significant progress has not beenachieved. For instance, since 2000, underrepresented minorities’ shares in engineering andphysical science degrees have been flat despite a rapid increase in their representation of theoverall US population. In fact, even though URMs currently constitute 30 percent of the USpopulation, they account for only about 12.5 percent of baccalaureate degrees awarded inengineering1
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- Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I
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- Carl Whitesel, Mesa Community College; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University
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Paper ID #11870Measuring Community College Students’ Self-Efficacy toward Circuit Anal-ysisDr. Carl Whitesel, Mesa Community College Carl Whitesel has spent his career teaching Engineering Technology, and has taught in the community college setting since 2007. He is currently teaching Robotics and Automated Systems within the Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Mesa Community College. His teaching focus is primarily on circuit analysis, electronics, motors and sensors. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education - Curriculum and Instruction, from Arizona State University in 2014. His primary research interests are
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- Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech
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Paper ID #17058The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Stu-dents’ Self-EfficacyMs. Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined University of California
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- Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Steven F. Lewis, William R. Sinkin Eco Centro, San Antonio College; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University
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outreach center of Alamo Colleges/San Antonio College (SAC). Mr. Lewis came to San Antonio College (SAC) in 2006 after a private sector career of designing, implementing and managing workforce and sustainability training projects in developing nations. During that time, he and his wife founded the nonprofit corporation Tools for Development, which undertakes sustainable development projects in indigenous villages of Mexico. In late 2008, he presided over the initial strategy sessions for what is now the Alamo Colleges Green Initiative. He and his assistants now coordinate the many environmentally related events and activities that take place at Eco Centro, which serves as a demonstration center for solar energy use in
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- Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I
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- Tanya Karam-Zanders, Louisiana State University; Dina Acklin, Louisiana State University; Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University
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of the scholarship program (refer to Section 3 ofAppendix A). The results from the program assessment subscale were designed to be a directintrospective measure of the students’ opinions of how the scholarship program affected theirlives. This section consisted of open-ended questions regarding the most and least helpful part ofthe Pathway Scholarship program, and ratings of the level of support the program offered thestudents in six areas (academic, financial, social, career, professional development, andpersonal), rated on a 5-point Likert scale. The purpose of this section was two-fold: to assess theeffectiveness of the program and to determine weaknesses in the program that can be bettered inthe future.Survey Questions for Future
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- Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges
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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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amentor. The advantage to assigning all new students a mentor is that students who do not feelcomfortable asking for help, or who do not initially perceive a need for mentoring, have readyaccess to a mentor when a need arises.Mentor Recruitment and BenefitsPeer mentors are recruited on a volunteer-only basis and are unpaid, which is different fromsome other programs that may provide a salary, stipend, or other financial compensation. Thepeer mentor program uses forms of non-monetary compensation and benefits, such as mentor-specific training and access to exclusive events and activities. For example, the mentorsbenefited from a private resume workshop presented by Career Services in the week leading upto the College of Engineering Career Fair
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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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available enter college with very limited awareness of the excitingprojects and fulfilling careers the engineering profession offers as well as withapprehension about their ability to succeed in a demanding STEM curriculum. To thisend, the course covers academic success skills in engineering including mindset andmetacognition, academic pathways, career awareness and job functions in the engineeringprofession, team building and communications, the engineering design process, and abroad range of fundamental and engaging topics and projects in engineering includingelectronics, basic test equipment, programming in MATLAB and Arduino, robotics,bridge design, and materials science. The paper presents the results of a pilotimplementation of the teaching
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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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- Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University
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underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems, and multivariable
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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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- Kim Goodwin Roberts, North Carolina State University; Tuere Bowles, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University
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describe key components ofthe efforts, share feedback from our NC CC colleagues and transfer students, and discuss bestpractices for other institutions seeking to create or strengthen their ties with community colleges.Background and motivation Page 26.296.2American students are more and more utilizing the community college system as a steppingstone to access four-year institutions. While students seeking a variety of bachelor’s degreesbegin at community college, the pathway has become a particularly viable means for studentspursuing STEM degrees. In fact, a 2005 study estimated that 20% of engineering degree holdersbegan their academic careers
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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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curriculum to support students in math-based careers at the community college level for nearly 20 years. She has been Co-PI and PI on NSF grants that seek to increase the numbers of professionals in STEM with focused recruitments on the underrepresented minority populations. Page 26.949.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Increasing Success and Retention in Engineering and other STEM FieldsIntroductionThe two prominent and related needs for solutions to climate change and more STEM andengineering majors, brought about the Science, Technology
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- Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Jackie Perez, Texas A&M University - Dwight Look College of Engineering; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University; Cecelia Diane Lawley, Texas A&M University
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Board. In her career, she appreciates seeing the confidence develop in her students. She believes one of the best compliments someone in academia can receive is being told by a student that your support and encouragement helped them persist and succeed.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research associate at Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.Ed.in Educational Psychology with specialties in Gifted Education and Research Methods & Measurement from Purdue University. She also holds a M.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics and a B.S. in Astronomy & Meteorology from Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Her work centers on P-16
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- Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Steven F Lewis, San Antonio College/Alamo Colleges
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facility into this program. 3) promote additional related outreach and educational Re-Energize efforts to support our students and encourage them to seek successful careers in STEM and green energy-related fields and to 4) participate in on-going evaluation and research efforts related to this program.Numerous reports demonstrate that undergraduate research programs at four-year institutionshave been responsible for increasing retention and graduation of their students. Our previousresults indicate that two-year institutions can also initiate successful programs with similarresults. This paper presents in detail the results of the second-year partnership between theparticipating institutions to continue developing new directions for
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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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- Tracy Huang, Canada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College
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5-year STEM strategic plan, community colleges are proposed to play a key role in recruiting and preparing future scientists and engineers, especially among students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. Through a grant from the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program, the STEM Center was established at a community college in Northern California. The STEM Center integrated all STEM student support services within STEM academic study. Through leveraging multiple grants, the STEM Center provides a set of comprehensive student support services, including study groups, tutoring, STEM-specific academic counseling and career exploration, and information on internships and scholarships. The
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- Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College
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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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institution], my entire week was spent either in class or studying/doing homework. I had no idea how unprepared I was for the workload of engineering at [receiving institution].Other students suggested that faculty at their sending institution could provide more support,while others felt that career advising would have helped them prepare to transfer. A smallnumber of students also suggested creating a community of likely transfer students so that theycould walk through the process together.Differences Between Vertical and Lateral Transfer Students. The biggest difference betweenvertical and lateral transfer students’ responses to this question is that lateral transfers were morelikely to leave the question blank – about one third of them
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- Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields
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- Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College
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sequence the less likely students are to persist, 2)lack of social and academic integration, 3) lack of awareness of academic options, and 4) lowself-efficacy – students do not believe that they can succeed in STEM.In an effort to address these obstacles and integrate all STEM student support services withinSTEM academic study, we created the STEM Center. Leveraging multiple grants and a varietyof STEM programs and services with a unified vision, the STEM Center now provides a one-stop destination for everything from study groups, tutoring, and club meetings to bridgeprograms (like the award-winning Math Jam), a STEM Speaker Series, STEM specific academiccounseling, STEM career exploration programs for high school students, internship
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- Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II
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- Brooke Charae Coley, University of Virginia; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia
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production and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) talent is currently a major threat to the country2. In fact, to address heightened concern regarding the United States’ global position, several national efforts have been implemented to increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees and entering STEM careers. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology announced that by 2022, the country would need 1 million more STEM professionals than projected to be produced18. One critical asset to reaching this capacity lies in the cultivation of competent, adaptable engineers prepared