Conference Session

Transfer and Transitions

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Schott, Florida SouthWestern State College; Cynthia Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Two-Year College

“integral part inengineering baccalaureate degree production in higher education [4].” According to the NationalScience Foundation's report, 42% of recipients of an undergraduate degree in engineeringattended a community college [5].Thus, research is needed on this viable and significant university transfer student population. TheNational Science Foundation commissioned a study that was overseen by the National Academyof Engineering’s Committee on Engineering Education and the Committee on Diversity in theEngineering Workforce as well as the National Research Council's Board on Higher Educationand Workforce the National Academies. This study was, in part, to investigate how "educationalinstitutions could improve pathways to careers in engineering

Conference Session

Two-year College STEM Programs Meeting the Needs of Industry

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette E. Pearson P.E., Rice University; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier, Rice University; Jacqueline Gilberto; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Yuting Sheng, Rice University; Anila K. Shethia, Rice University; Rui (Roy) Sun, Rice University

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Two-Year College

strategies to address challenges related to the“success, retention, transfer, academic/career pathways, and graduation” (NSF, 2016) of low-income students in STEM disciplines.Based on 2013 data presented in Science and Engineering Indicators 2016, nearly 75% of allundergraduates (all majors, all income levels) enrolled in associate’s colleges, baccalaureatecolleges, and master’s colleges and universities (NSB, 2016), which all fit within the definitionof predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs). Associate’s colleges enrolled 43% ofundergraduates, which is the largest fraction among all institution types (NSB, 2016); many ofthese students are from low-income families. Recent data (2013-14) from The CarnegieClassification of Institutions of

Conference Session

Two-year College STEM Programs Meeting the Needs of Industry

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Tammy Wooten; Mozhgan Bahadory

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

. Both outcomesare positive. For someone who is turned off, they aren’t a good match and it is better for thestudent and for the program to find that out sooner rather than later. A student poorly matched tothe program will eventually be turned off and leave, having taken the space of someone whomight be truly interested, and wasting your time and theirs.Our primary target audience at our information session has been existing college students whomay not be completely settled on their direction. We have a large population of students whowant to pursue a career in health care, but come in being only aware of nursing as an option. Butmany do not really know what nursing is truly about. Nursing and other direct care allied healthroles are great for

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Littrell, Tennessee Tech University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; Mel Cossette, Edmonds Community College; Thomas Singer, Sinclair Community College; Ed Tackett, University of Louisville

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Two-Year College

@ Sinclair which produces over 1600+ guitar kits a year distributed across the United States. He is a NISOD Teaching Excellence award winner, Certified Autodesk instructor and ETAC-ABET Commissioner.Ed Tackett, University of Louisville Ed Tackett is the Director of Workforce Development at the University of Louisville. Ed has over 25 years of experience in additive manufacturing education and has developed numerous technician-training programs for industry and educational institutions. He also provides industry training programs to several emerging industry clusters. Throughout his career, Ed has provided technical workforce development expertise to several community colleges, technical colleges, universities, governmental

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; David M. Hata, Portland Community College; Emery DeWitt, Mentor-Connect/FDTC; Liesel Ritchie, Oklahoma State University; Nnenia Campbell, Collaborative for the Social Dimensions of Disasters ; Jamie Vickery, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

ASEE and the IEEE.Emery DeWitt, Mentor-Connect/FDTCDr. Liesel Ritchie, Oklahoma State University Dr. Liesel Ritchie is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events at Oklahoma State University and an Associate Professor in OSU’s Department of Sociology. During her career, Ritchie has studied a range of disaster events, including the Exxon Valdez and BP Deepwater Horizon oil spills; the Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash release; Hurricane Katrina; and earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand. Since 2000, her focus has been on the social impacts of disasters and com- munity resilience, with an emphasis on technological hazards and disasters, social capital, and renewable resource

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Transferring and Smoothing Transitions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus B. Bartels, San Antonio College; Charles Chris Navarro, The DoSeum

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

strategies• develop team-building skills• involve students in community activities• provide personal and professional developmentIt is the only course that has the ability to expose the students to the variety of engineering fieldsand explain the differences between engineering functions. This is often the earliest source ofinformation to help them decide which engineering career/job to pursue and motivates them towithstand the rigors of an engineering education in order to succeed and graduate. The toy/gameproject contributes significantly to the achievement of the six primary course goals detailedabove.The DoSeum has coordinated this project as a culminating public program every semester. Sincethe first iteration of this project, the